Holy Bible

Young's Literal Translation

Old Testament

Genesis

Chapter 1

¹In the beginning of God`s preparing the heavens and the earth -- <sup>2</sup>the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters, <sup>3</sup>and God saith, `Let light be;` and light is. <sup>4</sup>And God seeth the light that [it is] good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness, <sup>5</sup>and God calleth to the light `Day,` and to the darkness He hath called `Night;` and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one. <sup>6</sup>And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.` <sup>7</sup>And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so. <sup>8</sup>And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;` and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second. <sup>9</sup>And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:` and it is so. <sup>10</sup>And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,` and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;` and God seeth that [it is] good. <sup>11</sup>And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:` and it is so. <sup>12</sup>And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that [it is] good; <sup>13</sup>and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third. <sup>14</sup>And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years, ¹⁵and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:` and it is so. <sup>16</sup>And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night; <sup>17</sup>and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, <sup>18</sup>and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that [it is] good; <sup>19</sup>and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fourth. <sup>20</sup>And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.` <sup>21</sup>And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good. <sup>22</sup>And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:` <sup>23</sup>and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth. <sup>24</sup>And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:` and it is so. <sup>25</sup>And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good. <sup>26</sup>And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.` <sup>27</sup>And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. <sup>28</sup>And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.` <sup>29</sup>And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; ³⁰and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food:` and it is so. ³¹And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.

Chapter 2

¹And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; ²and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. ³And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making. ⁴These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God`s making earth and heavens; <sup>5</sup>and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground, <sup>6</sup>and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground. <sup>7</sup>And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature. <sup>8</sup>And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed; <sup>9</sup>and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. <sup>10</sup>And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief [rivers]; <sup>11</sup>the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold [is], <sup>12</sup>and the gold of that land [is] good, there [is] the bdolach and the shoham stone; <sup>13</sup>and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush; <sup>14</sup>and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat. <sup>15</sup>And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. <sup>16</sup>And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat; ¹⁷and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.` <sup>18</sup>And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.` <sup>19</sup>And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that [is] its name. <sup>20</sup>And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper -- as his counterpart. <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. <sup>22</sup>And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; <sup>23</sup>and the man saith, `This [is] the [proper] step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!` for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; ²⁴therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh. ²⁵And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.

Chapter 3

¹And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?` ²And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat, <sup>3</sup>and of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.` ⁴And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die, <sup>5</sup>for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.` ⁶And the woman seeth that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat; ⁷and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles. ⁸And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden. ⁹And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where [art] thou?` ¹⁰and he saith, `Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.` ¹¹And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou [art] naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?` ¹²and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.` ¹³And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?` and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.` ¹⁴And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life; <sup>15</sup>and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.` ¹⁶Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.` ¹⁷And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, <sup>18</sup>and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field; <sup>19</sup>by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.` ²⁰And the man calleth his wife`s name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living. <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them. <sup>22</sup>And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,` -- ²³Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken; ²⁴yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

Chapter 4

¹And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;` ²and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground. ³And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah; ⁴and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, ⁵and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen. ⁶And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen? <sup>7</sup>Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.` ⁸And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;`] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him. ⁹And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?` and he saith, `I have not known; my brother`s keeper -- I?` <sup>10</sup>And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother`s blood is crying unto Me from the ground; <sup>11</sup>and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; <sup>12</sup>when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.` ¹³And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne; <sup>14</sup>lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.` ¹⁵And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;` and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him. ¹⁶And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden; ¹⁷and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch. ¹⁸And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah. ²⁰And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; ²¹and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. ²²And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain [is] Naamah. ²³And Lamech saith to his wives: -- `Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt; <sup>24</sup>For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.` ²⁵And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:` for Cain had slain him. ²⁶And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.

Chapter 5

¹This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God`s preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; <sup>2</sup>a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared. <sup>3</sup>And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth. <sup>4</sup>And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>5</sup>And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth. <sup>6</sup>And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos. <sup>7</sup>And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>8</sup>And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth. <sup>9</sup>And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan. <sup>10</sup>And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>11</sup>And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth. <sup>12</sup>And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel. <sup>13</sup>And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>14</sup>And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth. <sup>15</sup>And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared. <sup>16</sup>And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>17</sup>And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth. <sup>18</sup>And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch. <sup>19</sup>And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>20</sup>And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth. <sup>21</sup>And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah. <sup>22</sup>And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>23</sup>And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years. <sup>24</sup>And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him. <sup>25</sup>And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech. <sup>26</sup>And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters. <sup>27</sup>And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth. <sup>28</sup>And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son, <sup>29</sup>and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.` ³⁰And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ³¹And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth. ³²And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Chapter 6

¹And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, ²and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen. ³And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:` and his days have been an hundred and twenty years. ⁴The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name. ⁵And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day; ⁶and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart. ⁷And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.` ⁸And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah. ⁹These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually. ¹⁰And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ¹¹And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence. ¹²And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth. ¹³And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth. <sup>14</sup>`Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress; ¹⁵and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height; ¹⁶a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third [stories] dost thou make it. ¹⁷`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire. <sup>18</sup>`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son`s wives with thee; <sup>19</sup>and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every [sort] thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they. <sup>20</sup>Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive. <sup>21</sup>`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.` ²²And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

Chapter 7

¹And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; <sup>2</sup>of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female; <sup>3</sup>also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth; <sup>4</sup>for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.` ⁵And Noah doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him: ⁶and Noah [is] a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth. ⁷And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge; <sup>8</sup>of the clean beasts and of the beasts that [are] not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground, <sup>9</sup>two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah. <sup>10</sup>And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth. <sup>11</sup>In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, <sup>12</sup>and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights. <sup>13</sup>In this self-same day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, and Noah`s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, unto the ark; ¹⁴they, and every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird -- every wing. ¹⁵And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit; ¹⁶and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close [it] for him. ¹⁷And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth; ¹⁸and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters. ¹⁹And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole heavens; ²⁰fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered; ²¹and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind; ²²all in whose nostrils [is] breath of a living spirit -- of all that [is] in the dry land -- have died. ²³And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the ark; ²⁴and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

Chapter 8

¹And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, ²and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. ³And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days. ⁴And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat; ⁵and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains. ⁶And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made, ⁷and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth. ⁸And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground, ⁹and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark. ¹⁰And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark; ¹¹and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth. ¹²And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more. ¹³And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried. ¹⁴And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry. ¹⁵And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons` wives with thee; ¹⁶every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee; ¹⁷and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.` <sup>18</sup>And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him; ¹⁹every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark. ²⁰And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar; ²¹and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done; <sup>22</sup>during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.`

Chapter 9

¹And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; <sup>2</sup>and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given. <sup>3</sup>Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; <sup>4</sup>only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat. <sup>5</sup>`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man`s brother I require the life of man; <sup>6</sup>whoso sheddeth man`s blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man. ⁷And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.` <sup>8</sup>And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying, <sup>9</sup>`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you, ¹⁰and with every living creature which [is] with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth. ¹¹And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.` <sup>12</sup>And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during; ¹³My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth; ¹⁴and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud, ¹⁵and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh; ¹⁶and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.` <sup>17</sup>And God saith unto Noah, `This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.` <sup>18</sup>And the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan. <sup>19</sup>These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread. <sup>20</sup>And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard, <sup>21</sup>and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent. <sup>22</sup>And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without. <sup>23</sup>And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father`s nakedness they have not seen. ²⁴And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him, ²⁵and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.` ²⁶And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him. <sup>27</sup>God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.` ²⁸And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years; ²⁹and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.

Chapter 10

¹And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. ²`Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. <sup>3</sup>And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. <sup>4</sup>And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. <sup>5</sup>By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations. <sup>6</sup>And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. <sup>7</sup>And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan. <sup>8</sup>And Cush hath begotten Nimrod; <sup>9</sup>he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before Jehovah.` <sup>10</sup>And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar; <sup>11</sup>from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah, <sup>12</sup>and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city. <sup>13</sup>And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, <sup>14</sup>and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim. <sup>15</sup>And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth, <sup>16</sup>and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, <sup>17</sup>and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, <sup>18</sup>and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered. <sup>19</sup>And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha. <sup>20</sup>These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. <sup>21</sup>As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten: <sup>22</sup>Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. <sup>23</sup>And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. <sup>24</sup>And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber. <sup>25</sup>And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one [is] Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother`s name [is] Joktan. ²⁶And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²⁷and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ²⁸and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ²⁹and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan; ³⁰and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east. ³¹These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations. ³²These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.

Chapter 11

¹And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, ²and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there; ³and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:` and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. ⁴And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.` ⁵And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; ⁶and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. <sup>7</sup>Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.` ⁸And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; ⁹therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth. ¹⁰These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. ¹¹And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ¹²And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. ¹³And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ¹⁴And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. ¹⁵And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ¹⁶And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg. ¹⁷And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ¹⁸And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. ¹⁹And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ²⁰And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug. ²¹And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ²²And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. ²³And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ²⁴And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. ²⁵And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ²⁶And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ²⁷And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; ²⁸and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. ²⁹And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram`s wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor`s wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. ³⁰And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. ³¹And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son`s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. ³²And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.

Chapter 12

¹And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. <sup>2</sup>And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. <sup>3</sup>And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.` ⁴And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan. ⁵And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother`s son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan. <sup>6</sup>And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land. <sup>7</sup>And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;` and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him. <sup>8</sup>And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah. <sup>9</sup>And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south. <sup>10</sup>And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land; <sup>11</sup>and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance; ¹²and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, `This [is] his wife,` and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive: ¹³say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.` <sup>14</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair; <sup>15</sup>and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh`s house; ¹⁶and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels. ¹⁷And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram`s wife. <sup>18</sup>And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife? ¹⁹Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.` ²⁰And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath.

Chapter 13

¹And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south; ²and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ³And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai -- ⁴unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah. ⁵And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents; ⁶and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together; ⁷and there is a strife between those feeding Abram`s cattle and those feeding Lot`s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land. ⁸And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren. <sup>9</sup>Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.` ¹⁰And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah`s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah`s garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar, ¹¹and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion; ¹²Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom; ¹³and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly. ¹⁴And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot`s being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; ¹⁵for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age. ¹⁶And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered; ¹⁷rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.` ¹⁸And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

Chapter 14

¹And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, ²they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar. ³All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea; ⁴twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled. ⁵And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, ⁶and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness; ⁷and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar. ⁸And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim, ⁹with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five. ¹⁰And the valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain. ¹¹And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away; ¹²and they take Lot, Abram`s brother`s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away. ¹³And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram`s allies. <sup>14</sup>And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan. <sup>15</sup>And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus; <sup>16</sup>and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people. <sup>17</sup>And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king`s valley. ¹⁸And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High; ¹⁹and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth; <sup>20</sup>and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;` and he giveth to him a tenth of all. ²¹And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,` ²²and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth -- <sup>23</sup>from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich; <sup>24</sup>save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.`

Chapter 15

¹After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.` ²And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.` ³And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.` ⁴And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;` ⁵and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;` and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.` ⁶And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness. ⁷And He saith unto him, `I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;` ⁸and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?` ⁹And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;` ¹⁰and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided; ¹¹and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back. ¹²And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him; ¹³and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, <sup>14</sup>and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance; <sup>15</sup>and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age; <sup>16</sup>and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.` ¹⁷And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces. ¹⁸In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat, <sup>19</sup>with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, <sup>20</sup>and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, <sup>21</sup>and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.`

Chapter 16

¹And Sarai, Abram`s wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar; <sup>2</sup>and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;` and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai. <sup>3</sup>And Sarai, Abram`s wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram`s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife, <sup>4</sup>and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes. <sup>5</sup>And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence [is] for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.` <sup>6</sup>And Abram saith unto Sarai, `Lo, thine handmaid [is] in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;` and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence. <sup>7</sup>And a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way [to] Shur, <sup>8</sup>and he saith, `Hagar, Sarai`s handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?` and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.` ⁹And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;` ¹⁰and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;` ¹¹and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou [art] conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction; <sup>12</sup>and he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one`s hand against him -- and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.` <sup>13</sup>And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou [art], O God, my beholder;` for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?` <sup>14</sup>therefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;` lo, between Kadesh and Bered. <sup>15</sup>And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael; <sup>16</sup>and Abram [is] a son of eighty and six years in Hagar`s bearing Ishmael to Abram.

Chapter 17

¹And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect; <sup>2</sup>and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.` ³And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying, ⁴`I -- lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations; <sup>5</sup>and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee; <sup>6</sup>and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee. <sup>7</sup>`And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; ⁸and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.` <sup>9</sup>And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations; ¹⁰this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised; ¹¹and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you. ¹²`And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed; <sup>13</sup>he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during; <sup>14</sup>and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.` ¹⁵And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name; <sup>16</sup>and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.` ¹⁷And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?` ¹⁸And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;` ¹⁹and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him. <sup>20</sup>As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation; <sup>21</sup>and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;` ²²and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham. ²³And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham`s house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him. ²⁴And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ²⁵and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ²⁶in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son; ²⁷and all the men of his house -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.

Chapter 18

¹And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day; ²and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth, ³And he saith, `My Lord, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, do not, I pray thee, pass on from thy servant; <sup>4</sup>let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree; <sup>5</sup>and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;` and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.` ⁶And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;` ⁷and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it; ⁸and he taketh butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he hath prepared, and setteth before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they do eat. ⁹And they say unto him, `Where [is] Sarah thy wife?` and he saith, `Lo -- in the tent;` ¹⁰and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.` ¹¹And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him; ¹²and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; ¹³and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also [is] old!` ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why [is] this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.` ¹⁵And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;` for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.` ¹⁶And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away; ¹⁷and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing, <sup>18</sup>and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth? <sup>19</sup>for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.` ²⁰And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous: <sup>21</sup>I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;` ²²and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah. ²³And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked? <sup>24</sup>peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who [are] in its midst? <sup>25</sup>Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?` ²⁶And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.` ²⁷And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes; <sup>28</sup>peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?` and He saith, `I destroy [it] not, if I find there forty and five.` ²⁹And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there are found there forty?` and He saith, `I do [it] not, because of the forty.` ³⁰And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?` and He saith, `I do [it] not, if I find there thirty.` ³¹And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?` and He saith, `I do not destroy [it], because of the twenty.` ³²And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?` and He saith, `I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.` ³³And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.

Chapter 19

¹And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth, ²and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;` and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.` ³And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat. ⁴Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity; ⁵and they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where [are] the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.` ⁶And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him, ⁷and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil; <sup>8</sup>lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.` ⁹And they say, `Come nigh hither;` they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than [to] them;` and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door. ¹⁰And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door; ¹¹and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening. ¹²And the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from this place; <sup>13</sup>for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great [before] the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.` ¹⁴And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;` and he is as [one] mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law. ¹⁵And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.` ¹⁶And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city. ¹⁷And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.` ¹⁸And Lot saith unto them, `Not [so], I pray thee, my lord; <sup>19</sup>lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me, and I have died; <sup>20</sup>lo, I pray thee, this city [is] near to flee thither, and it [is] little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.` ²¹And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which thou hast spoken; <sup>22</sup>haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;` therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar. ²³The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar, ²⁴and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens; ²⁵and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground. ²⁶And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt! ²⁷And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood [before] the face of Jehovah; ²⁸and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace. ²⁹And it cometh to pass, in God`s destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt. <sup>30</sup>And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters. <sup>31</sup>And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father [is] old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as [is] the way of all the earth; ³²come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.` <sup>33</sup>And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. <sup>34</sup>And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.` ³⁵And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. ³⁶And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father, ³⁷and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day; ³⁸as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.

Chapter 20

¹And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; ²and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;` and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah. ³And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.` ⁴And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay? <sup>5</sup>hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.` ⁶And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her; <sup>7</sup>and now send back the man`s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.` <sup>8</sup>And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly; <sup>9</sup>and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.` <sup>10</sup>Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?` <sup>11</sup>And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife; <sup>12</sup>and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife; <sup>13</sup>and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father`s house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.` <sup>14</sup>And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife; <sup>15</sup>and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;` <sup>16</sup>and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;` and by all this she is reasoned with. <sup>17</sup>And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear: <sup>18</sup>for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham`s wife.

Chapter 21

¹And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; ²and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him; ³and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac; ⁴and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him. ⁵And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him, ⁶and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.` ⁷She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?` ⁸And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac`s being weaned; <sup>9</sup>and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, <sup>10</sup>and she saith to Abraham, `Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac.` <sup>11</sup>And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son`s sake; ¹²and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee. <sup>13</sup>As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.` ¹⁴And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba; ¹⁵and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. ¹⁶And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, `Let me not look on the death of the lad;` and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth. ¹⁷And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is]; <sup>18</sup>rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.` ¹⁹And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink; ²⁰and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; ²¹and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt. ²²And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing; <sup>23</sup>and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.` ²⁴And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.` ²⁵And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech`s servants have taken violently away, <sup>26</sup>and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.` <sup>27</sup>And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; <sup>28</sup>and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves. <sup>29</sup>And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What [are] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?` <sup>30</sup>And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;` <sup>31</sup>therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,` for there have both of them sworn. ³²And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines; ³³and [Abraham] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; ³⁴and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.

Chapter 22

¹And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ²And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.` ³And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him. ⁴On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar; ⁵and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.` ⁶And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together. ⁷And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my son.` And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?` ⁸and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;` and they go on both of them together. ⁹And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood; ¹⁰and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son. ¹¹And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;` and he saith, `Here [am] I;` ¹²and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.` ¹³And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son; ¹⁴and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,` because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.` ¹⁵And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens, ¹⁶and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one -- <sup>17</sup>that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies; <sup>18</sup>and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.` ¹⁹And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba. ²⁰And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother: <sup>21</sup>Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram, <sup>22</sup>and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel; <sup>23</sup>and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;` these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham`s brother; ²⁴and his concubine, whose name [is] Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.

Chapter 23

¹And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah; ²and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her. ³And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying, ⁴`A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.` ⁵And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, ⁶`Hear us, my lord; a prince of God [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.` ⁷And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth, ⁸and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar; <sup>9</sup>and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.` ¹⁰And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying, ¹¹`Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead.` ¹²And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land, ¹³and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me, and I bury my dead there.` ¹⁴And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him, ¹⁵`My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? -- thy dead bury.` ¹⁶And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant. ¹⁷And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [is] in it, and all the trees which [are] in the field, which [are] in all its border round about, ¹⁸to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city. ¹⁹And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [is] Hebron), in the land of Canaan; ²⁰and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth.

Chapter 24

¹And Abraham [is] old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things]; ²and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, <sup>3</sup>and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling; <sup>4</sup>but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.` ⁵And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?` ⁶And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither; <sup>7</sup>Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence; <sup>8</sup>and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.` ⁹And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter. ¹⁰And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor; ¹¹and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water. ¹²And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham; <sup>13</sup>lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; <sup>14</sup>and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.` ¹⁵And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, ¹⁶and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up. ¹⁷And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, `Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;` ¹⁸and she saith, `Drink, my lord;` and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink. ¹⁹And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;` ²⁰and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels. ²¹And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not. ²²And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold), ²³and saith, `Whose daughter [art] thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?` ²⁴And she saith unto him, `I [am] daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.` ²⁵She saith also unto him, `Both straw and provender [are] abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.` ²⁶And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah, ²⁷and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; -- I [being] in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord`s brethren.` <sup>28</sup>And the young person runneth, and declareth to the house of her mother according to these words. <sup>29</sup>And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name [is] Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who [is] without, unto the fountain; <sup>30</sup>yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, `Thus hath the man spoken unto me,` that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain. <sup>31</sup>And he saith, `Come in, O blessed one of Jehovah, why standest thou without, and I -- I have prepared the house and place for the camels!` <sup>32</sup>And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who [are] with him: <sup>33</sup>and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, `I do not eat till I have spoken my word;` and he saith, `Speak.` <sup>34</sup>And he saith, `I [am] Abraham`s servant; <sup>35</sup>and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses; <sup>36</sup>and Sarah, my lord`s wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath. ³⁷`And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling. <sup>38</sup>If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son. <sup>39</sup>`And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me; ⁴⁰and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father; ⁴¹then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not [one] to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath. ⁴²`And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going -- <sup>43</sup>(lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher, <sup>44</sup>and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw -- she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord`s son. ⁴⁵`Before I finish speaking unto my heart, then lo, Rebekah is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she goeth down to the fountain, and draweth; and I say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, <sup>46</sup>and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered. <sup>47</sup>`And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [art] thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands, ⁴⁸and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord`s brother for his son. <sup>49</sup>`And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.` <sup>50</sup>And Laban answereth -- Bethuel also -- and they say, `The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good; ⁵¹lo, Rebekah [is] before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord`s son, as Jehovah hath spoken.` ⁵²And it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah; ⁵³and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother. ⁵⁴And they eat and drink, he and the men who [are] with him, and lodge all night; and they rise in the morning, and he saith, `Send me to my lord;` ⁵⁵and her brother saith -- her mother also -- `Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.` ⁵⁶And he saith unto them, `Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;` ⁵⁷and they say, `Let us call for the young person, and ask at her mouth;` ⁵⁸and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, `Dost thou go with this man?` and she saith, `I go.` ⁵⁹And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham`s servant, and his men; <sup>60</sup>and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, `Thou [art] our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.` <sup>61</sup>And Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant taketh Rebekah and goeth. <sup>62</sup>And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south, <sup>63</sup>and Isaac goeth out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, camels are coming. <sup>64</sup>And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel; <sup>65</sup>and she saith unto the servant, `Who [is] this man who is walking in the field to meet us?` and the servant saith, `It [is] my lord;` and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself. ⁶⁶And the servant recounteth to Isaac all the things that he hath done, ⁶⁷and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after [the death of] his mother.

Chapter 25

¹And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah; ²and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. ³And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim; ⁴and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah. ⁵And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac; ⁶and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country. ⁷And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years; ⁸and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people. ⁹And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre -- ¹⁰the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife. ¹¹And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder. ¹²And these [are] births of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah`s handmaid, hath borne to Abraham; ¹³and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ¹⁴and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ¹⁵Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: ¹⁶these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples. ¹⁷And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people; ¹⁸and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen. ¹⁹And these [are] births of Isaac, Abraham`s son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac; <sup>20</sup>and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife. <sup>21</sup>And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth, <sup>22</sup>and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If [it is] right -- why [am] I thus?` and she goeth to seek Jehovah. <sup>23</sup>And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.` <sup>24</sup>And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] in her womb; <sup>25</sup>and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau; <sup>26</sup>and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau`s heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them. ²⁷And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents; ²⁸and Isaac loveth Esau, for [his] hunting [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob. ²⁹And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary; ³⁰and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I [am] weary;` therefore hath [one] called his name Edom [Red]; ³¹and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.` ³²And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?` ³³and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:` and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob; ³⁴and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.

Chapter 26

¹And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. ²And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee, <sup>3</sup>sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father; <sup>4</sup>and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth; <sup>5</sup>because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.` ⁶And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar; ⁷and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, `She [is] my sister:` for he hath been afraid to say, `My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.` ⁸And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife. ⁹And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, `Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She [is] my sister?` and Isaac saith unto him, `Because I said, Lest I die for her.` ¹⁰And Abimelech saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;` ¹¹and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.` ¹²And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him; ¹³and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great, ¹⁴and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him, ¹⁵and all the wells which his father`s servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust. <sup>16</sup>And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;` <sup>17</sup>and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there; <sup>18</sup>and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them. <sup>19</sup>And Isaac`s servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water, ²⁰and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water [is] ours;` and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,` because they have striven habitually with him; ²¹and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name `Hatred.` ²²And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, `For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.` ²³And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba, ²⁴and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I [am] the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I [am] with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;` ²⁵and he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac`s servants dig a well. <sup>26</sup>And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host; <sup>27</sup>and Isaac saith unto them, `Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?` <sup>28</sup>And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; <sup>29</sup>do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou [art] now blessed of Jehovah.` ³⁰And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink, ³¹and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace. ³²And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac`s servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, `We have found water;` ³³and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day. ³⁴And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite, ³⁵and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Chapter 27

¹And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;` and he saith unto him, `Here [am] I.` ²And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death; <sup>3</sup>and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision, <sup>4</sup>and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.` ⁵And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision -- to bring in; ⁶and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying, <sup>7</sup>Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. <sup>8</sup>`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee: ⁹Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, [such] as he hath loved; ¹⁰and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death. ¹¹And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man, <sup>12</sup>it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;` ¹³and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.` ¹⁴And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved; ¹⁵and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son; ¹⁶and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck, ¹⁷and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son. ¹⁸And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;` and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?` ¹⁹And Jacob saith unto his father, `I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.` ²⁰And Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?` and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.` ²¹And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.` ²²And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.` ²³And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him, ²⁴and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?` and he saith, `I [am].` ²⁵And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son`s provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;` and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh. <sup>26</sup>And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;` <sup>27</sup>and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed; ²⁸and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine; ²⁹peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed, and those who bless thee [are] blessed.` <sup>30</sup>And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting; <sup>31</sup>and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son`s provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.` ³²And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who [art] thou?` and he saith, `I [am] thy son, thy first-born, Esau;` ³³and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? -- yea, blessed is he.` ³⁴When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me also, O my father;` ³⁵and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.` ³⁶And he saith, `Is it because [one] called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;` he saith also, `Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?` ³⁷And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and [with] corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?` ³⁸And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;` and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth. ³⁹And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, `Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above; <sup>40</sup>and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.` ⁴¹And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.` ⁴²And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee -- to slay thee; <sup>43</sup>and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran, <sup>44</sup>and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother`s fury turn back, ⁴⁵till thy brother`s anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?` ⁴⁶And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I live?`

Chapter 28

¹And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, `Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan; <sup>2</sup>rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother`s father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother`s brother; <sup>3</sup>and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples; <sup>4</sup>and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.` ⁵And Isaac sendeth away Jacob, and he goeth to Padan-Aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau. ⁶And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan -- ⁷that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram -- ⁸and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father, ⁹and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife. <sup>10</sup>And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran, <sup>11</sup>and he toucheth at a [certain] place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh [them] his pillows, and lieth down in that place. <sup>12</sup>And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it; <sup>13</sup>and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I [am] Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed; ¹⁴and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed. ¹⁵`And lo, I [am] with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.` ¹⁶And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;` ¹⁷and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.` ¹⁸And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top, ¹⁹and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first. ²⁰And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on -- <sup>21</sup>when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God, <sup>22</sup>then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.`

Chapter 29

¹And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east; ²and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone [is] on the mouth of the well. ³(When thither have all the droves been gathered, and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and have watered the flock, then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.) ⁴And Jacob saith to them, `My brethren, from whence [are] ye?` and they say, `We [are] from Haran.` ⁵And he saith to them, `Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?` and they say, `We have known.` ⁶And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?` and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.` ⁷And he saith, `Lo, the day [is] still great, [it is] not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.` ⁸And they say, `We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.` ⁹He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she [is] shepherdess; ¹⁰and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother`s brother, and the flock of Laban his mother`s brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother`s brother. <sup>11</sup>And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth, <sup>12</sup>and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he [is] her father`s brother, and that he [is] Rebekah`s son, and she runneth and declareth to her father. <sup>13</sup>And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister`s son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things, ¹⁴and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh [art] thou;` and he dwelleth with him a month of days. ¹⁵And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou [art] my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what [is] thy hire.` ¹⁶And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel, ¹⁷and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance. ¹⁸And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:` ¹⁹and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;` ²⁰and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her. ²¹And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;` ²²and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet. ²³And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her; ²⁴and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant. ²⁵And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it [is] Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?` ²⁶And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born; <sup>27</sup>fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.` ²⁸And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife; ²⁹and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her. ³⁰And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years. ³¹And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is] the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel [is] barren; ³²and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.` ³³And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Because Jehovah hath heard that I [am] the hated one, He also giveth to me even this [one];` and she calleth his name Simeon. ³⁴And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now [is] the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,` therefore hath [one] called his name Levi. ³⁵And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith this time, `I praise Jehovah;` therefore hath she called his name Judah; and she ceaseth from bearing.

Chapter 30

¹And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.` ²And Jacob`s anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?` <sup>3</sup>And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;` <sup>4</sup>and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her; <sup>5</sup>and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, <sup>6</sup>and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;` therefore hath she called his name Dan. <sup>7</sup>And Bilhah, Rachel`s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob, ⁸and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;` and she calleth his name Napthali. ⁹And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife; ¹⁰and Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son, <sup>11</sup>and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;` and she calleth his name Gad. <sup>12</sup>And Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob, ¹³and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;` and she calleth his name Asher. ¹⁴And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.` ¹⁵And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?` and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son`s love-apples.` <sup>16</sup>And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son`s love-apples;` and he lieth with her during that night. ¹⁷And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth, ¹⁸and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;` and she calleth his name Issachar. ¹⁹And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob, ²⁰and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;` and she calleth his name Zebulun; ²¹and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah. ²²And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb, ²³and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;` ²⁴and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.` ²⁵And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land; <sup>26</sup>give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.` ²⁷And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.` ²⁸He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.` ²⁹And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee [in], and that which thy substance was with me; <sup>30</sup>for [it is] little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?` ³¹And he saith, `What do I give to thee?` And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch; <sup>32</sup>I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire; <sup>33</sup>and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs -- it is stolen with me.` ³⁴And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;` ³⁵and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that [hath] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons, ³⁶and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban. ³⁷And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods, ³⁸and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink; ³⁹and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones. ⁴⁰And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban`s flock. <sup>41</sup>And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods, <sup>42</sup>and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban`s, and the strong ones Jacob`s. ⁴³And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.

Chapter 31

¹And he heareth the words of Laban`s sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;` <sup>2</sup>and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore. <sup>3</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.` <sup>4</sup>And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock; <sup>5</sup>and saith to them, `I am beholding your father`s face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me, <sup>6</sup>and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father, <sup>7</sup>and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me. <sup>8</sup>`If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked; ⁹and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me. ¹⁰`And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled; <sup>11</sup>and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I. <sup>12</sup>`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee; ¹³I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.` <sup>14</sup>And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father? ¹⁵have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money; ¹⁶for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children`s; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.` ¹⁷And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels, ¹⁸and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. ¹⁹And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath; ²⁰and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing; ²¹and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead. ²²And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled, ²³and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead. ²⁴And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.` ²⁵And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead. ²⁶And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword? <sup>27</sup>Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp, <sup>28</sup>and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? -- now thou hast acted foolishly in doing [so]; <sup>29</sup>my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil. <sup>30</sup>`And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?` <sup>31</sup>And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me; ³²with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what [is] with me, and take to thyself:` and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them. <sup>33</sup>And Laban goeth into the tent of Jacob, and into the tent of Leah, and into the tent of the two handmaidens, and hath not found; and he goeth out from the tent of Leah, and goeth into the tent of Rachel. <sup>34</sup>And Rachel hath taken the teraphim, and putteth them in the furniture of the camel, and sitteth upon them; and Laban feeleth all the tent, and hath not found; <sup>35</sup>and she saith unto her father, `Let it not be displeasing in the eyes of my lord that I am not able to rise at thy presence, for the way of women [is] on me;` and he searcheth, and hath not found the teraphim. <sup>36</sup>And it is displeasing to Jacob, and he striveth with Laban; and Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `What [is] my transgression? what my sin, that thou hast burned after me? ³⁷for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both. ³⁸`These twenty years I [am] with thee: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy flock I have not eaten; <sup>39</sup>the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night; <sup>40</sup>I have been [thus]: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes. <sup>41</sup>`This [is] to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times; ⁴²unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.` <sup>43</sup>And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters [are] my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing [is] mine; and to my daughters -- what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born? ⁴⁴and now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou, and it hath been for a witness between me and thee.` <sup>45</sup>And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up [for] a standing pillar; <sup>46</sup>and Jacob saith to his brethren, `Gather stones,` and they take stones, and make a heap; and they eat there on the heap; <sup>47</sup>and Laban calleth it Jegar-Sahadutha; and Jacob hath called it Galeed. <sup>48</sup>And Laban saith, `This heap [is] witness between me and thee to-day;` therefore hath he called its name Galeed; <sup>49</sup>Mizpah also, for he said, `Jehovah doth watch between me and thee, for we are hidden one from another; ⁵⁰if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters -- there is no man with us -- see, God [is] witness between me and thee.` <sup>51</sup>And Laban saith to Jacob, `Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee; ⁵²this heap [is] witness, and the standing pillar [is] witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil; ⁵³the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,` and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac. ⁵⁴And Jacob sacrificeth a sacrifice in the mount, and calleth to his brethren to eat bread, and they eat bread, and lodge in the mount; ⁵⁵and Laban riseth early in the morning, and kisseth his sons and his daughters, and blesseth them; and Laban goeth on, and turneth back to his place.

Chapter 32

¹And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him; ²and Jacob saith, when he hath seen them, `This [is] the camp of God;` and he calleth the name of that place `Two Camps.` ³And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom, ⁴and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now; <sup>5</sup>and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.` ⁶And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;` ⁷and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who [are] with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps, ⁸and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.` ⁹And Jacob saith, `God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah who saith unto me, Turn back to thy land, and to thy kindred, and I do good with thee: <sup>10</sup>I have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant -- for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps. <sup>11</sup>`Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons; ¹²and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.` <sup>13</sup>And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother: <sup>14</sup>she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty, <sup>15</sup>suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten; <sup>16</sup>and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.` <sup>17</sup>And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee? ¹⁸then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob`s: it [is] a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also [is] behind us.` ¹⁹And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him, <sup>20</sup>and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;` for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;` ²¹and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp. ²²And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok; ²³and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over. ²⁴And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn; ²⁵and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob`s thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him; <sup>26</sup>and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:` and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.` <sup>27</sup>And he saith unto him, `What [is] thy name?` and he saith, `Jacob.` <sup>28</sup>And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.` <sup>29</sup>And Jacob asketh, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, thy name;` and he saith, `Why [is] this, thou askest for My name?` and He blesseth him there. <sup>30</sup>And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;` <sup>31</sup>and the sun riseth on him when he hath passed over Penuel, and he is halting on his thigh; <sup>32</sup>therefore the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew which shrank, which [is] on the hollow of the thigh, unto this day, because He came against the hollow of Jacob`s thigh, against the sinew which shrank.

Chapter 33

¹And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants; ²and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. ³And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother, ⁴and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep; ⁵and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What [are] these to thee?` And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.` ⁶And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves; ⁷and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves. ⁸And he saith, `What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?` and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.` ⁹And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.` ¹⁰And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me; <sup>11</sup>receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all [things];` and he presseth on him, and he receiveth, ¹²and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.` ¹³And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died. <sup>14</sup>Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.` ¹⁵And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who [are] with me;` and he said, `Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.` ¹⁶And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir; ¹⁷and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth. ¹⁸And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city, ¹⁹and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah; ²⁰and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.

Chapter 34

¹And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land, ²and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her; ³and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person. ⁴And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.` ⁵And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming. ⁶And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; ⁷and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done. ⁸And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife, <sup>9</sup>and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves, <sup>10</sup>and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.` ¹¹And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give; <sup>12</sup>multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.` ¹³And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister), ¹⁴and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us. <sup>15</sup>`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised, ¹⁶then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people; ¹⁷and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.` <sup>18</sup>And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor`s son; ¹⁹and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob`s daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father. <sup>20</sup>And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying, <sup>21</sup>`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them. ²²`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised; <sup>23</sup>their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.` ²⁴And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city. ²⁵And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah`s brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male; <sup>26</sup>and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem`s house, and go out. ²⁷Jacob`s sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister; <sup>28</sup>their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken; <sup>29</sup>and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house. <sup>30</sup>And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.` <sup>31</sup>And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?`

Chapter 35

¹And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.` ²And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who [are] with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; <sup>3</sup>and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.` ⁴And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that [are] in their hand, and the rings that [are] in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which [is] by Shechem; ⁵and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which [are] round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob. ⁶And Jacob cometh in to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan (it [is] Bethel), he and all the people who [are] with him, ⁷and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother. ⁸And Deborah, Rebekah`s nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.` <sup>9</sup>And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him; <sup>10</sup>and God saith to him, `Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;` and He calleth his name Israel. <sup>11</sup>And God saith to him, `I [am] God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out; ¹²and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.` <sup>13</sup>And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him. <sup>14</sup>And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil; <sup>15</sup>and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel. <sup>16</sup>And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing; <sup>17</sup>and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also [is] a son for thee.` <sup>18</sup>And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin; <sup>19</sup>and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Bethlehem, <sup>20</sup>and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which [is] the standing pillar of Rachel`s grave unto this day. ²¹And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar; ²²and it cometh to pass in Israel`s dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father`s concubine; and Israel heareth. ²³And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob`s first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. <sup>24</sup>Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. <sup>25</sup>And sons of Bilhah, Rachel`s maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali. ²⁶And sons of Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These [are] sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram. ²⁷And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which [is] Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned. ²⁸And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years, ²⁹and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.

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¹And these [are] births of Esau, who [is] Edom. ²Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, ³and Bashemath daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth. ⁴And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel; ⁵and Aholibamah hath born Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These [are] sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. ⁶And Esau taketh his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he hath acquired in the land of Canaan, and goeth into the country from the face of Jacob his brother; ⁷for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle; ⁸and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. ⁹And these [are] births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir. ¹⁰These [are] the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz son of Adah, wife of Esau; Reuel son of Bashemath, wife of Esau. ¹¹And the sons of Eliphaz are Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz; ¹²and Timnath hath been concubine to Eliphaz son of Esau, and she beareth to Eliphaz, Amalek; these [are] sons of Adah wife of Esau. ¹³And these [are] sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah; these were sons of Bashemath wife of Esau. ¹⁴And these have been the sons of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, wife of Esau; and she beareth to Esau, Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. ¹⁵These [are] chiefs of the sons of Esau: sons of Eliphaz, first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, ¹⁶chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek; these [are] chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these [are] sons of Adah. ¹⁷And these [are] sons of Reuel son of Esau: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah; these [are] chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these [are] sons of Bashemath wife of Esau. ¹⁸And these [are] sons of Aholibamah wife of Esau: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these [are] chiefs of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, wife of Esau. ¹⁹These [are] sons of Esau (who [is] Edom), and these their chiefs. ²⁰These [are] sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, ²¹and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these [are] chiefs of the Horites, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom. ²²And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Heman; and a sister of Lotan [is] Timna. ²³And these [are] sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. ²⁴And these [are] sons of Zibeon, both Ajah and Anah: it [is] Anah that hath found the Imim in the wilderness, in his feeding the asses of Zibeon his father. ²⁵And these [are] sons of Anah: Dishon, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah. ²⁶And these [are] sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷These [are] sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. ²⁸These [are] sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ²⁹These [are] chiefs of the Horite: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, ³⁰chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these [are] chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir. ³¹And these [are] the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel. ³²And Bela son of Beor reigneth in Edom, and the name of his city [is] Dinhabah; ³³and Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah; ³⁴and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite. ³⁵And Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab), and the name of his city [is] Avith; ³⁶and Hadad dieth, and reign in his stead doth Samlah of Masrekah; ³⁷and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Saul from Rehoboth of the River; ³⁸and Saul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-hanan son of Achbor; ³⁹and Baal-hanan son of Achbor dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadar, and the name of his city [is] Pau; and his wife`s name [is] Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab. ⁴⁰And these [are] the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, ⁴¹chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁴²chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁴³chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these [are] chiefs of Edom, in reference to their dwellings, in the land of their possession; he [is] Esau father of Edom.

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¹And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father`s sojournings -- in the land of Canaan. <sup>2</sup>These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father`s wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father. ³And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; ⁴and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably. ⁵And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. ⁶And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: <sup>7</sup>that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.` ⁸And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?` and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. ⁹And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.` ¹⁰And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?` ¹¹and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter. ¹²And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem, ¹³and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;` and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;` ¹⁴and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;` and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem. ¹⁵And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?` ¹⁶and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?` ¹⁷And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,` and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan. ¹⁸And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. ¹⁹And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; <sup>20</sup>and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.` ²¹And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;` ²²and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,` -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father. ²³And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] upon him, ²⁴and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it. ²⁵And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt. ²⁶And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? <sup>27</sup>Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother -- our flesh;` and his brethren hearken. ²⁸And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt. ²⁹And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, ³⁰and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?` ³¹And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, ³²and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it [is] thy son`s coat or not?` <sup>33</sup>And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son`s coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!` ³⁴And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days, ³⁵and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,` and his father weepeth for him. ³⁶And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

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¹And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Judah goeth down from his brethren, and turneth aside unto a man, an Adullamite, whose name [is] Hirah; ²and Judah seeth there the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, whose name [is] Shuah, and taketh her, and goeth in unto her. ³And she conceiveth, and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Er; ⁴and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan; ⁵and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him. ⁶And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name [is] Tamar; ⁷and Er, Judah`s first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death. <sup>8</sup>And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;` <sup>9</sup>and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother`s wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother; ¹⁰and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death. ¹¹And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father`s house, till Shelah my son groweth up;` for he said, `Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;` and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father`s house. ¹²And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah`s wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath. <sup>13</sup>And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband`s father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;` ¹⁴and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife. ¹⁵And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face, ¹⁶and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,` (for he hath not known that she [is] his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?` ¹⁷and he saith, `I -- I send a kid of the goats from the flock.` And she saith, `Dost thou give a pledge till thou send [it]?` ¹⁸and he saith, `What [is] the pledge that I give to thee?` and she saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which [is] in thy hand;` and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him; ¹⁹and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood. ²⁰And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her. ²¹And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where [is] the separated one -- she in Enayim, by the way?` and they say, `There hath not been in this [place] a separated one.` ²²And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this [place] a separated one,` ²³and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.` ²⁴And it cometh to pass about three months [after], that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:` and Judah saith, `Bring her out -- and she is burnt.` ²⁵She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband`s father, saying, `To a man whose these [are], I [am] pregnant;` and she saith, `Discern, I pray thee, whose [are] these -- the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.` <sup>26</sup>And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;` and he hath not added to know her again. <sup>27</sup>And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins [are] in her womb; <sup>28</sup>and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that [one] giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.` <sup>29</sup>And it cometh to pass as he draweth back his hand, that lo, his brother hath come out, and she saith, `What! thou hast broken forth -- on thee [is] the breach;` and he calleth his name Pharez; ³⁰and afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand [is] the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.

Chapter 39

¹And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither. ²And Jehovah is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian, ³and his lord seeth that Jehovah is with him, and all that he is doing Jehovah is causing to prosper in his hand, ⁴and Joseph findeth grace in his eyes and serveth him, and he appointeth him over his house, and all that he hath he hath given into his hand. ⁵And it cometh to pass from the time that he hath appointed him over his house, and over all that he hath, that Jehovah blesseth the house of the Egyptian for Joseph`s sake, and the blessing of Jehovah is on all that he hath, in the house, and in the field; <sup>6</sup>and he leaveth all that he hath in the hand of Joseph, and he hath not known anything that he hath, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a fair form, and of a fair appearance. <sup>7</sup>And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord`s wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, `Lie with me;` ⁸and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord`s wife, `Lo, my lord hath not known what [is] with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand; ⁹none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou [art] his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? -- then have I sinned against God.` <sup>10</sup>And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day [by] day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her; <sup>11</sup>and it cometh to pass about this day, that he goeth into the house to do his work, and there is none of the men of the house there in the house, <sup>12</sup>and she catcheth him by his garment, saying, `Lie with me;` and he leaveth his garment in her hand, and fleeth, and goeth without. <sup>13</sup>And it cometh to pass when she seeth that he hath left his garment in her hand, and fleeth without, <sup>14</sup>that she calleth for the men of her house, and speaketh to them, saying, `See, he hath brought in to us a man, a Hebrew, to play with us; he hath come in unto me, to lie with me, and I call with a loud voice, ¹⁵and it cometh to pass, when he heareth that I have lifted up my voice and call, that he leaveth his garment near me, and fleeth, and goeth without.` <sup>16</sup>And she placeth his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord unto his house. <sup>17</sup>And she speaketh unto him according to these words, saying, `The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, hath come in unto me to play with me; ¹⁸and it cometh to pass, when I lift my voice and call, that he leaveth his garment near me, and fleeth without.` <sup>19</sup>And it cometh to pass when his lord heareth the words of his wife, which she hath spoken unto him, saying, `According to these things hath thy servant done to me,` that his anger burneth; <sup>20</sup>and Joseph`s lord taketh him, and putteth him unto the round-house, a place where the king`s prisoners [are] bound; and he is there in the round-house. ²¹And Jehovah is with Joseph, and stretcheth out kindness unto him, and putteth his grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house; ²²and the chief of the round-house giveth into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who [are] in the round-house, and of all that they are doing there, he hath been doer; ²³the chief of the round-house seeth not anything under his hand, because Jehovah [is] with him, and that which he is doing Jehovah is causing to prosper.

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¹And it cometh to pass, after these things -- the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt; ²and Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers, ³and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner, ⁴and the chief of the executioners chargeth Joseph with them, and he serveth them; and they are days in charge. ⁵And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt hath, who [are] prisoners in the round-house. ⁶And Joseph cometh in unto them in the morning, and seeth them, and lo, they [are] morose; ⁷and he asketh Pharaoh`s eunuchs who [are] with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, `Wherefore [are] your faces sad to-day?` <sup>8</sup>And they say unto him, `A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;` and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with God? recount, I pray you, to me.` <sup>9</sup>And the chief of the butlers recounteth his dream to Joseph, and saith to him, `In my dream, then lo, a vine [is] before me! ¹⁰and in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up hath its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes; ¹¹and Pharaoh`s cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.` ¹²And Joseph saith to him, `This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days; <sup>13</sup>yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head, and hath put thee back on thy station, and thou hast given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when thou wast his butler. <sup>14</sup>`Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house, ¹⁵for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.` <sup>16</sup>And the chief of the bakers seeth that he hath interpreted good, and he saith unto Joseph, `I also [am] in a dream, and lo, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head, ¹⁷and in the uppermost basket [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh`s food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.` ¹⁸And Joseph answereth and saith, `This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; <sup>19</sup>yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.` ²⁰And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh`s birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants, ²¹and he putteth back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he giveth the cup into the hand of Pharaoh; ²²and the chief of the bakers he hath hanged, as Joseph hath interpreted to them; ²³and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.

Chapter 41

¹And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River, ²and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds; ³and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River, ⁴and the kine of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat -- and Pharaoh awaketh. ⁵And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good, ⁶and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; ⁷and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream. ⁸And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh. ⁹And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day: <sup>10</sup>Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers; <sup>11</sup>and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed. <sup>12</sup>And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream hath he interpreted, <sup>13</sup>and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.` ¹⁴And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh. ¹⁵And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,` ¹⁶and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.` ¹⁷And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: `In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River, <sup>18</sup>and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds; <sup>19</sup>and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness. <sup>20</sup>`And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine, ²¹and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake. ²²`And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good; <sup>23</sup>and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; <sup>24</sup>and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.` ²⁵And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh; <sup>26</sup>the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one; <sup>27</sup>and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine; <sup>28</sup>this [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh. <sup>29</sup>`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt, ³⁰and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land, ³¹and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it [is] very grievous. ³²`And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it. <sup>33</sup>`And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt; ³⁴let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty, ³⁵and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept [it], ³⁶and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.` <sup>37</sup>And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants, <sup>38</sup>and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?` <sup>39</sup>and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God`s causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou; <sup>40</sup>thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.` ⁴¹And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.` ⁴²And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him [with] garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck, ⁴³and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, `Bow the knee!` and -- to put him over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee a man doth not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt;` ⁴⁵and Pharaoh calleth Joseph`s name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt. <sup>46</sup>And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt; <sup>47</sup>and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls. <sup>48</sup>And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] round about [each] city hath he put in its midst; <sup>49</sup>and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number. <sup>50</sup>And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him, <sup>51</sup>and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;` <sup>52</sup>and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.` <sup>53</sup>And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt, <sup>54</sup>and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread; <sup>55</sup>and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.` ⁵⁶And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all [places] which have [corn] in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt, ⁵⁷and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

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¹And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?` ²he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;` ³and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt, ⁴and Benjamin, Joseph`s brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.` <sup>5</sup>And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan, <sup>6</sup>and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph`s brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth. ⁷And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?` and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.` ⁸And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him, ⁹and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.` ¹⁰And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; <sup>11</sup>we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;` ¹²and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;` ¹³and they say, `Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.` ¹⁴And Joseph saith unto them, `This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies, <sup>15</sup>by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither; <sup>16</sup>send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;` ¹⁷and he removeth them unto charge three days. ¹⁸And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear! <sup>19</sup>if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses, <sup>20</sup>and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;` and they do so. ²¹And they say one unto another, `Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.` ²²And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.` ²³And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them; ²⁴and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes. ²⁵And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so. ²⁶And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence, ²⁷and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag, ²⁸and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:` and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What [is] this God hath done to us!` ²⁹And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying, ³⁰`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; <sup>31</sup>and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies, <sup>32</sup>we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan. <sup>33</sup>`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go, ³⁴and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.` <sup>35</sup>And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man`s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; ³⁶and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.` ³⁷And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;` ³⁸and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.`

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¹And the famine [is] severe in the land; ²and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.` ³And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you; <sup>4</sup>if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food, <sup>5</sup>and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother [being] with you.` ⁶And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?` ⁷and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?` ⁸And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants. <sup>9</sup>I -- I am surety [for] him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days; <sup>10</sup>for if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.` ¹¹And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds; <sup>12</sup>and double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, ye take back in your hand, it may be it [is] an oversight. <sup>13</sup>`And take your brother, and rise, turn back unto the man; ¹⁴and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.` <sup>15</sup>And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph; <sup>16</sup>and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who [is] over his house, `Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.` <sup>17</sup>And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph, <sup>18</sup>and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, `For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in -- to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants -- our asses also.` <sup>19</sup>And they come nigh unto the man who [is] over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house, <sup>20</sup>and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food; ²¹and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one`s money [is] in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand; <sup>22</sup>and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.` ²³And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;` and he bringeth out Simeon unto them. ²⁴And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph`s house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses, <sup>25</sup>and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread. <sup>26</sup>And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth; <sup>27</sup>and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, `Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?` <sup>28</sup>and they say, `Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;` and they bow, and do obeisance. <sup>29</sup>And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother`s son, and saith, `Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?` and he saith, `God favour thee, my son.` ³⁰And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there; ³¹and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, `Place bread.` ³²And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it [is] an abomination to the Egyptians. ³³And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another; ³⁴and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.

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¹And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag; <sup>2</sup>and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;` and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken. ³The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses -- ⁴they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good? <sup>5</sup>Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil [in] that which ye have done.` ⁶And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words, ⁷and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word; <sup>8</sup>lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold? <sup>9</sup>with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.` ¹⁰And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;` ¹¹and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag; ¹²and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin; ¹³and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city. ¹⁴And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth; ¹⁵and Joseph saith to them, `What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?` ¹⁶And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;` ¹⁷and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.` ¹⁸And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh. <sup>19</sup>My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother? <sup>20</sup>and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him. <sup>21</sup>`And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him; ²²and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died; ²³and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face. ²⁴`And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord; <sup>25</sup>and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food, <sup>26</sup>and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man`s face, and our young brother not with us. ²⁷`And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me, <sup>28</sup>and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since; <sup>29</sup>when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol. <sup>30</sup>`And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul), ³¹then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol; ³²for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days. ³³`And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren, <sup>34</sup>for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.`

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¹And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;` and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren, ²and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth. ³And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I [am] Joseph, is my father yet alive?` and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence. ⁴And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,` and they come nigh; and he saith, `I [am] Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt; <sup>5</sup>and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you. <sup>6</sup>`Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land, and yet [are] five years, [in] which there is neither ploughing nor harvest; ⁷and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape; ⁸and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not, <sup>10</sup>and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son`s sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast, ¹¹and I have nourished thee there -- for yet [are] five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast. ¹²`And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking unto you; <sup>13</sup>and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.` ¹⁴And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck; ¹⁵and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him. ¹⁶And the sound hath been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, `Come have the brethren of Joseph;` and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, ¹⁷and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan, <sup>18</sup>and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land. <sup>19</sup>`Yea, thou -- thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come; ²⁰and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.` <sup>21</sup>And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph giveth waggons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he giveth to them provision for the way; <sup>22</sup>to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments; <sup>23</sup>and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way. <sup>24</sup>And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.` <sup>25</sup>And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father, <sup>26</sup>and they declare to him, saying, `Joseph [is] yet alive,` and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them. <sup>27</sup>And they speak unto him all the words of Joseph, which he hath spoken unto them, and he seeth the waggons which Joseph hath sent to bear him away, and live doth the spirit of Jacob their father; <sup>28</sup>and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.`

Chapter 46

¹And Israel journeyeth, and all that he hath, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, and sacrificeth sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac; ²and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, `Jacob, Jacob;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ³And He saith, `I [am] God, God of thy father, be not afraid of going down to Egypt, for for a great nation I set thee there; <sup>4</sup>I -- I go down with thee to Egypt, and I -- I also certainly bring thee up, and Joseph doth put his hand on thine eyes.` ⁵And Jacob riseth from Beer-Sheba, and the sons of Israel bear away Jacob their father, And their infants, and their wives, in the waggons which Pharaoh hath sent to bear him, ⁶and they take their cattle, and their goods which they have acquired in the land of Canaan, and come into Egypt -- Jacob, and all his seed with him, ⁷his sons, and his sons` sons with him, his daughters, and his sons` daughters, yea, all his seed he brought with him into Egypt. ⁸And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Jacob`s first-born, Reuben. <sup>9</sup>And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. <sup>10</sup>And sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul son of the Canaanitess. <sup>11</sup>And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. <sup>12</sup>And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul. <sup>13</sup>And sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. <sup>14</sup>And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. <sup>15</sup>These [are] sons of Leah whom she bare to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and Dinah his daughter; all the persons of his sons and his daughters [are] thirty and three. <sup>16</sup>And sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. <sup>17</sup>And sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. <sup>18</sup>These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob -- sixteen persons. <sup>19</sup>Sons of Rachel, Jacob`s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰And born to Joseph in the land of Egypt (whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him) [are] Manasseh and Ephraim. ²¹And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. ²²These [are] sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the persons [are] fourteen. ²³And sons of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. ²⁵These [are] sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter; and she beareth these to Jacob -- all the persons [are] seven. ²⁶All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob`s sons, all the persons [are] sixty and six. <sup>27</sup>And the sons of Joseph who have been born to him in Egypt [are] two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who are coming into Egypt [are] seventy. <sup>28</sup>And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen; <sup>29</sup>and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again; <sup>30</sup>and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Let me die this time, after my seeing thy face, for thou [art] yet alive.` <sup>31</sup>And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who [are] in the land of Canaan have come in unto me; ³²and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.` <sup>33</sup>`And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What [are] your works? ³⁴that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, -- in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.`

Chapter 47

¹And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they [are] in the land of Goshen.` ²And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh; ³and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, `What [are] your works?` and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thy servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;` ⁴and they say unto Pharaoh, `To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous [is] the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.` ⁵And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee: <sup>6</sup>the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell -- they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.` ⁷And Joseph bringeth in Jacob his father, and causeth him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesseth Pharaoh. ⁸And Pharaoh saith unto Jacob, `How many [are] the days of the years of thy life?` ⁹And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, `The days of the years of my sojournings [are] an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.` ¹⁰And Jacob blesseth Pharaoh, and goeth out from before Pharaoh. ¹¹And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded; ¹²and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants. ¹³And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine; ¹⁴and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh. ¹⁵And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come in unto Joseph, saying, `Give to us bread -- why do we die before thee, though the money hath ceased?` ¹⁶and Joseph saith, `Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.` ¹⁷And they bring in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph giveth to them bread, for the horses, and for the cattle of the flock, and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses; and he tendeth them with bread, for all their cattle, during that year. ¹⁸And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle [is] unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground; <sup>19</sup>why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.` ²⁰And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh`s; <sup>21</sup>as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end. <sup>22</sup>Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground. <sup>23</sup>And Joseph saith unto the people, `Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground, ²⁴and it hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who [are] in your houses, and for food for your infants.` <sup>25</sup>And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;` <sup>26</sup>and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh`s. ²⁷And Israel dwelleth in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly; ²⁸and Jacob liveth in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are an hundred and forty and seven years. ²⁹And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calleth for his son, for Joseph, and saith to him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and thou hast done with me kindness and truth; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt, <sup>30</sup>and I have lain with my fathers, and thou hast borne me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.` And he saith, `I -- I do according to thy word;` ³¹and he saith, `Swear to me;` and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the bed.

Chapter 48

¹And it cometh to pass, after these things, that [one] saith to Joseph, `Lo, thy father is sick;` and he taketh his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim. ²And [one] declareth to Jacob, and saith, `Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;` and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed. ³And Jacob saith unto Joseph, `God Almighty hath appeared unto me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesseth me, <sup>4</sup>and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during. <sup>5</sup>`And now, thy two sons, who are born to thee in the land of Egypt, before my coming unto thee to Egypt, mine they [are]; Ephraim and Manasseh, as Reuben and Simeon they are mine; ⁶and thy family which thou hast begotten after them are thine; by the name of their brethren they are called in their inheritance. ⁷`And I -- in my coming in from Padan-[Aram] Rachel hath died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet a kibrath of land to enter Ephrata, and I bury her there in the way of Ephrata, which [is] Bethlehem.` ⁸And Israel seeth the sons of Joseph, and saith, `Who [are] these?` ⁹and Joseph saith unto his father, `They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];` and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.` ¹⁰And the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them; ¹¹and Israel saith unto Joseph, `To see thy face I had not thought, and lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.` ¹²And Joseph bringeth them out from between his knees, and boweth himself on his face to the earth; ¹³and Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel`s left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel`s right, and bringeth [them] nigh to him. ¹⁴And Israel putteth out his right hand, and placeth [it] upon the head of Ephraim, who [is] the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh; he hath guided his hands wisely, for Manasseh [is] the first-born. ¹⁵And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day: <sup>16</sup>the Messenger who is redeeming me from all evil doth bless the youths, and my name is called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and they increase into a multitude in the midst of the land.` ¹⁷And Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh; ¹⁸and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this [is] the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.` ¹⁹And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;` ²⁰and he blesseth them in that day, saying, `By thee doth Israel bless, saying, God set thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh;` and he setteth Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers; <sup>22</sup>and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.`

Chapter 49

¹And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, `Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days. <sup>2</sup>`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father. ³Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength; ⁴Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father`s bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up! <sup>5</sup>Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals! <sup>6</sup>Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince. <sup>7</sup>Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel. <sup>8</sup>Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee. <sup>9</sup>A lion`s whelp [is] Judah, For prey, my son, thou hast gone up; He hath bent, he hath crouched as a lion, And as a lioness; who causeth him to arise? ¹⁰The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples. ¹¹Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering; ¹²Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk! ¹³Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon. ¹⁴Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds; ¹⁵And he seeth rest that [it is] good, And the land that [it is] pleasant, And he inclineth his shoulder to bear, And is to tribute a servant. ¹⁶Dan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel; ¹⁷Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse`s heels, And its rider falleth backward. <sup>18</sup>For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah! <sup>19</sup>Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last. <sup>20</sup>Out of Asher his bread [is] fat; And he giveth dainties of a king. <sup>21</sup>Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones. <sup>22</sup>Joseph [is] a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall; <sup>23</sup>And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers; <sup>24</sup>And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel. <sup>25</sup>By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; -- <sup>26</sup>Thy father`s blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate [from] his brethren. ²⁷Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.` <sup>28</sup>All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel, and this [is] that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them. <sup>29</sup>And he commandeth them, and saith unto them, `I am being gathered unto my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite; ³⁰in the cave which [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] on the front of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place; ³¹(there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah); ³²the purchase of the field and of the cave which [is] in it, [is] from Sons of Heth.` ³³And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.

Chapter 50

¹And Joseph falleth on his father`s face, and weepeth over him, and kisseth him; <sup>2</sup>and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel; <sup>3</sup>and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days. <sup>4</sup>And the days of his weeping pass away, and Joseph speaketh unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, `If, I pray you, I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, ⁵My father caused me to swear, saying, Lo, I am dying; in my burying-place which I have prepared for myself in the land of Canaan, there dost thou bury me; and now, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return;` <sup>6</sup>and Pharaoh saith, `Go up and bury thy father, as he caused thee to swear.` <sup>7</sup>And Joseph goeth up to bury his father, and go up with him do all the servants of Pharaoh, elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, <sup>8</sup>and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen; <sup>9</sup>and there go up with him both chariot and horsemen, and the camp is very great. <sup>10</sup>And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days, <sup>11</sup>and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning [is] this to the Egyptians;` therefore hath [one] called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,` which [is] beyond the Jordan. <sup>12</sup>And his sons do to him so as he commanded them, <sup>13</sup>and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre. <sup>14</sup>And Joseph turneth back to Egypt, he and his brethren, and all who are going up with him to bury his father, after his burying his father. <sup>15</sup>And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.` <sup>16</sup>And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying, ¹⁷Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;` and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him. <sup>18</sup>And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we [are] to thee for servants.` <sup>19</sup>And Joseph saith unto them, `Fear not, for [am] I in the place of God? ²⁰As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people; ²¹and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;` and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart. <sup>22</sup>And Joseph dwelleth in Egypt, he and the house of his father, and Joseph liveth a hundred and ten years, <sup>23</sup>and Joseph looketh on Ephraim`s sons of the third [generation]; sons also of Machir, son of Manasseh, have been born on the knees of Joseph. ²⁴And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I am dying, and God doth certainly inspect you, and hath caused you to go up from this land, unto the land which He hath sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.` ²⁵And Joseph causeth the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this [place].` ²⁶And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

Exodus

Chapter 1

¹And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his household have they come; ²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, ³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, ⁴Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ⁵And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt. ⁶And Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation; ⁷and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them. ⁸And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph, ⁹and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty than we; <sup>10</sup>give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.` ¹¹And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses; ¹²and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel; ¹³and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour, ¹⁴and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service in the field; all their service in which they have served [is] with rigour. ¹⁵And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one [is] Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah), ¹⁶and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it [is] a daughter -- then she hath lived.` ¹⁷And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive; ¹⁸and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?` ¹⁹And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them -- they have borne!` ²⁰And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty; ²¹and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households; ²²and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.`

Chapter 2

¹And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi, ²and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he [is] fair, and she hideth him three months, ³and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River; ⁴and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him. ⁵And a daughter of Pharaoh cometh down to bathe at the River, and her damsels are walking by the side of the River, and she seeth the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sendeth her handmaid, and she taketh it, ⁶and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, `This is [one] of the Hebrews` children.` <sup>7</sup>And his sister saith unto the daughter of Pharaoh, `Do I go? when I have called for thee a suckling woman of the Hebrews, then she doth suckle the lad for thee;` <sup>8</sup>and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;` and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad, <sup>9</sup>and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;` and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him. <sup>10</sup>And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because -- from the water I have drawn him.` <sup>11</sup>And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brethren, <sup>12</sup>and he turneth hither and thither, and seeth that there is no man, and smiteth the Egyptian, and hideth him in the sand. <sup>13</sup>And he goeth out on the second day, and lo, two men, Hebrews, striving! and he saith to the wrong-doer, `Why dost thou smite thy neighbour?` <sup>14</sup>and he saith, `Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?` and Moses feareth, and saith, `Surely the thing hath been known.` <sup>15</sup>And Pharaoh heareth of this thing, and seeketh to slay Moses, and Moses fleeth from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelleth in the land of Midian, and dwelleth by the well. <sup>16</sup>And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father, <sup>17</sup>and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses ariseth, and saveth them, and watereth their flock. <sup>18</sup>And they come in to Reuel their father, and he saith, `Wherefore have ye hastened to come in to-day?` <sup>19</sup>and they say, `A man, an Egyptian, hath delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also hath diligently drawn for us, and watereth the flock;` <sup>20</sup>and he saith unto his daughters, `And where [is] he? why [is] this? -- ye left the man! call for him, and he doth eat bread.` <sup>21</sup>And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses, <sup>22</sup>and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Gershom, for he said, `A sojourner I have been in a strange land.` ²³And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service; ²⁴and God heareth their groaning, and God remembereth His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob; ²⁵and God seeth the sons of Israel, and God knoweth.

Chapter 3

¹And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb; ²and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed. ³And Moses saith, `Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?` ⁴and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ⁵And He saith, `Come not near hither: cast thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou art standing is holy ground.` ⁶He saith also, `I [am] the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;` and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God. ⁷And Jehovah saith, `I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains; <sup>8</sup>and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey -- unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. <sup>9</sup>`And now, lo, the cry of the sons of Israel hath come in unto Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them, ¹⁰and now, come, and I send thee unto Pharaoh, and bring thou out My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.` <sup>11</sup>And Moses saith unto God, `Who [am] I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?` <sup>12</sup>and He saith, `Because I am with thee, and this [is] to thee the sign that I have sent thee: in thy bringing out the people from Egypt -- ye do serve God on this mount.` <sup>13</sup>And Moses saith unto God, `Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What [is] His name? what do I say unto them?` <sup>14</sup>And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;` He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.` <sup>15</sup>And God saith again unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel, Jehovah, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this [is] My name -- to the age, and this My memorial, to generation -- generation. ¹⁶`Go, and thou hast gathered the elders of Israel, and hast said unto them: Jehovah, God of your fathers, hath appeareth unto me, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have certainly inspected you, and that which is done to you in Egypt; <sup>17</sup>and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing [with] milk and honey. <sup>18</sup>`And they have hearkened to thy voice, and thou hast entered, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye have said unto him, Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God. ¹⁹`And I -- I have known that the king of Egypt doth not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand, <sup>20</sup>and I have put forth My hand, and have smitten Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst -- and afterwards he doth send you away. <sup>21</sup>`And I have given the grace of this people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it hath come to pass, when ye go, ye go not empty; ²²and [every] woman hath asked from her neighbour, and from her who is sojourning in her house, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and ye have put [them] on your sons and on your daughters, and have spoiled the Egyptians.`

Chapter 4

¹And Moses answereth and saith, `And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?` ²And Jehovah saith unto him, `What [is] this in thy hand?` and he saith, `A rod;` ³and He saith, `Cast it to the earth;` and he casteth it to the earth, and it becometh a serpent -- and Moses fleeth from its presence. ⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put forth thy hand, and lay hold on the tail of it;` and he putteth forth his hand, and layeth hold on it, and it becometh a rod in his hand -- ⁵`-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.` ⁶And Jehovah saith to him again, `Put in, I pray thee, thy hand into thy bosom;` and he putteth in his hand into his bosom, and he bringeth it out, and lo, his hand [is] leprous as snow; ⁷and He saith, `Put back thy hand unto thy bosom;` and he putteth back his hand unto his bosom, and he bringeth it out from his bosom, and lo, it hath turned back as his flesh -- ⁸`-- and it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence to thee, and hearken not to the voice of the first sign, that they have given credence to the voice of the latter sign. <sup>9</sup>`And it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou hast taken of the waters of the River, and hast poured on the dry land, and the waters which thou takest from the River have been, yea, they have become -- blood on the dry land.` <sup>10</sup>And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `O, my Lord, I [am] not a man of words, either yesterday, or before, or since Thy speaking unto Thy servant, for I [am] slow of mouth, and slow of tongue.` <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah? ¹²and now, go, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and have directed thee that which thou speakest;` <sup>13</sup>and he saith, `O, my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand Thou dost send.` <sup>14</sup>And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, `Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart, ¹⁵and thou hast spoken unto him, and hast set the words in his mouth, and I -- I am with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which ye do; ¹⁶and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he -- he is to thee for a mouth, and thou -- thou art to him for God; ¹⁷and this rod thou dost take in thy hand, with which thou doest the signs.` <sup>18</sup>And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who [are] in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.` And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.` <sup>19</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses in Midian, `Go, turn back to Egypt, for all the men have died who seek thy life;` <sup>20</sup>and Moses taketh his wife, and his sons, and causeth them to ride on the ass, and turneth back to the land of Egypt, and Moses taketh the rod of God in his hand. <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `In thy going to turn back to Egypt, see -- all the wonders which I have put in thy hand -- that thou hast done them before Pharaoh, and I -- I strengthen his heart, and he doth not send the people away; ²²and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born [is] Israel, ²³and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.` <sup>24</sup>And it cometh to pass in the way, in a lodging place, that Jehovah meeteth him, and seeketh to put him to death; <sup>25</sup>and Zipporah taketh a flint, and cutteth off the foreskin of her son, and causeth [it] to touch his feet, and saith, `Surely a bridegroom of blood [art] thou to me;` <sup>26</sup>and He desisteth from him: then she said, `A bridegroom of blood,` in reference to the circumcision. <sup>27</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Go to meet Moses into the wilderness;` and he goeth, and meeteth him in the mount of God, and kisseth him, ²⁸and Moses declareth to Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which He hath sent him, and all the signs with which He hath charged him. ²⁹And Moses goeth -- Aaron also -- and they gather all the elders of the sons of Israel, ³⁰and Aaron speaketh all the words which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and doth the signs before the eyes of the people; ³¹and the people believe when they hear that Jehovah hath looked after the sons of Israel, and that He hath seen their affliction; and they bow and do obeisance.

Chapter 5

¹And afterwards have Moses and Aaron entered, and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Send My people away, and they keep a feast to Me in the wilderness;` ²and Pharaoh saith, `Who [is] Jehovah, that I hearken to His voice, to send Israel away? I have not known Jehovah, and Israel also I do not send away.` ³And they say, `The God of the Hebrews hath met with us, let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest He meet us with pestilence or with sword.` ⁴And the king of Egypt saith unto them, `Why, Moses and Aaron, do ye free the people from its works? go to your burdens.` ⁵Pharaoh also saith, `Lo, numerous now [is] the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!` ⁶And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying, ⁷`Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves; <sup>8</sup>and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God; <sup>9</sup>let the service be heavy on the men, and let them work at it, and not be dazzled by lying words.` ¹⁰And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, `Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw, <sup>11</sup>ye -- go ye, take for yourselves straw where ye find [it], for there is nothing of your service diminished.` ¹²And the people is scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw, ¹³and the exactors are making haste, saying, `Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.` ¹⁴And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, `Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?` ¹⁵And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants? <sup>16</sup>Straw is not given to thy servants, and they are saying to us, Make bricks, and lo, thy servants are smitten -- and thy people hath sinned.` ¹⁷And he saith, `Remiss -- ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah; <sup>18</sup>and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.` ¹⁹And the authorities of the sons of Israel see them in affliction, saying, `Ye do not diminish from your bricks; the matter of a day in its day.` ²⁰And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh, ²¹and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.` ²²And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why [is] this? -- Thou hast sent me! <sup>23</sup>and since I have come unto Pharaoh, to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this people, and Thou hast not at all delivered Thy people.`

Chapter 6

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Now dost thou see that which I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he doth send them away, yea, with a strong hand he doth cast them out of his land.` ²And God speaketh unto Moses, and saith unto him, `I [am] Jehovah, <sup>3</sup>and I appear unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; as to My name Jehovah, I have not been known to them; <sup>4</sup>and also I have established My covenant with them, to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they have sojourned; <sup>5</sup>and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant. <sup>6</sup>`Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I [am] Jehovah, and I have brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and have delivered you from their service, and have redeemed you by a stretched-out arm, and by great judgments, ⁷and have taken you to Me for a people, and I have been to you for God, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah your God, who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians; ⁸and I have brought you in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and have given it to you -- a possession; I [am] Jehovah.` <sup>9</sup>And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service. <sup>10</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>11</sup>`Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he doth send the sons of Israel out of his land; ¹²and Moses speaketh before Jehovah, saying, `Lo, the sons of Israel have not hearkened unto me, and how doth Pharaoh hear me, and I of uncircumcised lips?` ¹³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and chargeth them for the sons of Israel, and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt. ¹⁴These [are] heads of the house of their fathers: Sons of Reuben first-born of Israel [are] Hanoch, and Phallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [are] families of Reuben. ¹⁵And sons of Simeon [are] Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul, son of the Canaanitess: these [are] families of Simeon. ¹⁶And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [are] a hundred and thirty and seven years. ¹⁷The sons of Gershon [are] Libni, and Shimi, as to their families. ¹⁸And the sons of Kohath [are] Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [are] a hundred and thirty and three years. ¹⁹And the sons of Merari [are] Mahli and Mushi: these [are] families of Levi, as to their births. ²⁰And Amram taketh Jochebed his aunt to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [are] a hundred and thirty and seven years. ²¹And sons of Izhar [are] Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. ²²And sons of Uzziel [are] Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. ²³And Aaron taketh Elisheba daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to himself for a wife, and she beareth to him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ²⁴And sons of Korah [are] Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] families of the Korhite. ²⁵And Eleazar, Aaron`s son, hath taken to him [one] of the daughters of Putiel for a wife to himself, and she beareth to him Phinehas: these [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites, as to their families. <sup>26</sup>This [is] Aaron -- and Moses -- to whom Jehovah said, `Bring ye out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts;` <sup>27</sup>these are they who are speaking unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt, this [is] Moses -- and Aaron. <sup>28</sup>And it cometh to pass in the day of Jehovah`s speaking unto Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, `I [am] Jehovah, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am speaking unto thee.` ³⁰And Moses saith before Jehovah, `Lo, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how doth Pharaoh hearken unto me?`

Chapter 7

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet; <sup>2</sup>thou -- thou dost speak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother doth speak unto Pharaoh, and he hath sent the sons of Israel out of his land. <sup>3</sup>`And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt, ⁴and Pharaoh doth not hearken, and I have put My hand on Egypt, and have brought out My hosts, My people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments; ⁵and the Egyptians have known that I [am] Jehovah, in My stretching out My hand against Egypt; and I have brought out the sons of Israel from their midst.` <sup>6</sup>And Moses doth -- Aaron also -- as Jehovah commanded them; so have they done; <sup>7</sup>and Moses [is] a son of eighty years, and Aaron [is] a son of eighty and three years, in their speaking unto Pharaoh. <sup>8</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <sup>9</sup>`When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh -- it becometh a monster.` <sup>10</sup>And Moses goeth in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they do so as Jehovah hath commanded; and Aaron casteth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it becometh a monster. <sup>11</sup>And Pharaoh also calleth for wise men, and for sorcerers; and the scribes of Egypt, they also, with their flashings, do so, <sup>12</sup>and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods; <sup>13</sup>and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>14</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away; ¹⁵go unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he is going out to the water, and thou hast stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent thou dost take in thy hand, ¹⁶and thou hast said unto him: Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Send My people away, and they serve Me in the wilderness; and lo, thou hast not hearkened hitherto. ¹⁷`Thus said Jehovah: By this thou knowest that I [am] Jehovah; lo, I am smiting with the rod which [is] in my hand, on the waters which [are] in the River, and they have been turned to blood, <sup>18</sup>and the fish that [are] in the River die, and the River hath stank, and the Egyptians have been wearied of drinking waters from the River.` ¹⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against their streams, against their rivers, and against their ponds, and against all their collections of waters; and they are blood -- and there hath been blood in all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [those of] stone.` ²⁰And Moses and Aaron do so, as Jehovah hath commanded, and he lifteth up [his hand] with the rod, and smiteth the waters which [are] in the River, before the eyes of Pharaoh, and before the eyes of his servants, and all the waters which [are] in the River are turned to blood, ²¹and the fish which [is] in the River hath died, and the River stinketh, and the Egyptians have not been able to drink water from the River; and the blood is in all the land of Egypt. ²²And the scribes of Egypt do so with their flashings, and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken, ²³and Pharaoh turneth and goeth in unto his house, and hath not set his heart even to this; ²⁴and all the Egyptians seek water round about the river to drink, for they have not been able to drink of the waters of the River. ²⁵And seven days are completed after Jehovah`s smiting the River,

Chapter 8

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me; <sup>2</sup>and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs; <sup>3</sup>and the River hath teemed [with] frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs; <sup>4</sup>yea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.` ⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand, with thy rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.` ⁶And Aaron stretcheth out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog cometh up, and covereth the land of Egypt; ⁷and the scribes do so with their flashings, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt. ⁸And Pharaoh calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, `Make supplication unto Jehovah, that he turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to Jehovah.` ⁹And Moses saith to Pharaoh, `Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?` ¹⁰and he saith, `To-morrow.` And he saith, According to thy word [it is], so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God, ¹¹and the frogs have turned aside from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the River they do remain.` <sup>12</sup>And Moses -- Aaron also -- goeth out from Pharaoh, and Moses crieth unto Jehovah, concerning the matter of the frogs which He hath set on Pharaoh; <sup>13</sup>and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and the frogs die out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields, <sup>14</sup>and they heap them up together, and the land stinketh. <sup>15</sup>And Pharaoh seeth that there hath been a respite, and he hath hardened his heart, and hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>16</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, and it hath become gnats in all the land of Egypt.` <sup>17</sup>And they do so, and Aaron stretcheth out his hand with his rod, and smiteth the dust of the land, and the gnats are on man and on beast; all the dust of the land hath been gnats in all the land of Egypt. <sup>18</sup>And the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast; <sup>19</sup>and the scribes say unto Pharaoh, `It [is] the finger of God;` and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>20</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo, he is going out to the waters, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me; ²¹for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are. ²²`And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I [am] Jehovah in the midst of the land, <sup>23</sup>and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.` ²⁴And Jehovah doth so, and the grievous beetle entereth the house of Pharaoh, and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land is corrupted from the presence of the beetle. ²⁵And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and to Aaron, and saith, `Go, sacrifice to your God in the land;` ²⁶and Moses saith, `Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes -- and they do not stone us! <sup>27</sup>A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.` ²⁸And Pharaoh saith, `I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;` ²⁹and Moses saith, `Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.` ³⁰And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah, ³¹and Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- there hath not been left one; ³²and Pharaoh hardeneth his heart also at this time, and hath not sent the people away.

Chapter 9

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, and thou hast spoken unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve me, <sup>2</sup>for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them, <sup>3</sup>lo, the hand of Jehovah is on thy cattle which [are] in the field, on horses, on asses, on camels, on herd, and on flock -- a pestilence very grievous. <sup>4</sup>`And Jehovah hath separated between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, and there doth not die a thing of all the sons of Israel`s; <sup>5</sup>and Jehovah setteth an appointed time, saying, To-morrow doth Jehovah do this thing in the land.` ⁶And Jehovah doth this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt die, and of the cattle of the sons of Israel not one hath died; ⁷and Pharaoh sendeth, and lo, not even one of the cattle of Israel hath died, and the heart of Pharaoh is hard, and he hath not sent the people away. ⁸And Jehovah saith unto Moses and unto Aaron, `Take to you the fulness of your hands [of] soot of a furnace, and Moses hath sprinkled it towards the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh, <sup>9</sup>and it hath become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and it hath become on man and on cattle a boil breaking forth [with] blains, in all the land of Egypt.` ¹⁰And they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkleth it towards the heavens, and it is a boil [with] blains, breaking forth, on man and on beast; ¹¹and the scribes have not been able to stand before Moses, because of the boil, for the boil hath been on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians. ¹²And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses. ¹³And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve Me, <sup>14</sup>for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth, <sup>15</sup>for now I have put forth My hand, and I smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth. <sup>16</sup>`And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth; ¹⁷still thou art exalting thyself against My people -- so as not to send them away; ¹⁸lo, I am raining about [this] time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now. ¹⁹`And, now, send, strengthen thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house -- come down on them hath the hail, and they have died.` ²⁰He who is fearing the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh hath caused his servants and his cattle to flee unto the houses; ²¹and he who hath not set his heart unto the word of Jehovah leaveth his servants and his cattle in the field. ²²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch forth thy hand towards the heavens, and there is hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on beast, and on every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.` ²³And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt, ²⁴and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation. ²⁵And the hail smiteth in all the land of Egypt all that [is] in the field, from man even unto beast, and every herb of the field hath the hail smitten, and every tree of the field it hath broken; ²⁶only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel [are], there hath been no hail. ²⁷And Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, `I have sinned this time, Jehovah [is] the Righteous, and I and my people [are] the Wicked, <sup>28</sup>make ye supplication unto Jehovah, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and ye add not to remain.` ²⁹And Moses saith unto him, `At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah -- the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth [is] Jehovah`s; ³⁰but thou and thy servants -- I have known that ye are not yet afraid of the face of Jehovah God.` ³¹And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley [is] budding, and the flax forming flowers, ³²and the wheat and the rye have not been smitten, for they are late. ³³And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, [from] the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth; ³⁴and Pharaoh seeth that the rain hath ceased, and the hail and the voices, and he continueth to sin, and hardeneth his heart, he and his servants; ³⁵and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 10

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst, <sup>2</sup>and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son`s son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.` <sup>3</sup>And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me, ⁴for if thou art refusing to send My people away, lo, I am bringing in to-morrow the locust into thy border, ⁵and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field; ⁶and they have filled thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither thy fathers nor thy father`s fathers have seen, since the day of their being on the ground unto this day,` -- and he turneth and goeth out from Pharaoh. ⁷And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, `Until when doth this [one] become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?` ⁸And Moses is brought back -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and he saith unto them, `Go, serve Jehovah your God; -- who and who [are] those going?` ⁹And Moses saith, `With our young ones, and with our aged ones, we go, with our sons, and with our daughters, with our flock, and our herd, we go, for we have a festival to Jehovah.` ¹⁰And he saith unto them, `Be it so, Jehovah [be] with you when I send you and your infants away; see -- for evil [is] before your faces; <sup>11</sup>not so! go now, ye who [are] men, and serve Jehovah, for that ye are seeking;` and [one] casteth them out from the presence of Pharaoh. ¹²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land -- all that the hail hath left.` ¹³And Moses stretcheth out his rod against the land of Egypt, and Jehovah hath led an east wind over the land all that day, and all the night; the morning hath been, and the east wind hath lifted up the locust. ¹⁴And the locust goeth up against all the land of Egypt, and resteth in all the border of Egypt -- very grievous: before it there hath not been such a locust as it, and after it there is none such; ¹⁵and it covereth the eye of all the land, and the land is darkened; and it eateth every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left, and there hath not been left any green thing in the trees, or in the herb of the field, in all the land of Egypt.` <sup>16</sup>And Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, `I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you, ¹⁷and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.` <sup>18</sup>And he goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah, <sup>19</sup>and Jehovah turneth a very strong sea wind, and it lifteth up the locust, and bloweth it into the Red Sea -- there hath not been left one locust in all the border of Egypt; <sup>20</sup>and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away. <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.` <sup>22</sup>And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; <sup>23</sup>they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.` ²⁴And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, `Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;` ²⁵and Moses saith, `Thou also dost give in our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we have prepared for Jehovah our God; <sup>26</sup>and also our cattle doth go with us, there is not left a hoof, for from it we do take to serve Jehovah our God; and we -- we know not how we do serve Jehovah till our going thither.` ²⁷And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not been willing to send them away; ²⁸and Pharaoh saith to him, `Go from me, take heed to thyself, add not to see my face, for in the day thou seest my face thou diest;` ²⁹and Moses saith, `Rightly hast thou spoken, I add not any more to see thy face.`

Chapter 11

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this [place]; <sup>2</sup>speak, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, and they ask -- each man from his neighbour, and each woman from her neighbour, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.` ³And Jehovah giveth the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians; also the man Moses [is] very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of the servants of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of the people. ⁴And Moses saith, `Thus said Jehovah, About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, <sup>5</sup>and every first-born in the land of Egypt hath died, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the maid-servant who [is] behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beasts; <sup>6</sup>and there hath been a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, and such as there is not again. <sup>7</sup>`And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel; ⁸and all these thy servants have come down unto me, and bowed themselves to me, saying, Go out, thou and all the people who [are] at thy feet; and afterwards I do go out;` -- and he goeth out from Pharaoh in the heat of anger. <sup>9</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;` <sup>10</sup>and Moses and Aaron have done all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Jehovah strengtheneth Pharaoh`s heart, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel out of his land.

Chapter 12

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying, ²`This month [is] to you the chief of months -- it [is] the first to you of the months of the year; <sup>3</sup>speak ye unto all the company of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month -- they take to them each man a lamb for the house of the fathers, a lamb for a house. <sup>4</sup>`(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,) ⁵a lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let be to you; from the sheep or from the goats ye do take [it]. ⁶`And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings; <sup>7</sup>and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it. <sup>8</sup>`And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it; ⁹ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards; ¹⁰and ye do not leave of it till morning, and that which is remaining of it till morning with fire ye do burn. ¹¹`And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah`s passover, ¹²and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I [am] Jehovah. ¹³`And the blood hath become a sign for you on the houses where ye [are], and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My smiting in the land of Egypt. <sup>14</sup>`And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; -- a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast. ¹⁵Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel. ¹⁶`And in the first day [is] a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person -- it alone is done by you, <sup>17</sup>and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations -- a statute age-during. <sup>18</sup>`In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening; ¹⁹seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any [one] eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; ²⁰anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.` <sup>21</sup>And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, `Draw out and take for yourselves [from] the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice; ²²and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped [it] in the blood which [is] in the basin, and have struck [it] on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which [is] in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning. ²³`And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite. <sup>24</sup>`And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons -- unto the age; ²⁵and it hath been, when ye come in unto the land which Jehovah giveth to you, as He hath spoken, that ye have kept this service; ²⁶and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What [is] this service ye have? ²⁷that ye have said, A sacrifice of passover it [is] to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, in His smiting the Egyptians, and our houses He delivered.` <sup>28</sup>And the people bow and do obeisance, and the sons of Israel go and do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done. <sup>29</sup>And it cometh to pass, at midnight, that Jehovah hath smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive who [is] in the prison-house, and every first-born of beasts. <sup>30</sup>And Pharaoh riseth by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there is a great cry in Egypt, for there is not a house where there is not [one] dead, <sup>31</sup>and he calleth for Moses and for Aaron by night, and saith, `Rise, go out from the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, and go, serve Jehovah according to your word; ³²both your flock and your herd take ye, as ye have spoken, and go; then ye have blessed also me.` <sup>33</sup>And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, `We are all dead;` <sup>34</sup>and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs [are] bound up in their garments on their shoulder. <sup>35</sup>And the sons of Israel have done according to the word of Moses, and they ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments; <sup>36</sup>and Jehovah hath given the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they cause them to ask, and they spoil the Egyptians. <sup>37</sup>And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants; <sup>38</sup>and a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd -- very much cattle. <sup>39</sup>And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves. <sup>40</sup>And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt [is] four hundred and thirty years; <sup>41</sup>and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years -- yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day -- all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt. <sup>42</sup>A night of watchings it [is] to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it [is] this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations. <sup>43</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, `This [is] a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it; ⁴⁴and any man`s servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him -- then he doth eat of it; <sup>45</sup>a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it; <sup>46</sup>in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house [any] of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it; <sup>47</sup>all the company of Israel do keep it. <sup>48</sup>`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his [is] to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it; ⁴⁹one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.` ⁵⁰And all the sons of Israel do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done. ⁵¹And it cometh to pass in this self-same day, Jehovah hath brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts.

Chapter 13

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Sanctify to Me every first-born, opening any womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; it [is] Mine.` ³And Moses saith unto the people, `Remember this day [in] which ye have gone out from Egypt, from the house of servants, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this, and any thing fermented is not eaten; <sup>4</sup>To-day ye are going out, in the month of Abib. <sup>5</sup>`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou hast done this service in this month. ⁶`Seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day [is] a feast to Jehovah; <sup>7</sup>unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and any thing fermented is not seen with thee; yea, leaven is not seen with thee in all thy border. <sup>8</sup>`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, `[It is] because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt, <sup>9</sup>and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt; <sup>10</sup>and thou hast kept this statute at its appointed season from days to days. <sup>11</sup>`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, as He hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it to thee, ¹²that thou hast caused every one opening a womb to pass over to Jehovah, and every firstling -- the increase of beasts which thou hast: the males [are] Jehovah`s. <sup>13</sup>`And every firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb, and if thou dost not ransom [it], then thou hast beheaded it: and every first-born of man among thy sons thou dost ransom. ¹⁴`And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What [is] this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants; <sup>15</sup>yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who [are] males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom; <sup>16</sup>and it hath been for a token on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.` ¹⁷And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh`s sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it [is] near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;` <sup>18</sup>and God turneth round the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and by fifties have the sons of Israel gone up from the land of Egypt. <sup>19</sup>And Moses taketh the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, `God doth certainly inspect you, and ye have brought up my bones from this with you.` ²⁰And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham at the extremity of the wilderness, ²¹and Jehovah is going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night; ²²He removeth not the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, [from] before the people.

Chapter 14

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they turn back and encamp before Pi-Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-Zephon; over-against it ye do encamp by the sea, <sup>3</sup>and Pharaoh hath said of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut upon them; <sup>4</sup>and I have strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath pursued after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, and the Egyptians have known that I [am] Jehovah;` and they do so. ⁵And it is declared to the king of Egypt that the people hath fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants is turned against the people, and they say, `What [is] this we have done? that we have sent Israel away from our service.` ⁶And he harnesseth his chariot, and his people he hath taken with him, ⁷and he taketh six hundred chosen chariots, even all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over them all; ⁸and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursueth after the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel are going out with a high hand, ⁹and the Egyptians pursue after them, and all the chariot horses of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his force, overtake them, encamping by the sea, by Pi-Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. ¹⁰And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah. ¹¹And they say unto Moses, `Because there are no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in a wilderness? what is this thou hast done to us -- to bring us out from Egypt? <sup>12</sup>Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?` ¹³And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them -- to the age; <sup>14</sup>Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.` ¹⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `What? thou criest unto Me -- speak unto the sons of Israel, and they journey; <sup>16</sup>and thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand towards the sea, and cleave it, and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea on dry land. <sup>17</sup>`And I -- lo, I am strengthening the heart of the Egyptians, and they go in after them, and I am honoured on Pharaoh, and on all his force, on his chariots, and on his horsemen; ¹⁸and the Egyptians have known that I [am] Jehovah, in My being honoured on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen.` <sup>19</sup>And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear, <sup>20</sup>and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night. <sup>21</sup>And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved, <sup>22</sup>and the sons of Israel go into the midst of the sea, on dry land, and the waters [are] to them a wall, on their right and on their left. <sup>23</sup>And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea, <sup>24</sup>and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians, <sup>25</sup>and turneth aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, `Let us flee from the face of Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians.` <sup>26</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand toward the sea, and the waters turn back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.` ²⁷And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea, ²⁸and the waters turn back, and cover the chariots and the horsemen, even all the force of Pharaoh, who are coming in after them into the sea -- there hath not been left of them even one. ²⁹And the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters [are] to them a wall, on their right and on their left; ³⁰and Jehovah saveth Israel in that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel seeth the Egyptians dead on the sea-shore, ³¹and Israel seeth the great hand with which Jehovah hath wrought against the Egyptians, and the people fear Jehovah, and remain stedfast in Jehovah, and in Moses His servant.

Chapter 15

¹Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they speak, saying: -- `I sing to Jehovah, For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea. <sup>2</sup>My strength and song is JAH, And He is become my salvation: This [is] my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him. <sup>3</sup>Jehovah [is] a man of battle; Jehovah [is] His name. <sup>4</sup>Chariots of Pharaoh and his force He hath cast into the sea; And the choice of his captains Have sunk in the Red Sea! <sup>5</sup>The depths do cover them; They went down into the depths as a stone. <sup>6</sup>Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Is become honourable in power; Thy right hand, O Jehovah, Doth crush an enemy. <sup>7</sup>And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath -- It consumeth them as stubble. <sup>8</sup>And by the spirit of Thine anger Have waters been heaped together; Stood as a heap have flowings; Congealed have been depths In the heart of a sea. <sup>9</sup>The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: -- <sup>10</sup>Thou hast blown with Thy wind The sea hath covered them; They sank as lead in mighty waters. <sup>11</sup>Who [is] like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who [is] like Thee -- honourable in holiness -- Fearful in praises -- doing wonders? <sup>12</sup>Thou hast stretched out Thy right hand -- Earth swalloweth them! <sup>13</sup>Thou hast led forth in Thy kindness The people whom Thou hast redeemed. Thou hast led on in Thy strength Unto Thy holy habitation. <sup>14</sup>Peoples have heard, they are troubled; Pain hath seized inhabitants of Philistia. <sup>15</sup>Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab -- Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan! <sup>16</sup>Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone, Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased. <sup>17</sup>Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established; <sup>18</sup>Jehovah reigneth -- to the age, and for ever!` ¹⁹For the horse of Pharaoh hath gone in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah turneth back on them the waters of the sea, and the sons of Israel have gone on dry land in the midst of the sea. ²⁰And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses; ²¹and Miriam answereth to them: -- `Sing ye to Jehovah, For Triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea!` ²²And Moses causeth Israel to journey from the Red Sea, and they go out unto the wilderness of Shur, and they go three days in the wilderness, and have not found water, ²³and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore hath [one] called its name Marah. ²⁴And the people murmur against Moses, saying, `What do we drink?` ²⁵and he crieth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sheweth him a tree, and he casteth unto the waters, and the waters become sweet. There He hath made for them a statute, and an ordinance, and there He hath tried them, ²⁶and He saith, `If thou dost really hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and dost that which is right in His eyes, and hast hearkened to His commands, and kept all His statutes: none of the sickness which I laid on the Egyptians do I lay on thee, for I, Jehovah, am healing thee. ²⁷And they come to Elim, and there [are] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamp there by the waters.

Chapter 16

¹And they journey from Elim, and all the company of the sons of Israel come in unto the wilderness of Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt. ²And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; ³and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.` ⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not; <sup>5</sup>and it hath been on the sixth day, that they have prepared that which they bring in, and it hath been double above that which they gather day [by] day.` ⁶And Moses saith -- Aaron also -- unto all the sons of Israel, `Evening -- and ye have known that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; <sup>7</sup>and morning -- and ye have seen the honour of Jehovah, in His hearing your murmurings against Jehovah, and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?` ⁸And Moses saith, `In Jehovah`s giving to you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety -- in Jehovah`s hearing your murmurings, which ye are murmuring against Him, and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against Jehovah.` ⁹And Moses saith unto Aaron, `Say unto all the company of the sons of Israel, Come ye near before Jehovah, for He hath heard your murmurings;` ¹⁰and it cometh to pass, when Aaron is speaking unto all the company of the sons of Israel, that they turn towards the wilderness, and lo, the honour of Jehovah is seen in the cloud. ¹¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹²`I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied [with] bread, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah your God.` ¹³And it cometh to pass in the evening, that the quail cometh up, and covereth the camp, and in the morning there hath been the lying of dew round about the camp, ¹⁴and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth. ¹⁵And the sons of Israel see, and say one unto another, `What [is] it?` for they have not known what it [is]; and Moses saith unto them, `It [is] the bread which Jehovah hath given to you for food. <sup>16</sup>`This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.` <sup>17</sup>And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is [gathering] much, and he who is [gathering] little; <sup>18</sup>and they measure with an omer, and he who is [gathering] much hath nothing over, and he who is [gathering] little hath no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered. <sup>19</sup>And Moses saith unto them, `Let no man leave of it till morning;` <sup>20</sup>and they have not hearkened unto Moses, and some of them do leave of it till morning, and it bringeth up worms and stinketh; and Moses is wroth with them. <sup>21</sup>And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted. <sup>22</sup>And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses. <sup>23</sup>And he saith unto them, `It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken [of]; a rest -- a holy sabbath to Jehovah -- [is] to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.` <sup>24</sup>And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses hath commanded, and it hath not stank, and a worm hath not been in it. <sup>25</sup>And Moses saith, `Eat it to-day, for to-day [is] a sabbath to Jehovah; to-day ye find it not in the field: ²⁶six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day -- the sabbath -- in it there is none.` <sup>27</sup>And it cometh to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found. <sup>28</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws? ²⁹see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each [in] his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.` <sup>30</sup>And the people rest on the seventh day, <sup>31</sup>and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it [is] as coriander seed, white; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey. <sup>32</sup>And Moses saith, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.` <sup>33</sup>And Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take one pot, and put there the fulness of the omer of manna, and let it rest before Jehovah, for a charge for your generations;` ³⁴as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge. ³⁵And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna forty years, until their coming in unto the land to be inhabited; the manna they have eaten till their coming in unto the extremity of the land of Canaan. ³⁶and the omer is a tenth of the ephah.

Chapter 17

¹And all the company of the sons of Israel journey from the wilderness of Sin, on their journeyings, by the command of Jehovah, and encamp in Rephidim, and there is no water for the people to drink; ²and the people strive with Moses, and say, `Give us water, and we drink.` And Moses saith to them, `What? -- ye strive with me, what? -- ye try Jehovah?` ³and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, `Why [is] this? -- thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.` ⁴And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, `What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.` ⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pass over before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy rod with which thou hast smitten the River take in thy hand, and thou hast gone: <sup>6</sup>Lo, I am standing before thee there on the rock in Horeb, and thou hast smitten on the rock, and waters have come out from it, and the people have drunk.` And Moses doth so before the eyes of the elders of Israel, ⁷and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the `strife` of the sons of Israel, and because of their `trying` Jehovah, saying, `Is Jehovah in our midst or not?` ⁸And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim, ⁹and Moses saith unto Joshua, `Choose for us men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I am standing on the top of the hill, and the rod of God in my hand.` ¹⁰And Joshua doth as Moses hath said to him, to fight with Amalek, and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, have gone up [to] the top of the height; ¹¹and it hath come to pass, when Moses lifteth up his hand, that Israel hath been mighty, and when he letteth his hands rest, that Amalek hath been mighty. ¹²And the hands of Moses [are] heavy, and they take a stone, and set [it] under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun; ¹³and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword. ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;` ¹⁵and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi, ¹⁶and saith, `Because a hand [is] on the throne of Jah, war [is] to Jehovah with Amalek from generation -- generation.`

Chapter 18

¹And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt, ²and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents, ³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:` ⁴and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.` ⁵And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping -- the mount of God; ⁶and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.` ⁷And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent; ⁸and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them. ⁹And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from the hand of the Egyptians; ¹⁰and Jethro saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh -- who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians; <sup>11</sup>now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly -- [He is] above them!` ¹²And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron cometh in, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God. ¹³And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening; ¹⁴and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What [is] this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?` ¹⁵And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God; <sup>16</sup>when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.` ¹⁷And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing [is] not good; <sup>18</sup>thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself. <sup>19</sup>`Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God; ²⁰and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do. ²¹`And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed [these] over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, <sup>22</sup>and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee. <sup>23</sup>If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.` ²⁴And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said, ²⁵and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens, ²⁶and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves. ²⁷And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.

Chapter 19

¹In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in this day they have come into the wilderness of Sinai, ²and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount. ³And Moses hath gone up unto God, and Jehovah calleth unto him out of the mount, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the sons of Israel, <sup>4</sup>Ye -- ye have seen that which I have done to the Egyptians, and I bear you on eagles` wings, and bring you in unto Myself. ⁵`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine; <sup>6</sup>and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these [are] the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.` ⁷And Moses cometh, and calleth for the elders of the people, and setteth before them all these words which Jehovah hath commanded him; ⁸and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;` and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah. ⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am coming unto thee in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and also believe in thee to the age;` and Moses declareth the words of the people unto Jehovah. ¹⁰And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go unto the people; and thou hast sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments, <sup>11</sup>and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai. <sup>12</sup>`And thou hast made a border [for] the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, going up into the mount, or coming against its extremity; whoever is coming against the mount is certainly put to death; ¹³a hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.` <sup>14</sup>And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments; <sup>15</sup>and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.` <sup>16</sup>And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who [are] in the camp do tremble. <sup>17</sup>And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount, <sup>18</sup>and mount Sinai [is] wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly; <sup>19</sup>and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice. <sup>20</sup>And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up. <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen; ²²and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.` <sup>23</sup>And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `The people [is] unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou -- Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border [for] the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.` <sup>24</sup>And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.` ²⁵And Moses goeth down unto the people, and saith unto them: --

Chapter 20

¹`And God speaketh all these words, saying, <sup>2</sup>I [am] Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants. <sup>3</sup>`Thou hast no other Gods before Me. ⁴`Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth. <sup>5</sup>Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me, <sup>6</sup>and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands. <sup>7</sup>`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing. ⁸`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it; <sup>9</sup>six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, <sup>10</sup>and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, -- <sup>11</sup>for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it. <sup>12</sup>`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. ¹³`Thou dost not murder. <sup>14</sup>`Thou dost not commit adultery. ¹⁵`Thou dost not steal. <sup>16</sup>`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony. ¹⁷`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which [is] thy neighbour`s.` <sup>18</sup>And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off, <sup>19</sup>and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.` <sup>20</sup>And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.` <sup>21</sup>And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is]. <sup>22</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you; ²³ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves. ²⁴`An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee. <sup>25</sup>`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it; ²⁶neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

Chapter 21

¹`And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them: <sup>2</sup>`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant -- six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought; ³if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him; ⁴if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters -- the wife and her children are her lord`s, and he goeth out by himself. <sup>5</sup>`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons -- I do not go out free; ⁶then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age. ⁷`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants; <sup>8</sup>if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her. <sup>9</sup>`And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her. ¹⁰`If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw; <sup>11</sup>and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money. <sup>12</sup>`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death; ¹³as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee. ¹⁴`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die. <sup>15</sup>`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death. ¹⁶`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death. <sup>17</sup>`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death. ¹⁸`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed; <sup>19</sup>if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed. <sup>20</sup>`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged; ²¹only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money. ²²`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges; <sup>23</sup>and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life, <sup>24</sup>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <sup>25</sup>burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. <sup>26</sup>`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye; ²⁷and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth. ²⁸`And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted; <sup>29</sup>and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death. <sup>30</sup>`If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him; ³¹whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him. ³²`If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned. <sup>33</sup>`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, -- ³⁴the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his. ³⁵`And when a man`s ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve; ³⁶or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

Chapter 22

¹`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. <sup>2</sup>`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; ³if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft; ⁴if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep -- double he repayeth. ⁵`When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay. <sup>6</sup>`When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay. ⁷`When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man`s house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double. ⁸`If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour; <sup>9</sup>for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour. <sup>10</sup>`When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing -- ¹¹an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay; ¹²but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner; ¹³if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay. ¹⁴`And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay; <sup>15</sup>if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, -- if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire. <sup>16</sup>`And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; ¹⁷if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins. ¹⁸`A witch thou dost not keep alive. <sup>19</sup>`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death. ²⁰`He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted. <sup>21</sup>`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt. ²²`Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict; <sup>23</sup>if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry; <sup>24</sup>and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans. <sup>25</sup>`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; ²⁶if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: ²⁷for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious. ²⁸`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse. <sup>29</sup>`Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me; ³⁰so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me. ³¹`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

Chapter 23

¹`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. <sup>2</sup>`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside; ³and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife. ⁴`When thou meetest thine enemy`s ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him; ⁵when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it -- thou dost certainly leave [it] with him. ⁶`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; <sup>7</sup>from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man. <sup>8</sup>`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous. ⁹`And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt. <sup>10</sup>`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase; ¹¹and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard. ¹²`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed; <sup>13</sup>and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth. <sup>14</sup>`Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year; ¹⁵the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear [in] My presence empty; ¹⁶and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field. ¹⁷`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>`Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning; ¹⁹the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother`s milk. <sup>20</sup>`Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared; ²¹be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name [is] in his heart; ²²for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee. ²³`For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off. <sup>24</sup>`Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars. ²⁵`And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart; <sup>26</sup>there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil: <sup>27</sup>My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee. <sup>28</sup>`And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee; ²⁹I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee; ³⁰little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land. ³¹`And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee; <sup>32</sup>thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods; <sup>33</sup>they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.`

Chapter 24

¹And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;` ²and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him. ³And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.` ⁴And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel; ⁵and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves. ⁶And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar; ⁷and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.` ⁸And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.` ⁹And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, ¹⁰and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity; ¹¹and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink. ¹²And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.` ¹³And Moses riseth -- Joshua his minister also -- and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God; ¹⁴and unto the elders he hath said, `Abide ye for us in this [place], until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur [are] with you -- he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.` ¹⁵And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount; ¹⁶and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud. ¹⁷And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel; ¹⁸and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.

Chapter 25

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they take for Me a heave-offering; from every man whose heart impelleth him ye do take My heave-offering. <sup>3</sup>`And this [is] the heave-offering which ye take from them; gold, and silver, and brass, ⁴and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats` [hair], <sup>5</sup>and rams` skins made red, and badgers` skins, and shittim wood, <sup>6</sup>oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the perfume of the spices, <sup>7</sup>shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate. <sup>8</sup>`And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst; ⁹according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its vessels, even so ye do make [it]. ¹⁰`And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height; <sup>11</sup>and thou hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, within and without thou dost overlay it, and thou hast made on it a ring of gold round about. <sup>12</sup>`And thou hast cast for it four rings of gold, and hast put [them] on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side; ¹³and thou hast made staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] gold, ¹⁴and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them, ¹⁵in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it; ¹⁶and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee. ¹⁷`And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; <sup>18</sup>and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; <sup>19</sup>and make thou one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that; at the mercy-seat ye do make the cherubs on its two ends. <sup>20</sup>`And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another -- towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs. ²¹`And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee; <sup>22</sup>and I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which [are] on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel. <sup>23</sup>`And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height, ²⁴and hast overlaid it [with] pure gold, and hast made for it a crown of gold round about, ²⁵and hast made for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and hast made a crown of gold to its border round about. ²⁶`And thou hast made to it four rings of gold, and hast put the rings on the four corners, which [are] to its four feet; <sup>27</sup>over-against the border are the rings for places for staves to bear the table; <sup>28</sup>and thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, and the table hath been borne with them; <sup>29</sup>and thou hast made its dishes, and its bowls, and its covers, and its cups, with which they pour out; of pure gold thou dost make them; <sup>30</sup>and thou hast put on the table bread of the presence before Me continually. <sup>31</sup>`And thou hast made a candlestick of pure gold, of beaten work is the candlestick made; its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers are of the same; ³²and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the second side; ³³three calyxes made like almonds in the one branch, a knop and a flower, and three calyxes made like almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; so for the six branches which are coming out from the candlestick. ³⁴`And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes made like almonds, its knops and its flowers; <sup>35</sup>and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick; <sup>36</sup>their knops and their branches are of the same, all of it one beaten work of pure gold; <sup>37</sup>and thou hast made its seven lamps, and [one] hath caused its lights to go up, and it hath given light over-against its front. <sup>38</sup>`And its snuffers and its snuff dishes [are] of pure gold; ³⁹of a talent of pure gold he doth make it, with all these vessels. ⁴⁰And see thou and do [them] by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

Chapter 26

¹`And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; [with] cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them; <sup>2</sup>the length of the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure [is] to all the curtains; <sup>3</sup>five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another. <sup>4</sup>`And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second. ⁵fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another; ⁶and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one. ⁷`And thou hast made curtains of goats` [hair], for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains: ⁸the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains; ⁹and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent. ¹⁰`And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second; <sup>11</sup>and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one. <sup>12</sup>`And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent -- the half of the curtain which is superfluous -- hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle; ¹³and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it; ¹⁴and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams` skins made red, and a covering of badgers` skins above. ¹⁵`And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up; <sup>16</sup>ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board; <sup>17</sup>two handles [are] to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle; <sup>18</sup>and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward; <sup>19</sup>and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles. <sup>20</sup>`And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, [are] twenty boards, ²¹and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board. ²²And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou dost make six boards. ²³And two boards thou dost make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. ²⁴And they are pairs beneath, and together they are pairs above its head unto the one ring; so is it for them both, they are for the two corners. ²⁵And they have been eight boards, and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board. ²⁶`And thou hast made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, <sup>27</sup>and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the two sides, westward; <sup>28</sup>and one hath caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end unto end; <sup>29</sup>and the boards thou dost overlay [with] gold, and their rings thou dost make of gold places for bars, and hast overlaid their bars with gold; <sup>30</sup>and thou hast raised up the tabernacle according to its fashion which thou hast been shewn in the mount. <sup>31</sup>`And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it [with] cherubs; ³²and thou hast put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, on four sockets of silver. ³³`And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies. <sup>34</sup>`And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies. ³⁵`And thou hast set the table at the outside of the vail, and the candlestick over-against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the table thou dost put on the north side. <sup>36</sup>`And thou hast made a covering for the opening of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer; ³⁷and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim [wood], and hast overlaid them [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.

Chapter 27

¹`And thou hast made the altar of shittim wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth -- the altar is square -- and three cubits its height. <sup>2</sup>And thou hast made its horns on its four corners, its horns are of the same, and thou hast overlaid it [with] brass. <sup>3</sup>And thou hast made its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its fire-pans, even all its vessels thou dost make of brass. <sup>4</sup>`And thou hast made for it a grate of net-work of brass, and hast made on the net four rings of brass on its four extremities, ⁵and hast put it under the compass of the altar beneath, and the net hath been unto the middle of the altar. ⁶`And thou hast made staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them [with] brass. <sup>7</sup>And the staves have been brought into the rings, and the staves have been on the two sides of the altar in bearing it. <sup>8</sup>Hollow with boards thou dost make it, as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so do they make [it]. <sup>9</sup>`And thou hast made the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward, hangings for the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit [is] the length for the one side, ¹⁰and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [are] of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] of silver; ¹¹and so for the north side in length, hangings of a hundred [cubits] in length, and its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets [are] of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] of silver. ¹²`And [for] the breadth of the court at the west side [are] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. <sup>13</sup>And [for] the breadth of the court at the east side, eastward, [are] fifty cubits. <sup>14</sup>And the hangings at the side [are] fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three. <sup>15</sup>And at the second side [are] hangings fifteen [cubits], their pillars three, and their sockets three. <sup>16</sup>`And for the gate of the court a covering of twenty cubits, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer; their pillars four, their sockets four. ¹⁷All the pillars of the court round about [are] filleted [with] silver, their pegs [are] silver, and their sockets brass. ¹⁸`The length of the court [is] a hundred by the cubit, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twined linen, and their sockets [are] brass, <sup>19</sup>even all the vessels of the tabernacle, in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, [are] brass. <sup>20</sup>`And thou -- thou dost command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to cause the lamp to go up continually; ²¹in the tent of meeting, at the outside of the vail, which [is] over the testimony, doth Aaron -- his sons also -- arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah -- a statute age-during to their generations, from the sons of Israel.

Chapter 28

¹`And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, [even] Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron; <sup>2</sup>and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty; <sup>3</sup>and thou -- thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled [with] a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me. <sup>4</sup>`And these [are] the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me. ⁵`And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen, <sup>6</sup>and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; <sup>7</sup>it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined. <sup>8</sup>`And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. ⁹`And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel; <sup>10</sup>six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births; <sup>11</sup>the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered [with] gold, thou dost make them. <sup>12</sup>`And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod -- stones of memorial to the sons of Israel -- and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial. ¹³`And thou hast made embroidered things of gold, <sup>14</sup>and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things. <sup>15</sup>`And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it; ¹⁶it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth. ¹⁷`And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row; <sup>18</sup>and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond; <sup>19</sup>and the third row [is] opal, agate, and amethyst; <sup>20</sup>and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings, <sup>21</sup>and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes. <sup>22</sup>`And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold; ²³and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate; ²⁴and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate; ²⁵and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put [them] on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face. ²⁶`And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] over-against the ephod within; <sup>27</sup>and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod, <sup>28</sup>and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod. <sup>29</sup>`And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. ³⁰`And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually. <sup>31</sup>`And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue, ³²and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent. ³³`And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about; <sup>34</sup>a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe round about. <sup>35</sup>`And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die. ³⁶`And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it -- openings of a signet -- `Holy to Jehovah;` <sup>37</sup>and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre -- over-against the front of the mitre it is; <sup>38</sup>and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah. <sup>39</sup>`And thou hast embroidered the coat of linen, and hast made a mitre of linen, and a girdle thou dost make -- work of an embroiderer. ⁴⁰`And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty; <sup>41</sup>and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me. <sup>42</sup>`And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs; ⁴³and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.

Chapter 29

¹`And this [is] the thing which thou dost to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: Take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones, <sup>2</sup>and bread unleavened, and cakes unleavened anointed with oil, of fine wheaten flour thou dost make them, <sup>3</sup>and thou hast put them on one basket, and hast brought them near in the basket, also the bullock and the two rams. <sup>4</sup>`And Aaron and his sons thou dost bring near unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water; ⁵and thou hast taken the garments, and hast clothed Aaron with the coat, and the upper robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and hast girded him with the girdle of the ephod, ⁶and hast set the mitre on his head, and hast put the holy crown on the mitre, ⁷and hast taken the anointing oil, and hast poured [it] on his head, and hast anointed him. ⁸`And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them [with] coats, <sup>9</sup>and hast girded them [with] a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and hast bound on them bonnets; and the priesthood hath been theirs by a statute age-during, and thou hast consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons, <sup>10</sup>and hast brought near the bullock before the tent of meeting, and Aaron hath laid -- his sons also -- their hands on the head of the bullock. <sup>11</sup>`And thou hast slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹²and hast taken of the blood of the bullock, and hast put [it] on the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the blood thou dost pour out at the foundation of the altar; ¹³and thou hast taken all the fat which is covering the inwards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and hast made perfume on the altar; ¹⁴and the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, thou dost burn with fire at the outside of the camp; it [is] a sin-offering. ¹⁵`And the one ram thou dost take, and Aaron and his sons have laid their hands on the head of the ram, <sup>16</sup>and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled [it] on the altar round about, <sup>17</sup>and the ram thou dost cut into its pieces, and hast washed its inwards, and its legs, and hast put [them] on its pieces, and on its head; <sup>18</sup>and thou hast made perfume with the whole ram on the altar. It [is] a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance; a fire-offering it [is] to Jehovah. <sup>19</sup>`And thou hast taken the second ram, and Aaron hath laid -- his sons also -- their hands on the head of the ram, ²⁰and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken of its blood, and hast put 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 great toe of their right foot, and hast sprinkled the blood on the altar round about; ²¹and thou hast taken of the blood which [is] on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and hast sprinkled on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he hath been hallowed, he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. ²²`And thou hast taken from the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat which is covering the inwards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and the right leg, for it [is] a ram of consecration, <sup>23</sup>and one round cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one thin cake out of the basket of the unleavened things which [is] before Jehovah. <sup>24</sup>`And thou hast set the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering before Jehovah; ²⁵and thou hast taken them out of their hand, and hast made perfume on the altar beside the burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance before Jehovah; a fire-offering it [is] to Jehovah. ²⁶`And thou hast taken the breast from the ram of the consecration which [is] for Aaron, and hast waved it -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath become thy portion; <sup>27</sup>and thou hast sanctified the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, which hath been waved, and which hath been lifted up from the ram of the consecration, of that which [is] for Aaron, and of that which [is] for his sons; <sup>28</sup>and it hath been for Aaron and for his sons, by a statute age-during from the sons of Israel, for it [is] a heave-offering; and it is a heave offering from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings -- their heave-offering to Jehovah. <sup>29</sup>`And the holy garments which are Aaron`s, are for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to consecrate in them their hand; <sup>30</sup>seven days doth the priest in his stead (of his sons) put them on, when he goeth in unto the tent of meeting, to minister in the sanctuary. <sup>31</sup>`And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place; ³²and Aaron hath eaten -- his sons also -- the flesh of the ram, and the bread which [is] in the basket, at the opening of the tent of meeting; ³³and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger doth not eat -- for they [are] holy; ³⁴and if there be left of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread till the morning, then thou hast burned that which is left with fire; it is not eaten, for it [is] holy. ³⁵`And thou hast done thus to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days thou dost consecrate their hand; <sup>36</sup>and a bullock, a sin-offering, thou dost prepare daily for the atonements, and thou hast atoned for the altar, in thy making atonement on it, and hast anointed it to sanctify it; <sup>37</sup>seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy. <sup>38</sup>`And this [is] that which thou dost prepare on the altar; two lambs, sons of a year, daily continually; ³⁹the one lamb thou dost prepare in the morning, and the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings; ⁴⁰and a tenth [deal] of fine flour, mixed with beaten oil, a fourth part of a hin, and a libation, a fourth part of a hin, of wine, [is] for the one lamb. ⁴¹`And the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings; according to the present of the morning, and according to its libation, thou dost prepare for it, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering, to Jehovah: -- <sup>42</sup>a continual burnt-offering for your generations, at the opening of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah, whither I am met with you, to speak unto thee there, <sup>43</sup>and I have met there with the sons of Israel, and it hath been sanctified by My honour. <sup>44</sup>`And I have sanctified the tent of meeting, and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I sanctify for being priests to Me, ⁴⁵and I have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God, ⁴⁶and they have known that I [am] Jehovah their God, who hath brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may tabernacle in their midst; I [am] Jehovah their God.

Chapter 30

¹`And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it; <sup>2</sup>a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth, (it is square), and two cubits its height; its horns [are] of the same. <sup>3</sup>`And thou hast overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou hast made to it a crown of gold round about; ⁴and two rings of gold thou dost make to it under its crown; on its two ribs thou dost make [them], on its two sides, and they have become places for staves, to bear it with them. ⁵`And thou hast made the staves of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold; <sup>6</sup>and thou hast put it before the vail, which [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which [is] over the testimony, whither I am met with thee. <sup>7</sup>`And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it, ⁸and in Aaron`s causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations. <sup>9</sup>`Ye do not cause strange perfume to go up upon it, and burnt-offering, and present, and libation ye do not pour out on it; ¹⁰and Aaron hath made atonement on its horns, once in a year, by the blood of the sin-offering of atonements; once in a year doth he make atonement for it, to your generations; it [is] most holy to Jehovah.` <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>12</sup>`When thou takest up the sum of the sons of Israel for their numbers, then they have given each an atonement [for] his soul to Jehovah in their being numbered, and there is no plague among them in their being numbered. ¹³`This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs); half a shekel [is] the heave-offering to Jehovah; <sup>14</sup>every one passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, doth give the heave-offering of Jehovah; <sup>15</sup>the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. <sup>16</sup>`And thou hast taken the atonement-money from the sons of Israel, and hast given it for the service of the tent of meeting; and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.` <sup>17</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>18</sup>`And thou hast made a laver of brass (and its base of brass), for washing; and thou hast put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there; ¹⁹and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet, ²⁰in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash [with] water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah, ²¹then they have washed their hands and their feet, and they die not, and it hath been to them a statute age-during, to him and to his seed to their generations.` <sup>22</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>23</sup>`And thou, take to thyself principal spices, wild honey five hundred [shekels]; and spice-cinnamon, the half of that, two hundred and fifty; and spice-cane two hundred and fifty; ²⁴and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin; ²⁵and thou hast made it a holy anointing oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. ²⁶`And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, <sup>27</sup>and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and its vessels, and the altar of perfume, <sup>28</sup>and the altar of burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base; <sup>29</sup>and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy; <sup>30</sup>and Aaron and his sons thou dost anoint, and hast sanctified them for being priests to Me. <sup>31</sup>`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, A holy anointing oil is this to Me, to your generations; ³²on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it [is] holy; it is holy to you; ³³a man who compoundeth [any] like it, or who putteth of it on a stranger -- hath even been cut off from his people.` <sup>34</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, spices and pure frankincense; they are part for part; ³⁵and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy; ³⁶and thou hast beaten [some] of it small, and hast put of it before the testimony, in the tent of meeting, whither I am met with thee; most holy it is to you. ³⁷`As to the perfume which thou makest, with its proper proportion ye do not make to yourselves, holy it is to thee to Jehovah; <sup>38</sup>a man who maketh [any] like it -- to be refreshed by it -- hath even been cut off from his people.`

Chapter 31

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`See, I have called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, <sup>3</sup>and I fill him [with] the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work, <sup>4</sup>to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, <sup>5</sup>and in graving of stone for settings, and in graving of wood to work in all work. <sup>6</sup>`And I, lo, I have given with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom, and they have made all that which I have commanded thee. ⁷`The tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy-seat which [is] on it, and all the vessels of the tent, <sup>8</sup>and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick and all its vessels, and the altar of the perfume, <sup>9</sup>and the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, <sup>10</sup>and the coloured garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for acting as priests in; <sup>11</sup>and the anointing oil, and the perfume of the spices for the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded thee -- they do.` ¹²And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹³`And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it [is] a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you; <sup>14</sup>and ye have kept the sabbath, for it [is] holy to you, he who is polluting it is certainly put to death -- for any who doeth work in it -- that person hath even been cut off from the midst of his people. <sup>15</sup>`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day [is] a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death, ¹⁶and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations [is] a covenant age-during, ¹⁷between Me and the sons of Israel it [is] a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.` ¹⁸And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.

Chapter 32

¹And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him.` ²And Aaron saith unto them, `Break off the rings of gold which [are] in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring in unto me;` ³and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which [are] in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron, ⁴and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.` ⁵And Aaron seeth, and buildeth an altar before it, and Aaron calleth, and saith, `A festival to Jehovah -- to-morrow;` ⁶and they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play. ⁷And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly, <sup>8</sup>they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.` ⁹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people; <sup>10</sup>and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.` ¹¹And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand? <sup>12</sup>why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people. <sup>13</sup>`Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou hast sworn by Thyself, and unto whom Thou speakest: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited to the age;` <sup>14</sup>and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people. <sup>15</sup>And Moses turneth, and goeth down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [are] in his hand, tables written on both their sides, on this and on that [are] they written; <sup>16</sup>and the tables are the work of God, and the writing is the writing of God, graven on the tables. <sup>17</sup>And Joshua heareth the voice of the people in their shouting, and saith unto Moses, `A noise of battle in the camp!` <sup>18</sup>and he saith, `It is not the voice of the crying of might, nor is it the voice of the crying of weakness -- a voice of singing I am hearing.` <sup>19</sup>And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount; <sup>20</sup>and he taketh the calf which they have made, and burneth [it] with fire, and grindeth until [it is] small, and scattereth on the face of the waters, and causeth the sons of Israel to drink. <sup>21</sup>And Moses saith unto Aaron, `What hath this people done to thee, that thou hast brought in upon it a great sin?` <sup>22</sup>and Aaron saith, `Let not the anger of my lord burn; thou -- thou hast known the people that it [is] in evil; ²³and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him; ²⁴and I say to them, Whoso hath gold, let them break [it] off, and they give to me, and I cast it into the fire, and this calf cometh out.` <sup>25</sup>And Moses seeth the people that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders, <sup>26</sup>and Moses standeth in the gate of the camp, and saith, `Who [is] for Jehovah? -- unto me!` and all the sons of Levi are gathered unto him; <sup>27</sup>and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.` <sup>28</sup>And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men, <sup>29</sup>and Moses saith, `Consecrate your hand to-day to Jehovah, for a man [is] against his son, and against his brother, so as to bring on you to-day a blessing.` <sup>30</sup>And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses saith unto the people, `Ye -- ye have sinned a great sin, and now I go up unto Jehovah, if so be I atone for your sin.` <sup>31</sup>And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, `Oh this people hath sinned a great sin, that they make to themselves a god of gold; ³²and now, if Thou takest away their sin -- and if not -- blot me, I pray thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.` <sup>33</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Whoso hath sinned against Me -- I blot him out of My book; ³⁴and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging -- then I have charged upon them their sin.` ³⁵And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

Chapter 33

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, `Go, ascend from this [place], thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it,` ²(and I have sent before thee a messenger, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,) ³unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou [art] a stiff-necked people -- lest I consume thee in the way.` <sup>4</sup>And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him. <sup>5</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye [are] a stiff-necked people; one moment -- I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;` <sup>6</sup>and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb. <sup>7</sup>And Moses taketh the tent, and hath stretched it out at the outside of the camp, afar off from the camp, and hath called it, `Tent of Meeting;` and it hath come to pass, every one seeking Jehovah goeth out unto the tent of meeting, which [is] at the outside of the camp. <sup>8</sup>And it hath come to pass, at the going out of Moses unto the tent, all the people rise, and have stood, each at the opening of his tent, and have looked expectingly after Moses, until his going into the tent. <sup>9</sup>And it hath come to pass, at the going in of Moses to the tent, the pillar of the cloud cometh down, and hath stood at the opening of the tent, and He hath spoken with Moses; <sup>10</sup>and all the people have seen the pillar of the cloud standing at the opening of the tent, and all the people have risen and bowed themselves, each at the opening of his tent. <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses face unto face, as a man speaketh unto his friend; and he hath turned back unto the camp, and his minister Joshua, son of Nun, a youth, departeth not out of the tent. <sup>12</sup>And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `See, Thou art saying unto me, Bring up this people, and Thou hast not caused me to know whom Thou dost send with me; and Thou hast said, I have known thee by name, and also thou hast found grace in Mine eyes. ¹³`And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation [is] Thy people;` ¹⁴and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.` ¹⁵And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going -- take us not up from this [place]; <sup>16</sup>and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Thine eyes -- I and Thy people -- is it not in Thy going with us? and we have been distinguished -- I and Thy people -- from all the people who [are] on the face of the ground.` ¹⁷And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Even this thing which thou hast spoken I do; for thou hast found grace in Mine eyes, and I know thee by name.` ¹⁸And he saith, `Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;` ¹⁹and He saith, `I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.` ²⁰He saith also, `Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;` ²¹Jehovah also saith, `Lo, a place [is] by Me, and thou hast stood on the rock, <sup>22</sup>and it hath come to pass, in the passing by of Mine honour, that I have set thee in a cleft of the rock, and spread out My hands over thee, until My passing by, <sup>23</sup>and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.`

Chapter 34

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first, and I have written on the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou hast broken; <sup>2</sup>and be prepared at morning, and thou hast come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and hast stood before Me there, on the top of the mount, <sup>3</sup>and no man cometh up with thee, and also no man is seen in all the mount, also the flock and the herd do not feed over-against that mount.` ⁴And he heweth two tables of stone like the first, and Moses riseth early in the morning, and goeth up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah commanded him, and he taketh in his hand two tables of stone. ⁵And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah, ⁶and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth, <sup>7</sup>keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children`s children, on a third [generation], and on a fourth.` <sup>8</sup>And Moses hasteth, and boweth to the earth, and doth obeisance, <sup>9</sup>and saith, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, O my Lord, let my Lord, I pray Thee, go in our midst (for it [is] a stiff-necked people), and thou hast forgiven our iniquity and our sin, and hast inherited us.` <sup>10</sup>And He saith, `Lo, I am making a covenant: before all thy people I do wonders, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation, and all the people in whose midst thou [art] have seen the work of Jehovah, for it [is] fearful that which I am doing with thee. ¹¹`Observe for thyself that which I am commanding thee to-day: lo, I am casting out from before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; <sup>12</sup>take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst; <sup>13</sup>for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down; <sup>14</sup>for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name [is] Zealous, is a zealous God. <sup>15</sup>`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice, ¹⁶and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods; ¹⁷a molten god thou dost not make to thyself. ¹⁸`The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt. <sup>19</sup>`All opening a womb [are] Mine, and every firstling of thy cattle born a male, ox or sheep; ²⁰and the firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb; and if thou dost not ransom, then thou hast beheaded it; every first-born of thy sons thou dost ransom, and they do not appear before Me empty. ²¹`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest. <sup>22</sup>`And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year. ²³`Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel; <sup>24</sup>for I dispossess nations from before thee, and have enlarged thy border, and no man doth desire thy land in thy going up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in a year. <sup>25</sup>`Thou dost not slaughter with a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice; and the sacrifice of the feast of the passover doth not remain till morning: ²⁶the first of the first-fruits of the land thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother`s milk.` ²⁷And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Write for thyself these words, for, according to the tenor of these words I have made with thee a covenant, and with Israel.` ²⁸And he is there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk; and he writeth on the tables the matters of the covenant -- the ten matters. ²⁹And it cometh to pass, when Moses is coming down from mount Sinai (and the two tables of the testimony [are] in the hand of Moses in his coming down from the mount), that Moses hath not known that the skin of his face hath shone in His speaking with him, ³⁰and Aaron seeth -- all the sons of Israel also -- Moses, and lo, the skin of his face hath shone, and they are afraid of coming nigh unto him. ³¹And Moses calleth unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the company return unto him, and Moses speaketh unto them; ³²and afterwards have all the sons of Israel come nigh, and he chargeth them with all that Jehovah hath spoken with him in mount Sinai. ³³And Moses finisheth speaking with them, and putteth on his face a vail; ³⁴and in the going in of Moses before Jehovah to speak with Him, he turneth aside the vail until his coming out; and he hath come out and hath spoken unto the sons of Israel that which he is commanded; ³⁵and the sons of Israel have seen the face of Moses that the skin of the face of Moses hath shone, and Moses hath put back the vail on his face until his going in to speak with Him.

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¹And Moses assembleth all the company of the sons of Israel, and saith unto them, `These [are] the things which Jehovah hath commanded -- to do them: <sup>2</sup>Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy [day], a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death; <sup>3</sup>ye do not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day.` ⁴And Moses speaketh unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, <sup>5</sup>Take ye from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah; every one whose heart [is] willing doth bring it, -- the heave-offering of Jehovah, -- gold, and silver, and brass, <sup>6</sup>and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats` [hair], ⁷and rams` skins made red, and badgers` skins, and shittim wood, ⁸and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume, ⁹and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a breastplate. ¹⁰`And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded: <sup>11</sup>`The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, ¹²`The ark and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering, <sup>13</sup>`The table and its staves, and all its vessels, and the bread of the presence, ¹⁴`And the candlestick for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light, <sup>15</sup>`And the altar of perfume, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the spice perfume, and the covering of the opening at the opening of the tabernacle, ¹⁶`The altar of burnt-offering and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, <sup>17</sup>`The hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the covering of the gate of the court, ¹⁸`The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, <sup>19</sup>`The coloured garments, to do service in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to act as priest in.` <sup>20</sup>And all the company of the sons of Israel go out from the presence of Moses, <sup>21</sup>and they come in -- every man whom his heart hath lifted up, and every one whom his spirit hath made willing -- they have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments. <sup>22</sup>And they come in -- the men with the women -- every willing-hearted one -- they have brought in nose-ring, and ear-ring, and seal-ring, and necklace, all golden goods, even every one who hath waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah. <sup>23</sup>And every man with whom hath been found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats` [hair], and rams` skins made red, and badgers` skins, have brought [them] in; ²⁴every one lifting up a heave-offering of silver and brass have brought in the heave-offering of Jehovah; and every one with whom hath been found shittim wood for any work of the service brought [it] in. ²⁵And every wise-hearted woman hath spun with her hands, and they bring in yarn, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the linen; ²⁶and all the women whose heart hath lifted them up in wisdom, have spun the goats` [hair]. <sup>27</sup>And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate, <sup>28</sup>and the spices, and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the spice perfume; <sup>29</sup>every man and woman (whom their heart hath made willing to bring in for all the work which Jehovah commanded to be done by the hand of Moses) [of] the sons of Israel brought in a willing-offering to Jehovah. <sup>30</sup>And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel, `See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, ³¹and He doth fill him [with] the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all work, ³²even to devise devices to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, ³³and in graving of stones for settings, and in graving of wood to work in any work of design. ³⁴`And to direct He hath put in his heart, he and Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; ³⁵He hath filled them with wisdom of heart to do every work, of engraver, and designer, and embroiderer (in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in linen), and weaver, who do any work, and of designers of designs.

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¹And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the sanctuary, have done according to all that Jehovah commanded. ²And Moses calleth unto Bezaleel, and unto Aholiab, and unto every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah hath given wisdom, every one whom his heart lifted up, to come near unto the work to do it. ³And they take from before Moses all the heave-offering which the sons of Israel have brought in for the work of the service of the sanctuary to do it; and still they have brought in unto him a willing-offering morning by morning. ⁴And all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the sanctuary, come each from his work which they are doing, ⁵and speak unto Moses, saying, `The people are multiplying to bring in more than sufficient for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make.` ⁶And Moses commandeth, and they cause a voice to pass over through the camp, saying, `Let not man or woman make any more work for the heave-offering of the sanctuary;` and the people are restrained from bringing, ⁷and the work hath been sufficient for them, for all the work, to do it, and to leave. ⁸And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, [with] cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them. ⁹The length of the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure [is] to all the curtains. ¹⁰And he joineth the five curtains one unto another, and the [other] five curtains he hath joined one unto another; ¹¹and he maketh loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he hath made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining of the second; ¹²fifty loops he hath made in the one curtain, and fifty loops hath he made in the end of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold one on another. ¹³And he maketh fifty hooks of gold, and joineth the curtains one unto another by the hooks, and the tabernacle is one. ¹⁴And he maketh curtains of goats` [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he hath made them; <sup>15</sup>the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain [is] four cubits; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains; <sup>16</sup>and he joineth the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart. <sup>17</sup>And he maketh fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and fifty loops he hath made on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second; <sup>18</sup>and he maketh fifty hooks of brass to join the tent -- to be one; <sup>19</sup>and he maketh a covering for the tent of rams` skins made red, and a covering of badgers` skins above. ²⁰And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up; ²¹ten cubits [is] the length of the [one] board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the [one] board; ²²two handles [are] to the one board, joined one unto another; so he hath made for all the boards of the tabernacle. ²³And he maketh the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward; ²⁴and forty sockets of silver he hath made under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles. ²⁵And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, he hath made twenty boards, ²⁶and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board; ²⁷and for the sides of the tabernacle, westward, hath he made six boards; ²⁸and two boards hath he made for the corners of the tabernacle, in the two sides; ²⁹and they have been twins below, and together they are twins at its head, at the one ring; so he hath done to both of them at the two corners; ³⁰and there have been eight boards; and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board. ³¹And he maketh bars of shittim wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, ³²and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward; ³³and he maketh the middle bar to enter into the midst of the boards from end to end; ³⁴and the boards he hath overlaid with gold, and their rings he hath made of gold, places for bars, and he overlayeth the bars with gold. ³⁵And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, [with] cherubs; ³⁶and he maketh for it four pillars of shittim [wood], and overlayeth them with gold; their pegs [are] of gold; and he casteth for them four sockets of silver. ³⁷And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer, ³⁸also its five pillars, and their pegs; and he overlaid their tops and their fillets [with] gold, and their five sockets [are] brass.

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¹And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height; ²and he overlayeth it with pure gold within and without, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about; ³and he casteth for it four rings of gold, on its four feet, even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its second side; ⁴and he maketh staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, ⁵and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. ⁶And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; ⁷and he maketh two cherubs of gold, of beaten work he hath made them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; ⁸one cherub at the end on this [side], and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends; ⁹and the cherubs are spreading out wings on high, covering over the mercy-seat with their wings, and their faces [are] one towards another; towards the mercy-seat have the faces of the cherubs been. ¹⁰And he maketh the table of shittim wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height, ¹¹and overlayeth it with pure gold, and maketh for it a wreath of gold round about. ¹²And he maketh for it a border of a handbreadth round about, and maketh a wreath of gold for its border round about; ¹³and he casteth for it four rings of gold, and putteth the rings on the four corners which [are] to its four feet; ¹⁴over-against the border have the rings been, places for staves to bear the table. ¹⁵And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold, to bear the table; ¹⁶and he maketh the vessels which [are] upon the table, its dishes, and its bowls, and its cups, and the cups by which they pour out, of pure gold. ¹⁷And he maketh the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he hath made the candlestick, its base, and its branch, its calyxes, its knops, and its flowers, have been of the same; ¹⁸and six branches are coming out of its sides, three branches of the candlestick out of its one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of its second side; ¹⁹three calyxes, made like almonds, in the one branch, a knop and a flower; and three calyxes, made like almonds, in another branch, a knop and a flower; so to the six branches which are coming out of the candlestick. ²⁰And in the candlestick [are] four calyxes, made like almonds, its knops, and its flowers, ²¹and a knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, and a knop under the two branches of the same, [are] to the six branches which are coming out of it; ²²their knops and their branches have been of the same; all of it one beaten work of pure gold. ²³And he maketh its seven lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold; ²⁴of a talent of pure gold he hath made it, and all its vessels. ²⁵And he maketh the perfume-altar of shittim wood; a cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth (square), and two cubits its height; its horns have been of the same; ²⁶and he overlayeth it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about, and its horns; and he maketh for it a wreath of gold round about; ²⁷and two rings of gold he hath made for it under its wreath, at its two corners, at its two sides, for places for staves to bear it with them. ²⁸And he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with gold; ²⁹and he maketh the holy anointing oil, and the pure spice-perfume -- work of a compounder.

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¹And he maketh the altar of burnt-offering of shittim wood, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth (square), and three cubits its height; ²and he maketh its horns on its four corners; its horns have been of the same; and he overlayeth it with brass; ³and he maketh all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the sprinkling-pans, the forks, and the fire-pans; all its vessels he hath made of brass. ⁴And he maketh for the altar a brazen grate of net-work, under its border beneath, unto its midst; ⁵and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate -- places for bars; ⁶and he maketh the staves of shittim wood, and overlayeth them with brass; ⁷and he bringeth in the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with them; hollow [with] boards he made it. ⁸And he maketh the laver of brass, and its base of brass, with the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who have assembled at the opening of the tent of meeting. ⁹And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit, ¹⁰their pillars [are] twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver; ¹¹and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars [are] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver; ¹²and at the west side [are] hangings, fifty by the cubit; their pillars [are] ten, and their sockets ten; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver; ¹³and at the east side eastward fifty cubits. ¹⁴The hangings on the side [are] fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three, ¹⁵and at the second side at the gate of the court, on this and on that, [are] hangings, fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three; ¹⁶all the hangings of the court round about [are] of twined linen, ¹⁷and the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver. ¹⁸And the covering of the gate of the court [is] the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits [is] the length, and the height with the breadth five cubits, over-against the hangings of the court; ¹⁹and their pillars [are] four, and their sockets of brass four, their pegs [are] of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets [are] of silver; ²⁰and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, [are] of brass. ²¹These are the numberings of the tabernacle (the tabernacle of testimony), which hath been numbered by the command of Moses, the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²²And Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, hath made all that Jehovah commanded Moses; ²³and with him [is] Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and designer, and embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in linen. ²⁴All the gold which is prepared for the work in all the work of the sanctuary (and it is the gold of the wave-offering) [is] twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. ²⁵And the silver of those numbered of the company [is] a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; ²⁶a bekah for a poll (half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,) for every one who is passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. ²⁷And a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket; ²⁸and the thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy he hath made pegs for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and filleted them. ²⁹And the brass of the wave-offering [is] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels; ³⁰and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar, ³¹and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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¹And of the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, they made coloured garments, to minister in the sanctuary; and they make the holy garments which [are] for Aaron, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²And he maketh the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, ³and they expand the plates of gold, and have cut off wires to work in the midst of the blue, and in the midst of the purple, and in the midst of the scarlet, and in the midst of the linen -- work of a designer; ⁴shoulder-pieces they have made for it, joining; at its two ends it is joined. ⁵And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on it is of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁶And they prepare the shoham stones, set, embroidered [with] gold, opened with openings of a signet, by the names of the sons of Israel; ⁷and he setteth them on the shoulders of the ephod -- stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁸And he maketh the breastplate, work of a designer, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; ⁹it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled. ¹⁰And they fill in it four rows of stones; a row of a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle [is] the one row; ¹¹and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹²and the third row an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper -- set, embroidered [with] gold, in their settings. ¹⁴And the stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel, are twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes. ¹⁵And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold; ¹⁶and they make two embroidered things of gold, and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate, ¹⁷and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate; ¹⁸and the two ends of the two thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front. ¹⁹And they make two rings of gold, and set [them] on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] on the side of the ephod within; ²⁰and they make two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulders of the ephod below, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod; ²¹and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod, with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from off the ephod, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²²And he maketh the upper robe of the ephod, work of a weaver, completely of blue; ²³and the opening of the upper robe [is] in its midst, as the opening of a habergeon, a border [is] to its opening round about, it is not rent; ²⁴and they make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined. ²⁵And they make bells of pure gold, and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates, on the hems of the upper robe, round about, in the midst of the pomegranates; ²⁶a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, [are] on the hems of the upper robe, round about, to minister in, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²⁷And they make the coats of linen, work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons, ²⁸and the mitre of linen, and the beautiful bonnets of linen, and the linen trousers, of twined linen, ²⁹and the girdle of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, work of an embroiderer, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³⁰And they make the flower of the holy crown of pure gold, and write on it a writing, openings of a signet, `Holy to Jehovah;` ³¹and they put on it a ribbon of blue, to put [it] on the mitre above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³²And all the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting is completed; and the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done. ³³And they bring in the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets; ³⁴and the covering of rams` skins, which are made red, and the covering of badgers` skins, and the vail of the covering; ³⁵the ark of the testimony and its staves, and the mercy-seat; ³⁶the table, all its vessels, and the bread of the presence; ³⁷the pure candlestick, its lamps, the lamps of arrangement, and all its vessels, and the oil for the light. ³⁸And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the spice-perfume, and the covering of the opening of the tent; ³⁹the brazen altar and the brazen grate which it hath, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base. ⁴⁰The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; ⁴¹the coloured clothes to minister in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to act as priest in. ⁴²According to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done all the service; ⁴³and Moses seeth all the work, and lo, they have done it as Jehovah hath commanded; so they have done. And Moses doth bless them.

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¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`On the first day of the month, in the first month, thou dost raise up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, <sup>3</sup>and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail, <sup>4</sup>and hast brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and hast brought in the candlestick, and caused its lamps to go up. <sup>5</sup>`And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle, ⁶and hast put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, ⁷and hast put the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and hast put water there. ⁸`And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court, <sup>9</sup>and hast taken the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it hath been holy; <sup>10</sup>and thou hast anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar hath been most holy; <sup>11</sup>and thou hast anointed the laver and its base, and sanctified it. <sup>12</sup>`And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water; ¹³and thou hast clothed Aaron with the holy garments, and anointed him, and sanctified him, and he hath acted as priest to Me. ¹⁴`And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them with coats, <sup>15</sup>and anointed them as thou hast anointed their father, and they have acted as priests to Me, and their anointing hath been to be to them for a priesthood age-during, to their generations.` ¹⁶And Moses doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done. ¹⁷And it cometh to pass, in the first month, in the second year, in the first of the month, the tabernacle hath been raised up; ¹⁸and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars, ¹⁹and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²⁰And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above; ²¹and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²²And he putteth the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, at the outside of the vail, ²³and setteth in order upon it the arrangement of bread, before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²⁴And he putteth the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over-against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward, ²⁵and causeth the lamps to go up before Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²⁶And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail, ²⁷and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²⁸And he setteth the covering of the opening to the tabernacle, ²⁹and the altar of the burnt-offering he hath set at the opening of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and causeth the burnt-offering to go up upon it, and the present, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³⁰And he putteth the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and putteth water there for washing, ³¹and Moses and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet at the same; ³²in their going in unto the tent of meeting, and in their drawing near unto the altar, they wash, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³³And he raiseth up the court round about the tabernacle, and about the altar, and placeth the covering of the gate of the court; and Moses completeth the work. ³⁴And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle; ³⁵and Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle. ³⁶And in the going up of the cloud from off the tabernacle the sons of Israel journey in all their journeys; ³⁷and if the cloud go not up then they journey not, until the day of its going up: ³⁸for the cloud of Jehovah [is] on the tabernacle by day, and fire is in it by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel in all their journeys.

Leviticus

Chapter 1

¹And Jehovah calleth unto Moses, and speaketh unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of you when he doth bring near an offering to Jehovah, out of the cattle -- out of the herd, or out of the flock -- ye do bring near your offering. <sup>3</sup>`If his offering [is] a burnt-offering out of the herd -- a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting he doth bring it near, at his pleasure, before Jehovah; ⁴and he hath laid his hand on the head of the burnt-offering, and it hath been accepted for him to make atonement for him; ⁵and he hath slaughtered the son of the herd before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have brought the blood near, and sprinkled the blood on the altar round about, which [is] at the opening of the tent of meeting. ⁶`And he hath stripped the burnt-offering, and hath cut it into its pieces; <sup>7</sup>and the sons of Aaron the priest have put fire on the altar, and arranged wood on the fire; <sup>8</sup>and sons of Aaron, the priests, have arranged the pieces, with the head and the fat, on the wood, which [is] on the fire, which [is] on the altar; <sup>9</sup>and its inwards and its legs he doth wash with water; and the priest hath made perfume with the whole on the altar, a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. <sup>10</sup>`And if his offering [is] out of the flock -- out of the sheep or out of the goats -- for a burnt-offering, a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near, ¹¹and he hath slaughtered it by the side of the altar northward, before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about; ¹²and he hath cut it into its pieces, and its head and its fat, and the priest hath arranged them on the wood, which [is] on the fire, which [is] on the altar; ¹³and the inwards and the legs he doth wash with water, and the priest hath brought the whole near, and hath made perfume on the altar; it [is] a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. ¹⁴`And if his offering [is] a burnt-offering out of the fowl to Jehovah, than he hath brought near his offering out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons, ¹⁵and the priest hath brought it near unto the altar, and hath wrung off its head, and hath made perfume on the altar, and its blood hath been wrung out by the side of the altar; ¹⁶and he hath turned aside its crop with its feathers, and hath cast it near the altar, eastward, unto the place of ashes; ¹⁷and he hath cleaved it with its wings (he doth not separate [it]), and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar, on the wood, which [is] on the fire; it [is] a burnt-offering, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

Chapter 2

¹`And when a person bringeth near an offering, a present to Jehovah, of flour is his offering, and he hath poured on it oil, and hath put on it frankincense; <sup>2</sup>and he hath brought it in unto the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he hath taken from thence the fulness of his hand of its flour and of its oil, besides all its frankincense, and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; <sup>3</sup>and the remnant of the present [is] for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire-offerings of Jehovah. <sup>4</sup>`And when thou bringest near an offering, a present baked in an oven, [it is of] unleavened cakes of flour mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil. ⁵`And if thine offering [is] a present [made] on the girdel, it is of flour, mixed with oil, unleavened; <sup>6</sup>divide thou it into parts, and thou hast poured on it oil; it [is] a present. <sup>7</sup>`And if thine offering [is] a present [made] on the frying-pan, of flour with oil it is made, ⁸and thou hast brought in the present which is made of these to Jehovah, and [one] hath brought it near unto the priest, and he hath brought it nigh unto the altar, ⁹and the priest hath lifted up from the present its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; ¹⁰and the remnant of the present [is] for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire-offerings of Jehovah. ¹¹No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah. ¹²`An offering of first-[fruits] -- ye bring them near to Jehovah, but on the altar they go not up, for sweet fragrance. <sup>13</sup>And every offering -- thy present -- with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near salt. <sup>14</sup>`And if thou bring near a present of first-ripe [fruits] to Jehovah, -- of green ears, roasted with fire, beaten out [corn] of a fruitful field thou dost bring near the present of thy first-ripe [fruits], ¹⁵and thou hast put on it oil, and laid on it frankincense, it [is] a present; ¹⁶and the priest hath made perfume with its memorial from its beaten out [corn], and from its oil, besides all its frankincense -- a fire-offering to Jehovah.

Chapter 3

¹`And if his offering [is] a sacrifice of peace-offerings, if out of the herd he is bringing near, whether male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near before Jehovah, <sup>2</sup>and he hath laid his hand on the head of his offering, and hath slaughtered it at the opening of the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron, the priests, have sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. <sup>3</sup>`And he hath brought near from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings a fire-offering to Jehovah, the fat which is covering the inwards, and all the fat which [is] on the inwards, ⁴and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver, (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside), ⁵and sons of Aaron have made it a perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering which [is] on the wood, which [is] on the fire -- a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. ⁶`And if his offering [is] out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near; <sup>7</sup>if a sheep he is bringing near [for] his offering, then he hath brought it near before Jehovah, <sup>8</sup>and hath laid his hand on the head of his offering, and hath slaughtered it before the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about. <sup>9</sup>`And he hath brought near from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings a fire-offering to Jehovah, its fat, the whole fat tail (over-against the bone he doth turn it aside), and the fat which is covering the inwards, and all the fat which [is] on the inwards, ¹⁰and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver, (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside), ¹¹and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar -- bread of a fire-offering to Jehovah. ¹²`And if his offering [is] a goat, then he hath brought it near before Jehovah, <sup>13</sup>and hath laid his hand on its head, and hath slaughtered it before the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about; <sup>14</sup>and he hath brought near from it his offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah, the fat which is covering the inwards, and all the fat which [is] on the inwards, <sup>15</sup>and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] upon them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver, (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside), <sup>16</sup>and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar -- bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat [is] Jehovah`s. ¹⁷`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.`

Chapter 4

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah [regarding things] which are not to be done, and hath done [something] against one of these -- <sup>3</sup>`If the priest who is anointed doth sin according to the guilt of the people, then he hath brought near for his sin which he hath sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to Jehovah, for a sin-offering, ⁴and he hath brought in the bullock unto the opening of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, and hath laid his hand on the head of the bullock, and hath slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah. ⁵`And the priest who is anointed hath taken of the blood of the bullock, and hath brought it in unto the tent of meeting, <sup>6</sup>and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and sprinkled of the blood seven times before Jehovah, at the front of the vail of the sanctuary; <sup>7</sup>and the priest hath put of the blood on the horns of the altar of spice-perfume before Jehovah, which [is] in the tent of meeting, and all the blood of the bullock he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, which [is] at the opening of the tent of meeting. <sup>8</sup>`And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he doth lift up from it, the fat which is covering over the inwards, and all the fat which [is] on the inwards, ⁹and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver, (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside), ¹⁰as it is lifted up from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering. ¹¹`And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, besides its head, and besides its legs, and its inwards, and its dung -- <sup>12</sup>he hath even brought out the whole bullock unto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place, unto the place of the pouring out of the ashes, and he hath burnt it on the wood with fire; beside the place of the pouring out of the ashes it is burnt. <sup>13</sup>`And if the whole company of Israel err ignorantly, and the thing hath been hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [something against] one of all the commands of Jehovah [concerning things] which are not to be done, and have been guilty; ¹⁴when the sin which they have sinned concerning it hath been known, then have the assembly brought near a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and they have brought it in before the tent of meeting; ¹⁵and the elders of the company have laid their hands on the head of the bullock, before Jehovah, and [one] hath slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah. ¹⁶`And the priest who is anointed hath brought in of the blood of the bullock unto the tent of meeting, <sup>17</sup>and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and hath sprinkled seven times before Jehovah at the front of the vail, <sup>18</sup>and [some] of the blood he doth put on the horns of the altar which [is] before Jehovah, which [is] in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, which [is] at the opening of the tent of meeting; <sup>19</sup>and all its fat he doth lift up from it, and hath made perfume on the altar. <sup>20</sup>`And he hath done to the bullock as he hath done to the bullock of the sin-offering, so he doth to it; and the priest hath made atonement for them, and it hath been forgiven them; ²¹and he hath brought out the bullock unto the outside of the camp, and hath burned it as he hath burned the first bullock; it [is] a sin-offering of the assembly. ²²`When a prince doth sin, and hath done [something against] one of all the commands of Jehovah his God [regarding things] which are not to be done, through ignorance, and hath been guilty -- <sup>23</sup>or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one, <sup>24</sup>and he hath laid his hand on the head of the goat, and hath slaughtered it in the place where he doth slaughter the burnt-offering before Jehovah; it [is] a sin-offering. <sup>25</sup>`And the priest hath taken of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and its blood he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar of the burnt-offering, ²⁶and with all its fat he doth make perfume on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings; and the priest hath made atonement for him because of his sin, and it hath been forgiven him. ²⁷`And if any person of the people of the land sin through ignorance, by his doing [something against] one of the commands of Jehovah [regarding things] which are not to be done, and hath been guilty -- <sup>28</sup>or his sin which he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a perfect one, a female, for his sin which he hath sinned, <sup>29</sup>and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering. <sup>30</sup>`And the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its blood he doth pour out at the foundation of the altar, ³¹and all its fat he doth turn aside, as the fat hath been turned aside from off the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made perfume on the altar, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah; and the priest hath made atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him. ³²`And if he bring in a sheep [for] his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in, <sup>33</sup>and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered it for a sin-offering in the place where he slaughtereth the burnt-offering. <sup>34</sup>`And the priest hath taken of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and hath put on the horns of the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its blood he poureth out at the foundation of the altar, ³⁵and all its fat he turneth aside, as the fat of the sheep is turned aside from the sacrifice of the peace-offerings, and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar, according to the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and the priest hath made atonement for him, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him.

Chapter 5

¹`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he [is] witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity: <sup>2</sup>`Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty; ³`Or when he cometh against uncleanness of man, even any of his uncleanness whereby he is unclean, and it hath been hidden from him, and he hath known, and hath been guilty: <sup>4</sup>`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these; ⁵`And it hath been when he is guilty of one of these, that he hath confessed concerning that which he hath sinned, <sup>6</sup>and hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, a female out of the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for him, because of his sin. <sup>7</sup>`And if his hand reach not to the sufficiency of a lamb, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering -- he who hath sinned -- two turtle-doves or two young pigeons to Jehovah, one for a sin-offering, and one for a burnt-offering; ⁸and he hath brought them in unto the priest, and hath brought near that which [is] for a sin-offering first, and hath wrung off its head from its neck, and doth not separate [it], ⁹and he hath sprinkled of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar, and that which is left of the blood is wrung out at the foundation of the altar; it [is] a sin-offering. ¹⁰`And the second he maketh a burnt-offering, according to the ordinance, and the priest hath made atonement for him, because of his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him. <sup>11</sup>`And if his hand reach not to two turtle-doves, or to two young pigeons, then he hath brought in his offering -- he who hath sinned -- a tenth of an ephah of flour for a sin-offering; he putteth no oil on it, nor doth he put on it frankincense, for it [is] a sin-offering, ¹²and he hath brought it in unto the priest, and the priest hath taken a handful from it -- the fulness of his hand -- its memorial -- and hath made perfume on the altar, according to the fire-offerings of Jehovah; it [is] a sin-offering. ¹³`And the priest hath made atonement for him, for his sin which he hath sinned against one of these, and it hath been forgiven him, and [the remnant] hath been to the priest, like the present.` ¹⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁵`When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation [in] silver -- shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary -- for a guilt-offering. <sup>16</sup>`And that which he hath sinned against the holy thing he repayeth, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given it to the priest, and the priest maketh atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering, and it hath been forgiven him. ¹⁷`And when any person sinneth, and hath done [something against] one of all the commands of Jehovah [regarding things] which are not to be done, and hath not known, and he hath been guilty, and hath borne his iniquity, <sup>18</sup>`Then he hath brought in a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest; and the priest hath made atonement for him, for his ignorance in which he hath erred and he hath not known, and it hath been forgiven him; ¹⁹it [is] a guilt-offering; he hath been certainly guilty before Jehovah.`

Chapter 6

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow; <sup>3</sup>or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all [these] which man doth, sinning in them: <sup>4</sup>`Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found; ⁵or all that concerning which he sweareth falsely, he hath even repaid it in its principal, and its fifth he is adding to it; to him whose it [is] he giveth it in the day of his guilt-offering. ⁶`And his guilt-offering he bringeth in to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy estimation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest, <sup>7</sup>and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah, and it hath been forgiven him, concerning one thing of all that he doth, by being guilty therein.` ⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁹`Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] a law of the burnt-offering (it [is] the burnt-offering, because of the burning on the altar all the night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar is burning on it,) <sup>10</sup>that the priest hath put on his long robe of fine linen, and his fine linen trousers he doth put on his flesh, and hath lifted up the ashes which the fire consumeth with the burnt-offering on the altar, and hath put them near the altar; <sup>11</sup>and he hath stripped off his garments, and hath put on other garments, and hath brought out the ashes unto the outside of the camp, unto a clean place. <sup>12</sup>`And the fire on the altar is burning on it, it is not quenched, and the priest hath burned on it wood morning by morning, and hath arranged on it the burnt-offering, and hath made perfume on it [with] the fat of the peace-offerings; ¹³fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched. ¹⁴`And this [is] a law of the present: sons of Aaron have brought it near before Jehovah unto the front of the altar, <sup>15</sup>and [one] hath lifted up of it with his hand from the flour of the present, and from its oil, and all the frankincense which [is] on the present, and hath made perfume on the altar, sweet fragrance -- its memorial to Jehovah. <sup>16</sup>`And the remnant of it do Aaron and his sons eat; [with] unleavened things it is eaten, in the holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting they do eat it. ¹⁷It is not baken [with] any thing fermented, their portion I have given it, out of My fire-offerings; it [is] most holy, like the sin-offering, and like the guilt-offering. ¹⁸Every male among the sons of Aaron doth eat it -- a statute age-during to your generations, out of the fire-offerings of Jehovah: all that cometh against them is holy.` <sup>19</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>20</sup>`This [is] an offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they bring near to Jehovah in the day of his being anointed; a tenth of the ephah of flour [for] a continual present, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening; ²¹on a girdel with oil it is made -- fried thou dost bring it in; baked pieces of the present thou dost bring near, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah. ²²`And the priest who is anointed in his stead, from among his sons, doth make it, -- a statute age-during of Jehovah: it is completely perfumed; <sup>23</sup>and every present of a priest is a whole burnt-offering; it is not eaten.` ²⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁵`Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, This [is] a law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is slaughtered is the sin-offering slaughtered before Jehovah; it [is] most holy. <sup>26</sup>`The priest who is making atonement with it doth eat it, in the holy place it is eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting; ²⁷all that cometh against its flesh is holy, and when [any] of its blood is sprinkled on the garment, that on which it is sprinkled thou dost wash in the holy place; ²⁸and an earthen vessel in which it is boiled is broken, and if in a brass vessel it is boiled, then it is scoured and rinsed with water. ²⁹`Every male among the priests doth eat it -- it [is] most holy; ³⁰and no sin-offering, [any] of whose blood is brought in unto the tent of meeting to make atonement in the sanctuary is eaten; with fire it is burnt.

Chapter 7

¹`And this [is] a law of the guilt-offering: it [is] most holy; <sup>2</sup>in the place where they slaughter the burnt-offering they do slaughter the guilt-offering, and its blood [one] doth sprinkle on the altar round about, <sup>3</sup>and all its fat he bringeth near out of it, the fat tail, and the fat which is covering the inwards, <sup>4</sup>and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside); <sup>5</sup>and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar, a fire-offering to Jehovah; it [is] a guilt-offering. <sup>6</sup>`Every male among the priests doth eat it; in the holy place it is eaten -- it [is] most holy; ⁷as [is] a sin-offering, so [is] a guilt-offering; one law [is] for them; the priest who maketh atonement by it -- it is his. ⁸`And the priest who is bringing near any man`s burnt-offering, the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath brought near, it is the priest`s, his own; <sup>9</sup>and every present which is baked in an oven, and every one done in a frying-pan, and on a girdel, [is] the priest`s who is bringing it near; it is his; ¹⁰and every present, mixed with oil or dry, is for all the sons of Aaron -- one as another. ¹¹`And this [is] a law of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [one] bringeth near to Jehovah: <sup>12</sup>if for a thank-offering he bring it near, then he hath brought near with the sacrifice of thank-offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and of fried flour cakes mixed with oil; <sup>13</sup>besides the cakes, fermented bread he doth bring near [with] his offering, besides the sacrifice of thank-offering of his peace-offerings; <sup>14</sup>and he hath brought near out of it one of the whole offering -- a heave-offering to Jehovah; to the priest who is sprinkling the blood of the peace-offerings -- it is his; <sup>15</sup>as to the flesh of the sacrifice of the thank-offering of his peace-offerings, in the day of his offering it is eaten; he doth not leave of it till morning. <sup>16</sup>`And if the sacrifice of his offering [is] a vow or free-will offering, in the day of his bringing near his sacrifice it is eaten; and on the morrow also the remnant of it is eaten; ¹⁷and the remnant of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day with fire is burnt; ¹⁸and if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be really eaten on the third day, it is not pleasing; for him who is bringing it near it is not reckoned; it is an abominable thing, and the person who is eating of it his iniquity doth bear. ¹⁹`And the flesh which cometh against any unclean thing is not eaten; with fire it is burnt; as to the flesh, every clean one doth eat of the flesh; <sup>20</sup>and the person who eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [are] Jehovah`s, and his uncleanness upon him, even that person hath been cut off from his people. ²¹`And when a person cometh against any thing unclean, of the uncleanness of man, or of the uncleanness of beasts, or of any unclean teeming creature, and hath eaten of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [are] Jehovah`s, even that person hath been cut off from his people.` <sup>22</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>23</sup>`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat; ²⁴and the fat of a carcase, and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work, but ye do certainly not eat it; ²⁵for whoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which [one] bringeth near a fire-offering to Jehovah, even the person who eateth hath been cut off from his people. ²⁶`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast; <sup>27</sup>any person who eateth any blood, even that person hath been cut off from his people.` ²⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁹`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, He who is bringing near the sacrifice of his peace-offerings to Jehovah doth bring in his offering to Jehovah from the sacrifice of his peace-offerings; <sup>30</sup>his own hands do bring in the fire-offerings of Jehovah, the fat beside the breast, it he doth bring in with the breast, to wave it -- a wave-offering before Jehovah. <sup>31</sup>`And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar, and the breast hath been Aaron`s and his sons; <sup>32</sup>and the right leg ye do make a heave-offering to the priest of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; <sup>33</sup>he of the sons of Aaron who is bringing near the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, his is the right leg for a portion. <sup>34</sup>`For the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, I have taken from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and I give them to Aaron the priest, and to his sons, by a statute age-during, from the sons of Israel.` ³⁵This [is] the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons out of the fire-offerings of Jehovah, in the day he hath brought them near to act as priest to Jehovah, ³⁶which Jehovah hath commanded to give to them in the day of His anointing them, from the sons of Israel -- a statute age-during to their generations. ³⁷This [is] the law for burnt-offering, for present, and for sin-offering, and for guilt-offering, and for consecrations, and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings, ³⁸which Jehovah hath commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day of his commanding the sons of Israel to bring near their offerings to Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai.

Chapter 8

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened things, <sup>3</sup>and all the company assemble thou unto the opening of the tent of meeting.` ⁴And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and the company is assembled unto the opening of the tent of meeting, ⁵and Moses saith unto the company, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to do.` ⁶And Moses bringeth near Aaron and his sons, and doth bathe them with water, ⁷and doth put on him the coat, and doth gird him with the girdle, and doth clothe him with the upper robe, and doth put on him the ephod, and doth gird him with the girdle of the ephod, and doth bind [it] to him with it, ⁸and doth put on him the breastplate, and doth put unto the breastplate the Lights and the Perfections, ⁹and doth put the mitre on his head, and doth put on the mitre, over-against its front, the golden flower of the holy crown, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ¹⁰And Moses taketh the anointing oil, and anointeth the tabernacle, and all that [is] in it, and sanctifieth them; ¹¹and he sprinkleth of it on the altar seven times, and anointeth the altar, and all its vessels, and the laver, and its base, to sanctify them; ¹²and he poureth of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron, and anointeth him to sanctify him. ¹³And Moses bringeth near the sons of Aaron, and doth clothe them [with] coats, and girdeth them [with] girdles, and bindeth for them turbans, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ¹⁴And he bringeth nigh the bullock of the sin-offering, and Aaron layeth -- his sons also -- their hands on the head of the bullock of the sin-offering, ¹⁵and [one] slaughtereth, and Moses taketh the blood, and putteth on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and cleanseth the altar, and the blood he hath poured out at the foundation of the altar, and sanctifieth it, to make atonement upon it. ¹⁶And he taketh all the fat that [is] on the inwards, and the redundance above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses maketh Perfume on the altar, ¹⁷and the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he hath burnt with fire, at the outside of the camp, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ¹⁸And he bringeth near the ram of the burnt-offering, and Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the head of the ram, ¹⁹and [one] slaughtereth, and Moses sprinkleth the blood on the altar round about; ²⁰and the ram he hath cut into its pieces, and Moses maketh perfume with the head, and the pieces, and the fat, ²¹and the inwards and the legs he hath washed with water, and Moses maketh perfume with the whole ram on the altar; it [is] a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance; it [is] a fire-offering to Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ²²And he bringeth near the second ram, a ram of the consecrations, and Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the head of the ram, ²³and [one] slaughtereth, and Moses taketh of its blood, and putteth on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; ²⁴and he bringeth near the sons of Aaron, and Moses putteth 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 sprinkleth the blood on the altar round about, ²⁵and taketh the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that [is] on the inwards, and the redundance above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right leg; ²⁶and out of the basket of unleavened things, which [is] before Jehovah, he hath taken one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one thin cake, and putteth [them] on the fat, and on the right leg; ²⁷and putteth the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and waveth them -- a wave-offering before Jehovah. ²⁸And Moses taketh them from off their hands, and maketh perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering, they [are] consecrations for sweet fragrance; it [is] a fire-offering to Jehovah; ²⁹and Moses taketh the breast, and waveth it -- a wave-offering before Jehovah; of the ram of the consecrations it hath been to Moses for a portion, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³⁰And Moses taketh of the anointing oil, and of the blood which [is] on the altar, and sprinkleth on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he sanctifieth Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. ³¹And Moses saith unto Aaron, and unto his sons, `Boil ye the flesh at the opening of the tent of meeting, and there ye do eat it and the bread which [is] in the basket of the consecrations, as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons do eat it. <sup>32</sup>`And the remnant of the flesh and of the bread with fire ye burn; ³³and from the opening of the tent of meeting ye go not out seven days, till the day of the fulness, the days of your consecration -- for seven days he doth consecrate your hand; ³⁴as he hath done on this day, Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you; ³⁵and at the opening of the tent of meeting ye abide, by day and by night seven days, and ye have kept the charge of Jehovah, and die not, for so I have been commanded.` ³⁶And Aaron doth -- his sons also -- all the things which Jehovah hath commanded by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 9

¹And it cometh to pass on the eighth day, Moses hath called for Aaron and for his sons, and for the elders of Israel, ²and he saith unto Aaron, `Take to thyself a calf, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, perfect ones, and bring near before Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a calf, and a lamb, sons of a year, perfect ones, for a burnt-offering, ⁴and a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Jehovah, and a present mixed with oil; for to-day Jehovah hath appeared unto you.` <sup>5</sup>And they take that which Moses hath commanded unto the front of the tent of meeting, and all the company draw near and stand before Jehovah; <sup>6</sup>and Moses saith, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded; do [it], and the honour of Jehovah doth appear unto you.` <sup>7</sup>And Moses saith unto Aaron, `Draw near unto the altar, and make thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people, and make the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as Jehovah hath commanded.` ⁸And Aaron draweth near unto the altar, and slaughtereth the calf of the sin-offering, which [is] for himself; ⁹and the sons of Aaron bring the blood near unto him, and he dippeth his finger in the blood, and putteth [it] on the horns of the altar, and the blood he hath poured out at the foundation of the altar; ¹⁰and the fat, and the kidneys, and the redundance of the liver, of the sin-offering, he hath made a perfume on the altar, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; ¹¹and the flesh and the skin he hath burnt with fire, at the outside of the camp. ¹²And he slaughtereth the burnt-offering, and the sons of Aaron have presented unto him the blood, and he sprinkleth it on the altar round about; ¹³and the burnt-offering they have presented unto him, by its pieces, and the head, and he maketh perfume on the altar; ¹⁴and he washeth the inwards and the legs, and maketh perfume for the burnt-offering on the altar. ¹⁵And he bringeth near the offering of the people, and taketh the goat of the sin-offering which [is] for the people, and slaughtered it, and maketh it a sin-offering, like the first; ¹⁶and he bringeth near the burnt-offering, and maketh it, according to the ordinance; ¹⁷and he bringeth near the present, and filleth his palm with it, and maketh perfume on the altar, apart from the burnt-offering of the morning. ¹⁸And he slaughtereth the bullock and the ram, a sacrifice of the peace-offerings, which [are] for the people, and sons of Aaron present the blood unto him (and he sprinkleth it on the altar round about), ¹⁹and the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the fat tail, and the covering [of the inwards], and the kidneys, and the redundance above the liver, ²⁰and they set the fat on the breasts, and he maketh perfume with the fat on the altar; ²¹and the breasts, and the right leg hath Aaron waved -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, as He hath commanded Moses. ²²And Aaron lifteth up his hand towards the people, and blesseth them, and cometh down from making the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings. ²³And Moses goeth in -- Aaron also -- unto the tent of meeting, and they come out, and bless the people, and the honour of Jehovah appeareth unto all the people; ²⁴and fire cometh out from before Jehovah, and consumeth on the altar the burnt-offering, and the fat; and all the people see, and cry aloud, and fall on their faces.

Chapter 10

¹And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire, and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire, which He hath not commanded them; ²and fire goeth out from before Jehovah, and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah. ³And Moses saith unto Aaron, `It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;` and Aaron is silent. ⁴And Moses calleth unto Mishael and unto Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron, and saith unto them, `Come near, bear your brethren from the front of the sanctuary unto the outside of the camp;` ⁵and they come near, and bear them in their coats unto the outside of the camp, as Moses hath spoken. ⁶And Moses saith unto Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Ithamar his sons, `Your heads ye do not uncover, and your garments ye do not rend, that ye die not, and on all the company He be wroth; as to your brethren, the whole house of Israel, they bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled; <sup>7</sup>and from the opening of the tent of meeting ye do not go out, lest ye die, for the anointing oil of Jehovah [is] upon you;` and they do according to the word of Moses. ⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron, saying, ⁹`Wine and strong drink thou dost not drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, in your going in unto the tent of meeting, and ye die not -- a statute age-during to your generations; <sup>10</sup>so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure; <sup>11</sup>and to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.` ¹²And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar his sons, who are left, `Take ye the present that is left from the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it [is] most holy, <sup>13</sup>and ye have eaten it in the holy place, for it [is] thy portion, and the portion of thy sons, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah; for so I have been commanded. <sup>14</sup>`And the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, ye do eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee; for thy portion and the portion of thy sons they have been given, out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings of the sons of Israel; ¹⁵the leg of the heave-offering, and breast of the wave-offering, besides fire-offerings of the fat, they do bring in to wave a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath been to thee, and to thy sons with thee, by a statute age-during, as Jehovah hath commanded.` <sup>16</sup>And the goat of the sin-offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron, who are left, saying, <sup>17</sup>`Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the holy place, for it [is] most holy -- and it He hath given to you to take away the iniquity of the company, to make atonement for them before Jehovah? ¹⁸lo, its blood hath not been brought in unto the holy place within; eating ye do eat it in the holy place, as I have commanded.` <sup>19</sup>And Aaron speaketh unto Moses, `Lo, to-day they have brought near their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and [things] like these meet me, yet I have eaten a sin-offering to-day; is it good in the eyes of Jehovah?` ²⁰And Moses hearkeneth, and it is good in his eyes.

Chapter 11

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This [is] the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which [are] on the earth: <sup>3</sup>any dividing a hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts, it ye do eat. <sup>4</sup>`Only, this ye do not eat -- of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof -- the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing -- it [is] unclean to you; ⁵and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it [is] to you; ⁶and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided -- unclean it [is] to you; ⁷and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up -- unclean it [is] to you. ⁸`Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they [are] to you. <sup>9</sup>`This ye do eat of all which [are] in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat; ¹⁰and any one that hath not fins and scales in the seas, and in the brooks, of any teeming creature of the waters, and of any creature which liveth, which [is] in the waters -- an abomination they [are] to you; ¹¹yea, an abomination they are to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and their carcase ye abominate. ¹²`Any one that hath not fins and scales in the waters -- an abomination it [is] to you. <sup>13</sup>`And these ye do abominate of the fowl; they are not eaten, an abomination they [are]: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, ¹⁴and the vulture, and the kite after its kind, ¹⁵every raven after its kind, ¹⁶and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind, ¹⁷and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, ¹⁸and the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, ¹⁹and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. ²⁰`Every teeming creature which is flying, which is going on four -- an abomination it [is] to you. <sup>21</sup>`Only -- this ye do eat of any teeming thing which is flying, which is going on four, which hath legs above its feet, to move with them on the earth; ²²these of them ye do eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the beetle after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind; ²³and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet -- an abomination it [is] to you. ²⁴`And by these ye are made unclean, any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean till the evening; <sup>25</sup>and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: -- <sup>26</sup>even every beast which is dividing the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, and the cud is not bringing up -- unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against them is unclean. <sup>27</sup>`And any one going on its paws, among all the beasts which are going on four -- unclean they [are] to you; any one who is coming against their carcase is unclean until the evening; ²⁸and he who is lifting up their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean until the evening -- unclean they [are] to you. ²⁹`And this [is] to you the unclean among the teeming things which are teeming on the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind, <sup>30</sup>and the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole; <sup>31</sup>these [are] the unclean to you among all which are teeming; any one who is coming against them in their death is unclean till the evening. <sup>32</sup>`And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean; ³³and any earthen vessel, into the midst of which [any] one of them falleth, all that [is] in its midst is unclean, and it ye do break. ³⁴`Of all the food which is eaten, that on which cometh [such] water, is unclean, and all drink which is drunk in any [such] vessel is unclean; <sup>35</sup>and anything on which [any] of their carcase falleth is unclean (oven or double pots), it is broken down, unclean they [are], yea, unclean they are to you. <sup>36</sup>`Only -- a fountain or pit, a collection of water, is clean, but that which is coming against their carcase is unclean; ³⁷and when [any] of their carcase falleth on any sown seed which is sown -- it [is] clean; ³⁸and when water is put on the seed, and [any] of its carcase hath fallen on it -- unclean it [is] to you. ³⁹`And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening; <sup>40</sup>and he who is eating of its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening; and he who is lifting up its carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening. <sup>41</sup>`And every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth is an abomination, it is not eaten; ⁴²any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth -- ye do not eat them, for they [are] an abomination; ⁴³ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby. ⁴⁴`For I [am] Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth; <sup>45</sup>for I [am] Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy. <sup>46</sup>`This [is] a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth, ⁴⁷to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.`

Chapter 12

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, A woman when she giveth seed, and hath born a male, then she hath been unclean seven days, according to the days of separation for her sickness she is unclean; <sup>3</sup>and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised; <sup>4</sup>and thirty and three days she doth abide in the blood of her cleansing; against any holy thing she doth not come, and unto the sanctuary she doth not go in, till the fulness of the days of her cleansing. <sup>5</sup>`And if a female she bear, then she hath been unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and sixty and six days she doth abide for the blood of her cleansing. ⁶`And in the fulness of the days of her cleansing for son or for daughter she doth bring in a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest; <sup>7</sup>and he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this [is] the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female. <sup>8</sup>`And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.`

Chapter 13

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²`When a man hath in the skin of his flesh a rising, or scab, or bright spot, and it hath become in the skin of his flesh a leprous plague, then he hath been brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests; <sup>3</sup>and the priest hath seen the plague in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the plague hath turned white, and the appearance of the plague [is] deeper than the skin of his flesh -- it [is] a plague of leprosy, and the priest hath seen him, and hath pronounced him unclean. <sup>4</sup>`And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair hath not turned white, then hath the priest shut up [him who hath] the plague seven days. ⁵`And the priest hath seen him on the seventh day, and lo, the plague hath stood in his eyes, the plague hath not spread in the skin, and the priest hath shut him up a second seven days. <sup>6</sup>`And the priest hath seen him on the second seventh day, and lo, the plague is become weak, and the plague hath not spread in the skin -- and the priest hath pronounced him clean, it [is] a scab, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean. ⁷`And if the scab spread greatly in the skin, after his being seen by the priest for his cleansing, then he hath been seen a second time by the priest; <sup>8</sup>and the priest hath seen, and lo, the scab hath spread in the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it [is] leprosy. <sup>9</sup>`When a plague of leprosy is in a man, then he hath been brought in unto the priest, ¹⁰and the priest hath seen, and lo, a white rising in the skin, and it hath turned the hair white, and a quickening of raw flesh [is] in the rising, -- ¹¹an old leprosy it [is] in the skin of his flesh, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; he doth not shut him up, for he [is] unclean. ¹²`And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of [him who hath] the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest, <sup>13</sup>then hath the priest seen, and lo, the leprosy hath covered all his flesh, and he hath pronounced [him who hath] the plague clean; it hath all turned white; he [is] clean. <sup>14</sup>`And in the day of raw flesh being seen in him he is unclean; ¹⁵and the priest hath seen the raw flesh, and hath pronounced him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it [is] leprosy. ¹⁶Or when the raw flesh turneth back, and hath been turned to white, then he hath come in unto the priest, ¹⁷and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the plague hath been turned to white, and the priest hath pronounced clean [him who hath] the plague; he [is] clean. ¹⁸`And when flesh hath in it, in its skin, an ulcer, and it hath been healed, <sup>19</sup>and there hath been in the place of the ulcer a white rising, or a bright white spot, very red, then it hath been seen by the priest, <sup>20</sup>and the priest hath seen, and lo, its appearance [is] lower than the skin, and its hair hath turned white, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy -- in an ulcer it hath broken out. <sup>21</sup>`And if the priest see it, and lo, there is no white hair in it, and it is not lower than the skin, and is become weak, then hath the priest shut him up seven days; ²²and if it spread greatly in the skin, then hath the priest pronounced him unclean, it [is] a plague; ²³and if in its place the bright spot stay -- it hath not spread -- it [is] an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean. ²⁴`Or when flesh hath in its skin a fiery burning, and the quickening of the burning, the bright white spot, hath been very red or white, <sup>25</sup>and the priest hath seen it, and lo, the hair hath turned white in the bright spot, and its appearance [is] deeper than the skin; leprosy it [is], in the burning it hath broken out, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it [is] a plague of leprosy. <sup>26</sup>`And if the priest see it, and lo, there is no white hair on the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin, and it is become weak, then the priest hath shut him up seven days; ²⁷and the priest hath seen him on the seventh day, if it spread greatly in the skin, then the priest hath pronounced him unclean; a plague of leprosy it [is]. ²⁸`And if the bright spot stay in its place, it hath not spread in the skin, and is become weak; a rising of the burning it [is], and the priest hath pronounced him clean; for it [is] inflammation of the burning. <sup>29</sup>`And when a man (or a woman) hath in him a plague in the head or in the beard, ³⁰then hath the priest seen the plague, and lo, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it a thin shining hair, and the priest hath pronounced him unclean; it [is] a scall -- it [is] a leprosy of the head or of the beard. ³¹`And when the priest seeth the plague of the scall, and lo, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then hath the priest shut up [him who hath] the plague of the scall seven days. <sup>32</sup>`And the priest hath seen the plague on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread, and a shining hair hath not been in it, and the appearance of the scall is not deeper than the skin, ³³then he hath shaved himself, but the scall he doth not shave; and the priest hath shut up [him who hath] the scall a second seven days. ³⁴And the priest hath seen the scall on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him clean, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean. ³⁵`And if the scall spread greatly in the skin after his cleansing, <sup>36</sup>and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the scall hath spread in the skin, the priest seeketh not for the shining hair, he is unclean; <sup>37</sup>and if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed -- he [is] clean -- and the priest hath pronounced him clean. <sup>38</sup>`And when a man or woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, white bright spots, ³⁹and the priest hath seen, and lo, in the skin of their flesh white weak bright spots, it [is] a freckled spot broken out in the skin; he [is] clean. ⁴⁰`And when a man`s head [is] polished, he [is] bald, he [is] clean; ⁴¹and if from the corner of his face his head is polished, he [is] bald of the forehead; he [is] clean. ⁴²`And when there is in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, a very red white plague, it [is] a leprosy breaking out in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead; <sup>43</sup>and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the rising of the very red white plague in the bald back of the head, or in the bald forehead, [is] as the appearance of leprosy, in the skin of the flesh, <sup>44</sup>he [is] a leprous man, he [is] unclean; the priest doth pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague [is] in his head. <sup>45</sup>`As to the leper in whom [is] the plague, his garments are rent, and his head is uncovered, and he covereth over the upper lip, and `Unclean! unclean!` he calleth; ⁴⁶all the days that the plague [is] in him he is unclean; he [is] unclean, alone he doth dwell, at the outside of the camp [is] his dwelling. ⁴⁷`And when there is in any garment a plague of leprosy, -- in a garment of wool, or in a garment of linen, <sup>48</sup>or in the warp, or in the woof, of linen or of wool, or in a skin, or in any work of skin, <sup>49</sup>and the plague hath been very green or very red in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it [is] a plague of leprosy, and it hath been shewn the priest. <sup>50</sup>`And the priest hath seen the plague, and hath shut up [that which hath] the plague, seven days; ⁵¹and he hath seen the plague on the seventh day, and the plague hath spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, of all that is made of skin for work; the plague [is] a fretting leprosy, it [is] unclean. ⁵²`And he hath burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any vessel of skin in which the plague is; for it [is] a fretting leprosy; with fire it is burnt. <sup>53</sup>`And if the priest see, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, ⁵⁴then hath the priest commanded, and they have washed that in which the plague [is], and he hath shut it up a second seven days. ⁵⁵And the priest hath seen [that which hath] the plague after it hath been washed, and lo, the plague hath not changed its aspect, and the plague hath not spread, -- it [is] unclean; with fire thou dost burn it; it [is] a fretting in its back-part or in its front-part. ⁵⁶`And if the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague [is] become weak after it hath been washed, then he hath rent it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof; <sup>57</sup>and if it still be seen in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it [is] a fretting; with fire thou dost burn it -- that in which the plague [is]. <sup>58</sup>`And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou dost wash when the plague hath turned aside from them, then it hath been washed a second time, and hath been clean. ⁵⁹`This [is] the law of a plague of leprosy [in] a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or of any vessel of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.`

Chapter 14

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`This is a law of the leper, in the day of his cleansing, that he hath been brought in unto the priest, <sup>3</sup>and the priest hath gone out unto the outside of the camp, and the priest hath seen, and lo, the plague of leprosy hath ceased from the leper, <sup>4</sup>and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. <sup>5</sup>`And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; ⁶[as to] the living bird, he taketh it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and hath dipped them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird, over the running water, ⁷and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field. ⁸`And he who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the outside of his tent seven days. <sup>9</sup>`And it hath been, on the seventh day -- he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean. ¹⁰`And on the eighth day he taketh two lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe-lamb, daughter of a year, a perfect one, and three tenth deals of flour [for] a present, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. <sup>11</sup>`And the priest who is cleansing hath caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹²and the priest hath taken the one he-lamb, and hath brought it near for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and hath waved them -- a wave offering before Jehovah. ¹³`And he hath slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughtereth the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering the guilt-offering is to the priest; it [is] most holy. <sup>14</sup>`And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put 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 great toe of his right foot; ¹⁵and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest, ¹⁶and the priest hath dipped his right finger in the oil which [is] on his left palm, and hath sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah. ¹⁷`And of the residue of the oil which [is] on his palm, the priest putteth 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 great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering; <sup>18</sup>and the remnant of the oil which [is] on the palm of the priest, he putteth on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah. <sup>19</sup>`And the priest hath made the sin-offering, and hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterwards he doth slaughter the burnt-offering; ²⁰and the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been clean. ²¹`And if he [is] poor, and his hand is not reaching [these things], then he hath taken one lamb -- a guilt-offering, for a wave-offering, to make atonement for him, and one-tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a present, and a log of oil, <sup>22</sup>and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, which his hand reacheth to, and one hath been a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering; <sup>23</sup>and he hath brought them in on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah. <sup>24</sup>`And the priest hath taken the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest hath waved them -- a wave-offering before Jehovah; ²⁵and he hath slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and hath put 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 great toe of his right foot; ²⁶and the priest doth pour of the oil on the left palm of the priest; ²⁷and the priest hath sprinkled with his right finger of the oil which [is] on his left palm, seven times before Jehovah. ²⁸`And the priest hath put of the oil which [is] on his palm, 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 great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt-offering; <sup>29</sup>and the remnant of the oil which [is] on the palm of the priest he doth put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him, before Jehovah. <sup>30</sup>`And he hath made the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons (from that which his hand reacheth to, ³¹[even] that which his hand reacheth to), the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt offering, besides the present, and the priest hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Jehovah. ³²This [is] a law of him in whom [is] a plague of leprosy, whose hand reacheth not to his cleansing.` <sup>33</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, <sup>34</sup>`When ye come in unto the land of Canaan, which I am giving to you for a possession, and I have put a plague of leprosy in a house [in] the land of your possession; ³⁵then hath he whose the house [is] come in and declared to the priest, saying, As a plague hath appeared to me in the house; ³⁶and the priest hath commanded, and they have prepared the house before the priest cometh in to see the plague (that all which [is] in the house be not unclean), and afterwards doth the priest come in to see the house; ³⁷and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague [is] in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance [is] lower than the wall, ³⁸and the priest hath gone out of the house unto the opening of the house, and hath shut up the house seven days. ³⁹`And the priest hath turned back on the seventh day, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the walls of the house, <sup>40</sup>and the priest hath commanded, and they have drawn out the stones in which the plague [is], and have cast them unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place; <sup>41</sup>and the house he doth cause to be scraped within round about, and they have poured out the clay which they have scraped off, at the outside of the city, at an unclean place; <sup>42</sup>and they have taken other stones, and brought [them] in unto the place of the stones, and other clay he taketh and hath daubed the house. <sup>43</sup>`And if the plague return, and hath broken out in the house, after he hath drawn out the stones, and after the scraping of the house, and after the daubing; ⁴⁴then hath the priest come in and seen, and lo, the plague hath spread in the house; it [is] a fretting leprosy in the house; it [is] unclean. ⁴⁵`And he hath broken down the house, its stones, and its wood, and all the clay of the house, and he hath brought [them] forth unto the outside of the city, unto an unclean place. <sup>46</sup>`And he who is going in unto the house all the days he hath shut it up, is unclean till the evening; ⁴⁷and he who is lying in the house doth wash his garments; and he who is eating in the house doth wash his garments. ⁴⁸`And if the priest certainly come in, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the house after the daubing of the house, then hath the priest pronounced the house clean, for the plague hath been healed. <sup>49</sup>`And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop; ⁵⁰and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water; ⁵¹and he hath taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and hath dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and hath sprinkled upon the house seven times. ⁵²`And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; <sup>53</sup>and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean. <sup>54</sup>`This [is] the law for every plague of the leprosy and for scall, ⁵⁵and for leprosy of a garment, and of a house, ⁵⁶and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot, -- ⁵⁷to direct in the day of being unclean, and in the day of being clean; this [is] the law of the leprosy.`

Chapter 15

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and ye have said unto them, When there is an issue out of the flesh of any man, [for] his issue he [is] unclean; <sup>3</sup>and this is his uncleanness in his issue -- his flesh hath run with his issue, or his flesh hath stopped from his issue; it [is] his uncleanness. <sup>4</sup>`All the bed on which he lieth who hath the issue is unclean, and all the vessel on which he sitteth is unclean; ⁵and any one who cometh against his bed doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. ⁶`And he who is sitting on the vessel on which he sitteth who hath the issue, doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. <sup>7</sup>`And he who is coming against the flesh of him who hath the issue, doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean till the evening. ⁸`And when he who hath the issue spitteth on him who is clean, then he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. <sup>9</sup>`And all the saddle on which he rideth who hath the issue is unclean; ¹⁰and any one who is coming against anything which is under him is unclean till the evening, and he who is bearing them doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. ¹¹`And anyone against whom he cometh who hath the issue (and his hands hath not rinsed with water) hath even washed his garments, and bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. <sup>12</sup>`And the earthen vessel which he who hath the issue cometh against is broken; and every wooden vessel is rinsed with water. ¹³`And when he who hath the issue is clean from his issue, then he hath numbered to himself seven days for his cleansing, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with running water, and been clean. <sup>14</sup>`And on the eighth day he taketh to himself two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and hath come in before Jehovah unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hath given them unto the priest; ¹⁵and the priest hath made them, one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah, because of his issue. ¹⁶`And when a man`s seed of copulation goeth out from him, then he hath bathed with water all his flesh, and been unclean till the evening. ¹⁷`And any garment, or any skin on which there is seed of copulation, hath also been washed with water, and been unclean till the evening. <sup>18</sup>`And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. ¹⁹`And when a woman hath an issue -- blood is her issue in her flesh -- seven days she is in her separation, and any one who is coming against her is unclean till the evening. <sup>20</sup>`And anything on which she lieth in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sitteth is unclean; ²¹and any one who is coming against her bed doth wash his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. ²²`And any one who is coming against any vessel on which she sitteth doth wash his garments, and hath washed with water, and been unclean till the evening. <sup>23</sup>`And if it [is] on the bed, or on the vessel on which she is sitting, in his coming against it, he is unclean till the evening. ²⁴`And if a man really lie with her, and her separation is on him, then he hath been unclean seven days, and all the bed on which he lieth is unclean. <sup>25</sup>`And when a woman`s issue of blood floweth many days within the time of her separation, or when it floweth over her separation -- all the days of the issue of her uncleanness are as the days of her separation; she [is] unclean. <sup>26</sup>`All the bed on which she lieth all the days of her issue is as the bed of her separation to her, and all the vessel on which she sitteth is unclean as the uncleanness of her separation; ²⁷and any one who is coming against them is unclean, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening. ²⁸`And if she hath been clean from her issue, then she hath numbered to herself seven days, and afterwards she is clean; <sup>29</sup>and on the eighth day she taketh to herself two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and hath brought them in unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting; <sup>30</sup>and the priest hath made the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her before Jehovah, because of the issue of her uncleanness. <sup>31</sup>`And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which [is] in their midst. ³²`This [is] the law of him who hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth out from him, for uncleanness thereby, <sup>33</sup>and of her who is sick in her separation, and of him who hath an issue, the issue of a male or of a female, and of a man who lieth with an unclean woman.`

Chapter 16

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their drawing near before Jehovah, and they die; ²yea, Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto Aaron thy brother, and he cometh not in at all times unto the sanctuary within the vail, unto the front of the mercy-seat, which [is] upon the ark, and he dieth not, for in a cloud I am seen upon the mercy-seat. <sup>3</sup>`With this doth Aaron come in unto the sanctuary; with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering; ⁴a holy linen coat he putteth on, and linen trousers are on his flesh, and with a linen girdle he girdeth himself, and with a linen mitre he wrappeth himself up; they [are] holy garments; and he hath bathed with water his flesh, and hath put them on. ⁵`And from the company of the sons of Israel he taketh two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering; <sup>6</sup>and Aaron hath brought near the bullock of the sin-offering which is his own, and hath made atonement for himself, and for his house; <sup>7</sup>and he hath taken the two goats, and hath caused them to stand before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting. <sup>8</sup>`And Aaron hath given lots over the two goats, one lot for Jehovah, and one lot for a goat of departure; ⁹and Aaron hath brought near the goat on which the lot for Jehovah hath gone up, and hath made it a sin-offering. ¹⁰`And the goat on which the lot for a goat of departure hath gone up is caused to stand living before Jehovah to make atonement by it, to send it away for a goat of departure into the wilderness. <sup>11</sup>`And Aaron hath brought near the bullock of the sin-offering which is his own, and hath made atonement for himself, and for his house, and hath slaughtered the bullock of the sin-offering which [is] his own, ¹²and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought [it] within the vail; ¹³and he hath put the perfume on the fire before Jehovah, and the cloud of the perfume hath covered the mercy-seat which [is] on the testimony, and he dieth not. ¹⁴`And he hath taken of the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled with his finger on the front of the mercy-seat eastward; even at the front of the mercy-seat he doth sprinkle seven times of the blood with his finger. <sup>15</sup>`And he hath slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which [is] the people`s, and hath brought in its blood unto the inside of the vail, and hath done with its blood as he hath done with the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled it on the mercy-seat, and at the front of the mercy-seat, <sup>16</sup>and he hath made atonement for the sanctuary because of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins; and so he doth for the tent of meeting which is tabernacling with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. <sup>17</sup>`And no man is in the tent of meeting in his going in to make atonement in the sanctuary, till his coming out; and he hath made atonement for himself, and for his house, and for all the assembly of Israel. ¹⁸`And he hath gone out unto the altar which [is] before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for it; and he hath taken of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and hath put on the horns of the altar round about; <sup>19</sup>and he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel. <sup>20</sup>`And he hath ceased from making atonement [for] the sanctuary, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, and hath brought near the living goat; ²¹and Aaron hath laid his two hands on the head of the living goat, and hath confessed over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and hath put them on the head of the goat, and hath sent [it] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness; ²²and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. `And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness, <sup>23</sup>and Aaron hath come in unto the tent of meeting, and hath stripped off the linen garments which he had put on in his going in unto the sanctuary, and hath placed them there; <sup>24</sup>and he hath bathed his flesh with water in the holy place, and hath put on his garments, and hath come out, and hath made his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and hath made atonement for himself and for the people; <sup>25</sup>and with the fat of the sin-offering he doth make perfume on the altar. <sup>26</sup>`And he who is sending away the goat for a goat of departure doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp. ²⁷`And the bullock of the sin-offering, and the goat of the sin-offering, whose blood hath been brought in to make atonement in the sanctuary, doth [one] bring out unto the outside of the camp, and they have burnt with fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung; <sup>28</sup>and he who is burning them doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp. <sup>29</sup>`And it hath been to you for a statute age-during, in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, ye humble yourselves, and do no work -- the native, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst; ³⁰for on this day he maketh atonement for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins before Jehovah ye are clean; ³¹it [is] to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves -- a statute age-during. ³²`And the priest whom he doth anoint, and whose hand he doth consecrate to act as priest instead of his father, hath made atonement, and hath put on the linen garments, the holy garments; <sup>33</sup>and he hath made atonement [for] the holy sanctuary; and [for] the tent of meeting, even [for] the altar he doth make atonement; yea, for the priests, and for all the people of the assembly he maketh atonement. <sup>34</sup>`And this hath been to you for a statute age-during, to make atonement for the sons of Israel, because of all their sins, once in a year;` and he doth as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Chapter 17

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel; and thou hast said unto them, This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, <sup>3</sup>Any man of the house of Israel who slaughtereth ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who slaughtereth at the outside of the camp, <sup>4</sup>and unto the opening of the tent of meeting hath not brought it in to bring near an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood is reckoned to that man -- blood he hath shed -- and that man hath been cut off from the midst of his people; <sup>5</sup>so that the sons of Israel do bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, yea, they have brought them in to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah with them. <sup>6</sup>`And the priest hath sprinkled the blood upon the altar of Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, and hath made perfume with the fat for sweet fragrance to Jehovah; ⁷and they sacrifice not any more their sacrifices to goats after which they are going a-whoring; a statute age-during is this to them, to their generations. ⁸`And unto them thou sayest: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who sojourneth in your midst, who causeth burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend, <sup>9</sup>and unto the opening of the tent of meeting doth not bring it in to make it to Jehovah -- that man hath been cut off from his people. <sup>10</sup>`And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people; ¹¹for 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 which maketh atonement for the soul. ¹²`Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood; <sup>13</sup>and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who hunteth venison, beast or fowl, which is eaten -- hath even poured out its blood, and hath covered it with dust; <sup>14</sup>for [it is] the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off. <sup>15</sup>`And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners -- hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening -- then he hath been clean; ¹⁶and if he wash not, and his flesh bathe not -- then he hath borne his iniquity.`

Chapter 18

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God; <sup>3</sup>according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not. <sup>4</sup>`My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I [am] Jehovah your God; ⁵and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah. ⁶`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>7</sup>`The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she [is] thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. ⁸`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father. <sup>9</sup>`The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness. ¹⁰`The nakedness of thy son`s daughter, or of thy daughter`s daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] thy nakedness. <sup>11</sup>`The nakedness of a daughter of thy father`s wife, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. <sup>12</sup>`The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father. ¹³`The nakedness of thy mother`s sister thou dost not uncover; for she [is] thy mother`s relation. <sup>14</sup>`The nakedness of thy father`s brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she [is] thine aunt. <sup>15</sup>`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she [is] thy son`s wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. <sup>16</sup>`The nakedness of thy brother`s wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother`s nakedness. ¹⁷`The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son`s daughter, and her daughter`s daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness. <sup>18</sup>`And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life. ¹⁹`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness. <sup>20</sup>`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her. ²¹`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>22</sup>`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is]. ²³`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is]. <sup>24</sup>`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you; ²⁵and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants: ²⁶and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst, ²⁷(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who [are] before you, and the land is defiled), ²⁸and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which [is] before you; ²⁹for any one who doth [any] of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing [so], have been cut off from the midst of their people; ³⁰and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] Jehovah your God.`

Chapter 19

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy [am] I, Jehovah, your God. <sup>3</sup>`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God. ⁴`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>5</sup>`And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it; ⁶in the day of your sacrificing it is eaten, and on the morrow, and that which is left unto the third day with fire is burnt, ⁷and if it be really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing, ⁸and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people. ⁹`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, <sup>10</sup>and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>11</sup>`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow. ¹²`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>13</sup>`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning. ¹⁴`Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>15</sup>`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow. ¹⁶`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>17</sup>`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. ¹⁸`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>19</sup>`My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender [with] diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee. ²⁰`And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she [is] not free. <sup>21</sup>`And he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, a ram [for] a guilt-offering, ²²and the priest hath made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before Jehovah, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him because of his sin which he hath sinned. ²³`And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten, <sup>24</sup>and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy -- praises for Jehovah. <sup>25</sup>And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit -- to add to you its increase; I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>26</sup>`Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds. ²⁷`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard. <sup>28</sup>`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah. ²⁹`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness. <sup>30</sup>`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I [am] Jehovah. ³¹`Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>32</sup>`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah. ³³`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him; <sup>34</sup>as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>35</sup>`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; ³⁶righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; ³⁷and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.`

Chapter 20

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost say, Any man of the sons of Israel, and of the sojourners who is sojourning in Israel, who giveth of his seed to the Molech, is certainly put to death; the people of the land do stone him with stones; <sup>3</sup>and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name. <sup>4</sup>`And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving of his seed to the Molech, so as not to put him to death, ⁵then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people. ⁶`And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people. <sup>7</sup>`And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] Jehovah your God; ⁸and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you. ⁹`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood [is] on him. <sup>10</sup>`And a man who committeth adultery with a man`s wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. <sup>11</sup>`And a man who lieth with his father`s wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them. <sup>12</sup>`And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood [is] on them. ¹³`And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them. <sup>14</sup>`And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it [is] wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst. ¹⁵`And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay. <sup>16</sup>`And a woman who draweth near unto any beast to lie with it -- thou hast even slain the woman and the beast; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them. ¹⁷`And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth. <sup>18</sup>`And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, -- even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people. ¹⁹`And the nakedness of thy mother`s sister, and of thy father`s sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear. <sup>20</sup>`And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die. ²¹`And a man who taketh his brother`s wife -- it [is] impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are. ²²`And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it; <sup>23</sup>and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them; <sup>24</sup>and I say to you, Ye -- ye do possess their ground, and I -- I give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples. <sup>25</sup>`And ye have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the pure, and ye do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by fowl, or by anything which creepeth [on] the ground which I have separated to you for unclean; ²⁶and ye have been holy to Me; for holy [am] I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine. ²⁷`And a man or woman -- when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who [are] wizards -- are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood [is] on them.`

Chapter 21

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people, <sup>2</sup>except for his relation who [is] near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. <sup>3</sup>and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled. <sup>4</sup>`A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people -- to pollute himself; ⁵they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting; ⁶they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy. ⁷`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God; <sup>8</sup>and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you. <sup>9</sup>`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt. ¹⁰`And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments, <sup>11</sup>nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself; <sup>12</sup>nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>13</sup>`And he taketh a wife in her virginity; ¹⁴widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife, ¹⁵and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.` <sup>16</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>17</sup>`Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God, ¹⁸for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near -- a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged, ¹⁹or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand, ²⁰or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled. ²¹`No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near. <sup>22</sup>`Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat; ²³only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.` ²⁴And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.

Chapter 22

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and they are separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they pollute not My holy name in what they are hallowing to Me; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>`Say unto them, To your generations, any man who draweth near, out of all your seed, unto the holy things which the sons of Israel do sanctify to Jehovah, and his uncleanness on him -- even that person hath been cut off from before Me; I [am] Jehovah. ⁴`Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue -- of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him, <sup>5</sup>or a man who cometh against any teeming thing which is unclean to him, or against a man who is unclean to him, even any of his uncleanness -- <sup>6</sup>the person who cometh against it -- hath even been unclean till the evening, and doth not eat of the holy things, but hath bathed his flesh with water, <sup>7</sup>and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it [is] his food; <sup>8</sup>a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I [am] Jehovah. <sup>9</sup>`And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I [am] Jehovah sanctifying them. ¹⁰`And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing; <sup>11</sup>and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread. <sup>12</sup>`And a priest`s daughter, when she is a strange man`s, -- she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat; ¹³and a priest`s daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as [in] her youth, of her father`s bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it. ¹⁴`And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given [it] to the priest, with the holy thing; <sup>15</sup>and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah, <sup>16</sup>nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.` ¹⁷And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁸`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, who bringeth near his offering, of all his vows, or of all his willing offerings which they bring near to Jehovah for a burnt-offering; <sup>19</sup>at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats; <sup>20</sup>nothing in which [is] blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you. <sup>21</sup>`And when a man bringeth near a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, to complete a vow, or for a willing-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it is perfect for a pleasing thing: no blemish is in it; ²²blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed -- ye do not bring these near to Jehovah, and a fire-offering ye do not make of them on the altar to Jehovah. ²³`As to an ox or a sheep enlarged or dwarfed -- a willing-offering ye do make it, but for a vow it is not pleasing. <sup>24</sup>As to a bruised, or beaten, or enlarged, or cut thing -- ye do not bring [it] near to Jehovah; even in your land ye do not do it. <sup>25</sup>And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption [is] in them; blemish [is] in them; they are not pleasing for you.` ²⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁷`When ox or lamb or goat is born, and it hath been seven days under its dam, then from the eighth day and henceforth, it is pleasing for an offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah; <sup>28</sup>but an ox or sheep -- it and its young one, ye do not slaughter in one day. <sup>29</sup>`And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice, ³⁰on that day it is eaten, ye do not leave of it till morning; I [am] Jehovah; ³¹and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah; ³²and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you, ³³who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt, to become your God; I [am] Jehovah.`

Chapter 23

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim, holy convocations, [are] these: they [are] My appointed seasons: <sup>3</sup>six days is work done, and in the seventh day [is] a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it [is] a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings. <sup>4</sup>`These [are] appointed seasons of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye proclaim in their appointed seasons: ⁵in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the passover to Jehovah; ⁶and on the fifteenth day of this month [is] the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat; ⁷on the first day ye have a holy convocation, ye do no servile work; ⁸and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah seven days; in the seventh day [is] a holy convocation; ye do no servile work.` <sup>9</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>10</sup>`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, and have reaped its harvest, and have brought in the sheaf, the beginning of your harvest unto the priest, ¹¹then he hath waved the sheaf before Jehovah for your acceptance; on the morrow of the sabbath doth the priest wave it. ¹²`And ye have prepared in the day of your waving the sheaf a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah, <sup>13</sup>and its present two tenth deals of flour mixed with oil, a fire-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, and its drink-offering, wine, a fourth of the hin. <sup>14</sup>`And bread and roasted corn and full ears ye do not eat until this self-same day, until your bringing in the offering of your God -- a statute age-during to your generations, in all your dwellings. ¹⁵`And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths; <sup>16</sup>unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath ye do number fifty days, and ye have brought near a new present to Jehovah; <sup>17</sup>out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two [loaves], of two tenth deals of flour they are, [with] yeast they are baken, first-[fruits] to Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>`And ye have brought near, besides the bread, seven lambs, perfect ones, sons of a year, and one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams; they are a burnt-offering to Jehovah, with their present and their libations, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah. ¹⁹`And ye have prepared one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, <sup>20</sup>and the priest hath waved them, besides the bread of the first-[fruits] -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, besides the two lambs; they are holy to Jehovah for the priest; <sup>21</sup>and ye have proclaimed on this self-same day: a holy convocation is to you, ye do no servile work -- a statute age-during in all your dwellings, to your generations. <sup>22</sup>`And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah [am] your God.` <sup>23</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>24</sup>`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of shouting, a holy convocation; ²⁵ye do no servile work, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah.` <sup>26</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>27</sup>`Only -- on the tenth of this seventh month is a day of atonements; ye have a holy convocation, and ye have humbled yourselves, and have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; ²⁸and ye do no work in this self-same day, for it is a day of atonements, to make atonement for you, before Jehovah your God. ²⁹`For any person who is not humbled in this self-same day hath even been cut off from his people; <sup>30</sup>and any person who doth any work in this self-same day I have even destroyed that person from the midst of his people; <sup>31</sup>ye do no work -- a statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings. <sup>32</sup>It [is] a sabbath of rest to you, and ye have humbled yourselves in the ninth of the month at even; from evening till evening ye do keep your sabbath.` ³³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ³⁴`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, In the fifteenth day of this seventh month [is] a feast of booths seven days to Jehovah; <sup>35</sup>on the first day [is] a holy convocation, ye do no servile work, <sup>36</sup>seven days ye bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, on the eighth day ye have a holy convocation, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; it [is] a restraint, ye do no servile work. <sup>37</sup>`These [are] appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim holy convocations, to bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a present, a sacrifice, and libations, a thing of a day in its day, ³⁸apart from the sabbaths of Jehovah, and apart from your gifts, and apart from all your vows, and apart from all your willing-offerings, which ye give to Jehovah. ³⁹`Only -- in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, in your gathering the increase of the land, ye do keep the feast of Jehovah seven days; on the first day [is] a sabbath, and on the eighth day a sabbath; <sup>40</sup>and ye have taken to yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palms, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of a brook, and have rejoiced before Jehovah your God seven days. <sup>41</sup>`And ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah, seven days in a year -- a statute age-during to your generations; in the seventh month ye keep it a feast. ⁴²`In booths ye dwell seven days; all who are natives in Israel dwell in booths, <sup>43</sup>so that your generations do know that in booths I caused the sons of Israel to dwell; in my bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.` ⁴⁴And Moses speaketh [concerning] the appointed seasons of Jehovah unto the sons of Israel.

Chapter 24

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Command the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee pure olive oil, beaten, for the lamp, to cause a light to go up continually; <sup>3</sup>at the outside of the vail of the testimony in the tent of meeting doth Aaron arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah continually -- a statute age-during to your generations; <sup>4</sup>by the pure candlestick he doth arrange the lights before Jehovah continually. <sup>5</sup>`And thou hast taken flour, and hast baked twelve cakes with it, two tenth deals are in the one cake, ⁶and thou hast set them two ranks (six in the rank) on the pure table before Jehovah, ⁷and thou hast put on the rank pure frankincense, and it hath been to the bread for a memorial, a fire-offering to Jehovah. ⁸`On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel -- a covenant age-during; <sup>9</sup>and it hath been to Aaron, and to his sons, and they have eaten it in the holy place, for it [is] most holy to him, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah -- a statute age-during.` ¹⁰And a son of an Israelitish woman goeth out (and he [is] son of an Egyptian man), in the midst of the sons of Israel, and strive in the camp do the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel, ¹¹and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother`s name [is] Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; <sup>12</sup>and he causeth him to rest in charge -- to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah. <sup>13</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>14</sup>`Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. ¹⁵`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin; <sup>16</sup>and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death. <sup>17</sup>`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death. ¹⁸`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body. <sup>19</sup>`And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him; ²⁰breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him. ²¹`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth [the life of] man is put to death; <sup>22</sup>one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I [am] Jehovah your God.` ²³And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and they bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones; and the sons of Israel have done as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Chapter 25

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>`Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase, ⁴and in the seventh year a sabbath of rest is to the land, a sabbath to Jehovah; thy field thou dost not sow, and thy vineyard thou dost not prune; ⁵the spontaneous growth of thy harvest thou dost not reap, and the grapes of thy separated thing thou dost not gather, a year of rest it is to the land. ⁶`And the sabbath of the land hath been to you for food, to thee, and to thy man-servant, and to thy handmaid, and to thy hireling, and to thy settler, who are sojourning with thee; <sup>7</sup>and to thy cattle, and to the beast which [is] in thy land, is all thine increase for food. <sup>8</sup>`And thou hast numbered to thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years have been to thee nine and forty years, ⁹and thou hast caused a trumpet of shouting to pass over in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month; in the day of the atonements ye do cause a trumpet to pass over through all your land; ¹⁰and ye have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and ye have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; a jubilee it is to you; and ye have turned back each unto his possession; yea, each unto his family ye do turn back. ¹¹`A jubilee it [is], the fiftieth year, a year it is to you; ye sow not, nor reap its spontaneous growth, nor gather its separated things; <sup>12</sup>for a jubilee it [is], holy it is to you; out of the field ye eat its increase; <sup>13</sup>in the year of this jubilee ye turn back each unto his possession. <sup>14</sup>`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another; ¹⁵by the number of years after the jubilee thou dost buy from thy fellow; by the number of the years of increase he doth sell to thee; ¹⁶according to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee; ¹⁷and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God. ¹⁸`And ye have done My statutes, and My judgments ye keep, and have done them, and ye have dwelt on the land confidently, <sup>19</sup>and the land hath given its fruit, and ye have eaten to satiety, and have dwelt confidently on it. <sup>20</sup>`And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase? ²¹then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years; ²²and ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old. ²³`And the land is not sold -- to extinction, for the land [is] Mine, for sojourners and settlers [are] ye with Me; <sup>24</sup>and in all the land of your possession a redemption ye do give to the land. <sup>25</sup>`When thy brother becometh poor, and hath sold his possession, then hath his redeemer who is near unto him come, and he hath redeemed the sold thing of his brother; ²⁶and when a man hath no redeemer, and his own hand hath attained, and he hath found as sufficient [for] its redemption, ²⁷then he hath reckoned the years of its sale, and hath given back that which is over to the man to whom he sold [it], and he hath returned to his possession. ²⁸`And if his hand hath not found sufficiency to give back to him, then hath his sold thing been in the hand of him who buyeth it till the year of jubilee; and it hath gone out in the jubilee, and he hath returned to his possession. <sup>29</sup>`And when a man selleth a dwelling-house [in] a walled city, then hath his right of redemption been until the completion of a year from its selling; days -- is his right of redemption; ³⁰and if it is not redeemed until the fulness to him of a perfect year, then hath the house which [is] in a walled city been established to extinction to the buyer of it, to his generations; it goeth not out in the jubilee; ³¹and a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out. ³²`As to cities of the Levites -- houses of the cities of their possession -- redemption age-during is to the Levites; <sup>33</sup>as to him who redeemeth from the Levites, both the sale of a house and the city of his possession have gone out in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the sons of Israel. <sup>34</sup>And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it [is] to them. <sup>35</sup>`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; ³⁶thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; ³⁷thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food; ³⁸I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God. ³⁹`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service; <sup>40</sup>as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, -- <sup>41</sup>then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back. <sup>42</sup>`For they [are] My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold [with] the sale of a servant; ⁴³thou rulest not over him with rigour, and thou hast been afraid of thy God. ⁴⁴`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast [are] of the nations who [are] round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid, <sup>45</sup>and also of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you, of them ye buy, and of their families who [are] with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they have been to you for a possession; <sup>46</sup>and ye have taken them for inheritance to your sons after you, to occupy [for] a possession; to the age ye lay service upon them, but upon your brethren, the sons of Israel, one with another, thou dost not rule over him with rigour. <sup>47</sup>`And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth [riches], and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner, ⁴⁸after he hath been sold, there is a right of redemption to him; one of his brethren doth redeem him, ⁴⁹or his uncle, or a son of his uncle, doth redeem him, or any of the relations of his flesh, of his family, doth redeem him, or -- his own hand hath attained -- then he hath been redeemed. ⁵⁰`And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him. <sup>51</sup>`If yet many years, according to them he giveth back his redemption [money], from the money of his purchase. ⁵²`And if few are left of the years till the year of jubilee, then he hath reckoned with him, according to his years he doth give back his redemption [money]; <sup>53</sup>as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes. <sup>54</sup>`And if he is not redeemed in these [years], then he hath gone out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him. ⁵⁵For to Me [are] the sons of Israel servants; My servants they [are], whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.

Chapter 26

¹`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>2</sup>`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I [am] Jehovah. ³`If in My statutes ye walk, and My commands ye keep, and have done them, <sup>4</sup>then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit; <sup>5</sup>and reached to you hath the threshing, the gathering, and the gathering doth reach the sowing-[time]; and ye have eaten your bread to satiety, and have dwelt confidently in your land. <sup>6</sup>`And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land. ⁷`And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword; <sup>8</sup>and five of you have pursued a hundred, and a hundred of you do pursue a myriad; and your enemies have fallen before you by the sword. <sup>9</sup>`And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you; ¹⁰and ye have eaten old [store], and the old because of the new ye bring out. ¹¹`And I have given My tabernacle in your midst, and My soul doth not loathe you; <sup>12</sup>and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye -- ye are become My people; <sup>13</sup>I [am] Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their servants; and I break the bars of your yoke, and cause you to go erect. <sup>14</sup>`And if ye do not hearken to Me, and do not all these commands; ¹⁵and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands -- to your breaking My covenant -- ¹⁶I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it; ¹⁷and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you. ¹⁸`And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, -- then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins; <sup>19</sup>and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass; <sup>20</sup>and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit. <sup>21</sup>`And if ye walk with Me [in] opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins, ²²and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate. ²³`And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me [in] opposition, <sup>24</sup>then I have walked -- I also -- with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins; <sup>25</sup>and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy. <sup>26</sup>`In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied. ²⁷`And if for this ye hearken not to Me, and have walked with Me in opposition, <sup>28</sup>then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins. <sup>29</sup>`And ye have eaten the flesh of your sons; even flesh of your daughters ye do eat. ³⁰And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you; ³¹and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances; ³²and I have made desolate the land, and your enemies, who are dwelling in it, have been astonished at it. ³³And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste. ³⁴`Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths -- all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies -- then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths; <sup>35</sup>all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it. <sup>36</sup>`And those who are left of you -- I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled -- flight from a sword -- and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing. ³⁷And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies, ³⁸and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you. ³⁹`And those who are left of you -- they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away. <sup>40</sup>`And -- they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition, ⁴¹also I walk to them in opposition, and have brought them into the land of their enemies -- or then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the punishment of their iniquity, -- ⁴²then I have remembered My covenant [with] Jacob, and also My covenant [with] Isaac, and also My covenant [with] Abraham I remember, and the land I remember. ⁴³`And -- the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed, <sup>44</sup>and also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I loathed them, to consume them, to break My covenant with them; for I [am] Jehovah their God; -- <sup>45</sup>then I have remembered for them the covenant of the ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations to become their God; I [am] Jehovah.` ⁴⁶These [are] the statutes, and the judgments, and the laws, which Jehovah hath given between Him and the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 27

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man maketh a wonderful vow, by thy valuation the persons [are] Jehovah`s. ³When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁴And if it [is] a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels; ⁵and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels; ⁶and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation [is] three shekels of silver; ⁷and if from a son of sixty years and above -- if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels. ⁸`And if he is poorer than thy valuation, then he hath presented himself before the priest, and the priest hath valued him; according to that which the hand of him who is vowing doth reach doth the priest value him. <sup>9</sup>`And if [it is] a beast of which they bring near an offering to Jehovah, all that [one] giveth of it to Jehovah is holy; ¹⁰he doth not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really change beast for beast, -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy. ¹¹`And if [it is] any unclean beast of which they do not bring near an offering to Jehovah, then he hath presented the beast before the priest, <sup>12</sup>and the priest hath valued it; whether good or bad, according to thy valuation, O priest, so it is; <sup>13</sup>and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation. <sup>14</sup>`And when a man sanctifieth his house, a holy thing to Jehovah, then hath the priest valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest doth value it so it standeth; ¹⁵and if he who is sanctifying doth redeem his house, then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath become his. ¹⁶`And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver; <sup>17</sup>if from the year of the jubilee he sanctify his field, according to thy valuation it standeth; <sup>18</sup>and if after the jubilee he sanctify his field, then hath the priest reckoned to him the money according to the years which are left, unto the year of the jubilee, and it hath been abated from thy valuation. <sup>19</sup>`And if he really redeem the field -- he who is sanctifying it -- then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath been established to him; ²⁰and if he do not redeem the field, or if he hath sold the field to another man, it is not redeemed any more; ²¹and the field hath been, in its going out in the jubilee, holy to Jehovah as a field which is devoted; to the priest is its possession. ²²`And if the field of his purchase (which [is] not of the fields of his possession) [one] sanctify to Jehovah -- <sup>23</sup>then hath the priest reckoned to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee, and he hath given thy valuation in that day -- a holy thing to Jehovah; <sup>24</sup>in the year of the jubilee the field returneth to him from whom he bought it, to him whose [is] the possession of the land. <sup>25</sup>And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel. <sup>26</sup>`Only, a firstling which is Jehovah`s firstling among beasts -- no man doth sanctify it, whether ox or sheep; it [is] Jehovah`s. ²⁷And if among the unclean beasts, then he hath ransomed [it] at thy valuation, and he hath added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it hath been sold at thy valuation. ²⁸`Only, no devoted thing which a man devoteth to Jehovah, of all that he hath, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah. <sup>29</sup>`No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death. ³⁰And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah`s -- holy to Jehovah. <sup>31</sup>`And if a man really redeem [any] of his tithe, its fifth he addeth to it. ³²`And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock -- all that passeth by under the rod -- the tenth is holy to Jehovah; <sup>33</sup>he enquireth not between good and bad, nor doth he change it; and if he really change it -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy; it is not redeemed.` ³⁴These [are] the commands which Jehovah hath commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai.

Numbers

Chapter 1

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying: ²`Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names -- every male by their polls; <sup>3</sup>from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; <sup>4</sup>and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers. <sup>5</sup>`And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben -- Elizur son of Shedeur. <sup>6</sup>`For Simeon -- Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁷`For Judah -- Nahshon son of Amminadab. <sup>8</sup>`For Issachar -- Nathaneel son of Zuar. ⁹`For Zebulun -- Eliab son of Helon. <sup>10</sup>`For the sons of Joseph -- for Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: for Manasseh -- Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ¹¹`For Benjamin -- Abidan son of Gideoni. <sup>12</sup>`For Dan -- Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ¹³`For Asher -- Pagiel son of Ocran. <sup>14</sup>`For Gad -- Eliasaph son of Deuel. ¹⁵`For Naphtali -- Ahira son of Enan.` ¹⁶These [are] those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands of Israel. ¹⁷And Moses taketh -- Aaron also -- these men, who were defined by name, ¹⁸and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls, ¹⁹as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai. ²⁰And the sons of Reuben, Israel`s first-born -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>21</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>22</sup>Of the sons of Simeon -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, its numbered ones in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>23</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, [are] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. <sup>24</sup>Of the sons of Gad -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>25</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. <sup>26</sup>Of the sons of Judah -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>27</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, [are] four and seventy thousand and six hundred. <sup>28</sup>Of the sons of Issachar -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>29</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, [are] four and fifty thousand and four hundred. <sup>30</sup>Of the sons of Zebulun -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>31</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, [are] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred. <sup>32</sup>Of the sons of Joseph -- of the sons of Ephraim -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>33</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, [are] forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>34</sup>Of the sons of Manasseh -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>35</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, [are] two and thirty thousand and two hundred. <sup>36</sup>Of the sons of Benjamin -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>37</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred. <sup>38</sup>Of the sons of Dan -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>39</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, [are] two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. <sup>40</sup>Of the sons of Asher -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>41</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, [are] one and forty thousand and five hundred. <sup>42</sup>[Of] the sons of Naphtali -- their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host -- <sup>43</sup>their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, [are] three and fifty thousand and four hundred. <sup>44</sup>These [are] those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men -- each for the house of his fathers, they have been. <sup>45</sup>And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, <sup>46</sup>yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. <sup>47</sup>And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst, <sup>48</sup>seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>49</sup>`Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel; ⁵⁰and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp. ⁵¹`And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.` ⁵²And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts; ⁵³and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. ⁵⁴And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.

Chapter 2

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²`Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.` ³And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, [are of] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab; ⁴and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] four and seventy thousand and six hundred. ⁵And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar; ⁶and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] four and fifty thousand and four hundred. ⁷The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon; ⁸and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred; ⁹all those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first. ¹⁰The standard of the camp of Reuben [is] southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben [is] Elizur son of Shedeur; ¹¹and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] six and forty thousand and five hundred. ¹²And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; ¹³and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. ¹⁴And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Reuel; ¹⁵and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second. ¹⁷And the tent of meeting -- the camp of the Levites -- hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards. ¹⁸The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, [is] westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim [is] Elishama son of Ammihud; ¹⁹and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁰And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; ²¹and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and thirty thousand, and two hundred. ²²And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni; ²³and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred. ²⁴All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim [are] a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third. ²⁵The standard of the camp of Dan [is] northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; ²⁶and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. ²⁷And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran; ²⁸and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] one and forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁹And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan; ³⁰and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] three and fifty thousand and four hundred. ³¹All those numbered of the camp of Dan [are] a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards. ³²These [are] those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts [are] six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. ³³And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³⁴And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have encamped by their standards, and so they have journeyed; each by his families, by the house of his fathers.

Chapter 3

¹And these [are] births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah`s speaking with Moses in mount Sinai. <sup>2</sup>And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar; <sup>3</sup>these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest. <sup>4</sup>And Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- before Jehovah, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and sons they had not; and Eleazar -- Ithamar also -- acteth as priest in the presence of Aaron their father. <sup>5</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>6</sup>`Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him, ⁷and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle; ⁸and they have kept all the vessels of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle; ⁹and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰`And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.` ¹¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹²`And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine; <sup>13</sup>for Mine [is] every first-born, in the day of My smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every first-born in Israel, from man unto beast; Mine they are; I [am] Jehovah.` ¹⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵`Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.` ¹⁶And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded. ¹⁷And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹And the sons of Kohath, by their families, [are] Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁰And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers. ²¹Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite. ²²Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred. ²³The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward. ²⁴And the prince of a father`s house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael. <sup>25</sup>And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting [is] the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the vail at the opening of the tent of meeting, <sup>26</sup>and the hangings of the court, and the vail at the opening of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and its cords, to all its service. <sup>27</sup>And of Kohath [is] the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite. <sup>28</sup>In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. <sup>29</sup>The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward. <sup>30</sup>And the prince of a father`s house for the families of the Kohathite [is] Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹And their charge [is] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service. ³²And [to] the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [is] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. ³³Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari. ³⁴And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵And the prince of a father`s house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward. <sup>36</sup>And the oversight -- the charge of the sons of Merari -- [is] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service, <sup>37</sup>and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. <sup>38</sup>And those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death. <sup>39</sup>All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also -- by the command of Jehovah, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, [are] two and twenty thousand. <sup>40</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names; ⁴¹and thou hast taken the Levites for Me (I [am] Jehovah), instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel.` <sup>42</sup>And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel. <sup>43</sup>And all the first-born -- male -- by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are two and twenty thousand two hundred and seventy and three. <sup>44</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>45</sup>`Take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] Jehovah. ⁴⁶`And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy and three (who are more than the Levites) of the first-born of the sons of Israel, <sup>47</sup>thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll -- by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel [is]; <sup>48</sup>and thou hast given the money to Aaron, and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.` ⁴⁹And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites; ⁵⁰from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five -- by the shekel of the sanctuary; ⁵¹and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Chapter 4

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²`Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers; <sup>3</sup>from a son of thirty years and upward, even till a son of fifty years, every one going in to the host, to do work in the tent of meeting. <sup>4</sup>`This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the holy of holies: ⁵that Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the vail of the hanging, and have covered with it the ark of the testimony; ⁶and have put on it a covering of badger skin, and have spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its staves. ⁷`And on the table of the presence they spread a garment of blue, and have put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the libation, and the bread of continuity is on it, <sup>8</sup>and they have spread over them a garment of scarlet, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves, <sup>9</sup>and have taken a garment of blue, and have covered the candlestick of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels wherewith they minister to it; <sup>10</sup>and they have put it and all its vessels unto a covering of badger skin, and have put [it] on the bar. <sup>11</sup>`And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves; ¹²and have taken all the vessels of ministry wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and have put [them] unto a garment of blue, and have covered them with a covering of badger skin, and have put [them] on the bar, ¹³and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple; ¹⁴and have put on it all its vessels wherewith they minister about it, the censers, the hooks, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar, and have spread on it a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves: ¹⁵`And Aaron hath finished -- his sons also -- covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, in the journeying of the camp, and afterwards do the sons of Kohath come in to bear [it], and they do not come unto the holy thing, that they have died; these [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. <sup>16</sup>`And the oversight of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, [is] the oil of the lamp, and the spice-perfume, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that [is] in it, in the sanctuary, and in its vessels.` <sup>17</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, <sup>18</sup>`Ye do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites; ¹⁹but this do to them, and they have lived, and do not die in their drawing nigh the holy of holies: -- Aaron and his sons go in, and have set them, each man to his service, and unto his burden, ²⁰and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.` <sup>21</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>22</sup>`Take up the sum of the sons of Gershon also by the house of their fathers, by their families; ²³from a son of thirty years and upward, till a son of fifty years thou dost number them, every one who is going in to serve the host, to do the service in the tent of meeting. ²⁴`This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonite, to serve -- and for burden, <sup>25</sup>and they have borne the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of the badger [skin] which [is] on it above, and the vail at the opening of the tent of meeting, <sup>26</sup>and the hangings of the court, and the vail at the opening of the gate of the court which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and all that is made for them -- and they have served. <sup>27</sup>`By the command of Aaron and his sons is all the service of the sons of the Gershonite in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye have laid a charge on them concerning the charge of all their burden. ²⁸This [is] the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the tent of meeting; and their charge [is] under the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹`The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, thou dost number them; <sup>30</sup>from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years thou dost number them, every one who is going in to the host, to do the service of the tent of meeting. <sup>31</sup>`And this [is] the charge of their burden, of all their service in the tent of meeting; the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, ³²and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service; and by name ye do number the vessels of the charge of their burden. ³³`This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service, in the tent of meeting, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.` ³⁴And Moses numbereth -- Aaron also, and the princes of the company -- the sons of the Kohathite, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, ³⁵from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to the host, for service in the tent of meeting, ³⁶and their numbered ones, by their families, are two thousand seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷These [are] those numbered of the families of the Kohathite, every one who is serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, by the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. ³⁸And those numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, ³⁹from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to the host, for service in the tent of meeting, ⁴⁰even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, are two thousand and six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹These [are] those numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, every one who is serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of Jehovah. ⁴²And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, ⁴³from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to the host, for service in the tent of meeting, ⁴⁴even their numbered ones, by their families, are three thousand and two hundred. ⁴⁵These [are] those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, by the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses. ⁴⁶All those numbered, whom Moses numbered -- Aaron also, and the princes of Israel -- of the Levites, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, ⁴⁷from a son of thirty years and upward even unto a son of fifty years, every one who is going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the tent of meeting, ⁴⁸even their numbered ones are eight thousand and five hundred and eighty; ⁴⁹by the command of Jehovah hath [one] numbered them, by the hand of Moses, each man by his service, and by his burden, with his numbered ones, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Chapter 5

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Command the sons of Israel, and they send out of the camp every leper, and every one with an issue, and every one defiled by a body; <sup>3</sup>from male unto female ye do send out; unto the outside of the camp ye do send them; and they defile not their camps in the midst of which I do tabernacle.` ⁴And the sons of Israel do so, and they send them out unto the outside of the camp; as Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses so have the sons of Israel done. ⁵And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁶`Speak unto the sons of Israel, Man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person [is] guilty, <sup>7</sup>and they have confessed their sin which they have done, then he hath restored his guilt in its principal, and its fifth is adding to it, and hath given [it] to him in reference to whom he hath been guilty. <sup>8</sup>`And if the man have no redeemer to restore the guilt to, the guilt which is restored [is] Jehovah`s, the priest`s, apart from the ram of the atonements, whereby he maketh atonement for him. ⁹`And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, becometh his; <sup>10</sup>and any man`s hallowed things become his; that which any man giveth to the priest becometh his.` <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>12</sup>`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man`s wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass, <sup>13</sup>and a man hath lain with her [with] the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught, <sup>14</sup>and a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath been defiled; -- or, a spirit of jealousy hath passed over him, and he hath been jealous of his wife, and she hath not been defiled -- <sup>15</sup>`Then hath the man brought in his wife unto the priest, and he hath brought in her offering for her, a tenth of the ephah of barley meal, he doth not pour on it oil, nor doth he put on it frankincense, for it [is] a present of jealousy, a present of memorial, causing remembrance of iniquity. ¹⁶`And the priest hath brought her near, and hath caused her to stand before Jehovah, <sup>17</sup>and the priest hath taken holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle doth the priest take, and hath put [it] into the water, <sup>18</sup>and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman`s head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it [is] a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse. ¹⁹`And the priest hath caused her to swear, and hath said unto the woman, If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside [to] uncleanness under thy husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse; <sup>20</sup>and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband -- <sup>21</sup>(then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman) -- Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse, in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah`s giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell, ²²and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen. ²³`And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters, <sup>24</sup>and hath caused the woman to drink the bitter waters which cause the curse, and the waters which cause the curse have entered into her for bitter things. <sup>25</sup>`And the priest hath taken out of the hand of the woman the present of jealousy, and hath waved the present before Jehovah, and hath brought it near unto the altar; ²⁶and the priest hath taken a handful of the present, its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, and afterwards doth cause the woman to drink the water: ²⁷yea, he hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people. ²⁸`And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown [with] seed. <sup>29</sup>`This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled, ³⁰or when a spirit of jealousy passeth over a man, and he hath been jealous of his wife, then he hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and the priest hath done to her all this law, ³¹and the man hath been acquitted from iniquity, and that woman doth bear her iniquity.`

Chapter 6

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or woman doeth singularly, by vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah; <sup>3</sup>from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat; <sup>4</sup>all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat. <sup>5</sup>`All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head. ⁶`All days of his keeping separate to Jehovah, near a dead person he doth not go; <sup>7</sup>for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister -- he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God [is] on his head; <sup>8</sup>all days of his separation he [is] holy to Jehovah. <sup>9</sup>`And when the dead dieth beside him in an instant, suddenly, and he hath defiled the head of his separation, then he hath shaved his head in the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he doth shave it, ¹⁰and on the eighth day he bringeth in two turtle-doves or two young pigeons unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, ¹¹and the priest hath prepared one for a sin-offering, and one for a burnt-offering, and hath made atonement for him, because of that which he hath sinned by the body, and he hath hallowed his head on that day; ¹²and he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, and he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, for a guilt-offering, and the former days are fallen, for his separation hath been defiled. ¹³`And this [is] the law of the Nazarite; in the day of the fulness of the days of his separation doth [one] bring him in unto the opening of the tent of meeting, <sup>14</sup>and he hath brought near his offering to Jehovah, one he-lamb, a son of a year, a perfect one, for a burnt-offering, and one she-lamb, a daughter of a year, a perfect one, for a sin-offering, and one ram, a perfect one, for peace-offerings, <sup>15</sup>and a basket of unleavened things of flour, cakes mixed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened things anointed with oil, and their present, and their libations. <sup>16</sup>`And the priest hath brought [them] near before Jehovah, and hath made his sin-offering and his burnt-offering; ¹⁷and the ram he maketh a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, besides the basket of unleavened things; and the priest hath made its present and its libation. ¹⁸`And the Nazarite hath shaved (at the opening of the tent of meeting) the head of his separation, and hath taken the hair of the head of his separation, and hath put [it] on the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings. <sup>19</sup>`And the priest hath taken the boiled shoulder from the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one thin unleavened cake, and hath put on the palms of the Nazarite after his shaving his separation; ²⁰and the priest hath waved them, a wave-offering before Jehovah; it [is] holy to the priest, besides the breast of the wave-offering, and besides the leg of the heave-offering; and afterwards doth the Nazarite drink wine. ²¹`This [is] the law of the Nazarite, who voweth his offering to Jehovah for his separation, apart from that which his hand attaineth; according to his vow which he voweth so he doth by the law of his separation.` ²²And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²³`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, Thus ye do bless the sons of Israel, saying to them, <sup>24</sup>`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; ²⁵`Jehovah cause His face to shine upon thee, and favour thee; <sup>26</sup>`Jehovah lift up His countenance upon thee, and appoint for thee -- peace. ²⁷`And they have put My name upon the sons of Israel, and I -- I do bless them.`

Chapter 7

¹And it cometh to pass on the day of Moses` finishing setting up the tabernacle, that he anointeth it, and sanctifieth it, and all its vessels, and the altar, and all its vessels, and he anointeth them, and sanctifieth them, <sup>2</sup>and the princes of Israel (heads of the house of their fathers, they [are] princes of the tribes, they who are standing over those numbered) bring near, <sup>3</sup>yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, six waggons covered, and twelve oxen -- a waggon for two of the princes, and an ox for one -- and they bring them near before the tabernacle. <sup>4</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>5</sup>`Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service.` <sup>6</sup>And Moses taketh the waggons and the oxen, and giveth them unto the Levites. <sup>7</sup>The two of the waggons and the four of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, <sup>8</sup>and the four of the waggons and the eight of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Merari, according to their service, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest; <sup>9</sup>and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary [is] on them: on the shoulder they bear. <sup>10</sup>And the princes bring near the dedication of the altar in the day of its being anointed; yea, the princes bring near their offering before the altar. <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `One prince a day -- one prince a day -- do they bring near their offering for the dedication of the altar.` ¹²And he who is bringing near on the first day his offering is Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. ¹³And his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ¹⁴one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ¹⁵one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ¹⁶one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ¹⁷and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸On the second day hath Nethaneel son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought near. ¹⁹He hath brought near his offering, one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ²⁰one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ²¹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ²²one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ²³and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Nethaneel son of Zuar. ²⁴On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; -- ²⁵his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ²⁶one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ²⁷one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ²⁸one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ²⁹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben; -- ³¹his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ³²one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ³³one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ³⁴one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ³⁵and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; -- ³⁷his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ³⁸one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ³⁹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁰one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴¹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴²On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; -- ⁴³his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁴⁴one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁴⁵one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁴⁶one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁴⁷and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. ⁴⁸On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; -- ⁴⁹his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁵⁰one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁵¹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁵²one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁵³and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; -- ⁵⁵his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁵⁶one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁵⁷one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁵⁸one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁵⁹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰On the ninth day, the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; -- ⁶¹his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁶²one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁶³one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁶⁴one kid of the goats for a sin-offering: ⁶⁵and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶On the tenth day, the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; -- ⁶⁷his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁶⁸one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁶⁹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁷⁰one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁷¹and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷²On the eleventh day, the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; -- ⁷³his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁷⁴one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁷⁵one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁷⁶one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁷⁷and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷⁸On the twelfth day, the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan; -- ⁷⁹his offering [is] one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels]; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present; ⁸⁰one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of perfume; ⁸¹one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering; ⁸²one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; ⁸³and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this [is] the offering of Ahira son of Enan. ⁸⁴This [is] the dedication of the altar, in the day of its being anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons; ⁸⁵a hundred and thirty [shekels] each silver dish, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels [is] two thousand and four hundred [shekels], by the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁸⁶Golden spoons [are] twelve, full of perfume; ten [shekels] each spoon, by the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons [is] a hundred and twenty [shekels]; ⁸⁷all the oxen for burnt-offering [are] twelve bullocks, rams twelve, lambs, sons of a year twelve, and their present; and kids of the goats twelve, for sin-offering; ⁸⁸and all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace-offerings [are] twenty and four bullocks, rams sixty, he-goats sixty, lambs, sons of a year, sixty; this is the dedication of the altar, in the day of its being anointed. ⁸⁹And in the going in of Moses unto the tent of meeting to speak with Him -- he doth even hear the voice speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat which [is] upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs; and He speaketh unto him.

Chapter 8

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto Aaron, and thou hast said unto him, In thy causing the lights to go up, over-against the face of the candlestick do the seven lights give light.` ³And Aaron doth so; over-against the face of the candlestick he hath caused its lights to go up, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁴And this [is] the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick. ⁵And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁶`Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them. <sup>7</sup>`And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves, ⁸and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, -- and a second bullock a son of the herd thou dost take for a sin-offering, ⁹and thou hast brought near the Levites before the tent of meeting, and thou hast assembled the whole company of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰and thou hast brought near the Levites before Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites, ¹¹and Aaron hath waved the Levites -- a wave-offering before Jehovah, from the sons of Israel, and they have been -- for doing the service of Jehovah. ¹²`And the Levites lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make thou the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering to Jehovah, to atone for the Levites, <sup>13</sup>and thou hast caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering to Jehovah; <sup>14</sup>and thou hast separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine; <sup>15</sup>and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering. <sup>16</sup>`For they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who openeth any womb -- the first-born of all -- from the sons of Israel I have taken them to Myself; ¹⁷for Mine [is] every first-born among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; in the day of my smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself; ¹⁸and I take the Levites instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel: ¹⁹`And I give the Levites gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel`s drawing nigh unto the sanctuary.` <sup>20</sup>And Moses doth -- Aaron also, and all the company of the sons of Israel -- to the Levites according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so have the sons of Israel done to them. <sup>21</sup>And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them, <sup>22</sup>and afterwards have the Levites gone in to do their service in the tent of meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them. <sup>23</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>24</sup>`This [is] that which [is] the Levites`: from a son of five and twenty years and upward he doth go in to serve the host in the service of the tent of meeting, <sup>25</sup>and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more, <sup>26</sup>and he hath ministered with his brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and doth not do service; thus thou dost to the Levites concerning their charge.`

Chapter 9

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, ²`Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season; <sup>3</sup>in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.` ⁴And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel to prepare the passover, ⁵and they prepare the passover in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done. ⁶And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day, ⁷and those men say unto him, `We are defiled by the body of a man; why are we withheld so as not to bring near the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel?` ⁸And Moses saith unto them, `Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning you.` ⁹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁰`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Though any man is unclean by a body or in a distant journey (of you or of your generations), yet he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah; <sup>11</sup>in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it; <sup>12</sup>they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it. <sup>13</sup>`And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin. ¹⁴`And when a sojourner sojourneth with you, then he hath prepared a passover to Jehovah, according to the statute of the passover, and according to its ordinance, so he doth; one statute is to you, even to a sojourner, and to a native of the land.` ¹⁵And in the day of the raising up of the tabernacle hath the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony; and in the evening there is on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire till morning; ¹⁶so it is continually; the cloud covereth it, also the appearance of fire by night. ¹⁷And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp; ¹⁸by the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel journey, and by the command of Jehovah they encamp; all the days that the cloud doth tabernacle over the tabernacle they encamp. ¹⁹And in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle many days, then have the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journey not, ²⁰and so when the cloud is a number of days over the tabernacle; by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey. ²¹And so when the cloud is from evening till morning, when the cloud hath gone up in the morning, then they have journeyed; whether by day or by night, when the cloud hath gone up, then they have journeyed. ²²Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey; ²³by the command of Jehovah they encamp, and by the command of Jehovah they journey; the charge of Jehovah they have kept, by the command of Jehovah in the hand of Moses.

Chapter 10

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps; <sup>3</sup>and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting. <sup>4</sup>And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee; <sup>5</sup>`And ye have blown -- a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed. ⁶`And ye have blown -- a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; a shout they blow for their journeys. <sup>7</sup>`And in the assembling of the assembly ye blow, and do not shout; ⁸and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to your generations. ⁹`And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies. <sup>10</sup>`And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.` <sup>11</sup>And it cometh to pass -- in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month -- the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony, <sup>12</sup>and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran; <sup>13</sup>and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses. <sup>14</sup>And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first [place], by their hosts, and over its host [is] Nahshon son of Amminadab. <sup>15</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar [is] Nathaneel son of Zuar. <sup>16</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon; <sup>17</sup>And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle. <sup>18</sup>And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elizur son of Shedeur. <sup>19</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. <sup>20</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Deuel; <sup>21</sup>And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the [others] have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in. <sup>22</sup>And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elishama son of Ammihud. <sup>23</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamalial son of Pedahzur. <sup>24</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni. <sup>25</sup>And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. <sup>26</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran. <sup>27</sup>And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan. <sup>28</sup>These [are] journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts -- and they journey. <sup>29</sup>And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, `We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.` <sup>30</sup>And he saith unto him, `I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.` <sup>31</sup>And he saith, `I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes; ³²and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass -- that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us -- it we have done kindly to thee.` <sup>33</sup>And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place; <sup>34</sup>and the cloud of Jehovah [is] on them by day, in their journeying from the camp. <sup>35</sup>And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, `Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.` <sup>36</sup>And in its resting he saith, `Return, O Jehovah, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.`

Chapter 11

¹And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp. ²And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched; ³and he calleth the name of that place Taberah, for the fire of Jehovah hath `burned` among them. ⁴And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, `Who doth give us flesh? <sup>5</sup>We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick; <sup>6</sup>and now our soul [is] dry, there is not anything, save the manna, before our eyes.` ⁷And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach; ⁸the people have turned aside and gathered [it], and ground [it] with millstones, or beat [it] in a mortar, and boiled [it] in a pan, and made it cakes, and its taste hath been as the taste of the moisture of oil. ⁹And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna descendeth upon it. ¹⁰And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses [it is] evil. ¹¹And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Why hast Thou done evil to Thy servant? and why have I not found grace in Thine eyes -- to put the burden of all this people upon me? <sup>12</sup>I -- have I conceived all this people? I -- have I begotten it, that Thou sayest unto me, Carry it in thy bosom as the nursing father beareth the suckling, unto the ground which Thou hast sworn to its fathers? <sup>13</sup>Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat. <sup>14</sup>I am not able -- I alone -- to bear all this people, for [it is] too heavy for me; <sup>15</sup>and if thus Thou art doing to me -- slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.` ¹⁶And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou hast known that they are elders of the people, and its authorities; and thou hast taken them unto the tent of meeting, and they have stationed themselves there with thee, <sup>17</sup>and I have come down and spoken with thee there, and have kept back of the Spirit which [is] upon thee, and have put on them, and they have borne with thee some of the burden of the people, and thou dost not bear [it] thyself alone. <sup>18</sup>`And unto the people thou dost say, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow, and ye have eaten flesh (for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who doth give us flesh? for we [had] good in Egypt) -- and Jehovah hath given to you flesh, and ye have eaten. ¹⁹Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days; -- ²⁰unto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination; because that ye have loathed Jehovah, who [is] in your midst, and weep before Him, saying, Why is this? -- we have come out of Egypt!` <sup>21</sup>And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen [are] the people in whose midst I [am]; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days! ²²Is flock and herd slaughtered for them, that one hath found for them? -- are all the fishes of the sea gathered for them -- that one hath found for them?` <sup>23</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Is the hand of Jehovah become short? now thou dost see whether My word meeteth thee or not.` <sup>24</sup>And Moses goeth out, and speaketh unto the people the words of Jehovah, and gathereth seventy men of the elders of the people, and causeth them to stand round about the tent, <sup>25</sup>and Jehovah cometh down in the cloud, and speaketh unto him, and keepeth back of the Spirit which [is] on him, and putteth on the seventy men of the elders; and it cometh to pass at the resting of the Spirit on them, that they prophesy, and do not cease. <sup>26</sup>And two of the men are left in the camp, the name of the one [is] Eldad, and the name of the second Medad, and the spirit resteth upon them, (and they are among those written, and have not gone out to the tent), and they prophesy in the camp; <sup>27</sup>and the young man runneth, and declareth to Moses, and saith, `Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.` <sup>28</sup>And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, [one] of his young men, answereth and saith, `My lord Moses, restrain them.` <sup>29</sup>And Moses saith to him, `Art thou zealous for me? O that all Jehovah`s people were prophets! that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!` ³⁰And Moses is gathered unto the camp, he and the elders of Israel. ³¹And a spirit hath journeyed from Jehovah, and cutteth off quails from the sea, and leaveth by the camp, as a day`s journey here, and as a day`s journey there, round about the camp, and about two cubits, on the face of the land. ³²And the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails -- he who hath least hath gathered ten homers -- and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp. ³³The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting; ³⁴and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust. ³⁵From Kibroth-Hattaavah have the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they are in Hazeroth.

Chapter 12

¹And Miriam speaketh -- Aaron also -- against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken; ²and they say, `Only by Moses hath Jehovah spoken? also by us hath he not spoken?` and Jehovah heareth. ³And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground. ⁴And Jehovah saith suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, `Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting;` and they three come out. ⁵And Jehovah cometh down in the pillar of the cloud, and standeth at the opening of the tent, and calleth Aaron and Miriam, and they come out both of them. ⁶And He saith, `Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him; <sup>7</sup>not so My servant Moses; in all My house he [is] stedfast; <sup>8</sup>mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and [by] an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?` ⁹And the anger of Jehovah burneth against them, and He goeth on, ¹⁰and the cloud hath turned aside from off the tent, and lo, Miriam [is] leprous as snow; and Aaron turneth unto Miriam, and lo, leprous! ¹¹And Aaron saith unto Moses, `O, my lord, I pray thee, lay not upon us sin [in] which we have been foolish, and [in] which we have sinned; <sup>12</sup>let her not, I pray thee, be as [one] dead, when in his coming out from the womb of his mother -- the half of his flesh is consumed.` ¹³And Moses crieth unto Jehovah, saying, `O God, I pray Thee, give, I pray Thee, healing to her.` ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `And her father had but spat in her face -- is she not ashamed seven days? she is shut out seven days at the outside of the camp, and afterwards she is gathered.` ¹⁵And Miriam is shut out at the outside of the camp seven days, and the people hath not journeyed till Miriam is gathered; ¹⁶and afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran.

Chapter 13

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel; one man, one man for the tribe of his fathers ye do send, every one a prince among them.` ³And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them [are] men, heads of the sons of Israel they are, ⁴and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur. ⁵For the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori. ⁶For the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁷For the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph. ⁸For the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea, son of Nun. ⁹For the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu. ¹⁰For the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi. ¹¹For the tribe of Joseph, (for the tribe of Manasseh,) Gaddi son of Susi. ¹²For the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli. ¹³For the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael. ¹⁴For the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi. ¹⁵For the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. ¹⁶These [are] the names of the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land; and Moses calleth Hoshea son of Nun, Jehoshua. ¹⁷And Moses sendeth them to spy the land of Canaan, and saith unto them, `Go ye up this [way] into the south, and ye have gone up the mountain, <sup>18</sup>and have seen the land what it [is], and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it [is] strong or feeble; whether it [is] few or many; <sup>19</sup>and what the land [is] in which it is dwelling, whether it [is] good or bad; and what [are] the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses; <sup>20</sup>And what the land [is], whether it [is] fat or lean; whether there is wood in it or not; and ye have strengthened yourselves, and have taken of the fruit of the land;` and the days [are] days of the first-fruits of grapes. ²¹And they go up and spy the land, from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob at the going in to Hamath; ²²and they go up by the south, and come in unto Hebron, and there [are] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, children of Anak (and Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt), ²³and they come in unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch and one cluster of grapes, and they bear it on a staff by two, also [some] of the pomegranates, and of the figs. ²⁴That place hath [one] called Brook of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from thence. ²⁵And they turn back from spying the land at the end of forty days. ²⁶And they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them the fruit of the land. ²⁷And they recount to him, and say, `We came in unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and also it [is] flowing with milk and honey -- and this [is] its fruit; <sup>28</sup>only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there. <sup>29</sup>Amalek is dwelling in the land of the south, and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite is dwelling in the hill country, and the Canaanite is dwelling by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.` ³⁰And Caleb stilleth the people concerning Moses, and saith, `Let us certainly go up -- and we have possessed it; for we are thoroughly able for it.` ³¹And the men who have gone up with him said, `We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] stronger than we;` ³²and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we passed over to spy it, is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] men of stature; <sup>33</sup>and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.`

Chapter 14

¹And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night; ²and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died! <sup>3</sup>and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?` ⁴And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.` ⁵And Moses falleth -- Aaron also -- on their faces, before all the assembly of the company of the sons of Israel. ⁶And Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of those spying the land, have rent their garments, ⁷and they speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we have passed over to spy it, [is] a very very good land; <sup>8</sup>if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey; <sup>9</sup>only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they [are]; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah [is] with us; fear them not.` ¹⁰And all the company say to stone them with stones, and the honour of Jehovah hath appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the sons of Israel. ¹¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst? <sup>12</sup>I smite it with pestilence, and dispossess it, and make thee become a nation greater and mightier than it.` ¹³And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst, <sup>14</sup>and they have said [it] unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, [art] in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen -- O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, -- and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. <sup>15</sup>`And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying, ¹⁶From Jehovah`s want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness. <sup>17</sup>`And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying: ¹⁸Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third [generation], and on a fourth; -- ¹⁹forgive, I pray Thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of Thy kindness, and as Thou hast borne with this people from Egypt, even until now.` <sup>20</sup>And Jehovah saith, `I have forgiven, according to thy word; ²¹and yet, I live -- and it is filled -- the whole earth -- [with] the honour of Jehovah; ²²for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice -- ²³they see not the land which I have sworn to their fathers, yea, none of those despising Me see it; ²⁴and My servant Caleb, because there hath been another spirit with him, and he is fully after Me -- I have brought him in unto the land whither he hath entered, and his seed doth possess it. ²⁵`And the Amalekite and the Canaanite are dwelling in the valley; to-morrow turn ye and journey for yourselves into the wilderness -- the way of the Red Sea.` ²⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²⁷`Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard; <sup>28</sup>say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- if, as ye have spoken in Mine ears -- so I do not to you; <sup>29</sup>in this wilderness do your carcases fall, even all your numbered ones, to all your number, from a son of twenty years and upward, who have murmured against Me; <sup>30</sup>ye -- ye come not in unto the land which I have lifted up My hand to cause you to tabernacle in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun. <sup>31</sup>`As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against; ³²as to you -- your carcases do fall in this wilderness, ³³and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness; ³⁴by the number of the days [in] which ye spied the land, forty days, -- a day for a year, a day for a year -- ye do bear your iniquities, forty years, and ye have known my breaking off; ³⁵I [am] Jehovah, I have spoken; if I do not this to all this evil company who are meeting against me; -- in this wilderness they are consumed, and there they die.` <sup>36</sup>And the men whom Moses hath sent to spy the land, and they turn back and cause all the company to murmur against him, by bringing out an evil account concerning the land, <sup>37</sup>even the men bringing out an evil account of the land die by the plague before Jehovah; <sup>38</sup>and Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, have lived of those men who go to spy out the land. <sup>39</sup>And Moses speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, and the people mourn exceedingly, <sup>40</sup>and they rise early in the morning, and go up unto the top of the mountain, saying, `Here we [are], and we have come up unto the place which Jehovah hath spoken of, for we have sinned.` <sup>41</sup>And Moses saith, `Why [is] this? -- ye are transgressing the command of Jehovah, and it doth not prosper; ⁴²go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies; ⁴³for the Amalekite and the Canaanite [are] there before you, and ye have fallen by the sword, because that ye have turned back from after Jehovah, and Jehovah is not with you.` ⁴⁴And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp. ⁴⁵And the Amalekite and the Canaanite who are dwelling in that mountain come down and smite them, and beat them down -- unto Hormah.

Chapter 15

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land of your dwellings, which I am giving to you, <sup>3</sup>then ye have prepared a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or free-will-offering, or in your appointed things, to make a sweet fragrance to Jehovah, out of the herd, or out of the flock. <sup>4</sup>`And he who is bringing near his offering to Jehovah hath brought near a present of flour, a tenth deal, mixed with a fourth of the hin of oil; ⁵and wine for a libation, a fourth of the hin thou dost prepare for the burnt-offering or for a sacrifice, for the one lamb; ⁶or for a ram thou dost prepare a present of flour, two-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a third of the hin; ⁷and wine for a libation, a third part of the hin, thou dost bring near -- a sweet fragrance to Jehovah. ⁸`And when thou makest a son of the herd a burnt-offering or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or peace-offerings to Jehovah, <sup>9</sup>then he hath brought near for the son of the herd a present of flour, three-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a half of the hin; <sup>10</sup>and wine thou bringest near for a libation, a half of the hin -- a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; <sup>11</sup>thus it is done for the one ox, or for the one ram, or for a lamb of the sheep or of the goats. <sup>12</sup>`According to the number that ye prepare, so ye do to each, according to their number; ¹³every native doth thus with these, at bringing near a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah; ¹⁴and when a sojourner sojourneth with you, or whoso [is] in your midst to your generations, and he hath made a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, as ye do so he doth. ¹⁵`One statute is for you of the congregation and for the sojourner who is sojourning, a statute age-during to your generations: as ye [are] so is the sojourner before Jehovah; <sup>16</sup>one law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.` ¹⁷And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁸`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, In your coming in unto the land whither I am bringing you in, <sup>19</sup>then it hath been, in your eating of the bread of the land, ye heave up a heave-offering to Jehovah; <sup>20</sup>the beginning of your dough a cake ye heave up -- a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of a threshing-floor, so ye do heave it. <sup>21</sup>Of the beginning of your dough ye do give to Jehovah a heave-offering -- to your generations. <sup>22</sup>`And when ye err, and do not all these commands which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, ²³the whole that Jehovah hath charged upon you by the hand of Moses, from the day that Jehovah hath commanded, and henceforth, to your generations, ²⁴then it hath been, if from the eyes of the company it hath been done in ignorance, that all the company have prepared one bullock, a son of the herd, for a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah, and its present, and its libation, according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ²⁵`And the priest hath made atonement for all the company of the sons of Israel, and it hath been forgiven them, for it [is] ignorance, and they -- they have brought in their offering, a fire-offering to Jehovah, even their sin-offering before Jehovah for their ignorance; <sup>26</sup>and it hath been forgiven to all the company of the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst; for to all the company [it is done] in ignorance. <sup>27</sup>`And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering; ²⁸and the priest hath made atonement for the person who is erring, in his sinning in ignorance before Jehovah, by making atonement for him, and it hath been forgiven him; ²⁹for the native among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst -- one law is to you, for him who is doing [anything] through ignorance. ³⁰`And the person who doth [aught] with a high hand -- of the native or of the sojourner -- Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people; <sup>31</sup>because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken -- that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity [is] on him.` ³²And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day, ³³and those finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company, ³⁴and they place him in ward, for it [is] not explained what is [to be] done to him. ³⁵And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.` ³⁶And all the company bring him out unto the outside of the camp, and stone him with stones, and he dieth, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ³⁷And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ³⁸`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, and they have made for themselves fringes on the skirts of their garments, to their generations, and they have put on the fringe of the skirt a ribbon of blue, <sup>39</sup>and it hath been to you for a fringe, and ye have seen it, and have remembered all the commands of Jehovah, and have done them, and ye search not after your heart, and after your eyes, after which ye are going a-whoring; <sup>40</sup>so that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God; <sup>41</sup>I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt to become your God; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.`

Chapter 16

¹And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, ²and they rise up before Moses, with men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, princes of the company, called of the convention, men of name, ³and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say unto them, `Enough of you! for all the company -- all of them [are] holy, and in their midst [is] Jehovah; and wherefore do ye lift yourselves up above the assembly of Jehovah?` ⁴And Moses heareth, and falleth on his face, ⁵and he speaketh unto Korah, and unto all his company, saying, `Morning! -- and Jehovah is knowing those who are his, and him who is holy, and hath brought near unto Him; even him whom He doth fix on He bringeth near unto Him. <sup>6</sup>This do: take to yourselves censers, Korah, and all his company, <sup>7</sup>and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he [is] the holy one; -- enough of you, sons of Levi.` ⁸And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi; <sup>9</sup>is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them? -- <sup>10</sup>yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood! <sup>11</sup>Therefore, thou and all thy company who are met [are] against Jehovah; and Aaron, what [is] he, that ye murmur against him?` ¹²And Moses sendeth to call for Dathan and for Abiram sons of Eliab, and they say, `We do not come up; <sup>13</sup>is it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us? <sup>14</sup>Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.` ¹⁵And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.` ¹⁶And Moses saith unto Korah, `Thou and all thy company, be ye before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; <sup>17</sup>and take ye each his censer, and ye have put on them perfume, and brought near before Jehovah, each his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou and Aaron, each his censer.` ¹⁸And they take each his censer, and put on them fire, and lay on them perfume, and they stand at the opening of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹And Korah assembleth against them all the company unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by all the company. ²⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ²¹`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;` ²²and they fall on their faces, and say, `God, God of the spirits of all flesh -- the one man sinneth, and against all the company Thou art wroth!` ²³And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²⁴`Speak unto the company, saying, Go ye up from round about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.` ²⁵And Moses riseth, and goeth unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel go after him, ²⁶and he speaketh unto the company, saying, `Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.` ²⁷And they go up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, from round about, and Dathan, and Abiram have come out, standing at the opening of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their infants. ²⁸And Moses saith, `By this ye do know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works, that [they are] not from my own heart; <sup>29</sup>if according to the death of all men these die -- or the charge of all men is charged upon them -- Jehovah hath not sent me; <sup>30</sup>and if a strange thing Jehovah do, and the ground hath opened her mouth and swallowed them, and all that they have, and they have gone down alive to Sheol -- then ye have known that these men have despised Jehovah.` ³¹And it cometh to pass at his finishing speaking all these words, that the ground which [is] under them cleaveth, ³²and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who [are] for Korah, and all the goods, ³³and they go down, they, and all that they have, alive to Sheol, and the earth closeth over them, and they perish from the midst of the assembly; ³⁴and all Israel who [are] round about them have fled at their voice, for they said, `Lest the earth swallow us;` ³⁵and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume. ³⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ³⁷`Say unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, and he lifteth up the censers from the midst of the burning, and the fire scatter thou yonder, for they have been hallowed, <sup>38</sup>[even] the censers of these sinners against their own souls; and they have made them spread-out plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are hallowed; and they are become a sign to the sons of Israel.` ³⁹And Eleazar the priest taketh the brazen censers which they who are burnt had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar -- ⁴⁰a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company, -- as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him. ⁴¹And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye -- ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.` ⁴²And it cometh to pass, in the company being assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turn towards the tent of meeting, and lo, the cloud hath covered it, and the honour of Jehovah is seen; ⁴³and Moses cometh -- Aaron also -- unto the front of the tent of meeting. ⁴⁴And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵`Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;` and they fall on their faces, ⁴⁶and Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah -- the plague hath begun.` ⁴⁷And Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people; and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people, ⁴⁸and standeth between the dead and the living, and the plague is restrained; ⁴⁹and those who die by the plague are fourteen thousand and seven hundred, apart from those who die for the matter of Korah; ⁵⁰and Aaron turneth back unto Moses, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and the plague hath been restrained.

Chapter 17

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father`s house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod, ³and Aaron`s name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod [is] for the head of their fathers` house: ⁴and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you. ⁵`And it hath come to pass, the man`s rod on whom I fix doth flourish, and I have caused to cease from off me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against you.` <sup>6</sup>And Moses speaketh unto the sons of Israel, and all their princes give unto him one rod for a prince, one rod for a prince, for their fathers` house, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron [is] in the midst of their rods; ⁷and Moses placeth the rods before Jehovah, in the tent of the testimony. ⁸And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds; ⁹and Moses bringeth out all the rods from before Jehovah, unto all the sons of Israel, and they look, and take each his rod. ¹⁰And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Put back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, for a charge, for a sign to the sons of rebellion, and thou dost remove their murmurings from off me, and they do not die;` ¹¹and Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him; so he hath done. ¹²And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished; <sup>13</sup>any who is at all drawing near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah dieth; have we not been consumed -- to expire?`

Chapter 18

¹And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou, and thy sons with thee, do bear the iniquity of your priesthood; <sup>2</sup>and also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee, and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. <sup>3</sup>`And they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or you; ⁴and they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger doth not come near unto you; ⁵and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel. ⁶`And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting; <sup>7</sup>and thou, and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the vail, and ye have served; a service of gift I make your priesthood; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.` ⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron: `And I, lo, I have given to thee the charge of My heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel -- to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, by a statute age-during. <sup>9</sup>This is thine of the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, to all their present, and to all their sin-offering, and to all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to thee, and to thy sons; <sup>10</sup>in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee. <sup>11</sup>`And this [is] thine: the heave-offering of their gift, to all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel, to thee I have given them, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during; every clean one in thy house doth eat it; ¹²all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat -- their first-[fruits] which they give to Jehovah -- to thee I have given them. ¹³`The first-fruits of all that [is] in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat it; <sup>14</sup>every devoted thing in Israel is thine, <sup>15</sup>every one opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine; only, thou dost certainly ransom the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast thou dost ransom. <sup>16</sup>`And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, thou dost ransom with thy valuation, of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs it [is]. ¹⁷`Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they [are]: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah, <sup>18</sup>and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine; <sup>19</sup>all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it [is] before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.` ²⁰And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, `In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I [am] thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel; <sup>21</sup>and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving -- the service of the tent of meeting. <sup>22</sup>`And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die, ²³and the Levites have done the service of the tent of meeting, and they -- they bear their iniquity; a statute age-during to your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance; ²⁴but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.` <sup>25</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>26</sup>`And unto the Levites thou dost speak; and thou hast said unto them, When ye take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then ye have lifted up from it the heave-offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe; ²⁷and your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat; ²⁸so ye do lift up -- ye also -- the heave-offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel; and ye have given from it the heave-offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest; ²⁹out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat, -- its hallowed part -- out of it. ³⁰`And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites, as increase of a threshing-floor, and as increase of a wine-vat; <sup>31</sup>and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting; <sup>32</sup>and ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.`

Chapter 19

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, ²`This [is] a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up; <sup>3</sup>and ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him. <sup>4</sup>`And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times; ⁵and [one] hath burnt the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn; ⁶and the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow; ⁷and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening; ⁸and he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening. ⁹`And a clean man hath gathered the ashes of the cow, and hath placed at the outside of the camp, in a clean place, and it hath become to the company of the sons of Israel a charge for waters of separation -- it [is] a [cleansing]; <sup>10</sup>and he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer hath washed his garments, and is unclean till the evening; and it hath been to the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for a statute age-during. <sup>11</sup>`He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days; ¹²he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean. ¹³Any one who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dieth, and cleanseth not himself -- the tabernacle of Jehovah he hath defiled, and that person hath been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness [is] still upon him. ¹⁴`This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, is unclean seven days; <sup>15</sup>and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean. <sup>16</sup>`And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days; ¹⁷and they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the [cleansing], and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel; ¹⁸and a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped [it] in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave. ¹⁹`And the clean hath sprinkled [it] on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening. <sup>20</sup>`And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled; water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean. ²¹`And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening, <sup>22</sup>and all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against [it] is unclean till the evening.`

Chapter 20

¹And the sons of Israel come in, -- all the company -- to the wilderness of Zin, in the first month, and the people abide in Kadesh, and Miriam dieth there, and is buried there. ²And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron, ³and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah! <sup>4</sup>and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts? <sup>5</sup>and why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to bring us in unto this evil place? no place of seed, and fig, and vine, and pomegranate; and water there is none to drink. <sup>6</sup>And Moses and Aaron go in from the presence of the assembly unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and fall on their faces, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by them. <sup>7</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>8</sup>`Take the rod, and assemble the company, thou and Aaron thy brother; and ye have spoken unto the rock before their eyes, and it hath given its water, and thou hast brought out to them water from the rock, and hast watered the company, and their beasts.` <sup>9</sup>And Moses taketh the rod from before Jehovah, as He hath commanded him, <sup>10</sup>and Moses and Aaron assemble the assembly unto the front of the rock, and he saith to them, `Hear, I pray you, O rebels, from this rock do we bring out to you water?` <sup>11</sup>and Moses lifteth up his hand, and smiteth the rock with his rod twice; and much water cometh out, and the company drink, also their beasts. <sup>12</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, `Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.` <sup>13</sup>These [are] waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel have `striven` with Jehovah, and He is sanctified upon them. <sup>14</sup>And Moses sendeth messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, `Thus said thy brother Israel, Thou -- thou hast known all the travail which hath found us; ¹⁵that our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers; ¹⁶and we cry unto Jehovah, and He heareth our voice, and sendeth a messenger, and is bringing us out of Egypt; and lo, we [are] in Kadesh, a city [in] the extremity of thy border. ¹⁷Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land; we pass not over through a field, or through a vineyard, nor do we drink waters of a well; the way of the king we go, we turn not aside -- right or left -- till that we pass over thy border.` <sup>18</sup>And Edom saith unto him, `Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.` <sup>19</sup>And the sons of Israel say unto him, `In the highway we go, and if of thy waters we drink -- I and my cattle -- then I have given their price; only (it is nothing) on my feet I pass over.` <sup>20</sup>And he saith, `Thou dost not pass over;` and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand; <sup>21</sup>and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him. <sup>22</sup>And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor, <sup>23</sup>and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying, <sup>24</sup>`Aaron is gathered unto his people, for he doth not go in unto the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because that ye provoked My mouth at the waters of Meribah. ²⁵`Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and cause them to go up mount Hor, <sup>26</sup>and strip Aaron of his garments, and thou hast clothed [with] them Eleazar his son, and Aaron is gathered, and doth die there.` ²⁷And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded, and they go up unto mount Hor before the eyes of all the company, ²⁸and Moses strippeth Aaron of his garments, and clotheth with them Eleazar his son, and Aaron dieth there on the top of the mount; and Moses cometh down -- Eleazar also -- from the mount, ²⁹and all the company see that Aaron hath expired, and they bewail Aaron thirty days -- all the house of Israel.

Chapter 21

¹And the Canaanite -- king Arad -- dwelling in the south, heareth that Israel hath come the way of the Atharim, and he fighteth against Israel, and taketh [some] of them captive. ²And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;` ³and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Israel, and giveth up the Canaanite, and he devoteth them and their cities, and calleth the name of the place Hormah. ⁴And they journey from mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way, ⁵and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.` ⁶And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die; ⁷and the people come in unto Moses and say, `We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, and He doth turn aside from us the serpent;` and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people. ⁸And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Make for thee a burning [serpent], and set it on an ensign; and it hath been, every one who is bitten and hath seen it -- he hath lived. <sup>9</sup>And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass -- he hath lived. <sup>10</sup>And the sons of Israel journey, and encamp in Oboth. <sup>11</sup>And they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the wilderness that [is] on the front of Moab, at the rising of the sun. <sup>12</sup>From thence they have journeyed, and encamp in the valley of Zared. <sup>13</sup>From thence they have journeyed, and encamp beyond Arnon, which [is] in the wilderness which is coming out of the border of the Amorite, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite; <sup>14</sup>therefore it is said in a book, `The wars of Jehovah,` -- `Waheb in Suphah, And the brooks of Arnon; ¹⁵And the spring of the brooks, Which turned aside to the dwelling of Ar, And hath leaned to the border of Moab.` <sup>16</sup>And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer; it [is] the well [concerning] which Jehovah said to Moses, `Gather the people, and I give to them -- water.` <sup>17</sup>Then singeth Israel this song, concerning the well -- they have answered to it: <sup>18</sup>`A well -- digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.` And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah, <sup>19</sup>and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, <sup>20</sup>and from Bamoth in the valley which [is] in the field of Moab [to] the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness. <sup>21</sup>And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying, <sup>22</sup>`Let me pass through thy land, we do not turn aside into a field, or into a vineyard, we do not drink waters of a well; in the king`s way we go, till that we pass over thy border.` ²³And Sihon hath not suffered Israel to pass through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and cometh out to meet Israel into the wilderness, and cometh in to Jahaz, and fighteth against Israel. ²⁴And Israel smiteth him by the mouth of the sword, and possesseth his land from Arnon unto Jabbok -- unto the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon [is] strong. ²⁵And Israel taketh all these cities, and Israel dwelleth in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages; ²⁶for Heshbon is a city of Sihon king of the Amorite, and he hath fought against the former king of Moab, and taketh all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon; ²⁷therefore those using similes say -- `Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready, <sup>28</sup>For fire hath gone out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, Owners of the high places of Arnon. <sup>29</sup>Wo to thee, O Moab, Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, He hath given his sons who escape -- Also his daughters -- Into captivity, to a king of the Amorite -- Sihon! <sup>30</sup>And we shoot them, Perished hath Heshbon unto Dibon, And we make desolate unto Nophah, Which [is] unto Medeba.` ³¹And Israel dwelleth in the land of the Amorite, ³²and Moses sendeth to spy out Jaazer, and they capture its villages, and dispossess the Amorite who [is] there, ³³and turn and go up the way of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle, [at] Edrei. ³⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Fear him not, for into thy hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land, and thou hast done to him as thou hast done to Sihon king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon.` ³⁵And they smite him, and his sons, and all his people, until he hath not left to him a remnant, and they possess his land.

Chapter 22

¹And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho. ²And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite, ³and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it [is] numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel, ⁴and Moab saith unto the elders of Midian, `Now doth the assembly lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the green thing of the field.` And Balak son of Zippor [is] king of Moab at that time, ⁵and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which [is] by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, `Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me; <sup>6</sup>and now, come, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for it [is] mightier than I; it may be I prevail -- we smite it -- and I cast it out from the land; for I have known -- that which thou blessest is blessed, and that which thou cursest is cursed.` ⁷And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian go, and divinations in their hand, and they come in unto Balaam, and speak unto him the words of Balak, ⁸and he saith unto them, `Lodge here to-night, and I have brought you back word, as Jehovah speaketh unto me;` and the princes of Moab abide with Balaam. ⁹And God cometh in unto Balaam, and saith, `Who [are] these men with thee?` ¹⁰And Balaam saith unto God, `Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me: <sup>11</sup>Lo, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covereth the eye of the land, -- now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it, and have cast it out;` ¹²and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it [is] blessed.` ¹³And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, `Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;` ¹⁴and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.` ¹⁵And Balak addeth yet to send princes, more numerous and honoured than these, ¹⁶and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me, <sup>17</sup>for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.` ¹⁸And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, `If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing; <sup>19</sup>and, now, abide, I pray you, in this [place], you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.` ²⁰And God cometh in unto Balaam, by night, and saith to him, `If to call for thee the men have come, rise, go with them, and only the thing which I speak unto thee -- it thou dost do.` ²¹And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and goeth with the princes of Moab, ²²and the anger of God burneth because he is going, and a messenger of Jehovah stationeth himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his ass, and two of his servants [are] with him, ²³and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way. ²⁴And the messenger of Jehovah standeth in a narrow path of the vineyards -- a wall on this [side] and a wall on that -- ²⁵and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and is pressed unto the wall, and presseth Balaam`s foot unto the wall, and he addeth to smite her; <sup>26</sup>and the messenger of Jehovah addeth to pass over, and standeth in a strait place where there is no way to turn aside -- right or left -- <sup>27</sup>and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff. <sup>28</sup>And Jehovah openeth the mouth of the ass, and she saith to Balaam, `What have I done to thee that thou hast smitten me these three times?` <sup>29</sup>and Balaam saith to the ass, `Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;` <sup>30</sup>and the ass saith unto Balaam, `Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden since [I was] thine unto this day? have I at all been accustomed to do to thee thus?` and he saith, `No.` <sup>31</sup>And Jehovah uncovereth the eyes of Balaam, and he seeeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and he boweth and doth obeisance, to his face; <sup>32</sup>and the messenger of Jehovah saith unto him, `Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? lo, I -- I have come out for an adversary, for [thy] way hath been perverse before me, ³³and the ass seeth me, and turneth aside at my presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from my presence, surely now also, thee I had slain, and her kept alive.` <sup>34</sup>And Balaam saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `I have sinned, for I did not know that thou [art] standing to meet me in the way; and now, if evil in thine eyes -- I turn back by myself.` <sup>35</sup>And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Balaam, `Go with the men; and only the word which I speak unto thee -- it thou dost speak;` and Balaam goeth with the princes of Balak. <sup>36</sup>And Balak heareth that Balaam hath come, and goeth out to meet him, unto a city of Moab, which [is] on the border of Arnon, which [is] in the extremity of the border; <sup>37</sup>and Balak saith unto Balaam, `Did I not diligently sent unto thee to call for thee? why didst thou not come unto me? am I not truly able to honour thee?` <sup>38</sup>And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Lo, I have come unto thee; now -- am I at all able to speak anything? the word which God setteth in my mouth -- it I do speak.` ³⁹And Balaam goeth with Balak, and they come to Kirjath-Huzoth, ⁴⁰and Balak sacrificeth oxen and sheep, and sendeth to Balaam, and to the princes who [are] with him; ⁴¹and it cometh to pass in the morning, that Balak taketh Balaam, and causeth him to go up the high places of Baal, and he seeth from thence the extremity of the people.

Chapter 23

¹And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.` ²And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, ³and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me -- I have declared to thee;` and he goeth [to] a high place. ⁴And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;` ⁵and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` ⁶And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab. ⁷And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant [with] Israel. <sup>8</sup>What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant! <sup>9</sup>For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself. <sup>10</sup>Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!` ¹¹And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;` ¹²and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak?` ¹³And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;` ¹⁴and he taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar. ¹⁵And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet [Him] there;` ¹⁶and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` ¹⁷And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?` ¹⁸And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor! <sup>19</sup>God [is] not a man -- and lieth, And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and doth He not do [it]? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it? <sup>20</sup>Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it. <sup>21</sup>He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him. <sup>22</sup>God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him; <sup>23</sup>For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought! <sup>24</sup>Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.` ²⁵And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;` ²⁶and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I do?` ²⁷And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God -- to pierce it for me from thence.` ²⁸And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness, ²⁹and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;` ³⁰and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.

Chapter 24

¹And Balaam seeth that [it is] good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face; ²and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him, ³and he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut -- <sup>4</sup>An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God -- Who a vision of the Almighty seeth, Falling -- and eyes uncovered: <sup>5</sup>How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel; <sup>6</sup>As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters; <sup>7</sup>He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed [is] in many waters; And higher than Agag [is] his king, And exalted is his kingdom. <sup>8</sup>God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And [with] his arrows he smiteth, <sup>9</sup>He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee [is] blessed, And he who is cursing thee [is] cursed.` ¹⁰And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, `To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times; <sup>11</sup>and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.` ¹²And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying, <sup>13</sup>If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah, to do good or evil of mine own heart -- that which Jehovah speaketh -- it I speak? <sup>14</sup>and, now, lo, I am going to my people; come, I counsel thee [concerning] that which this people doth to thy people, in the latter end of the days.` ¹⁵And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut -- <sup>16</sup>An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God -- And knowing knowledge of the Most High; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling -- and eyes uncovered: <sup>17</sup>I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth. <sup>18</sup>And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, [for] its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly; <sup>19</sup>And [one] doth rule out of Jacob, And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.` ²⁰And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end -- for ever he perisheth.` ²¹And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `Enduring [is] thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest, <sup>22</sup>But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?` ²³And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Alas! who doth live when God doth this? <sup>24</sup>And -- ships [are] from the side of Chittim, And they have humbled Asshur, And they have humbled Eber, And it also for ever is perishing.` ²⁵And Balaam riseth, and goeth, and turneth back to his place, and Balak also hath gone on his way.

Chapter 25

¹And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab, ²and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods, ³and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel. ⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them before Jehovah -- over-against the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah doth turn back from Israel.` ⁵And Moses saith unto the judges of Israel, `Slay ye each his men who are joined to Baal-Peor.` ⁶And lo, a man of the sons of Israel hath come, and bringeth in unto his brethren the Midianitess, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the company of the sons of Israel, who are weeping at the opening of the tent of meeting; ⁷and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, seeth, and riseth from the midst of the company, and taketh a javelin in his hand, ⁸and goeth in after the man of Israel unto the hollow place, and pierceth them both, the man of Israel and the woman -- unto her belly, and the plague is restrained from the sons of Israel; ⁹and the dead by the plague are four and twenty thousand. ¹⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹¹`Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back My fury from the sons of Israel, by his being zealous with My zeal in their midst, and I have not consumed the sons of Israel in My zeal. <sup>12</sup>`Therefore say, Lo, I am giving to him My covenant of peace, ¹³and it hath been to him and to his seed after him a covenant of a priesthood age-during, because that he hath been zealous for his God, and doth make atonement for the sons of Israel.` <sup>14</sup>And the name of the man of Israel who is smitten, who hath been smitten with the Midianitess, [is] Zimri son of Salu, prince of the house of a father of the Simeonite; <sup>15</sup>and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, [is] Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people -- of the house of a father in Midian [is] he. <sup>16</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>17</sup>`Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them, ¹⁸for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, [with] which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor, and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is smitten in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.`

Chapter 26

¹And it cometh to pass, after the plague, that Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying, ²`Take up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel, from a son of twenty years and upward, by the house of their fathers, every one going out to the host in Israel.` ³And Moses speaketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- with them, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying, ⁴`From a son of twenty years and upward,` as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt. ⁵Reuben, first-born of Israel -- sons of Reuben: [of] Hanoch [is] the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite; ⁶of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite. ⁷These [are] families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty. ⁸And the son of Pallu [is] Eliab; ⁹and the sons of Eliab [are] Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this [is that] Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah, ¹⁰and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign; ¹¹and the sons of Korah died not. ¹²Sons of Simeon by their families: of Nemuel [is] the family of the Nemuelite; of Jamin the family of the Jaminite; of Jachin the family of the Jachinite; ¹³of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite. ¹⁴These [are] families of the Simeonite, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁵Sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon [is] the family of the Zephonite; of Haggi the family of the Haggite; of Shuni the family of the Shunite; ¹⁶of Ozni the family of the Oznite; of Eri the family of the Erite: ¹⁷of Arod the family of the Arodite; of Areli the family of the Arelite. ¹⁸These [are] families of the sons of Gad, by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dieth -- Onan also -- in the land of Canaan. ²⁰And sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite; ²¹and sons of Pharez are: of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Hamul the family of the Hamulite. ²²These [are] families of Judah, by their numbered ones, six and seventy thousand and five hundred. ²³Sons of Issachar by their families; [of] Tola [is] the family of the Tolaite; of Pua the family of the Punite; ²⁴of Jashub the family of the Jashubite; of Shimron the family of the Shimronite. ²⁵These [are] families of Issachar, by their numbered ones, four and sixty thousand and three hundred. ²⁶Sons of Zebulun by their families: of Sered [is] the family of the Sardite; of Elon the family of the Elonite; of Jahleel the family of the Jahleelite. ²⁷These [are] families of the Zebulunite by their numbered ones, sixty thousand and five hundred. ²⁸Sons of Joseph by their families [are] Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹Sons of Manasseh: of Machir [is] the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead [is] the family of the Gileadite. ³⁰These [are] sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer [is] the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite; ³¹and [of] Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and [of] Shechem the family of the Shechemite; ³²and [of] Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and [of] Hepher the family of the Hepherite. ³³And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [are] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ³⁴These [are] families of Manasseh, and their numbered ones [are] two and fifty thousand and seven hundred. ³⁵These [are] sons of Ephraim by their families: of Shuthelah [is] the family of the Shuthelhite; of Becher the family of the Bachrite; of Tahan the family of the Tahanite. ³⁶And these [are] sons of Shuthelah: of Eran the family of the Eranite. ³⁷These [are] families of the sons of Ephraim, by their numbered ones, two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These [are] sons of Joseph by their families. ³⁸Sons of Benjamin by their families: of Bela [is] the family of the Belaite; of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelite; of Ahiram the family of the Ahiramite; ³⁹of Shupham the family of the Shuphamite; of Hupham the family of the Huphamite. ⁴⁰And sons of Bela are Ard and Naaman: [of Ard is] the family of the Ardite: of Naaman the family of the Naamite. ⁴¹These [are] sons of Benjamin by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred. ⁴²These [are] sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham [is] the family of the Shuhamite; these [are] families of Dan by their families; ⁴³all the families of the Shuhamite, by their numbered ones, [are] four and sixty thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁴Sons of Asher by their families: of Jimna [is] the family of the Jimnite; of Jesui the family of the Jesuite; of Beriah the family of the Beriite. ⁴⁵Of sons of Beriah: of Heber [is] the family of the Heberite; of Malchiel the family of the Malchielite. ⁴⁶And the name of the daughter of Asher [is] Sarah. ⁴⁷These [are] families of the sons of Asher, by their numbered ones, three and fifty thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸Sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel [is] the family of the Jahzeelite; of Guni the family of the Gunite; ⁴⁹of Jezer the family of the Jezerite; of Shillem the family of the Shillemite. ⁵⁰These [are] families of Naphtali by their families, and their numbered ones [are] five and forty thousand and four hundred. ⁵¹These [are] numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty. ⁵²And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁵³`To these is the land apportioned by inheritance, by the number of names; <sup>54</sup>to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; [to] each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance. <sup>55</sup>`Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of the tribes of their fathers they inherit; ⁵⁶according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.` <sup>57</sup>And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite. <sup>58</sup>These [are] families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram, <sup>59</sup>and the name of Amram`s wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom [one] hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar; ⁶¹and Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah. ⁶²And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁶³These [are] those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho; ⁶⁴and among these there hath not been a man of those numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, ⁶⁵for Jehovah said of them, `They do certainly die in the wilderness;` and there hath not been left of them a man save Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

Chapter 27

¹And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near -- and these [are] the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah -- ²and stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the company, at the opening of the tent of meeting, saying: ³`Our father died in the wilderness, and he -- he was not in the midst of the company who were met together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but for his own sin he died, and had no sons; <sup>4</sup>why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;` ⁵and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah. ⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ⁷`Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father`s brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them. ⁸`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When a man dieth, and hath no son, then ye have caused his inheritance to pass over to his daughter; <sup>9</sup>and if he have no daughter, then ye have given his inheritance to his brethren; <sup>10</sup>and if he have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his father`s brethren; ¹¹and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;` and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. <sup>12</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go up unto this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel; ¹³and thou hast seen it, and thou hast been gathered unto thy people, also thou, as Aaron thy brother hath been gathered, ¹⁴because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company -- to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;` they [are] waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. <sup>15</sup>And Moses speaketh unto Jehovah, saying, <sup>16</sup>`Jehovah -- God of the spirits of all flesh -- appoint a man over the company, ¹⁷who goeth out before them, and who cometh in before them, and who taketh them out, and who bringeth them in, and the company of Jehovah is not as sheep which have no shepherd.` <sup>18</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take to thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the Spirit, and thou hast laid thine hand upon him, ¹⁹and hast caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, and hast charged him before their eyes, ²⁰and hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken. ²¹`And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.` ²²And Moses doth as Jehovah hath commanded him, and taketh Joshua, and causeth him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the company, ²³and layeth his hands upon him, and chargeth him, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 28

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Command the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, My offering, My bread for My fire-offerings, My sweet fragrance, ye take heed to bring near to Me in its appointed season. <sup>3</sup>`And thou hast said to them, This [is] the fire-offering which ye bring near to Jehovah: two lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones, daily, a continual burnt-offering; ⁴the one lamb thou preparest in the morning, and the second lamb thou preparest between the evenings; ⁵and a tenth of the ephah of flour for a present, mixed with beaten oil, a fourth of the hin; ⁶a continual burnt-offering, which was made in mount Sinai, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah; ⁷and its libation, a fourth of the hin for the one lamb; in the sanctuary cause thou a libation of strong drink to be poured out to Jehovah. ⁸`And the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings; as the present of the morning, and as its libation thou preparest -- a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah. <sup>9</sup>`And on the sabbath-day, two lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones, and two-tenth deals of flour, a present, mixed with oil, and its libation; ¹⁰the burnt-offering of the sabbath in its sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering and its libation. ¹¹`And in the beginnings of your months ye bring near a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; <sup>12</sup>and three-tenth deals of flour, a present, mixed with oil, for the one bullock, and two-tenth deals of flour, a present, mixed with oil, for the one ram; <sup>13</sup>and a several tenth deal of flour, a present, mixed with oil, for the one lamb; a burnt-offering, a sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah; <sup>14</sup>and their libations are a half of the hin to a bullock, and a third of the hin to a ram, and a fourth of the hin to a lamb, of wine; this [is] the burnt-offering of every month for the months of the year; <sup>15</sup>and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering to Jehovah; besides the continual burnt-offering it is prepared, and its libation. <sup>16</sup>`And in the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, [is] the passover to Jehovah; ¹⁷and in the fifteenth day of this month [is] a festival, seven days unleavened food is eaten; ¹⁸in the first day [is] an holy convocation, ye do no servile work, ¹⁹and ye have brought near a fire-offering, a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, and one ram, and seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones they are for you; ²⁰and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for a bullock, and two-tenth deals for a ram ye do prepare; ²¹a several tenth deal thou preparest for the one lamb, for the seven lambs, ²²and one goat, a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. ²³`Apart from the burnt-offering of the morning, which [is] for the continual burnt-offering, ye prepare these; <sup>24</sup>according to these ye prepare daily, seven days, bread of a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; besides the continual burnt-offering it is prepared, and its libation; <sup>25</sup>and on the seventh day a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work. <sup>26</sup>`And in the day of the first-fruits, in your bringing near a new present to Jehovah, in your weeks, a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; ²⁷and ye have brought near a burnt-offering for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, ²⁸and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals to the one bullock, two-tenth deals to the one ram, ²⁹a several tenth deal to the one lamb, for the seven lambs; ³⁰one kid of the goats to make atonement for you; ³¹apart from the continual burnt-offering and its present ye prepare [them] (perfect ones they are for you) and their libations.

Chapter 29

¹`And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you; <sup>2</sup>and ye have prepared a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; <sup>3</sup>and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the ram, <sup>4</sup>and one-tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs; <sup>5</sup>and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; <sup>6</sup>apart from the burnt-offering of the month, and its present, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations, according to their ordinance, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah. <sup>7</sup>`And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation ye have, and ye have humbled your souls; ye do no work; ⁸and ye have brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones they are for you, ⁹and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the one ram, ¹⁰a several tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs, ¹¹one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the sin-offering of the atonements, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations. ¹²`And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; and ye have celebrated a festival to Jehovah seven days, <sup>13</sup>and have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; thirteen bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year; perfect ones they are; <sup>14</sup>and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals to the one bullock, for the thirteen bullocks, two-tenth deals to the one ram, for the two rams, <sup>15</sup>and a several tenth deal to the one lamb, for the fourteen lambs, <sup>16</sup>and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. <sup>17</sup>`And on the second day twelve bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; ¹⁸and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the sheep, in their number, according to the ordinance; ¹⁹and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations. ²⁰`And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; <sup>21</sup>and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; <sup>22</sup>and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. <sup>23</sup>`And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; ²⁴their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; ²⁵and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. ²⁶`And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; <sup>27</sup>and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; <sup>28</sup>and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. <sup>29</sup>`And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; ³⁰and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; ³¹and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. ³²`And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; <sup>33</sup>and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; <sup>34</sup>and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. <sup>35</sup>`On the eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work; ³⁶and ye have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; one bullock, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; ³⁷their present, and their libations, for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; ³⁸and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. ³⁹`These ye prepare to Jehovah in your appointed seasons, apart from your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your presents, and for your libations, and for your peace-offerings.` ⁴⁰And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Chapter 30

¹And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: <sup>2</sup>`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth. ³`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth, <sup>4</sup>and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. <sup>5</sup>`And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her. ⁶`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips, which she hath bound on her soul, <sup>7</sup>and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established. <sup>8</sup>`And if in the day of her husband`s hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which [is] on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her. <sup>9</sup>`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her. ¹⁰`And if [in] the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath, <sup>11</sup>and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. <sup>12</sup>`And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her. ¹³`Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it; <sup>14</sup>and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which [are] upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing; <sup>15</sup>and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.` ¹⁶These [are] the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, [in] the house of her father.

Chapter 31

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites -- afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.` ³And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, `Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian; <sup>4</sup>a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.` ⁵And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host; ⁶and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand. ⁷And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male; ⁸and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword. ⁹And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered; ¹⁰and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire. ¹¹And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast; ¹²and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan, [near] Jericho. ¹³And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp, ¹⁴and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle. ¹⁵And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female? <sup>16</sup>lo, they -- they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah. <sup>17</sup>`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain; ¹⁸and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves. ¹⁹`And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives; <sup>20</sup>and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats` [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.` <sup>21</sup>And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, `This [is] the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: ²²only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, ²³every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water; ²⁴and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.` <sup>25</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>26</sup>`Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company; ²⁷and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company; ²⁸and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock; ²⁹from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest -- the heave-offering of Jehovah. ³⁰`And from the sons of Israel`s half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.` <sup>31</sup>And Moses doth -- Eleazar the priest also -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. <sup>32</sup>And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand; <sup>33</sup>and of the herd two and seventy thousand; <sup>34</sup>and of asses one and sixty thousand; <sup>35</sup>and of human beings -- of the women who have not known the lying of a male -- all the persons [are] two and thirty thousand. <sup>36</sup>And the half -- the portion of those who go out into the host -- the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred. <sup>37</sup>And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy; <sup>38</sup>and the herd [is] six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and seventy; <sup>39</sup>and the asses [are] thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] one and sixty; <sup>40</sup>and the human beings [are] sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah [is] two and thirty persons. <sup>41</sup>And Moses giveth the tribute -- Jehovah`s heave-offering -- to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. ⁴²And of the sons of Israel`s half, which Moses halved from the men who war -- <sup>43</sup>and the company`s half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred; ⁴⁴and of the herd six and thirty thousand; ⁴⁵and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred; ⁴⁶and of human beings sixteen thousand -- ⁴⁷Moses taketh from the sons of Israel`s half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. <sup>48</sup>And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses, <sup>49</sup>and they say unto Moses, `Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who [are] with us, and not a man of us hath been missed; ⁵⁰and we bring near Jehovah`s offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold -- chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, [ear]-ring, and bead -- to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.` ⁵¹And Moses receiveth -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from them, every made vessel, ⁵²and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds; ⁵³(the men of the host have spoiled each for himself); ⁵⁴and Moses taketh -- Eleazar the priest also -- the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting -- a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.

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¹And much cattle hath been to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very many; and they see the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, and lo, the place [is] a place [for] cattle; ²and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben, come in and speak unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the company, saying: ³`Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon -- <sup>4</sup>the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.` ⁵And they say, `If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.` ⁶And Moses saith to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, `Do your brethren go in to the battle, and ye -- do ye sit here? <sup>7</sup>and why discourage ye the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them? <sup>8</sup>`Thus did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land; ⁹and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them; ¹⁰and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying, ¹¹They do not see -- the men who are coming up out of Egypt from a son of twenty years and upward -- the ground which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they have not been fully after Me; ¹²save Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after Jehovah; ¹³and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁴`And lo, ye have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of men -- sinners, to add yet to the fury of the anger of Jehovah toward Israel; <sup>15</sup>when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.` ¹⁶And they come nigh unto him, and say, `Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants; <sup>17</sup>and we -- we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land; <sup>18</sup>we do not turn back unto our houses till the sons of Israel have inherited each his inheritance, <sup>19</sup>for we do not inherit with them beyond the Jordan and yonder, for our inheritance hath come unto us beyond the Jordan at the [sun]-rising.` ²⁰And Moses saith unto them, `If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle, <sup>21</sup>and every armed one of you hath passed over the Jordan before Jehovah, till his dispossessing His enemies from before Him, <sup>22</sup>and the land hath been subdued before Jehovah -- then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah. <sup>23</sup>`And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you; ²⁴build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.` <sup>25</sup>And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, `Thy servants do as my lord is commanding; ²⁶our infants, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead, ²⁷and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.` <sup>28</sup>And Moses commandeth concerning them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel; <sup>29</sup>and Moses saith unto them, `If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over with you the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land hath been subdued before you, then ye have given to them the land of Gilead for a possession; ³⁰and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.` <sup>31</sup>And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, `That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants -- so we do; ³²we -- we pass over armed before Jehovah [to] the land of Canaan, and with us [is] the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.` <sup>33</sup>And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about. <sup>34</sup>And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, <sup>35</sup>and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, <sup>36</sup>and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds. <sup>37</sup>And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, <sup>38</sup>and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by [these] names the names of the cities which they have built. <sup>39</sup>And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who [is] in it; <sup>40</sup>and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it. <sup>41</sup>And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them `Towns of Jair;` ⁴²and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.

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¹These [are] journeys of the sons of Israel who have come out of the land of Egypt, by their hosts, by the hand of Moses and Aaron; ²and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these [are] their journeys, by their outgoings: ³And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians -- ⁴and the Egyptians are burying those whom Jehovah hath smitten among them, every first-born, and on their gods hath Jehovah done judgments -- ⁵and the sons of Israel journey from Rameses, and encamp in Succoth. ⁶And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which [is] in the extremity of the wilderness; ⁷and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which [is] on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol. ⁸And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah. ⁹And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim [are] twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there; ¹⁰and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea. ¹¹And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin; ¹²and they journey from the wilderness of Sin, and encamp in Dophkah. ¹³And they journey from Dophkah, and encamp in Alush; ¹⁴and they journey from Alush, and encamp in Rephidim; and there was there no water for the people to drink. ¹⁵And they journey from Rephidim, and encamp in the wilderness of Sinai; ¹⁶and they journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in Kibroth-Hattaavah. ¹⁷And they journey from Kibroth-Hattaavah, and encamp in Hazeroth; ¹⁸and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah. ¹⁹And they journey from Rithmah, and encamp in Rimmon-Parez; ²⁰and they journey from Rimmon-Parez, and encamp in Libnah. ²¹And they journey from Libnah, and encamp in Rissah; ²²and they journey from Rissah, and encamp in Kehelathah. ²³And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher; ²⁴and they journey from mount Shapher, and encamp in Haradah. ²⁵And they journey from Haradah, and encamp in Makheloth; ²⁶and they journey from Makheloth, and encamp in Tahath. ²⁷And they journey from Tahath, and encamp in Tarah; ²⁸and they journey from Tarah, and encamp in Mithcah. ²⁹And they journey from Mithcah, and encamp in Hashmonah; ³⁰and they journey from Hashmonah, and encamp in Moseroth. ³¹And they journey from Moseroth, and encamp in Bene-Jaakan; ³²and they journey from Bene-Jaakan, and encamp at Hor-Hagidgad. ³³And they journey from Hor-Hagidgad, and encamp in Jotbathah; ³⁴and they journey from Jotbathah, and encamp in Ebronah. ³⁵And they journey from Ebronah, and encamp in Ezion-Gaber; ³⁶and they journey from Ezion-Gaber, and encamp in the wilderness of Zin, which [is] Kadesh. ³⁷And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom. ³⁸And Aaron the priest goeth up unto mount Hor, by the command of Jehovah, and dieth there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month; ³⁹and Aaron [is] a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor. ⁴⁰And the Canaanite -- king Arad -- who is dwelling in the south, in the land of Canaan, heareth of the coming of the sons of Israel. ⁴¹And they journey from mount Hor, and encamp in Zalmonah; ⁴²and they journey from Zalmonah, and encamp in Punon. ⁴³And they journey from Punon, and encamp in Oboth; ⁴⁴and they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the border of Moab. ⁴⁵And they journey from Iim, and encamp in Dibon-Gad; ⁴⁶and they journey from Dibon-Gad, and encamp in Almon-Diblathaim. ⁴⁷And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo; ⁴⁸and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho. ⁴⁹And they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth, unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab. ⁵⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying, ⁵¹`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan, <sup>52</sup>then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste, <sup>53</sup>and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land -- to possess it. <sup>54</sup>`And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit. ⁵⁵`And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, [are] for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling, <sup>56</sup>and it hath come to pass, as I thought to do to them -- I do to you.`

Chapter 34

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ²`Command the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are coming in unto the land of Canaan -- this [is] the land which falleth to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders -- <sup>3</sup>then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward; <sup>4</sup>and the border hath turned round to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and hath passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it hath gone out at Hazar-Addar, and hath passed on to Azmon; <sup>5</sup>and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea. <sup>6</sup>`As to the west border, even the great sea hath been to you a border; this is to you the west border. ⁷`And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor; <sup>8</sup>from mount Hor ye mark out to go in to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad; <sup>9</sup>and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border. <sup>10</sup>`And ye have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham; ¹¹and the border hath gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border hath gone down, and hath smitten against the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; ¹²and the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.` <sup>13</sup>And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the land which ye inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe; ¹⁴for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; ¹⁵the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, [near] Jericho, eastward, at the [sun]-rising.` <sup>16</sup>And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, <sup>17</sup>`These [are] the names of the men who give to you the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, ¹⁸and one prince -- one prince -- for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance. ¹⁹`And these [are] the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; <sup>20</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Aminihud; <sup>21</sup>of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; <sup>22</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki son of Jogli; <sup>23</sup>of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel son of Ephod; <sup>24</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan; <sup>25</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan son of Parnach; <sup>26</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince Paltiel son of Azzan; <sup>27</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud son of Shelomi; <sup>28</sup>and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel son of Ammihud.` ²⁹These [are] those whom Jehovah hath commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.

Chapter 35

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho, saying, ²`Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites. <sup>3</sup>And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. <sup>4</sup>`And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites [are], from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about. ⁵And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city [is] in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities. ⁶`And the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities; <sup>7</sup>all the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs. <sup>8</sup>And the cities which ye give [are] of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.` ⁹And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, ¹⁰`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan, <sup>11</sup>and have prepared to yourselves cities -- cities of refuge they are to you -- then fled thither hath a man-slayer, smiting a person unawares, <sup>12</sup>and the cities have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer, and the man-slayer doth not die till his standing before the company for judgment. <sup>13</sup>`As to the cities which ye give -- six [are] cities of refuge to you; ¹⁴the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are. ¹⁵To sons of Israel, and to a sojourner, and to a settler in their midst, are these six cities for a refuge, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting a person unawares. ¹⁶`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. <sup>17</sup>`And if with a stone [in] the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. ¹⁸`Or with a wooden instrument [in] the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. <sup>19</sup>`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death. ²⁰`And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast [anything] at him by lying in wait, and he dieth; <sup>21</sup>or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he [is] a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him. <sup>22</sup>`And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait; ²³or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth [it] to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he [is] not his enemy, nor seeking his evil; ²⁴then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments. ²⁵`And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil. <sup>26</sup>`And if the man-slayer at all go out [from] the border of the city of his refuge whither he fleeth, ²⁷and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him; ²⁸for in the city of his refuge he doth dwell till the death of the chief priest; and after the death of the chief priest doth the man-slayer turn back unto the city of his possession. ²⁹`And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings: <sup>30</sup>whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth [one] slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die. <sup>31</sup>`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who [is] condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death; ³²and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. ³³`And ye profane not the land which ye [are] in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it; <sup>34</sup>and ye defile not the land in which ye are dwelling, in the midst of which I do tabernacle, for I Jehovah do tabernacle in the midst of the sons of Israel.`

Chapter 36

¹And the heads of the fathers of the families of the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, come near, and speak before Moses, and before the princes, heads of the fathers of the sons of Israel, ²and say, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel, and my lord hath been commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. ³`And -- they have been to one of the sons of the [other] tribes of the sons of Israel for wives, and their inheritance hath been withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers, and hath been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the lot of our inheritance it is withdrawn, <sup>4</sup>and if it is the jubilee of the sons of Israel, then hath their inheritance been added to the inheritance of the tribe which is theirs, and from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers is their inheritance withdrawn.` ⁵And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, by the command of Jehovah, saying, `Rightly are the tribe of the sons of Joseph speaking; <sup>6</sup>this [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, To those good in their eyes let them be for wives; only, to a family of the tribe of their fathers let them be for wives; <sup>7</sup>and the inheritance of the sons of Israel doth not turn round from tribe unto tribe; for each to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, do the sons of Israel cleave. <sup>8</sup>`And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers, ⁹and the inheritance doth not turn round from [one] tribe to another tribe; for each to his inheritance do they cleave, the tribes of the sons of Israel.` <sup>10</sup>As Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the daughters of Zelophehad done, <sup>11</sup>and Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, daughters of Zelophehad, are to the sons of their fathers` brethren for wives; ¹²[to men] of the families of the sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph, they have been for wives, and their inheritance is with the tribe of the family of their father. ¹³These [are] the commands and the judgments which Jehovah hath commanded, by the hand of Moses, concerning the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, [near] Jericho.

Deuteronomy

Chapter 1

¹These [are] the words which Moses hath spoken unto all Israel, beyond the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the plain over-against Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab; ²eleven days` from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea. <sup>3</sup>And it cometh to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month hath Moses spoken unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him concerning them; <sup>4</sup>after his smiting Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan who is dwelling in Ashtaroth in Edrei, <sup>5</sup>beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, hath Moses begun to explain this law, saying: <sup>6</sup>`Jehovah our God hath spoken unto us in Horeb, saying, Enough to you -- of dwelling in this mount; ⁷turn ye and journey for you, and enter the mount of the Amorite, and unto all its neighbouring places, in the plain, in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the south, and in the haven of the sea, the land of the Canaanite, and of Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Phrat; ⁸see, I have set before you the land; go in and possess the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them, and to their seed after them. ⁹`And I speak unto you at that time, saying, I am not able by myself to bear you; <sup>10</sup>Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and lo, ye [are] to-day as the stars of the heavens for multitude; <sup>11</sup>Jehovah, God of your fathers, is adding to you, as ye [are], a thousand times, and doth bless you as He hath spoken to you. <sup>12</sup>`How do I bear by myself your pressure, and your burden, and your strife? ¹³Give for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads; ¹⁴and ye answer me and say, Good [is] the thing which thou hast spoken -- to do. ¹⁵`And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes. <sup>16</sup>And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; <sup>17</sup>ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God`s, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it; ¹⁸and I command you, at that time, all the things which ye do. ¹⁹`And we journey from Horeb, and go [through] all that great and fearful wilderness which ye have seen -- the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God hath commanded us, and we come in unto Kadesh-Barnea. <sup>20</sup>`And I say unto you, Ye have come in unto the hill-country of the Amorite, which Jehovah our God is giving to us; ²¹see, Jehovah thy God hath set before thee the land; go up, possess, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee; fear not, nor be affrighted. ²²`And ye come near unto me, all of you, and say, Let us send men before us, and they search for us the land, and they bring us back word [concerning] the way in which we go up into it, and the cities unto which we come in; <sup>23</sup>and the thing is good in mine eyes, and I take of you twelve men, one man for a tribe. <sup>24</sup>`And they turn and go up to the hill-country, and come in unto the valley of Eshcol, and spy it, ²⁵and they take with their hand of the fruit of the land, and bring down unto us, and bring us back word, and say, Good is the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us. ²⁶`And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, <sup>27</sup>and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah`s hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite -- to destroy us; ²⁸whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there. ²⁹`And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them; <sup>30</sup>Jehovah your God, who is going before you -- He doth fight for you, according to all that He hath done with you in Egypt before your eyes, <sup>31</sup>and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen that Jehovah thy God hath borne thee as a man beareth his son, in all the way which ye have gone, till your coming in unto this place. <sup>32</sup>`And in this thing ye are not stedfast in Jehovah your God, ³³who is going before you in the way to search out to you a place for your encamping, in fire by night, to shew you in the way in which ye go, and in a cloud by day. ³⁴`And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, and is wroth, and sweareth, saying, <sup>35</sup>Not one of these men of this evil generation doth see the good land which I have sworn to give to your fathers, <sup>36</sup>save Caleb son of Jephunneh -- he doth see it, and to him I give the land on which he hath trodden, and to his sons, because that he hath been fully after Jehovah. <sup>37</sup>`Also with me hath Jehovah been angry for your sake, saying, Also, thou dost not go in thither; ³⁸Joshua son of Nun, who is standing before thee, he goeth in thither; him strengthen thou; for he doth cause Israel to inherit. ³⁹`And your infants, of whom ye have said, For a prey they are, and your sons who have not known to-day good and evil, they go in thither, and to them I give it, and they possess it; <sup>40</sup>and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea. <sup>41</sup>`And ye answer and say unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah; we -- we go up, and we have fought, according to all that which Jehovah our God hath commanded us; and ye gird on each his weapons of war, and ye are ready to go up into the hill-country; ⁴²and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies. ⁴³`And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country; <sup>44</sup>and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir -- unto Hormah. <sup>45</sup>`And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you; ⁴⁶and ye dwell in Kadesh many days, according to the days which ye had dwelt.

Chapter 2

¹`And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days. <sup>2</sup>`And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, ³Enough to you -- is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward. ⁴`And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful, <sup>5</sup>ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir. <sup>6</sup>`Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk, ⁷for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God [is] with thee; thou hast not lacked anything. ⁸`And we pass by from our brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn, and pass over the way of the wilderness of Moab; <sup>9</sup>and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them [in] battle, for I do not give to thee of their land [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar [for] a possession.` ¹⁰`The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim; <sup>11</sup>Rephaim they are reckoned, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim. <sup>12</sup>And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them; <sup>13</sup>now, rise ye, and pass over for yourselves the brook Zered; and we pass over the brook Zered. <sup>14</sup>`And the days which we have walked from Kadesh-Barnea until that we have passed over the brook Zered, [are] thirty and eight years, till the consumption of all the generation of the men of battle from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah hath sworn to them; ¹⁵and also the hand of Jehovah hath been against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, till they are consumed. ¹⁶`And it cometh to pass, when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people, <sup>17</sup>that Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, <sup>18</sup>Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar, <sup>19</sup>and thou hast come near over-against the sons of Ammon, thou dost not distress them, nor stir up thyself against them, for I do not give [any] of the land of the sons of Ammon to thee [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given it [for] a possession. <sup>20</sup>`A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim; ²¹a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, ²²as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day. ²³`As to the Avim who are dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah, the Caphtorim -- who are coming out from Caphtor -- have destroyed them, and dwell in their stead. <sup>24</sup>`Rise ye, journey and pass over the brook Arnon; see, I have given into thy hand Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land; begin to possess, and stir up thyself against him [in] battle. ²⁵This day I begin to put thy dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear thy fame, and have trembled and been pained because of thee. ²⁶`And I send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, -- words of peace -- saying, <sup>27</sup>Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside -- right or left -- <sup>28</sup>food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, -- <sup>29</sup>as the sons of Esau who are dwelling in Seir, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar, have done to me -- till that I pass over the Jordan, unto the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us. <sup>30</sup>`And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day. ³¹`And Jehovah saith unto me, See, I have begun to give before thee Sihon and his land; begin to possess -- to possess his land. <sup>32</sup>`And Sihon cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle to Jahaz; ³³and Jehovah our God giveth him before us, and we smite him, and his sons, and all his people; ³⁴and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants -- we have not left a remnant; ³⁵only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured. ³⁶`From Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] by the brook, even unto Gilead there hath not been a city which [is] too high for us; the whole hath Jehovah our God given before us. <sup>37</sup>`Only, unto the land of the sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near, any part of the brook Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which Jehovah our God hath [not] commanded.

Chapter 3

¹`And we turn, and go up the way to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle, [to] Edrei. <sup>2</sup>`And Jehovah saith unto me, Fear him not, for into thy hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land, and thou hast done to him as thou hast done to Sihon king of the Amorite who is dwelling in Heshbon. ³`And Jehovah our God giveth into our hands also Og king of Bashan, and all his people, and we smite him till there hath not been left to him a remnant; <sup>4</sup>and we capture all his cities at that time, there hath not been a city which we have not taken from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <sup>5</sup>All these [are] cities fenced with high walls, two-leaved doors and bar, apart from cities of villages very many; <sup>6</sup>and we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, men, the women, and the infants; <sup>7</sup>and all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves. <sup>8</sup>`And we take, at that time, the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorite, which is beyond the Jordan, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon; ⁹(Sidonians call Hermon, Sirion; and the Amorites call it Senir,) ¹⁰all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, ¹¹for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead [is] a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man. ¹²`And this land we have possessed, at that time; from Aroer, which [is] by the brook Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I have given to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite; <sup>13</sup>and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I have given to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, to all that Bashan, called the land of Rephaim. <sup>14</sup>`Jair son of Manasseh hath taken all the region of Argob, unto the border of Geshuri, and Maachathi, and calleth them by his own name, Bashan-Havoth-Jair, unto this day. ¹⁵And to Machir I have given Gilead. ¹⁶`And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite I have given from Gilead even unto the brook Arnon, the middle of the valley and the border, even unto Jabbok the brook, the border of the sons of Ammon, <sup>17</sup>and the plain, and the Jordan, and the border, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the springs of Pisgah, at the [sun]-rising. <sup>18</sup>`And I command you, at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given to you this land to possess it; armed ye pass over before your brethren the sons of Israel, all the sons of might. ¹⁹Only, your wives, and your infants, and your cattle -- I have known that ye have much cattle -- do dwell in your cities which I have given to you, ²⁰till that Jehovah give rest to your brethren like yourselves, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them beyond the Jordan, then ye have turned back each to his possession, which I have given to you. ²¹`And Jehoshua I have commanded at that time, saying, Thine eyes are seeing all that which Jehovah your God hath done to these two kings -- so doth Jehovah to all the kingdoms whither thou are passing over; <sup>22</sup>fear them not, for Jehovah your God, He is fighting for you. <sup>23</sup>`And I entreat for grace unto Jehovah, at that time, saying, ²⁴Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for who [is] a God in the heavens or in earth who doth according to Thy works, and according to Thy might? ²⁵Let me pass over, I pray Thee, and see the good land which [is] beyond the Jordan, this good hill-country, and Lebanon. ²⁶`And Jehovah sheweth himself wroth with me, for your sake, and hath not hearkened unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, Enough for thee; add not to speak unto Me any more about this thing: <sup>27</sup>go up [to] the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with thine eyes -- for thou dost not pass over this Jordan; <sup>28</sup>and charge Jehoshua, and strengthen him, and harden him, for he doth pass over before this people, and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thou seest. <sup>29</sup>`And we dwell in a valley over-against Beth-Peor.

Chapter 4

¹`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you. <sup>2</sup>Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you. <sup>3</sup>`Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst; ⁴and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, [are] alive, all of you, to-day. ⁵`See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me -- to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it; <sup>6</sup>and ye have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation. <sup>7</sup>`For which [is] the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him? ⁸and which [is] the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? ⁹`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons` sons. ¹⁰`The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah`s saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; -- ¹¹and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness: ¹²`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice; <sup>13</sup>and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone. <sup>14</sup>`And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it; ¹⁵and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah`s speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, <sup>16</sup>lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female -- <sup>17</sup>a form of any beast which [is] in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens -- <sup>18</sup>a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which [is] in the waters under the earth; <sup>19</sup>`And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens. ²⁰`And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as [at] this day. <sup>21</sup>`And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance; ²²for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land. ²³`Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything [concerning] which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee: <sup>24</sup>for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God. <sup>25</sup>`When thou begettest sons and sons` sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: -- <sup>26</sup>I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed; <sup>27</sup>and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you, <sup>28</sup>and ye have served there gods, work of man`s hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. ²⁹`And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, <sup>30</sup>in distress [being] to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice; <sup>31</sup>for a merciful God [is] Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them. <sup>32</sup>`For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even unto the [other] end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it? ³³Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou -- and doth live? ³⁴Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes? ³⁵Thou, thou hast been shewn [it], to know that Jehovah He [is] God; there is none else besides Him. ³⁶`From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire. <sup>37</sup>`And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt: ³⁸to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land -- an inheritance, as [at] this day. ³⁹`And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned [it] back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He [is] God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath -- there is none else; <sup>40</sup>and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.` ⁴¹Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising, ⁴²for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived: ⁴³Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite. ⁴⁴And this [is] the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel; ⁴⁵these [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt, ⁴⁶beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt, ⁴⁷and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [towards] the sun-rising; ⁴⁸from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which [is] Hermon -- ⁴⁹and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Chapter 5

¹And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, `Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them. <sup>2</sup>Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb; <sup>3</sup>not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us; we -- these -- here to-day -- all of us alive. <sup>4</sup>Face to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire; <sup>5</sup>I am standing between Jehovah and you, at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah, for ye have been afraid from the presence of the fire, and ye have not gone up into the mount; saying: <sup>6</sup>`I Jehovah [am] thy God, who hath brought thee out from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants. ⁷`Thou hast no other gods in My presence. <sup>8</sup>`Thou dost not make to thee a graven image, any similitude which [is] in the heavens above, and which [is] in the earth beneath, and which [is] in the waters under the earth; ⁹thou dost not bow thyself to them nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on a third [generation], and on a fourth, to those hating Me; ¹⁰and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands. ¹¹`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing. <sup>12</sup>`Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; ¹³six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work, ¹⁴and the seventh day [is] a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who [is] within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself; ¹⁵and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath. ¹⁶`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>17</sup>`Thou dost not murder. ¹⁸`Thou dost not commit adultery. <sup>19</sup>`Thou dost not steal. ²⁰`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony. <sup>21</sup>`Thou dost not desire thy neighbour`s wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour`s house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which [is] thy neighbour`s. <sup>22</sup>`These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me. ²³`And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders, <sup>24</sup>and say, Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived. <sup>25</sup>`And, now, why do we die? for consume us doth this great fire -- if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more -- then we have died. ²⁶For who of all flesh [is] he who hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire like us -- and doth live? ²⁷Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith, and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it. ²⁸`And Jehovah heareth the voice of your words, in your speaking unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken unto thee; they have done well [in] all that they have spoken. <sup>29</sup>O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons -- to the age! <sup>30</sup>`Go, say to them, Turn back for yourselves, to your tents; ³¹and thou here stand thou with Me, and let Me speak unto thee all the command, and the statutes, and the judgments which thou dost teach them, and they have done in the land which I am giving to them to possess it. ³²`And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside -- right or left; ³³in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and [it is] well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.

Chapter 6

¹`And this [is] the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, <sup>2</sup>so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son`s son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged. ³`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, [in] the land flowing with milk and honey. <sup>4</sup>`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God [is] one Jehovah; ⁵and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, ⁶and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, ⁷and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up, ⁸and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes, ⁹and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates. ¹⁰`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land which He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to thee -- cities great and good, which thou hast not built, <sup>11</sup>and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled, and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which thou hast not planted, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied; <sup>12</sup>`Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants; ¹³Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear; ¹⁴ye do not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you; ¹⁵for a zealous God [is] Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground. ¹⁶`Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah; <sup>17</sup>ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee, <sup>18</sup>and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, <sup>19</sup>to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>20</sup>`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you? ²¹then thou hast said to thy son, Servants we have been to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Jehovah bringeth us out of Egypt by a high hand; ²²and Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes; ²³and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers. ²⁴And Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as [at] this day; ²⁵and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.

Chapter 7

¹`When Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, and He hath cast out many nations from thy presence, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mighty than thou, <sup>2</sup>and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them. <sup>3</sup>`And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son, ⁴for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily. ⁵`But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire; <sup>6</sup>for a holy people [art] thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground. <sup>7</sup>`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye [are] the least of all the peoples, ⁸but because of Jehovah`s loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. <sup>9</sup>`And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He [is] God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands -- to a thousand generations, ¹⁰and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him -- unto his face, He repayeth to him -- ¹¹and thou hast kept the command, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I am commanding thee to-day to do them. ¹²`And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers, <sup>13</sup>and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee. <sup>14</sup>`Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman -- nor among your cattle; ¹⁵and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee every sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt (which thou hast known) doth He put on thee, and He hath put them on all hating thee. ¹⁶`And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it [is] to thee. <sup>17</sup>`When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations [are] more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? -- ¹⁸thou art not afraid of them; thou dost surely remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt, ¹⁹the great trials which thine eyes have seen, and the signs, and the wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched-out arm, with which Jehovah thy God hath brought thee out; so doth Jehovah thy God to all the peoples of whose presence thou art afraid. ²⁰`And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence; <sup>21</sup>thou art not terrified by their presence, for Jehovah thy God [is] in thy midst, a God great and fearful. <sup>22</sup>`And Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little [by] little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee), ²³and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them -- a great destruction -- till their destruction; ²⁴and He hath given their kings into thy hand, and thou hast destroyed their name from under the heavens; no man doth station himself in thy presence till thou hast destroyed them. ²⁵`The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken [it] to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it [is]; ²⁶and thou dost not bring in an abomination unto thy house -- or thou hast been devoted like it; -- thou dost utterly detest it, and thou dost utterly abominate it; for it [is] devoted.

Chapter 8

¹`All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers; <sup>2</sup>and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which [is] in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not. <sup>3</sup>`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live. ⁴`Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years, <sup>5</sup>and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee, <sup>6</sup>and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. <sup>7</sup>`For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain: ⁸a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey; ⁹a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass; ¹⁰and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee. ¹¹`Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day; <sup>12</sup>lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited; <sup>13</sup>and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied: <sup>14</sup>`And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants; ¹⁵who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock; ¹⁶who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end), ¹⁷and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: ¹⁸`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it [is] who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as [at] this day. <sup>19</sup>`And it hath been -- if thou really forget Jehovah thy God, and hast gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed thyself to them, I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly perish; ²⁰as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.

Chapter 9

¹`Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens; <sup>2</sup>a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou -- thou hast known, (and thou -- thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?) <sup>3</sup>and thou hast known to-day, that Jehovah thy God [is] He who is passing over before thee -- a fire consuming; He doth destroy them, and He doth humble them before thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and destroyed them hastily, as Jehovah hath spoken to thee. <sup>4</sup>`Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God`s driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence; <sup>5</sup>not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; <sup>6</sup>and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou [art]. <sup>7</sup>`Remember -- do not forget -- that [with] which thou hast made Jehovah thy God wroth in the wilderness; even from the day that thou hast come out of the land of Egypt till your coming in unto this place rebels ye have been with Jehovah; ⁸even in Horeb ye have made Jehovah wroth, and Jehovah sheweth Himself angry against you -- to destroy you. ⁹`In my going up into the mount to receive the tables of stone (tables of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you), and I abide in the mount forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk; <sup>10</sup>and Jehovah giveth unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them according to all the words which Jehovah hath spoken with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly. <sup>11</sup>`And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone -- tables of the covenant, ¹²and Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go down, hasten from this, for thy people hath done corruptly, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt; they have turned aside hastily out of the way which I have commanded them -- they have made to themselves a molten thing! ¹³`And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it [is]; <sup>14</sup>desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it. <sup>15</sup>`And I turn, and come down from the mount, and the mount is burning with fire, and the two tables of the covenant on my two hands, ¹⁶and I see, and lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah your God; ye have made to yourselves a molten calf; ye have turned aside hastily out of the way which Jehovah hath commanded you. ¹⁷`And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes, <sup>18</sup>and I throw myself before Jehovah, as at first, forty days and forty nights; bread I have not eaten, and water I have not drunk, because of all your sins which ye have sinned, by doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry. <sup>19</sup>`For I have been afraid because of the anger and the fury with which Jehovah hath been wroth against you, to destroy you; and Jehovah doth hearken unto me also at this time. ²⁰`And with Aaron hath Jehovah shewed himself very angry, to destroy him, and I pray also for Aaron at that time; <sup>21</sup>and your sin, which ye have made -- the calf -- I have taken, and I burn it with fire, and beat it, grinding well till that it [is] small as dust, and I cast its dust unto the brook which is going down out of the mount. <sup>22</sup>`And in Taberah, and in Massah, and in Kibroth-Hattaavah, ye have been making Jehovah wroth: ²³and in Jehovah`s sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice; <sup>24</sup>rebels ye have been with Jehovah from the day of my knowing you. <sup>25</sup>`And I throw myself before Jehovah, the forty days and the forty nights, as I had thrown myself, for Jehovah hath said -- to destroy you; ²⁶and I pray unto Jehovah, and say, Lord Jehovah, destroy not Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast ransomed in Thy greatness; whom Thou hast brought out of Egypt with a strong hand; ²⁷be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin; ²⁸lest the land say from which Thou hast brought us out, Because of Jehovah`s want of ability to bring them in unto the land of which He hath spoken to them, and because of His hating them, He brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness; ²⁹and they [are] Thy people, and Thine inheritance, whom Thou hast brought out by Thy great power, and by Thy stretched-out arm!

Chapter 10

¹`At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood, <sup>2</sup>and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark; <sup>3</sup>and I make an ark of shittim wood, and grave two tables of stone like the first, and go up to the mount, and the two tables in my hand. <sup>4</sup>`And He writeth on the tables, according to the first writing, the Ten Matters, which Jehovah hath spoken unto you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly, and Jehovah giveth them unto me, ⁵and I turn and come down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me. ⁶`And the sons of Israel have journeyed from Beeroth of the sons of Jaakan to Mosera, there Aaron died, and he is buried there, and Eleazar his son doth act as priest in his stead; <sup>7</sup>thence they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. <sup>8</sup>`At that time hath Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name, unto this day, ⁹therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself [is] his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him. ¹⁰`And I -- I have stood in the mount, as the former days, forty days and forty nights, and Jehovah hearkeneth unto me also at that time; Jehovah hath not willed to destroy thee. <sup>11</sup>`And Jehovah saith unto me, Rise, go to journey before the people, and they go in and possess the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them. ¹²`And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, <sup>13</sup>to keep the commands of Jehovah, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, for good to thee? <sup>14</sup>`Lo, to Jehovah thy God [are] the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that [is] in it; ¹⁵only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as [at] this day; ¹⁶and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more; ¹⁷for Jehovah your God -- He [is] God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe; ¹⁸He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment. ¹⁹`And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt. <sup>20</sup>`Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear. ²¹He [is] thy praise, and He [is] thy God, who hath done with thee these great and fearful [things] which thine eyes have seen: ²²with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.

Chapter 11

¹`And thou hast loved Jehovah thy God, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, all the days; <sup>2</sup>and ye have known to-day -- for it is not your sons who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, His greatness, His strong hand, and His stretched-out arm, <sup>3</sup>and His signs, and His doings, which He hath done in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land; <sup>4</sup>and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day; <sup>5</sup>and that which He hath done to you in the wilderness, till your coming in unto this place; <sup>6</sup>and that which He hath done to Dathan, and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, sons of Reuben, when the earth hath opened her mouth and swalloweth them, and their houses, and their tents, and all that liveth, which is at their feet, in the midst of all Israel: <sup>7</sup>`-- But [it is] your eyes which are seeing all the great work of Jehovah, which He hath done; ⁸and ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, ⁹and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed -- a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰`For the land whither thou art going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence ye have come out, where thou sowest thy seed, and hast watered with thy foot, as a garden of the green herb; <sup>11</sup>but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water; <sup>12</sup>a land which Jehovah thy God is searching; continually [are] the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the latter end of the year. <sup>13</sup>`And it hath been -- if thou hearken diligently unto My commands which I am commanding you to-day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve Him with all your heart, and with all your soul -- ¹⁴that I have given the rain of your land in its season -- sprinkling and gathered -- and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, ¹⁵and I have given herbs in thy field for thy cattle, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied. ¹⁶`Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, <sup>17</sup>and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you. <sup>18</sup>`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes; ¹⁹and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up, ²⁰and hast written them on the side-posts of thy house, and on thy gates, ²¹so that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth. ²²`For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you -- to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him, <sup>23</sup>then hath Jehovah dispossessed all these nations from before you, and ye have possessed nations, greater and mightier than you; <sup>24</sup>every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth is yours; from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Phrat, even unto the farther sea is your border; <sup>25</sup>no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you. <sup>26</sup>`See, I am setting before you to-day a blessing and a reviling: ²⁷the blessing, when ye hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you to-day; ²⁸and the reviling, if ye do not hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, and have turned aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day, to go after other gods which ye have not known. ²⁹`And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal; ³⁰are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who is dwelling in the plain over-against Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh? ³¹for ye are passing over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you; and ye have possessed it, and dwelt in it, ³²and observed to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you to day.

Chapter 12

¹`These [are] the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground: <sup>2</sup>ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree; <sup>3</sup>and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place. <sup>4</sup>`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God; ⁵but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither, ⁶and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; ⁷and ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee. ⁸`Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes, <sup>9</sup>for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; <sup>10</sup>and ye have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which Jehovah your God is causing you to inherit, and He hath given rest to you from all your enemies round about, and ye have dwelt confidently: <sup>11</sup>`And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah; ¹²and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who [is] within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you. ¹³`Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest, <sup>14</sup>except in the place which Jehovah doth choose in one of thy tribes, there thou dost cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend, and there thou dost do all that which I am commanding thee. <sup>15</sup>`Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart. ¹⁶`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water; <sup>17</sup>thou art not able to eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, and of thy new wine, and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, and any of thy vows which thou vowest, and thy free-will offerings, and heave-offering of thy hand; <sup>18</sup>but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who [is] within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand; <sup>19</sup>take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground. <sup>20</sup>`When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh -- for thy soul desireth to eat flesh -- of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh. ²¹`When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul; <sup>22</sup>only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it. <sup>23</sup>`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh; ²⁴thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water; ²⁵thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah. ²⁶`Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose, <sup>27</sup>and thou hast made thy burnt-offerings -- the flesh and the blood -- on the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices is poured out by the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh thou dost eat. <sup>28</sup>Observe, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee -- to the age, when thou dost that which [is] good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God. <sup>29</sup>`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations -- whither thou art going in to possess them -- from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land -- ³⁰take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so -- even I? ³¹`Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods. ³²The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.

Chapter 13

¹`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, <sup>2</sup>and the sign and the wonder hath come which he hath spoken of unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods (which thou hast not known), and serve them, <sup>3</sup>thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul; <sup>4</sup>after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave. <sup>5</sup>`And that prophet, or that dreamer of the dream, is put to death, for he hath spoken apostacy against Jehovah your God (who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, and hath ransomed you out of a house of servants), to drive you out of the way in which Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to walk, and thou hast put away the evil thing from thy midst. ⁶`When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who [is] as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, <sup>7</sup>of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about you, who are near unto thee, or who are far off from thee, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth) -- <sup>8</sup>thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over. <sup>9</sup>`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; ¹⁰and thou hast stoned him with stones, and he hath died, for he hath sought to drive thee away from Jehovah thy God, who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants; ¹¹and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst. ¹²`When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, [one] saying, <sup>13</sup>Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known -- <sup>14</sup>and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst: <sup>15</sup>`Thou dost surely smite the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword; devoting it, and all that [is] in it, even its cattle, by the mouth of the sword; ¹⁶and all its spoil thou dost gather unto the midst of its broad place, and hast burned with fire the city and all its spoil completely, before Jehovah thy God, and it hath been a heap age-during, it is not built any more; ¹⁷and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, ¹⁸when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

Chapter 14

¹`Sons ye [are] to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead; <sup>2</sup>for a holy people [art] thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground. <sup>3</sup>`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing; ⁴`this [is] the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats, <sup>5</sup>hart, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and pygarg, and wild ox, and chamois; <sup>6</sup>and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up the cud, among the beasts -- it ye do eat. <sup>7</sup>`Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are bringing up the cud but the hoof have not divided; unclean they [are] to you; ⁸and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not [bringing] up the cud, unclean it [is] to you; of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come. ⁹`This ye do eat of all that [are] in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat; <sup>10</sup>and anything which hath not fins and scales ye do not eat; unclean it [is] to you. <sup>11</sup>`Any clean bird ye do eat; ¹²and these [are] they of which ye do not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, ¹³and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after its kind, ¹⁴and every raven after its kind; ¹⁵and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind; ¹⁶the [little] owl, and the [great] owl, and the swan, ¹⁷and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cormorant, ¹⁸and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the lapwing, and the bat; ¹⁹and every teeming thing which is flying, unclean it [is] to you; they are not eaten; ²⁰any clean fowl ye do eat. ²¹`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who [is] within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell [it] to a stranger; for a holy people thou [art] to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother`s milk. ²²`Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year; <sup>23</sup>and thou hast eaten before Jehovah thy God, in the place where He doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock, so that thou dost learn to fear Jehovah thy God all the days. <sup>24</sup>`And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry it -- when the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee; -- ²⁵then thou hast given [it] in money, and hast bound up the money in thy hand, and gone unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix; ²⁶and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house. ²⁷As to the Levite who [is] within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee. ²⁸`At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed [it] within thy gates; ²⁹and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

Chapter 15

¹`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, <sup>2</sup>and this [is] the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah; <sup>3</sup>of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release; <sup>4</sup>only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it. <sup>5</sup>`Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day, ⁶for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent [to] many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule. ⁷`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; <sup>8</sup>for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. <sup>9</sup>`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near [is] the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; ¹⁰thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand; ¹¹because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land. ¹²`When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee. <sup>13</sup>And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty; <sup>14</sup>thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; [of] that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him, <sup>15</sup>and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee; therefore I am commanding thee this thing to-day. <sup>16</sup>`And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because [it is] good for him with thee -- ¹⁷then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put [it] through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so. ¹⁸`It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost. <sup>19</sup>`Every firstling that is born in thy herd and in thy flock -- the male thou dost sanctify to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock; ²⁰before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house. ²¹`And when there is in it a blemish, lame, or blind, any evil blemish, thou dost not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God; ²²within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart. ²³Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

Chapter 16

¹`Observe the month of Abib -- and thou hast made a passover to Jehovah thy God, for in the month of Abib hath Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night; <sup>2</sup>and thou hast sacrificed a passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock, and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there. <sup>3</sup>`Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life; ⁴and there is not seen with thee leaven in all thy border seven days, and there doth not remain of the flesh which thou dost sacrifice at evening on the first day till morning. ⁵`Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, <sup>6</sup>except at the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle -- there thou dost sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going in of the sun, the season of thy coming out of Egypt; <sup>7</sup>and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents; <sup>8</sup>six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day [is] a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work. <sup>9</sup>`Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks, ¹⁰and thou hast made the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God, a tribute of a free-will offering of thy hand, which thou dost give, as Jehovah thy God doth bless thee. ¹¹And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who [is] within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there, ¹²and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes. ¹³`The feast of booths thou dost make for thee seven days, in thine in-gathering of thy threshing-floor, and of thy wine-vat; <sup>14</sup>and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within thy gates. <sup>15</sup>Seven days thou dost feast before Jehovah thy God, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, for Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all thine increase, and in every work of thy hands, and thou hast been only rejoicing. <sup>16</sup>`Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty; ¹⁷each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee. ¹⁸`Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment. <sup>19</sup>Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. <sup>20</sup>Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>21</sup>`Thou dost not plant for thee a shrine of any trees near the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou makest for thyself, ²²and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating.

Chapter 17

¹`Thou dost not sacrifice to Jehovah thy God ox or sheep in which there is a blemish -- any evil thing; for it [is] the abomination of Jehovah thy God. <sup>2</sup>`When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant, ³and he doth go and serve other gods, and doth bow himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded -- ⁴and it hath been declared to thee, and thou hast heard, and hast searched diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in Israel -- ⁵`Then thou hast brought out that man, or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates -- the man or the woman -- and thou hast stoned them with stones, and they have died. <sup>6</sup>By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness; <sup>7</sup>the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst. <sup>8</sup>`When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, ⁹and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment, ¹⁰and thou hast done according to the tenor of the word which they declare to thee ([they] of that place which Jehovah doth choose; and thou hast observed to do according to all that they direct thee. ¹¹`According to the tenor of the law which they direct thee, and according to the judgment which they say to thee thou dost do; thou dost not turn aside from the word which they declare to thee, right or left. <sup>12</sup>And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel, <sup>13</sup>and all the people do hear and fear, and do not presume any more. <sup>14</sup>`When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, and thou hast said, Let me set over me a king like all the nations which [are] round about me, -- ¹⁵thou dost certainly set over thee a king on whom Jehovah doth fix; from the midst of thy brethren thou dost set over thee a king; thou art not able to set over thee a stranger, who is not thy brother. ¹⁶`Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more. <sup>17</sup>And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly. <sup>18</sup>`And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from [that] before the priests the Levites, ¹⁹and it hath been with him, and he hath read in it all days of his life, so that he doth learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them; ²⁰so that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

Chapter 18

¹`There is not to the priests the Levites -- all the tribe of Levi -- a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat, <sup>2</sup>and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself [is] his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him. <sup>3</sup>`And this is the priest`s right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach; <sup>4</sup>the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him; <sup>5</sup>for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually. <sup>6</sup>`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose, ⁷then he hath ministered in the name of Jehovah his God, like all his brethren, the Levites, who are standing there before Jehovah, ⁸portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers. ⁹`When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations: <sup>10</sup>there is not found in thee one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer, <sup>11</sup>and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead. <sup>12</sup>`For the abomination of Jehovah [is] every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence. ¹³Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God, ¹⁴for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou -- not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee. ¹⁵`A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee -- unto him ye hearken; <sup>16</sup>according to all that thou didst ask from Jehovah thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not add to hear the voice of Jehovah my God, and this great fire let me not see any more, and I die not; <sup>17</sup>and Jehovah saith unto me, They have done well that they have spoken; <sup>18</sup>a prophet I raise up to them, out of the midst of their brethren, like to thee; and I have given my words in his mouth, and he hath spoken unto them all that which I command him; <sup>19</sup>and it hath been -- the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require [it] of him. <sup>20</sup>`Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name -- that which I have not commanded him to speak -- and who speaketh in the name of other gods -- even that prophet hath died. ²¹`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? -- ²²that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it [is] the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.

Chapter 19

¹`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses, <sup>2</sup>three cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it. <sup>3</sup>Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer. <sup>4</sup>`And this [is] the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore, ⁵even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived, ⁶lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore; ⁷therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee. ⁸`And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers -- <sup>9</sup>when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three; <sup>10</sup>and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood. <sup>11</sup>`And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, ¹²then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died; ¹³thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee. ¹⁴`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it. <sup>15</sup>`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established. ¹⁶`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy, <sup>17</sup>then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, <sup>18</sup>and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness [is] a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: <sup>19</sup>`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst, ²⁰and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst; ²¹and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Chapter 20

¹`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot -- a people more numerous than thou -- thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God [is] with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt; <sup>2</sup>and it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people, <sup>3</sup>and said unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are drawing near to-day to battle against your enemies, let not your hearts be tender, fear not, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence, <sup>4</sup>for Jehovah your God [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies -- to save you. <sup>5</sup>`And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who [is] the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it. ⁶`And who [is] the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common. <sup>7</sup>`And who [is] the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her. ⁸`And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? -- let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart; <sup>9</sup>and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people. <sup>10</sup>`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace, ¹¹and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass -- all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee. ¹²`And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it, <sup>13</sup>and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword. <sup>14</sup>Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee. <sup>15</sup>So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. <sup>16</sup>`Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee [for] an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing; ¹⁷for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, ¹⁸so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God. ¹⁹`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down -- for man`s [is] the tree of the field -- to go in at thy presence in the siege. ²⁰Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it [is] not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

Chapter 21

¹`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him, <sup>2</sup>then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which [are] round about the slain one, <sup>3</sup>and it hath been, the city which [is] near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke, <sup>4</sup>and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley. <sup>5</sup>`And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke -- ⁶and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley, ⁷and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen -- ⁸receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them, ⁹and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁰`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity, <sup>11</sup>and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife, <sup>12</sup>then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails, <sup>13</sup>and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife: <sup>14</sup>`And it hath been -- if thou hast not delighted in her, that thou hast sent her away at her desire, and thou dost not at all sell her for money; thou dost not tyrannize over her, because that thou hast humbled her. ¹⁵`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one; <sup>16</sup>then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one -- the first-born. <sup>17</sup>But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he [is] the beginning of his strength; to him [is] the right of the first-born. <sup>18</sup>`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them -- ¹⁹then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place, ²⁰and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard; ²¹and all the men of his city have stoned him with stones, and he hath died, and thou hast put away the evil out of thy midst, and all Israel do hear and fear. ²²`And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree, ²³his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God [is] the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.

Chapter 22

¹`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother; <sup>2</sup>and if thy brother [is] not near unto thee, and thou hast not known him, then thou hast removed it unto the midst of thy house, and it hath been with thee till thy brother seek it, and thou hast given it back to him; <sup>3</sup>and so thou dost to his ass, and so thou dost to his garment, and so thou dost to any lost thing of thy brother`s, which is lost by him, and thou hast found it; thou art not able to hide thyself. ⁴`Thou dost not see the ass of thy brother, or his ox, falling in the way, and hast hid thyself from them; thou dost certainly raise [them] up with him. <sup>5</sup>`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these. ⁶`When a bird`s nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones; ⁷thou dost certainly send away the mother, and the young ones dost take to thyself, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast prolonged days. ⁸`When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it. <sup>9</sup>`Thou dost not sow thy vineyard [with] divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated. ¹⁰`Thou dost not plow with an ox and with an ass together. <sup>11</sup>`Thou dost not put on a mixed cloth, wool and linen together. ¹²`Fringes thou dost make to thee on the four skirts of thy covering with which thou dost cover [thyself]. <sup>13</sup>`When a man taketh a wife, and hath gone in unto her, and hated her, ¹⁴and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity: ¹⁵`Then hath the father of the damsel -- and her mother -- taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate, <sup>16</sup>and the father of the damsel hath said unto the elders, My daughter I have given to this man for a wife, and he doth hate her; <sup>17</sup>and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity -- and these [are] the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city. <sup>18</sup>`And the elders of that city have taken the man, and chastise him, ¹⁹and fined him a hundred silverlings, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days. ²⁰`And if this thing hath been truth -- tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel -- <sup>21</sup>then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father`s house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring [in] her father`s house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst. <sup>22</sup>`When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel. ²³`When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her; <sup>24</sup>then ye have brought them both out unto the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they have died: -- the damsel, because that she hath not cried, [being] in a city; and the man, because that he hath humbled his neighbour`s wife; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst. ²⁵`And if in a field the man find the damsel who is betrothed, and the man hath laid hold on her, and lain with her, then hath the man who hath lain with her died alone; <sup>26</sup>and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him -- the life, so [is] this thing; <sup>27</sup>for in a field he found her, she hath cried -- the damsel who is betrothed -- and she hath no saviour. <sup>28</sup>`When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found, ²⁹then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days. ³⁰`A man doth not take his father`s wife, nor uncover his father`s skirt.

Chapter 23

¹`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; <sup>2</sup>a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>`An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah -- to the age; ⁴because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee; ⁵and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee; ⁶thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age. ⁷`Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he [is]; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land; <sup>8</sup>sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, doth enter into the assembly of Jehovah. <sup>9</sup>`When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing. ¹⁰`When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night -- then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp -- he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp -- <sup>11</sup>and it hath been, at the turning of the evening, he doth bathe with water, and at the going in of the sun he doth come in unto the midst of the camp. <sup>12</sup>`And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without, ¹³and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth; ¹⁴for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee. ¹⁵`Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord; <sup>16</sup>with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him. <sup>17</sup>`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel; ¹⁸thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [are] even both of them. ¹⁹`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury. <sup>20</sup>To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it. <sup>21</sup>`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin. ²²`And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin. <sup>23</sup>The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done [it], as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth. <sup>24</sup>`When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put [any]. ²⁵When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.

Chapter 24

¹`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, <sup>2</sup>and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man`s, ³and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife: ⁴`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it [is] before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance. <sup>5</sup>`When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and [one] doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken. ⁶`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge. <sup>7</sup>`When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst. ⁸`Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do; <sup>9</sup>remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt. <sup>10</sup>`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge; ¹¹at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting [it] up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside. ¹²`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge; <sup>13</sup>thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God. <sup>14</sup>`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates; ¹⁵in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he [is] poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin. ¹⁶`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death. <sup>17</sup>`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow; ¹⁸and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing. ¹⁹`When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands. <sup>20</sup>`When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is. ²¹`When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; ²²and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

Chapter 25

¹`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, <sup>2</sup>then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and [one] hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number; <sup>3</sup>forty [times] he doth smite him -- he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these -- many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes. <sup>4</sup>`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing. ⁵`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband`s brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband`s brother; <sup>6</sup>and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel. <sup>7</sup>`And if the man doth not delight to take his brother`s wife, then hath his brother`s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband`s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband`s brother; ⁸and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her; ⁹`Then hath his brother`s wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother; ¹⁰and his name hath been called in Israel -- The house of him whose shoe is drawn off. ¹¹`When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets, <sup>12</sup>then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare. <sup>13</sup>`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. ¹⁴Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small. ¹⁵Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; ¹⁶for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity. ¹⁷`Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from Egypt, <sup>18</sup>that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God. <sup>19</sup>And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God`s giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it -- thou dost blot out the rememberance of Amalek from under the heavens -- thou dost not forget.

Chapter 26

¹`And it hath been, when thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and thou hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, <sup>2</sup>that thou hast taken of the first of all the fruits of the ground which thou dost bring in out of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast put [it] in a basket, and gone unto the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there. <sup>3</sup>`And thou hast come in unto the priest who is in those days, and hast said unto him, I have declared to-day to Jehovah thy God, that I have come in unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to our fathers to give to us; ⁴and the priest hath taken the basket out of thy hand, and placed it before the altar of Jehovah thy God. ⁵`And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean [is] my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous; <sup>6</sup>and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service; <sup>7</sup>and we cry unto Jehovah, God of our fathers, and Jehovah heareth our voice, and seeth our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression; <sup>8</sup>and Jehovah bringeth us out from Egypt, by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great fear, and by signs, and by wonders, <sup>9</sup>and he bringeth us in unto this place, and giveth to us this land -- a land flowing with milk and honey. <sup>10</sup>`And now, lo, I have brought in the first of the fruits of the ground which thou hast given to me, O Jehovah; -- and thou hast placed it before Jehovah thy God, and bowed thyself before Jehovah thy God, ¹¹and rejoiced in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee, and to thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the sojourner who [is] in thy midst. ¹²`When thou dost complete to tithe all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, the year of the tithe, then thou hast given to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within thy gates, and been satisfied, <sup>13</sup>and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten. <sup>14</sup>I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me; <sup>15</sup>look from Thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless Thy people Israel, and the ground which Thou hast given to us, as Thou hast sworn to our fathers -- a land flowing [with] milk and honey. <sup>16</sup>`This day Jehovah thy God is commanding thee to do these statutes and judgments; and thou hast hearkened and done them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, ¹⁷Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice. ¹⁸`And Jehovah hath caused thee to promise to-day to become His people, a peculiar treasure, as He hath spoken to thee, and to keep all His commands; ¹⁹so as to make thee uppermost above all the nations whom He hath made for a praise, and for a name, and for beauty, and for thy being a holy people to Jehovah thy God, as He hath spoken.

Chapter 27

¹`And Moses -- the elders of Israel also -- commandeth the people, saying, Keep all the command which I am commanding you to-day; <sup>2</sup>and it hath been, in the day that ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, that thou hast raised up for thee great stones, and plaistered them with plaister, <sup>3</sup>and written on them all the words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou goest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee. <sup>4</sup>`And it hath been, in your passing over the Jordan, ye raise up these stones which I am commanding you to-day, in mount Ebal, and thou hast plaistered them with plaister, ⁵and built there an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones, thou dost not wave over them iron. ⁶Of complete stones thou buildest the altar of Jehovah thy God, and hast caused to ascend on it burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God, ⁷and sacrificed peace-offerings, and eaten there, and rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, ⁸and written on the stones all the words of this law, well engraved.` <sup>9</sup>And Moses speaketh -- the priests, the Levites, also -- unto all Israel, saying, `Keep silent, and hear, O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God; ¹⁰and thou hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and done His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day.` <sup>11</sup>And Moses commandeth the people on that day, saying, <sup>12</sup>`These do stand, to bless the people, on mount Gerizzim, in your passing over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. ¹³And these do stand, for the reviling, on mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴`And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel -- a loud voice: <sup>15</sup>`Cursed [is] the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put [it] in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen. ¹⁶`Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>17</sup>`Cursed [is] he who is removing his neighbour`s border, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>18</sup>`Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen. ¹⁹`Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>20</sup>`Cursed [is] he who is lying with his father`s wife, for he hath uncovered his father`s skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen. ²¹`Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>22</sup>`Cursed [is] he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen. ²³`Cursed [is] he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>24</sup>`Cursed [is] he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen. ²⁵`Cursed [is] he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen. <sup>26</sup>`Cursed [is] he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Chapter 28

¹`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, <sup>2</sup>and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God: <sup>3</sup>`Blessed [art] thou in the city, and blessed [art] thou in the field. ⁴`Blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>5</sup>`Blessed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ⁶`Blessed [art] thou in thy coming in, and blessed [art] thou in thy going out. <sup>7</sup>`Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee -- smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee. ⁸`Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. <sup>9</sup>`Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways; ¹⁰and all the peoples of the land have seen that the name of Jehovah is called upon thee, and they have been afraid of thee. ¹¹`And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee. <sup>12</sup>`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow. ¹³`And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do, <sup>14</sup>and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day -- right or left -- to go after other gods, to serve them. <sup>15</sup>`And it hath been, if thou dost not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God to observe to do all His commands, and His statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day, that all these revilings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee: ¹⁶`Cursed [art] thou in the city, and cursed [art] thou in the field. <sup>17</sup>`Cursed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough. ¹⁸`Cursed [is] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock. <sup>19</sup>`Cursed [art] thou in thy coming in, and cursed [art] thou in thy going out. ²⁰`Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings [by] which thou hast forsaken Me. <sup>21</sup>`Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it. ²²`Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish <sup>23</sup>`And thy heavens which [are] over thy head have been brass, and the earth which [is] under thee iron; ²⁴Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land -- dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed. ²⁵`Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth; <sup>26</sup>and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling. <sup>27</sup>`Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed. ²⁸`Jehovah doth smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; <sup>29</sup>and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour. <sup>30</sup>`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common; ³¹thine ox [is] slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass [is] taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep [are] given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee. ³²`Thy sons and thy daughters [are] given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God! <sup>33</sup>The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days; <sup>34</sup>and thou hast been mad, because of the sight of thine eyes which thou dost see. <sup>35</sup>`Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown. ³⁶`Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone; <sup>37</sup>and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee. <sup>38</sup>`Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it; ³⁹vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it; ⁴⁰olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off. ⁴¹`Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity; <sup>42</sup>all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess; <sup>43</sup>the sojourner who [is] in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low; <sup>44</sup>he doth lend [to] thee, and thou dost not lend [to] him; he is for head, and thou art for tail. <sup>45</sup>`And come upon thee have all these curses, and they have pursued thee, and overtaken thee, till thou art destroyed, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which he hath commanded thee; ⁴⁶and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed -- to the age. ⁴⁷`Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things -- <sup>48</sup>thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee. <sup>49</sup>`Jehovah doth lift up against thee a nation, from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle it flieth; a nation whose tongue thou hast not heard, ⁵⁰a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour; ⁵¹and it hath eaten the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, till thou art destroyed; which leaveth not to thee corn, new wine, and oil, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock, till it hath destroyed thee. ⁵²`And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee; <sup>53</sup>and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee. <sup>54</sup>`The man who is tender in thee, and who [is] very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth, ⁵⁵against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates. ⁵⁶`The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter, <sup>57</sup>and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates. <sup>58</sup>`If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name -- Jehovah thy God -- ⁵⁹then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed -- great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast. ⁶⁰`And He hath brought back on thee all the diseases of Egypt, of the presence of which thou hast been afraid, and they have cleaved to thee; <sup>61</sup>also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the book of this law; Jehovah doth cause them to go up upon thee till thou art destroyed, <sup>62</sup>and ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God. <sup>63</sup>`And it hath been, as Jehovah hath rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so doth Jehovah rejoice over you to destroy you, and to lay you waste; and ye have been pulled away from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it; ⁶⁴and Jehovah hath scattered thee among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth; and thou hast served there other gods which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers -- wood and stone. ⁶⁵`And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul; <sup>66</sup>and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life; <sup>67</sup>in the morning thou sayest, O that it were evening! and in the evening thou sayest, O that it were morning! from the fear of thy heart, with which thou art afraid, and from the sight of thine eyes which thou seest. <sup>68</sup>`And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.`

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¹These [are] the words of the covenant which Jehovah hath commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, apart from the covenant which He made with them in Horeb. ²And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have seen all that which Jehovah hath done before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; <sup>3</sup>the great trials which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders; <sup>4</sup>and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day, <sup>5</sup>and I cause you to go forty years in a wilderness; your garments have not been consumed from off you, and thy shoe hath not worn away from off thy foot; <sup>6</sup>bread ye have not eaten, and wine and strong drink ye have not drunk, so that ye know that I [am] Jehovah your God. <sup>7</sup>`And ye come in unto this place, and Sihon king of Heshbon -- also Og king of Bashan -- doth come out to meet us, to battle, and we smite them, ⁸and take their land, and give it for an inheritance to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh; ⁹and ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper. ¹⁰`Ye are standing to-day, all of you, before Jehovah your God -- your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your authorities -- every man of Israel; <sup>11</sup>your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water -- <sup>12</sup>for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day; <sup>13</sup>in order to establish thee to-day to Him for a people, and He Himself is thy God, as He hath spoken to thee, and as He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. <sup>14</sup>`And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath; ¹⁵but with him who is here with us, standing to-day before Jehovah our God, and with him who is not here with us to-day, ¹⁶for ye have known how ye dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed by through the midst of the nations which ye have passed by; ¹⁷and ye see their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [are] with them, ¹⁸lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood: ¹⁹`And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst. <sup>20</sup>Jehovah is not willing to be propitious to him, for then doth the anger of Jehovah smoke, also His zeal, against that man, and lain down on him hath all the oath which is written in this book, and Jehovah hath blotted out his name from under the heavens, <sup>21</sup>and Jehovah hath separated him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of the covenant which is written in this book of the law. <sup>22</sup>`And the latter generation of your sons who rise after you, and the stranger who cometh in from a land afar off, have said when they have seen the strokes of that land, and its sicknesses which Jehovah hath sent into it, -- ²³([with] brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) -- ²⁴yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger? ²⁵`And they have said, Because that they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah, God of their fathers, which He made with them in His bringing them out of the land of Egypt, <sup>26</sup>and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them -- gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them; <sup>27</sup>and the anger of Jehovah burneth against that land, to bring in on it all the reviling that is written in this book, <sup>28</sup>and Jehovah doth pluck them from off their ground in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath, and doth cast them unto another land, as [at] this day. <sup>29</sup>`The things hidden [are] to Jehovah our God, and the things revealed [are] to us and to our sons -- to the age, to do all the words of this law.

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¹`And it hath been, when all these things come upon thee, the blessing and the reviling, which I have set before thee, and thou hast brought [them] back unto thy heart, among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee away, <sup>2</sup>and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul -- <sup>3</sup>then hath Jehovah thy God turned back [to] thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. <sup>4</sup>`If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee; ⁵and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee in unto the land which thy fathers have possessed, and thou hast inherited it, and He hath done thee good, and multiplied thee above thy fathers. ⁶`And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life; <sup>7</sup>and Jehovah thy God hath put all this oath on thine enemies, and on those hating thee, who have pursued thee. <sup>8</sup>`And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast done all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day; ⁹and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers, ¹⁰for thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which are written in the book of this law, for thou turnest back unto Jehovah thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. ¹¹`For this command which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not too wonderful for thee, nor [is] it far off. <sup>12</sup>It is not in the heavens, -- saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it. <sup>13</sup>And it [is] not beyond the sea, -- saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it? <sup>14</sup>For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart -- to do it. <sup>15</sup>`See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil, ¹⁶in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it. ¹⁷`And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them, <sup>18</sup>I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it. <sup>19</sup>`I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, ²⁰to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He [is] thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.`

Chapter 31

¹And Moses goeth and speaketh these words unto all Israel, ²and he saith unto them, `A son of a hundred and twenty years [am] I to-day; I am not able any more to go out and to come in, and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou dost not pass over this Jordan, <sup>3</sup>`Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee, and thou hast possessed them; Joshua -- he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken, ⁴and Jehovah hath done to them as he hath done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land, whom He destroyed. ⁵And Jehovah hath given them before your face, and ye have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you; ⁶be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God [is] He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.` <sup>7</sup>And Moses calleth for Joshua, and saith unto him before the eyes of all Israel, `Be strong and courageous, for thou -- thou dost go in with this people unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to their fathers to give to them, and thou -- thou dost cause them to inherit it; ⁸and Jehovah [is] He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.` <sup>9</sup>And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel, <sup>10</sup>and Moses commandeth them, saying, `At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths, ¹¹in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of Jehovah in the place which He chooseth, thou dost proclaim this law before all Israel, in their ears. ¹²`Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and thy sojourner who [is] within thy gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared Jehovah your God, and observed to do all the words of this law; <sup>13</sup>and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.` ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thy days have drawn near to die; call Joshua, and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, and I charge him;` and Moses goeth -- Joshua also -- and they station themselves in the tent of meeting, ¹⁵and Jehovah is seen in the tent, in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud standeth at the opening of the tent. ¹⁶And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, thou art lying down with thy fathers, and this people hath risen, and gone a-whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land into the midst of which it hath entered, and forsaken Me, and broken My covenant which I made with it; <sup>17</sup>and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst -- these evils have found me? <sup>18</sup>and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done, for it hath turned unto other gods. <sup>19</sup>`And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel, ²⁰and I bring them in unto the ground which I have sworn to their fathers -- flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned unto other gods, and they have served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant. ²¹`And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it, that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day, before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn.` ²²And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel, ²³and He commandeth Joshua son of Nun, and saith, `Be strong and courageous, for thou dost bring in the sons of Israel unto the land which I have sworn to them, and I -- I am with thee.` ²⁴And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion, ²⁵that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, ²⁶`Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness; <sup>27</sup>for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death. <sup>28</sup>`Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words, and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth, ²⁹for I have known that after my death ye do very corruptly, and have turned aside out of the way which I commanded you, and evil hath met you in the latter end of the days, because ye do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.` ³⁰And Moses speaketh in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, till their completion: --

Chapter 32

¹`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! <sup>2</sup>Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb, <sup>3</sup>For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God! <sup>4</sup>The Rock! -- perfect [is] His work, For all His ways [are] just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright [is] He. <sup>5</sup>It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons`, A generation perverse and crooked! ⁶To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee. ⁷Remember days of old -- Understand the years of many generations -- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee: ⁸In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam -- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel. ⁹For Jehovah`s portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance. <sup>10</sup>He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye. <sup>11</sup>As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings -- taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; -- <sup>12</sup>Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him. <sup>13</sup>He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock; <sup>14</sup>Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine! <sup>15</sup>And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation. <sup>16</sup>They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry. <sup>17</sup>They sacrifice to demons -- no god! Gods they have not known -- New ones -- from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers! <sup>18</sup>The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee. <sup>19</sup>And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters. <sup>20</sup>And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what [is] their latter end; For a froward generation [are] they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness. <sup>21</sup>They have made Me zealous by `no-god,` They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,` By a foolish nation I make them angry. <sup>22</sup>For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol -- the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains. <sup>23</sup>I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them. <sup>24</sup>Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust. <sup>25</sup>Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers -- fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair. <sup>26</sup>I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man; <sup>27</sup>If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this. <sup>28</sup>For a nation lost to counsels [are] they, And there is no understanding in them. <sup>29</sup>If they were wise -- They deal wisely [with] this; They attend to their latter end: <sup>30</sup>How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up? <sup>31</sup>For not as our Rock [is] their rock, (And our enemies [are] judges!) <sup>32</sup>For of the vine of Sodom their vine [is], And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes [are] grapes of gall -- They have bitter clusters; <sup>33</sup>The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of asps. <sup>34</sup>Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures? <sup>35</sup>Mine [are] vengeance and recompense, At the due time -- doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them. <sup>36</sup>For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth -- the going away of power, And none is restrained and left. <sup>37</sup>And He hath said, Where [are] their gods -- The rock in which they trusted; <sup>38</sup>Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place! <sup>39</sup>See ye, now, that I -- I [am] He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer, <sup>40</sup>For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age! <sup>41</sup>If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me -- I repay! <sup>42</sup>I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy. <sup>43</sup>Sing ye nations -- [with] his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land -- His people.` ⁴⁴And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun; ⁴⁵and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel, ⁴⁶and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law, <sup>47</sup>for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.` ⁴⁸And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying, ⁴⁹`Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession; <sup>50</sup>and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people: <sup>51</sup>`Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel; ⁵²but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.`

Chapter 33

¹And this [is] the blessing [with] which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death, ²and he saith: -- `Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come [with] myriads of holy ones; At His right hand [are] springs for them. <sup>3</sup>Also He [is] loving the peoples; All His holy ones [are] in thy hand, And they -- they sat down at thy foot, [Each] He lifteth up at thy words. <sup>4</sup>A law hath Moses commanded us, A possession of the assembly of Jacob. <sup>5</sup>And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel! <sup>6</sup>Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number. <sup>7</sup>And this [is] for Judah; and he saith: -- Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou. <sup>8</sup>And of Levi he said: -- Thy Thummim and thy Urim [are] for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah; <sup>9</sup>Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep. <sup>10</sup>They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar. <sup>11</sup>Bless, O Jehovah, his strength, And the work of his hands Thou acceptest, Smite the loins of his withstanders, And of those hating him -- that they rise not! <sup>12</sup>Of Benjamin he said: -- The beloved of Jehovah doth tabernacle confidently by him, Covering him over all the day; Yea, between his shoulders He doth tabernacle. <sup>13</sup>And of Joseph he said: -- Blessed of Jehovah [is] his land, By precious things of the heavens, By dew, and by the deep crouching beneath, <sup>14</sup>And by precious things -- fruits of the sun, And by precious things -- cast forth by the moons, <sup>15</sup>And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights, <sup>16</sup>And by precious things -- of earth and its fulness, And the good pleasure Of Him who is dwelling in the bush, -- Let it come for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of him Who is separate from his brethren. <sup>17</sup>His honour [is] a firstling of his ox, And his horns [are] horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they [are] the myriads of Ephraim, And they [are] the thousands of Manasseh. <sup>18</sup>And of Zebulun he said: -- Rejoice, O Zebulun, in thy going out, And, O Issachar, in thy tents; <sup>19</sup>Peoples [to] the mountain they call, There they sacrifice righteous sacrifices; For the abundance of the seas they suck, And hidden things hidden in the sand. <sup>20</sup>And of Gad he said: -- Blessed of the Enlarger [is] Gad, As a lioness he doth tabernacle, And hath torn the arm -- also the crown! <sup>21</sup>And he provideth the first part for himself, For there the portion of the lawgiver is covered, And he cometh [with] the heads of the people; The righteousness of Jehovah he hath done, And His judgments with Israel. <sup>22</sup>And of Dan he said: -- Dan [is] a lion`s whelp; he doth leap from Bashan. ²³And of Naphtali he said: -- O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, West and south possess thou. ²⁴And of Asher he said: -- Blessed with sons [is] Asher, Let him be accepted by his brethren, And dipping in oil his foot. ²⁵Iron and brass [are] thy shoes, And as thy days -- thy strength. ²⁶There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding the heavens in thy help, And in His excellency the skies. ²⁷A habitation [is] the eternal God, And beneath [are] arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, `Destroy!` ²⁸And Israel doth tabernacle [in] confidence alone; The eye of Jacob [is] unto a land of corn and wine; Also His heavens drop down dew. ²⁹O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who [is] the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.`

Chapter 34

¹And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land -- Gilead unto Dan, ²and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the further sea, ³and the south, and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, unto Zoar. ⁴And Jehovah saith unto him, `This [is] the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it; I have caused thee to see with thine eyes, and thither thou dost not pass over.` ⁵And Moses, servant of the Lord, dieth there, in the land of Moab, according to the command of Jehovah; ⁶and He burieth him in a valley in the land of Moab, over-against Beth-Peor, and no man hath known his burying place unto this day. ⁷And Moses [is] a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled. ⁸And the sons of Israel bewail Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses are completed. ⁹And Joshua son of Nun is full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him, and the sons of Israel hearken unto him, and do as Jehovah commanded Moses. ¹⁰And there hath not arisen a prophet any more in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah hath known face unto face, ¹¹in reference to all the signs and the wonders which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, ¹²and in reference to all the strong hand, and to all the great fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

Joshua

Chapter 1

¹And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying, ²`Moses my servant is dead, and now, rise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel. <sup>3</sup>`Every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses. ⁴From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border. ⁵`No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee; <sup>6</sup>be strong and courageous, for thou -- thou dost cause this people to inherit the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them. <sup>7</sup>`Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every [place] whither thou goest; ⁸the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely. ⁹`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee [is] Jehovah thy God in every [place] whither thou goest.` ¹⁰And Joshua commandeth the authorities of the people, saying, ¹¹`Pass over into the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provision, for within three days ye are passing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you to possess it.` ¹²And to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, hath Joshua spoken, saying, ¹³`Remember the word which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God is giving rest to you, and He hath given to you this land; <sup>14</sup>your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye -- ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them, <sup>15</sup>till that Jehovah giveth rest to your brethren as to yourselves, and they have possessed, even they, the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them; then ye have turned back to the land of your possession, and have possessed it, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan, [at] the sun-rising.` ¹⁶And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every [place] whither thou dost send us, we go; <sup>17</sup>according to all that we hearkened unto Moses [in], so we hearken unto thee; surely Jehovah thy God is with thee as He hath been with Moses. <sup>18</sup>Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.`

Chapter 2

¹And Joshua son of Nun sendeth from Shittim, two men, spies, silently, saying, `Go, see the land -- and Jericho;` and they go and come into the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name [is] Rahab, and they lie down there. ²And it is told to the king of Jericho, saying, `Lo, men have come in hither to-night, from the sons of Israel, to search the land. <sup>3</sup>And the king of Jericho sendeth unto Rahab, saying, `Bring out the men who are coming in unto thee, who have come into thy house, for to search the whole of the land they have come in. ⁴And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they [are]; <sup>5</sup>and it cometh to pass -- the gate is to [be] shut -- in the dark, and the men have gone out; I have not known whither the men have gone; pursue ye, hasten after them, for ye overtake them;` ⁶and she hath caused them to go up on the roof, and hideth them with the flax wood, which is arranged for her on the roof. ⁷And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them. ⁸And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof, ⁹and she saith unto the men, `I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence. <sup>10</sup>`For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted. ¹¹And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in [any] man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He [is] God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath. ¹²`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token, <sup>13</sup>and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.` ¹⁴And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours -- to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah`s giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.` <sup>15</sup>And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and in the wall she [is] dwelling; <sup>16</sup>and she saith to them, `To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.` <sup>17</sup>And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear: ¹⁸lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house; ¹⁹and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood [is] on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood [is] on our head, if a hand is on him; ²⁰and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.` <sup>21</sup>And she saith, `According unto your words, so it [is];` and she sendeth them away, and they go; and she bindeth the scarlet line to the window. <sup>22</sup>And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found. <sup>23</sup>And the two men turn back, and come down from the hill, and pass over, and come in unto Joshua son of Nun, and recount to him all that hath come upon them; <sup>24</sup>and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.`

Chapter 3

¹And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over. ²And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days, that the authorities pass over into the midst of the camp, ³and command the people, saying, `When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone after it; <sup>4</sup>only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.` ⁵And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.` ⁶And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, `Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;` and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. ⁷And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee; <sup>8</sup>and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan -- in the Jordan ye stand.` ⁹And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God; <sup>10</sup>and Joshua saith, `By this ye know that the living God [is] in your midst, and He doth certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite: ¹¹lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan; ¹²and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe; ¹³and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off -- the waters which are coming down from above -- and they stand -- one heap.` ¹⁴And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, ¹⁵and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) -- ¹⁶that the waters stand; those coming down from above have risen -- one heap, very far above Adam the city, which [is] at the side of Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, have been completely cut off; and the people have passed through over-against Jericho; ¹⁷and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.

Chapter 4

¹And it cometh to pass, when all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, ²`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe; <sup>3</sup>and command ye them, saying, Take up for you from this [place], from the midst of the Jordan, from the established standing-place of the feet of the priests, twelve stones, and ye have removed them over with you, and placed them in the lodging-place in which ye lodge to-night.` ⁴And Joshua calleth unto the twelve men whom he prepared out of the sons of Israel, one man -- one man out of a tribe; ⁵and Joshua saith to them, `Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, <sup>6</sup>so that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones to you? <sup>7</sup>that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.` ⁸And the sons of Israel do so as Joshua commanded, and take up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and remove them over with them unto the lodging-place, and place them there, ⁹even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day. ¹⁰And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the people haste and pass over. ¹¹And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over, that the ark of Jehovah passeth over, and the priests, in the presence of the people; ¹²and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, pass over, by fifties, before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken unto them; ¹³about forty thousand, armed ones of the host, passed over before Jehovah for battle, unto the plains of Jericho. ¹⁴On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life. ¹⁵And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, ¹⁶`Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.` ¹⁷And Joshua commandeth the priests, saying, `Come ye up out of the Jordan.` ¹⁸And it cometh to pass, in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place, and go as heretofore over all its banks. ¹⁹And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity east of Jericho; ²⁰and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal. ²¹And he speaketh unto the sons of Israel, saying, `When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What [are] these stones? <sup>22</sup>then ye have caused your sons to know, saying, On dry land Israel passed over this Jordan; <sup>23</sup>because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan at your presence, till your passing over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea which He dried up at our presence till our passing over; <sup>24</sup>so that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it [is] strong, so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days.`

Chapter 5

¹And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel. ²At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, `Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;` ³and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins. ⁴And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt, ⁵for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised; ⁶for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed; ⁷and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way. ⁸And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering; ⁹and Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `To-day I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you;` and [one] calleth the name of that place Gilgal unto this day. ¹⁰And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho; ¹¹and they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted [corn], in this self-same day; ¹²and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year. ¹³And it cometh to pass in Joshua`s being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, `Art thou for us or for our adversaries?` <sup>14</sup>And He saith, `No, for I [am] Prince of Jehovah`s host; now I have come;` and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, `What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?` ¹⁵And the Prince of Jehovah`s host saith unto Joshua, `Cast off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou art standing is holy;` and Joshua doth so;

Chapter 6

¹(And Jericho shutteth itself up, and is shut up, because of the presence of the sons of Israel -- none going out, and none coming in;) ²And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king -- mighty ones of valour, <sup>3</sup>and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days; <sup>4</sup>and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets, <sup>5</sup>and it hath been, in the prolongation of the horn of the jubilee, in your hearing the voice of the trumpet, all the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall of the city hath fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each over-against him.` ⁶And Joshua son of Nun calleth unto the priests, and saith unto them, `Bear ye the ark of the covenant, and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah;` ⁷and He said unto the people, `Pass over, and compass the city, and he who is armed doth pass over before the ark of Jehovah.` ⁸And it cometh to pass, when Joshua speaketh unto the people, that the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before Jehovah have passed over and blown with the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is going after them; ⁹and he who is armed is going before the priests blowing the trumpets, and he who is gathering up is going after the ark, going on and blowing with the trumpets; ¹⁰and the people hath Joshua commanded, saying, `Ye do not shout, nor cause your voice to be heard, nor doth there go out from your mouth a word, till the day of my saying unto you, Shout ye -- then ye have shouted.` ¹¹And the ark of Jehovah doth compass the city, going round once, and they come into the camp, and lodge in the camp. ¹²And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and the priests bear the ark of Jehovah, ¹³and seven priests bearing seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark of Jehovah are walking, going on, and they have blown with the trumpets -- and he who is armed is going before them, and he who is gathering up is going behind the ark of Jehovah -- going on and blowing with the trumpets. ¹⁴And they compass the city on the second day once, and turn back to the camp; thus they have done six days. ¹⁵And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and compass the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times); ¹⁶and it cometh to pass, at the seventh time, the priests have blown with the trumpets, and Joshua saith unto the people, `Shout ye, for Jehovah hath given to you the city; <sup>17</sup>and the city hath been devoted, it and all that [is] in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who [are] with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent; <sup>18</sup>and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote [yourselves], and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it; <sup>19</sup>and all the silver and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, holy they [are] to Jehovah; into the treasury of Jehovah they come.` ²⁰And the people shout, and blow with the trumpets, and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city, each over-against him, and they capture the city; ²¹and they devote all that [is] in the city, from man even unto woman, from young even unto aged, even unto ox, and sheep, and ass, by the mouth of the sword. ²²And to the two men who are spying the land Joshua said, `Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all whom she hath, as ye have sworn to her.` ²³And the young man, the spies, go in and bring out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all whom she hath; yea, all her families they have brought out, and place them at the outside of the camp of Israel. ²⁴And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that [is] in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given [to] the treasury of the house of Jehovah; ²⁵and Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she hath, hath Joshua kept alive; and she dwelleth in the midst of Israel unto this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. ²⁶And Joshua adjureth [them] at that time, saying, `Cursed [is] the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, [even] Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;` ²⁷and Jehovah is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.

Chapter 7

¹And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel. ²And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Go up and spy the land;` and the men go up and spy Ai, ³and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, `Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they [are] few.` ⁴And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai, ⁵and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water. ⁶And Joshua rendeth his garments, and falleth on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah till the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head. ⁷And Joshua saith, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, why hast Thou at all caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? -- and oh that we had been willing -- and we dwell beyond the Jordan! <sup>8</sup>Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies? <sup>9</sup>and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?` ¹⁰And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why [is] this? -- thou [art] falling on thy face? <sup>11</sup>Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put [it] among their vessels, <sup>12</sup>and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst. <sup>13</sup>`Rise, sanctify the people, and thou hast said, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, A devoted thing [is] in thy midst, O Israel, thou art not able to stand before thine enemies till your turning aside of the devoted thing out of your midst; ¹⁴and ye have been brought near in the morning by your tribes, and it hath been, the tribe which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by families, and the family which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by households, and the household which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by men; ¹⁵and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.` <sup>16</sup>And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and bringeth Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured; <sup>17</sup>and he bringeth near the family of Judah, and he captureth the family of the Zarhite; and he bringeth near the family of the Zarhite by men, and Zabdi is captured; <sup>18</sup>and he bringeth near his household by men, and Achan -- son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah -- is captured. <sup>19</sup>And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done -- hide not from me.` <sup>20</sup>And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, `Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done; ²¹and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight [is] fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they [are] hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.` <sup>22</sup>And Joshua sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it; <sup>23</sup>and they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before Jehovah. <sup>24</sup>And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor. <sup>25</sup>And Joshua saith, `What! thou hast troubled us! -- Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;` and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones, <sup>26</sup>and they raise up over him a great heap of stones unto this day, and Jehovah turneth back from the heat of His anger, therefore hath [one] called the name of that place `Valley of Achor` till this day.

Chapter 8

¹And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land, <sup>2</sup>and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.` ³And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night, ⁴and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared, <sup>5</sup>and I and all the people who [are] with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them, <sup>6</sup>and they have come out after us till we have drawn them out of the city, for they say, They are fleeing before us as at the first, and we have fled before them, <sup>7</sup>and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand; <sup>8</sup>and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.` ⁹And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people. ¹⁰And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai; ¹¹and all the people of war who [are] with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley [is] between him and Ai. ¹²And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city; ¹³and they set the people, all the camp which [is] on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley. ¹⁴And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth [it], that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush [is] against him, on the rear of the city. ¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel [seem] stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness, ¹⁶and all the people who [are] in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city, ¹⁷and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel. ¹⁸And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which [is] in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;` and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which [is] in his hand toward the city, ¹⁹and the ambush hath risen [with] haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with fire. ²⁰And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, -- ²¹and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai; ²²and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one; ²³and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua. ²⁴And it cometh to pass, at Israel`s finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword; ²⁵and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai. ²⁶And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai; ²⁷only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua. ²⁸And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day; ²⁹and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day. ³⁰Then doth Joshua build an altar to Jehovah, God of Israel, in mount Ebal, ³¹as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses -- an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron -- and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings; ³²and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel. ³³And all Israel, and its elders, and authorities, and its judges, are standing on this side and on that of the ark, over-against the priests, the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the native, half of them over-against mount Gerizim, and the half of them over-against mount Ebal, as Moses servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel at the first. ³⁴And afterwards he hath proclaimed all the words of the law, the blessing and the reviling, according to all that is written in the book of the law; ³⁵there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.

Chapter 9

¹And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who [are] beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear -- ²that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel -- one mouth. ³And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai, ⁴and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up, ⁵and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry -- it was crumbs. ⁶And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;` ⁷and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?` ⁸and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we [are].` And Joshua saith unto them, `Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?` ⁹And they say unto him, `From a land very far off have thy servants come, for the name of Jehovah thy God, for we have heard His fame, and all that He hath done in Egypt, <sup>10</sup>and all that He hath done to the two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who [is] in Ashtaroth. <sup>11</sup>`And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we [are], and now, make with us a covenant; ¹²this our bread -- hot we provided ourselves with it out of our houses, on the day of our coming out to go unto you, and now, lo, it is dry, and hath been crumbs; ¹³and these [are] the wine-bottles which we filled, new, and lo, they have rent; and these, our garments and our sandals, have become old, from the exceeding greatness of the way.` <sup>14</sup>And the men take of their provision, and the mouth of Jehovah have not asked; <sup>15</sup>and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company. <sup>16</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they [are] their neighbours -- that in their midst they are dwelling. <sup>17</sup>And the sons of Israel journey and come in unto their cities on the third day -- and their cities [are] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-Jearim -- <sup>18</sup>and the sons of Israel have not smitten them, for sworn to them have the princes of the company by Jehovah God of Israel, and all the company murmur against the princes. <sup>19</sup>And all the princes say unto all the company, `We -- we have sworn to them by Jehovah, God of Israel; and now, we are not able to come against them; ²⁰this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.` <sup>21</sup>And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.` <sup>22</sup>And Joshua calleth for them, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, and ye in our midst dwelling? ²³and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off [from being] a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.` <sup>24</sup>And they answer Joshua and say, `Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing; ²⁵and now, lo, we [are] in thy hand, as [it is] good, and as [it is] right in thine eyes to do to us -- do.` ²⁶And he doth to them so, and delivereth them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they have not slain them; ²⁷and Joshua maketh them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the company, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, at the place which He doth choose.

Chapter 10

¹And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, -- ²that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon [is] a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it [is] greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes. ³And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sendeth unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, ⁴`Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.` ⁵And five kings of the Amorite (the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon) are gathered together, and go up, they and all their camps, and encamp against Gibeon, and fight against it. ⁶And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, `Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us [with] haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.` ⁷And Joshua goeth up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, even all the mighty men of valour. ⁸And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Be not afraid of them, for into thy hand I have given them, there doth not stand a man of them in thy presence.` ⁹And Joshua cometh in unto them suddenly (all the night he hath gone up from Gilgal), ¹⁰and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them -- a great smiting -- at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth-Horon, and smiteth them unto Azekah, and unto Makkedah. ¹¹And it cometh to pass, in their fleeing from the face of Israel -- they [are] in the descent of Beth-Horon -- and Jehovah hath cast upon them great stones out of the heavens, unto Azekah, and they die; more are they who have died by the hailstones than they whom the sons of Israel have slain by the sword. ¹²Then speaketh Joshua to Jehovah in the day of Jehovah`s giving up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he saith, before the eyes of Israel, `Sun -- in Gibeon stand still; and moon -- in the valley of Ajalon;` <sup>13</sup>and the sun standeth still, and the moon hath stood -- till the nation taketh vengeance [on] its enemies; is it not written on the Book of the Upright, `and the sun standeth in the midst of the heavens, and hath not hasted to go in -- as a perfect day?` <sup>14</sup>And there hath not been like that day before it or after it, for Jehovah`s hearkening to the voice of a man; for Jehovah is fighting for Israel. ¹⁵And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal. ¹⁶And these five kings flee, and are hidden in a cave at Makkedah, ¹⁷and it is declared to Joshua, saying, `The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.` ¹⁸And Joshua saith, `Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them; <sup>19</sup>and ye, stand not, pursue after your enemies, and ye have smitten the hindmost of them; suffer them not to go in unto their cities, for Jehovah your God hath given them into your hand.` ²⁰And it cometh to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel finish to smite them -- a very great smiting, till they are consumed, and the remnant who have remained of them go in unto the fenced cities, ²¹that all the people turn back to the camp, unto Joshua, [at] Makkedah, in peace; none moved sharply his tongue against the sons of Israel. ²²And Joshua saith, `Open ye the mouth of the cave, and bring out unto me these five kings from the cave;` ²³and they do so, and bring out unto him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. ²⁴And it cometh to pass, when they bring out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua calleth unto every man of Israel, and saith unto the captains of the men of war, who have gone with him, `Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings;` and they draw near, and set their feet on their necks. ²⁵And Joshua saith unto them, `Fear not, nor be affrighted; be strong and courageous; for thus doth Jehovah do to all your enemies with whom ye are fighting;` ²⁶and Joshua smiteth them afterwards, and putteth them to death, and hangeth them on five trees; and they are hanging on the trees till the evening. ²⁷And it cometh to pass, at the time of the going in of the sun, Joshua hath commanded, and they take them down from off the trees, and cast them unto the cave where they had been hid, and put great stones on the mouth of the cave till this very day. ²⁸And Makkedah hath Joshua captured on that day, and he smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and its king he hath devoted, them and every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant; and he doth to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho. ²⁹And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah [to] Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah; ³⁰and Jehovah giveth also it into the hand of Israel, and its king, and it smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it -- it left not in it a remnant; and it doth to its king as it did to the king of Jericho. ³¹And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encampeth against it, and fighteth against it; ³²And Jehovah giveth Lachish into the hand of Israel, and it captureth it on the second day, and smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it, according to all that it did to Libnah. ³³Than hath Horam king of Gezer come up to help Lachish, and Joshua smiteth him and his people, till he hath not left to him a remnant. ³⁴And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and they encamp against it, and fight against it, ³⁵and capture it on that day, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and every person who [is] in it on that day he hath devoted, according to all that he did to Lachish. ³⁶And Joshua goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fight against it, ³⁷and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant -- according to all that he did to Eglon -- and doth devote it, and every person who [is] in it. ³⁸And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fighteth against it, ³⁹and captureth it, and its king, and all its cities, and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and devote every person who [is] in it -- he hath not left a remnant; as he did to Hebron so he did to Debir, and to its king, and as he did to Libnah, and to its king. ⁴⁰And Joshua smiteth all the land of the hill-country, and of the south, and of the low-country, and of the springs, and all their kings -- he hath not left a remnant, and all that doth breathe he hath devoted, as Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded. ⁴¹And Joshua smiteth them from Kadesh-Barnea, even unto Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even unto Gibeon; ⁴²and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured [at] one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel. ⁴³and Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, unto the camp at Gilgal.

Chapter 11

¹And it cometh to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heareth, that he sendeth unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph, ²and unto the kings who [are] on the north in the hill-country, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the low country, and in the elevations of Dor, on the west, 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 Mizpeh -- ⁴and they go out, they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude, and horse and charioteer very many; ⁵and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. ⁶And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Be not afraid of their presence, for to-morrow about this time I am giving all of them wounded before Israel; their horses thou dost hough, and their chariots burn with fire.` ⁷And Joshua cometh, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fall on them; ⁸and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Israel, and they smite them and pursue them unto the great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-Maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, and they smite them, till he hath not left to them a remnant; ⁹and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire. ¹⁰And Joshua turneth back at that time, and captureth Hazor, and its king he hath smitten by the sword; for Hazor formerly [is] head of all these kingdoms; ¹¹and they smite every person who [is] in it by the mouth of the sword; he hath devoted -- he hath not left any one breathing, and Hazor he hath burnt with fire; ¹²and all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, hath Joshua captured, and he smiteth them by the mouth of the sword; he devoted them, as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded. ¹³Only, all the cities which are standing by their hill, Israel hath not burned them, save Hazor only, [it] hath Joshua burnt; ¹⁴and all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing. ¹⁵As Jehovah commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so hath Joshua done; he hath not turned aside a thing of all that Jehovah commanded Moses. ¹⁶And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands, ¹⁷from the mount of Halak, which is going up [to] Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death. ¹⁸Many days hath Joshua made with all these kings war; ¹⁹there hath not been a city which made peace with the sons of Israel save the Hivite, inhabitants of Gibeon; the whole they have taken in battle; ²⁰for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ²¹And Joshua cometh at that time, and cutteth off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, even from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel; with their cities hath Joshua devoted them. ²²There hath not been left Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, were they left. ²³And Joshua taketh the whole of the land, according to all that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and Joshua giveth it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes; and the land hath rest from war.

Chapter 12

¹And these [are] kings of the land whom the sons of Israel have smitten, and possess their land, beyond the Jordan, at the sun-rising, from the brook Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain eastward. ²Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer which [is] on the border of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, and unto Jabok the brook, the border of the Bene-Ammon; ³And the plain unto the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and unto the sea of the plain (the salt sea) eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth, and from the south under the springs of Pisgah. ⁴And the border of Og king of Bashan (of the remnant of the Rephaim), who is dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, ⁵and ruling in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurite, and the Maachathite, and the half of Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ⁶Moses, servant of Jehovah, and the sons of Israel have smitten them, and Moses, servant of Jehovah, giveth it -- a possession to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh. ⁷And these [are] kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel have smitten beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, and unto the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir; and Joshua giveth it to the tribes of Israel -- a possession according to their divisions; ⁸in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the plain, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: ⁹The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one; ¹⁰The king of Jerusalem, one; The king of Hebron, one; ¹¹The king of Jarmuth, one; The king of Lachish, one; ¹²The king of Eglon, one; The king of Gezer, one; ¹³The king of Debir, one; The king of Geder, one; ¹⁴The king of Hormah, one; The king of Arad, one; ¹⁵The king of Libnah, one; The king of Adullam, one; ¹⁶The king of Mekkedah, one; The king of Beth-El, one; ¹⁷The king of Tappuah, one; The king of Hepher, one; ¹⁸The king of Aphek, one; The king of Lasharon, one; ¹⁹The king of Madon, one; The king of Hazor, one; ²⁰The king of Shimron-Meron, one; The king of Achshaph, one; ²¹The king of Taanach, one; The king of Megiddo, one; ²²The king of Kedesh, one; The king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; ²³The king of Dor, at the elevation of Dor, one; The king of the Goyim of Gilgal, one; ²⁴The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings [are] thirty and one.

Chapter 13

¹And Joshua is old, entering into days, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Thou hast become aged, thou hast entered into days; as to the land, very much hath been left to possess. <sup>2</sup>`This [is] the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, ³from Sihor which [is] on the front of Egypt, and unto the border of Ekron northward, to the Canaanite it is reckoned, five princes of the Philistines, the Gazathite, and the Ashdothite, the Eshkalonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, also the Avim. ⁴`From the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, which [is] to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, unto the border of the Amorite; <sup>5</sup>and the land of the Giblite, and all Lebanon, at the sun-rising, from Baal-Gad under mount Hermon, unto the going in to Hamath: <sup>6</sup>all the inhabitants of the hill-country, from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians: I -- I dispossess them before the sons of Israel; only, cause it to fall to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. <sup>7</sup>`And now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,` -- ⁸with it the Reubenite, and the Gadite, have received their inheritance, which Moses hath given to them beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses servant of Jehovah hath given to them; ⁹from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dihon, ¹⁰and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the Bene-Ammon, ¹¹and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite, and of the Maachathite, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; ¹²all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim, and Moses doth smite them, and dispossess them; ¹³and the sons of Israel dispossessed not the Geshurite, and the Maachathite; and Geshur and Maachath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day. ¹⁴Only, to the tribe of Levi he hath not given an inheritance; fire-offerings of Jehovah, God of Israel, is its inheritance, as He hath spoken to it. ¹⁵And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families; ¹⁶and the border is to them from Aroer, which [is] on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba, ¹⁷Heshbon, and all its cities which [are] in the plain, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, and Beth-Baal-Meon, ¹⁸and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, ¹⁹and Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-Shahar, in the mount of the valley, ²⁰and Beth-Peor, and the springs of Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth, ²¹and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land. ²²And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones. ²³And the border of the sons of Reuben is the Jordan, and [its] border; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Reuben, for their families, the cities and their villages. ²⁴And Moses giveth to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, for their families; ²⁵and the border is to them Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and the half of the land of the Bene-Ammon, unto Aroer which [is] on the front of Rabbah, ²⁶and from Heshbon unto Ramath-Mispeh, and Betonim, and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir, ²⁷and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and [its] border, unto the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan, eastward. ²⁸This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages. ²⁹And Moses giveth to the half of the tribe of Manasseh; and it is to the half of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, for their families. ³⁰And their border is from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the small towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, sixty cities; ³¹and the half of Gilead, and Ashteroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [are] to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families. ³²These [are] they whom Moses caused to inherit in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, [by] Jericho, eastward; ³³and to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not an inheritance; Jehovah, God of Israel, Himself [is] their inheritance, as He hath spoken to them.

Chapter 14

¹And these [are] they [of] the sons of Israel who inherited in the land of Canaan, whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, caused to inherit; ²by lot [is] their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine of the tribes, and the half of the tribe; ³for Moses hath given the inheritance of two of the tribes, and of half of the tribe, beyond the Jordan, and to the Levites he hath not given an inheritance in their midst; ⁴for the sons of Joseph hath been two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they have not given a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for their cattle, and for their possessions; ⁵as Jehovah commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land. ⁶And the sons of Judah come nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite saith unto him, `Thou hast known the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses the man of God, concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-Barnea: <sup>7</sup>a son of forty years [am] I in Moses, servant of Jehovah, sending me from Kadesh-Barnea, to spy the land, and I bring him back word as with my heart; <sup>8</sup>and my brethren who have gone up with me have caused the heart of the people to melt, and I have been fully after Jehovah my God; <sup>9</sup>and Moses sweareth in that day, saying, If not -- the land on which thy foot hath trodden, to thee it is for inheritance, and to thy sons -- to the age, for thou hast been fully after Jehovah my God. <sup>10</sup>`And, now, lo, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as He hath spoken, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, when Israel went in the wilderness; and now, lo, I [am] to-day a son of five and eighty years; ¹¹yet [am] I to-day strong as in the day of Moses` sending me; as my power then, so [is] my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in. <sup>12</sup>`And now, give to me this hill-country, of which Jehovah spake in that day, for thou didst hear in that day, for Anakim [are] there, and cities, great, fenced; if so be Jehovah [is] with me, then I have dispossessed them, as Jehovah hath spoken.` ¹³And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance, ¹⁴therefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after Jehovah, God of Israel; ¹⁵and the name of Hebron formerly [is] Kirjath-Arba (he [is] the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war.

Chapter 15

¹And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south; ²and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward; ³and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa, ⁴and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is to you the south border. ⁵And the east border [is] the salt sea, unto the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan; ⁶and the border hath gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border hath gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben: ⁷and the border hath gone up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking unto Gilgal, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook, and the border hath passed over unto the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been unto En-Rogel; ⁸and the border hath gone up the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem), and the border hath gone up unto the top of the hill-country which [is] on the front of the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the valley of the Rephaim northward; ⁹and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border hath been marked out [to] Baalah, (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim); ¹⁰and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north, and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah; ¹¹and the border hath gone out unto the side of Ekron northward, and the border hath been marked out [to] Shicron, and hath passed over to mount Baalah, and gone out [to] Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea. ¹²And the west border [is] to the great sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families. ¹³And to Caleb son of Jephunneh hath he given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of Jehovah to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak -- it [is] Hebron. ¹⁴And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak, ¹⁵and he goeth up thence unto the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir formerly is Kirjath-Sepher. ¹⁶And Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it -- I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.` ¹⁷And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife. ¹⁸And it cometh to pass, in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father a field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, `What -- to thee?` ¹⁹And she saith, `Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;` and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs. ²⁰This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families. ²¹And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are unto the border of Edom in the south, Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, ²²and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, ²³and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, ²⁴Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, ²⁵and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, Hezron, (it [is] Hazor,) ²⁶Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, ²⁷and Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Palet, ²⁸and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah, ²⁹Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, ³⁰And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, ³¹and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, ³²and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty and nine, and their villages. ³³In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, ³⁴and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, ³⁵Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, ³⁶and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages. ³⁷Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad, ³⁸and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, ³⁹Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, ⁴⁰and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, ⁴¹and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages. ⁴²Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, ⁴³and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, ⁴⁴and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages. ⁴⁵Ekron and its towns and its villages, ⁴⁶from Ekron and westward, all that [are] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages. ⁴⁷Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and [its] border. ⁴⁸And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, ⁴⁹and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it [is] Debir) ⁵⁰and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, ⁵¹and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages. ⁵²Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, ⁵³and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah, ⁵⁴and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages. ⁵⁵Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, ⁵⁶and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, ⁵⁷Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages. ⁵⁸Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor, ⁵⁹and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages. ⁶⁰Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages. ⁶¹In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, ⁶²and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages. ⁶³As to the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem unto this day.

Chapter 16

¹And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan [by] Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El, ²and hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi [to] Ataroth, ³and gone down westward unto the border of Japhleti, unto the border of Beth-Horon the lower, and unto Gezer, and its outgoings have been at the sea. ⁴And the sons of Joseph -- Manasseh and Ephraim -- inherit. ⁵And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper; ⁶and the border hath gone out at the sea, to Michmethah on the north, and the border hath gone round eastward [to] Taanath-Shiloh, and passed over it eastward to Janohah, ⁷and gone down from Janohah [to] Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan. ⁸From Tappuah the border goeth westward unto the brook of Kanah, and its outgoings have been at the sea: this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, for their families. ⁹And the separate cities of the sons of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages; ¹⁰and they have not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and is to tribute -- a servant.

Chapter 17

¹And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he [is] first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he hath been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan. ²And there is for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for their families; for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida; these [are] the children of Manasseh son of Joseph -- the males -- by their families. ³As to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he hath no children except daughters, and these [are] the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah, ⁴and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, `Jehovah commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren;` and he giveth to them, at the command of Jehovah, an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father. ⁵And ten portions fall [to] Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [are] beyond the Jordan; ⁶for the daughters of Manasseh have inherited an inheritance in the midst of his sons, and the land of Gilead hath been to the sons of Manasseh who are left. ⁷And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which [is] on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah. ⁸To Manasseh hath been the land of Tappuah, and Tappuah unto the border of Manasseh is to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹And the border hath come down [to] the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh [is] on the north of the brook, and its outgoings are at the sea. ¹⁰Southward [is] to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea is his border, and in Asher they meet on the north, and in Issachar on the east. ¹¹And Manasseh hath 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 En-Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, three counties. ¹²And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land, ¹³and it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to tribute, and have not utterly dispossessed him. ¹⁴And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, `Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance -- one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.` ¹⁵And Joshua saith unto them, `If thou [art] a numerous people, go up for thee to the forest, then thou hast prepared for thee there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim hath been narrow for thee.` ¹⁶And the sons of Joseph say, `The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron [is] with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley -- to him who [is] in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who [is] in the valley of Jezreel.` ¹⁷And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, `Thou [art] a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot [only], <sup>18</sup>because the mountain is thine; because it [is] a forest -- thou hast prepared it, and its outgoings have been thine; because thou dost dispossess the Canaanite, though it hath chariots of iron -- though it [is] strong.`

Chapter 18

¹And all the company of the sons of Israel are assembled [at] Shiloh, and they cause the tent of meeting to tabernacle there, and the land hath been subdued before them. ²And there are left among the sons of Israel who have not shared their inheritance, seven tribes, ³and Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers? <sup>4</sup>Give for you three men for a tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come in unto me, <sup>5</sup>and they have divided it into seven portions -- Judah doth stay by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph do stay by their border on the north -- <sup>6</sup>and ye describe the land [in] seven portions, and have brought [it] in unto me hither, and I have cast for you a lot here before Jehovah our God; <sup>7</sup>for there is no portion to the Levites in your midst, for the priesthood of Jehovah [is] their inheritance, and Gad, and Reuben, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses servant of Jehovah gave to them.` ⁸And the men rise and go; and Joshua commandeth those who are going to describe the land, saying, `Go, and walk up and down through the land, and describe it, and turn back unto me, and here I cast for you a lot before Jehovah in Shiloh.` ⁹And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, [at] Shiloh. ¹⁰And Joshua casteth for them a lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua apportioneth the land to the sons of Israel, according to their divisions. ¹¹And a lot goeth up [for] the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families; and the border of their lot goeth out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. ¹²And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; ¹³and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it [is] Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down [to] Atroth-Addar, by the hill that [is] on the south of the lower Beth-Horon; ¹⁴and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which [is] at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this [is] the west quarter. ¹⁵And the south quarter [is] from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; ¹⁶and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down [to] En-Rogel, ¹⁷and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben, ¹⁸and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah; ¹⁹and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this [is] the south border; ²⁰and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for their families. ²¹And the cities for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families, have been Jericho, and Beth-Hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, ²²and Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, and Beth-El, ²³and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, ²⁴and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages. ²⁵Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ²⁶and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, ²⁸and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi (it [is] Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, for their families.

Chapter 19

¹And the second lot goeth out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; and their inheritance is in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah, ²and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, ³and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Azem, ⁴and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, ⁵and Ziklag, and Beth-Marcaboth, and Hazar-Susah, ⁶and Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages. ⁷Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages; ⁸also all the villages which [are] round about these cities, unto Baalath-Beer, Ramoth of the south. This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families; ⁹out of the portion of the sons of Judah [is] the inheritance of the sons of Simeon, for the portion of the sons of Judah hath been too much for them, and the sons of Simeon inherit in the midst of their inheritance. ¹⁰And the third lot goeth up for the sons of Zebulun, for their families; and the border of their inheritance is unto Sarid, ¹¹and their border hath gone up towards the sea, and Maralah, and come against Dabbasheth, and come unto the brook which [is] on the front of Jokneam, ¹²and turned back from Sarid eastward, at the sun-rising, by the border of Chisloth-Tabor, and gone out unto Daberath, and gone up to Japhia, ¹³and thence it hath passed over eastward, to the east, to Gittah-Hepher, [to] Ittah-Kazin, and gone out [to] Rimmon-Methoar to Neah; ¹⁴and the border hath gone round about it, from the north to Hannathon; and its outgoings have been [in] the valley of Jiphthah-El, ¹⁵and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages. ¹⁶This [is] the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun, for their families, these cities and their villages. ¹⁷For Issachar hath the fourth lot gone out, for the sons of Issachar, for their families; ¹⁸and their border is [at] Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, ¹⁹and Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, ²⁰and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, ²¹and Remeth, and En-Gannim, and En-Haddah, and Beth-Pazzez; ²²and the border hath touched against Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-Shemesh, and the outgoings of their border have been [at] the Jordan; sixteen cities and their villages. ²³This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, for their families, the cities and their villages. ²⁴And the fifth lot goeth out for the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families; ²⁵and their border is Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, ²⁶and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and it toucheth against Carmel westward, and against Shihor-Libnath; ²⁷and hath turned back, at the sun-rising, [to] Beth-Dagon, and come against Zebulun, and against the valley of Jiphthah-El toward the north of Beth-Emek, and Neiel, and hath gone out unto Cabul on the left, ²⁸and Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, unto great Zidon; ²⁹and the border hath turned back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib, ³⁰and Ummah, and Aphek, and Rehob; twenty and two cities and their villages. ³¹This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher, for their families, these cities and their villages. ³²For the sons of Naphtali hath the sixth lot gone out, for the sons of Naphtali, for their families; ³³and their border is from Heleph, from Allon in Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum, and its outgoings are [at] the Jordan; ³⁴and the border hath turned back westward [to] Aznoth-Tabor, and gone out thence to Hukkok, and touched against Zebulun on the south, and against Asher it hath touched on the west, and against Judah [at] the Jordan, at the sun-rising; ³⁵and the cities of defence [are] Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, ³⁶and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, ³⁷and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-Hazor, ³⁸and Iron, and Migdal-El, Horem, and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages. ³⁹This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, for their families, the cities and their villages. ⁴⁰For the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out; ⁴¹and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh, ⁴²and Shalabbin, and Aijalon, and Jethlah, ⁴³and Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, ⁴⁴and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, ⁴⁵and Jehud, and Bene-Barak, and Gath-Rimmon, ⁴⁶and Me-Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over-against Japho. ⁴⁷And the border of the sons of Dan goeth out from them, and the sons of Dan go up and fight with Leshem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and possess it, and dwell in it, and call Leshem, Dan, according to the name of Dan their father. ⁴⁸This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, these cities and their villages. ⁴⁹And they finish to give the land in inheritance, by its borders, and the sons of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst; ⁵⁰by the command of Jehovah they have given to him the city which he asked, Timnath-Serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and he buildeth the city and dwelleth in it. ⁵¹These [are] the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, have caused to inherit by lot, in Shiloh, before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting; and they finish to apportion the land.

Chapter 20

¹And Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua, saying, ²`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Give for you cities of refuge, as I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses, <sup>3</sup>for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood. <sup>4</sup>`When [one] hath fled unto one of these cities, and hath stood [at] the opening of the gate of the city, and hath spoken in the ears of the elders of that city his matter, then they have gathered him into the city unto them, and have given to him a place, and he hath dwelt with them. ⁵`And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto; <sup>6</sup>and he hath dwelt in that city till his standing before the company for judgment, till the death of the chief priest who is in those days -- then doth the man-slayer turn back and hath come unto his city, and unto his house, unto the city whence he fled.` ⁷And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah; ⁸and beyond the Jordan, [at] Jericho eastward, they have given 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. ⁹These have been cities of meeting for all the sons of Israel, and for a sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for the fleeing thither of any one smiting life inadvertently, and he doth not die by the hand of the redeemer of blood till his standing before the company.

Chapter 21

¹And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel, ²and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, `Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.` ³And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs: ⁴And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities, ⁵and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities: ⁶And for the sons of Gershon [are], 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, by lot, thirteen cities. ⁷For the sons of Merari, for their families, [are], out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot. ⁹And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name; ¹⁰and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot; ¹¹and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it; ¹²and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession. ¹³And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs, ¹⁴and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ¹⁵and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs, ¹⁶and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes. ¹⁷And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs, ¹⁸Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities; ¹⁹all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs. ²⁰And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim; ²¹and they give to them the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, ²²and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities. ²³And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs, ²⁴Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- four cities. ²⁵And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities; ²⁶all the cities [are] ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left. ²⁷And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities. ²⁸And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs, ²⁹Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs -- four cities. ³⁰And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs, ³¹Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities. ³²And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities; ³³all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, [are] thirteen cities and their suburbs. ³⁴And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, [are,] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs, ³⁵Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities. ³⁶And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs, ³⁷Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities. ³⁸And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge [for] the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ³⁹Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- [in] all four cities. ⁴⁰All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities. ⁴¹All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel [are] forty and eight cities, and their suburbs. ⁴²These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities. ⁴³And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it; ⁴⁴and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath Jehovah given into their hand; ⁴⁵there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel -- the whole hath come.

Chapter 22

¹Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh, ²and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have kept the whole of that which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, and ye hearken to my voice, to all that I have commanded you; <sup>3</sup>ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge -- the command of Jehovah your God. <sup>4</sup>`And, now, Jehovah your God hath given rest to your brethren, as He spake to them; and now, turn ye, and go for yourselves to your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan. ⁵Only, be very watchful to do the command and the law which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and to cleave to Him, and to serve Him, with all your heart, and with all your soul.` <sup>6</sup>And Joshua blesseth them, and sendeth them away, and they go unto their tents. <sup>7</sup>And to the half of the tribe of Manasseh hath Moses given, in Bashan, and to its [other] half hath Joshua given with their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; and also when Joshua hath sent them away unto their tents, then he doth bless them, <sup>8</sup>and speak unto them, saying, `With great riches turn ye back unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.` <sup>9</sup>And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, turn back and go from the sons of Israel out of Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, unto the land of their possession, in which they have possession, according to the command of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses; <sup>10</sup>and they come in unto the districts of the Jordan, which [are] in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, build there an altar by the Jordan -- a great altar for appearance. <sup>11</sup>And the sons of Israel hear, saying, `Lo, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, have built the altar over-against the land of Canaan, on the districts of the Jordan, at the passage of the sons of Israel.` <sup>12</sup>And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war; <sup>13</sup>and the sons of Israel send unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh -- unto the land of Gilead -- Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, <sup>14</sup>and ten princes with him, one prince, one prince, for a house of a father, for all the tribes of Israel, and each of them a head of a house of their fathers, for the thousands of Israel. <sup>15</sup>And they come in unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the half of the tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and speak with them, saying, <sup>16</sup>`Thus said all the company of Jehovah, What [is] this trespass which ye have trespassed against the God of Israel, to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, by your building for you an altar, for your rebelling to-day against Jehovah? ¹⁷Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the plague is in the company of Jehovah, ¹⁸that ye turn back to-day from after Jehovah? and it hath been -- ye rebel to-day against Jehovah -- and to-morrow against all the company of Israel He is wroth. ¹⁹`And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over for you unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, where the tabernacle of Jehovah hath tabernacled, and have possession in our midst; and against Jehovah rebel not, and against us rebel not, by your building for you an altar, besides the altar of Jehovah our God. <sup>20</sup>Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.` ²¹And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, answer and speak with the heads of the thousands of Israel: ²²`The God of gods -- Jehovah, the God of gods -- Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!) <sup>23</sup>[we are] building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings -- Jehovah Himself doth require [it]. <sup>24</sup>`And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel? ²⁵for a border hath Jehovah put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad -- Jordan; ye have no portion in Jehovah -- and your sons have caused our sons to cease, not to fear Jehovah. ²⁶`And we say, Pray let us prepare for ourselves to build the altar -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- <sup>27</sup>but a witness it [is] between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah. <sup>28</sup>`And we say, And it hath been, when they say [so] unto us, and unto our generations hereafter, that we have said, See the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made -- not for burnt-offering nor for sacrifice -- but a witness it [is] between us and you. ²⁹`Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which [is] before His tabernacle.` ³⁰And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who [are] with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes. ³¹And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the sons of Manasseh, `To-day we have known that Jehovah [is] in our midst, because ye have not committed against Jehovah this trespass -- then ye have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.` ³²And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, and bring them back word; ³³and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God, and have not said to go up against them to war, to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, are dwelling in. ³⁴And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that `it [is] a witness between us that Jehovah [is] God.`

Chapter 23

¹And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days, ²and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days; <sup>3</sup>and ye -- ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you; <sup>4</sup>see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun. <sup>5</sup>`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you, ⁶and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left, ⁷so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them; ⁸but to Jehovah your God ye do cleave, as ye have done till this day. ⁹And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day; ¹⁰one man of you doth pursue a thousand, for Jehovah your God [is] He who is fighting for you, as He hath spoken to you; ¹¹and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God. ¹²`But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you, <sup>13</sup>know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you. <sup>14</sup>`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known -- with all your heart, and with all your soul -- that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing. ¹⁵`And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you; <sup>16</sup>in your transgressing the covenant of Jehovah your God which He commanded you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, then hath the anger of Jehovah burned against you, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which He hath given to you.`

Chapter 24

¹And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God. ²And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods; <sup>3</sup>and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac. <sup>4</sup>And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt. <sup>5</sup>And I send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its midst, and afterwards I have brought you out. <sup>6</sup>And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea; <sup>7</sup>and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days. <sup>8</sup>`And I bring you in unto the land of the Amorite who is dwelling beyond the Jordan, and they fight with you, and I give them into your hand, and ye possess their land, and I destroy them out of your presence. ⁹`And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you, <sup>10</sup>and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand. <sup>11</sup>`And ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite -- and I give them into your hand. ¹²And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow. ¹³`And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities which ye have not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating. <sup>14</sup>`And now, fear ye Jehovah, and serve Him, in perfection and in truth, and turn aside the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Jehovah; ¹⁵and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah -- choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; -- whether the gods whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house -- we serve Jehovah.` <sup>16</sup>And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; ¹⁷for Jehovah our God [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed; ¹⁸and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He [is] our God.` <sup>19</sup>And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He [is]; a zealous God He [is]; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins. ²⁰When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.` <sup>21</sup>And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.` <sup>22</sup>And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!`) ²³and, now, turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, God of Israel.` <sup>24</sup>And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.` <sup>25</sup>And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem. <sup>26</sup>And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which [is] in the sanctuary of Jehovah. <sup>27</sup>And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.` ²⁸And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance. ²⁹And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years, ³⁰and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash. ³¹And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel. ³²And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance. ³³And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Judges

Chapter 1

¹And it cometh to pass, after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask at Jehovah, saying, `Who doth go up for us unto the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?` ²And Jehovah saith, `Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.` ³And Judah saith to Simeon his brother, `Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite -- and I have gone, even I, with thee into thy lot;` and Simeon goeth with him. ⁴And Judah goeth up, and Jehovah giveth the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hand, and they smite them in Bezek -- ten thousand men; ⁵and they find Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fight against him, and smite the Canaanite and the Perizzite. ⁶And Adoni-Bezek fleeth, and they pursue after him, and seize him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes, ⁷and Adoni-Bezek saith, `Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;` and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there. ⁸And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire; ⁹and afterwards have the sons of Judah gone down to fight against the Canaanite, inhabiting the hill-country, and the south, and the low country; ¹⁰and Judah goeth unto the Canaanite who is dwelling in Hebron (and the name of Hebron formerly [is] Kirjath-Arba), and they smite Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. ¹¹And he goeth thence unto the inhabitants of Debir (and the name of Debir formerly [is] Kirjath-Sepher), ¹²and Caleb saith, `He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.` ¹³And Othniel son of Kenaz, younger brother of Caleb, doth capture it, and he giveth to him Achsah his daughter for a wife. ¹⁴And it cometh to pass in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father the field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, `What -- to thee?` ¹⁵And she saith to him, `Give to me a blessing; when the south land thou hast given me -- then thou hast given to me springs of water; and Caleb giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs. <sup>16</sup>And the sons of the Kenite, father-in-law of Moses, have gone up out of the city of palms with the sons of Judah [to] the wilderness of Judah, which [is] in the south of Arad, and they go and dwell with the people. <sup>17</sup>And Judah goeth with Simeon his brother, and they smite the Canaanite inhabiting Zephath, and devote it; and [one] calleth the name of the city Hormah. <sup>18</sup>And Judah captureth Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border; <sup>19</sup>and Jehovah is with Judah, and he occupieth the hill-country, but not to dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they have chariots of iron. <sup>20</sup>And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak. <sup>21</sup>And the Jebusite, inhabiting Jerusalem, the sons of Benjamin have not dispossessed; and the Jebusite dwelleth with the sons of Benjamin, in Jerusalem, till this day. <sup>22</sup>And the house of Joseph go up -- even they -- to Beth-El, and Jehovah [is] with them; <sup>23</sup>and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz), <sup>24</sup>and the watchers see a man coming out from the city, and say to him, `Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance of the city, and we have done with thee kindness.` ²⁵And he sheweth them the entrance of the city, and they smite the city by the mouth of the sword, and the man and all his family they have sent away; ²⁶and the man goeth to the land of the Hittites, and buildeth a city, and calleth its name Luz -- it [is] its name unto this day. ²⁷And Manasseh hath not occupied Beth-Shean and its towns, and Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Iblaim and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in that land; ²⁸and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it. ²⁹And Ephraim hath not dispossessed the Canaanite who is dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, in Gezer. ³⁰Zebulun hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Kitron, and the inhabitants of Nahalol, and the Canaanite dwelleth in its midst, and they become tributary. ³¹Asher hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob; ³²and the Asherite dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, for it hath not dispossessed them. ³³Naphtali hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh, and the inhabitants of Beth-Anath, and he dwelleth in the midst of the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-Shemesh and of Beth-Anath have become tributary to them. ³⁴And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley; ³⁵and the Amorite is desirous to dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, and the hand of the house of Joseph is heavy, and they become tributary; ³⁶and the border of the Amorite [is] from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.

Chapter 2

¹And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim, ²and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what [is] this ye have done? <sup>3</sup>And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.` ⁴And it cometh to pass, when the messenger of Jehovah speaketh these words unto all the sons of Israel, that the people lift up their voice and weep, ⁵and they call the name of that place Bochim, and sacrifice there to Jehovah. ⁶And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land; ⁷and the people serve Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, who saw all the great work of Jehovah which He did to Israel. ⁸And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years, ⁹and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash; ¹⁰and also all that generation have been gathered unto their fathers, and another generation riseth after them who have not known Jehovah, and even the work which He hath done to Israel. ¹¹And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, ¹²and forsake Jehovah, God of their fathers, who bringeth them out from the land of Egypt, and go after other gods (of the gods of the peoples who [are] round about them), and bow themselves to them, and provoke Jehovah, ¹³yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth. ¹⁴And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies; ¹⁵in every [place] where they have gone out, the hand of Jehovah hath been against them for evil, as Jehovah hath spoken, and as Jehovah hath sworn to them, and they are distressed -- greatly. ¹⁶And Jehovah raiseth up judges, and they save them from the hand of their spoilers; ¹⁷and also unto their judges they have not hearkened, but have gone a-whoring after other gods, and bow themselves to them; they have turned aside [with] haste out of the way [in] which their fathers walked to obey the commands of Jehovah -- they have not done so. ¹⁸And when Jehovah raised up to them judges -- then was Jehovah with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repenteth Jehovah, because of their groaning from the presence of their oppressors, and of those thrusting them away. ¹⁹And it hath come to pass, at the death of the judge -- they turn back and have done corruptly above their fathers, to go after other gods, to serve them, and to bow themselves to them; they have not fallen from their doings, and from their stiff way. ²⁰And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, `Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice -- <sup>21</sup>I also continue not to dispossess any from before them of the nations which Joshua hath left when he dieth, <sup>22</sup>in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept [it] or not.` ²³And Jehovah leaveth these nations, so as not to dispossess them hastily, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

Chapter 3

¹And these [are] the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan; ²(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel`s knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them) -- <sup>3</sup>five princes of the Philistines, and all the Canaanite, and the Zidonian, and the Hivite inhabiting mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath; <sup>4</sup>and they are to prove Israel by them, to know whether they obey the commands of Jehovah that He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. <sup>5</sup>And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, <sup>6</sup>and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; <sup>7</sup>and the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and forget Jehovah their God, and serve the Baalim and the shrines. <sup>8</sup>And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram-Naharaim, and the sons of Israel serve Chushan-Rishathaim eight years; <sup>9</sup>and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he saveth them -- Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb`s younger brother; ¹⁰and the Spirit of Jehovah is upon him, and he judgeth Israel, and goeth out to battle, and Jehovah giveth unto his hand Chushan-Rishathaim king of Aram, and strong is his hand against Chushan-Rishathaim; ¹¹and the land resteth forty years. And Othniel son of Kenaz dieth, ¹²and the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengtheneth Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because that they have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; ¹³and he gathereth unto him the Bene-Ammon and Amalek, and goeth and smiteth Israel, and they possess the city of palms; ¹⁴and the sons of Israel serve Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. ¹⁵And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man -- shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab; ¹⁶and Ehud maketh for himself a sword, and it hath two mouths (a cubit [is] its length), and he girdeth it under his long robe on his right thigh; ¹⁷and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon [is] a very fat man. ¹⁸And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present, ¹⁹and he himself hath turned back from the graven images which [are] at Gilgal, and saith, `A secret word I have unto thee, O king;` and he saith, `Hush!` and go out from him do all those standing by him. ²⁰And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, `A word of God I have unto thee;` and he riseth from off the throne; ²¹and Ehud putteth forth his left hand, and taketh the sword from off his right thigh, and striketh it into his belly; ²²and the haft also goeth in after the blade, and the fat shutteth on the blade, that he hath not drawn the sword out of his belly, and it goeth out at the fundament. ²³And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted [it]; ²⁴and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, `He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.` ²⁵And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth -- dead. ²⁶And Ehud escaped during their tarrying, and hath passed by the images, and is escaped to Seirath. ²⁷And it cometh to pass, in his coming in, that he bloweth with a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and go down with him do the sons of Israel from the hill-country, and he before them; ²⁸and he saith unto them, `Pursue after me, for Jehovah hath given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand;` and they go down after him, and capture the passages of the Jordan towards Moab, and have not permitted a man to pass over. ²⁹And they smite Moab at that time, about ten thousand men, all robust, and every one a man of valour, and not a man hath escaped, ³⁰and Moab is humbled in that day under the hand of Israel; and the land resteth eighty years. ³¹And after him hath been Shamgar son of Anath, and he smiteth the Philistines -- six hundred men -- with an ox-goad, and he saveth -- he also -- Israel.

Chapter 4

¹And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah when Ehud is dead, ²and Jehovah selleth them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who hath reigned in Hazor, and the head of his host [is] Sisera, and he is dwelling in Harosheth of the Goyim; ³and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, for he hath nine hundred chariots of iron, and he hath oppressed the sons of Israel mightily twenty years. ⁴And Deborah, a woman inspired, wife of Lapidoth, she is judging Israel at that time, ⁵and she is dwelling under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Beth-El, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel go up unto her for judgment. ⁶And she sendeth and calleth for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and saith unto him, `Hath not Jehovah, God of Israel, commanded? go, and thou hast drawn towards mount Tabor, and hast taken with thee ten thousand men, out of the sons of Naphtali, and out of the sons of Zebulun, <sup>7</sup>and I have drawn unto thee, unto the brook Kishon, Sisera, head of the host of Jabin, and his chariot, and his multitude, and have given him into thy hand.` ⁸And Barak saith unto her, `If thou dost go with me, then I have gone; and if thou dost not go with me, I do not go;` ⁹and she saith, `I do certainly go with thee; only, surely thy glory is not on the way which thou art going, for into the hand of a woman doth Jehovah sell Sisera;` and Deborah riseth and goeth with Barak to Kedesh. ¹⁰And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him. ¹¹And Heber the Kenite hath been separated from the Kenite, from the sons of Hobab father-in-law of Moses, and he stretcheth out his tent unto the oak in Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh. ¹²And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor, ¹³and Sisera calleth all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who [are] with him, from Harosheth of the Goyim, unto the brook Kishon. ¹⁴And Deborah saith unto Barak, `Rise, for this [is] the day in which Jehovah hath given Sisera into thy hand; hath not Jehovah gone out before thee?` And Barak goeth down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. ¹⁵And Jehovah destroyeth Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera cometh down from off the chariot, and fleeth on his feet. ¹⁶And Barak hath pursued after the chariots and after the camp, unto Harosheth of the Goyim, and all the camp of Sisera falleth by the mouth of the sword -- there hath not been left even one. ¹⁷And Sisera hath fled on his feet unto the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for peace [is] between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite; ¹⁸and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, `Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;` and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet. ¹⁹And he saith unto her, `Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;` and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him. ²⁰And he saith unto her, `Stand at the opening of the tent, and it hath been, if any doth come in, and hath asked thee, and said, Is there a man here? that thou hast said, There is not.` ²¹And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth -- and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary -- and he dieth. ²²And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, `Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;` and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples. ²³And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel, ²⁴and the hand of the sons of Israel goeth, going on and becoming hard on Jabin king of Canaan, till that they have cut off Jabin king of Canaan.

Chapter 5

¹And Deborah singeth -- also Barak son of Abinoam -- on that day, saying: -- ²`For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, to Jehovah, I -- I do sing, I sing praise to Jehovah, God of Israel. <sup>4</sup>Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water. <sup>5</sup>Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one -- Sinai -- From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel. <sup>6</sup>In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go [in] crooked ways. <sup>7</sup>Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel. <sup>8</sup>He chooseth new gods, Then war [is] at the gates! A shield is not seen -- and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel. <sup>9</sup>My heart [is] to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah! <sup>10</sup>Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate! <sup>11</sup>By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah. <sup>12</sup>Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam. <sup>13</sup>Then him who is left of the honourable ones He caused to rule the people of Jehovah, He caused me to rule among the mighty. <sup>14</sup>Out of Ephraim their root [is] against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer. <sup>15</sup>And princes in Issachar [are] with Deborah, Yea, Issachar [is] right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the decrees of heart! <sup>16</sup>Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great [are] the searchings of heart! <sup>17</sup>Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan -- why doth he sojourn [in] ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle. <sup>18</sup>Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field. <sup>19</sup>Kings came -- they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not! <sup>20</sup>From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera. <sup>21</sup>The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient -- the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul! <sup>22</sup>Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings -- pransings of its mighty ones. <sup>23</sup>Curse Meroz -- said a messenger of Jehovah, Cursing, curse ye its inhabitants, For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty! <sup>24</sup>Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed. <sup>25</sup>Water he asked -- milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter. <sup>26</sup>Her hand to the pin she sendeth forth, And her right hand to the labourers` hammer, And she hammered Sisera -- she smote his head, Yea, she smote, and it passed through his temple. ²⁷Between her feet he bowed -- He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell -- destroyed. ²⁸Through the window she hath looked out -- Yea, she crieth out -- the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot? ²⁹The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself: ³⁰Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil! ³¹So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him [are] As the going out of the sun in its might!` and the land resteth forty years.

Chapter 6

¹And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Midian seven years, ²and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, from the presence of Midian have the sons of Israel made for themselves the flowings which [are] in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds. ³And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him, ⁴and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land till thine entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or ass; ⁵for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it. ⁶And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah. ⁷And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian, ⁸that Jehovah sendeth a man, a prophet, unto the sons of Israel, and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I -- I have brought you up out of Egypt, and I bring you out from a house of servants, <sup>9</sup>and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all your oppressors, and I cast them out from your presence, and I give to you their land, <sup>10</sup>and I say to you, I [am] Jehovah your God, ye do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling: -- and ye have not hearkened to My voice.` ¹¹And the messenger of Jehovah cometh and sitteth under the oak which [is] in Ophrah, which [is] to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and Gideon his son is beating out wheat in the wine-press, to remove [it] from the presence of the Midianites; ¹²and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, `Jehovah [is] with thee, O mighty one of valour.` ¹³And Gideon saith unto him, `O, my lord -- and Jehovah is with us! -- and why hath all this found us? and where [are] all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Hath not Jehovah brought us up out of Egypt? and now Jehovah hath left us, and doth give us into the hand of Midian.` ¹⁴And Jehovah turneth unto him and saith, `Go in this -- thy power; and thou hast saved Israel out of the hand of Midian -- have not I sent thee.` ¹⁵And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief [is] weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.` ¹⁶And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee -- thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.` ¹⁷And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me. <sup>18</sup>Move not, I pray Thee, from this, till my coming in unto Thee, and I have brought out my present, and put it before Thee;` and he saith, `I -- I do abide till thy return.` ¹⁹And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth [it] nigh. ²⁰And the messenger of God saith unto him, `Take the flesh and the unleavened things, and place on this rock -- and the broth pour out;` and he doth so. ²¹And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth the end of the staff which [is] in His hand, and cometh against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goeth up out of the rock and consumeth the flesh and the unleavened things -- and the messenger of Jehovah hath gone from his eyes. ²²And Gideon seeth that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!` ²³And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.` ²⁴And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites. ²⁵And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, `Take the young ox which [is] to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which [is] to thy father, and the shrine which [is] by it thou dost cut down, <sup>26</sup>and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.` ²⁷And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do [it] by day, that he doth [it] by night. ²⁸And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built. ²⁹And they say one to another, `Who hath done this thing?` and they inquire and seek, and they say, `Gideon son of Joash hath done this thing.` ³⁰And the men of the city say unto Joash, `Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which [is] by it.` ³¹And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, `Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye -- do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he [is] a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.` ³²And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, `The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.` ³³And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel, ³⁴and the Spirit of Jehovah hath clothed Gideon, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and Abi-Ezer is called after him; ³⁵and messengers he hath sent into all Manasseh, and it also is called after him; and messengers he hath sent into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them. ³⁶And Gideon saith unto God, `If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken, <sup>37</sup>lo, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is on the fleece alone, and on all the earth drought -- then I have known that Thou dost save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken;` ³⁸and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece -- the fulness of the bowl, of water. ³⁹And Gideon saith unto God, `Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece -- let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.` ⁴⁰And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.

Chapter 7

¹And Jerubbaal (he [is] Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who [are] with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley. ²And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many [are] the people who [are] with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me; <sup>3</sup>and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso [is] afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;` and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left. ⁴And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Yet [are] the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine it for thee there; and it hath been, he of whom I say unto thee, This doth go with thee -- he doth go with thee; and any of whom I say unto thee, This doth not go with thee -- he doth not go.` ⁵And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.` ⁶And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water. ⁷And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.` ⁸And the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley. ⁹And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith unto him, `Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into thy hand; <sup>10</sup>and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp, <sup>11</sup>and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.` And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who [are] in the camp; ¹²and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude. ¹³And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, `Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.` ¹⁴And his companion answereth and saith, `This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God hath given into his hand Midian and all the camp.` ¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, `Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.` ¹⁶And he divideth the three hundred men [into] three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. ¹⁷And he saith unto them, `Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp -- and it hath been -- as I do so ye do; <sup>18</sup>and I have blown with a trumpet -- I and all who [are] with me, and ye have blown with trumpets, even ye, round about all the camp, and have said, For Jehovah and for Gideon.` ¹⁹And Gideon cometh -- and the hundred men who [are] with him -- into the extremity of the camp, [at] the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets -- dashing in pieces also the pitchers which [are] in their hand; ²⁰and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, `The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.` ²¹And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee; ²²and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath. ²³And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian. ²⁴And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, `Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;` and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan, ²⁵and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they have slain at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue unto Midian; and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they have brought in unto Gideon beyond the Jordan.

Chapter 8

¹And the men of Ephraim say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done to us -- not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?` and they strive with him severely; ²and he saith unto them, `What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer? <sup>3</sup>Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?` Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing. ⁴And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him -- wearied, and pursuing, ⁵and he saith to the men of Succoth, `Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.` ⁶And the heads of Succoth say, `Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?` ⁷And Gideon saith, `Therefore -- in Jehovah`s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand -- I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.` <sup>8</sup>And he goeth up thence [to] Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered. <sup>9</sup>And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.` <sup>10</sup>And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword. <sup>11</sup>And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident; <sup>12</sup>and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble. <sup>13</sup>And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun, <sup>14</sup>and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders -- seventy and seven men. <sup>15</sup>And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who [are] wearied bread?` <sup>16</sup>And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth, <sup>17</sup>and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city. <sup>18</sup>And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?` and they say, `As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king`s sons.` ¹⁹And he saith, `My brethren -- sons of my mother -- they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive -- I had not slain you.` ²⁰And he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;` and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth. ²¹And Zebah saith -- also Zalmunna -- `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man -- his might;` and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which [are] on the necks of their camels. ²²And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son`s son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.` <sup>23</sup>And Gideon saith unto them, `I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.` <sup>24</sup>And Gideon saith unto them, `Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.` <sup>25</sup>And they say, `We certainly give;` and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey; ²⁶and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels, ²⁷and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare. ²⁸And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon. ²⁹And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house, ³⁰and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives; ³¹and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech. ³²And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite. ³³And it cometh to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god; ³⁴and the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about, ³⁵neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal -- Gideon -- according to all the good which he did with Israel.

Chapter 9

¹and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother`s brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother`s father, saying, ²`Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which [is] good for you -- the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? -- and ye have remembered that I [am] your bone and your flesh.` ³And his mother`s brethren speak concerning him, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, all these words, and their heart inclineth after Abimelech, for they said, `He [is] our brother;` <sup>4</sup>and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him; <sup>5</sup>and he goeth into the house of his father at Ophrah, and slayeth his brethren, sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone; and Jotham, youngest son of Jerubbaal, is left, for he was hidden. <sup>6</sup>And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem; <sup>7</sup>and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you: ⁸`The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us. <sup>9</sup>And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? <sup>10</sup>And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us. <sup>11</sup>And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? <sup>12</sup>`And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us. ¹³And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? ¹⁴And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us. ¹⁵And the bramble saith unto the trees, If in truth ye are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not -- fire cometh out from the bramble, and devoureth the cedars of Lebanon. ¹⁶`And, now, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted, when ye make Abimelech king; and if ye have done good with Jerubbaal, and with his house; and if according to the deed of his hands ye have done to him -- <sup>17</sup>because my father hath fought for you, and doth cast away his life from [him], and deliver you from the hand of Midian; <sup>18</sup>and ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he [is] your brother -- <sup>19</sup>yea, if in truth and in sincerity ye have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and he doth rejoice -- even he -- in you; <sup>20</sup>and if not -- fire cometh out from Abimelech and devoureth the masters of Shechem and the house of Millo, and fire cometh out from the masters of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devoureth Abimelech.` ²¹And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother. ²²And Abimelech is prince over Israel three years, ²³and God sendeth an evil spirit between Abimelech and the masters of Shechem, and the masters of Shechem deal treacherously with Abimelech, ²⁴for the coming in of the violence [to] the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and of their blood to place [it] on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the masters of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren. ²⁵And the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech. ²⁶And Gaal son of Ebed cometh -- also his brethren -- and they pass over into Shechem, and the masters of Shechem trust in him, ²⁷and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech. ²⁸And Gaal son of Ebed saith, `Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we serve him? is [he] not son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his commander? Serve ye the men of Hamor father of Shechem, and wherefore do we serve him -- we? <sup>29</sup>and oh that this people were in my hand -- then I turn Abimelech aside;` and he saith to Abimelech, `Increase thy host, and come out.` ³⁰And Zebul, prince of the city, heareth the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burneth, ³¹and he sendeth messengers unto Abimelech deceitfully, saying, `Lo, Gaal son of Ebed and his brethren are coming into Shechem, and lo, they are fortifying the city against thee; <sup>32</sup>and, now, rise by night, thou and the people who [are] with thee, and lay wait in the field, <sup>33</sup>and it hath been, in the morning, about the rising of the sun, thou dost rise early, and hast pushed against the city; and lo, he and the people who [are] with him are going out unto thee -- and thou hast done to him as thy hand doth find.` ³⁴And Abimelech riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem -- four detachments; ³⁵and Gaal son of Ebed goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the gate of the city, and Abimelech riseth -- also the people who [are] with him -- from the ambush, ³⁶and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, `Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;` and Zebul saith unto him, `The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.` ³⁷And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, `Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.` ³⁸And Zebul saith unto him, `Where [is] now thy mouth, in that thou sayest, Who [is] Abimelech that we serve him? is not this the people against which thou hast kicked? go out, I pray thee now, and fight against it.` ³⁹And Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech, ⁴⁰and Abimelech pursueth him, and he fleeth from his presence, and many fall wounded -- unto the opening of the gate. ⁴¹And Abimelech abideth in Arumah, and Zebul casteth out Gaal and his brethren from dwelling in Shechem. ⁴²And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the people go out to the field, and they declare [it] to Abimelech, ⁴³and he taketh the people, and divideth them into three detachments, and layeth wait in a field, and looketh, and lo, the people are coming out from the city, and he riseth against them, and smiteth them. ⁴⁴And Abimelech and the detachments who [are] with him have pushed on, and stand at the opening of the gate of the city, and the two detachments have pushed against all who are in the field, and smite them, ⁴⁵and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who [are] in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it [with] salt. ⁴⁶And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith, ⁴⁷and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together, ⁴⁸and Abimelech goeth up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who [are] with him, and Abimelech taketh the great axe in his hand, and cutteth off a bough of the trees, and lifteth it up, and setteth [it] on his shoulder, and saith unto the people who [are] with him, `What ye have seen I have done -- haste, do ye like it.` ⁴⁹And all the people also cut down each one his bough, and go after Abimelech, and set [them] at the high place, and burn by these the high place with fire, and also all the men of the tower of Shechem die, about a thousand men and women. ⁵⁰And Abimelech goeth unto Thebez, and encampeth against Thebez, and captureth it, ⁵¹and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut [it] behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower. ⁵²And Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire, ⁵³and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull, ⁵⁴and he calleth hastily unto the young man bearing his weapons, and saith to him, `Draw thy sword, and thou hast put me to death, lest they say of me -- A woman slew him;` and his young man pierced him through, and he dieth. ⁵⁵And the men of Israel see that Abimelech [is] dead, and go each one to his place; ⁵⁶and God turneth back the evil of Abimelech which he did to his father to slay his seventy brethren; ⁵⁷and all the evil of the men of Shechem hath God turned back on their head, and come unto them doth the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.

Chapter 10

¹And there riseth after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim, ²and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years, and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir. ³And there riseth after him Jair the Gileadite, and he judgeth Israel twenty and two years, ⁴and he hath thirty sons riding on thirty ass-colts, and they have thirty cities, (they call them Havoth-Jair unto this day), which [are] in the land of Gilead; ⁵and Jair dieth, and is buried in Kamon. ⁶And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the Bene-Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsake Jehovah, and have not served Him; ⁷and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He selleth them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the Bene-Ammon, ⁸and they crush and oppress the sons of Israel in that year -- eighteen years all the sons of Israel [who] are beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which [is] in Gilead. ⁹And the Bene-Ammon pass over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel hath great distress. ¹⁰And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, saying, `We have sinned against Thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and serve the Baalim.` ¹¹And Jehovah saith unto the sons of Israel, `[Have I] not [saved you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorite, from the Bene-Ammon, and from the Philistines? <sup>12</sup>And the Zidonians, and Amalek, and Maon have oppressed you, and ye cry unto Me, and I save you out of their hand; <sup>13</sup>and ye -- ye have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I add not to save you. <sup>14</sup>Go and cry unto the gods on which ye have fixed; they -- they save you in the time of your adversity.` ¹⁵And the sons of Israel say unto Jehovah, `We have sinned, do Thou to us according to all that is good in Thine eyes; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.` ¹⁶And they turn aside the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and serve Jehovah, and His soul is grieved with the misery of Israel. ¹⁷And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah. ¹⁸And the people -- heads of Gilead -- say one unto another, `Who [is] the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.`

Chapter 11

¹And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he [is] son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah, ²and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife`s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman [art] thou.` <sup>3</sup>And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him. <sup>4</sup>And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel, <sup>5</sup>and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob; <sup>6</sup>and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.` <sup>7</sup>And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, `Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?` <sup>8</sup>and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head -- to all the inhabitants of Gilead.` <sup>9</sup>And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, `If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me -- I, am I to you for a head?` <sup>10</sup>And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so.` <sup>11</sup>And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh. <sup>12</sup>And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.` <sup>13</sup>And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, `Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.` <sup>14</sup>And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, <sup>15</sup>and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon, ¹⁶for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh, ¹⁷and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through thy land, and the king of Edom hearkened not; and also unto the king of Moab hath [Israel] sent, and he hath not been willing; and Israel abideth in Kadesh, ¹⁸and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab. ¹⁹`And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place, <sup>20</sup>and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and they encamp in Jahaz, and fight with Israel; <sup>21</sup>and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land, <sup>22</sup>and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan. <sup>23</sup>`And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldst possess it! ²⁴That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess -- dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, -- it we do possess. ²⁵`And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them? <sup>26</sup>In Israel`s dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which [are] by the sides of Arnon three hundred years -- and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time? ²⁷And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.` <sup>28</sup>And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him, <sup>29</sup>and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon. <sup>30</sup>And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand -- ³¹then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.` <sup>32</sup>And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand, <sup>33</sup>and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel. <sup>34</sup>And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter. <sup>35</sup>And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.` <sup>36</sup>And she saith unto him, `My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.` <sup>37</sup>And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.` <sup>38</sup>And he saith, `Go;` and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills; ³⁹and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel: ⁴⁰from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.

Chapter 12

¹And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.` ²And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand, <sup>3</sup>and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?` ⁴And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, `Fugitives of Ephraim [are] ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim -- in the midst of Manasseh.` ⁵And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,` and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?` and he saith, `No;` ⁶that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;` and he saith, `Sibboleth,` and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs. ⁷And Jephthah judged Israel six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is buried in [one of] the cities of Gilead. ⁸And after him Ibzan of Beth-Lehem judgeth Israel, ⁹and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years. ¹⁰And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem. ¹¹And after him Elon the Zebulunite judgeth Israel, and he judgeth Israel ten years, ¹²and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun. ¹³And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel, ¹⁴and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years. ¹⁵And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.

Chapter 13

¹And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. ²And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name [is] Manoah, his wife [is] barren, and hath not borne; ³and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou [art] barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son. <sup>4</sup>And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, <sup>5</sup>for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.` ⁶And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance [is] as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he [is], and his name he hath not declared to me; <sup>7</sup>and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.` ⁸And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, `O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.` ⁹And God hearkeneth to the voice of Manoah, and the messenger of God cometh again unto the woman, and she [is] sitting in a field, and Manoah her husband is not with her, ¹⁰and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, `Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on [that] day unto me.` ¹¹And Manoah riseth, and goeth after his wife, and cometh unto the man, and saith to him, `Art thou the man who spake unto the woman?` and he saith, `I [am].` ¹²And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth -- and his work?` ¹³And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `Of all that I said unto the woman let her take heed; <sup>14</sup>of anything which cometh out from the wine-vine she doth not eat, and wine and strong drink she doth not drink, and any unclean thing she doth not eat; all that I have commanded her she doth observe.` ¹⁵And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.` ¹⁶And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `If thou detain me -- I do not eat of thy bread; and if thou prepare a burnt-offering -- to Jehovah thou dost offer it;` for Manoah hath not known that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah. ¹⁷And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `What [is] thy name? when thy words come to pass, then we have honoured thee.` ¹⁸And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, `Why [is] this -- thou dost ask for My name? -- and it [is] Wonderful.` ¹⁹And Manoah taketh the kid of the goats, and the present, and offereth on the rock to Jehovah, and He is doing wonderfully, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, ²⁰and it cometh to pass, in the going up of the flame from off the altar toward the heavens, that the messenger of Jehovah goeth up in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife are looking on, and they fall on their faces to the earth, ²¹and the messenger of Jehovah hath not added again to appear unto Manoah, and unto his wife, then hath Manoah known that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah. ²²And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.` ²³And his wife saith to him, `If Jehovah were desirous to put us to death, He had not received from our hands burnt-offering and present, nor shewed us all these things, nor as [at this] time caused us to hear [anything] like this.` ²⁴And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him, ²⁵and the Spirit of Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Chapter 14

¹And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines, ²and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.` ³And his father saith to him -- also his mother, `Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?` and Samson saith unto his father, `Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.` ⁴And his father and his mother have not known that from Jehovah it [is], that a meeting he is seeking of the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines are ruling over Israel. ⁵And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion`s whelp roareth at meeting him, <sup>6</sup>and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he rendeth it as the rending of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he hath not declared to his father and to his mother that which he hath done. <sup>7</sup>And he goeth down and speaketh to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson; <sup>8</sup>and he turneth back after [some] days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees [are] in the body of the lion -- and honey. <sup>9</sup>And he taketh it down on to his hands, and goeth on, going and eating; and he goeth unto his father, and unto his mother, and giveth to them, and they eat, and he hath not declared to them that from the body of the lion he took down the honey. <sup>10</sup>And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do; <sup>11</sup>and it cometh to pass when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him. <sup>12</sup>And Samson saith to them, `Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me [in] the seven days of the banquet, and have found [it] out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments; ¹³and if ye are not able to declare [it] to me, then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments.` And they say to him, `Put forth thy riddle, and we hear it!` <sup>14</sup>And he saith to them: `Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;` and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days. <sup>15</sup>And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson`s wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?` ¹⁶And Samson`s wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;` and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared [it] -- and to thee I declare [it]!` <sup>17</sup>And she weepeth for it the seven days [in] which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth [it] to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people. <sup>18</sup>And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- `What [is] sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?` And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.` <sup>19</sup>And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he goeth down to Ashkelon, and smiteth of them thirty men, and taketh their armour, and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burneth, and he goeth up to the house of his father; <sup>20</sup>and Samson`s wife becometh his companion`s, who [is] his friend.

Chapter 15

¹And it cometh to pass, after [some] days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, `I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;` and her father hath not permitted him to go in, ²and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.` <sup>3</sup>And Samson saith of them, `I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.` <sup>4</sup>And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst, <sup>5</sup>and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth [them] out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth [it] from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard -- olive-yard. <sup>6</sup>And the Philistines say, `Who hath done this?` And they say, `Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;` and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire. <sup>7</sup>And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!` <sup>8</sup>And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam. <sup>9</sup>And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi, <sup>10</sup>and the men of Judah say, `Why have ye come up against us?` and they say, `To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.` <sup>11</sup>And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what [is] this thou hast done to us?` And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.` <sup>12</sup>And they say to him, `To bind thee we have come down -- to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.` And Samson saith to them, `Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.` <sup>13</sup>And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;` and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock. ¹⁴He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which [are] on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands, ¹⁵and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it -- a thousand men. ¹⁶And Samson saith, `With a jaw-bone of the ass -- an ass upon asses -- with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.` ¹⁷And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi; ¹⁸and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Thou -- Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.` ¹⁹And God cleaveth the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath [one] called its name `The fountain of him who is calling,` which [is] in Lehi unto this day. ²⁰And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Chapter 16

¹And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her; ²[it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, `Samson hath come in hither;` and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, `Till the light of the morning -- then we have slain him.` ³And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron. ⁴And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name [is] Delilah, ⁵and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him, and we -- we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.` ⁶And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power [is], and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.` ⁷And Samson saith unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.` ⁸And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them. ⁹And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known. ¹⁰And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.` ¹¹And he saith unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.` ¹²And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread. ¹³And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Hitherto thou hast played upon me, and dost speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith thou art bound.` And he saith unto her, `If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.` ¹⁴And she fixeth [it] with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web. ¹⁵And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power [is].` ¹⁶And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, and his soul is grieved to death, ¹⁷that he declareth to her all his heart, and saith to her, `A razor hath not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to God I [am] from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then hath my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race.` ¹⁸And Delilah seeth that he hath declared to her all his heart, and she sendeth and calleth for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he hath declared to me all his heart;` and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand. ¹⁹and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him; ²⁰and she saith, `Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;` and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;` and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him. ²¹And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house. ²²And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven, ²³and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, `Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.` ²⁴And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.` ²⁵And it cometh to pass, when their heart [is] glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;` and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars. ²⁶And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.` ²⁷And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither [are] all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof [are] about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson. ²⁸And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged -- vengeance at once -- because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.` ²⁹And Samson turneth aside [to] the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, [to] the one with his right hand, and one with his left; ³⁰and Samson saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,` and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who [are] in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life. ³¹And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.

Chapter 17

¹And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah, ²and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and [of which] thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it;` and his mother saith, `Blessed [is] my son of Jehovah.` ³And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.` ⁴And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah. ⁵As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest; ⁶in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth. ⁷And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner there. ⁸And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way. ⁹And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?` and he saith unto him, `A Levite [am] I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.` ¹⁰And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;` and the Levite goeth [in]. ¹¹And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons. ¹²And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah, ¹³and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.`

Chapter 18

¹In those days there is no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danite is seeking for itself an inheritance to inhabit, for [that] hath not fallen to it unto that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel by inheritance. ²And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;` and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there. ³They [are] with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this [place?] and what to thee here?` ⁴And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.` ⁵And they say to him, `Ask, we pray thee, at God, and we know whether our way is prosperous on which we are going.` ⁶And the priest saith to them, `Go in peace; over-against Jehovah [is] your way in which ye go.` ⁷And the five men go, and come in to Laish, and see the people which [is] in its midst, dwelling confidently, according to the custom of Zidonians, quiet and confident; and there is none putting to shame in the land in [any] thing, possessing restraint, and they [are] far off from the Zidonians, and have no word with [any] man. ⁸And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What -- ye?` ⁹And they say, `Rise, and we go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo, very good; and ye are keeping silent! be not slothful to go -- to enter to possess the land. <sup>10</sup>When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land [is] large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which [is] in the land.` ¹¹And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war. ¹²And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, `Camp of Dan,` till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim. ¹³And they pass over thence [to] the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah. ¹⁴And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.` ¹⁵And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, -- ¹⁶(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who [are] of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), -- ¹⁷yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up -- they have come in thither -- they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image -- and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war -- ¹⁸yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?` ¹⁹and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?` ²⁰And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people, ²¹and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them. ²²They have been far off from the house of Micah -- and the men who [are] in the houses which [are] near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons of Dan, ²³and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What -- to thee that thou hast been called together?` ²⁴And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what [is] this ye say unto me, What -- to thee!` ²⁵And the sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;` ²⁶and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house. ²⁷And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire, ²⁸and there is no deliverer, for it [is] far off from Zidon, and they have no word with [any] man, and it [is] in the valley which [is] by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it, ²⁹and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish [is] the name of the city at the first. ³⁰And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of [the people] of the land. ³¹And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

Chapter 19

¹And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah; ²and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months. ³And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man [is] with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him. ⁴And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there. ⁵And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.` ⁶And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.` ⁷And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there. ⁸And he riseth early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the father of the young woman saith, `Support, I pray thee, thy heart;` and they have tarried till the turning of the day, and they eat, both of them. ⁹And the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad -- and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.` ¹⁰And the man hath not been willing to lodge all night, and he riseth, and goeth, and cometh in till over-against Jebus (It [is] Jerusalem), and with him [are] a couple of asses saddled; and his concubine [is] with him. ¹¹They [are] near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, `Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.` ¹²And his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.` ¹³And he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.` ¹⁴And they pass over, and go on, and the sun goeth in upon them near Gibeah, which is to Benjamin; ¹⁵and they turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah, and he goeth in and sitteth in a broad place of the city, and there is no man gathering them into the house to lodge. ¹⁶And lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man [is] of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he [is] a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place [are] Benjamites. ¹⁷And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?` ¹⁸And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I [am], and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house, <sup>19</sup>and both straw and provender are for our asses, and also bread and wine there are for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man with thy servants; there is no lack of anything.` ²⁰And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack [is] on me, only in the broad place lodge not.` ²¹And he bringeth him in to his house, and mixeth [food] for the asses, and they wash their feet, and eat and drink. ²²They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness -- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, `Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.` ²³And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, `Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly; <sup>24</sup>lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.` ²⁵And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth [her] out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn; ²⁶and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man`s house, where her lord [is], till the light. <sup>27</sup>And her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house, and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands [are] on the threshold, <sup>28</sup>and he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;` and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place, <sup>29</sup>and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones -- into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel. <sup>30</sup>And it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, `There hath not been -- yea, there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your [heart] upon it, take counsel, and speak.`

Chapter 20

¹And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh. ²And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword. ³And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?` ⁴And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which [is] to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge; <sup>5</sup>and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth; <sup>6</sup>and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel; <sup>7</sup>lo, ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.` ⁸And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house; <sup>9</sup>and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot! <sup>10</sup>and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it hath done in Israel.` ¹¹And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions. ¹²And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What [is] this evil which hath been among you? <sup>13</sup>And now, give up the men -- sons of worthlessness -- which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.` And [the sons of] Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel; ¹⁴and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel. ¹⁵And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, [who] numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men; ¹⁶among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he doth not err. ¹⁷And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war. ¹⁸And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?` and Jehovah saith, `Judah -- at the commencement.` ¹⁹And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah, ²⁰and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array with them, [for] battle against Gibeah, ²¹and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men -- to the earth. ²²And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day. ²³And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.` ²⁴And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day, ²⁵and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword. ²⁶And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah. ²⁷And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there [is] the ark of the covenant of God in those days, ²⁸and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?` And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.` ²⁹And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about, ³⁰and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time. ³¹And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite [some] of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel. ³²And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;` but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.` ³³And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah. ³⁴And they come in over against Gibeah -- ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel -- and the battle [is] grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them. ³⁵And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these [are] drawing sword. ³⁶And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten -- and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah, ³⁷and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword. ³⁸And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city. ³⁹And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as [at] the first battle; ⁴⁰and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens. ⁴¹And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the evil hath stricken against them -- ⁴²and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who [are] from the city are destroying them in their midst; ⁴³they have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising. ⁴⁴And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these [are] men of valour; ⁴⁵and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men. ⁴⁶And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day -- the whole of these [are] men of valour; ⁴⁷and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months. ⁴⁸And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, -- men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.

Chapter 21

¹And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.` ²And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping, ³and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?` ⁴And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. ⁵And the sons of Israel say, `Who [is] he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?` for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.` ⁶And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, `There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel, <sup>7</sup>what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?` ⁸And they say, `Who is [that] one out of the tribes of Israel who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh?` and lo, none hath come in unto the camp from Jabesh-Gilead -- unto the assembly. ⁹And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. ¹⁰And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, `Go -- and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants. <sup>11</sup>And this [is] the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.` ¹²And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them in unto the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan. ¹³And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who [are] in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace; ¹⁴and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for [all of] them so. ¹⁵And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel. ¹⁶And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives -- for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?` ¹⁷And they say, `A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel; <sup>18</sup>and we -- we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.` ¹⁹And they say, `Lo, a festival of Jehovah [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.` ²⁰And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, `Go -- and ye have laid wait in the vineyards, <sup>21</sup>and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances -- then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin; <sup>22</sup>and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us [by] them, for we have not taken [to] each his wife in battle, for ye -- ye have not given to them at this time [that] ye are guilty.` ²³And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them. ²⁴And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance. ²⁵In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.

Ruth

Chapter 1

¹And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. ²And the name of the man [is] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there. ³And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons; ⁴and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years. ⁵And they die also, both of them -- Mahlon and Chilion -- and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband. ⁶And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people, -- to give to them bread. ⁷And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah. ⁸And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, `Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me; <sup>9</sup>Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;` and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep. ¹⁰And they say to her, `Surely with thee we go back to thy people.` ¹¹And Naomi saith, `Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands? <sup>12</sup>Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons: <sup>13</sup>for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.` ¹⁴And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her. ¹⁵And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.` ¹⁶And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee -- to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people [is] my people, and thy God my God. <sup>17</sup>Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add -- for death itself doth part between me and thee.` ¹⁸And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her; ¹⁹and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, `Is this Naomi?` ²⁰And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me, <sup>21</sup>I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?` ²²And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.

Chapter 2

¹And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband`s, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name [is] Boaz. <sup>2</sup>And Ruth the Moabitess saith unto Naomi, `Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and I gather among the ears of corn after him in whose eyes I find grace;` and she saith to her, `Go, my daughter.` <sup>3</sup>And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth -- the portion of the field is Boaz`s who [is] of the family of Elimelech. ⁴And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, `Jehovah [is] with you;` and they say to him, `Jehovah doth bless thee.` ⁵And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, `Whose [is] this young person?` ⁶And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, `A young woman -- Moabitess -- she [is], who came back with Naomi from the fields of Moab, <sup>7</sup>and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee -- and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little. <sup>8</sup>And Boaz saith unto Ruth, `Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field, and also, pass not over from this, and thus thou dost cleave to my young women: ⁹thine eyes [are] on the field which they reap, and thou hast gone after them; have not I charged the young men not to touch thee? when thou art athirst then thou hast gone unto the vessels, and hast drunk from that which the young men draw.` <sup>10</sup>And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, `Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?` <sup>11</sup>And Boaz answereth and saith to her, `It hath thoroughly been declared to me all that thou hast done with thy mother-in-law, after the death of thy husband, and thou dost leave thy father, and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and dost come in unto a people which thou hast not known heretofore. ¹²Jehovah doth recompense thy work, and thy reward is complete from Jehovah, God of Israel, under whose wings thou hast come to take refuge.` <sup>13</sup>And she saith, `Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I -- I am not as one of thy maid-servants.` <sup>14</sup>And Boaz saith to her, `At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.` And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth. <sup>15</sup>And she riseth to glean, and Boaz chargeth his young men, saying, `Even between the sheaves she doth glean, and ye do not cause her to blush; ¹⁶and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.` <sup>17</sup>And she gleaneth in the field till the evening, and beateth out that which she hath gleaned, and it is about an ephah of barley; <sup>18</sup>and she taketh [it] up, and goeth into the city, and her mother-in-law seeth that which she hath gleaned, and she bringeth out and giveth to her that which she left from her satiety. <sup>19</sup>And her mother-in-law saith to her, `Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning thee be blessed.` And she declareth to her mother-in-law with whom she hath wrought, and saith, `The name of the man with whom I have wrought to-day [is] Boaz.` <sup>20</sup>And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed [is] he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;` and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he [is] of our redeemers.` <sup>21</sup>And Ruth the Moabitess saith, `Also he surely said unto me, Near the young people whom I have thou dost cleave till they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.` <sup>22</sup>And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, `Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.` ²³And she cleaveth to the young women of Boaz to glean, till the completion of the barley-harvest, and of the wheat-harvest, and she dwelleth with her mother-in-law.

Chapter 3

¹And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee? <sup>2</sup>and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night, <sup>3</sup>and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink; <sup>4</sup>and it cometh to pass when he lieth down, that thou hast known the place where he lieth down, and hast gone in, and uncovered his feet, and lain down, -- and he doth declare to thee that which thou dost do.` ⁵And she saith unto her, `All that thou sayest -- I do.` ⁶And she goeth down [to] the threshing-floor, and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her ⁷And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down. ⁸And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet. ⁹And he saith, `Who [art] thou?` and she saith, `I [am] Ruth thy handmaid, and thou hast spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou [art] a redeemer.` ¹⁰And he saith, `Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning -- not to go after the young men, either poor or rich. <sup>11</sup>And now, my daughter, fear not, all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman. <sup>12</sup>And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I. <sup>13</sup>Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee -- I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.` ¹⁴And she lieth down at his feet till the morning, and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, `Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor.` ¹⁵And he saith, `Give the covering which [is] on thee, and keep hold on it;` and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six [measures] of barley, and layeth [it] on her; and he goeth into the city. ¹⁶And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, `Who [art] thou, my daughter?` and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her. ¹⁷And she saith, `These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.` ¹⁸And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.`

Chapter 4

¹And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;` and he turneth aside and sitteth down. ²And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;` and they sit down. ³And he saith to the redeemer, `A portion of the field which [is] to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab; <sup>4</sup>and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem -- redeem, and if none doth redeem -- declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.` And he saith, I redeem [it].` <sup>5</sup>And Boaz saith, `In the day of thy buying the field from the hand of Naomi, then from Ruth the Moabitess, wife of the dead, thou hast bought [it], to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance.` <sup>6</sup>And the redeemer saith, `I am not able to redeem [it] for myself, lest I destroy mine inheritance; redeem for thyself -- thou -- my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.` <sup>7</sup>And this [is] formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given [it] to his neighbour, and this [is] the testimony in Israel. <sup>8</sup>And the redeemer saith to Boaz, `Buy [it] for thyself,` and draweth off his sandal. <sup>9</sup>And Boaz saith to the elders, and [to] all the people, `Witnesses [are] ye to-day that I have bought all that [is] to Elimelech, and all that [is] to Chilion and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi; ¹⁰and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye [are] to-day.` <sup>11</sup>And all the people who [are] in the gate say -- also the elders -- `Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem; ¹²and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.` <sup>13</sup>And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son. <sup>14</sup>And the women say unto Naomi, `Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath not let a redeemer cease to thee to-day, and his name is proclaimed in Israel, ¹⁵and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee -- who is better to thee than seven sons -- hath borne him.` <sup>16</sup>And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse; <sup>17</sup>and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, `There hath been a son born to Naomi,` and they call his name Obed; he [is] father of Jesse, father of David. ¹⁸And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, ¹⁹and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminidab, ²⁰and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, ²¹and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, ²²and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

1 Samuel

Chapter 1

¹And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, ²and he hath two wives, the name of the one [is] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah hath children, and Hannah hath no children. ³And that man hath gone up out of his city from time to time, to bow himself, and to sacrifice, before Jehovah of Hosts, in Shiloh, and there [are] two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Jehovah. ⁴And the day cometh, and Elkanah sacrificeth, and he hath given to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions, ⁵and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion -- double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb; ⁶and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb. ⁷And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat. ⁸And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Hannah, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why is thy heart afflicted? am I not better to thee than ten sons?` ⁹And Hannah riseth after eating in Shiloh, and after drinking, and Eli the priest is sitting on the throne by the side-post of the temple of Jehovah. ¹⁰And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly, ¹¹and voweth a vow, and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts, if Thou dost certainly look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and hast remembered me, and dost not forget Thy handmaid, and hast given to Thy handmaid seed of men -- then I have given him to Jehovah all days of his life, and a razor doth not go up upon his head.` ¹²And it hath been, when she multiplied praying before Jehovah, that Eli is watching her mouth, ¹³and Hannah, she is speaking to her heart, only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckoneth her to be drunken. ¹⁴And Eli saith unto her, `Until when are thou drunken? turn aside thy wine from thee.` ¹⁵And Hannah answereth and saith, `No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I [am], and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah; <sup>16</sup>put not thy handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken hitherto.` ¹⁷And Eli answereth and saith, `Go in peace, and the God of Israel doth give thy petition which thou hast asked of Him.` ¹⁸And she saith, `Let thy handmaid find grace in thine eyes;` and the woman goeth on her way, and eateth, and her countenance hath not been [sad] for it any more. ¹⁹And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Jehovah, and turn back, and come in unto their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knoweth Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembereth her; ²⁰and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, `for, from Jehovah I have asked him.` ²¹And the man Elkanah goeth up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Jehovah the sacrifice of the days, and his vow. ²²And Hannah hath not gone up, for she said to her husband, `Till the youth is weaned -- then I have brought him in, and he hath appeared before the face of Jehovah, and dwelt there -- unto the age.` ²³And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Do that which is good in thine eyes; abide till thy weaning him; only, Jehovah establish His word;` and the woman abideth and suckleth her son till she hath weaned him, ²⁴and she causeth him to go up with her when she hath weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she bringeth him into the house of Jehovah at Shiloh, and the youth [is but] a youth. ²⁵And they slaughter the bullock, and bring in the youth unto Eli, ²⁶and she saith, `O, my lord, thy soul liveth! my lord, I [am] the woman who stood with thee in this [place], to pray unto Jehovah; <sup>27</sup>for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him; <sup>28</sup>and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived -- he is asked for Jehovah;` and he boweth himself there before Jehovah.

Chapter 2

¹And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation. <sup>2</sup>There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God. <sup>3</sup>Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge [is] Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed. <sup>4</sup>Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength. <sup>5</sup>The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished. <sup>6</sup>Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. <sup>7</sup>Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high. <sup>8</sup>He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause [them] to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah [are] the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. <sup>9</sup>The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty. <sup>10</sup>Jehovah -- broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.` ¹¹And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, [in] the presence of Eli the priest; ¹²and the sons of Eli [are] sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah. ¹³And the custom of the priests with the people [is]: any man sacrificing a sacrifice -- then hath the servant of the priest come in when the flesh is boiling, and the hook of three teeth in his hand, ¹⁴and hath struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the hook bringeth up doth the priest take for himself; thus they do to all Israel who are coming in, there, in Shiloh. ¹⁵Also before they make perfume with the fat -- then hath the priest`s servant come in, and said to the man who is sacrificing, `Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he doth not take of thee flesh boiled, but raw;` <sup>16</sup>and the man saith unto him, `Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;` and he hath said to him, `Surely now thou dost give; and if not -- I have taken by strength.` <sup>17</sup>And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen; <sup>19</sup>and a small upper coat doth his mother make to him, and she hath brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time. <sup>20</sup>And Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife, and said, `Jehovah doth appoint for thee seed of this woman, for the petition which she asked for Jehovah;` and they have gone to their place. <sup>21</sup>When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah. <sup>22</sup>And Eli [is] very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling [at] the opening of the tent of meeting, <sup>23</sup>and he saith to them, `Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people -- these! ²⁴Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. -- ²⁵If a man sin against a man, then hath God judged him; but if against Jehovah a man sin, who doth pray for him?` and they hearken not to the voice of their father, though Jehovah hath delighted to put them to death. <sup>26</sup>And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good both with Jehovah, and also with men. <sup>27</sup>And there cometh a man of God unto Eli, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Was I really revealed unto the house of thy father in their being in Egypt, before Pharaoh`s house, <sup>28</sup>even to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to Me for a priest, to go up on Mine altar, to make a perfume, to bear an ephod before Me, and I give to the house of thy father all the fire-offerings of the sons of Israel? <sup>29</sup>Why do ye kick at My sacrifice, and at Mine offering which I commanded [in] My habitation, and dost honour thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people? <sup>30</sup>`Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed. ³¹`Lo, days [are] coming, and I have cut off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father, that an old man is not in thy house; <sup>32</sup>and thou hast beheld an adversary [in My] habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days. <sup>33</sup>`And the man I cut not off of thine from Mine altar, [is] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase of thy house do die men; ³⁴and this [is] to thee the sign that cometh unto thy two sons, unto Hophni and Phinehas -- in one day they die both of them; ³⁵and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days; ³⁶and it hath been, every one who is left in thy house doth come in to bow himself to him, for a wage of silver, and a cake of bread, and hath said, Admit me, I pray thee, unto one of the priest`s offices, to eat a morsel of bread.`

Chapter 3

¹And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days -- there is no vision broken forth. ²And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see. ³And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God [is], ⁴and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ⁵And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I called not; turn back, lie down;` and he goeth and lieth down. ⁶And Jehovah addeth to call again Samuel, and Samuel riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and he saith, `I have not called, my son, turn back, lie down.` ⁷And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him. ⁸And Jehovah addeth to call Samuel the third time, and he riseth and goeth unto Eli, and saith, `Here [am] I, for thou hast called for me;` and Eli understandeth that Jehovah is calling to the youth. ⁹And Eli saith to Samuel, `Go, lie down, and it hath been, if He doth call unto thee, that thou hast said, Speak, Jehovah, for Thy servant is hearing;` and Samuel goeth and lieth down in his place. ¹⁰And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;` and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant if hearing.` ¹¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Lo, I am doing a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one hearing it do tingle. <sup>12</sup>In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing; <sup>13</sup>and I have declared to him that I am judging his house -- to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them, <sup>14</sup>and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering -- unto the age.` ¹⁵And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli. ¹⁶And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ¹⁷And he saith, `What [is] the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.` ¹⁸And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It [is] Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.` ¹⁹And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth; ²⁰and all Israel know, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, that Samuel is established for a prophet to Jehovah. ²¹And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.

Chapter 4

¹And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek, ²and the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and the battle spreadeth itself, and Israel is smitten before the Philistines, and they smite among the ranks in the field about four thousand men. ³And the people cometh in unto the camp, and the elders of Israel say, `Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and it cometh into our midst, and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies.` ⁴And the people sendeth to Shiloh, and they take up thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of Hosts, inhabiting the cherubs, and there [are] two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas. ⁵And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto the camp, that all Israel shout -- a great shout -- and the earth is moved. ⁶And the Philistines hear the noise of the shouting, and say, `What [is] the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?` and they perceive that the ark of Jehovah hath come in unto the camp. ⁷And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, `God hath come in unto the camp;` and they say, `Wo to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore. <sup>8</sup>Wo to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these [are] the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness. <sup>9</sup>Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you -- then ye have become men, and have fought.` ¹⁰And the Philistines fight, and Israel is smitten, and they flee each to his tents, and the blow is very great, and there fall of Israel thirty thousand footmen; ¹¹and the ark of God hath been taken, and the two sons of Eli have died, Hophni and Phinehas. ¹²And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks, and cometh into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes [are] rent, and earth on his head; ¹³and he cometh in, and lo, Eli is sitting on the throne by the side of the way, watching, for his heart hath been trembling for the ark of God, and the man hath come in to declare [it] in the city, and all the city crieth out. ¹⁴And Eli heareth the noise of the cry, and saith, `What -- the noise of this tumult!` And the man hasted, and cometh in, and declareth to Eli. ¹⁵And Eli is a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes have stood, and he hath not been able to see. ¹⁶And the man saith unto Eli, `I [am] he who hath come out of the ranks, and I out of the ranks have fled to-day;` and he saith, `What hath been the matter, my son?` ¹⁷And he who is bearing tidings answereth and saith, `Israel hath fled before the Philistines, and also a great slaughter hath been among the people, and also thy two sons have died -- Hophni and Phinehas -- and the ark of God hath been captured.` ¹⁸And it cometh to pass, at his mentioning the ark of God, that he falleth from off the throne backward, by the side of the gate, and his neck is broken, and he dieth, for the man [is] old and heavy, and he hath judged Israel forty years. ¹⁹And his daughter-in-law, wife of Phinehas, [is] pregnant, about to bear, and she heareth the report of the taking of the ark of God, that her father-in-law and her husband have died, and she boweth, and beareth, for her pains have turned upon her. ²⁰And at the time of her death, when the women who are standing by her say, `Fear not, for a son thou hast borne,` she hath not answered, nor set her heart [to it]; ²¹and she calleth the youth I-Chabod, saying, `Honour hath removed from Israel,` because of the taking of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. ²²And she saith, `Honour hath removed from Israel, for the ark of God hath been taken.`

Chapter 5

¹And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod, ²and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon. ³And the Ashdodites rise early on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah; and they take Dagon, and put it back to its place. ⁴And they rise early in the morning on the morrow, and lo, Dagon is fallen on its face to the earth, before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands are cut off at the threshold, only the fishy part hath been left to him; ⁵therefore the priests of Dagon, and all those coming into the house of Dagon, tread not on the threshold of Dagon, in Ashdod, till this day. ⁶And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders. ⁷And the men of Ashdod see that [it is] so, and have said, `The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.` ⁸And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines unto them, and say, `What do we do to the ark of the God of Israel?` and they say, `To Gath let the ark of the God of Israel be brought round;` and they bring round the ark of the God of Israel; ⁹and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city -- a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods. ¹⁰And they send the ark of God to Ekron, and it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the ark of God to Ekron, that the Ekronites cry out, saying, `They have brought round unto us the ark of the God of Israel, to put us to death -- and our people.` ¹¹And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, `Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death -- and our people;` for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there, ¹²and the men who have not died have been smitten with emerods, and the cry of the city goeth up into the heavens.

Chapter 6

¹And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months, ²and the Philistines call for priests and for diviners, saying, `What do we do to the ark of Jehovah? let us know wherewith we send it to its place?` ³And they say, `If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.` ⁴And they say, `What [is] the guilt-offering which we send back to Him?` and they say, `The number of the princes of the Philistines -- five golden emerods, and five golden mice -- for one plague [is] to you all, and to your princes, <sup>5</sup>and ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land; <sup>6</sup>and why do ye harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? do they not -- when He hath rolled Himself upon them -- send them away, and they go? <sup>7</sup>`And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house, ⁸and ye have taken the ark of Jehovah, and put it on the cart, and the vessels of gold which ye have returned to Him -- a guilt-offering -- ye put in a coffer on its side, and have sent it away, and it hath gone; ⁹and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh -- He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.` <sup>10</sup>And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house; <sup>11</sup>and they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods. <sup>12</sup>And the kine go straight in the way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh, in one highway they have gone, going and lowing, and have not turned aside right or left; and the princes of the Philistines are going after them unto the border of Beth-Shemesh. <sup>13</sup>And the Beth-Shemeshites are reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley, and they lift up their eyes, and see the ark, and rejoice to see [it]. <sup>14</sup>And the cart hath come in unto the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite, and standeth there, and there [is] a great stone, and they cleave the wood of the cart, and the kine they have caused to ascend -- a burnt-offering to Jehovah. <sup>15</sup>And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which [is] with it, in which [are] the vessels of gold, and place [them] on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah; <sup>16</sup>and the five princes of the Philistines have seen [it], and turn back [to] Ekron, on that day. <sup>17</sup>And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines have sent back -- a guilt-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; <sup>18</sup>and the golden mice -- the number of all the cities of the Philistines -- for the five princes, from the fenced city even unto the hamlet of the villages, even unto the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah -- [are] unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite. <sup>19</sup>And He smiteth among the men of Beth-Shemesh, for they looked into the ark of Jehovah, yea, He smiteth among the people seventy men -- fifty chief men; and the people mourn, because Jehovah smote among the people -- a great smiting. <sup>20</sup>And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, `Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?` <sup>21</sup>And they send messengers unto the inhabitants of Kirjath-Jearim, saying, `The Philistines have sent back the ark of Jehovah; come down, take it up unto you.`

Chapter 7

¹And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the height, and Eleazar his son they have sanctified to keep the ark of Jehovah. ²And it cometh to pass, from the day of the dwelling of the ark in Kirjath-Jearim, that the days are multiplied -- yea, they are twenty years -- and wail do all the house of Israel after Jehovah. ³And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, `If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah -- turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.` ⁴And the sons of Israel turn aside the Baalim and Ashtaroth, and serve Jehovah alone; ⁵and Samuel saith, `Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.` ⁶And they are gathered to Mizpeh, and draw water, and pour out before Jehovah, and fast on that day, and say there, `We have sinned against Jehovah;` and Samuel judgeth the sons of Israel in Mizpeh. ⁷And the Philistines hear that the sons of Israel have gathered themselves to Mizpeh; and the princes of the Philistines go up against Israel, and the sons of Israel hear, and are afraid of the presence of the Philistines. ⁸And the sons of Israel say unto Samuel, `Keep not silent for us from crying unto Jehovah our God, and He doth save us out of the hand of the Philistines.` ⁹And Samuel taketh a fat lamb, and causeth it to go up -- a burnt-offering whole to Jehovah; and Samuel crieth unto Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answereth him; ¹⁰and Samuel is causing the burnt-offering to go up -- and the Philistines have drawn nigh to battle against Israel -- and Jehovah doth thunder with a great noise, on that day, upon the Philistines, and troubleth them, and they are smitten before Israel. ¹¹And the men of Israel go out from Mizpeh, and pursue the Philistines, and smite them unto the place of Beth-Car. ¹²And Samuel taketh a stone, and setteth [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and calleth its name Eben-Ezer, saying, `Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.` ¹³And the Philistines are humbled, and have not added any more to come into the border of Israel, and the hand of Jehovah is on the Philistines all the days of Samuel. ¹⁴And the cities which the Philistines have taken from Israel are restored to Israel -- from Ekron even unto Gath -- and their border hath Israel delivered out of the hand of the Philistines; and there is peace between Israel and the Amorite. ¹⁵And Samuel judgeth Israel all the days of his life, ¹⁶and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel [in] all these places; ¹⁷and his returning [is] to Ramath, for there [is] his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

Chapter 8

¹And it cometh to pass, when Samuel [is] aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel. ²And the name of his first-born son is Joel, and the name of his second Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba: ³and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment. ⁴And all the elders of Israel gather themselves together, and come in unto Samuel to Ramath, ⁵and say unto him, `Lo, thou hast become aged, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways; now, appoint to us a king, to judge us, like all the nations.` ⁶And the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they have said, `Give to us a king to judge us;` and Samuel prayeth unto Jehovah. ⁷And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them. <sup>8</sup>According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even unto this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods -- so they are doing also to thee. <sup>9</sup>And now, hearken to their voice; only, surely thou dost certainly protest to them, and hast declared to them the custom of the king who doth reign over them.` ¹⁰And Samuel speaketh all the words of Jehovah unto the people who are asking from him a king, ¹¹and saith, `This is the custom of the king who doth reign over you: Your sons he doth take, and hath appointed for himself among his chariots, and among his horsemen, and they have run before his chariots; <sup>12</sup>also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer. <sup>13</sup>`And your daughters he doth take for perfumers, and for cooks, and for bakers; ¹⁴and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards -- the best -- he doth take, and hath given to his servants. ¹⁵And your seed and your vineyards he doth tithe, and hath given to his eunuchs, and to his servants. ¹⁶And your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men -- the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work; ¹⁷your flock he doth tithe, and ye are to him for servants. ¹⁸And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.` <sup>19</sup>And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, `Nay, but a king is over us, ²⁰and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.` <sup>21</sup>And Samuel heareth all the words of the people, and speaketh them in the ears of Jehovah; <sup>22</sup>and Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to their voice, and thou hast caused to reign over them a king.` And Samuel saith unto the men of Israel, `Go ye each to his city.`

Chapter 9

¹And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour, ²and he hath a son, and his name [is] Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people. ³And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.` ⁴And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found. ⁵They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who [is] with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.` ⁶And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God [is] in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.` ⁷And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God -- what [is] with us?` ⁸And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.` ⁹Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,` for the `prophet` of to-day is called formerly `the seer.` ¹⁰And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;` and they go unto the city where the man of God [is]. ¹¹They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this [place]?` ¹²And they answer them and say, `He is; lo, before thee! haste, now, for to-day he hath come in to the city, for the people hath a stated sacrifice in a high place. <sup>13</sup>At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.` ¹⁴And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place; ¹⁵and Jehovah had uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before the coming of Saul, saying, ¹⁶`At this time tomorrow, I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin -- and thou hast anointed him for leader over My people Israel, and he hath saved My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen My people, for its cry hath come in unto Me.` ¹⁷When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, `Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this [one] doth restrain My people.` ¹⁸And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this -- the seer`s house?` <sup>19</sup>And Samuel answereth Saul and saith, `I [am] the seer; go up before me into the high place, and ye have eaten with me to-day, and I have sent thee away in the morning, and all that [is] in thy heart I declare to thee. ²⁰As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom [is] all the desire of Israel?` is it not to thee and to all thy father`s house?` <sup>21</sup>And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?` <sup>22</sup>And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they [are] about thirty men. <sup>23</sup>And Samuel saith to the cook, `Give the portion which I gave to thee, of which I said unto thee, `Set it by thee?` ²⁴(and the cook lifteth up the leg, and that which [is] on it, and setteth before Saul), and he saith, `Lo, that which is left; set [it] before thee -- eat, for to this appointed season it is kept for thee, saying, The people I have called;` and Saul eateth with Samuel on that day. ²⁵And they come down from the high place to the city, and he speaketh with Saul on the roof. ²⁶And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;` and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them -- he and Samuel, without. ²⁷They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.`

Chapter 10

¹And Samuel taketh the vial of the oil, and poureth on his head, and kisseth him, and saith, `Is it not because Jehovah hath appointed thee over His inheritance for leader? <sup>2</sup>In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son? <sup>3</sup>`And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine, ⁴and they have asked of thee of welfare, and given to thee two loaves, and thou hast received from their hand. ⁵`Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines [is], and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying; <sup>6</sup>and prospered over thee hath the Spirit of Jehovah, and thou hast prophesied with them, and hast been turned to another man; <sup>7</sup>and it hath been, when these signs come to thee -- do for thyself as thy hand findeth, for God [is] with thee. <sup>8</sup>`And thou hast gone down before me to Gilgal, and lo, I am going down unto thee, to cause to ascend burnt-offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days thou dost wait till my coming in unto thee, and I have made known to thee that which thou dost do.` <sup>9</sup>And it hath been, at his turning his shoulder to go from Samuel, that God turneth to him another heart, and all these signs come on that day, <sup>10</sup>and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets -- to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst. <sup>11</sup>And it cometh to pass, all his acquaintance heretofore, see, and lo, with prophets he hath prophesied, and the people say one unto another, `What [is] this hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?` <sup>12</sup>And a man thence answereth and saith, `And who [is] their father?` therefore it hath been for a simile, `Is Saul also among the prophets?` <sup>13</sup>And he ceaseth from prophesying, and cometh in to the high place, <sup>14</sup>and the uncle of Saul saith unto him, and unto his young man, `Whither went ye?` and he saith, `To seek the asses; and we see that they are not, and we come in unto Samuel.` <sup>15</sup>And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?` <sup>16</sup>And Saul saith unto his uncle, `He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;` and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said. <sup>17</sup>And Samuel calleth the people unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, <sup>18</sup>and saith unto the sons of Israel, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms who are oppressing you; ¹⁹and ye to-day have rejected your God, who [is] Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, `Nay, but -- a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.` ²⁰And Samuel bringeth near the whole tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is captured, ²¹and he bringeth near the tribe of Benjamin by its families, and the family of Matri is captured, and Saul son of Kish is captured, and they seek him, and he hath not been found. ²²And they ask again at Jehovah, `Hath the man yet come hither?` and Jehovah saith, `Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.` ²³And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward. ²⁴And Samuel saith unto all the people, `Have ye seen him on whom Jehovah hath fixed, for there is none like him among all the people?` And all the people shout, and say, `Let the king live!` ²⁵And Samuel speaketh unto the people the right of the kingdom, and writeth in a book, and placeth before Jehovah; and Samuel sendeth all the people away, each to his house. ²⁶And also Saul hath gone to his house, to Gibeah, and the force go with him whose heart God hath touched; ²⁷and the sons of worthlessness have said, `What! this one doth save us!` and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.

Chapter 11

¹And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash, `Make with us a covenant, and we serve thee.` ²And Nahash the Ammonite saith unto them, `For this I covenant with you, by picking out to you every right eye -- and I have put it a reproach on all Israel.` ³And the elders of Jabesh say to him, `Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us -- then we have come out unto thee.` ⁴And the messengers come to Gibeah of Saul, and speak the words in the ears of the people, and all the people lift up their voice and weep; ⁵and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?` and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh. ⁶And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly, ⁷and he taketh a couple of oxen, and cutteth them in pieces, and sendeth through all the border of Israel, by the hand of the messengers, saying, `He who is not coming out after Saul and after Samuel -- thus it is done to his oxen;` and the fear of Jehovah falleth on the people, and they come out as one man. ⁸And he inspecteth them in Bezek, and the sons of Israel are three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. ⁹And they say to the messengers who are coming, `Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety -- by the heat of the sun;` and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice; ¹⁰and the men of Jabesh say [to the Ammonites], `To-morrow we come out unto you, and ye have done to us according to all that [is] good in your eyes.` ¹¹And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together. ¹²And the people say unto Samuel, `Who is he that saith, Saul doth reign over us! give ye up the men, and we put them to death.` ¹³And Saul saith, `There is no man put to death on this day, for to-day hath Jehovah wrought salvation in Israel.` ¹⁴And Samuel saith unto the people, `Come and we go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there;` ¹⁵and all the people go to Gilgal, and cause Saul to reign there before Jehovah in Gilgal, and sacrifice there sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul rejoiceth -- and all the men of Israel -- very greatly.

Chapter 12

¹And Samuel saith unto all Israel, `Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign over you a king, <sup>2</sup>and now, lo, the king is walking habitually before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, lo, they [are] with you, and I have walked habitually before you from my youth till this day. <sup>3</sup>`Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? -- and I restore to you.` <sup>4</sup>And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.` <sup>5</sup>And he saith unto them, `A witness [is] Jehovah against you: and a witness [is] His anointed this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand;` and they say, `A witness.` <sup>6</sup>And Samuel saith unto the people, `Jehovah -- He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt! ⁷and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers. ⁸`When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place, <sup>9</sup>and they forget Jehovah their God, and He selleth them into the hand of Sisera, head of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fight against them, <sup>10</sup>and they cry unto Jehovah, and say, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and serve the Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and now, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we serve Thee. <sup>11</sup>`And Jehovah sendeth Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivereth you out of the hand of your enemies round about, and ye dwell confidently. ¹²`And ye see that Nahash king of the Bene-Ammon hath come against you, and ye say to me, Nay, but a king doth reign over us; and Jehovah your God [is] your king! <sup>13</sup>And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen -- whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king. <sup>14</sup>`If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been -- both ye and the king who hath reigned over you -- after Jehovah your God. ¹⁵`And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers. <sup>16</sup>`Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes; ¹⁷is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I call unto Jehovah, and He doth give voices and rain; and know ye and see that your evil is great which ye have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for you a king.` <sup>18</sup>And Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel; <sup>19</sup>and all the people say unto Samuel, `Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, and we do not die, for we have added to all our sins evil to ask for us a king.` <sup>20</sup>And Samuel saith unto the people, `Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah -- and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart, ²¹and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain, ²²for Jehovah doth not leave His people, on account of His great name; for Jehovah hath been pleased to make you to Him for a people. ²³`I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way; <sup>24</sup>only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you; <sup>25</sup>and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.`

Chapter 13

¹A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel, ²and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand [men] out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents. ³And Jonathan smiteth the garrison of the Philistines which [is] in Geba, and the Philistines hear, and Saul hath blown with a trumpet through all the land, saying, `Let the Hebrews hear.` ⁴And all Israel have heard, saying, `Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,` and also, `Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;` and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal. ⁵And the Philistines have been gathered to fight with Israel; thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a people as the sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude; and they come up and encamp in Michmash, east of Beth-Aven. ⁶And the men of Israel have seen that they are distressed, that the people hath been oppressed, and the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. ⁷And Hebrews have passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; and Saul [is] yet in Gilgal, and all the people have trembled after him. ⁸And he waiteth seven days, according to the appointment with Samuel, and Samuel hath not come to Gilgal, and the people are scattered from off him. ⁹And Saul saith, `Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;` and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend. ¹⁰And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless him; ¹¹and Samuel saith, `What hast thou done?` And Saul saith, `Because I saw that the people were scattered from off me, and thou hadst not come at the appointment of the days, and the Philistines are gathered to Michmash, <sup>12</sup>and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.` ¹³And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age; <sup>14</sup>and, now, thy kingdom doth not stand, Jehovah hath sought for Himself a man according to His own heart, and Jehovah chargeth him for leader over His people, for thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee.` ¹⁵And Samuel riseth, and goeth up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin; and Saul inspecteth the people who are found with him, about six hundred men, ¹⁶and Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who are found with them, are abiding in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines have encamped in Michmash. ¹⁷And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual; ¹⁸and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon, and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim, toward the wilderness. ¹⁹And an artificer is not found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, `Lest the Hebrews make sword or spear;` ²⁰and all Israel go down to the Philistines, to sharpen each his ploughshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; ²¹and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads. ²²And it hath been, in the day of battle, that there hath not been found sword and spear in the hand of any of the people who [are] with Saul and with Jonathan -- and there is found to Saul and to Jonathan his son. ²³And the station of the Philistines goeth out unto the passage of Michmash.

Chapter 14

¹And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which [is] on the other side of this;` and to his father he hath not declared [it]. ²And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which [is] in Migron, and the people who [are] with him, about six hundred men, ³and Ahiah, son of Ahitub, brother of I-Chabod, son of Phinehas son of Eli priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, bearing an ephod; and the people knew not that Jonathan hath gone. ⁴And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines [is] the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. ⁵The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah. ⁶And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.` ⁷And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that [is] in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I [am] with thee, as thine own heart.` ⁸And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them; <sup>9</sup>if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,` then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them; <sup>10</sup>and if thus they say, `Come up against us,` then we have gone up, for Jehovah hath given them into our hand, and this to us [is] the sign. <sup>11</sup>And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, `Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.` <sup>12</sup>And the men of the station answer Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons, and say, `Come up unto us, and we cause you to know something.` And Jonathan saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Come up after me, for Jehovah hath given them into the hand of Israel.` <sup>13</sup>And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him. <sup>14</sup>And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field, <sup>15</sup>and there is a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the station and the destroyers have trembled -- even they, and the earth shaketh, and it becometh a trembling of God. <sup>16</sup>And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin see, and lo, the multitude hath melted away, and it goeth on, and is beaten down. <sup>17</sup>And Saul saith to the people who [are] with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?` and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not. <sup>18</sup>And Saul saith to Ahiah, `Bring nigh the ark of God;` for the ark of God hath been on that day with the sons of Israel. <sup>19</sup>And it cometh to pass, while Saul spake unto the priest, that the noise which [is] in the camp of the Philistines goeth on, going on and becoming great, and Saul saith unto the priest, `Remove thy hand.` <sup>20</sup>And Saul is called, and all the people who [are] with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour -- a very great destruction. <sup>21</sup>And the Hebrews [who] have been for the Philistines as heretofore, who had gone up with them into the camp, have turned round, even they, to be with Israel who [are] with Saul and Jonathan, <sup>22</sup>and all the men of Israel, who are hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, have heard that the Philistines have fled, and they pursue -- even they -- after them in battle. <sup>23</sup>And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven. <sup>24</sup>And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed [is] the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;` and none of the people hath tasted food. <sup>25</sup>And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field; <sup>26</sup>and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath. <sup>27</sup>And Jonathan hath not heard of his father`s adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which [is] in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth -- and his eyes see! ²⁸And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.` ²⁹And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey. <sup>30</sup>How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.` ³¹And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary, ³²and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood. ³³And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.` And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.` ³⁴And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain [them] in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.` And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter [them] there. ³⁵And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah. ³⁶And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.` And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.` And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.` ³⁷And Saul asketh of God, `Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?` and He hath not answered him on that day. ³⁸And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day; <sup>39</sup>for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;` and none is answering him out of all the people. ⁴⁰And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye -- ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;` and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.` ⁴¹And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;` and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out. ⁴²And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;` and Jonathan is captured. ⁴³And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?` and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that [is] in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!` ⁴⁴And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.` ⁴⁵And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;` and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died. ⁴⁶And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place; ⁴⁷and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex [them]. ⁴⁸And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler. ⁴⁹And the sons of Saul are Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-Shua; as to the name of his two daughters, the name of the first-born [is] Merab, and the name of the younger Michal; ⁵⁰and the name of the wife of Saul [is] Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host [is] Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul; ⁵¹and Kish [is] father of Saul, and Ner father of Abner [is] son of Ahiel. ⁵²And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.

Chapter 15

¹And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Me did Jehovah send to anoint thee for king over His people, over Israel; and now, hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah: <sup>2</sup>`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt. ³Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.` <sup>4</sup>And Saul summoneth the people, and inspecteth them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand [are] men of Judah. <sup>5</sup>And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley; <sup>6</sup>and Saul saith unto the Kenite, `Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume thee with it, and thou didst kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt;` and the Kenite turneth aside from the midst of Amalek. <sup>7</sup>And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which [is] on the front of Egypt, <sup>8</sup>and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword; <sup>9</sup>and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that [is] good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted. <sup>10</sup>And the word of Jehovah is unto Samuel, saying, <sup>11</sup>`I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;` and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night. <sup>12</sup>And Samuel riseth early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, `Saul hath come in to Carmel, and lo, he is setting up to himself a monument, and goeth round, and passeth over, and goeth down to Gilgal.` <sup>13</sup>And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, `Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.` <sup>14</sup>And Samuel saith, `And what [is] the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?` <sup>15</sup>And Saul saith, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.` <sup>16</sup>And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;` and he saith to him, `Speak.` <sup>17</sup>And Samuel saith, `Art not thou, if thou [art] little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel, ¹⁸and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed; ¹⁹and why hast thou not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah -- and dost fly unto the spoil, and dost do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah?` <sup>20</sup>And Saul saith unto Samuel, `Because -- I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and I go in the way which Jehovah hath sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted; ²¹and the people taketh of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal.` <sup>22</sup>And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams; ²³for a sin of divination [is] rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim [is] stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from [being] king.` <sup>24</sup>And Saul saith unto Samuel, `I have sinned, for I passed over the command of Jehovah, and thy words; because I have feared the people, I also hearken to their voice; ²⁵and now, bear, I pray thee, with my sin, and turn back with me, and I bow myself to Jehovah.` <sup>26</sup>And Samuel saith unto Saul, `I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.` <sup>27</sup>And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent! <sup>28</sup>And Samuel saith unto him, `Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee to-day, and given it to thy neighbour who is better than thou; ²⁹and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He [is] not a man to be penitent.` <sup>30</sup>And he saith, `I have sinned; now, honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn back with me; and I have bowed myself to Jehovah thy God.` <sup>31</sup>And Samuel turneth back after Saul, and Saul boweth himself to Jehovah; <sup>32</sup>and Samuel saith, `Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,` and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, `Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.` <sup>33</sup>And Samuel saith, `As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;` and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal. ³⁴And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house -- to Gibeah of Saul. ³⁵And Samuel hath not added to see Saul till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah repented that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.

Chapter 16

¹And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king. <sup>2</sup>And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.` And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come; ³and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.` <sup>4</sup>And Samuel doth that which Jehovah hath spoken, and cometh in to Beth-Lehem, and the elders of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] saith, `Is thy coming peace?` <sup>5</sup>and he saith, `Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;` and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice. <sup>6</sup>And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, that he seeth Eliab, and saith, `Surely, before Jehovah [is] His anointed.` <sup>7</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.` <sup>8</sup>And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.` <sup>9</sup>And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.` <sup>10</sup>And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, `Jehovah hath not fixed on these.` <sup>11</sup>And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?` and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;` and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.` <sup>12</sup>And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he [is] ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, `Rise, anoint him, for this [is] he.` <sup>13</sup>And Samuel taketh the horn of oil, and anointeth him in the midst of his brethren, and prosper over David doth the Spirit of Jehovah from that day and onwards; and Samuel riseth and goeth to Ramath. <sup>14</sup>And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him; <sup>15</sup>and the servants of Saul say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness [from] God is terrifying thee; ¹⁶let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness [from] God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and [it is] well with thee.` <sup>17</sup>And Saul saith unto his servants, `Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well -- then ye have brought [him] in unto me.` <sup>18</sup>And one of the servants answereth and saith, `Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah [is] with him.` <sup>19</sup>And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who [is] with the flock.` <sup>20</sup>And Jesse taketh an ass, [with] bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul. <sup>21</sup>And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons. <sup>22</sup>And Saul sendeth unto Jesse, saying, `Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he hath found grace in mine eyes.` ²³And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of [sadness from] God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

Chapter 17

¹And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which [is] to Judah, and encamp between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim; ²and Saul and the men of Israel have been gathered, and encamp by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array to meet the Philistines. ³And the Philistines are standing on the mountain on this side, and the Israelites are standing on the mountain on that side, and the valley [is] between them. ⁴And there goeth out a man of the duellists from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath [is] his name, from Gath; his height [is] six cubits and a span, ⁵and a helmet of brass [is] on his head, and [with] a scaled coat of mail he [is] clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail [is] five thousand shekels of brass, ⁶and a frontlet of brass [is] on his feet, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders, ⁷and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers`, and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him. <sup>8</sup>And he standeth and calleth unto the ranks of Israel, and saith to them, `Why are ye come out to set in array the battle? [am] not I the Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose for you a man, and let him come down unto me; ⁹if he be able to fight with me, and have smitten me, then we have been to you for servants; and if I am able for him, and have smitten him, then ye have been to us for servants, and have served us.` <sup>10</sup>And the Philistine saith, `I have reproached the ranks of Israel this day; give to me a man, and we fight together.` <sup>11</sup>And Saul heareth -- and all Israel -- these words of the Philistine, and they are broken down and greatly afraid. <sup>12</sup>And David [is] son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name [is] Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men; <sup>13</sup>and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle [are] Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah. <sup>14</sup>And David is the youngest, and the three eldest have gone after Saul, <sup>15</sup>and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem. <sup>16</sup>And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days. <sup>17</sup>And Jesse saith to David his son, `Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted [corn], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; ¹⁸and these ten cuttings of the cheese thou dost take in to the head of the thousand, and thy brethren thou dost inspect for welfare, and their pledge dost receive.` <sup>19</sup>And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel [are] in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. <sup>20</sup>And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle; <sup>21</sup>and Israel and the Philistines set in array rank to meet rank. <sup>22</sup>And David letteth down the goods from off him on the hand of a keeper of the goods, and runneth into the rank, and cometh and asketh of his brethren of welfare. <sup>23</sup>And he is speaking with them, and lo, a man of the duellists is coming up, Goliath the Philistine [is] his name, of Gath, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and he speaketh according to those words, and David heareth; <sup>24</sup>and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid. <sup>25</sup>And the men of Israel say, `Have ye seen this man who is coming up? for, to reproach Israel he is coming up, and it hath been -- the man who smiteth him, the king doth enrich him with great riches, and his daughter he doth give to him, and his father`s house doth make free in Israel.` ²⁶And David speaketh unto the men who are standing by him, saying, `What is done to the man who smiteth this Philistine, and hath turned aside reproach from Israel? for who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine that he hath reproached the ranks of the living God?` ²⁷And the people speak to him according to this word, saying, `Thus it is done to the man who smiteth him.` ²⁸And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, `Why [is] this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.` ²⁹And David saith, `What have I done now? is it not a word?` ³⁰And he turneth round from him unto another, and saith according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word. ³¹And the words which David hath spoken are heard, and they declare before Saul, and he receiveth him; ³²and David saith unto Saul, `Let no man`s heart fall because of him, thy servant doth go, and hath fought with this Philistine.` <sup>33</sup>And Saul saith unto David, `Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him, for a youth thou [art], and he a man of war from his youth.` <sup>34</sup>And David saith unto Saul, `A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come -- and the bear -- and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove, ³⁵and I have gone out after him, and smitten him, and delivered out of his mouth, and he riseth against me, and I have taken hold on his beard, and smitten him, and put him to death. ³⁶Both the lion and the bear hath thy servant smitten, and this uncircumcised Philistine hath been as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of the living God.` <sup>37</sup>And David saith, `Jehovah, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He doth deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.` And Saul saith unto David, `Go, and Jehovah is with thee.` <sup>38</sup>And Saul clotheth David with his long robe, and hath put a helmet of brass on his head, and doth clothe him with a coat of mail. <sup>39</sup>And David girded his sword above his long robe, and beginneth to go, for he hath not tried [it]; and David saith unto Saul, `I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried;` and David turneth them aside from off him. <sup>40</sup>And he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds` habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling [is] in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine. ⁴¹And the Philistine goeth on, going and drawing near unto David, and the man bearing the buckler [is] before him, ⁴²and the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance. ⁴³And the Philistine saith unto David, `Am I a dog that thou art coming unto me with staves?` and the Philistine revileth David by his gods, ⁴⁴and the Philistine saith unto David, `Come unto me, and I give thy flesh to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.` ⁴⁵And David saith unto the Philistine, `Thou art coming unto me with sword, and with spear, and with buckler, and I am coming unto thee in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, God of the ranks of Israel, which thou hast reproached. <sup>46</sup>This day doth Jehovah shut thee up into my hand -- and I have smitten thee, and turned aside thy head from off thee, and given the carcase of the camp of the Philistines this day to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and all the earth do know that God is for Israel. <sup>47</sup>and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle [is] Jehovah`s, and He hath given you into our hand.` <sup>48</sup>And it hath come to pass, that the Philistine hath risen, and goeth, and draweth near to meet David, and David hasteth and runneth to the rank to meet the Philistine, <sup>49</sup>and David putteth forth his hand unto the vessel, and taketh thence a stone, and slingeth, and smiteth the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sinketh into his forehead, and he falleth on his face to the earth. <sup>50</sup>And David is stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death, and there is no sword in the hand of David, <sup>51</sup>and David runneth and standeth over the Philistine, and taketh his sword, and draweth it out of its sheath, and putteth him to death, and cutteth off with it his head; and the Philistines see that their hero [is] dead, and flee. <sup>52</sup>And the men of Israel rise -- also Judah -- and shout, and pursue the Philistines till thou enter the valley, and unto the gates of Ekron, and the wounded of the Philistines fall in the way of Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron, <sup>53</sup>and the sons of Israel turn back from burning after the Philistines, and spoil their camps. <sup>54</sup>And David taketh the head of the Philistine, and bringeth it in to Jerusalem, and his weapons he hath put in his own tent. <sup>55</sup>And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, `Whose son [is] this -- the youth, Abner?` and Abner saith, `Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.` <sup>56</sup>And the king saith, `Ask thou whose son this [is] -- the young man.` <sup>57</sup>And when David turneth back from smiting the Philistine, then Abner taketh him and bringeth him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine in his hand; <sup>58</sup>and Saul saith unto him, `Whose son [art] thou, O youth?` and David saith, `Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.`

Chapter 18

¹And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. ²And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father. ³And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul, ⁴and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which [is] upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle. ⁵And David goeth out whithersoever Saul doth send him; he acted wisely, and Saul setteth him over the men of war, and it is good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. ⁶And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David`s returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing -- also the dancers -- to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments; <sup>7</sup>and the women answer -- those playing, and say, `Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.` <sup>8</sup>And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him [is] only the kingdom;` <sup>9</sup>and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth. <sup>10</sup>And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the spirit of sadness [from] God prospereth over Saul, and he prophesieth in the midst of the house, and David is playing with his hand, as day by day, and the javelin [is] in the hand of Saul, <sup>11</sup>and Saul casteth the javelin, and saith, `I smite through David, even through the wall;` and David turneth round out of his presence twice. <sup>12</sup>And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Jehovah hath been with him, and from Saul He hath turned aside; <sup>13</sup>and Saul turneth him aside from him, and appointeth him to himself head of a thousand, and he goeth out an cometh in, before the people. <sup>14</sup>And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Jehovah [is] with him, <sup>15</sup>and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him, <sup>16</sup>and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them. <sup>17</sup>And Saul saith unto David, `Lo, my elder daughter Merab -- her I give to thee for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valour, and fight the battles of Jehovah;` and Saul said, `Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.` <sup>18</sup>And David saith unto Saul, `Who [am] I? and what my life -- the family of my father in Israel -- that I am son-in-law to the king?` <sup>19</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. <sup>20</sup>And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes, <sup>21</sup>and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;` and Saul saith unto David, `By the second -- thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.` <sup>22</sup>And Saul commandeth his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.` <sup>23</sup>And the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David saith, `Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king -- and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?` <sup>24</sup>And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.` <sup>25</sup>And Saul saith, `Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;` and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full, ²⁷and David riseth and goeth, he and his men, and smiteth among the Philistines two hundred men, and David bringeth in their foreskins, and they set them before the king, to be son-in-law to the king; and Saul giveth to him Michal his daughter for a wife. ²⁸And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah [is] with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him, ²⁹and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days. ³⁰And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it cometh to pass from the time of their coming out, David hath acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.

Chapter 19

¹And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death, ²and Jonathan son of Saul delighted exceedingly in David, and Jonathan declareth to David, saying, `Saul my father is seeking to put thee to death, and, now, take heed, I pray thee, in the morning, and thou hast abode in a secret place, and been hidden, <sup>3</sup>and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou [art], and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared to thee.` ⁴And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee [are] very good; <sup>5</sup>yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?` ⁶And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.` ⁷And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore. ⁸And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and they flee from his face. ⁹And a spirit of sadness [from] Jehovah is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand, ¹⁰and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night. ¹¹And Saul sendeth messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declareth to David, saying, `If thou art not delivering thy life to-night -- tomorrow thou art put to death.` ¹²And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth; ¹³and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats` [hair] she hath put [for] his pillows, and covereth with a garment. <sup>14</sup>And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He [is] sick.` <sup>15</sup>And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, `Bring him up in the bed unto me,` -- to put him to death. <sup>16</sup>And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats` [hair], [for] his pillows. ¹⁷And Saul saith unto Michal, `Why thus hast thou deceived me -- that thou dost send away mine enemy, and he is escaped?` and Michal saith unto Saul, `He said unto me, Send me away: why do I put thee to death?` ¹⁸And David hath fled, and is escaped, and cometh in unto Samuel to Ramath, and declareth to him all that Saul hath done to him, and he goeth, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth. ¹⁹And it is declared to Saul, saying, `Lo, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah.` ²⁰And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of God is on Saul`s messengers, and they prophesy -- they also. <sup>21</sup>And they declare [it] to Saul, and he sendeth other messengers, and they prophesy -- they also; and Saul addeth and sendeth messengers a third time, and they prophesy -- they also. <sup>22</sup>And he goeth -- he also -- to Ramath, and cometh in unto the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asketh, and saith, `Where [are] Samuel and David?` and [one] saith, `Lo, in Naioth in Ramah.` <sup>23</sup>And he goeth thither -- unto Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God is upon him -- him also; and he goeth, going on, and he prophesyeth till his coming in to Naioth in Ramah, <sup>24</sup>and he strippeth off -- he also -- his garments, and prophesieth -- he also -- before Samuel, and falleth down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, `Is Saul also among the prophets?`

Chapter 20

¹And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, `What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is seeking my life?` ²And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this [thing] is not.` ³And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.` ⁴And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.` ⁵And David saith unto Jonathan, `Lo, the new moon [is] to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the king to eat; and thou hast sent me away, and I have been hidden in a field till the third evening; <sup>6</sup>if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days [is] there for all the family. <sup>7</sup>If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that the evil hath been determined by him; <sup>8</sup>and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee; -- and if there is in me iniquity, put thou me to death; and unto thy father, why is this -- thou dost bring me in?` ⁹And Jonathan saith, `Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.` ¹⁰And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sharply?` ¹¹And Jonathan saith unto David, `Come, and we go out into the field;` and they go out both of them into the field. ¹²And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about [this] time to-morrow [or] the third [day], and lo, good [is] towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear -- <sup>13</sup>thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father; <sup>14</sup>and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not, <sup>15</sup>but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah`s cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.` <sup>16</sup>And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David; <sup>17</sup>and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him. <sup>18</sup>And Jonathan saith to him, `To-morrow [is] new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat is looked after; ¹⁹and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel. ²⁰`And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark; <sup>21</sup>and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows [are] on this side of thee -- take them, -- then come thou, for peace [is] for thee, and there is nothing; Jehovah liveth. <sup>22</sup>And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows [are] beyond thee, -- go, for Jehovah hath sent thee away; <sup>23</sup>as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah [is] between me and thee -- unto the age.` ²⁴And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat, ²⁵and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and Abner sitteth at the side of Saul, and David`s place is looked after. <sup>26</sup>And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It [is] an accident; he is not clean -- surely not clean.` <sup>27</sup>And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David`s place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, `Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?` ²⁸And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem, <sup>29</sup>and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother himself hath given command to me, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king.` ³⁰And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, `Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother? <sup>31</sup>for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he [is] a son of death.` ³²And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?` ³³And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death. ³⁴And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame. ³⁵And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth [is] with him. ³⁶And he saith to his youth, `Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am shooting;` the youth is running, and he hath shot the arrow, causing [it] to pass over him. ³⁷And the youth cometh unto the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath shot, and Jonathan calleth after the youth, and saith, `Is not the arrow beyond thee?` ³⁸and Jonathan calleth after the youth, `Speed, haste, stand not;` and Jonathan`s youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord. <sup>39</sup>And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word. <sup>40</sup>And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, `Go, carry into the city.` <sup>41</sup>The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself; <sup>42</sup>and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;` and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city.

Chapter 21

¹And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?` ²And David saith to Ahimelech the priest, `The king hath commanded me a matter, and he saith unto me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending thee, and which I have commanded thee; and the young men I have caused to know at such and such a place; <sup>3</sup>and now, what is there under thy hand? five loaves give into my hand, or that which is found.` ⁴And the priest answereth David, and saith, `There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the youths have been kept only from women.` ⁵And David answereth the priest, and saith to him, `Surely, if women have been restrained from us as heretofore in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way: and also, surely to-day it is sanctified in the vessel.` ⁶And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away. ⁷And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul on that day detained before Jehovah, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul hath. ⁸And David saith to Ahimelech, `And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for neither my sword nor my vessels have I taken in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.` ⁹And the priest saith, `The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the valley of Elah, lo, it is wrapt in a garment behind the ephod, if it thou dost take to thyself, take; for there is none other save it in this [place].` And David saith, `There is none like it -- give it to me.` ¹⁰And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath; ¹¹and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?` <sup>12</sup>And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath, <sup>13</sup>and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard. <sup>14</sup>And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me? ¹⁵A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?`

Chapter 22

¹And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his father, and go down unto him thither; ²and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men. ³And David goeth thence to Mizpeh of Moab, and saith unto the king of Moab, `Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother go out with you, till that I know what God doth for me;` ⁴and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David`s being in the fortress. <sup>5</sup>And Gad the prophet saith unto David, `Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;` and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth. <sup>6</sup>And Saul heareth that David hath become known, and the men who [are] with him, and Saul is abiding in Gibeah, under the grove in Ramah, and his spear [is] in his hand, and all his servants standing by him. <sup>7</sup>And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, `Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds! ⁸for ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son`s covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.` ⁹And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub, <sup>10</sup>and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him. <sup>11</sup>And the king sendeth to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub, the priest, and all the house of his father, the priests, who [are] in Nob, and they come all of them unto the king; <sup>12</sup>and Saul saith, `Hear, I pray thee, son of Ahitub;` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my lord.` <sup>13</sup>And Saul saith unto him, `Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as [at] this day?` <sup>14</sup>And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants [is] as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house? ¹⁵To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.` <sup>16</sup>And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.` <sup>17</sup>And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;` and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;` and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, <sup>19</sup>and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword. <sup>20</sup>And there escapeth one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name [is] Abiathar, and he fleeth after David, <sup>21</sup>and Abiathar declareth to David that Saul hath slain the priests of Jehovah. <sup>22</sup>And David saith to Abiathar, `I have known on that day when Doeg the Edomite [is] there, that he doth certainly declare [it] to Saul; I have brought [it] round to every person of the house of thy father; ²³dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge [art] thou with me.`

Chapter 23

¹And they declare to David, saying, `Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the threshing-floors.` ²And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? -- and have I smitten among these Philistines?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.` ³And David`s men say unto him, `Lo, we here in Judah are afraid; and how much more when we go to Keilah, unto the ranks of the Philistines?` <sup>4</sup>And David addeth again to ask at Jehovah, and Jehovah answereth him, and saith, `Rise, go down to Keilah, for I am giving the Philistines into thy hand.` <sup>5</sup>And David goeth, and his men, to Keilah, and fighteth with the Philistines, and leadeth away their cattle, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and David saveth the inhabitants of Keilah. <sup>6</sup>And it cometh to pass, in the fleeing of Abiathar son of Ahimelech unto David, to Keilah, an ephod came down in his hand. <sup>7</sup>And it is declared to Saul that David hath come in to Keilah, and Saul saith, `God hath made him known for my hand, for he hath been shut in, to enter into a city of doors and bar.` <sup>8</sup>And Saul summoneth the whole of the people to battle, to go down to Keilah, to lay siege unto David and unto his men. <sup>9</sup>And David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, `Bring nigh the ephod.` <sup>10</sup>And David saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, Thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul is seeking to come in unto Keilah, to destroy the city on mine account. ¹¹Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up into his hand? doth Saul come down as Thy servant hath heard? Jehovah, God of Israel, declare, I pray Thee, to Thy servant.` And Jehovah saith, `He doth come down.` <sup>12</sup>And David saith, `Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?` And Jehovah saith, `They shut [thee] up.` <sup>13</sup>And David riseth -- and his men -- about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out. <sup>14</sup>And David abideth in the wilderness, in fortresses, and abideth in the hill-country, in the wilderness of Ziph; and Saul seeketh him all the days, and God hath not given him into his hand. <sup>15</sup>And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David [is] in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest. <sup>16</sup>And Jonathan son of Saul riseth, and goeth unto David to the forest, and strengtheneth his hand in God, <sup>17</sup>and saith unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father doth not find thee, and thou dost reign over Israel, and I am to thee for second, and also so knoweth Saul my father.` <sup>18</sup>And they make a covenant both of them before Jehovah; and David abideth in the forest, and Jonathan hath gone to his house. <sup>19</sup>And the Ziphites go up unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place? ²⁰And, now, by all the desire of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down, and ours [is] to shut him up into the hand of the king.` <sup>21</sup>And Saul saith, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me; ²²go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is; who hath seen him there? for [one] hath said unto me, He is very subtile. ²³And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.` <sup>24</sup>And they rise and go to Ziph before Saul, and David and his men [are] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, at the south of the desolate place. <sup>25</sup>And Saul and his men go to seek, and they declare to David, and he goeth down the rock, and abideth in the wilderness of Maon; and Saul heareth, and pursueth after David [to] the wilderness of Maon. <sup>26</sup>And Saul goeth on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and David is hastened to go from the face of Saul, and Saul and his men are compassing David and his men, to catch them. <sup>27</sup>And a messenger hath come in unto Saul, saying, `Haste, and come, for the Philistines have pushed against the land.` <sup>28</sup>And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place `The Rock of Divisions.` ²⁹And David goeth up thence, and abideth in fortresses [at] En-gedi.

Chapter 24

¹And it cometh to pass when Saul hath turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him, saying, `Lo, David [is] in the wilderness of En-gedi.` ²And Saul taketh three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goeth to seek David and his men, on the front of the rocks of the wild goats, ³and he cometh in unto folds of the flock, on the way, and there [is] a cave, and Saul goeth in to cover his feet; and David and his men in the sides of the cave are abiding. ⁴And the men of David say unto him, `Lo, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Lo, I am giving thine enemy into thy hand, and thou hast done to him as it is good in thine eyes;` and David riseth and cutteth off the skirt of the upper robe which [is] on Saul -- gently. ⁵And it cometh to pass afterwards that the heart of David smiteth him, because that he hath cut off the skirt which [is] on Saul, ⁶and he saith to his men, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah; I do not do this thing to my lord -- to the anointed of Jehovah -- to put forth my hand against him, for the anointed of Jehovah he [is].` ⁷And David subdueth his men by words, and hath not permitted them to rise against Saul; and Saul hath risen from the cave, and goeth on the way; ⁸and David riseth afterwards, and goeth out from the cave, and calleth after Saul, saying, `My lord, O king!` And Saul looketh attentively behind him, and David boweth -- face to the earth -- and doth obeisance. ⁹And David saith to Saul, `Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil? <sup>10</sup>Lo, this day have thine eyes seen how that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and [one] said to slay thee, and [mine eye] hath pity on thee, and I say, I do not put forth my hand against my lord, for the anointed of Jehovah he [is]. <sup>11</sup>`And, my father, see, yea see the skirt of thine upper robe in my hand; for by cutting off the skirt of thy upper robe, and I have not slain thee, know and see that there is not in my hand evil and transgression, and I have not sinned against thee, and thou art hunting my soul to take it! ¹²`Jehovah doth judge between me and thee, and Jehovah hath avenged me of thee, and my hand is not on thee; <sup>13</sup>as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee. <sup>14</sup>`After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea! ¹⁵And Jehovah hath been for judge, and hath judged between me and thee, yea, he seeth and pleadeth my cause, and doth deliver me out of thy hand.` <sup>16</sup>And it cometh to pass, when David completeth to speak these words unto Saul, that Saul saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?` and Saul lifteth up his voice, and weepeth. <sup>17</sup>And he saith unto David, `More righteous thou [art] than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil; ¹⁸and thou hast declared to-day how that thou hast done good with me, how that Jehovah shut me up into thy hand, and thou didst not slay me, ¹⁹and that a man doth find his enemy, and hath sent him away in a good manner; and Jehovah doth repay thee good for that which thou didst to me this day. ²⁰`And, now, lo, I have known that thou dost certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel hath stood in thy hand; <sup>21</sup>and, now, swear to me by Jehovah -- thou dost not cut off my seed after me, nor dost thou destroy my name from the house of my father.` ²²And David sweareth to Saul, and Saul goeth unto his house, and David and his men have gone up unto the fortress.

Chapter 25

¹And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran. ²And [there is] a man in Maon, and his work [is] in Carmel; and the man [is] very great, and he hath three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats; and he is shearing his flock in Carmel. ³And the name of the man [is] Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman [is] of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man [is] hard and evil [in] doings; and he [is] a Calebite. ⁴And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock, ⁵and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, `Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare, <sup>6</sup>and said thus: To life! and thou, peace; and thy house, peace; and all that thou hast -- peace! <sup>7</sup>and, now, I have heard that thou hast shearers; now, the shepherds whom thou hast have been with us, we have not put them to shame, nor hath anything been looked after by them, all the days of their being in Carmel. <sup>8</sup>`Ask thy young men, and they declare to thee, and the young men find grace in thine eyes, for on a good day we have come; give, I pray thee, that which thy hand findeth, to thy servants, and to thy son, to David.` <sup>9</sup>And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David -- and rest. <sup>10</sup>And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, `Who [is] David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master; ¹¹and I have taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have given [it] to men whom I have not known whence they [are]!` <sup>12</sup>And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words. <sup>13</sup>And David saith to his men, `Gird ye on each his sword;` and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels. <sup>14</sup>And to Abigail wife of Nabal hath one young man of the youths declared, saying, `Lo, David hath sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our lord, and he flieth upon them; ¹⁵and the men [are] very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field; ¹⁶a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock. ¹⁷`And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.` ¹⁸And Abigail hasteth, and taketh two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted corn, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred bunches of figs, and setteth [them] on the asses. ¹⁹And she saith to her young men, `Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;` and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared [it]; ²⁰and it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them. ²¹And David said, `Only, in vain I have kept all that this [one] hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good; <sup>22</sup>thus doth God do to the enemies of David, and thus He doth add, if I leave of all that he hath till the light of the morning -- of those sitting on the wall.` ²³And Abigail seeth David, and hasteth and cometh down from off the ass, and falleth before David on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, ²⁴and falleth at his feet and saith, `On me, my lord, the iniquity; and let, I pray thee, thy handmaid speak in thine ear, and hear the words of thy handmaid. <sup>25</sup>`Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send; ²⁶and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord. ²⁷`And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord. <sup>28</sup>`Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee [all] thy days. ²⁹And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling. ³⁰`And it hath been, when Jehovah doth to my lord according to all the good which He hath spoken concerning thee, and appointed thee for leader over Israel, <sup>31</sup>that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord -- either to shed blood for nought, or my lord`s restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.` <sup>32</sup>And David saith to Abigail, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me, ³³and blessed [is] thy discretion, and blessed [art] thou in that thou hast restrained me this day from coming in with blood, and to restrain my hand to myself. ³⁴And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.` <sup>35</sup>And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, `Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.` <sup>36</sup>And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning. <sup>37</sup>And it cometh to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declareth to him these things, and his heart dieth within him, and he hath been as a stone. <sup>38</sup>And it cometh to pass, [in] about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth, <sup>39</sup>and David heareth that Nabal [is] dead, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;` and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife. <sup>40</sup>And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, `David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.` <sup>41</sup>And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, `Lo, thy handmaid [is] for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.` ⁴²And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife. ⁴³And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives; ⁴⁴and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who [is] of Gallim.

Chapter 26

¹And the Ziphites come in unto Saul, at Gibeah, saying, `Is not David hiding himself in the height of Hachilah, on the front of the desert?` ²And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. ³And Saul encampeth in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the front of the desert, by the way, and David is abiding in the wilderness, and he seeth that Saul hath come after him in to the wilderness; ⁴and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon, ⁵and David riseth, and cometh in unto the place where Saul hath encamped, and David seeth the place where Saul hath lain, and Abner son of Ner, head of his host, and Saul is lying in the path, and the people are encamping round about him. ⁶And David answereth and saith unto Ahimelech the Hittite, and unto Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, `Who doth go down with me unto Saul, unto the camp?` and Abishai saith, `I -- I go down with thee.` ⁷And David cometh -- and Abishai -- unto the people by night, and lo, Saul is lying sleeping in the path, and his spear struck into the earth at his pillow, and abner and the people are lying round about him. ⁸And Abishai saith unto David, `God hath shut up to-day thine enemy into thy hand; and, now, let me smite him, I pray thee, with a spear, even into the earth at once -- and I do repeat [it] to him.` ⁹And David saith unto Abishai, `Destroy him not; for who hath put forth his hand against the anointed of Jehovah, and been acquitted?` ¹⁰And David saith, `Jehovah liveth; except Jehovah doth smite him, or his day come that he hath died, or into battle he go down, and hath been consumed -- <sup>11</sup>far be it from me, by Jehovah, from putting forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah; and, now, take, I pray thee, the spear which [is] at his pillow, and the cruse of water, and we go away.` ¹²And David taketh the spear, and the cruse of water at the pillow of Saul, and they go away, and there is none seeing, and there is none knowing, and there is none awaking, for all of them are sleeping, for a deep sleep [from] Jehovah hath fallen upon them. ¹³And David passeth over to the other side, and standeth on the top of the hill afar off -- great [is] the place between them; ¹⁴and David calleth unto the people, and unto Abner son of Ner, saying, `Dost thou not answer, Abner?` and Abner answereth and saith, `Who [art] thou [who] hast called unto the king?` ¹⁵And David saith unto Abner, `Art not thou a man? and who [is] like thee in Israel? but why hast thou not watched over thy lord the king? for one of the people had come in to destroy the king, thy lord. <sup>16</sup>Not good is this thing which thou hast done; Jehovah liveth, but ye [are] sons of death, in that ye have not watched over your lord, over the anointed of Jehovah; and now, see where the king`s spear [is], and the cruse of water which [is] at his bolster.` <sup>17</sup>And Saul discerneth the voice of David, and saith, `Is this thy voice, my son David?` and David saith, `My voice, my lord, O king!` <sup>18</sup>and he saith, `Why [is] this -- my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what [is] in my hand evil? ¹⁹And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed [are] they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods. ²⁰`And now, let not my blood fall to the earth over-against the face of Jehovah, for the king of Israel hath come out to seek one flea, as [one] pursueth the partridge in mountains.` ²¹And Saul saith, `I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to thee no more, because that my soul hath been precious in thine eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly.` ²²And David answereth and saith, `Lo, the king`s spear; and let one of the young men pass over, and receive it; ²³and Jehovah doth turn back to each his righteousness and his faithfulness, in that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into [my] hand, and I have not been willing to put forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah, ²⁴and lo, as thy soul hath been great this day in mine eyes, so is my soul great in the eyes of Jehovah, and He doth deliver me out of all distress.` <sup>25</sup>And Saul saith unto David, `Blessed [art] thou, my son David, also working thou dost work, and also prevailing thou dost prevail.` And David goeth on his way, and Saul hath turned back to his place.

Chapter 27

¹And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.` ²And David riseth, and passeth over, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, unto Achish son of Maoch king of Gath; ³and David dwelleth with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each one with his household, [even] David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelitess. ⁴And it is declared to Saul that David hath fled to Gath, and he hath not added any more to seek him. ⁵And David saith unto Achish, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, they give to me a place in one of the cities of the field, and I dwell there, yea, why doth thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?` ⁶And Achish giveth to him in that day Ziklag, therefore hath Ziklag been to the kings of Judah till this day. ⁷And the number of the days which David hath dwelt in the field of the Philistines [is] days and four months; ⁸and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt, ⁹and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish. ¹⁰And Achish saith, `Whither have ye pushed to-day?` and David saith, `Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and unto the south of the Kenite.` ¹¹Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in [word] to Gath, saying, `Lest they declare [it] against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus [is] his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.` ¹²And Achish believeth in David, saying, `He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.`

Chapter 28

¹And it cometh to pass in those days, that the Philistines gather their camps for the war, to fight against Israel, and Achish saith unto David, `Thou dost certainly know that with me thou dost go out into the camp, thou and thy men.` ²And David saith unto Achish, `Therefore -- thou dost know that which thy servant dost do.` And Achish saith unto David, `Therefore -- keeper of my head I do appoint thee all the days.` ³And Samuel hath died, and all Israel mourn for him, and bury him in Ramah, even in his city, and Saul hath turned aside those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. ⁴And the Philistines are gathered, and come in, and encamp in Shunem, and Saul gathereth all Israel, and they encamp in Gilboa, ⁵and Saul seeth the camp of the Philistines, and feareth, and his heart trembleth greatly, ⁶and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. ⁷And Saul saith to his servants, `Seek for me a woman possessing a familiar spirit, and I go unto her, and inquire of her;` and his servants say unto him, `Lo, a woman possessing a familiar spirit in En-dor.` ⁸And Saul disguiseth himself and putteth on other garments, and goeth, he and two of the men with him, and they come in unto the woman by night, and he saith, `Divine, I pray thee, to me by the familiar spirit, and cause to come up to me him whom I say unto thee.` ⁹And the woman saith unto him, `Lo, thou hast known that which Saul hath done, that he hath cut off those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land; and why art thou laying a snare for my soul -- to put me to death?` ¹⁰And Saul sweareth to her by Jehovah, saying, `Jehovah liveth, punishment doth not meet thee for this thing.` ¹¹And the woman saith, `Whom do I bring up to thee?` and he saith, `Samuel -- bring up to me.` ¹²And the woman seeth Samuel, and crieth with a loud voice, and the woman speaketh unto Saul, saying, `Why hast thou deceived me -- and thou Saul?` ¹³And the king saith to her, `Do not fear; for what hast thou seen?` and the woman saith unto Saul, `Gods I have seen coming up out of the earth.` ¹⁴And he saith to her, `What [is] his form?` and she saith, `An aged man is coming up, and he [is] covered with an upper robe;` and Saul knoweth that he [is] Samuel, and boweth -- face to thee earth -- and doth obeisance. ¹⁵And Samuel saith unto Saul, `Why hast thou troubled me, to bring me up?` And Saul saith, `I have great distress, and the Philistines are fighting against me, God hath turned aside from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the hand of the prophets, or by dreams; and I call for thee to let me know what I do.` ¹⁶And Samuel saith, `And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy? <sup>17</sup>And Jehovah doth for Himself as He hath spoken by my hand, and Jehovah rendeth the kingdom out of thy hand, and giveth it to thy neighbour -- to David. <sup>18</sup>Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, nor didst the fierceness of His anger on Amalek -- therefore this thing hath Jehovah done to thee this day; <sup>19</sup>yea, Jehovah giveth also Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow thou and thy sons [are] with me; also the camp of Israel doth Jehovah give into the hand of the Philistines.` ²⁰And Saul hasteth and falleth -- the fulness of his stature -- to the earth, and feareth greatly because of the words of Samuel; also power was not in him, for he had not eaten bread all the day, and all the night. ²¹And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, `Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me; <sup>22</sup>and now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.` ²³And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;` and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed. ²⁴And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things, ²⁵and bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.

Chapter 29

¹And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which [is] in Jezreel, ²and the princes of the Philistines are passing on by hundreds, and by thousands, and David and his men are passing on in the rear with Achish. ³And the heads of the Philistines say, `What [are] these Hebrews?` and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything [wrong] from the day of his falling away till this day.` ⁴And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?` ⁵Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?` <sup>6</sup>And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou [art] upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good; ⁷and now, turn back, and go in peace, and thou dost do no evil in the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.` <sup>8</sup>And David saith unto Achish, `But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee till this day -- that I go not in and have fought against the enemies of my lord the king?` <sup>9</sup>And Achish answereth and saith unto David, `I have known that thou [art] good in mine eyes as a messenger of God; only, the princes of the Philistines have said, He doth not go up with us into battle; ¹⁰and now, rise thou early in the morning, and the servants of thy lord who have come with thee, when ye have risen early in the morning, and have light, then go ye.` ¹¹And David riseth early, he and his men, to go in the morning, to turn back unto the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone up to Jezreel.

Chapter 30

¹And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have pushed unto the south, and unto Ziklag, and smite Ziklag, and burn it with fire, ²and they take captive the women who [are] in it; from small unto great they have not put any one to death, and they lead away, and go on their way. ³And David cometh in -- and his men -- unto the city, and lo, burnt with fire, and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters have been taken captive! ⁴And David lifteth up -- and the people who [are] with him -- their voice and weep, till that they have no power to weep. ⁵And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite; ⁶and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God. ⁷And David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, `Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;` and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David, ⁸and David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `I pursue after this troop -- do I overtake it?` And He saith to him, `Pursue, for thou dost certainly overtake, and dost certainly deliver.` ⁹And David goeth on, he and six hundred men who [are] with him, and they come in unto the brook of Besor, and those left have stood still, ¹⁰and David pursueth, he and four hundred men, (and two hundred men stand still who have been too faint to pass over the brook of Besor), ¹¹and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water, ¹²and give to him a piece of a bunch of dried figs, and two bunches of raisins, and he eateth, and his spirit returneth unto him, for he hath not eaten bread nor drunk water three days and three nights. ¹³And David saith to him, `Whose [art] thou? and whence [art] thou?` And he saith, `An Egyptian youth I [am], servant to a man, an Amalekite, and my lord forsaketh me, for I have been sick three days, <sup>14</sup>we pushed [to] the south of the Cherethite, and against that which [is] to Judah, and against the south of Caleb, and Ziklag we burned with fire.` ¹⁵And David saith unto him, `Dost thou bring me down unto this troop?` and he saith, `Swear to me by God -- thou dost not put me to death, nor dost thou shut me up into the hand of my lord -- and I bring thee down unto this troop.` ¹⁶And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. ¹⁷And David smiteth them from the twilight even unto the evening of the morrow, and there hath not escaped of them a man, except four hundred young men who have ridden on the camels, and are fled. ¹⁸And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered. ¹⁹And there hath not lacked to them [anything], from small unto great, and unto sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even unto all that they had taken to themselves, the whole hath David brought back, ²⁰and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, `This [is] David`s spoil.` <sup>21</sup>And David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who [are] with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare. <sup>22</sup>And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go. ²³And David saith, `Ye do not do so, my brethren, with that which Jehovah hath given to us, and He doth preserve us, and doth give the troop which cometh against us into our hand; <sup>24</sup>and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also [is] the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels -- alike they share.` ²⁵And it cometh to pass from that day and forward, that he appointeth it for a statute and for an ordinance for Israel unto this day. ²⁶And David cometh in unto Ziklag, and sendeth of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, (saying, `Lo, for you a blessing, of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah),` ²⁷to those in Beth-El, and to those in South Ramoth, and to those in Jattir, ²⁸and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa, ²⁹and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites, ³⁰and to those in Hormah, and to those in Chor-Ashan, and to those in Athach, ³¹and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.

Chapter 31

¹And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, ²and the Philistines follow Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul. ³And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers; ⁴and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come -- these uncircumcised -- and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;` and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it. ⁵And the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and he falleth -- he also -- on his sword, and dieth with him; ⁶and Saul dieth, and three of his sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his men, on that day together. ⁷And they see -- the men of Israel, who [are] beyond the valley, and who [are] beyond the Jordan -- that the men of Israel have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake the cities and flee, and Philistines come in, and dwell in them. ⁸And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa, ⁹and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [in] the house of their idols, and [among] the people; ¹⁰and they place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan. ¹¹And they hear regarding it -- the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead -- that which the Philistines have done to Saul, ¹²and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there, ¹³and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

2 Samuel

Chapter 1

¹And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, ²and it cometh to pass, on the third day, that lo, a man hath come in out of the camp from Saul, and his garments [are] rent, and earth on his head; and it cometh to pass, in his coming in unto David, that he falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance. ³And David saith to him, `Whence comest thou?` and he saith unto him, `Out of the camp of Israel I have escaped.` ⁴And David saith unto him, `What hath been the matter? declare, I pray thee, to me.` And he saith, that `The people hath fled from the battle, and also a multitude hath fallen of the people, and they die; and also Saul and Jonathan his son have died.` ⁵And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, `How hast thou known that Saul and Jonathan his son [are] dead?` ⁶And the youth who is declaring [it] to him saith, I happened to meet in mount Gilboa, and lo, Saul is leaning on his spear; and lo, the chariots and those possessing horses have followed him; ⁷and he turneth behind him, and seeth me, and calleth unto me, and I say, Here [am] I. ⁸And he saith to me, Who [art] thou? and I say unto him, An Amalekite I [am].` <sup>9</sup>`And he saith unto me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and put me to death, for seized me hath the arrow, for all my soul [is] still in me. ¹⁰And I stand over him, and put him to death, for I knew that he doth not live after his falling, and I take the crown which [is] on his head, and the bracelet which [is] on his arm, and bring them in unto my lord hither.` <sup>11</sup>And David taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them, and also all the men who [are] with him, <sup>12</sup>and they mourn, and weep, and fast till the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they have fallen by the sword. <sup>13</sup>And David saith unto the youth who is declaring [it] to him, `Whence [art] thou?` and he saith, `Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I [am].` <sup>14</sup>And David saith unto him, `How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?` <sup>15</sup>And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, `Draw nigh -- fall upon him;` and he smiteth him, and he dieth; <sup>16</sup>and David saith unto him, `Thy blood [is] on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I -- I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.` <sup>17</sup>And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son; <sup>18</sup>and he saith to teach the sons of Judah `The Bow;` lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: -- <sup>19</sup>`The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places [is] wounded; How have the mighty fallen! ²⁰Declare [it] not in Gath, Proclaim not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest they rejoice -- The daughters of the Philistines, Lest they exult -- The daughters of the Uncircumcised! ²¹Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, And fields of heave-offerings! For there hath become loathsome The shield of the mighty, The shield of Saul -- without the anointed with oil. ²²From the blood of the wounded, From the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan Hath not turned backward; And the sword of Saul doth not return empty. ²³Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they have not been parted. Than eagles they have been lighter, Than lions they have been mightier! ²⁴Daughters of Israel! for Saul weep ye, Who is clothing you [in] scarlet with delights. Who is lifting up ornaments of gold on your clothing. ²⁵How have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded! ²⁶I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women! ²⁷How have the mighty fallen, Yea, the weapons of war perish!`

Chapter 2

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up into one of the cities of Judah?` and Jehovah saith unto him, `Go up.` And David saith, `Whither do I go up?` and He saith, `To Hebron.` ²And David goeth up thither, and also his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite; ³and his men who [are] with him hath David brought up -- a man and his household -- and they dwell in the cities of Hebron. ⁴And the men of Judah come, and anoint there David for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, `The men of Jabesh-Gilead [are] they who buried Saul.` ⁵And David sendeth messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead, and saith unto them, `Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, in that ye have done this kindness with your lord, with Saul, that ye bury him. <sup>6</sup>`And, now, Jehovah doth with you kindness and truth, and also, I do with you this good because ye have done this thing; ⁷and now, are your hands strong, and be ye for sons of valour, for your lord Saul. [is] dead, and also -- me have the house of Judah anointed for king over them.` <sup>8</sup>And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul hath, hath taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causeth him to pass over to Mahanaim, <sup>9</sup>and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel -- all of it. <sup>10</sup>A son of forty years, [is] Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, in his reigning over Israel, and two years he hath reigned, only the house of Judah have been after David. <sup>11</sup>And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months. <sup>12</sup>And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon. <sup>13</sup>And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this [side], and these by the pool on that. <sup>14</sup>And Abner saith unto Joab, `Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;` and Joab saith, `Let them rise.` <sup>15</sup>And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. <sup>16</sup>And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword [is] in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and [one] calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon, <sup>17</sup>and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. <sup>18</sup>And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel [is] light on his feet, as one of the roes which [are] in the field, <sup>19</sup>And Asahel pursueth after Abner, and hath not turned aside to go to the right or to the left, from after Abner. <sup>20</sup>And Abner looketh behind him, and saith, `Art thou he -- Asahel?` and he saith, `I [am].` <sup>21</sup>And Abner saith to him, `Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;` and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him. <sup>22</sup>And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, `Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?` <sup>23</sup>And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth [rib], and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth -- they stand still. <sup>24</sup>And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which [is] on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. <sup>25</sup>And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height, <sup>26</sup>and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, `For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?` <sup>27</sup>And Joab saith, `God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.` ²⁸And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight. ²⁹And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on [through] all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim. ³⁰And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel; ³¹and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men -- they died. ³²And they lift up Asahel, and bury him in the burying-place of his father, which [is] in Beth-Lehem, and they go all the night -- Joab and his men -- and it is light to them in Hebron.

Chapter 3

¹And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and [is] strong, and the house of Saul are going on and [are] weak. ²And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, ³and his second [is] Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third [is] Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, ⁴and the fourth [is] Adonijah son of Haggith, and the fifth [is] Shephatiah son of Abital, ⁵and the sixth [is] Ithream, of Eglah wife of David; these have been born to David in Hebron. ⁶And it cometh to pass, in the war being between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner hath been strengthening himself in the house of Saul, ⁷and Saul hath a concubine, and her name [is] Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and [Ish-Bosheth] saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?` ⁸And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog [am] I -- that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David -- that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day? <sup>9</sup>thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David -- surely so I do to him: <sup>10</sup>to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba.` ¹¹And he is not able any more to turn back Abner a word, because of his fearing him. ¹²And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, `Whose [is] the land?` saying, `Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand [is] with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.` ¹³And he saith, `Good -- I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.` ¹⁴And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, `Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.` ¹⁵And Ish-Bosheth sendeth, and taketh her from a man, from Phaltiel son of Laish, ¹⁶and her husband goeth with her, going on and weeping behind her, unto Bahurim, and Abner saith unto him, `Go, turn back;` and he turneth back. ¹⁷And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, `Heretofore ye have been seeking David for king over you, <sup>18</sup>and now, do [it], for Jehovah hath spoken of David saying, By the hand of David my servant -- to save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.` ¹⁹And Abner speaketh also in the ears of Benjamin, and Abner goeth also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that [is] good in the eyes of Israel, and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin, ²⁰and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who [are] with him, a banquet. ²¹And Abner saith unto David, `I arise, and go, and gather unto my lord the king the whole of Israel, and they make with thee a covenant, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth;` and David sendeth away Abner, and he goeth in peace. ²²And lo, the servants of David, and Joab, have come from the troop, and much spoil have brought with them, and Abner is not with David in Hebron, for he hath sent him away, and he goeth in peace; ²³and Joab and all the host that [is] with him have come, and they declare to Joab, saying, `Abner son of Ner hath come unto the king, and he sendeth him away, and he goeth in peace.` ²⁴And Joab cometh unto the king, and saith, `What hast thou done? lo, Abner hath come unto thee! why [is] this -- thou hast sent him away, and he is really gone? <sup>25</sup>Thou hast known Abner son of Ner, that to deceive thee he came, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art doing.` ²⁶And Joab goeth out from David, and sendeth messengers after Abner, and they bring him back from the well of Sirah, and David knew not. ²⁷And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth [rib] -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother. ²⁸And David heareth afterwards and saith, `Acquitted [am] I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner son of Ner; <sup>29</sup>it doth stay on the head of Joab, and on all the house of his father, and there is not cut off from the house of Joab one having an issue, and leprous, and laying hold on a staff, and falling by a sword, and lacking bread.` ³⁰And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle. ³¹And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who [are] with him, `Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;` and king David is going after the bier. ³²And they bury Abner in Hebron, and the king lifteth up his voice, and weepeth at the grave of Abner, and all the people weep; ³³and the king lamenteth for Abner, and saith: -- `As the death of a fool doth Abner die? <sup>34</sup>Thy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil -- Thou hast fallen!` and all the people add to weep over him. ³⁵And all the people come to cause David to eat bread while yet day, and David sweareth, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add, for -- before the going in of the sun, I taste no bread or any other thing.` ³⁶And all the people have discerned [it], and it is good in their eyes, as all that the king hath done is good in the eyes of all the people; ³⁷and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king -- to put to death Abner son of Ner. ³⁸And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel? <sup>39</sup>and I to-day [am] tender, and an anointed king: and these men, sons of Zeruiah, [are] too hard for me; Jehovah doth recompense to the doer of the evil according to his evil.`

Chapter 4

¹And the son of Saul heareth that Abner [is] dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled. ²And two men, heads of troops, have been [to] the son of Saul, the name of the one [is] Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin, for also Beeroth is reckoned to Benjamin, ³and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day. ⁴And to Jonathan son of Saul [is] a son -- lame; he was a son of five years at the coming in of the rumour of [the death of] Saul and Jonathan, out of Jezreel, and his nurse lifteth him up, and fleeth, and it cometh to pass in her hasting to flee, that he falleth, and becometh lame, and his name [is] Mephibosheth. ⁵And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down -- the lying down of noon; ⁶and thither they have come, unto the midst of the house, taking wheat, and they smite him unto the fifth [rib], and Rechab and Baanah his brother have escaped; ⁷yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night, ⁸and bring in the head of Ish-Bosheth unto David in Hebron, and say unto the king, `Lo, the head of Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah doth give to my lord the king vengeance this day, of Saul and of his seed.` ⁹And David answereth Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saith to them, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, <sup>10</sup>when one is declaring to me, saying, Lo, Saul is dead, and he was as a bearer of tidings in his own eyes, then I take hold on him, and slay him in Ziklag, instead of my giving to him [for] the tidings. <sup>11</sup>Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?` ¹²And David commandeth the young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hang [them] over the pool in Hebron, and the head of Ish-Bosheth they have taken, and bury [it] in the burying-place of Abner in Hebron.

Chapter 5

¹And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh; <sup>2</sup>also heretofore, in Saul`s being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.` <sup>3</sup>And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel. <sup>4</sup>A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned; <sup>5</sup>in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah. <sup>6</sup>And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, `Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;` saying, `David doth not come in hither.` <sup>7</sup>And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David. <sup>8</sup>And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind -- the hated of David`s soul,` -- because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.` ⁹And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it -- City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward, ¹⁰and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with him. ¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David, ¹²and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel. ¹³And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters. ¹⁴And these [are] the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, ¹⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. ¹⁷And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress, ¹⁸and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹And David asketh of Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up unto the Philistines? dost Thou give them into my hand?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.` ²⁰And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth [on] mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;` therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim. ²¹And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up. ²²And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim, ²³and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, `Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries, <sup>24</sup>and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.` ²⁵And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.

Chapter 6

¹And David gathered again every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand, ²and David riseth and goeth, and all the people who [are] with him, from Baale-Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God, whose name hath been called -- the name of Jehovah of Hosts, inhabiting the cherubs -- upon it. ³And they cause the ark of God to ride on a new cart, and lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which [is] in the height, and Uzzah and Ahio sons of Abinadab are leading the new cart; ⁴and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which [is] in the height, with the ark of God, and Ahio is going before the ark, ⁵and David and all the house of Israel are playing before Jehovah, with all kinds of [instruments] of fir-wood, even with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cornets, and with cymbals. ⁶And they come unto the threshing-floor of Nachon, and Uzzah putteth forth [his hand] unto the ark of God, and layeth hold on it, for they released the oxen; ⁷and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Uzzah, and God smiteth him there for the error, and he dieth there by the ark of God. ⁸And it is displeasing to David, because that Jehovah hath broken forth a breach upon Uzzah, and [one] calleth that place Perez-Uzzah, unto this day; ⁹and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, `How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?` ¹⁰And David hath not been willing to turn aside unto himself the ark of Jehovah, to the city of David, and David turneth it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite, ¹¹and the ark of Jehovah doth inhabit the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months, and Jehovah blesseth Obed-Edom and all his house. ¹²And it is declared to king David, saying, `Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he hath, because of the ark of God;` and David goeth and bringeth up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with joy. ¹³And it cometh to pass, when those bearing the ark of Jehovah have stepped six steps, that he sacrificeth an ox and a fatling. ¹⁴And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod, ¹⁵and David and all the house of Israel are bringing up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the voice of a trumpet, ¹⁶and it hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart. ¹⁷And they bring in the ark of Jehovah, and set it up in its place, in the midst of the tent which David hath spread out for it, and David causeth to ascend burnt-offerings before Jehovah, and peace-offerings. ¹⁸And David finisheth from causing to ascend the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, ¹⁹and he apportioneth to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man even unto woman, to each, one cake of bread, and one eshpar, and one ashisha, and all the people go, each to his house. ²⁰And David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, `How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!` ²¹And David saith unto Michal, `-- Before Jehovah, who fixed on me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, and over Israel, -- yea, I played before Jehovah; <sup>22</sup>and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.` ²³As to Michal daughter of Saul, she had no child till the day of her death.

Chapter 7

¹And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies, ²that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.` ³And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that [is] in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah [is] with thee.` ⁴And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying, ⁵`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in? <sup>6</sup>for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle. <sup>7</sup>During all [the time] that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, `Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars? ⁸and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel; <sup>9</sup>and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth, <sup>10</sup>and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning, <sup>11</sup>even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house. <sup>12</sup>`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom; ¹³He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age. ¹⁴I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam, ¹⁵and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee, ¹⁶and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.` <sup>17</sup>According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David. <sup>18</sup>And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who [am] I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? ¹⁹And yet this [is] little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this [is] the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah. ²⁰And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah. ²¹Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know [it]. ²²Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²³`And who [is] as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- [among the] nations and their gods? <sup>24</sup>Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God. <sup>25</sup>`And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken; ²⁶And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee, ²⁷For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer; ²⁸And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness, ²⁹And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed -- to the age.`

Chapter 8

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines. ²And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present. ³And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River [Euphrates;] ⁴and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers. ⁵And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men; ⁶and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone; ⁷and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and bringeth them to Jerusalem; ⁸and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass. ⁹And Toi king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten all the force of Hadadezer, ¹⁰and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars [with] Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass, ¹¹also them did king David sanctify to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued: ¹²of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah. ¹³And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand; ¹⁴and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone. ¹⁵And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people, ¹⁶and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer, ¹⁷and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe, ¹⁸and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

Chapter 9

¹And David saith, `Is there yet any left to the house of Saul, and I do with him kindness because of Jonathan?` ²And the house of Saul hath a servant, and his name [is] Ziba, and they call for him unto David; and the king saith unto him, `Art thou Ziba?` and he saith, `Thy servant.` ³And the king saith, `Is there not yet a man to the house of Saul, and I do with him the kindness of God?` And Ziba saith unto the king, `Jonathan hath yet a son -- lame.` ⁴And the king saith to him, `Where [is] he?` and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he [is] in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar.` ⁵And king David sendeth, and taketh him out of the house of Machir son of Ammiel, of Lo-Debar, ⁶and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, cometh unto David, and falleth on his face, and doth obeisance, and David saith, `Mephibosheth;` and he saith, `Lo, thy servant.` ⁷And David saith to him, `Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.` ⁸And he boweth himself, and saith, `What [is] thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog -- such as I?` ⁹And the king calleth unto Ziba servant of Saul, and saith unto him, `All that was to Saul and to all his house, I have given to the son of thy lord, <sup>10</sup>and thou hast served for him the land, thou and thy sons, and thy servants, and hast brought in, and there hath been to the son of thy lord bread, and he hath eaten it; and Mephibosheth son of thy lord doth eat continually bread at my table;` and Ziba hath fifteen sons and twenty servants. ¹¹And Ziba saith unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so doth thy servant;` as to Mephibosheth, `he is eating at my table ([saith the king]) as one of the sons of the king.` ¹²And Mephibosheth hath a young son, and his name [is] Micha, and every one dwelling in the house of Ziba [are] servants to Mephibosheth. ¹³And Mephibosheth is dwelling in Jerusalem, for at the table of the king he is eating continually, and he [is] lame of his two feet.

Chapter 10

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead, ²and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;` and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon. ³And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, `Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?` ⁴And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away; ⁵and they declare [it] to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up -- then ye have returned.` ⁶And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah [with] a thousand men, and Ish-Tob [with] twelve thousand men; ⁷and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host -- the mighty men. ⁸And the Bene-Ammon come out, and set battle in array, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba, and Rehob, and Ish-Tob, and Maacah, [are] by themselves in the field; ⁹and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram, ¹⁰and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon. ¹¹And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee; <sup>12</sup>be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.` ¹³And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence; ¹⁴and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem. ¹⁵And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together; ¹⁶and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which [is] beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer [is] before them. ¹⁷And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in to Helam, and Aram setteth itself in array to meet David, and they fight with him; ¹⁸and Aram fleeth from the presence of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven hundred charioteers, and forty thousand horsemen, and Shobach head of its host he hath smitten, and he dieth there. ¹⁹And all the kings -- servants of Hadadezer -- see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.

Chapter 11

¹And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem, ²and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king`s house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman [is] of very good appearance, <sup>3</sup>and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?` <sup>4</sup>And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house; <sup>5</sup>and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I [am] conceiving.` <sup>6</sup>And David sendeth unto Joab, `Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,` and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David; <sup>7</sup>and Uriah cometh unto him, and David asketh of the prosperity of Joab, and of the prosperity of the people, and of the prosperity of the war. <sup>8</sup>And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;` and Uriah goeth out of the king`s house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king, ⁹and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king`s house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house. <sup>10</sup>And they declare to David, saying, `Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;` and David saith unto Uriah, `Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?` <sup>11</sup>And Uriah saith unto David, `The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field are encamping; and I -- I go in unto my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife! -- thy life, and the life of thy soul -- if I do this thing.` <sup>12</sup>And David saith unto Uriah, `Abide in this [place] also to-day, and to-morrow I send thee away;` and Uriah abideth in Jerusalem, on that day, and on the morrow, <sup>13</sup>and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down. <sup>14</sup>And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah; <sup>15</sup>and he writeth in the letter, saying, `Place ye Uriah over-against the front of the severest battle, and ye have turned back from after him, and he hath been smitten, and hath died.` <sup>16</sup>And it cometh to pass in Joab`s watching of the city, that he appointeth Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men [are]; ¹⁷and the men of the city go out and fight with Joab, and there fall [some] of the people, of the servants of David; and there dieth also Uriah the Hittite. ¹⁸And Joab sendeth and declareth to David all the matters of the war, ¹⁹and commandeth the messenger, saying, `At thy finishing all the matters of the war to speak unto the king, <sup>20</sup>then, it hath been, if the king`s fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall? ²¹Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast on him a piece of a rider from the wall, and he dieth in Thebez? why drew ye nigh unto the wall? that thou hast said, Also thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.` <sup>22</sup>And the messenger goeth, and cometh in, and declareth to David all that with which Joab sent him, <sup>23</sup>and the messenger saith unto David, `Surely the men have been mighty against us, and come out unto us into the field, and we are upon them unto the opening of the gate, ²⁴and those shooting shoot at thy servants from off the wall, and [some] of the servants of the king are dead, and also, thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead. ²⁵And David saith unto the messenger, `Thus dost thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing be evil in thine eyes; for thus and thus doth the sword devour; strengthen thy warfare against the city, and throw it down -- and strengthen thou him.` ²⁶And the wife of Uriah heareth that Uriah her husband [is] dead, and lamenteth for her lord; ²⁷and the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

Chapter 12

¹And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor; <sup>2</sup>The rich hath flocks and herds very many; <sup>3</sup>And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter; <sup>4</sup>And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.` ⁵And the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, `Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death [is] the man who is doing this, <sup>6</sup>and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.` ⁷And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou [art] the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; <sup>8</sup>and I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such [things]. <sup>9</sup>`Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon. ¹⁰`And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife; <sup>11</sup>thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun; <sup>12</sup>for thou hast done [it] in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.` ¹³And David saith unto Nathan, `I have sinned against Jehovah.` And Nathan saith unto David, `Also -- Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die; <sup>14</sup>only, because thou hast caused the enemies of Jehovah greatly to despise by this thing, also the son who is born to thee doth surely die.` ¹⁵And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable; ¹⁶and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth. ¹⁷And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread; ¹⁸and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the lad dieth, and the servants of David fear to declare to him that the lad is dead, for they said, `Lo, in the lad being alive we spake unto him, and he did not hearken to our voice; and how do we say unto him, The lad is dead? -- then he hath done evil.` ¹⁹And David seeth that his servants are whispering, and David understandeth that the lad is dead, and David saith unto his servants, `Is the lad dead?` and they say, `Dead.` ²⁰And David riseth from the earth, and doth bathe and anoint [himself], and changeth his raiment, and cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and boweth himself, and cometh unto his house, and asketh and they place for him bread, and he eateth. ²¹And his servants say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done? because of the living lad thou hast fasted and dost weep, and when the lad is dead thou hast risen and dost eat bread.` ²²And he saith, `While the lad is alive I have fasted, and weep, for I said, Who knoweth? -- Jehovah doth pity me, and the lad hath lived; <sup>23</sup>and now, he hath died, why [is] this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.` ²⁴And David comforteth Bath-Sheba his wife, and goeth in unto her, and lieth with her, and she beareth a son, and he calleth his name Solomon; and Jehovah hath loved him, ²⁵and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah. ²⁶And Joab fighteth against Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and captureth the royal city, ²⁷and Joab sendeth messengers unto David, and saith, `I have fought against Rabbah -- also I have captured the city of waters; <sup>28</sup>and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.` ²⁹And David gathereth all the people, and goeth to Rabbah, and fighteth against it, and captureth it; ³⁰and he taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and its weight [is] a talent of gold, and precious stones, and it is on the head of David; and the spoil of the city he hath brought out, very much; ³¹and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes of iron, and hath caused them to pass over into the brick-kiln; and so he doth to all the cities of the Bene-Ammon; and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.

Chapter 13

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name [is] Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her. ²And Amnon hath distress -- even to become sick, because of Tamar his sister, for she [is] a virgin, and it is hard in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her. ³And Amnon hath a friend, and his name [is] Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David`s brother, and Jonadab [is] a very wise man, <sup>4</sup>and saith to him, `Wherefore [art] thou thus lean, O king`s son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?` And Amnon saith to him, `Tamar -- sister of Absalom my brother -- I am loving.` ⁵And Jonadab saith to him, `Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see [it], and have eaten from her hand.` <sup>6</sup>And Amnon lieth down, and feigneth himself sick, and the king cometh in to see him, and Amnon saith unto the king, `Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come, and she maketh before mine eyes two cakes, and I eat from her hand.` <sup>7</sup>And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, `Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.` <sup>8</sup>And Tamar goeth to the house of Amnon her brother, and he is lying down, and she taketh the dough, and kneadeth, and maketh cakes before his eyes, and cooketh the cakes, <sup>9</sup>and taketh the frying-pan, and poureth out before him, and he refuseth to eat, and Amnon saith, `Take ye out every one from me;` and they go out every one from him. <sup>10</sup>And Amnon saith unto Tamar, `Bring the food into the inner chamber, and I eat from thy hand;` and Tamar taketh the cakes that she hath made, and bringeth in to Amnon her brother, into the inner chamber, <sup>11</sup>and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, `Come, lie with me, my sister.` <sup>12</sup>And she saith to him, `Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly. ¹³And I -- whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou -- thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.` <sup>14</sup>And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her. <sup>15</sup>And Amnon hateth her -- a very great hatred -- that greater [is] the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, `Rise, go.` <sup>16</sup>And she saith to him, `Because of the circumstances this evil is greater than the other that thou hast done with me -- to send me away;` and he hath not been willing to hearken to her, <sup>17</sup>and calleth his young man, his servant, and saith, `Send away, I pray thee, this one from me without, and bolt the door after her;` <sup>18</sup>-- and upon her [is] a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who [are] virgins put on, -- and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her. <sup>19</sup>And Tamar taketh ashes for her head, and the long coat that [is] on her she hath rent, and putteth her hand on her head, and goeth, going on and crying; <sup>20</sup>and Absalom her brother saith unto her, `Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? and now, my sister, keep silent, he [is] thy brother; set not thy heart to this thing;` and Tamar dwelleth -- but desolate -- in the house of Absalom her brother. <sup>21</sup>And king David hath heard all these things, and it is very displeasing to him; <sup>22</sup>and Absalom hath not spoken with Amnon either evil or good, for Absalom is hating Amnon, because that he humbled Tamar his sister. <sup>23</sup>And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which [is] with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king. <sup>24</sup>And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.` <sup>25</sup>And the king saith unto Absalom, `Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;` and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him. <sup>26</sup>And Absalom saith, `If not -- let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;` and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?` <sup>27</sup>and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king. <sup>28</sup>And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon [is] glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.` <sup>29</sup>And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee. <sup>30</sup>And it cometh to pass -- they [are] in the way -- and the report hath come unto David, saying, `Absalom hath smitten all the sons of the king, and there is not left of them one;` <sup>31</sup>and the king riseth, and rendeth his garments, and lieth on the earth, and all his servants are standing by [with] rent garments. <sup>32</sup>And Jonadab son of Shimeah, David`s brother, answereth and saith, `Let not my lord say, The whole of the young men, the sons of the king, they have put to death; for Amnon alone [is] dead, for by the command of Absalom it hath been appointed from the day of his humbling Tamar his sister; <sup>33</sup>and now, let not my lord the king lay unto his heart the word, saying, All the sons of the king have died, for Amnon alone [is] dead.` ³⁴And Absalom fleeth, and the young man who is watching lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, much people are coming by the way behind him, on the side of the hill. ³⁵And Jonadab saith unto the king, `Lo, the sons of the king have come; as the word of thy servant, so it hath been.` ³⁶And it cometh to pass at his finishing to speak, that lo, the sons of the king have come, and they lift up their voice, and weep, and also the king and all his servants have wept -- a very great weeping. ³⁷And Absalom hath fled, and goeth unto Talmai, son of Ammihud, king of Geshur, and [David] mourneth for his son all the days. ³⁸And Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years; ³⁹and [the soul of] king David determineth to go out unto Absalom, for he hath been comforted for Amnon, for [he is] dead.

Chapter 14

¹And Joab son of Zeruial knoweth that the heart of the king [is] on Absalom, ²and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, `Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead, <sup>3</sup>and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;` and Joab putteth the words into her mouth. ⁴And the woman of Tekoah speaketh unto the king, and falleth on her face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith, `Save, O king.` ⁵And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?` and she saith, `Truly a widow woman [am] I, and my husband dieth, <sup>6</sup>and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death; <sup>7</sup>and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.` ⁸And the king saith unto the woman, `Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.` ⁹And the woman of Tekoah saith unto the king, `On me, my lord, O king, [is] the iniquity, and on the house of my father; and the king and his throne [are] innocent.` ¹⁰And the king saith, `He who speaketh [aught] unto thee, and thou hast brought him unto me, then he doth not add any more to come against thee.` ¹¹And she saith, `Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.` ¹²And the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;` and he saith, `Speak.` ¹³And the woman saith, `And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast; <sup>14</sup>for we do surely die, and [are] as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him. <sup>15</sup>`And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, [it is] because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid, ¹⁶for the king doth hearken to deliver his handmaid out of the paw of the man [seeking] to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God, ¹⁷and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so [is] my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.` <sup>18</sup>And the king answereth and saith unto the woman, `Do not, I pray thee, hide from me the thing that I am asking thee;` and the woman saith, `Let, I pray thee, my lord the king speak.` <sup>19</sup>And the king saith, `Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?` And the woman answereth and saith, `Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none [doth turn] to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words; ²⁰in order to bring round the appearance of the thing hath thy servant Joab done this thing, and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that [is] in the land.` <sup>21</sup>And the king saith unto Joab, `Lo, I pray thee, thou hast done this thing; and go, bring back the young man Absalom.` <sup>22</sup>And Joab falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and blesseth the king, and Joab saith, `To-day hath thy servant known that I have found grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king, in that the king hath done the word of his servant.` <sup>23</sup>And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem, <sup>24</sup>and the king saith, `Let him turn round unto his house, and my face he doth not see.` And Absalom turneth round unto his house, and the face of the king he hath not seen. <sup>25</sup>And like Absalom there was no man [so] fair in all Israel, to praise greatly; from the sole of his foot even unto his crown there was no blemish in him; <sup>26</sup>and in his polling his head -- and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth [it], for it [is] heavy on him, and he hath polled it -- he hath even weighed out the hair of his head -- two hundred shekels by the king`s weight. ²⁷And there are born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter, and her name [is] Tamar; she was a woman of a fair appearance. ²⁸And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen; ²⁹and Absalom sendeth unto Joab, to send him unto the king, and he hath not been willing to come unto him; and he sendeth again a second time, and he hath not been willing to come. ³⁰And he saith unto his servants, `See, the portion of Joab [is] by the side of mine, and he hath barley there; go, and burn it with fire;` and the servants of Absalom burn the portion with fire. ³¹And Joab riseth and cometh unto Absalom in the house, and saith unto him, `Why have thy servants burned the portion that I have with fire?` ³²And Absalom saith unto Joab, `Lo, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and I send thee unto the king to say, Why have I come in from Geshur? -- good for me while I [am] there -- and now, let me see the king`s face, and if there is in me iniquity then thou hast put me to death.` ³³And Joab cometh unto the king, and declareth [it] to him, and he calleth unto Absalom, and he cometh unto the king, and boweth himself to him, on his face, to the earth, before the king, and the king giveth a kiss to Absalom.

Chapter 15

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him; ²and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, `Of what city [art] thou?` and he saith, `Of one of the tribes of Israel [is] thy servant.` ³And Absalom saith unto him, `See, thy matters [are] good and straightforward -- and there is none hearkening to thee from the king.` ⁴And Absalom saith, `Who doth make me a judge in the land, that unto me doth come every man who hath a plea and judgment? -- then I have declared him righteous.` ⁵And it hath come to pass, in the drawing nearing of any one to bow himself to him, that he hath put forth his hand, and laid hold on him, and given a kiss to him; ⁶and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel. ⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absalom saith unto the king, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I complete my vow, that I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron, <sup>8</sup>for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.` ⁹And the king saith to him, `Go in peace;` and he riseth and goeth to Hebron, ¹⁰and Absalom sendeth spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `At your hearing the voice of the trumpet, then ye have said, Absalom hath reigned in Hebron.` ¹¹And with Absalom have gone two hundred men, out of Jerusalem, invited ones, and they are going in their simplicity, and have not known anything; ¹²and Absalom sendeth Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counsellor of David, out of his city, out of Gilo, in his sacrificing sacrifices; and the conspiracy is strong, and the people are going and increasing with Absalom. ¹³And he who is declaring tidings cometh in unto David, saying, `The heart of the men of Israel hath been after Absalom.` ¹⁴And David saith to all his servants who [are] with him in Jerusalem, `Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.` ¹⁵And the servants of the king say unto the king, `According to all that my lord the king chooseth -- lo, thy servants [do].` ¹⁶And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house. ¹⁷And the king goeth out, and all the people at his feet, and they stand still at the farthest off house. ¹⁸And all his servants are passing on at his side, and all the Cherethite, and all the Pelethite, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath, are passing on at the front of the king. ¹⁹And the king saith unto Ittai the Gittite, `Why dost thou go -- thou also -- with us? turn back -- and abide with the king, for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile thou -- to thy place. <sup>20</sup>Yesterday [is] thy coming in, and to-day I move thee to go with us, and I am going on that which I am going! -- turn back, and take back thy brethren with thee, -- kindness and truth.` ²¹And Ittai answereth the king and saith, `Jehovah liveth, and my lord the king liveth, surely in the place where my lord the king is -- if for death, if for life, surely there is thy servant.` ²²And David saith unto Ittai, `Go and pass over;` and Ittai the Gittite passeth over, and all his men, and all the infants who [are] with him. ²³And all the land are weeping -- a great voice, and all the people are passing over; and the king is passing over through the brook Kidron, and all the people are passing over on the front of the way of the wilderness; ²⁴and lo, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they make the ark of God firm, and Abiathar goeth up, till the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city. ²⁵And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation; <sup>26</sup>and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here [am] I, He doth to me as [is] good in His eyes.` ²⁷And the king saith unto Zadok the priest, `Art thou a seer? turn back to the city in peace, and Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons with you; <sup>28</sup>see ye, I am tarrying in the plains of the wilderness till the coming in of a word from you to declare to me.` ²⁹And Zadok taketh back -- and Abiathar -- the ark of God to Jerusalem, and they abide there. ³⁰And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who [are] with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping; ³¹and David declared, saying, `Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom;` and David saith, `Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.` ³²And it cometh to pass, David hath come unto the top, where he boweth himself to God, and lo, to meet him [is] Hushai the Archite, his coat rent, and earth on his head; ³³and David saith to him, `If thou hast passed on with me then thou hast been on me for a burden, <sup>34</sup>and if to the city thou dost turn back, and hast said to Absalom, Thy servant I am, O king; servant of thy father I [am] also hitherto, and now, I [am] also thy servant; then thou hast made void for me the counsel of Ahithophel; <sup>35</sup>and are there not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it hath been, the whole of the matter that thou hearest from the house of the king thou dost declare to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests. <sup>36</sup>Lo, there with them [are] their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar, and ye have sent by their hand unto me anything that ye hear.` ³⁷And Hushai, David`s friend, cometh in to the city, and Absalom cometh in to Jerusalem.

Chapter 16

¹And David hath passed on a little from the top, and lo, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth -- to meet him, and a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred [of] summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine. ²And the king saith unto Ziba, `What -- these to thee?` and Ziba saith, `The asses for the household of the king to ride on, and the bread and the summer-fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.` ³And the king saith, `And where [is] the son of thy lord?` and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.` ⁴And the king saith to Ziba, `Lo, thine [are] all that Mephibosheth hath;` and Ziba saith, `I have bowed myself -- I find grace in thine eyes, my lord, O king.` ⁵And king David hath come in unto Bahurim, and lo, thence a man is coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [is] Shimei, son of Gera, he cometh out, coming out and reviling; ⁶and he stoneth David with stones, and all the servants of king David, and all the people, and all the mighty men on his right and on his left. ⁷And thus said Shimei in his reviling, `Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness! <sup>8</sup>Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou [art] in thine evil, for a man of blood thou [art].` ⁹And Abishai son of Zeruiah saith unto the king, `Why doth this dead dog revile my lord the king? let me pass over, I pray thee, and I turn aside his head.` ¹⁰And the king saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?` ¹¹And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said [so] to him; <sup>12</sup>it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.` ¹³And David goeth with his men in the way, and Shimei is going at the side of the hill over-against him, going on, and he revileth, and stoneth with stones over-against him, and hath dusted with dust. ¹⁴And the king cometh in, and all the people who [are] with him, wearied, and they are refreshed there. ¹⁵And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him, ¹⁶and it cometh to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David`s friend, hath come unto Absalom, that Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Let the king live! let the king live!` <sup>17</sup>And Absalom saith unto Hushai, `This thy kindness with thy friend! why hast thou not gone with thy friend?` <sup>18</sup>And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide; ¹⁹and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.` <sup>20</sup>And Absalom saith unto Ahithophel, `Give for you counsel what we do.` <sup>21</sup>And Ahithophel saith unto Absalom, `Go in unto the concubines of thy father, whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel hath heard that thou hast been abhorred by thy father, and the hands of all who [are] with thee have been strong.` ²²And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel. ²³And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those days [is] as [when] one inquireth at the word of God; so [is] all the counsel of Ahithophel both to David and to Absalom.

Chapter 17

¹And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, `Let me choose, I pray thee, twelve thousand men, and I arise and pursue after David to-night, <sup>2</sup>and come upon him, and he weary and feeble-handed, and I have caused him to tremble, and all the people have fled who [are] with him, and I have smitten the king by himself, <sup>3</sup>and I bring back all the people unto thee -- as the turning back of the whole [is] the man whom thou art seeking -- all the people are peace. <sup>4</sup>And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. <sup>5</sup>And Absalom saith, `Call, I pray thee, also for Hushai the Archite, and we hear what [is] in his mouth -- even he.` <sup>6</sup>And Hushai cometh in unto Absalom, and Absalom speaketh unto him, saying, `According to this word hath Ahithophel spoken; do we do his word? if not, thou -- speak thou.` <sup>7</sup>And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Not good [is] the counsel that Ahithophel hath counselled at this time.` <sup>8</sup>And Hushai saith, `Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they [are] heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father [is] a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people; ⁹lo, now, he is hidden in one of the pits, or in one of the places, and it hath been, at the falling among them at the commencement, that the hearer hath heard, and said, There hath been a slaughter among the people who [are] after Absalom; ¹⁰and he also, the son of valour, whose heart [is] as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour [are] those with him. ¹¹`So that I have counselled: Let all Israel be diligently gathered unto thee, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, and thou thyself art going in the midst; <sup>12</sup>and we have come in unto him in one of the places where he is found, and we [are] upon him as the dew falleth on the ground, and there hath not been left of him and of all the men who [are] with him even one. <sup>13</sup>And if unto a city he is gathered, then they have caused all Israel to bear unto that city ropes, and we have drawn it unto the brook till that there hath not been found there even a stone.` ¹⁴And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- `Better [is] the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;` and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah`s bringing unto Absalom the evil. <sup>15</sup>And Hushai saith unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, `Thus and thus hath Ahithophel counselled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus I have counselled; ¹⁶and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.` <sup>17</sup>And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them -- and they go and have declared [it] to king David -- for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city. <sup>18</sup>And a youth seeth them, and declareth to Absalom; and they go on both of them hastily, and come in unto the house of a man in Bahurim, and he hath a well in his court, and they go down there, <sup>19</sup>and the woman taketh and spreadeth the covering over the face of the well, and spreadeth on it the ground corn, and the thing hath not been known. <sup>20</sup>And the servants of Absalom come in unto the woman to the house, and say, `Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan?` and the woman saith to them, `They passed over the brook of water;` and they seek, and have not found, and turn back to Jerusalem. <sup>21</sup>And it cometh to pass, after their going on, that they come up out of the well, and go and declare to king David, and say unto David, `Rise ye, and pass over hastily the waters, for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.` <sup>22</sup>And David riseth, and all the people who [are] with him, and they pass over the Jordan, till the light of the morning, till one hath not been lacking who hath not passed over the Jordan. <sup>23</sup>And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father. <sup>24</sup>And David came to Mahanaim, and Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him; <sup>25</sup>and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man`s son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab; ²⁶and Israel encampeth with Absalom [in] the land of Gilead. ²⁷And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim, ²⁸couch, and basin, and earthen vessel, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and roasted [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and roasted [pulse], ²⁹and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who [are] with him to eat, for they said, `Thy people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.`

Chapter 18

¹And David inspecteth the people who [are] with him, and setteth over them heads of thousands and heads of hundreds, ²and David sendeth the third of the people by the hand of Joab, and the third by the hand of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and the third by the hand of Ittai the Gittite, and the king saith unto the people, `I certainly go out -- I also -- with you.` ³And the people say, `Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set [their] heart unto us -- for now like us [are] ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.` ⁴And the king saith unto them, `That which is good in your eyes I do;` and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands, ⁵and the king chargeth Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, `Gently -- for me, for the youth, for Absalom;` and all the people heard in the king`s charging all the heads concerning Absalom. <sup>6</sup>And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim; <sup>7</sup>and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand; <sup>8</sup>and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day. <sup>9</sup>And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that [is] under him hath passed on. <sup>10</sup>And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, `Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.` <sup>11</sup>And Joab saith to the man who is declaring [it] to him, `And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth -- and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?` <sup>12</sup>And the man saith unto Joab, `Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who [is] against the youth -- against Absalom; ¹³or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou -- thou dost station thyself over-against.` <sup>14</sup>And Joab saith, `Not right -- I tarry before thee;` and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he [is] alive, in the midst of the oak. <sup>15</sup>And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death. <sup>16</sup>And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people; <sup>17</sup>and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled -- each to his tent. <sup>18</sup>And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that [is] in the king`s valley, for he said, `I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;` and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called `The monument of Absalom` unto this day. ¹⁹And Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, `Let me run, I pray thee, and I bear the king tidings, for Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of his enemies;` ²⁰and Joab saith to him, `Thou art not a man of tidings this day, but thou hast borne tidings on another day, and this day thou dost not bear tidings, because the king`s son [is] dead.` <sup>21</sup>And Joab saith to Cushi, `Go, declare to the king that which thou hast seen;` and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth. <sup>22</sup>And Ahimaaz son of Zadok addeth again, and saith unto Joab, `And whatever it be, let me run, I pray thee, I also, after the Cushite.` And Joab saith, `Why [is] this -- thou art running, my son, and for thee there are no tidings found?` -- <sup>23</sup>`And, whatever it be, [said he,] let me run.` And he saith to him, `Run;` and Ahimaaz runneth the way of the circuit, and passeth by the Cushite. <sup>24</sup>And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself. <sup>25</sup>And the watchman calleth, and declareth to the king, and the king saith, `If by himself, tidings [are] in his mouth;` and he cometh, coming on and drawing near. <sup>26</sup>And the watchman seeth another man running, and the watchman calleth unto the gatekeeper, and saith, `Lo, a man running by himself;` and the king saith, `Also this one is bearing tidings.` <sup>27</sup>And the watchman saith, `I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.` And the king saith, `This [is] a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.` <sup>28</sup>And Ahimaaz calleth and saith unto the king, `Peace;` and he boweth himself to the king, on his face, to the earth, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah thy God who hath shut up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.` <sup>29</sup>And the king saith, `Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?` And Ahimaaz saith, `I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant [by] Joab, and I have not known what [it is].` <sup>30</sup>And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;` and he turneth round and standeth still. <sup>31</sup>And lo, the Cushite hath come, and the Cushite saith, `Let tidings be proclaimed, my lord, O king; for Jehovah hath delivered thee to-day out of the hand of all those rising up against thee.` <sup>32</sup>And the king saith unto the Cushite, `Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?` And the Cushite saith, `Let them be -- as the youth -- the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against thee for evil.` <sup>33</sup>And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.`

Chapter 19

¹And it is declared to Joab, `Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;` ²and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, `The king hath been grieved for his son.` ³And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle; ⁴and the king hath covered his face, yea, the king crieth -- a loud voice -- `My son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son.` ⁵And Joab cometh in unto the king to the house, and saith, `Thou hast put to shame to-day the faces of all thy servants, those delivering thy life to-day, and the life of thy sons, and of thy daughters, and the life of thy wives, and the life of thy concubines, <sup>6</sup>to love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom [were] alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes. <sup>7</sup>`And now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that -- thou art not going out -- there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this [is] worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.` <sup>8</sup>And the king riseth, and sitteth in the gate, and to all the people they have declared, saying, `Lo, the king is sitting in the gate;` and all the people come in before the king, and Israel hath fled, each to his tents. <sup>9</sup>And it cometh to pass, all the people are contending through all the tribes of Israel, saying, `The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, yea, he himself delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he hath fled out of the land because of Absalom, ¹⁰and Absalom whom we anointed over us [is] dead in battle, and now, why are ye silent -- to bring back the king?` <sup>11</sup>And king David sent unto Zadok and unto Abiathar the priests, saying, `Speak ye unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye last to bring back the king unto his house? (and the word of all Israel hath come unto the king, unto his house;) ¹²my brethren ye [are], my bone and my flesh ye [are], and why are ye last to bring back the king? ¹³And to Amasa say ye, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add, if thou art not head of the host before me all the days instead of Joab.` <sup>14</sup>And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, `Turn back, thou, and all thy servants.` <sup>15</sup>And the king turneth back, and cometh in unto the Jordan, and Judah hath come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan, <sup>16</sup>and Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite, who [is] from Bahurim, hasteth, and cometh down with the men of Judah, to meet king David, <sup>17</sup>and a thousand men [are] with him from Benjamin, and Ziba servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him, and they have gone prosperously over the Jordan before the king. <sup>18</sup>And passed over hath the ferry-boat to carry over the household of the king, and to do that which [is] good in his eyes, and Shimei son of Gera hath fallen before the king in his passing over into Jordan, <sup>19</sup>and saith unto the king, `Let not my lord impute to me iniquity; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely in the day that my lord the king went out from Jerusalem, -- for the king to set [it] unto his heart; ²⁰for thy servant hath known that I have sinned; and lo, I have come to-day, first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet my lord the king.` <sup>21</sup>And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, `For this is not Shimei put to death -- because he reviled the anointed of Jehovah?` <sup>22</sup>And David saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah, that ye are to me to-day for an adversary? to-day is any man put to death in Israel? for have I not known that to-day I [am] king over Israel?` <sup>23</sup>And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou dost not die;` and the king sweareth to him. <sup>24</sup>And Mephibosheth son of Saul hath come down to meet the king -- and he prepared not his feet, nor did he prepare his upper lip, yea, his garments he washed not, even from the day of the going away of the king, till the day that he came in peace -- <sup>25</sup>and it cometh to pass, when he hath come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king saith to him, `Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?` <sup>26</sup>And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant [is] lame; ²⁷and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king [is] as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes, ²⁸for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?` <sup>29</sup>And the king saith to him, `Why dost thou speak any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba -- share ye the field.` <sup>30</sup>And Mephibosheth saith unto the king, `Yea, the whole let him take, after that my lord the king hath come in peace unto his house.` <sup>31</sup>And Barzillai the Gileadite hath gone down from Rogelim, and passeth over the Jordan with the king, to send him away over the Jordan; <sup>32</sup>and Barzillai [is] very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he [is] a very great man; <sup>33</sup>and the king saith unto Barzillai, `Pass thou over with me, and I have sustained thee with me in Jerusalem.` <sup>34</sup>And Barzillai saith unto the king, `How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I go up with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵A son of eighty years I [am] to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice of singers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king? ³⁶As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense? ³⁷Let, I pray thee, thy servant turn back again, and I die in mine own city, near the burying-place of my father and of my mother, -- and lo, thy servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do thou to him that which [is] good in thine eyes.` <sup>38</sup>And the king saith, `With me doth Chimham go over, and I do to him that which [is] good in thine eyes, yea, all that thou dost fix on me I do to thee.` <sup>39</sup>And all the people pass over the Jordan, and the king hath passed over, and the king giveth a kiss to Barzillai, and blesseth him, and he turneth back to his place. <sup>40</sup>And the king passeth over to Gilgal, and Chimham hath passed over with him, and all the people of Judah, and they bring over the king, and also the half of the people of Israel. <sup>41</sup>And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, `Wherefore have they stolen thee -- our brethren, the men of Judah?` (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him). <sup>42</sup>And all the men of Judah answer against the men of Israel, `Because the king [is] near unto us, and why [is] this -- ye are displeased about this matter? have we at all eaten of the king`s [substance?] a gift hath he lifted up to us?` ⁴³And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?` And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

Chapter 20

¹And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.` ²And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem. ³And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living. ⁴And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,` ⁵and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him; ⁶and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.` ⁷And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri; ⁸they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle -- a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth. ⁹And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?` and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; ¹⁰and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri. ¹¹And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David -- after Joab!` ¹²And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him -- hath stood still. ¹³When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri. ¹⁴And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him, ¹⁵and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall. ¹⁶And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.` ¹⁷And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?` and he saith, `I [am].` And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;` and he saith, `I am hearing.` ¹⁸and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished. <sup>19</sup>I [am] of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah? <sup>20</sup>And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy. ²¹The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name -- hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.` And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.` ²²And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king. ²³And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite, ²⁴and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer, ²⁵and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests, ²⁶and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.

Chapter 21

¹And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.` ²And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah -- ³yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.` ⁴And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;` and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.` ⁵And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel -- <sup>6</sup>let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.` And the king saith, `I do give;` ⁷and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul; ⁸and the king taketh the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite, ⁹and giveth them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before Jehovah; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], the commencement of barley-harvest. ¹⁰And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night. ¹¹And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done, ¹²and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa; ¹³and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged, ¹⁴and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards. ¹⁵And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary, ¹⁶and Ishbi-Benob, who [is] among the children of the giant -- the weight of his spear [is] three hundred [shekels] weight of brass, and he is girded with a new one -- speaketh of smiting David, ¹⁷and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.` ¹⁸And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Saph, who [is] among the children of the giant. ¹⁹And the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim, the Beth-Lehemite, smiteth [a brother of] Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers. ²⁰And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands [are] six, and the toes of his feet [are] six, twenty and four in number, and he also hath been born to the giant, ²¹and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David; ²²these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Chapter 22

¹And David speaketh to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah hath delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, ²and he saith: `Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me, <sup>3</sup>My God [is] my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me! <sup>4</sup>The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved. <sup>5</sup>When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me, <sup>6</sup>The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death. <sup>7</sup>In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry [is] in His ears, <sup>8</sup>And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath! <sup>9</sup>Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it. <sup>10</sup>And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet. <sup>11</sup>And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind. <sup>12</sup>And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies. <sup>13</sup>From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled! <sup>14</sup>Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice. <sup>15</sup>And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them; <sup>16</sup>And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger. <sup>17</sup>He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters. <sup>18</sup>He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I. <sup>19</sup>They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support, <sup>20</sup>And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me. <sup>21</sup>Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me. <sup>22</sup>For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God. <sup>23</sup>For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them. <sup>24</sup>And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity. <sup>25</sup>And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. <sup>26</sup>With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect, <sup>27</sup>With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler. <sup>28</sup>And the poor people Thou dost save, And Thine eyes on the high causest to fall. <sup>29</sup>For Thou [art] my lamp, O Jehovah, And Jehovah doth lighten my darkness. <sup>30</sup>For by Thee I run -- a troop, By my God I leap a wall. <sup>31</sup>God! Perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He [is] to all those trusting in Him. <sup>32</sup>For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God? <sup>33</sup>God -- my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way; <sup>34</sup>Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand, <sup>35</sup>Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms, <sup>36</sup>And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great. <sup>37</sup>Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden. <sup>38</sup>I pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed. <sup>39</sup>And I consume them, and smite them, And they rise not, and fall under my feet. <sup>40</sup>And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me. <sup>41</sup>And mine enemies -- Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me -- and I cut them off. <sup>42</sup>They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them. <sup>43</sup>And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small -- I spread them out! <sup>44</sup>And -- Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me. <sup>45</sup>Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me. <sup>46</sup>Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places. <sup>47</sup>Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my Rock, And exalted is my God -- The Rock of my salvation. <sup>48</sup>God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me, <sup>49</sup>And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me. <sup>50</sup>Therefore I confess Thee, O Jehovah, among nations. And to Thy name I sing praise. <sup>51</sup>Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!`

Chapter 23

¹And these [are] the last words of David: -- `The affirmation of David son of Jesse -- And the affirmation of the man raised up -- Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel: <sup>2</sup>The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word [is] on my tongue. <sup>3</sup>He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man [is] righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God. <sup>4</sup>And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth! <sup>5</sup>For -- not so [is] my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused [it] to spring up. <sup>6</sup>As to the worthless -- As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For -- not by hand are they taken; <sup>7</sup>And the man who cometh against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And with fire they are utterly burnt In the cessation.` ⁸These [are] the names of the mighty ones whom David hath: sitting in the seat [is] the Tachmonite, head of the captains -- he [is] Adino, who hardened himself against eight hundred -- wounded at one time. ⁹And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, of the three mighty men with David; in their exposing themselves among the Philistines -- they have been gathered there to battle, and the men of Israel go up -- ¹⁰he hath arisen, and smiteth among the Philistines till that his hand hath been weary, and his hand cleaveth unto the sword, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation on that day, and the people turn back after him only to strip off. ¹¹And after him [is] Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, and the Philistines are gathered into a company, and there is there a portion of the field full of lentiles, and the people hath fled from the presence of the Philistines, ¹²and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation. ¹³And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim, ¹⁴and David [is] then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem, ¹⁵and David longeth and saith, `Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate?` ¹⁶And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate, and take [it] up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah, ¹⁷and saith, `Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?` and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones. ¹⁸And Abishai brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he [is] head of three, and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, and he hath a name among three. ¹⁹Of the three is he not the honoured? and he becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come. ²⁰And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow. ²¹And he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in the hand of the Egyptian [is] a spear, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear. ²²These [things] hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among three mighty. ²³Of the thirty he is honoured, and unto the three he came not; and David setteth him over his guard. ²⁴Asahel brother of Joab [is] of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem. ²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, ²⁶Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, ²⁷Abiezer the Annethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, ²⁸Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, ²⁹Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, ³⁰Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, ³¹Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, ³²Eliahba the Shaalbonite, [of] the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, ³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, ³⁴Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of the Maachathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, ³⁵Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, ³⁶Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite, ³⁷Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah, ³⁸Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, ³⁹Uriah the Hittite; in all thirty and seven.

Chapter 24

¹And the anger of Jehovah addeth to burn against Israel, and [an adversary] moveth David about them, saying, `Go, number Israel and Judah.` ²And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that [is] with him, `Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.` ³And Joab saith unto the king, `Yea, Jehovah thy God doth add unto the people, as they are, a hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?` ⁴And the word of the king is severe towards Joab, and against the heads of the force, and Joab goeth out, and the heads of the force, [from] before the king to inspect the people, even Israel; ⁵and they pass over the Jordan, and encamp in Aroer, on the right of the city that [is] in the midst of the brook of Gad, and unto Jazer, ⁶and they come in to Gilead, and unto the land of Tahtim-Hodshi, and they come in to Dan-Jaan, and round about unto Zidon, ⁷and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba. ⁸And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem, ⁹and Joab giveth the account of the inspection of the people unto the king, and Israel is eight hundred thousand men of valour, drawing sword, and the men of Judah five hundred thousand men. ¹⁰And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, `I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.` ¹¹And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying, ¹²`Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, Thus said Jehovah: Three -- I am lifting up for thee, choose thee one of them, and I do [it] to thee.` ¹³And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, `Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days` pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.` <sup>14</sup>And David saith unto Gad, `I have great distress, let us fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.` <sup>15</sup>And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men, <sup>16</sup>and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, `Enough, now, cease thy hand;` and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. <sup>17</sup>And David speaketh unto Jehovah, when he seeth the messenger who is smiting among the people, and saith, `Lo, I have sinned, yea, I have done perversely; and these -- the flock -- what have they done? Let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father.` <sup>18</sup>And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, `Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;` <sup>19</sup>and David goeth up, according to the word of Gad, as Jehovah commanded. <sup>20</sup>And Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king -- his face to the earth. <sup>21</sup>And Araunah saith, `Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?` and David saith, `To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.` <sup>22</sup>And Araunah saith unto David, `Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;` <sup>23</sup>the whole hath Araunah given, [as] a king to a king; and Araunah saith unto the king, `Jehovah thy God doth accept thee.` <sup>24</sup>And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;` and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver, ²⁵and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and Jehovah is entreated for the land, and the plague is restrained from Israel.

1 Kings

Chapter 1

¹And king David [is] old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat, ²and his servants say to him, `Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.` ³And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king, ⁴and the young woman [is] very very fair, and she is to the king a companion, and serveth him, and the king hath not known her. ⁵And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, `I do reign;` and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him, ⁶and his father hath not grieved him [all] his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?` and he also [is] of a very good form, and [his mother] bare him after Absalom. ⁷And his words are with Joab son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they help after Adonijah; ⁸and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah. ⁹And Adonijah sacrificeth sheep and oxen and fatlings near the stone of Zoheleth, that [is] by En-Rogel, and calleth all his brethren, sons of the king, and for all the men of Judah, servants of the king; ¹⁰and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty ones, and Solomon his brother, he hath not called. ¹¹And Nathan speaketh unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, saying, `Hast thou not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith hath reigned, and our lord David hath not known? <sup>12</sup>and now, come, let me counsel thee, I pray thee, and deliver thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon; <sup>13</sup>go and enter in unto king David, and thou hast said unto him, Hast thou not, my lord, O king, sworn to thy handmaid, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne? and wherefore hath Adonijah reigned? <sup>14</sup>Lo, thou are yet speaking there with the king, and I come in after thee, and have completed thy words.` ¹⁵And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto the king, to the inner chamber, and the king [is] very aged, and Abishag the Shunammite is serving the king: ¹⁶and Bath-Sheba boweth and doth obeisance to the king, and the king saith, `What -- to thee?` ¹⁷And she saith to him, `My lord, thou hast sworn by Jehovah thy God to thy handmaid: Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne; <sup>18</sup>and now, lo, Adonijah hath reigned, and now, my lord, O king, thou hast not known; <sup>19</sup>and he sacrificeth ox, and fatling, and sheep in abundance, and calleth for all the sons of the king, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab head of the host -- and for Solomon thy servant he hath not called. <sup>20</sup>And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] on thee, to declare to them who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him; <sup>21</sup>and it hath been, when my lord the king lieth with his fathers, that I have been, I and my son Solomon -- [reckoned] sinners.` ²²And lo, she is yet speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet hath come in; ²³and they declare to the king, saying, `Lo, Nathan the prophet;` and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth. ²⁴And Nathan saith, `My lord, O king, thou hast said, Adonijah doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne; <sup>25</sup>for he hath gone down to-day, and doth sacrifice ox, and fatling, and sheep, in abundance, and calleth for all the sons of the king, and for the heads of the host, and for Abiathar the priest, and lo, they are eating and drinking before him, and they say, Let king Adonijah live! <sup>26</sup>`And for me -- me, thy servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, and for Solomon thy servant, he hath not called; ²⁷if from my lord the king this thing hath been, then thou hast not caused thy servant to know who doth sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.` <sup>28</sup>And king David answereth and saith, `Call for me for Bath-Sheba;` and she cometh in before the king, and standeth before the king. <sup>29</sup>And the king sweareth and saith, `Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity; ³⁰surely as I sware to thee by Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Surely Solomon thy son doth reign after me, and he doth sit on my throne in my stead; surely so I do this day.` <sup>31</sup>And Bath-Sheba boweth -- face to the earth -- and doth obeisance to the king, and saith, `Let my lord, king David, live to the age.` <sup>32</sup>And king David saith, `Call for me for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of Jehoiada;` and they come in before the king. <sup>33</sup>And the king saith to them, `Take with you the servants of your lord, and ye have caused Solomon my son to ride on mine own mule, and caused him to go down unto Gihon, ³⁴and anointed him there hath Zadok the priest -- and Nathan the prophet -- for king over Israel, and ye have blown with a trumpet, and said, Let king Solomon live; ³⁵and ye have come up after him, and he hath come in and hath sat on my throne, and he doth reign in my stead, and him I have appointed to be leader over Israel, and over Judah.` <sup>36</sup>And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answereth the king, and saith, `Amen! so doth Jehovah, God of my lord the king, say; ³⁷as Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and doth make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.` <sup>38</sup>And Zadok the priest goeth down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause Solomon to ride on the mule of king David, and cause him to go unto Gihon, <sup>39</sup>and Zadok the priest taketh the horn of oil out of the tent, and anointeth Solomon, and they blow with a trumpet, and all the people say, `Let king Solomon live.` <sup>40</sup>And all the people come up after him, and the people are piping with pipes, and rejoicing -- great joy, and the earth rendeth with their voice. <sup>41</sup>And Adonijah heareth, and all those called, who [are] with him, and they have finished to eat, and Joab heareth the noise of the trumpet, and saith, `Wherefore [is] the noise of the city roaring?` <sup>42</sup>He is yet speaking, and lo, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest hath come in, and Adonijah saith, `Come in, for a man of valour thou [art], and thou bearest good tidings.` <sup>43</sup>And Jonathan answereth and saith to Adonijah, `Verily our lord king David hath caused Solomon to reign, ⁴⁴and the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king`s mule, <sup>45</sup>and they anoint him -- Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet -- for king in Gihon, and are come up thence rejoicing, and the city is moved; it [is] the noise that ye have heard. <sup>46</sup>`And also Solomon hath sat on the throne of the kingdom, ⁴⁷and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God doth make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and his throne greater than thy throne; and the king boweth himself on the bed, ⁴⁸and also thus hath the king said, Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath given to-day [one] sitting on my throne, and mine eyes seeing.` <sup>49</sup>And they tremble, and rise -- all those called who [are] for Adonijah -- and go, each on his way; <sup>50</sup>and Adonijah feareth because of Solomon, and riseth, and goeth, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar. <sup>51</sup>And it is declared to Solomon, saying, `Lo, Adonijah feareth king Solomon, and lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me as to-day -- he doth not put to death his servant by the sword.` <sup>52</sup>And Solomon saith, `If he becometh a virtuous man -- there doth not fall of his hair to the earth, and if evil is found in him -- then he hath died.` <sup>53</sup>And king Solomon sendeth, and they bring him down from off the altar, and he cometh in and boweth himself to king Solomon, and Solomon saith to him, `Go to thy house.`

Chapter 2

¹And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying, ²`I am going in the way of all the earth, and thou hast been strong, and become a man, <sup>3</sup>and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest, <sup>4</sup>so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel. <sup>5</sup>`And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that [is] on his loins, and in his sandals that [are] on his feet; ⁶and thou hast done according to thy wisdom, and dost not let his old age go down in peace to Sheol. ⁷`And to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite thou dost do kindness, and they have been among those eating at thy table, for so they drew near unto me in my fleeing from the face of Absalom thy brother. <sup>8</sup>`And lo, with thee [is] Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, and he reviled me -- a grievous reviling -- in the day of my going to Mahanaim; and he hath come down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swear to him by Jehovah, saying, I do not put thee to death by the sword; ⁹and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou [art], and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.` <sup>10</sup>And David lieth down with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, <sup>11</sup>and the days that David hath reigned over Israel [are] forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years. <sup>12</sup>And Solomon hath sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom is established greatly, <sup>13</sup>and Adonijah son of Haggith cometh in unto Bath-Sheba, mother of Solomon, and she saith, `Is thy coming peace?` and he saith, `Peace.` <sup>14</sup>And he saith, `I have a word unto thee,` and she saith, `Speak.` <sup>15</sup>And he saith, `Thou hast known that the kingdom was mine, and towards me set their faces had all Israel for reigning, and the kingdom is turned round about, and is my brother`s, for from Jehovah it was his; <sup>16</sup>and now, one petition I am asking of thee -- turn not back my face;` and she saith unto him, `Speak.` ¹⁷And he saith, `Speak, I pray thee, to Solomon the king, for he doth not turn back thy face, and he doth give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife.` ¹⁸And Bath-Sheba saith, `Good; I do speak for thee unto the king.` ¹⁹And Bath-Sheba cometh in unto king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, and the king riseth to meet her, and boweth himself to her, and sitteth on his throne, and placeth a throne for the mother of the king, and she sitteth at his right hand. ²⁰And she saith, `One small petition I ask of thee, turn not back my face;` and the king saith to her, `Ask, my mother, for I do not turn back thy face.` ²¹And she saith, `Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.` ²²And king Solomon answereth and saith to his mother, `And why art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? also ask for him the kingdom -- for he [is] mine elder brother -- even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.` ²³And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, `Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add -- surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word; <sup>24</sup>and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake -- surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.` ²⁵And king Solomon sendeth by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he falleth upon him, and he dieth. ²⁶And to Abiathar the priest said the king, `To Anathoth go, unto thy fields; for a man of death thou [art], but in this day I do not put thee to death, because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all that my father was afflicted in.` ²⁷And Solomon casteth out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfil the word of Jehovah which He spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. ²⁸And the report hath come unto Joab -- for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside -- and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar. ²⁹And it is declared to king Solomon that Joab hath fled unto the tent of Jehovah, and lo, near the altar; and Solomon sendeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, `Go, fall upon him.` ³⁰And Benaiah cometh in unto the tent of Jehovah, and saith unto him, `Thus said the king, Come out;` and he saith, `Nay, but here I die.` And Benaiah bringeth back the king word, saying, `Thus spake Joab, yea, thus he answered me.` ³¹And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father; <sup>32</sup>and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah; <sup>33</sup>yea, turned back hath their blood on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed to the age; and for David, and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there is peace unto the age, from Jehovah.` ³⁴And Benaiah son of Jehoiada goeth up and falleth upon him, and putteth him to death, and he is buried in his own house in the wilderness, ³⁵and the king putteth Benaiah son of Jehoiada in his stead over the host, and Zadok the priest hath the king put in the stead of Abiathar. ³⁶And the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith to him, `Build for thee a house in Jerusalem, and thou hast dwelt there, and dost not go out thence any where; <sup>37</sup>and it hath been, in the day of thy going out, and thou hast passed over the brook Kidron, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die -- thy blood is on thy head.` ³⁸And Shimei saith to the king, `The word [is] good; as my lord the king hath spoken so doth thy servant do;` and Shimei dwelleth in Jerusalem many days. ³⁹And it cometh to pass, at the end of three years, that flee do two of the servants of Shimei unto Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they declare to Shimei, saying, `Lo, thy servants [are] in Gath;` ⁴⁰and Shimei riseth, and saddleth his ass, and goeth to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goeth and bringeth his servants from Gath. ⁴¹And it is declared to Solomon that Shimei hath gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and doth return, ⁴²and the king sendeth and calleth for Shimei, and saith unto him, `Have I not caused thee to swear by Jehovah -- and I testify against thee, saying, In the day of thy going out, and thou hast gone anywhere, thou dost certainly know that thou dost surely die; and thou sayest unto me, The word I have heard [is] good? <sup>43</sup>and wherefore hast thou not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the charge that I charged upon thee?` ⁴⁴And the king saith unto Shimei, `Thou hast known all the evil that thy heart hath known, which thou didest to David my father, and Jehovah hath turned back thine evil on thy head, <sup>45</sup>and king Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David is established before Jehovah unto the age.` ⁴⁶And the king chargeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he goeth out and falleth on him, and he dieth, and the kingdom is established in the hand of Solomon.

Chapter 3

¹And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. ²Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there hath not been built a house for the name of Jehovah till those days. ³And Solomon loveth Jehovah, to walk in the statutes of David his father -- only, in high places he is sacrificing and making perfume -- ⁴and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it [is] the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar. ⁵In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?` ⁶And Solomon saith, `Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as [at] this day. <sup>7</sup>And now, O Jehovah my God, Thou hast caused thy servant to reign instead of David my father; and I [am] a little child, I do not know to go out and to come in; <sup>8</sup>and Thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people, whom Thou hast chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude, <sup>9</sup>and Thou hast given to Thy servant an understanding heart, to judge Thy people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this Thy great people?` ¹⁰And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon hath asked this thing, ¹¹and God saith unto him, `Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment, <sup>12</sup>lo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee; <sup>13</sup>and also, that which thou hast not asked I have given to thee, both riches and honour, that there hath not been like thee a man among the kings all thy days; <sup>14</sup>and if thou dost walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as David thy father walked, then I have prolonged thy days.` ¹⁵And Solomon awaketh, and lo, a dream; and he cometh in to Jerusalem, and standeth before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings, and maketh peace-offerings. And he maketh a banquet for all his servants, ¹⁶then come in do two women, harlots, unto the king, and stand before him, ¹⁷and the one woman saith, `O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house; <sup>18</sup>and it cometh to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also bringeth forth, and we [are] together, there is no stranger with us in the house, save we two, in the house. <sup>19</sup>And the son of this woman dieth at night, because she hath lain upon it, <sup>20</sup>and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom; <sup>21</sup>and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and lo, dead; and I consider concerning it in the morning, and lo, it was not my son whom I did bear.` ²²And the other woman saith, `Nay, but my son [is] the living, and thy son the dead;` and this [one] saith, `Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.` And they speak before the king. ²³And the king saith, `This [one] saith, This [is] my son, the living, and thy son [is] the dead; and that [one] saith, Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.` ²⁴And the king saith, `Take for me a sword;` and they bring the sword before the king, ²⁵and the king saith, `Cut the living child into two, and give the half to the one, and the half to the other.` ²⁶And the woman whose son [is] the living one saith unto the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), yea, she saith, `O, my lord, give to her the living child, and put it not at all to death;` and this [one] saith, `Let it be neither mine or thine -- cut [it].` ²⁷And the king answereth and saith, `Give ye to her the living child, and put it not at all to death; she [is] its mother.` ²⁸And all Israel hear of the judgment that the king hath judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God [is] in his heart, to do judgment.

Chapter 4

¹And king Solomon is king over all Israel, ²and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest; ³Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer; ⁴and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests; ⁵and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king; ⁶And Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute. ⁷And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household -- a month in the year is on each one for sustenance; ⁸and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim; ⁹Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan. ¹⁰Ben-Hesed [is] in Aruboth, hath Sochoh and all the land of Hepher; ¹¹Ben-Abinadab [hath] all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife. ¹²Baana Ben-Ahilud [hath] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam. ¹³Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty great cities [with] wall and brazen bar. ¹⁴Ahinadab son of Iddo [hath] Mahanaim. ¹⁵Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife. ¹⁶Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth. ¹⁷Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar. ¹⁸Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin. ¹⁹Geber Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who [is] in the land. ²⁰Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing. ²¹And Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life. ²²And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal; ²³ten fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls, ²⁴for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about. ²⁵And Judah dwelleth -- and Israel -- in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon. ²⁶And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. ²⁷And these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking. ²⁸And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance. ²⁹And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea; ³⁰and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt; ³¹and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about. ³²And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one; ³³and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes, ³⁴and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.

Chapter 5

¹And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days; ²and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying, ³`Thou hast known David my father, that he hath not been able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Jehovah`s putting them under the soles of his feet. ⁴`And now, Jehovah my God hath given rest to me round about, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence, <sup>5</sup>and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name. <sup>6</sup>`And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.` <sup>7</sup>And it cometh to pass at Hiram`s hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.` ⁸And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood, ⁹my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take [them] up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.` ¹⁰And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire, ¹¹and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year. ¹²And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them. ¹³And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men, ¹⁴and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram [is] over the tribute. ¹⁵And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain, ¹⁶apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business. ¹⁷And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones; ¹⁸and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.

Chapter 6

¹And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year -- in the month of Zif, it [is] the second month -- of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah. ²As to the house that king Solomon hath built for Jehovah, sixty cubits [is] its length, and twenty its breadth, and thirty cubits its height. ³As to the porch on the front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits [is] its length on the front of the breadth of the house; ten by the cubit [is] its breadth on the front of the house; ⁴and he maketh for the house windows of narrow lights. ⁵And he buildeth against the wall of the house a couch round about, [even] the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the oracle, and maketh sides round about. ⁶The lowest couch, five by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the middle, six by the cubit [is] its breadth; and the third, seven by the cubit [is] its breadth, for withdrawings he hath put to the house round about, without -- not to lay hold on the walls of the house. ⁷And the house, in its being built, of perfect stone brought [thither] hath been built, and hammer, and the axe -- any instrument of iron -- was not heard in the house, in its being built. ⁸The opening of the middle side [is] at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one unto the third. ⁹And he buildeth the house, and completeth it, and covereth the house [with] beams and rows of cedars. ¹⁰And he buildeth the couch against all the house, five cubits [is] its height, and it taketh hold of the house by cedar-wood. ¹¹And the word of Jehovah is unto Solomon, saying, ¹²`This house that thou art building -- if thou dost walk in My statutes, and My judgments dost do, yea, hast done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father, <sup>13</sup>and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.` ¹⁴And Solomon buildeth the house and completeth it; ¹⁵and he buildeth the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling; he hath overlaid with wood the inside, and covereth the floor of the house with ribs of fir. ¹⁶And he buildeth the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor unto the walls; and he buildeth for it within, for the oracle, for the holy of holies. ¹⁷And forty by the cubit was the house, it [is] the temple before [it]. ¹⁸And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen. ¹⁹And the oracle in the midst of the house within he hath prepared, to put there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. ²⁰And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits [is] its height; and he overlayeth it with gold refined, and overlayeth the altar with cedar. ²¹And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth [it] to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold. ²²And the whole of the house he hath overlaid with gold, till the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle hath, he hath overlaid with gold. ²³And he maketh within the oracle two cherubs, of the oil-tree, ten cubits [is] their height; ²⁴and five cubits [is] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings; ²⁵and ten by the cubit [is] the second cherub, one measure and one form [are] to the two cherubs, ²⁶the height of the one cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub; ²⁷and he setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings [are] unto the midst of the house, coming wing against wing; ²⁸and he overlayeth the cherubs with gold, ²⁹and all the walls of the house round about he hath carved with openings of carvings, cherubs, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, within and without. ³⁰And the floor of the house he hath overlaid with gold, within and without; ³¹as to the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel, side-posts, a fifth. ³²And the two doors [are] of the oil-tree, and he hath carved upon them carvings of cherubs, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causeth the gold to go down on the cherubs and on the palm-trees. ³³And so he hath made for the opening of the temple, side-posts of the oil-tree, from the fourth. ³⁴And the two doors [are] of fir-tree, the two sides of the one door are revolving, and the two hangings of the second door are revolving. ³⁵And he hath carved cherubs, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with straightened gold the graved work. ³⁶And he buildeth the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar. ³⁷In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif, ³⁸and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul -- [that is] the eighth month -- hath the house been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he buildeth it seven years.

Chapter 7

¹And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house. ²And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits [is] its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars; ³and [it is] covered with cedar above, on the sides that [are] on the forty and five pillars, fifteen in the row. ⁴And windows [are] in three rows, and sight [is] over-against sight three times. ⁵And all the openings and the side-posts [are] square -- windows; and sight [is] over-against sight three times. ⁶And the porch of the pillars he hath made; fifty cubits its length, and thirty cubits its breadth, and the porch [is] before them, and pillars and a thick place [are] before them. ⁷And the porch of the throne where he judgeth -- the porch of judgment -- he hath made, and [it is] covered with cedar from the floor unto the floor. ⁸As to his house where he dwelleth, the other court [is] within the porch -- as this work it hath been; and a house he maketh for the daughter of Pharaoh -- whom Solomon hath taken -- like this porch. ⁹All these [are] of precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, sawn with a saw, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and at the outside, unto the great court. ¹⁰And the foundation [is] of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits; ¹¹and above [are] precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar; ¹²and the great court round about [is] three rows of hewn work, and a row of cedar-beams, even for the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and for the porch of the house. ¹³And king Solomon sendeth and taketh Hiram out of Tyre -- ¹⁴he [is] son of a woman, a widow, of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father a man of Tyre, a worker in brass, and he is filled with the wisdom and the understanding, and the knowledge to do all work in brass -- and he cometh unto king Solomon, and doth all his work. ¹⁵And he formeth the two pillars of brass; eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass the second pillar. ¹⁶And two chapiters he hath made to put on the tops of the pillars, cast in brass; five cubits the height of the one chapiter, and five cubits the height of the second chapiter. ¹⁷Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work [are] for the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter. ¹⁸And he maketh the pillars, and two rows round about on the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that [are] on the top, with the pomegranates, and so he hath made for the second chapiter. ¹⁹And the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars [are] of lily-work in the porch, four cubits; ²⁰and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that [is] beside the net; and the pomegranates [are] two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter. ²¹And he raiseth up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he raiseth up the right pillar, and calleth its name Jachin, and he raiseth up the left pillar, and calleth its name Boaz; ²²and on the top of the pillars [is] lily-work; and the work of the pillars [is] completed. ²³And he maketh the molten sea, ten by the cubit from its edge unto its edge; [it is] round all about, and five by the cubit [is] its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it round about; ²⁴and knops beneath its brim round about are compassing it, ten by the cubit, going round the sea round about; in two rows [are] the knops, cast in its being cast. ²⁵It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] inward. ²⁶And its thickness [is] an handbreadth, and its edge as the work of the edge of a cup, flowers of lilies; two thousand baths it containeth. ²⁷And he maketh the ten bases of brass; four by the cubit [is] the length of the one base, and four by the cubit its breadth, and three by the cubit its height. ²⁸And this [is] the work of the base: they have borders, and the borders [are] between the joinings; ²⁹and on the borders that [are] between the joinings [are] lions, oxen, and cherubs, and on the joinings a base above, and beneath the lions and the oxen [are] additions -- sloping work. ³⁰And four wheels of brass [are] to the one base, and axles of brass; and its four corners have shoulders -- under the laver [are] the molten shoulders, beside each addition. ³¹And its mouth within the chapiter and above [is] by the cubit, and its mouth [is] round, the work of the base, a cubit and half a cubit; and also on its mouth [are] carvings and their borders, square, not round. ³²And the four wheels [are] under the borders, and the spokes of the wheels [are] in the base, and the height of the one wheel [is] a cubit and half a cubit. ³³And the work of the wheels [is] as the work of the wheel of a chariot, their spokes, and their axles, and their felloes, and their naves; the whole [is] molten. ³⁴And four shoulders [are] unto the four corners of the one base; out of the base [are] its shoulders. ³⁵And in the top of the base [is] the half of a cubit in the height all round about; and on the top of the base its spokes and its borders [are] of the same. ³⁶And he openeth on the tablets of its spokes, and on its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the void space of each, and additions round about. ³⁷Thus he hath made the ten bases; one casting, one measure, one form, have they all. ³⁸And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit [is] the one laver, one laver on the one base [is] to the ten bases; ³⁹and he putteth the five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house, and the sea he hath put on the right side of the house, eastward -- over-against the south. ⁴⁰And Hiram maketh the lavers, and the shovels, and the bowls; and Hiram completeth to do all the work that he made for king Solomon, [for] the house of Jehovah; ⁴¹pillars two, and bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars two, and the nets two, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the top of the pillars; ⁴²and the pomegranates four hundred for the two nets, two rows of pomegranates for the one net, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that [are] on the front of the pillars; ⁴³and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; ⁴⁴and the one sea, the twelve oxen under the sea, ⁴⁵and the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls; and all these vessels, that Hiram hath made to king Solomon [for] the house of Jehovah, [are] of brass -- polished. ⁴⁶In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan. ⁴⁷And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out. ⁴⁸And Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are] in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table -- on which [is] the bread of the Presence -- of gold, ⁴⁹and the candlesticks, five on the right, and five on the left, before the oracle, of refined gold, and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, ⁵⁰and the basins, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of refined gold, and the hinges for the doors of the inner-house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house of the temple, of gold. ⁵¹And it is complete -- all the work that king Solomon hath made [for] the house of Jehovah, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father; the silver, and the gold, and the vessels he hath put in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

Chapter 8

¹Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it [is] Zion; ²and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival -- [is] the seventh month. ³And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark, ⁴and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that [are] in the tent, yea, the priests and the Levites bring them up. ⁵And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him [are] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude. ⁶And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs; ⁷for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above; ⁸and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy [place] on the front of the oracle, and are not seen without, and they are there unto this day. ⁹There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy [place], that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah, ¹¹and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah. ¹²Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness; <sup>13</sup>I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.` ¹⁴And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel is standing. ¹⁵And he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who spake by His mouth with David my father, and by His hand hath fulfilled [it], saying, <sup>16</sup>From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel. <sup>17</sup>`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, ¹⁸and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart; ¹⁹only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name. ²⁰`And Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake, and I am risen up instead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, <sup>21</sup>and set there a place for the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers in His bringing them out from the land of Egypt.` ²²And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth his hands towards the heavens, ²³and saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, there is not a God like Thee, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants, those walking before Thee with all their heart, <sup>24</sup>who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him; yea, Thou speakest with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as [at] this day. <sup>25</sup>`And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel -- only, if thy sons watch their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me. ²⁶`And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father. <sup>27</sup>But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded! <sup>28</sup>`Then thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer which Thy servant is praying before Thee to-day, ²⁹for Thine eyes being open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which Thou hast said, My Name is there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth towards this place. ³⁰`Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they pray towards this place; yea, Thou dost hearken in the place of Thy dwelling, in the heavens -- and Thou hast hearkened, and hast forgiven, <sup>31</sup>that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house, <sup>32</sup>then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to declare wicked the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. <sup>33</sup>`In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back unto Thee, and have confessed Thy name, and prayed, and made supplication unto Thee in this house, ³⁴then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers. ³⁵`In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them, <sup>36</sup>then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, for Thou directest them the good way in which they go, and hast given rain on Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy people for inheritance. <sup>37</sup>`Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -- when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land [in] its gates, any plague, any sickness, -- ³⁸any prayer, any supplication that [is] of any man of all Thy people Israel, who know each the plague of his own heart, and hath spread his hands towards this house, ³⁹then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast done, and hast given to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, (for Thou hast known -- Thyself alone -- the heart of all the sons of man), ⁴⁰so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers. ⁴¹`And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for Thy name`s sake -- ⁴²(for they hear of Thy great name, and of Thy strong hand, and of Thy stretched-out arm) -- and he hath come in and prayed towards this house, ⁴³Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name hath been called on this house which I have builded. ⁴⁴`When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Jehovah the way of the city which thou hast fixed on, and of the house which I have builded for Thy name; <sup>45</sup>then Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause. <sup>46</sup>`When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near; ⁴⁷and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely -- we have done wickedly; ⁴⁸yea, they have turned back unto Thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and have prayed unto Thee the way of their land, which Thou gavest to their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have builded for Thy name: ⁴⁹`Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause, <sup>50</sup>and hast forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee, even all their transgressions which they have transgressed against Thee, and hast given them mercies before their captors, and they have had mercy [on] them -- <sup>51</sup>(for Thy people and Thy inheritance [are] they, whom Thou didst bring out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron) -- <sup>52</sup>for Thine eyes being open unto the supplication of Thy servant, and unto the supplication of Thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all they call unto Thee for; <sup>53</sup>for Thou hast separated them to Thyself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as Thou didst speak by the hand of Moses Thy servant, in Thy bringing out our fathers from Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.` ⁵⁴And it cometh to pass, at Solomon`s finishing to pray unto Jehovah all this prayer and supplication, he hath risen from before the altar of Jehovah, from bending on his knees, and his hands spread out to the heavens, <sup>55</sup>and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying, <sup>56</sup>`Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant. ⁵⁷`Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us; <sup>58</sup>to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers; <sup>59</sup>and these my words with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, are near unto Jehovah our God by day and by night, to maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, the matter of a day in its day; <sup>60</sup>for all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He [is] God; there is none else; <sup>61</sup>and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as [at] this day.` ⁶²And the king and all Israel with him are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah; ⁶³and Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he hath sacrificed to Jehovah, oxen, twenty and two thousand, and sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand; and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicate the house of Jehovah. ⁶⁴On that day hath the king sanctified the middle of the court that [is] before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah [is] too little to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings. ⁶⁵And Solomon maketh, at that time, the festival -- and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt -- before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days; fourteen days. ⁶⁶On the eighth day he hath sent the people away, and they bless the king, and go to their tents, rejoicing and glad of heart for all the good that Jehovah hath done to David His servant, and to Israel His people.

Chapter 9

¹And it cometh to pass, at Solomon`s finishing to build the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the desire of Solomon that he delighted to do, <sup>2</sup>that Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon a second time, as He appeared unto him in Gibeon, <sup>3</sup>and Jehovah saith unto him, `I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication with which thou hast made supplication before Me; I have hallowed this house that thou hast built to put My name there -- unto the age, and Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days. ⁴`And thou -- if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee -- My statutes and My judgments thou dost keep -- <sup>5</sup>then I have established the throne of thy kingdom over Israel -- to the age, as I spake unto David thy father, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from [being] on the throne of Israel. <sup>6</sup>`If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them, ⁷then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples; ⁸as to this house, [that] is high, every one passing by it is astonished, and hath hissed, and they have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house? ⁹and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt, and they lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them; therefore hath Jehovah brought in upon them all this evil.` <sup>10</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the two houses, the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king. <sup>11</sup>Hiram king of Tyre hath assisted Solomon with cedar-trees, and with fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; then doth king Solomon give to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. <sup>12</sup>And Hiram cometh out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon hath given to him, and they have not been right in his eyes, <sup>13</sup>and he saith, `What [are] these cities that thou hast given to me, my brother?` and one calleth them the land of Cabul unto this day. ¹⁴And Hiram sendeth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold. ¹⁵And this [is] the matter of the tribute that king Solomon hath lifted up, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer, ¹⁶(Pharaoh king of Egypt hath gone up and doth capture Gezer, and doth burn it with fire, and the Canaanite who is dwelling in the city he hath slain, and giveth it [with] presents to his daughter, wife of Solomon.) ¹⁷And Solomon buildeth Gezer, and Beth-Horon the lower, ¹⁸and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land; ¹⁹and all the cities of stores that king Solomon hath, and the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. ²⁰The whole of the people that is left of the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who [are] not of the sons of Israel -- ²¹their sons who are left behind them in the land, whom the sons of Israel have not been able to devote -- he hath even lifted up [on] them a tribute of service unto this day. ²²And out of the sons of Israel Solomon hath not appointed a servant, for they [are] the men of war, and his servants, and his heads, and his captains, and the heads of his chariots, and his horsemen. ²³These [are] the heads of the officers who [are] over the work of Solomon, fifty and five hundred, those ruling among the people who are labouring in the work. ²⁴Only, the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the city of David unto her house that [Solomon] built for her; then he built Millo. ²⁵And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which [is] before Jehovah, and finished the house. ²⁶And a navy hath king Solomon made in Ezion-Geber, that is beside Eloth, on the edge of the Sea of Suph, in the land of Edom. ²⁷And Hiram sendeth in the navy his servants, shipmen knowing the sea, with servants of Solomon, ²⁸and they come in to Ophir and take thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and bring [it] in unto king Solomon.

Chapter 10

¹And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas, ²and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart. ³And Solomon declareth to her all her matters -- there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her. ⁴And the queen of Sheba seeth all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he built, ⁵and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit. ⁶And she saith unto the king, `True hath been the word that I heard in my land, concerning thy matters and thy wisdom; <sup>7</sup>and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me -- the half; thou hast added wisdom and goodness unto the report that I heard. <sup>8</sup>O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom! <sup>9</sup>Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah`s loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness. ¹⁰And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices very many, and precious stone; there came not like that spice any more for abundance that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. ¹¹And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone; ¹²and the king maketh the almug-trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; there have not come such almug-trees, nor have there been seen [such] unto this day. ¹³And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants. ¹⁴And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold, ¹⁵apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land. ¹⁶And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target; ¹⁷and three hundred shields of alloyed gold -- three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁸And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold; ¹⁹six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, ²⁰and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom. ²¹And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything, ²²for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ²³And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom, ²⁴and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart, ²⁵and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year. ²⁶And Solomon gathereth chariots, and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁷And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance. ²⁸And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath [is] from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price; ²⁹and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.

Chapter 11

¹And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, [and] of the Hittites, ²of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, `Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;` to them hath Solomon cleaved for love. ³And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart. ⁴And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father. ⁵And Solomon goeth after Ashtoreth god[dess] of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites; ⁶and Solomon doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and hath not been fully after Jehovah, like David his father. ⁷Then doth Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon; ⁸and so he hath done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods. ⁹And Jehovah sheweth Himself angry with Solomon, for his heart hath turned aside from Jehovah, God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice, ¹⁰and given a charge unto him concerning this thing, not to go after other gods; and he hath not kept that which Jehovah commanded, ¹¹and Jehovah saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thee, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes that I charged upon thee, I surely rend the kingdom from thee, and have given it to thy servant. <sup>12</sup>`Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it; ¹³only all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.` <sup>14</sup>And Jehovah raiseth up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; of the seed of the king [is] he in Edom; <sup>15</sup>and it cometh to pass, in David`s being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he smiteth every male in Edom -- ¹⁶for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom -- ¹⁷and Hadad fleeth, he and certain Edomites, of the servants of his father, with him, to go in to Egypt, and Hadad [is] a little youth, ¹⁸and they rise out of Midian, and come into Paran, and take men with them out of Paran, and come in to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he giveth to him a house, and bread hath commanded for him, and land hath given to him. ¹⁹And Hadad findeth grace in the eyes of Pharaoh exceedingly, and he giveth to him a wife, the sister of his own wife, sister of Tahpenes the mistress; ²⁰and the sister of Tahpenes beareth to him Genubath his son, and Tahpenes weaneth him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genubath is in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh. ²¹And Hadad hath heard in Egypt that David hath lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad saith unto Pharaoh, `Send me away, and I go unto my land.` ²²And Pharaoh saith to him, `But, what art thou lacking with me, that lo, thou art seeking to go unto thine own land?` and he saith, `Nay, but thou dost certainly send me away.` ²³And God raiseth to him an adversary, Rezon son of Eliadah, who hath fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord, ²⁴and gathereth unto himself men, and is head of a troop in David`s slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus; <sup>25</sup>and he is an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, (besides the evil that Hadad [did]), and he cutteth off in Israel, and reigneth over Aram. <sup>26</sup>And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda -- the name of whose mother [is] Zeruah, a widow woman -- servant to Solomon, he also lifteth up a hand against the king; <sup>27</sup>and this [is] the thing [for] which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo -- he shut up the breach of the city of David his father, <sup>28</sup>and the man Jeroboam [is] mighty in valour, and Solomon seeth the young man that he is doing business, and appointeth him over all the burden of the house of Joseph. <sup>29</sup>And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Jeroboam hath gone out from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, findeth him in the way, and he is covering himself with a new garment; and both of them [are] by themselves in a field, <sup>30</sup>and Ahijah layeth hold on the new garment that [is] on him, and rendeth it -- twelve pieces, <sup>31</sup>and saith to Jeroboam, `Take to thee ten pieces, for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, lo, I am rending the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and have given to thee the ten tribes, ³²and the one tribe he hath for My servant David`s sake, and for Jerusalem`s sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³`Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, god[dess] of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which [is] right in Mine eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like David his father. <sup>34</sup>`And I do not take the whole of the kingdom out of his hand, for prince I make him all days of his life, for the sake of David My servant whom I chose, who kept My commands and My statutes; ³⁵and I have taken the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and given it to thee -- the ten tribes; ³⁶and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there. ³⁷`And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel; <sup>38</sup>and it hath been, if thou dost hear all that I command thee, and hast walked in My ways, and done that which is right in Mine eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as did David My servant, that I have been with thee, and have built for thee a stedfast house, as I built for David, and have given to thee Israel, <sup>39</sup>and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.` ⁴⁰And Solomon seeketh to put Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam riseth and fleeth to Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and he is in Egypt till the death of Solomon. ⁴¹And the rest of the matters of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the book of the matters of Solomon? ⁴²And the days that Solomon hath reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years, ⁴³and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.

Chapter 12

¹And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king. ²And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat`s hearing (and he [is] yet in Egypt where he hath fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwelleth in Egypt), <sup>3</sup>that they send and call for him; and they come -- Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel -- and speak unto Rehoboam, saying, <sup>4</sup>`Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light [some] of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.` <sup>5</sup>And he saith unto them, `Go -- yet three days, and come back unto me;` and the people go. <sup>6</sup>And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?` <sup>7</sup>And they speak unto him, saying, `If, to-day, thou art servant to this people, and hast served them, and answered them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.` <sup>8</sup>And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him; <sup>9</sup>and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people, who have spoken unto me, saying, Lighten [somewhat] of the yoke that thy father put upon us?` <sup>10</sup>And they speak unto him -- the lads who had grown up with him -- saying, `Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make [it] light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father; ¹¹and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions.` <sup>12</sup>And they come -- Jeroboam and all the people -- unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, `Come back unto me on the third day.` <sup>13</sup>And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, <sup>14</sup>and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- I chastise you with scorpions;` <sup>15</sup>and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat. <sup>16</sup>And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!` and Israel goeth to its tents. <sup>17</sup>As to the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah -- over them reign doth Rehoboam. <sup>18</sup>And king Rehoboam sendeth Adoram who [is] over the tribute, and all Israel cast at him stones, and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem; <sup>19</sup>and Israel transgresseth against the house of David unto this day. <sup>20</sup>And it cometh to pass, at all Israel`s hearing that Jeroboam hath returned, that they send and call him unto the company, and cause him to reign over all Israel; none hath been after the house of David save the tribe of Judah alone. ²¹And Rehoboam cometh to Jerusalem, and assembleth all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. ²²And the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying, ²³`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying, <sup>24</sup>Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren the sons of Israel; turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;` and they hear the word of Jehovah, and turn back to go according to the word of Jehovah. ²⁵And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel; ²⁶and Jeroboam saith in his heart, `Now doth the kingdom turn back to the house of David -- <sup>27</sup>if this people go up to make sacrifices in the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, then hath the heart of this people turned back unto their lord, unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back unto Rehoboam king of Judah.` ²⁸And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, `Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.` ²⁹And he setteth the one in Beth-El, and the other he hath put in Dan, ³⁰and this thing becometh a sin, and the people go before the one -- unto Dan. ³¹And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi; ³²and Jeroboam maketh a festival in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that [is] in Judah, and he offereth on the altar -- so did he in Beth-El -- to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he hath appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made. ³³And he offereth up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised of his own heart, and he maketh a festival to the sons of Israel, and offereth on the altar -- to make perfume.

Chapter 13

¹And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar -- to make perfume; ²and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, `Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David -- Josiah his name -- and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.` ³And he hath given on that day a sign, saying, `This [is] the sign that Jehovah hath spoken, Lo, the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth that [are] on it.` ⁴And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the word of the man of God that he calleth against the altar in Beth-El, that Jeroboam putteth forth his hand from off the altar, saying, `Catch him;` and his hand is dried up that he hath put forth against him, and he is not able to bring it back unto him, <sup>5</sup>and the altar is rent, and the ashes poured forth from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah. <sup>6</sup>And the king answereth and saith unto the man of God, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;` and the man of God appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning. <sup>7</sup>And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.` <sup>8</sup>And the man of God saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place; ⁹for so He commanded me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.` <sup>10</sup>And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El. <sup>11</sup>And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of God hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, -- yea, they recount them to their father. <sup>12</sup>And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this -- the way he hath gone?` and his sons see the way that the man of God hath gone who came from Judah. <sup>13</sup>And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it, <sup>14</sup>and goeth after the man of God, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of God who hast come from Judah?` and he saith, `I [am].` <sup>15</sup>And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.` <sup>16</sup>And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place, ¹⁷for a word [is] unto me by the word of Jehovah, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.` <sup>18</sup>And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;` -- he hath lied to him. <sup>19</sup>And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water. <sup>20</sup>And it cometh to pass -- they are sitting at the table -- and a word of Jehovah is unto the prophet who brought him back, <sup>21</sup>and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee, ²²and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water -- thy carcase cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.` <sup>23</sup>And it cometh to pass, after his eating bread, and after his drinking, that he saddleth for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back, <sup>24</sup>and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcase is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcase. <sup>25</sup>And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcase, and they come and speak [of it] in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling. <sup>26</sup>And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, `It [is] the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.` <sup>27</sup>And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,` and they saddle [it]. <sup>28</sup>And he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase -- the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass. <sup>29</sup>And the prophet taketh up the carcase of the man of God, and placeth it on the ass, and bringeth it back, and the old prophet cometh in unto the city to mourn and to bury him, <sup>30</sup>and he placeth his carcase in his own grave, and they mourn for him, `Oh, my brother!` <sup>31</sup>And it cometh to pass, after his burying him, that he speaketh unto his sons, saying, `At my death -- ye have buried me in the burying-place in which the man of God is buried; near his bones place my bones; ³²for the word certainly cometh to pass that he called by the word of Jehovah concerning the altar which [is] Beth-El, and concerning all the houses of the high places that [are] in cities of Samaria.` ³³After this thing Jeroboam hath not turned from his evil way, and turneth back, and maketh of the extremities of the people priests of high places; he who is desirous he consecrateth his hand, and he is of the priests of the high places. ³⁴And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the ground.

Chapter 14

¹At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick, ²and Jeroboam saith to his wife, `Rise, I pray thee, and change thyself, and they know not that thou [art] wife of Jeroboam, and thou hast gone to Shiloh; lo, there [is] Ahijah the prophet; he spake unto me of [being] king over this people; <sup>3</sup>and thou hast taken in thy hand ten loaves, and crumbs, and a bottle of honey, and hast gone in unto him; he doth declare to thee what becometh of the youth.` ⁴And the wife of Jeroboam doth so, and riseth, and goeth to Shiloh, and entereth the house of Ahijah, and Ahijah is not able to see, for his eyes have stood because of his age. ⁵And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, `Lo, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from thee concerning her son, for he is sick; thus and thus thou dost speak unto her, and it cometh to pass at her coming in, that she is making herself strange.` ⁶And it cometh to pass, at Ahijah`s hearing the sound of her feet [as] she came in to the opening, that he saith, `Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why is this -- thou art making thyself strange? and I am sent unto thee [with] a sharp thing: ⁷Go, say to Jeroboam, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Because that I have made thee high out of the midst of the people, and appoint thee leader over my people Israel, ⁸and rend the kingdom from the house of David, and give it to thee, -- and thou hast not been as My servant David who kept My commands, and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only that which [is] right in Mine eyes, ⁹and thou dost evil above all who have been before thee, and goest, and makest to thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and Me thou hast cast behind thy back: ¹⁰`Therefore, lo, I am bringing in evil unto the house of Jeroboam, and have cut off to Jeroboam those sitting on the wall -- shut up and left -- in Israel, and have put away the posterity of the house of Jeroboam, as one putteth away the dung till its consumption; <sup>11</sup>him who dieth of Jeroboam in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat, for Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>12</sup>`And thou, rise, go to thy house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died; ¹³and all Israel have mourned for him, and buried him, for this one -- by himself -- cometh of Jeroboam unto a grave, because there hath been found in him a good thing towards Jehovah, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. ¹⁴`And Jehovah hath raised up for Him a king over Israel who cutteth off the house of Jeroboam this day -- and what? -- even now! <sup>15</sup>And Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger; <sup>16</sup>and He giveth up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin.` ¹⁷And the wife of Jeroboam riseth, and goeth, and cometh to Tirzah; she hath come in to the threshold of the house, and the youth dieth; ¹⁸and they bury him, and mourn for him do all Israel, according to the word of Jehovah, that he spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet. ¹⁹And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²⁰And the days that Jeroboam reigned [are] twenty and two years, and he lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Nadab his son in his stead. ²¹And Rehoboam son of Solomon hath reigned in Judah; a son of forty and one years [is] Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah chose to set His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess. ²²And Judah doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and they make Him zealous above all that their fathers did by their sins that they have sinned. ²³And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree; ²⁴and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel. ²⁵And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem, ²⁶and he taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, yea, the whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made. ²⁷And king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath made [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners, those keeping the opening of the house of the king, ²⁸and it cometh to pass, from the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners bear them, and have brought them back unto the chamber of the runners. ²⁹And the rest of the matters of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ³⁰And war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days; ³¹and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess, and reign doth Abijam his son in his stead.

Chapter 15

¹And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah; ²three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom; ³and he walketh in all the sins of his father, that he did before him, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father; ⁴but for David`s sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem, <sup>5</sup>in that David did that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, and turned not aside from all that He commanded him all days of his life -- only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite; <sup>6</sup>and war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. <sup>7</sup>And the rest of the matters of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam; <sup>8</sup>and Abijam lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead. <sup>9</sup>And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Asa over Judah, <sup>10</sup>and forty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Maachah daughter of Abishalom. <sup>11</sup>And Asa doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father, <sup>12</sup>and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made; <sup>13</sup>and also Maachah his mother -- he turneth her aside from being mistress, in that she made a horrible thing for a shrine, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron; <sup>14</sup>and the high places have not turned aside; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect with Jehovah all his days, <sup>15</sup>and he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of Jehovah, silver, and gold, and vessels. <sup>16</sup>And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days, <sup>17</sup>and Baasha king of Israel goeth up against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, not to permit any one going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah. <sup>18</sup>And Asa taketh all the silver and the gold that are left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and giveth them into the hand of his servants, and king Asa sendeth them unto Ben-Hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying, <sup>19</sup>`A covenant [is] between me and thee, between my father and thy father; lo, I have sent to thee a reward of silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he goeth up from off me.` <sup>20</sup>And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath against cities of Israel, and smiteth Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali; <sup>21</sup>and it cometh to pass at Baasha`s hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah. ²²And king Asa hath summoned all Judah -- there is none exempt -- and they lift up the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and king Asa buildeth with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. ²³And the rest of all the matters of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, at the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet; ²⁴and Asa lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead. ²⁵And Nadab son of Jeroboam hath reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigneth over Israel two years, ²⁶and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth in the way of his father, and in his sin that he made Israel to sin. ²⁷And conspire against him doth Baasha son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, and Baasha smiteth him in Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines -- and Nadab and all Israel are laying siege against Gibbethon -- ²⁸yea, Baasha putteth him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead. ²⁹And it cometh to pass, at his reigning, he hath smitten the whole house of Jeroboam, he hath not left any breathing to Jeroboam till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, ³⁰because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger Jehovah, God of Israel. ³¹And the rest of the matters of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ³²And war hath been between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ³³In the third year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Baasha son of Ahijah over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years, ³⁴and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin.

Chapter 16

¹And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying, ²`Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin -- to provoke Me to anger with their sins; <sup>3</sup>lo, I am putting away the posterity of Baasha, even the posterity of his house, and have given up thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat; <sup>4</sup>him who dieth of Baasha in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth of his in a field do fowl of the heavens eat.` ⁵And the rest of the matters of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ⁶And Baasha lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son reigneth in his stead. ⁷And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet a word of Jehovah hath been concerning Baasha, and concerning his house, and concerning all the evil that he did in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, to be like the house of Jeroboam, and concerning that for which he smote him. ⁸In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years; ⁹and conspire against him doth his servant Zimri (head of the half of the chariots) and he [is] in Tirzah drinking -- a drunkard in the house of Arza, who [is] over the house in Tirzah. ¹⁰And Zimri cometh in and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigneth in his stead; ¹¹and it cometh to pass in his reigning, at his sitting on his throne, he hath smitten the whole house of Baasha; he hath not left to him any sitting on the wall, and of his redeemers, and of his friends. ¹²And Zimri destroyeth the whole house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake concerning Baasha, by the hand of Jehu the prophet: ¹³concerning all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, that they sinned, and that they caused Israel to sin to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities. ¹⁴And the rest of the matters of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ¹⁵In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, reigned hath Zimri seven days in Tirzah; and the people are encamping against Gibbethon, which [is] to the Philistines; ¹⁶and the people who are encamping hear, saying, `Zimri hath conspired, and also hath smitten the king;` and all Israel cause Omri head of the host to reign over Israel on that day in the camp. ¹⁷And Omri goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah. ¹⁸And it cometh to pass, at Zimri`s seeing that the city hath been captured, that he cometh in unto a high place of the house of the king, and burneth over him the house of the king with fire, and dieth, ¹⁹for his sins that he sinned, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to walk in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin that he did, to cause Israel to sin; ²⁰and the rest of the matters of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ²¹Then are the sons of Israel parted into halves; half of the people hath been after Tibni son of Ginath to cause him to reign, and the half after Omri; ²²and stronger are the people that are after Omri than the people that are after Tibni son of Ginath, and Tibni dieth, and Omri reigneth. ²³In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Omri over Israel twelve years; in Tirzah he hath reigned six years, ²⁴and he buyeth the mount Samaria from Shemer, with two talents of silver, and buildeth [on] the mount, and calleth the name of the city that he hath built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill -- Samaria. ²⁵And Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who [are] before him, ²⁶and walketh in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin that he caused Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, with their vanities. ²⁷And the rest of the matters of Omri that he did, and his might that he got, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ²⁸And Omri lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigneth in his stead. ²⁹And Ahab son of Omri hath reigned over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab son of Omri reigneth over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years, ³⁰and Ahab son of Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah above all who [are] before him. ³¹And it cometh to pass -- hath it been light his walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat? -- then he taketh a wife, Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and goeth and serveth Baal, and boweth himself to it, ³²and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria; ³³and Ahab maketh the shrine, and Ahab addeth to do so as to provoke Jehovah, God of Israel, above all the kings of Israel who have been before him. ³⁴In his days hath Hiel the Beth-Elite built Jericho; in Abiram his first-born he laid its foundation, and in Segub his youngest he set up its doors, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Joshua son of Nun.

Chapter 17

¹And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.` ²And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, ³`Go from this [place]; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan, <sup>4</sup>and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.` ⁵And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan, ⁶and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh. ⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land, ⁸and the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying, ⁹`Rise, go to Zarephath, that [is] to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.` ¹⁰And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.` ¹¹And she goeth to bring [it], and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.` ¹²And she saith, `Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.` ¹³And Elijah saith unto her, `Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last; <sup>14</sup>for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah`s giving a shower on the face of the ground.` <sup>15</sup>And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days; <sup>16</sup>the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the dish of oil did not lack, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Elijah. <sup>17</sup>And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him. <sup>18</sup>And she saith unto Elijah, `What -- to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!` <sup>19</sup>And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;` and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed, <sup>20</sup>and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil -- to put her son to death?` <sup>21</sup>And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;` <sup>22</sup>and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad turneth back into his midst, and he liveth. <sup>23</sup>And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!` <sup>24</sup>And the woman saith unto Elijah, `Now, this I have known, that a man of God thou [art], and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth [is] truth.`

Chapter 18

¹And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;` ²and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria, ³and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who [is] over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly, ⁴and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel`s cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water -- <sup>5</sup>and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.` <sup>6</sup>And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself; <sup>7</sup>and Obadiah [is] in the way, and lo, Elijah -- to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he -- my lord Elijah?` <sup>8</sup>And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.` <sup>9</sup>And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death? ¹⁰Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee; ¹¹and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah; ¹²and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth. ¹³`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel`s slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water? ¹⁴and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!` <sup>15</sup>And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.` <sup>16</sup>And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth [it] to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah, <sup>17</sup>and it cometh to pass at Ahab`s seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?` ¹⁸And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim; <sup>19</sup>and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.` ²⁰And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel; ²¹and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;` and the people have not answered him a word. ²²And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men; <sup>23</sup>and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; -- <sup>24</sup>and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He [is] the God.` And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.` ²⁵And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye [are] the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.` ²⁶And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!` and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made. ²⁷And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.` ²⁸And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood [is] on them; ²⁹and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending. ³⁰And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;` and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down; ³¹and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;` ³²and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar. ³³And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth [it] on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood; <sup>34</sup>and he saith, `Do [it] a second time;` and they do [it] a second time; and he saith, `Do [it] a third time;` and they do [it] a third time; <sup>35</sup>and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water. <sup>36</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the [evening-]present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou [art] God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things; ³⁷answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou [art] Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.` <sup>38</sup>And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that [is] in the trench it hath licked up. <sup>39</sup>And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.` <sup>40</sup>And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;` and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there. <sup>41</sup>And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.` <sup>42</sup>And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees, <sup>43</sup>and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;` and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;` and he saith, `Turn back,` seven times. <sup>44</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.` And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.` ⁴⁵And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, ⁴⁶and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

Chapter 19

¹And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword, ²and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.` ³And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that [is] Judah`s, and leaveth his young man there, <sup>4</sup>and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day`s Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I [am] not better than my fathers.` ⁵And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;` ⁶and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake [baken on] burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down. ⁷And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;` ⁸and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb. ⁹And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?` ¹⁰And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.` ¹¹And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.` And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: -- not in the wind [is] Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking [is] Jehovah; ¹²and after the shaking a fire: -- not in the fire [is] Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small; ¹³and it cometh to pass, at Elijah`s hearing [it], that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him [is] a voice, and it saith, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?` <sup>14</sup>And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.` <sup>15</sup>And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram, ¹⁶and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead. ¹⁷`And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha; <sup>18</sup>and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.` ¹⁹And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke [are] before him, and he [is] with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him, ²⁰and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.` And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?` ²¹And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.

Chapter 20

¹And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings [are] with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it, ²and sendeth messengers unto Ahab king of Israel, to the city, ³and saith to him, `Thus said Ben-Hadad, `Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons -- the best -- are mine.` <sup>4</sup>And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I [am] thine, and all that I have.` <sup>5</sup>And the messengers turn back and say, `Thus spake Ben-Hadad, saying, Surely I sent unto thee, saying, Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons, to me thou dost give; ⁶for if, at this time to-morrow, I send my servants unto thee then they have searched thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it hath been, every desirable thing of thine eyes they place in their hand, and have taken away.` <sup>7</sup>And the king of Israel calleth to all the elders of the land, and saith, `Know, I pray you, and see that evil this [one] is seeking, for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my sons, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I withheld not from him.` <sup>8</sup>And all the elders and all the people say unto him, `Do not hearken, nor consent.` <sup>9</sup>And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, `Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;` and the messengers go and take him back word. <sup>10</sup>And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, `Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who [are] at my feet.` <sup>11</sup>And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].` <sup>12</sup>And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word -- and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths -- that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;` and they set themselves against the city. <sup>13</sup>And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah.` ¹⁴And Ahab saith, `By whom?` and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, By the young men of the heads of the provinces;` and he saith, `Who doth direct the battle?` and he saith, `Thou.` ¹⁵And he inspecteth the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred, two and thirty, and after them he hath inspecteth the whole of the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand, ¹⁶and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking -- drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him. ¹⁷And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, `Men have come out of Samaria.` ¹⁸And he saith, `If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.` ¹⁹And these have gone out of the city -- the young men of the heads of the provinces -- and the force that [is] after them, ²⁰and smite each his man, and Aram fleeth, and Israel pursueth them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escapeth on a horse, and the horsemen; ²¹and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting. ²²And the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, `Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.` ²³And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, `Gods of hills [are] their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain -- are we not stronger than they? <sup>24</sup>`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead; ²⁵and thou, number to thee a force as the force that is fallen from thee, and horse for horse, and chariot for chariot, and we fight with them in the plain; are we not stronger than they?` and he hearkeneth to their voice, and doth so. <sup>26</sup>And it cometh to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspecteth the Aramaeans, and goeth up to Aphek, to battle with Israel, <sup>27</sup>and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land. <sup>28</sup>And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills [is] Jehovah, and He [is] not God of valleys -- I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.` <sup>29</sup>And they encamp one over-against another seven days, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day, that the battle draweth near, and the sons of Israel smite Aram -- a hundred thousand footmen in one day. <sup>30</sup>And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part. <sup>31</sup>And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.` <sup>32</sup>And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes [are] on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, `Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;` and he saith, `Is he yet alive? he [is] my brother.` <sup>33</sup>And the men observe diligently, and hasten, and catch it from him, and say, `Thy brother Ben-Hadad;` and he saith, `Go ye in, bring him;` and Ben-Hadad cometh out unto him, and he causeth him to come up on the chariot. <sup>34</sup>And he saith unto him, `The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;` -- `and I, with a covenant, send thee away;` and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away. <sup>35</sup>And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour by the word of Jehovah, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man refuseth to smite him, <sup>36</sup>and he saith to him, `Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;` and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him. <sup>37</sup>And he findeth another man, and saith, `Smite me, I pray thee;` and the man smiteth him, smiting and wounding, <sup>38</sup>and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes. <sup>39</sup>And it cometh to pass -- the king is passing by -- that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out; ⁴⁰and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!` and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right [is] thy judgment; thou hast determined [it].` ⁴¹And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he [is] of the prophets, ⁴²and he saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of [thy] hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;` ⁴³and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.

Chapter 21

¹And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is] in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, ²and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, `Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it [is] near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver -- its price.` ³And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;` ⁴and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,` and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread. ⁵And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, `What [is] this? -- thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!` ⁶And he saith unto her, `Because I speak unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and say to him, Give to me thy vineyard for money, or if thou desire, I give to thee a vineyard in its stead; and he saith, I do not give to thee my vineyard.` ⁷And Jezebel his wife saith unto him, `Thou now dost execute rule over Israel! rise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad, -- I do give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.` ⁸And she writeth letters in the name of Ahab, and sealeth with his seal, and sendeth the letters unto the elders, and unto the freemen, who are in his city, those dwelling with Naboth, ⁹and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, <sup>10</sup>and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.` ¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, ¹²they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, ¹³and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;` and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; ¹⁴and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.` ¹⁵And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel`s hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, `Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.` <sup>16</sup>And it cometh to pass, at Ahab`s hearing that Naboth is dead, that Ahab riseth to go down unto the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to possess it. ¹⁷And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ¹⁸`Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who [is] in Samaria, -- lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it, <sup>19</sup>and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.` ²⁰And Ahab saith unto Elijah, `Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?` and he saith, `I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; <sup>21</sup>lo, I am bringing in unto thee evil, and have taken away thy posterity, and cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel, <sup>22</sup>and given up thy house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked [Me], and dost cause Israel to sin. <sup>23</sup>`And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel; ²⁴him who dieth of Ahab in a city do the dogs eat, and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens eat; ²⁵surely there hath none been like Ahab, who sold himself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife hath moved, ²⁶and he doth very abominably to go after the idols, according to all that the Amorite did whom Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.` <sup>27</sup>And it cometh to pass, at Ahab`s hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently. ²⁸And the word of Jehovah is unto Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ²⁹`Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.`

Chapter 22

¹And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel, ²and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel, ³and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, `Have ye not known that ours [is] Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!` ⁴And he saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Dost thou go with me to battle [to] Ramoth-Gilead?` and Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `As I am, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.` ⁵And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;` ⁶and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?` and they say, `Go up, and the Lord doth give [it] into the hand of the king.` ⁷And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, and we seek by him?` ⁸And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Yet -- one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil -- Micaiah son of Imlah;` and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.` ⁹And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.` ¹⁰And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, in a threshing-floor, at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them. ¹¹And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, By these thou dost push the Aramaeans till they are consumed;` ¹²and all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up to Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.` ¹³And the messenger who hath gone to call Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, I pray thee, the words of the prophets, with one mouth, [are] good towards the king; let it be, I pray thee, thy word as the word of one of them -- and thou hast spoken good.` ¹⁴And Micaiah saith, `Jehovah liveth; surely that which Jehovah saith unto me -- it I speak.` ¹⁵And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?` and he saith unto him, `Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.` ¹⁶And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee that thou speak nothing unto me but truth in the name of Jehovah?` ¹⁷And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, These have no master; they turn back each to his house in peace.` ¹⁸And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Have I not said unto thee, He doth not prophesy of me good, but evil?` ¹⁹And he saith, `Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah; I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left; <sup>20</sup>and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? and this one saith thus, and that one is saying thus. <sup>21</sup>`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I -- I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what? ²²and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so. ²³And now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.` <sup>24</sup>And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this -- he hath passed over -- the Spirit of Jehovah -- from me to speak with thee?` <sup>25</sup>And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou art seeing on that day, when thou goest in to the innermost chamber to be hidden.` <sup>26</sup>And the king of Israel saith, `Take Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king, ²⁷and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.` <sup>28</sup>And Micaiah saith, `If thou at all return in peace -- Jehovah hath not spoken by me;` and he saith, `Hear, O peoples, all of them.` <sup>29</sup>And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, to Ramoth-Gilead. <sup>30</sup>And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.` And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and goeth into battle. <sup>31</sup>And the king of Aram commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath -- thirty and two -- saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel by himself.` <sup>32</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they said, `He [is] only the king of Israel;` and they turn aside to him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, <sup>33</sup>and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he [is] not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him. <sup>34</sup>And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to his charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.` <sup>35</sup>And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king hath been caused to stand in the chariot, over-against Aram, and he dieth in the evening, and the blood of the wound runneth out unto the midst of the chariot, <sup>36</sup>and he causeth the cry to pass over through the camp, at the going in of the sun, saying, `Each unto his city, and each unto his land.` <sup>37</sup>And the king dieth, and cometh into Samaria, and they bury the king in Samaria; <sup>38</sup>and [one] rinseth the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs lick his blood -- when the armour they had washed -- according to the word of Jehovah that He spake. <sup>39</sup>And the rest of the matters of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? <sup>40</sup>And Ahab lieth with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigneth in his stead. <sup>41</sup>And Jehoshaphat son of Asa hath reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel, <sup>42</sup>Jehoshaphat [is] a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi. <sup>43</sup>And he walketh in all the way of Asa his father, he hath not turned aside from it, to do that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah; only the high places have not turned aside, yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. <sup>44</sup>And Jehoshaphat maketh peace with the king of Israel; <sup>45</sup>and the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he got, and with which he fought, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? <sup>46</sup>And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land; <sup>47</sup>and there is no king in Edom; he set up a king. <sup>48</sup>Jehoshaphat made ships at Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they went not, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber. <sup>49</sup>Then said Ahaziah son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, `Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships;` and Jehoshaphat was not willing. ⁵⁰And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead. ⁵¹Ahaziah son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigneth over Israel two years, ⁵²and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who caused Israel to sin, ⁵³and serveth the Baal, and boweth himself to it, and provoketh Jehovah, God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

2 Kings

Chapter 1

¹And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, ²and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that [is] in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, `Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.` ³And a messenger of Jehovah hath spoken unto Elijah the Tishbite, `Rise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and speak unto them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel -- ye are going to inquire of Baal Zebub god of Ekron? <sup>4</sup>and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;` and Elijah goeth on. ⁵And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What [is] this -- ye have turned back!` ⁶And they say unto him, `A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel -- thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.` ⁷And he saith unto them, `What [is] the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?` ⁸And they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;` and he saith, `He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.` ⁹And he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up unto him (and lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him, `O man of God, the king hath spoken, Come down.` ¹⁰And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty. ¹¹And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, thus said the king, Haste, come down.` ¹²And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I [am] a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty. ¹³And he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the third head of fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against Elijah, and maketh supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be precious, I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty -- in thine eyes. <sup>14</sup>Lo, come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of the former fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in thine eyes.` ¹⁵And a messenger of Jehovah speaketh unto Elijah, `Go down with him, be not afraid of him;` and he riseth and goeth down with him unto the king, ¹⁶and speaketh unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron -- is it because there is not a God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up -- thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.` ¹⁷And he dieth, according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah spake, and Jehoram reigneth in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, for he had no son. ¹⁸And the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Chapter 2

¹And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah`s taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal, <sup>2</sup>and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;` and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go down to Beth-El. <sup>3</sup>And sons of the prophets who [are] in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known -- keep silent.` <sup>4</sup>And Elijah saith to him, `Elisha, abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they come in to Jericho. <sup>5</sup>And sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known -- keep silent.` <sup>6</sup>And Elijah saith to him, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go on both of them, <sup>7</sup>-- and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan. <sup>8</sup>And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land. <sup>9</sup>And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, `Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?` and Elisha saith, `Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;` <sup>10</sup>and he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.` <sup>11</sup>And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens. <sup>12</sup>And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;` and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces. <sup>13</sup>And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan, <sup>14</sup>and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, `Where [is] Jehovah, God of Elijah -- even He?` and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over. <sup>15</sup>And they see him -- the sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho -- over-against, and they say, `Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;` and they come to meet him, and bow themselves to him to the earth, <sup>16</sup>and say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;` and he saith, `Ye do not send.` <sup>17</sup>And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;` and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him; <sup>18</sup>and they turn back unto him -- and he is abiding in Jericho -- and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?` <sup>19</sup>And the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city [is] good, as my lord seeth, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.` <sup>20</sup>And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;` and they bring [it] unto him, <sup>21</sup>and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.` <sup>22</sup>And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake. <sup>23</sup>And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!` ²⁴And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads. ²⁵And he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned back to Samaria.

Chapter 3

¹And Jehoram son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigneth twelve years, ²and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made; ³only to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he hath cleaved, he hath not turned aside from it. ⁴And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, [with] wool, ⁵and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel. ⁶And king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all Israel, ⁷and goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king of Moab hath transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?` and he saith, `I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses. <sup>8</sup>And he saith, `Where [is] this -- the way we go up?` and he saith, `The way of the wilderness of Edom.` <sup>9</sup>And the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for the cattle that [are] at their feet, <sup>10</sup>and the king of Israel saith, `Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings, to give them into the hand of Moab.` <sup>11</sup>And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we seek Jehovah by him?` And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.` <sup>12</sup>And Jehoshaphat saith, `The word of Jehovah is with him;` and go down unto him do the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom. <sup>13</sup>And Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, `What -- to me and to thee? go unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;` and the king of Israel saith to him, `Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.` <sup>14</sup>And Elisha saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood; for unless the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto thee, nor see thee; ¹⁵and now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the minstrel, that the hand of Jehovah is on him, ¹⁶and he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches -- ditches; <sup>17</sup>for thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that valley is full of water, and ye have drunk -- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. <sup>18</sup>`And this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab into your hand, ¹⁹and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.` <sup>20</sup>And it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the [morning]-present, that lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is filled with the waters, <sup>21</sup>and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border. <sup>22</sup>And they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the waters, and the Moabites see, from over-against, the waters red as blood, <sup>23</sup>and say, `Blood this [is]; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!` ²⁴And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab, ²⁵and the cities they break down, and [on] every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it. ²⁶And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able, ²⁷and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend -- a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.

Chapter 4

¹And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.` ²And Elisha saith unto her, `What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?` and she saith, `Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.` ³And he saith, `Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let [them] not be few; <sup>4</sup>and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.` ⁵And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out, ⁶and it cometh to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she saith unto her son, `Bring nigh unto me a vessel more,` and he saith unto her, `There is not a vessel more;` and the oil stayeth. ⁷And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, `Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou [and] thy sons do live of the rest.` ⁸And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread, ⁹and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually; <sup>10</sup>let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.` ¹¹And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there, ¹²and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Call for this Shunammite;` and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him. ¹³And he saith to him, `Say, I pray thee, unto her, Lo, thou hast troubled thyself concerning us with all this trouble; what -- to do for thee? is it to speak for thee unto the king, or unto the head of the host?` and she saith, `In the midst of my people I am dwelling.` ¹⁴And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?` and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband [is] aged.` ¹⁵And he saith, `Call for her;` and he calleth for her, and she standeth at the opening, ¹⁶and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;` and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.` ¹⁷And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her. ¹⁸And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers, ¹⁹and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;` and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;` ²⁰and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth. ²¹And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth [the door] upon him, and goeth out, ²²and calleth unto her husband, and saith, `Send, I pray thee, to me, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I run unto the man of God, and return.` ²³And he saith, `Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day? -- neither new moon nor sabbath!` and she saith, `Peace [to thee]!` ²⁴And she saddleth the ass, and saith unto her young man, `Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have said [so] to thee.` ²⁵And she goeth, and cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill of Carmel, and it cometh to pass, at the man of God`s seeing her from over-against, that he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Lo, this Shunammite; ²⁶now, run, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to thee? is there peace to thy husband? is there peace to the lad?` and she saith, `Peace.` <sup>27</sup>And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden [it] from me, and hath not declared [it] to me.` <sup>28</sup>And she saith, `Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?` <sup>29</sup>And he saith to Gehazi, `Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go; when thou dost meet a man, thou dost not salute him; and when a man doth salute thee, thou dost not answer him; and thou hast laid my staff on the face of the youth.` <sup>30</sup>And the mother of the youth saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth -- if I leave thee;` and he riseth and goeth after her. <sup>31</sup>And Gehazi hath passed on before them, and layeth the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turneth back to meet him, and declareth to him, saying, `The youth hath not awaked.` <sup>32</sup>And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed, <sup>33</sup>and he goeth in and shutteth the door upon them both, and prayeth unto Jehovah. <sup>34</sup>And he goeth up, and lieth down on the lad, and putteth his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretcheth himself upon him, and the flesh of the lad becometh warm; <sup>35</sup>and he turneth back and walketh in the house, once hither and once thither, and goeth up and stretcheth himself upon him, and the youth sneezeth till seven times, and the youth openeth his eyes. <sup>36</sup>And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, `Call unto this Shunammite;` and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, `Lift up thy son.` <sup>37</sup>And she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out. <sup>38</sup>And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine [is] in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, `Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.` <sup>39</sup>And one goeth out unto the field to gather herbs, and findeth a vine of the field, and gathereth of it gourds of the field -- the fulness of his garment -- and cometh in and splitteth [them] into the pot of pottage, for they knew [them] not; <sup>40</sup>and they pour out for the men to eat, and it cometh to pass at their eating of the pottage, that they have cried out, and say, `Death [is] in the pot, O man of God!` and they have not been able to eat. <sup>41</sup>And he saith, `Then bring ye meal;` and he casteth into the pot, and saith, `Pour out for the people, and they eat;` and there was no evil thing in the pot. <sup>42</sup>And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.` <sup>43</sup>And his minister saith, `What -- do I give this before a hundred men?` and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat, for thus said Jehovah, Eat and leave;` ⁴⁴and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.

Chapter 5

¹And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour -- leprous. ²And the Aramaeans have gone out [by] troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman, ³and she saith unto her mistress, `O that my lord [were] before the prophet who [is] in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.` ⁴And [one] goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who [is] from the land of Israel.` ⁵And the king of Aram saith, `Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;` and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of garments. ⁶And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.` ⁷And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel`s reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.` <sup>8</sup>And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God`s hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.` ⁹And Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha; ¹⁰and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee -- and be thou clean. <sup>11</sup>And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper. ¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?` and he turneth and goeth on in fury. <sup>13</sup>And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee -- dost thou not do [it]? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.` <sup>14</sup>And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean. <sup>15</sup>And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.` <sup>16</sup>And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood -- if I take [it];` and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth. <sup>17</sup>And Naaman saith, `If not -- let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules` burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself [in] the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.` ¹⁹And he saith to him, `Go in peace.` And he goeth from him a kibrath of land, ²⁰And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.` ²¹And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?` ²²And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.` ²³And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;` and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him; ²⁴and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go. ²⁵And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence -- Gehazi?` and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.` ²⁶And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants? <sup>27</sup>yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, -- to the age;` and he goeth out from before him -- leprous as snow.

Chapter 6

¹And sons of the prophet say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the place where we are dwelling before thee is too strait for us; <sup>2</sup>let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and we take thence each one beam, and we make for ourselves there a place to dwell there;` and he saith, `Go.` ³And the one saith, `Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;` and he saith, `I -- I go.` ⁴And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees, ⁵and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, `Alas! my lord, and it asked!` ⁶And the man of God saith, `Whither hath it fallen?` and he sheweth him the place, and he cutteth a stick, and casteth thither, and causeth the iron to swim, ⁷and saith, `Raise to thee;` and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it. ⁸And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, `At such and such a place [is] my encamping.` ⁹And the man of God sendeth unto the king of Israel, saying, `Take heed of passing by this place, for thither are the Aramaeans coming down; <sup>10</sup>and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice. <sup>11</sup>And the heart of the king of Aram is tossed about concerning this thing, and he calleth unto his servants, and saith unto them, `Do ye not declare to me who of us [is] for the king of Israel?` <sup>12</sup>And one of his servants saith, `Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who [is] in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.` <sup>13</sup>And he saith, `Go ye and see where he [is], and I send and take him;` and it is declared to him, saying, `Lo -- in Dothan.` <sup>14</sup>And he sendeth thither horses and chariot, and a heavy force, and they come in by night, and go round against the city. <sup>15</sup>And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, `Alas! my lord, how do we do?` <sup>16</sup>And he saith, `Fear not, for more [are] they who [are] with us than they who [are] with them.` <sup>17</sup>And Elisha prayeth, and saith, `Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;` and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha. <sup>18</sup>And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;` and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. <sup>19</sup>And Elisha saith unto them, `This [is] not the way, nor [is] this the city; come after me, and I lead you unto the man whom ye seek;` and he leadeth them to Samaria. <sup>20</sup>And it cometh to pass, at their coming in to Samaria, that Elisha saith, `Jehovah, open the eyes of these, and they see;` and Jehovah openeth their eyes, and they see, and lo, in the midst of Samaria! <sup>21</sup>And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, `Do I smite -- do I smite -- my father?` <sup>22</sup>And he saith, `Thou dost not smite; those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow art thou smiting? set bread and water before them, and they eat, and drink, and go unto their lord.` <sup>23</sup>And he prepareth for them great provision, and they eat and drink, and he sendeth them away, and they go unto their lord: and troops of Aram have not added any more to come in to the land of Israel. <sup>24</sup>And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria, <sup>25</sup>and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings. <sup>26</sup>And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, `Save, my lord, O king.` <sup>27</sup>And he saith, `Jehovah doth not save thee -- whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?` <sup>28</sup>And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?` and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow; ²⁹and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.` <sup>30</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth [is] on his flesh within. ³¹And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add -- if it remain -- the head of Elisha son of Shaphat -- upon him this day.` ³²And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and [the king] sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, `Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?` ³³He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, `Lo, this [is] the evil from Jehovah: what -- do I wait for Jehovah any more?`

Chapter 7

¹And Elisha saith, `Hear ye a word of Jehovah: thus said Jehovah, About this time to-morrow, a measure of fine flour [is] at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.` ²And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, `Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be?` and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.` ³And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, `What -- we are sitting here till we have died; <sup>4</sup>if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death -- we have died.` ⁵And they rise in the twilight, to go in unto the camp of Aram, and they come in unto the extremity of the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not a man there, ⁶seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse -- a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, `Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.` ⁷And they rise and flee in the twilight, and forsake their tents, and their horses, and their asses -- the camp as it [is] -- and flee for their life. ⁸And these lepers come in unto the extremity of the camp, and come in unto one tent, and eat, and drink, and lift up thence silver, and gold, and garments, and go and hide; and they turn back and go in unto another tent, and lift up thence, and go and hide. ⁹And they say one unto another, `We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it [is], and we are keeping silent; and -- we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.` ¹⁰And they come in, and call unto the gatekeeper of the city, and declare for themselves, saying, `We have come in unto the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not there a man, or sound of man, but the bound horse, and the bound ass, and tents as they [are].` ¹¹and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within. ¹²And the king riseth by night, and saith unto his servants, `Let me declare, I pray you, to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and unto the city we enter.` ¹³And one of his servants answereth and saith, `Then let them take, I pray thee, five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it -- lo, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; lo, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed -- and we send and see.` ¹⁴And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram, saying, `Go, and see.` ¹⁵And they go after them unto the Jordan, and lo, all the way is full of garments and vessels that the Aramaeans have cast away in their haste, and the messengers turn back and declare to the king. ¹⁶And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah. ¹⁷And the king hath appointed the captain, by whose hand he is supported, over the gate, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth, as the man of God spake, which he spake in the coming down of the king unto him, ¹⁸yea, it cometh to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king, saying, `Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time to-morrow, in the gate of Samaria;` ¹⁹and the captain answereth the man of God, and saith, `And lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- it is according to this word?` and he saith, `Lo, thou art seeing with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat;` ²⁰and it cometh to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth.

Chapter 8

¹And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.` ²And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years. ³And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field. ⁴And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.` ⁵And it cometh to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and lo, the woman whose son he had revived is crying unto the king, for her house and for her field, and Gehazi saith, `My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this her son, whom Elisha revived.` ⁶And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, `Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.` ⁷And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, `The man of God hath come hither.` ⁸And the king saith unto Hazael, `Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?` ⁹And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, `Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?` ¹⁰And Elisha saith unto him, `Go, say, Thou dost certainly not revive, seeing Jehovah hath shewed me that he doth surely die.` ¹¹And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth [it] till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth. ¹²And Hazael saith, `Wherefore is my lord weeping?` and he saith, `Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel -- their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.` ¹³And Hazael saith, `But what, [is] thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?` And Elisha saith, `Jehovah hath shewed me thee -- king of Aram.` ¹⁴And he goeth from Elisha, and cometh in unto his lord, and he saith unto him, `What said Elisha to thee?` and he saith, `He said to me, Thou dost certainly recover.` ¹⁵And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that he taketh the coarse cloth, and dippeth in water, and spreadeth on his face, and he dieth, and Hazael reigneth in his stead. ¹⁶And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel -- and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah -- hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned; ¹⁷a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. ¹⁸And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, ¹⁹and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days. ²⁰In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them, ²¹and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents; ²²and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time. ²³And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁴And Joram lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaziah his son in his stead. ²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel reigned hath Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah; ²⁶a son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri king of Israel, ²⁷and he walketh in the way of the house of Ahab, and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for he [is] son-in-law of the house of Ahab. ²⁸And he goeth with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Aramaeans smite Joram, ²⁹and Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.

Chapter 9

¹And Elisha the prophet hath called to one of the sons of the prophets, and saith to him, `Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-Gilead, <sup>2</sup>and thou hast gone in there, and see thou there Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and thou hast gone in, and caused him to rise out of the midst of his brethren, and brought him in to the inner part of an inner-chamber, <sup>3</sup>and taken the vial of oil, and poured on his head, and said, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel; and thou hast opened the door, and fled, and dost not wait.` ⁴And the young man goeth -- the young man the prophet -- to Ramoth-Gilead, ⁵and cometh in, and lo, chiefs of the force are sitting, and he saith, `I have a word unto thee, O chief!` and Jehu saith, `Unto which of all of us?` and he saith, `Unto thee, O chief.` ⁶And he riseth and cometh in to the house, and he poureth the oil on his head, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I have anointed thee for king unto the people of Jehovah, unto Israel, <sup>7</sup>and thou hast smitten the house of Ahab thy lord, and I have required the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, from the hand of Jezebel; <sup>8</sup>and perished hath all the house of Ahab, and I have cut off to Ahab those sitting on the wall, and restrained, and left, in Israel, <sup>9</sup>and I have given up the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and as the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, <sup>10</sup>and Jezebel do the dogs eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there is none burying;` and he openeth the door and fleeth. ¹¹And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and [one] saith to him, `Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?` and he saith unto them, `Ye have known the man and his talk.` ¹²And they say, `False, declare, we pray thee, to us;` and he saith, `Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, Thus said Jehovah, I have anointed thee for king unto Israel.` ¹³And they haste and take each his garment, and put [it] under him at the top of the stairs, and blow with a trumpet, and say, `Reigned hath Jehu!` ¹⁴And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspireth against Joram -- (and Joram was keeping in Ramoth-Gilead, he and all Israel, from the presence of Hazael king of Aram, ¹⁵and king Joram turneth back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Aramaeans smite him, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram) -- and Jehu saith, `If it is your mind, let not an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.` ¹⁶And Jehu rideth, and goeth to Jezreel, for Joram is lying there, and Ahaziah king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram. ¹⁷And the watchman is standing on the tower in Jezreel, and seeth the company of Jehu in his coming, and saith, `A company I see;` and Joram saith, `Take a rider and send to meet them, and let him say, Is there peace?` ¹⁸and the rider on the horse goeth to meet him, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What -- to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.` And the watchman declareth, saying, `The messenger came unto them, and he hath not returned.` ¹⁹And he sendeth a second rider on a horse, and he cometh in unto them, and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?` and Jehu saith, `What -- to thee and to peace? turn round behind me.` ²⁰And the watchman declareth, saying, `He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving [is] like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.` ²¹And Jehoram saith, `Harness;` and his chariot is harnessed, and Jehoram king of Israel goeth out, and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his chariot, and they go out to meet Jehu, and find him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. ²²And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram`s seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?` and he saith, `What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?` <sup>23</sup>And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, `Deceit, O Ahaziah!` <sup>24</sup>And Jehu hath filled his hand with a bow, and smiteth Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow goeth out from his heart, and he boweth down in his chariot. <sup>25</sup>And [Jehu] saith unto Bidkar his captain, `Lift up, cast him into the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite -- for, remember, I and thou were riding together after Ahab his father, and Jehovah lifted upon him this burden: ²⁶Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion -- the affirmation of Jehovah; -- and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.` <sup>27</sup>And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, `Smite him -- also him -- in the chariot,` in the going up to Gur, that [is] Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there, <sup>28</sup>and his servants carry him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bury him in his burying-place, with his fathers, in the city of David. <sup>29</sup>And in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab reign did Ahaziah over Judah. <sup>30</sup>And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window. <sup>31</sup>And Jehu hath come into the gate, and she saith, `Was there peace [to] Zimri -- slayer of his lord?` <sup>32</sup>And he lifteth up his face unto the window, and saith, `Who [is] with me? -- who?` and look out unto him do two [or] three eunuchs; <sup>33</sup>And he saith, `Let her go;` and they let her go, and [some] of her blood is sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses, and he treadeth her down. <sup>34</sup>And he cometh in, and eateth, and drinketh, and saith, `Look after, I pray you, this cursed one, and bury her, for she [is] a king`s daughter.` ³⁵And they go to bury her, and have not found of her except the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands. ³⁶And they turn back, and declare to him, and he saith, `The word of Jehovah it [is], that He spake by the hand of this servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel do the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel, <sup>37</sup>and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This [is] Jezebel.`

Chapter 10

¹And Ahab hath seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu writeth letters, and sendeth to Samaria, unto the heads of Jezreel, the elders, and unto the supporters of Ahab, saying, ²`And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you [are] sons of your lord, and with you [are] the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour, <sup>3</sup>and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set [him] on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.` ⁴And they fear very greatly, and say, `Lo, the two kings have not stood before him, and how do we stand -- we?` ⁵And he who [is] over the house, and he who [is] over the city, and the elders, and the supporters, send unto Jehu, saying, `Thy servants we [are], and all that thou sayest unto us we do; we do not make any one king -- that which [is] good in thine eyes do.` ⁶And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, `If ye [are] for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men -- the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;` and the sons of the king [are] seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up. ⁷And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel, ⁸and the messenger cometh in, and declareth to him, saying, `They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king,` and he saith, `Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate till the morning.` ⁹And it cometh to pass in the morning, that he goeth out, and standeth, and saith unto all the people, `Righteous are ye; lo, I have conspired against my lord, and slay him -- and who smote all these? <sup>10</sup>Know ye now, that nothing doth fall of the word of Jehovah to the earth that Jehovah spake against the house of Ahab, and Jehovah hath done that which He spake by the hand of His servant Elijah.` ¹¹And Jehu smiteth all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his acquaintances, and his priests, till he hath not left to him a remnant. ¹²And he riseth, and cometh in and goeth to Samaria; he [is] at the shepherds` shearing-house in the way, <sup>13</sup>and Jehu hath found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and saith, `Who [are] ye?` and they say, `Brethren of Ahaziah we [are], and we go down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the mistress.` <sup>14</sup>And he saith, `Catch them alive;` and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them. <sup>15</sup>And he goeth thence, and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab -- to meet him, and blesseth him, and saith unto him, `Is thy heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart?` and Jehonadab saith, `It is;` -- `Then it is; give thy hand;` and he giveth his hand, and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot, <sup>16</sup>and saith, `Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;` and they cause him to ride in his chariot. <sup>17</sup>And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha. <sup>18</sup>And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, `Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much: ¹⁹and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live;` and Jehu hath done [it] in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal. <sup>20</sup>And Jehu saith, `Sanctify a restraint for Baal;` and they proclaim [it]. <sup>21</sup>And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full -- mouth to mouth. <sup>22</sup>And he saith to him who [is] over the wardrobe, `Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;` and he bringeth out to them the clothing. <sup>23</sup>And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, `Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah -- but, the servants of Baal by themselves.` <sup>24</sup>And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, `The man who letteth escape [any] of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand -- his soul for his soul.` <sup>25</sup>And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, `Go in, smite them, let none come out;` and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast [them] out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal, <sup>26</sup>and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them, <sup>27</sup>and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day. <sup>28</sup>And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel, <sup>29</sup>only -- the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them -- the calves of gold that [are] at Beth-El, and in Dan. <sup>30</sup>And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, `Because that thou hast done well, to do that which [is] right in Mine eyes -- according to all that [is] in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab -- the sons of the fourth [generation] do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.` ³¹And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin. ³²In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off [some] in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel, ³³from the Jordan, at the sun-rising, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassahite (from Aroer, that [is] by the brook Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan. ³⁴And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ³⁵And Jehu lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and reign doth Jehoahaz his son in his stead. ³⁶And the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel [are] twenty and eight years, in Samaria.

Chapter 11

¹And Athaliah [is] mother of Ahaziah, and she hath seen that her son [is] dead, and she riseth, and destroyeth all the seed of the kingdom; ²and Jehosheba daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him out of the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, him and his nurse, in the inner part of the bed-chambers, and they hide him from the presence of Athaliah, and he hath not been put to death, ³and he is with her, in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself, six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land. ⁴And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada sent and taketh the heads of the hundreds, of the executioners and of the runners, and bringeth them in unto him, to the house of Jehovah, and maketh with them a covenant, and causeth them to swear in the house of Jehovah, and sheweth them the son of the king, ⁵and commandeth them, saying, `This [is] the thing that ye do; The third of you [are] going in on the sabbath, and keepers of the charge of the house of the king, <sup>6</sup>and the third [is] at the gate of Sur, and the third at the gate behind the runners, and ye have kept the charge of the house pulled down; <sup>7</sup>and two parts of you, all going out on the sabbath -- they have kept the charge of the house of Jehovah about the king, <sup>8</sup>and ye have compassed the king round about, each with his weapons in his hand, and he who is coming unto the ranges is put to death; and be ye with the king in his going out and in his coming in.` ⁹And the heads of the hundreds do according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, and come in unto Jehoiada the priest, ¹⁰and the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears and the shields that king David had, that [are] in the house of Jehovah. ¹¹And the runners stand, each with his weapons in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, by the altar and by the house, by the king round about; ¹²and he bringeth out the son of the king, and putteth on him the crown, and the testimony, and they make him king, and anoint him, and smite the hand, and say, `Let the king live.` ¹³And Athaliah heareth the voice of the runners [and] of the people, and she cometh in unto the people, to the house of Jehovah, ¹⁴and looketh, and lo, the king is standing by the pillar, according to the ordinance, and the heads, and the trumpets, [are] by the king, and all the people of the land are rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and calleth, `Conspiracy! conspiracy!` ¹⁵And Jehoiada the priest commandeth the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Bring her out unto the outside of the ranges, and him who is going after her, put to death by the sword:` for the priest had said, `Let her not be put to death in the house of Jehovah.` ¹⁶And they make for her sides, and she entereth the way of the entering in of the horses to the house of the king, and is put to death there. ¹⁷And Jehoiada maketh the covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, to be for a people to Jehovah, and between the king and the people. ¹⁸And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah, ¹⁹and taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the executioners, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they bring down the king from the house of Jehovah, and come by the way of the gate of the runners, to the house of the king, and he sitteth on the throne of the kings. ²⁰And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city [is] quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword in the house of the king; ²¹a son of seven years is Jehoash in his reigning.

Chapter 12

¹In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba, ²and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him, ³only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. ⁴And Jehoash saith unto the priests, `All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah, <sup>5</sup>do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all [places] where there is found a breach.` ⁶And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house, ⁷and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, `Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.` ⁸And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house, ⁹and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah. ¹⁰And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money [is] abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind [it] up, and count the money that is found [in] the house of Jehovah, ¹¹and have given the weighed money into the hands of those doing the work, those inspecting the house of Jehovah, and they bring it out to those working in the wood, and to builders who are working in the house of Jehovah, ¹²and to those [repairing] the wall, and to hewers of stone, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all that goeth out on the house, to strengthen it. ¹³Only, there is not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Jehovah; ¹⁴for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah, ¹⁵and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing. ¹⁶The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah -- for the priests it is. ¹⁷Then go up doth Hazael king of Aram, and fighteth against Gath, and captureth it, and Hazael setteth his face to go up against Jerusalem; ¹⁸and Jehoash king of Judah taketh all the sanctified things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, and all the gold that is found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the house of the king, and sendeth to Hazael king of Aram, and he goeth up from off Jerusalem. ¹⁹And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁰And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla: ²¹yea, Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shemer, his servants, have smitten him, and he dieth, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Amaziah his son, in his stead.

Chapter 13

¹In the twenty and third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, hath Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria -- seventeen years, ²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and goeth after the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin -- he turned not aside from it, ³and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, all the days. ⁴And Jehoahaz appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkeneth unto him, for He hath seen the oppression of Israel, for oppressed them hath the king of Aram, -- ⁵and Jehovah giveth to Israel a saviour, and they go out from under the hand of Aram, and the sons of Israel dwell in their tents as heretofore; ⁶only, they have not turned aside from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin, therein they walked, and also, the shrine hath remained in Samaria, -- ⁷for he left not to Jehoahaz of the people except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Aram hath destroyed them, and maketh them as dust for threshing. ⁸And the rest of the matters of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ⁹And Jehoahaz lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and reign doth Joash his son in his stead. ¹⁰In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah reigned hath Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, in Samaria -- sixteen years, ¹¹and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, therein he walked. ¹²And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ¹³And Joash lieth with his fathers, and Jeroboam hath sat on his throne, and Joash is buried in Samaria, with the kings of Israel. ¹⁴And Elisha hath been sick with his sickness in which he dieth, and come down unto him doth Joash king of Israel, and weepeth on his face, and saith, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen.` ¹⁵And Elisha saith to him, `Take bow and arrows:` and he taketh unto him bow and arrows. ¹⁶And he saith to the king of Israel, `Place thy hand on the bow;` and he placeth his hand, and Elisha putteth his hands on the hands of the king, ¹⁷and saith, `Open the window eastward;` and he openeth, and Elisha saith, `Shoot,` and he shooteth; and he saith, `An arrow of salvation to Jehovah, and an arrow of salvation against Aram, and thou hast smitten Aram, in Aphek, till consuming.` ¹⁸And he saith, `Take the arrows,` and he taketh; and he saith to the king of Israel, `Smite to the earth;` and he smiteth three times, and stayeth. ¹⁹And the man of God is wroth against him, and saith, `By smiting five or six times then thou hadst smitten Aram till consuming; and now, three times thou dost smite Aram.` ²⁰And Elisha dieth, and they bury him, and troops of Moab come in to the land, at the coming in of the year, ²¹and it cometh to pass, they are burying a man, and lo, they have seen the troop, and cast the man into the grave of Elisha, and the man goeth and cometh against the bones of Elisha, and liveth, and riseth on his feet. ²²And Hazael king of Aram hath oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz, ²³and Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet. ²⁴And Hazael king of Aram dieth, and reign doth Ben-Hadad his son in his stead, ²⁵and Jehoash son of Jehoahaz turneth and taketh the cities out of the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael that he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war; three times hath Joash smitten him, and he bringeth back the cities of Israel.

Chapter 14

¹In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned hath Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah; ²a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, ³and he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like David his father, according to all that Joash his father did he hath done, ⁴only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. ⁵And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong in his hand, that he smiteth his servants, those smiting the king his father, ⁶and the sons of those smiting [him] he hath not put to death, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses that Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers, but each for his own sin is put to death.` ⁷He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and [one] calleth its name Joktheel unto this day, ⁸then hath Amaziah sent messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, `Come, we look one another in the face.` ⁹And Jehoash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn. <sup>10</sup>Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?` ¹¹And Amaziah hath not hearkened, and go up doth Jehoash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah`s, ¹²and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee each to his tent. ¹³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, caught hath Jehoash king of Israel in Beth-Shemesh, and they come in to Jerusalem, and he bursteth through the wall of Jerusalem, at the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits, ¹⁴and hath taken all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria. ¹⁵And the rest of the matters of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ¹⁶And Jehoash lieth with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Jeroboam his son in his stead. ¹⁷And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah liveth after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years, ¹⁸and the rest of the matters of Amaziah are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ¹⁹And they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there, ²⁰and lift him up on the horses, and he is buried in Jerusalem, with his fathers, in the city of David. ²¹And all the people of Judah take Azariah, and he [is] a son of sixteen years, and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah; ²²he hath built Elath, and bringeth it back to Judah, after the lying of the king with his fathers. ²³In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, reigned hath Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel in Samaria -- forty and one years, ²⁴and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin. ²⁵He hath brought back the border of Israel, from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the desert, according to the word of Jehovah, God of Israel, that He spake by the hand of His servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet, who [is] of Gath-Hepher, ²⁶for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel -- very bitter, and there is none restrained, and there is none left, and there is no helper to Israel; ²⁷and Jehovah hath not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, and saveth them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash. ²⁸And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought, and with which he brought back Damascus, and Hamath of Judah, into Israel, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ²⁹And Jeroboam lieth with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and reign doth Zechariah his son in his stead.

Chapter 15

¹In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned hath Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah, ²a son of sixteen years was he in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jecholiah of Jerusalem, ³and he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did, ⁴only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places. ⁵And Jehovah smiteth the king, and he is a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelleth in a separate house, and Jotham son of the king [is] over the house, judging the people of the land. ⁶And the rest of the matters of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁷And Azariah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead. ⁸In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah reigned hath Zechariah son of Jeroboam over Israel, in Samaria, six months, ⁹and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did his fathers, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin. ¹⁰And Shallum son of Jabesh conspireth against him, and smiteth him before the people, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead. ¹¹And the rest of the matters of Zechariah, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. ¹²It [is] the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Jehu, saying, `Sons of the fourth [generation] do sit for thee on the throne of Israel;` and it is so. ¹³Shallum son of Jabesh hath reigned in the thirty and ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigneth a month of days in Samaria; ¹⁴and go up doth Menahem son of Gadi from Tirzah and cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead. ¹⁵And the rest of the matters of Shallum, and his conspiracy that he made, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. ¹⁶Then doth Menahem smite Tiphsah, and all who [are] in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it opened not [to him], and he smiteth [it], all its pregnant women he hath ripped up. ¹⁷In the thirty and ninth year of Azariah king of Judah reigned hath Menahem son of Gadi over Israel -- ten years in Samaria. ¹⁸And he doth the evil in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath turned not aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin, all his days. ¹⁹Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. ²⁰And Menahem bringeth out the silver [from] Israel, [from] all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Asshur, fifty shekels of silver for each one, and the king of Asshur turneth back and hath not stayed there in the land. ²¹And the rest of the matters of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? ²²And Menahem lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Pekahiah his son in his stead. ²³In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah hath Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned over Israel, in Samaria -- two years, ²⁴and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin. ²⁵And Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, doth conspire against him, and smiteth him in Samaria, in the high place of the house of the king with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the sons of the Gileadites, and he putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead. ²⁶And the rest of the matters of Pekahiah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. ²⁷In the fifty and second year of Azariah king of Judah, reigned hath Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, in Samaria -- twenty years, ²⁸and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin. ²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel hath Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur come, and taketh Ijon, and Abel-Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and removeth them to Asshur. ³⁰And make a conspiracy doth Hoshea son of Elah against Pekah son of Remaliah, and smiteth him, and putteth him to death, and reigneth in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. ³¹And the rest of the matters of Pekah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. ³²In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel reigned hath Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah. ³³A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerusha daughter of Zadok, ³⁴and he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did he hath done. ³⁵Only, the high places have not turned aside -- yet are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places; he hath built the high gate of the house of Jehovah. ³⁶And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ³⁷In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah. ³⁸And Jotham lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David his father, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.

Chapter 16

¹In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah reigned hath Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah. ²A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father, ³and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, and also his son he hath caused to pass over into fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, ⁴and he sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree. ⁵Then doth Rezin king of Aram go up, and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle, and they lay siege to Ahaz, and they have not been able to fight. ⁶At that time hath Rezin king of Aram brought back Elath to Aram, and casteth out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramaeans have come in to Elath, and dwell there unto this day. ⁷And Ahaz sendeth messengers unto Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur, saying, `Thy servant and thy son [am] I; come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.` ⁸And Ahaz taketh the silver and the gold that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and sendeth to the king of Asshur -- a bribe. ⁹And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death. ¹⁰And king Ahaz goeth to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Asshur [at] Damascus, and seeth the altar that [is] in Damascus, and king Ahaz sendeth unto Urijah the priest the likeness of the altar, and its pattern, according to all its work, ¹¹and Urijah the priest buildeth the altar according to all that king Ahaz hath sent from Damascus; so did Urijah the priest till the coming in of king Ahaz from Damascus. ¹²And the king cometh in from Damascus, and the king seeth the altar, and the king draweth near on the altar, and offereth on it, ¹³and perfumeth his burnt-offering, and his present, and poureth out his libation, and sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings that he hath, on the altar. ¹⁴As to the altar of brass that [is] before Jehovah -- he bringeth [it] near from the front of the house, from between the altar and the house of Jehovah, and putteth it on the side of the altar, northward. ¹⁵And king Ahaz commandeth him -- Urijah the priest -- saying, `On the great altar perfume the burnt-offering of the morning, and the present of the evening, and the burnt-offering of the king, and his present, and the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their present, and their libations; and all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice, on it thou dost sprinkle, and the altar of brass is to me to inquire [by].` ¹⁶And Urijah the priest doth according to all that king Ahaz commanded. ¹⁷And king Ahaz cutteth off the borders of the bases, and turneth aside from off them the laver, and the sea he hath taken down from off the brazen oxen that [are] under it, and putteth it on a pavement of stones. ¹⁸And the covered place for the sabbath that they built in the house, and the entrance of the king without, he turned [from] the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Asshur. ¹⁹And the rest of the matters of Ahaz that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁰And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.

Chapter 17

¹In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah reigned hath Hoshea son of Elah in Samaria, over Israel -- nine years, ²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only, not as the kings of Israel who were before him; ³against him came up Shalmaneser king of Asshur, and Hoshea is to him a servant, and doth render to him a present. ⁴And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint. ⁵And the king of Asshur goeth up into all the land, and he goeth up to Samaria, and layeth siege against it three years; ⁶in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the cities of the Medes. ⁷And it cometh to pass, because the sons of Israel have sinned against Jehovah their God -- who bringeth them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt -- and fear other gods, ⁸and walk in the statutes of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, and of the kings of Israel that they made; ⁹and the sons of Israel do covertly things that [are] not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city, ¹⁰and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree, ¹¹and make perfume there in all high places, like the nations that Jehovah removed from their presence, and do evil things to provoke Jehovah, ¹²and serve the idols, of which Jehovah said to them, `Ye do not do this thing;` ¹³And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, `Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;` ¹⁴and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God, ¹⁵and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them; ¹⁶And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal, ¹⁷and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him; ¹⁸That Jehovah sheweth himself very angry against Israel, and turneth them aside from His presence; none hath been left, only the tribe of Judah by itself. ¹⁹Also Judah hath not kept the commands of Jehovah their God, and they walk in the statutes of Israel that they had made. ²⁰And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence, ²¹for He hath rent Israel from the house of David, and they make Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam driveth Israel from after Jehovah, and hath caused them to sin a great sin, ²²and the sons of Israel walk in all the sins of Jeroboam that he did, they have not turned aside therefrom, ²³till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day. ²⁴And the king of Asshur bringeth in from Babylon and from Cutha, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and causeth [them] to dwell in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel, and they possess Samaria, and dwell in its cities; ²⁵and it cometh to pass, at the commencement of their dwelling there, they have not feared Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send among them the lions, and they are destroying among them. ²⁶And they speak to the king of Asshur, saying, `The nations that thou hast removed, and dost place in the cities of Samaria, have not known the custom of the God of the land, and He sendeth among them the lions, and lo, they are destroying them, as they do not know the custom of the God of the land.` ²⁷And the king of Asshur commandeth, saying, `Cause to go thither one of the priests whom ye removed thence, and they go and dwell there, and he doth teach them the custom of the God of the land.` ²⁸And one of the priests whom they removed from Samaria cometh in, and dwelleth in Beth-El, and he is teaching them how they do fear Jehovah, ²⁹and they are making each nation its gods, and place [them] in the houses of the high places that the Samaritans have made, each nation in their cities where they are dwelling. ³⁰And the men of Babylon have made Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth have made Nergal, and the men of Hamath have made Ashima, ³¹and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim. ³²And they are fearing Jehovah, and make to themselves from their extremities priests of high places, and they are acting for them in the house of the high places. ³³Jehovah they are fearing, and their gods they are serving, according to the custom of the nations whence they removed them. ³⁴Unto this day they are doing according to the former customs -- they are not fearing Jehovah, and are not doing according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the command, that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob whose name He made Israel, ³⁵and Jehovah maketh with them a covenant, and chargeth them, saying, `Ye do not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them, <sup>36</sup>but Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a stretched-out arm, Him ye do fear, and to Him ye bow yourselves, and to Him ye do sacrifice; <sup>37</sup>and the statutes, and the judgments, and the law, and the command, that He wrote for you, ye observe to do all the days, and ye do not fear other gods; <sup>38</sup>and the covenant that I have made with you ye do not forget, and ye do not fear other gods; <sup>39</sup>but Jehovah your God ye do fear, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies;` ⁴⁰and they have not hearkened, but according to their former custom they are doing, ⁴¹and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons` sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.

Chapter 18

¹And it cometh to pass, in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, reigned hath Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah; ²a son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abi daughter of Zechariah. ³And he doth that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did, ⁴he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it `a piece of brass.` ⁵In Jehovah, God of Israel, he hath trusted, and after him there hath not been like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among any] who were before him; ⁶and he cleaveth to Jehovah, he hath not turned aside from after Him, and keepeth His commands that Jehovah commanded Moses. ⁷And Jehovah hath been with him, in every place where he goeth out he acteth wisely, and he rebelleth against the king of Asshur, and hath not served him; ⁸he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city. ⁹And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of king Hezekiah -- it [is] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel -- come up hath Shalmaneser king of Asshur against Samaria, and layeth siege to it, ¹⁰and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah -- it [is] the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel -- hath Samaria been captureth, ¹¹and the king of Asshur removeth Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor [by] the river Gozan, and [in] cities of the Medes, ¹²because that they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and transgress His covenant -- all that He commanded Moses, servant of Jehovah -- yea, they have not hearkened nor done [it]. ¹³And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah hath Sennacherib king of Asshur come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them, ¹⁴and Hezekiah king of Judah sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish, saying, `I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;` and the king of Asshur layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold, ¹⁵and Hezekiah giveth all the silver that is found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king; ¹⁶at that time hath Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and giveth them to the king of Asshur. ¹⁷And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that [is] in the highway of the fuller`s field. <sup>18</sup>And they call unto the king, and go out unto them doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer. <sup>19</sup>And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `Say, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What [is] this confidence in which thou hast confided? ²⁰Thou hast said: Only a word of the lips! counsel and might [are] for battle; now, on whom hast thou trusted that thou hast rebelled against me? ²¹`Now, lo, thou hast trusted for thee on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it! -- so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him. <sup>22</sup>`And when ye say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem? ²³`And, now, give a pledge for thee, I pray thee, to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to give for thee riders on them. <sup>24</sup>And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen? <sup>25</sup>Now, without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and thou hast destroyed it.` ²⁶And Eliakim son of Hilkiah saith -- and Shebna, and Joah -- to the chief of the butlers, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding, and do not speak with us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.` ²⁷And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `For thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men, those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water, with you?` ²⁸And the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and speaketh and saith, `Hear ye a word of the great king, the king of Asshur: <sup>29</sup>thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand; <sup>30</sup>and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, and this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur. <sup>31</sup>`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well, ³²till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive, and honey, and live, and die not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. ³³`Have the gods of the nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur? <sup>34</sup>Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand? <sup>35</sup>Who [are they] among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?` ³⁶And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.` ³⁷And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah, with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of the chief of the butlers.

Chapter 19

¹And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah`s hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah, <sup>2</sup>and sendeth Eliakim, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz, <sup>3</sup>and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth. ⁴`It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.` ⁵And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah, ⁶and Isaiah saith to them, `Thus do ye say unto your lord: Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me. <sup>7</sup>Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.` ⁸And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish. ⁹And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;` and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying, ¹⁰`Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur. <sup>11</sup>Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them; and thou art delivered! <sup>12</sup>did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Thelassar? <sup>13</sup>Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?` ¹⁴And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah. ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou [art] God Himself -- Thyself alone -- to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth. <sup>16</sup>Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God. <sup>17</sup>`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land, ¹⁸and have put their gods into fire, for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them. ¹⁹And now, O Jehovah our God, save us, we pray Thee, out of his hand, and know do all kingdoms of the earth that Thou [art] Jehovah God -- Thyself alone.` <sup>20</sup>And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard: ²¹this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: `Trampled on thee -- laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head -- Hath the daughter of Jerusalem? <sup>22</sup>Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes -- Against the Holy One of Israel! <sup>23</sup>By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel. <sup>24</sup>I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark. <sup>25</sup>Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps [are] fenced cities, <sup>26</sup>And their inhabitants [are] feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up! <sup>27</sup>And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me; <sup>28</sup>Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest. <sup>29</sup>And this to thee [is] the sign, Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year sow ye, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits. <sup>30</sup>And it hath continued -- The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left -- to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward. <sup>31</sup>For from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah [of Hosts] doth this. <sup>32</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it with shield. Nor doth he pour out against it a mount. <sup>33</sup>In the way that he cometh in -- In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah -- <sup>34</sup>And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.` ³⁵And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses. ³⁶And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh; ³⁷and it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezar [his sons] have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.

Chapter 20

¹In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.` ²And he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying, ³`I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Thine eyes I have done;` and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping. ⁴And it cometh to pass -- Isaiah hath not gone out to the middle court -- that the word of Jehovah hath been unto him, saying, ⁵`Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah; <sup>6</sup>and I have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.` ⁷And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;` and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth. ⁸And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What [is] the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?` ⁹And Isaiah saith, `This [is] to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken -- The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?` ¹⁰And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.` ¹¹And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz -- backward ten degrees. ¹²At that time hath Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick; ¹³and Hezekiah hearkeneth unto them, and sheweth them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasuries; there hath not been a thing that Hezekiah hath not shewed them, in his house, and in all his dominion. ¹⁴And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?` And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come -- from Babylon.` ¹⁵And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?` and Hezekiah saith, `All that [is] in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.` ¹⁶And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah: <sup>17</sup>Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that [is] in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah; <sup>18</sup>and of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.` ¹⁹And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good [is] the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;` and he saith, `Is it not -- if peace and truth are in my days?` ²⁰And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²¹And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.

Chapter 21

¹A son of twelve years [is] Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hephzi-Bah; ²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, ³and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father destroyed, and raiseth altars for Baal, and maketh a shrine, as did Ahab king of Israel, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them. ⁴And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, `In Jerusalem I put My name.` ⁵And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah; ⁶and he hath caused his son to pass through fire, and observed clouds, and used enchantment, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah -- to provoke to anger. ⁷And he setteth the graven image of the shrine that he made in the house of which Jehovah said unto David and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem, that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name -- to the age; <sup>8</sup>and I do not add to cause the foot of Israel to move from the ground that I gave to their fathers, only, if they observe to do according to all that I commanded them, and to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.` ⁹And they have not hearkened, and Manasseh causeth them to err, to do the evil thing above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰And Jehovah speaketh by the hand of his servants the prophets, saying, ¹¹`Because that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations -- he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who [are] before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by his idols; <sup>12</sup>therefore thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Lo, I am bringing in evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever heareth of it, tingle do his two ears. <sup>13</sup>And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned [it] on its face. <sup>14</sup>`And I have left the remnant of Mine inheritance, and given them into the hand of their enemies, and they have been for a prey and for a spoil to all their enemies, ¹⁵because that they have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day.` ¹⁶And also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁷And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ¹⁸And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead. ¹⁹A son of twenty and two years [is] Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, ²⁰and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father, ²¹and walketh in all the way that his father walked in, and serveth the idols that his father served, and boweth himself to them, ²²and forsaketh Jehovah, God of his fathers, and hath not walked in the way of Jehovah. ²³And the servants of Amon conspire against him, and put the king to death in his own house, ²⁴and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead. ²⁵And the rest of the matters of Amon that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁶and [one] burieth him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Josiah his son in his stead.

Chapter 22

¹A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath, ²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in all the way of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left. ³And it cometh to pass, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying, ⁴`Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people, <sup>5</sup>and they give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the overseers, in the house of Jehovah, and they give it to the doers of the work that [is] in the house of Jehovah, to strengthen the breach of the house, <sup>6</sup>to artificers, and to builders, and [to repairers of] the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house; <sup>7</sup>only, the silver that is given into their hand is not reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are dealing. <sup>8</sup>And Hilkiah the high priest saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;` and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan, and he readeth it. <sup>9</sup>And Shaphan the scribe cometh in unto the king, and bringeth the king back word, and saith, `Thy servants have poured out the silver that hath been found in the house, and give it into the hand of the doers of the work, the inspectors, in the house of Jehovah.` <sup>10</sup>And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;` and Shaphan readeth it before the king. <sup>11</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the words of the book of the law, that he rendeth his garments, ¹²and the king commandeth Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah servant of the king, saying, ¹³`Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found, for great [is] the fury of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because that our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according to all that is written for us.` ¹⁴And Hilkiah the priest goeth, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the second, and they speak unto her. ¹⁵And she saith unto them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me: <sup>16</sup>Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil unto this place and on its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read, <sup>17</sup>because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger with every work of their hands, and My wrath hath been kindled against this place, and it is not quenched. <sup>18</sup>`And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The words that thou hast heard -- ¹⁹because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me -- I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- ²⁰therefore, lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy grave in peace, and thine eyes do not look on any of the evil that I am bringing in on this place;` and they bring the king back word.

Chapter 23

¹And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, ²and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah. ³And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant. ⁴And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El. ⁵And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens. ⁶And he bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the people. ⁷And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine. ⁸And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that [are] at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that [is] on a man`s left hand at the gate of the city; <sup>9</sup>only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren. <sup>10</sup>And he hath defiled Topheth, that [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech. <sup>11</sup>And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that [is] in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire. <sup>12</sup>And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron. <sup>13</sup>And the high places that [are] on the front of Jerusalem, that [are] on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled. <sup>14</sup>And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men; <sup>15</sup>and also the altar that [is] in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place -- he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine. <sup>16</sup>And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that [are] there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth [them] on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. <sup>17</sup>And he saith, `What [is] this sign that I see?` and the men of the city say unto him, `The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.` <sup>18</sup>And he saith, `Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;` and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. <sup>19</sup>And also all the houses of the high places that [are] in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El. <sup>20</sup>And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who [are] there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem. <sup>21</sup>And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, `Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.` <sup>22</sup>Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah; <sup>23</sup>but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem. <sup>24</sup>And also, those having 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, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah. <sup>25</sup>And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him. <sup>26</sup>Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him, <sup>27</sup>and Jehovah saith, `Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen -- Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.` ²⁸And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ²⁹In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him. ³⁰And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father. ³¹A son of twenty and three years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, ³²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did, ³³and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land -- a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. ³⁴And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there. ³⁵And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh. ³⁶A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, ³⁷and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.

Chapter 24

¹In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him, ²and Jehovah sendeth against him the troops of the Chaldeans, and the troops of Aram, and the troops of Moab, and the troops of the sons of Ammon, and He sendeth them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servants the prophets; ³only, by the command of Jehovah it hath been against Judah to turn [them] aside from His presence, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, ⁴and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive. ⁵And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁶And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead. ⁷And the king of Egypt hath not added any more to go out from his own land, for the king of Babylon hath taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Phrat, all that had been to the king of Egypt. ⁸A son of eighteen years [is] Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, ⁹and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did. ¹⁰At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege, ¹¹and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it, ¹²and Jehoiachin king of Judah goeth out unto the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon taketh him in the eighth year of his reign, ¹³and bringeth out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and cutteth in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had spoken. ¹⁴And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand [is] the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land. ¹⁵And he removeth Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land -- he hath caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon, ¹⁶and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole [are] mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon. ¹⁷And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father`s brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah. ¹⁸A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, ¹⁹and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did, ²⁰for, by the anger of Jehovah it hath been against Jerusalem and against Judah, till he cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelleth against the king of Babylon.

Chapter 25

¹And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about. ²And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah, ³on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land, ⁴then the city is broken up, and all the men of war [go] by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that [are] by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [are] against the city round about, and [the king] goeth the way of the plain. ⁵And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him; ⁶and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him -- judgment. ⁷And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon. ⁸And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, come to Jerusalem, ⁹and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, yea, every great house he hath burned with fire; ¹⁰and the walls of Jerusalem round about have all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, broken down. ¹¹And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, hath Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners removed; ¹²and of the poor of the land hath the chief of the executioners left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen. ¹³And the pillars of brass that [are] in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the sea of brass, that [is] in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken in pieces, and bear away their brass to Babylon. ¹⁴And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister they have taken, ¹⁵and the fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken. ¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels; ¹⁷eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the chapiter on it [is] of brass, and the height of the chapiter [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the chapiter round about -- the whole [is] of brass; and like these hath the second pillar, with the net. ¹⁸And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold, ¹⁹and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch who is appointed over the men of war, and five men of those seeing the king`s face who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who are found in the city, <sup>20</sup>and Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners taketh them, and causeth them to go unto the king of Babylon, to Libnah, <sup>21</sup>and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its land. <sup>22</sup>And the people that is left in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath left -- he appointeth over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan. <sup>23</sup>And all the heads of the forces hear -- they and the men -- that the king of Babylon hath appointed Gedaliah, and they come in unto Gedaliah, to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maachathite -- they and their men; <sup>24</sup>and Gedaliah sweareth to them, and to their men, and saith to them, `Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans, dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it is good for you.` ²⁵And it cometh to pass, in the seventh month, come hath Ishmael son of Nathaniah, son of Elishama of the seed of the kingdom, and ten men with him, and they smite Gedaliah, and he dieth, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who have been with him in Mizpah. ²⁶And all the people rise, from small even unto great, and the heads of the forces, and come in to Egypt, for they have been afraid of the presence of the Chaldeans. ²⁷And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint, ²⁸and speaketh with him good things and putteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon, ²⁹and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life, ³⁰and his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him from the king, the matter of a day in its day, all days of his life.

1 Chronicles

Chapter 1

¹Adam, Sheth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, ³Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵Sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶And sons of Gomer: Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷And sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁸Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁹And sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecka. And sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land. ¹¹And Mizraim begat the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, ¹²and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from whom came out the Philistim), and the Caphtorim. ¹³And Canaan begat Zidon his first born, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ¹⁵and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁶and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. ¹⁷Sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. ¹⁸And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. ¹⁹And to Eber have been born two sons, the name of the one [is] Peleg, for in his days hath the land been divided, and the name of his brother is Joktan. ²⁰And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²¹and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ²²and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ²³and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷Abram -- he [is] Abraham. ²⁸Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. ²⁹These [are] their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedema. These are sons of Ishmael. ³²And sons of Keturah, Abraham`s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. ³³And sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these [are] sons of Keturah. ³⁴And Abraham begetteth Isaac. Sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵Sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. ³⁶Sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. ³⁷Sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ³⁸And sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. ³⁹And sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam, and sister of Lotan [is] Timna. ⁴⁰Sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And sons of Zideon: Aiah and Anah. ⁴¹The sons of Anah: Dishon. and sons of Dishon: Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. ⁴²Sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, Jakan. Sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ⁴³And these [are] the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king of the sons of Israel: Bela son of Beor, and the name of his city [is] Dinhabah. ⁴⁴And Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali; ⁴⁵and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite; ⁴⁶and Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab) and the name of his city [is] Avith; ⁴⁷and Hadad dieth, and reign in his stead doth Samlah from Masrekah; ⁴⁸and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Shaul from Rehoboth of the River; ⁴⁹and Shaul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-Hanan son of Achbor; ⁵⁰and Baal-Hanan dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad, and the name of his city [is] Pai, and the name of his wife [is] Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab; Hadad also dieth. ⁵¹And chiefs of Edom are: chief Timnah, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These [are] chiefs of Edom.

Chapter 2

¹These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [are] five. ⁵Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. ⁶And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. ⁷And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. ⁸And sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh, ¹⁶and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El -- three. ¹⁷And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa [is] Jether the Ishmeelite. ¹⁸And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these [are] her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. ²¹And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he [is] a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. ²²And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, ²³and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities -- all these [belonged to] the sons of Machir father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa. ²⁵And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name [is] Atarah, she [is] mother of Onam. ²⁷And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur [is] Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons. ³¹And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons. ³³And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name [is] Jarha, ³⁵and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; ³⁶and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, ³⁸and Obed begat Jehu, ³⁹and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. ⁴²And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he [is] father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron. ⁴³And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵And a son of Shammai [is] Maon, and Maon [is] father of Beth-Zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. ⁴⁷And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah; ⁴⁹and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb [is] Achsa. ⁵⁰These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim, ⁵¹Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader. ⁵²And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite; ⁵³and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite. ⁵⁴Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite; ⁵⁵and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They [are] the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.

Chapter 3

¹And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. ⁴Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. ⁵And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon -- four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel: ⁶also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All [are] sons of David, apart from sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. ¹⁰And the son of Solomon [is] Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶And sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷And sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son; ¹⁸also Malchiram and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-Hesed, five. ²¹And sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jesaiah, sons of Rephaiah, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadiah, sons of Shechaniah. ²²And sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³And sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And sons of Elioenai: Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

Chapter 4

¹Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. ²And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the Zorathite. ³And these [are] of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister [is] Hazzelelponi, ⁴and Penuel [is] father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These [are] sons of Hur, first-born of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem. ⁵And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah; ⁶and Naarah beareth to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these [are] sons of Naarah. ⁷And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. ⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum. ⁹And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, `Because I have brought forth with grief.` ¹⁰And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, `If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept [me] from evil -- not to grieve me;` and God bringeth in that which he asked. ¹¹And Chelub brother of Shuah begat Mehir; he [is] father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these [are] men of Rechah. ¹³And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were artificers. ¹⁵And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz. ¹⁶And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. ¹⁷And sons of Ezra [are] Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these [are] sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took, ¹⁹and sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. ²⁰And sons of Shimon [are] Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth. ²¹Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things [are] ancient. ²³They [are] the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there. ²⁴Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. ²⁶And sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. ²⁷And to Shimei [are] sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah. ²⁸And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul, ²⁹and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad, ³⁰and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag, ³¹and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these [are] their cities till the reigning of David. ³²And their villages [are] Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities, ³³and all their villages that [are] round about these cities unto Baal; these [are] their dwellings, and they have their genealogy: ³⁴even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, ³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah. ³⁸These who are coming in by name [are] princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude; ³⁹and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock, ⁴⁰and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before. ⁴¹And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock [is] there. ⁴²And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head, ⁴³and they smite the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there unto this day.

Chapter 5

¹As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he [is] the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and [he is] not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright, ²for Judah hath been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright [is] to Joseph. ³Sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ⁴Sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he [is] prince of the Reubenite. ⁷And his brethren, by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, [are] heads: Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel -- he is dwelling in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-Meon; ⁹and at the east he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness, even from the river Phrat, for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul they have made war with the Hagarites, who fall by their hand, and they dwell in their tents over all the face of the east of Gilead. ¹¹And the sons of Gad, over-against them have dwelt in the land of Bashan unto Salcah, ¹²Joel the head, and Shapham the second, and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan; ¹³and their brethren of the house of their fathers [are] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. ¹⁴These [are] sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, [is] head of the house of their fathers; ¹⁶and they dwell in Gilead in Bashan, and in her small towns, and in all suburbs of Sharon, upon their outskirts; ¹⁷all of them reckoned themselves by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ¹⁸Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, [are] forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host. ¹⁹And they make war with the Hagarites, and Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab, ²⁰and they are helped against them, and the Hagarites are given into their hand, and all who [are] with them, for they cried to God in battle, and He was entreated of them, because they trusted in Him. ²¹And they take captive their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings a hundred thousand; ²²for many have fallen pierced, for of God [is] the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal. ²³And the sons of the half of the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baal-Hermon, and Senir, and mount Hermon, they have multiplied. ²⁴And these [are] heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men mighty in valour, men of name, heads to the house of their fathers. ²⁵And they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go a-whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence; ²⁶and stir up doth the God of Israel the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur, and he removeth them -- even the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh -- and bringeth them in to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and the river of Gozan unto this day.

Chapter 6

¹Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ²And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ³And sons of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, ⁵and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, ⁶and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, ⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, ⁸and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, ⁹and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, ¹⁰and Johanan begat Azariah, him who acted as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹And Azariah begetteth Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, ¹²and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, ¹³and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, ¹⁴and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak; ¹⁵and Jehozadak hath gone in Jehovah`s removing Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷And these [are] names of sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸And sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these [are] families of the Levite according to their fathers; ²⁰of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. ²²Sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵And sons of Elkanah; Amasai and Ahimoth. ²⁶Elkanah; sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸And sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah. ²⁹Sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. ³¹And these [are] they whom David stationed over the parts of the song of the house of Jehovah, from the resting of the ark, ³²and they are ministering before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, in song, till the building by Solomon of the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they stand according to their ordinance over their service. ³³And these [are] those standing, and their sons: of the sons of the Kohathite: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Shemuel, ³⁴son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, ³⁵son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, ³⁶son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, ³⁷son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, ³⁸son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. ³⁹And his brother Asaph, who is standing on his right -- Asaph, son of Berachiah, son of Shimea, ⁴⁰son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchiah, ⁴¹son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, ⁴²son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, ⁴³son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴And sons of Merari, their brethren, [are] on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ⁴⁵son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shamer, ⁴⁷son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. ⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹And Aaron and his sons are making perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the perfume, for all the work of the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of God commanded. ⁵⁰And these [are] sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. ⁵⁴And these [are] their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot; ⁵⁵and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it; ⁵⁶and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, ⁵⁸and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs, ⁵⁹and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities [are] thirteen cities, for their families. ⁶¹And to the sons of Kohath, those left of the family of the tribe, from the half of the tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, [are] ten cities. ⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs. ⁶⁵And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name; ⁶⁶and some of the families of the sons of Kohath have cities of their border from the tribe of Ephraim; ⁶⁷and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs, ⁶⁸and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-Horan and its suburbs, ⁶⁹and Aijalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs; ⁷⁰and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left. ⁷¹To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half of the tribe of Manasseh [are] Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs; ⁷²and from the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs, ⁷³and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs; ⁷⁴and from the tribe of Asher; Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs, ⁷⁵and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs; ⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs. ⁷⁷To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, [are] Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs; ⁷⁸and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs, ⁷⁹and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs; ⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs, ⁸¹and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.

Chapter 7

¹And sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ²And sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of the house of their fathers, [even] of Tola, mighty of valour in their generations: their number in the days of David [is] twenty and two thousand and six hundred. ³And sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, Hamishah -- all of them heads. ⁴And beside them, by their generations, of the house of their fathers, [are] troops of the host of battle, thirty and six thousand, for they multiplied wives and sons; ⁵and their brethren of all the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour, eighty and seven thousand, all have their genealogy. ⁶Of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. ⁷And sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of a house of fathers, mighty of valour, with their genealogy, twenty and two thousand, and thirty and four. ⁸And sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezar, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] sons of Becher, ⁹with their genealogy, after their generations, heads of a house of their fathers, mighty of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁰And sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these [are] sons of Jediael, even heads of the fathers, mighty in valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred going out to the host for battle. ¹²And Shuppim and Huppim [are] sons of Ir; Hushim son of Aher. ¹³Sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, sons of Bilhah. ¹⁴Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead. ¹⁵And Machir took wives for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of the one [is] Maachah, and the name of the second Zelophehad, and Zelophehad hath daughters. ¹⁶And Maachah wife of Machir beareth a son and calleth his name Peresh, and the name of his brother [is] Sheresh, and his sons [are] Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷And son of Ulam: Bedan. These [are] sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh. ¹⁸And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. ¹⁹And the sons of Shemida are Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. ²⁰And sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, ²¹and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and slain them have men of Gath who are born in the land, because they came down to take their cattle. ²²And Ephraim their father mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to comfort him, ²³and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, -- ²⁴and his daughter [is] Sherah, and she buildeth Beth-Horon, the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-Sherah -- ²⁵and Rephah [is] his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, ²⁶Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Non his son, Jehoshua his son. ²⁸And their possession and their dwellings [are] Beth-El and its small towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its small towns, unto Gaza and its small towns; ²⁹and by the parts of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-Shean and its small towns, Taanach and its small towns, Megiddo and its small towns, Dor and its small towns; in these dwelt the sons of Joseph son of Israel. ³⁰Son of Asher: Imnah, and Ishve, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. ³¹And sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel -- he [is] father of Birzavith. ³²And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³And sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these [are] sons of Japhlet. ³⁴and sons of Shamer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵And son of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶Sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸And sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. ³⁹And sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rezia. ⁴⁰All these [are] sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen ones, mighty in valour, heads of the princes, with their genealogy, for the host, for battle, their number [is] twenty and six thousand men.

Chapter 8

¹And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And there are sons to Bela: Addar, and Gera, ⁴and Abihud, and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, ⁵and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶And these [are] sons of Ehud: they are heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Geba, and they remove them unto Manahath; ⁷and Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after his sending them away; Hushim and Baara [are] his wives. ⁹And he begetteth of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, ¹⁰and Jeuz, and Shachiah, and Mirmah. These [are] his sons, heads of fathers. ¹¹And of Hushim he begat Ahitub and Elpaal. ¹²And sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misheam, and Shamer, (he built Ono and Lod and its small towns), ¹³and Beriah and Shema, (they [are] the heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Aijalon -- they caused to flee the inhabitants of Gath), ¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, ¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, ¹⁶and Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, sons of Beriah, ¹⁷and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, ¹⁸and Ishmerai, and Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal; ¹⁹And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, ²⁰and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel, ²¹and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, sons of Shimei; ²²And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, ²³and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, ²⁴and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, ²⁵and Iphedeiah, and Penuel, sons of Shashak; ²⁶And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, ²⁷and Jaareshiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These [are] heads of fathers, by their generations, heads; these dwelt in Jerusalem. ²⁹And in Gibeon hath the father of Gibeon dwelt, and the name of his wife [is] Maachah; ³⁰and his son, the first-born, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher; ³²and Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also over-against their brethren dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren. ³³And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. ³⁴And a son of Jonathan [is] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah; ³⁵and sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz: ³⁶and Ahaz begat Jehoadah, and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, ³⁷and Moza begat Binea, Raphah [is] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ³⁸And to Azel [are] six sons, and these [are] their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these [are] sons of Azel. ³⁹And sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam are men mighty in valour, treading bow, and multiplying sons and son`s sons, a hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Benjamin.

Chapter 9

¹And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their trespass. ²And the first inhabitants, who [are] in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, [are] the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. ³And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh: ⁴Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, son of Judah. ⁵And of the Shilonite: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah, ⁸and Ibneiah son of Jeroham, and Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah. ⁹And their brethren, according to their generations, [are] nine hundred and fifty and six. All these [are] men, heads of fathers, according to the house of their fathers. ¹⁰And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, ¹¹and Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, leader in the house of God; ¹²and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer. ¹³And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, [are] for the work of the service of the house of God. ¹⁴And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite. ¹⁷And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren -- Shallum [is] the head; ¹⁸and hitherto they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [are] over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers [are] over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entrance; ²⁰and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah [is] with him. ²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah [is] gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting. ²²All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. ²³And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches. ²⁴At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to time with these. ²⁶For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God, ²⁷and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning. ²⁸And [some] of them [are] over the vessels of service, for by number they bring them in, and by number they take them out. ²⁹And [some] of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰And [some] of the sons of the priests are mixing the mixture for spices. ³¹And Mattithiah, of the Levites (he [is] the first-born to Shallum the Korahite), [is] in office over the work of the pans. ³²And of the sons of the Kohathite, [some] of their brethren [are] over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare [it] sabbath by sabbath. ³³And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, [are] free, for by day and by night [they are] over them in the work. ³⁴These heads of the fathers of the Levites throughout their generations [are] heads. These have dwelt in Jerusalem. ³⁵And in Gibeon dwelt hath the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife [is] Maachah; ³⁶and his son, the first-born, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, ³⁷and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begat Shimeam, and they also, over-against their brethren, have dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren. ³⁹And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. ⁴⁰And a son of Jonathan [is] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah. ⁴¹And sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, ⁴²and Ahaz -- he begat Jaarah, and Jaarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri begat Moza, ⁴³and Moza begat Binea, and Rephaiah [is] his son. Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ⁴⁴And to Azel [are] six sons, and these their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these [are] sons of Azel.

Chapter 10

¹And the Philistines have fought with Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, ²and the Philistines pursue after Saul, and after his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-Shua, sons of Saul. ³And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting, ⁴and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come -- and have abused me.` And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it; ⁵and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul [is] dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth; ⁶and Saul dieth, and his three sons, and all his house -- together they died. ⁷And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled, and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them. ⁸And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa, ⁹and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people, ¹⁰and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon. ¹¹And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul, ¹²and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days. ¹³And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit -- to inquire, -- ¹⁴and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

Chapter 11

¹And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, `Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we; <sup>2</sup>even in time past, even in Saul`s being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.` <sup>3</sup>And all the elders of Israel come in unto the king to Hebron, and David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel. <sup>4</sup>And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem -- it [is] Jebus -- and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land. <sup>5</sup>And the inhabitants of Jebus say to David, `Thou dost not come in hither;` and David captureth the fortress of Zion -- it [is] the city of David. <sup>6</sup>And David saith, `Whoever smiteth the Jebusite first doth become head and prince;` and go up first doth Joab son of Zeruiah and becometh head. <sup>7</sup>And David dwelleth in the fortress, therefore they have called it, `City of David;` <sup>8</sup>and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city. <sup>9</sup>And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts [is] with him. <sup>10</sup>And these [are] heads of the mighty ones whom David hath, who are strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign, according to the word of Jehovah, over Israel. <sup>11</sup>And this [is] an account of the mighty ones whom David hath: Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite [is] head of the thirty; he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, at one time. <sup>12</sup>And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, he [is] among the three mighty; <sup>13</sup>he hath been with David in Pas-Dammim, and the Philistines have been gathered there to battle, and a portion of the field is full of barley, and the people have fled from the face of the Philistines, <sup>14</sup>and they station themselves in the midst of the portion, and deliver it, and smite the Philistines, and Jehovah saveth -- a great salvation. <sup>15</sup>And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the valley of Rephaim, <sup>16</sup>and David [is] then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem, <sup>17</sup>and David longeth, and saith, `Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that [is] at the gate!` <sup>18</sup>And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that [is] at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah, <sup>19</sup>and saith, `Far be it from me, by my God, to do this; the blood of these men do I drink with their lives? for with their lives they have brought it;` and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones. ²⁰And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, and hath a name among three. ²¹Of the three by the two he is honoured, and becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come. ²²Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, of great deeds, from Kabzeel: he hath smitten the two lion-like Moabites, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit, in the day of snow. ²³And he hath smitten the man, the Egyptian -- a man of measure, five by the cubit -- and in the hand of the Egyptian [is] a spear like a beam of weavers, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear. ²⁴These [things] hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among the three mighty ones. ²⁵Of the thirty, lo, he [is] honoured, and unto the [first] three he hath not come, and David setteth him over his guard. ²⁶And the mighty ones of the forces [are] Asahel brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem, ²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-Ezer the Annethothite, ²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, ³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shage the Hararite, ³⁵Ahiam son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur, ³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, ³⁷Hezor the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai, ³⁸Joel brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Haggeri, ³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah, ⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, ⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai, ⁴²Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, head of the Reubenites, and by him thirty, ⁴³Hanan son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel sons of Hothan the Aroerite, ⁴⁵Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother the Tizite, ⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mesobaite.

Chapter 12

¹And these [are] those coming in unto David to Ziklag, while shut up because of Saul son of Kish, and they [are] among the mighty ones, helping the battle, ²armed with bow, right and left handed, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brethren of Saul, of Benjamin. ³The head [is] Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaab the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, ⁴and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty one among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite. ⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite; ⁶Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam the Korhites, ⁷and Joelah, and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham of Gedor. ⁸And of the Gadite there have been separated unto David, to the fortress, to the wilderness, mighty of valour, men of the host for battle, setting in array target and buckler, and their faces the face of the lion, and as roes on the mountains for speed: ⁹Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, ¹⁰Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, ¹¹Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, ¹²Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, ¹³Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. ¹⁴These [are] of the sons of Gad, heads of the host, one of a hundred [is] the least, and the greatest, of a thousand; ¹⁵these [are] they who have passed over the Jordan in the first month, -- and it is full over all its banks -- and cause all [they of] the valley to flee to the east and to the west. ¹⁶And there come of the sons of Benjamin and Judah unto the stronghold to David, ¹⁷and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, `If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.` ¹⁸And the Spirit hath clothed Amasai, head of the captains: `To thee, O David, and with thee, O son of Jesse -- peace! peace to thee, and peace to thy helper, for thy God hath helped thee;` and David receiveth them, and putteth them among the heads of the troop. ¹⁹And of Manasseh there have fallen unto David in his coming with the Philistines against Israel to battle -- and they helped them not, for by counsel the princes of the Philistines sent him away, saying, `With our heads he doth fall unto his master Saul.` -- ²⁰In his going unto Ziglag there have fallen unto him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillthai, heads of the thousands that [are] of Manasseh; ²¹and they have helped with David over the troop, for mighty of valour [are] all of them, and they are captains in the host, ²²for at that time, day by day, they come in unto David to help him, till it is a great camp, like a camp of God. ²³And these [are] the numbers of the head, of the armed men of the host; they have come in unto David to Hebron to turn round the kingdom of Saul unto him, according to the mouth of Jehovah. ²⁴The sons of Judah, bearing target and spear, [are] six thousand and eight hundred, armed ones of the host. ²⁵Of the sons of Simeon, mighty ones of valour for the host, [are] seven thousand and a hundred. ²⁶Of the sons of Levi [are] four thousand and six hundred; ²⁷and Jehoiada [is] the leader of the Aaronite, and with him [are] three thousand and seven hundred, ²⁸and Zadok, a young man, mighty of valour, and of the house of his father [are] twenty and two heads. ²⁹And of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, [are] three thousand, and hitherto their greater part are keeping the charge of the house of Saul. ³⁰And of the sons of Ephraim [are] twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty of valour, men of name, according to the house of their fathers. ³¹And of the half of the tribe of Manasseh [are] eighteen thousand, who have been defined by name, to come in to cause David to reign. ³²And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads [are] two hundred, and all their brethren [are] at their command. ³³Of Zebulun, going forth to the host, arranging battle with all instruments of battle, [are] fifty thousand, and keeping rank without a double heart. ³⁴And of Naphtali, a thousand heads, and with them, with target and spear, [are] thirty and seven thousand. ³⁵And of the Danite, arranging battle, [are] twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶And of Asher, going forth to the host, to arrange battle, [are] forty thousand. ³⁷And from beyond the Jordan, of the Reubenite, and of the Gadite, and of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, with all instruments of the host for battle, [are] a hundred and twenty thousand. ³⁸All these [are] men of war, keeping rank -- with a perfect heart they have come to Hebron, to cause David to reign over all Israel, and also all the rest of Israel [are] of one heart, to cause David to reign, ³⁹and they are there, with David, three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren have prepared for them. ⁴⁰And also those near unto them, unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, are bringing in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen -- food of fine flour, fig-cakes and grape-cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance, for joy [is] in Israel.

Chapter 13

¹And David consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader, ²and David saith to all the assembly of Israel, `If unto you it be good, and from Jehovah our God it hath broken forth -- we send unto our brethren, those left in all the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites, in the cities of their suburbs, and they are gathered unto us, <sup>3</sup>and we bring round the ark of our God unto us, for we sought Him not in the days of Saul.` ⁴And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people. ⁵And David assembleth all Israel from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-Jearim, ⁶and David goeth up, and all Israel, to Baalah, unto Kirjath-Jearim that [is] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God Jehovah, inhabiting the cherubs, where the Name is called on. ⁷And they place the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio are leading the cart, ⁸and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. ⁹And they come in unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, and Uzza putteth forth his hand to seize the ark, for the oxen were released, ¹⁰and the anger of Jehovah is kindled against Uzza, and He smiteth him, because that he hath put forth his hand on the ark, and he dieth there before God. ¹¹And it is displeasing to David, because Jehovah hath made a breach upon Uzza, and one calleth that place `Breach of Uzza` unto this day. ¹²And David feareth God on that day, saying, `How do I bring in unto me the ark of God?` ¹³And David hath not turned aside the ark unto himself, unto the city of David, and turneth it aside unto the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. ¹⁴And the ark of God dwelleth with the household of Obed-Edom, in his house, three months, and Jehovah blesseth the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he hath.

Chapter 14

¹And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house. ²And David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, because of the lifting up on high of his kingdom, for the sake of His people Israel. ³And David taketh again wives in Jerusalem, and David begetteth again sons and daughters; ⁴and these [are] the names of the children whom he hath in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, ⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, ⁶and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁷and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. ⁸And the Philistines hear that David hath been anointed for king over all Israel, and all the Philistines go up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth out before them. ⁹And the Philistines have come, and rush into the valley of Rephaim, ¹⁰and David asketh of God, saying, `Do I go up against the Philistines -- and hast Thou given them into my hand?` And Jehovah saith to him, `Go up, and I have given them into thy hand.` ¹¹And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, `God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;` therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim. ¹²And they leave there their gods, and David speaketh, and they are burnt with fire. ¹³And the Philistines add again, and rush into the valley, ¹⁴and David asketh again of God, and God saith to him, `Do not go up after them, turn round from them, and thou hast come to them from over-against the mulberries; <sup>15</sup>and it cometh to pass, when thou hearest the sound of the stepping at the heads of the mulberries, then thou goest out into battle, for God hath gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.` ¹⁶And David doth as God commanded him, and they smite the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon even unto Gazer; ¹⁷and the name of David goeth out into all the lands, and Jehovah hath put his fear on all the nations.

Chapter 15

¹And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent. ²Then said David, `None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath Jehovah fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him -- unto the age.` ³And David assembleth all Israel unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place that he had prepared for it. ⁴And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites. ⁵Of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty. ⁶Of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty. ⁷Of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty. ⁸Of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred. ⁹Of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty. ¹⁰Of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve. ¹¹And David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, ¹²and saith to them, `Ye [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and ye have brought up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel, unto [the place] I have prepared for it; <sup>13</sup>because at the first [it was] not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.` ¹⁴And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves, to bring up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel; ¹⁵and sons of the Levites bear the ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Jehovah, on their shoulder, with staves, above them. ¹⁶And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy. ¹⁷And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and with them their brethren, the seconds [in rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers; ¹⁹and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound, ²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries besides virgins, ²¹and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee. ²²And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, [is] over the burden; he instructeth about the burden, for he [is] intelligent. ²³And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the ark. ²⁴And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the ark. ²⁵And it is David, and the elders of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy; ²⁶and it cometh to pass, in God`s helping the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams. ²⁷And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David [is] an Ephod of linen. ²⁸And all Israel are bringing up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of a cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding with psalteries and harps, ²⁹and it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.

Chapter 16

¹And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God; ²and David ceaseth from offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah, ³and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a grape-cake. ⁴And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, ⁵Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding; ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. ⁷On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give thanks to Jehovah by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: -- ⁸Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings. ⁹Sing ye to Him, sing psalms to Him, Meditate on all His wonders. ¹⁰Boast yourselves in His holy name, Rejoice doth the heart of those seeking Jehovah. ¹¹Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually. ¹²Remember His wonders that He did, His signs, and the judgments of His mouth, ¹³O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! ¹⁴He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments. ¹⁵Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded -- To a thousand generations, ¹⁶Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac, ¹⁷And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during. ¹⁸Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance, ¹⁹When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it. ²⁰And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people. ²¹He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings: ²²Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil. ²³Sing to Jehovah, all the earth, Proclaim from day unto day His salvation. ²⁴Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples His wonders. ²⁵For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He [is] above all gods. ²⁶For all gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made. ²⁷Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy [are] in His place. ²⁸Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. ²⁹Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness. ³⁰Be pained before Him, all the earth: ³¹Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations: Jehovah hath reigned. ³²Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field, and all that [is] in it, ³³Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth! ³⁴Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness, ³⁵And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To triumph in Thy praise. ³⁶Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age and unto the age;` And all the people say, `Amen,` and have given praise to Jehovah. ³⁷And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day, ³⁸both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers, ³⁹and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon, ⁴⁰to cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and for all that is written in the law of Jehovah, that He charged on Israel. ⁴¹And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness, ⁴²and with them -- Heman and Jeduthun -- [are] trumpets and cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [are] at the gate. ⁴³And all the people go, each to his house, and David turneth round to bless his house.

Chapter 17

¹And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [is] under curtains;` ²and Nathan saith unto David, `All that [is] in thy heart do, for God [is] with thee.` ³And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying, ⁴`Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in: <sup>5</sup>for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle, <sup>6</sup>whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars? <sup>7</sup>`And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel, ⁸and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth. ⁹`And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first, <sup>10</sup>yea, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. `And I have humbled all thine enemies, and I declare to thee that a house doth Jehovah build for thee, ¹¹and it hath come to pass, when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers, that I have raised up thy seed after thee, who is of thy sons, and I have established his kingdom, ¹²he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age; ¹³I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before thee, ¹⁴and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.` <sup>15</sup>According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David. <sup>16</sup>And David the king cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who [am] I, O Jehovah God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? ¹⁷And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Jehovah God! ¹⁸`What doth David add more unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known. <sup>19</sup>O Jehovah, for Thy servant`s sake, and according to Thine own heart Thou hast done all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ²⁰O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹`And who [is] as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt -- nations? <sup>22</sup>Yea, Thou dost appoint Thy people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, O Jehovah, hast been to them for God. <sup>23</sup>`And now, O Jehovah, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken; ²⁴and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee; ²⁵for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant -- to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee. ²⁶`And now, Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness; <sup>27</sup>and now, Thou hast been pleased to bless the house of Thy servant, to be to the age before Thee; for Thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed to the age.`

Chapter 18

¹And it cometh to pass after this, that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and taketh Gath and its small towns out of the hand of the Philistines; ²and he smiteth Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present. ³And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat, ⁴and David captureth from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly all the chariots, and leaveth of them a hundred chariots [only]. ⁵And Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men, ⁶and David putteth [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and Jehovah giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone. ⁷And David taketh the shields of gold that have been on the servants of Hadarezer, and bringeth them in to Jerusalem; ⁸and from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, hath David taken very much brass; with it hath Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. ⁹And Tou king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten the whole force of Hadarezer king of Zobah, ¹⁰and he sendeth Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him (because that he hath fought against Hadarezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Tou had Hadarezer been,) and all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and brass; ¹¹also them hath king David sanctified to Jehovah with the silver and the gold that he hath taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. ¹²And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand, ¹³and he putteth in Edom garrisons, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone. ¹⁴And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people, ¹⁵and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer, ¹⁶and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe, ¹⁷and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David [are] at the hand of the king.

Chapter 19

¹And it cometh to pass after this, that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon dieth, and his son reigneth in his stead, ²and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did with me kindness;` and David sendeth messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David come in unto the land of the sons of Ammon, unto Hanun, to comfort him, ³and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, `Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?` ⁴And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away. ⁵And [some] go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them -- for the men have been greatly ashamed -- and the king saith, `Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.` ⁶And the sons of Ammon see that they have made themselves abhorred by David, and Hanun and the sons of Ammon send a thousand talents of silver, to hire to them, from Aram-Naharaim, and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen; ⁷and they hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they come in and encamp before Medeba, and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out of their cities, and come in to the battle. ⁸And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men, ⁹and the sons of Ammon come out and set battle in array at the opening of the city, and the kings who have come [are] by themselves in the field. ¹⁰And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram, ¹¹and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon. ¹²And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have saved thee; <sup>13</sup>be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.` ¹⁴And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face; ¹⁵and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee -- they also -- from the face of Abishai his brother, and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem. ¹⁶And Aram seeth that they have been smitten before Israel, and send messengers, and bring out Aram that [is] beyond the River, and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer [is] before them. ¹⁷And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in unto them, and setteth in array against them; yea, David setteth in array the battle to meet Aram, and they fight with him; ¹⁸and Aram fleeth from the face of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven thousand charioteers, and forty thousand footmen, and Shophach head of the host he hath put to death. ¹⁹And the servants of Hadarezer see that they have been smitten before Israel, and they make peace with David and serve him, and Aram hath not been willing to help the sons of Ammon any more.

Chapter 20

¹And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down. ²And David taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and findeth it [in] weight a talent of gold, and in it a precious stone, and it is on the head of David: and spoil of the city he hath brought out very much, ³and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes; and thus doth David to all cities of the sons of Ammon, and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem. ⁴And it cometh to pass, after this, that there remaineth war in Gezer with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Sippai, of the children of the giant, and they are humbled. ⁵And there is again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair smiteth Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear [is] like a beam of weavers. ⁶And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes [are] six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant. ⁷And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David. ⁸These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Chapter 21

¹And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel, ²And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.` ³And Joab saith, `Jehovah doth add to His people as they are a hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them to my lord for servants? why doth my lord seek this? why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?` ⁴And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem. ⁵And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword. ⁶And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab. ⁷And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel, ⁸and David saith unto God, `I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing; and now, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.` ⁹And Jehovah speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying: ¹⁰`Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Three -- I am stretching out unto thee; choose for thee one of these, and I do [it] to thee.` ¹¹And Gad cometh in unto David, and saith to him, `Thus said Jehovah, Take for thee -- <sup>12</sup>either for three years -- famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?` ¹³And David saith unto Gad, `I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for very many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.` ¹⁴And Jehovah giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men, ¹⁵and God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who [is] destroying, `Enough, now, cease thy hand.` And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, ¹⁶and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces. ¹⁷And David saith unto God, `Did not I -- I say to number the people? Yea, I it [is] who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they? O Jehovah, my God, let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Thy people -- to be plagued.` ¹⁸And the messenger of Jehovah spake unto Gad, saying for David, `Surely David doth go up to raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.` ¹⁹And David goeth up by the word of Gad, that he spake in the name of Jehovah. ²⁰And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat. ²¹And David cometh in unto Ornan, and Ornan looketh attentively, and seeth David, and goeth out from the threshing-floor, and boweth himself to David -- face to the earth. ²²And David saith unto Ornan, `Give to me the place of the threshing-floor, and I build in it an altar to Jehovah; for full silver give it to me, and the plague is restrained from the people.` ²³And Ornan saith unto David, `Take to thee -- and my lord the king doth that which is good in his eyes: see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; the whole I have given.` ²⁴And king David saith to Ornan, `Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to Jehovah, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.` ²⁵And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold [in] weight six hundred; ²⁶and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and offereth burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calleth unto Jehovah, and He answereth him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt-offering. ²⁷And Jehovah saith to the messenger, and he turneth back his sword unto its sheath. ²⁸At that time when David seeth that Jehovah hath answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificeth there; ²⁹and the tabernacle of Jehovah that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time in a high place, in Gibeon; ³⁰and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.

Chapter 22

¹And David saith, `This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.` ²And David saith to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God. ³And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing. ⁴And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David. ⁵And David saith, `Solomon my son [is] a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah [is] to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;` and David prepareth in abundance before his death. ⁶And he calleth for Solomon his son, and chargeth him to build a house to Jehovah, God of Israel, ⁷and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, <sup>8</sup>and the word of Jehovah [is] against me, saying, Blood in abundance thou hast shed, and great wars thou hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name, for much blood thou hast shed to the earth before Me. <sup>9</sup>`Lo, a son is born to thee; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days; ¹⁰he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I [am] to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age. ¹¹`Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee. <sup>12</sup>Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God; <sup>13</sup>then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down. <sup>14</sup>`And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add. ¹⁵`And with thee in abundance [are] workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work. <sup>16</sup>To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.` ¹⁷And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son, ¹⁸`Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people. <sup>19</sup>`Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.`

Chapter 23

¹And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel, ²and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites; ³and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand. ⁴Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand, ⁵and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,` [saith David.] ⁶And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei. ⁸Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four. ¹¹And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering. ¹²Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons -- unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name -- unto the age. ¹⁴As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head. ¹⁷And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly. ¹⁸Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head. ¹⁹Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second. ²¹Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²²And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. ²³Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three. ²⁴These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward, ²⁵for David said, `Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;` ²⁶and also of the Levites, `None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;` ²⁷for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward, ²⁸for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God, ²⁹and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure; ³⁰and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening; ³¹and for all the burnt-offerings -- burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah. ³²And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

Chapter 24

¹And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, ²and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. ³And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service; ⁴and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight. ⁵And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar. ⁷And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second, ⁸for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth, ⁹for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth, ¹⁰for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth, ¹¹for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth, ¹²for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth, ¹³for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth, ¹⁴for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth, ¹⁵for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth, ¹⁶for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth, ¹⁷for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth, ¹⁸for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth. ¹⁹These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them. ²⁰And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. ²¹For Rehabiah: for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah. ²²For the Izharite: Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. ²³And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir. ²⁵A brother of Michah [is] Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah; ²⁶sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno; ²⁷sons of Merari: of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons; ²⁹for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers, ³¹and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.

Chapter 25

¹And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service. ²Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. ³Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah. ⁴Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth; ⁵all these [are] sons of Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman. ⁷And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight. ⁸And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner. ⁹And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve; ¹⁰the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹²the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹³the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁸eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁰at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²¹at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²²at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²³at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁴at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁵at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁶at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁷at the twentieth [to] Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁸at the one and twentieth [to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁹at the two and twentieth [to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³⁰at the three and twentieth [to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³¹at the four and twentieth [to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

Chapter 26

¹For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; ²and to Meshelemiah [are] sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴And to Obed-Edom [are] sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God hath blessed him. ⁶And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they [are] mighty of valour. ⁷Sons of Shemaiah [are] Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren [are] sons of valour, Elihu and Semachiah, ⁸all these [are] of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valour with might for service, [are] sixty and two of Obed-Edom. ⁹And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen; ¹⁰and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, [are] sons: Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father setteth him for head), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah [are] thirteen. ¹²According to these [are] the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones [are] charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah, ¹³and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate. ¹⁴And the lot falleth eastward to Shelemiah; and [for] Zechariah his son -- a counsellor with understanding -- they cause to fall lots, and his lot goeth out northward: ¹⁵to Obed-Edom southward, and to his sons, the house of the gatherings; ¹⁶to Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate Shallecheth, in the highway, the ascent, charge over-against charge; ¹⁷to the east the Levites [are] six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two, ¹⁸at Parbar, to the west, [are] four at the highway, two at Parbar. ¹⁹These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari. ²⁰And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of God, even for the treasures of the holy things. ²¹Sons of Laadan: sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²²Sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah, ²³for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite. ²⁴And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, [is] president over the treasures. ²⁵And his brethren, of Eliezer, [are] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. ²⁶This Shelomith and his brethren [are] over all the treasures of the holy things, that David the king, and heads of the fathers, even heads of thousands, and of hundreds, and heads of the host, sanctified; ²⁷from the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of Jehovah; ²⁸and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah sanctified, every one sanctifying [any thing -- it is] by the side of Shelomith and his brethren. ²⁹Of the Izharite, Chenaniah and his sons [are] for the outward work over Israel, for officers and for judges. ³⁰Of the Hebronite, Hashabiah and his brethren, sons of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, [are] over the inspection of Israel, beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Jehovah, and for the service of the king. ³¹Of the Hebronite, Jerijah [is] the head, of the Hebronite, according to his generations, for the fathers -- in the fortieth year of the reign of David they have been sought out, and there are found among them mighty ones of valour, in Jazer of Gilead -- ³²and his brethren, sons of valour, two thousand and seven hundred, [are] heads of the fathers, and king David appointeth them over the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of God and matter of the king.

Chapter 27

¹And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- [are] in each course twenty and four thousand. ²Over the first course, for the first month, [is] Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand; ³of the sons of Perez [is] the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month. ⁴And over the course of the second month [is] Dodai the Ahohite, and his course, and Mikloth [is] the president, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁵Head of the third host, for the third month, [is] Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the head priest, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁶This Benaiah [is] a mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty, and [in] his course [is] Ammizabad his son. ⁷The fourth, for the fourth month, [is] Asahel brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁸The fifth, for the fifth month, [is] the prince Shamhuth the Izrahite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ⁹The sixth, for the sixth month, [is] Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁰The seventh, for the seventh month, [is] Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹¹The eighth, for the eighth month, [is] Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹²The ninth, for the ninth month, [is] Abiezer the Antothite, of the Benjamite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹³The tenth, for the tenth month, [is] Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁴Eleventh, for the eleventh month, [is] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁵The twelfth, for the twelfth month, [is] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand. ¹⁶And over the tribes of Israel: Of the Reubenite, a leader [is] Eliezer son of Zichri; of the Simeonite, Shephatiah son of Maachah; ¹⁷of the Levite, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; of the Aaronite, Zadok; ¹⁸of Judah, Elihu, of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri son of Michael; ¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel; ²⁰of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah; of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah; ²¹of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner; of Dan, Azareel son of Jeroham: ²²these [are] heads of the tribes of Israel. ²³And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens. ²⁴Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David. ²⁵And over the treasures of the king [is] Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the treasures in the field, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, [is] Jehonathan son of Uzziah; ²⁶and over workmen of the field for the service of the ground [is] Ezri son of Chelub; ²⁷and over the vineyards [is] Shimei the Ramathite; and over what [is] in the vineyards for the treasures of wine [is] Zabdi the Shiphmite; ²⁸and over the olives, and the sycamores, that [are] in the low country, [is] Baal-Hanan the Gederite; and over the treasures of oil [is] Joash; ²⁹and over the herds that are feeding in Sharon [is] Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys [is] Shaphat son of Adlai; ³⁰and over the camels [is] Obil the Ishmeelite; and over the asses [is] Jehdeiah the Meronothite; ³¹and over the flock [is] Jaziz the Hagerite; all these [are] heads of the substance that king David hath. ³²And Jonathan, uncle of David, [is] counsellor, a man of understanding, he is also a scribe; and Jehiel son of Hachmoni [is] with the sons of the king; ³³and Ahithophel [is] counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite [is] the friend of the king; ³⁴and after Ahithophel [is] Jehoiada son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the head of the host of the king [is] Joab.

Chapter 28

¹And David assembleth all the heads of Israel, heads of the tribes, and heads of the courses who are serving the king, and heads of the thousands, and heads of the hundreds, and heads of all the substance and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty ones, even to every mighty one of valour -- unto Jerusalem. ²And David the king riseth on his feet, and saith, `Hear me, my brethren and my people, I -- with my heart -- to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build, <sup>3</sup>and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou [art], and blood thou hast shed. <sup>4</sup>`And Jehovah, God of Israel, doth fix on me out of all the house of my father to be for king over Israel to the age, for on Judah He hath fixed for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, on me, [me] He hath been pleased to make king over all Israel; ⁵and out of all my sons -- for many sons hath Jehovah given to me -- He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel, ⁶and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I -- I am to him for a father, ⁷and I have established his kingdom to the age, if he is strong to do My commands, and My judgments, as at this day. ⁸`And now, before the eyes of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the ears of our God, keep and seek all the commands of Jehovah your God, so that ye possess this good land, and have caused your sons to inherit after you unto the age. <sup>9</sup>`And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever. ¹⁰See, now, for Jehovah hath fixed on thee to build a house for a sanctuary; be strong, and do.` <sup>11</sup>And David giveth to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasures, and of its upper chambers, and of its innermost chambers, and of the house of the atonement; <sup>12</sup>and the pattern of all that hath been by the Spirit with him, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the things sacrificed; <sup>13</sup>and for the courses of the priests and of the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all vessels of service of the house of Jehovah, <sup>14</sup>even gold by weight, for [things of] gold, for all instruments of service and service; for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of service and service; <sup>15</sup>and [by] weight for the candlesticks of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight [for] candlestick and candlestick, and its lamps; and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight for a candlestick and its lamps, according to the service of candlestick and candlestick; <sup>16</sup>and the gold [by] weight for tables of the arrangement, for table and table, and silver for the tables of silver; <sup>17</sup>and the forks, and the bowls, and the cups of pure gold, and for the basins of gold, by weight for basin and basin, and for the basins of silver, by weight for basin and basin, <sup>18</sup>and for the altar of perfume refined gold by weight, and for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubs of gold -- spreading and covering over the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. <sup>19</sup>The whole [is] in writing from the hand of Jehovah, `He caused me to understand all the work of the pattern,` [said David.] <sup>20</sup>And David saith to Solomon his son, `Be strong, and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be affrighted, for Jehovah God, my God, [is] with thee; He doth not fail thee, nor forsake thee, unto the completion of all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah. ²¹`And lo, courses of the priests and of the Levites [are] for all the service of the house of God; and with thee in all work [is] every willing one with wisdom, for every service; and the heads and all the people [are] according to all thy words.`

Chapter 29

¹And David the king saith to all the assembly, `Solomon my son -- the one on whom God hath fixed -- [is] young and tender, and the work [is] great, for not for man is the palace, but for Jehovah God; <sup>2</sup>and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for [those of] silver, and the brass for [those of] brass, the iron for [those of] iron, and the wood for [those of] wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all [kinds of] precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance. <sup>3</sup>`And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have -- a peculiar treasure of gold and silver -- I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary: ⁴three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses, ⁵even gold for [things of] gold, and silver for [those of] silver, and for all the work by the hand of artificers; and who [is] he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand to-day to Jehovah?` <sup>6</sup>And the heads of the fathers, and the heads of the tribes of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, even to the heads of the work of the king, offer willingly. <sup>7</sup>And they give for the service of the house of God, of gold -- talents five thousand, and drams a myriad; and of silver -- talents ten thousand, and of brass -- a myriad and eight thousand talents; and of iron -- a hundred thousand talents; <sup>8</sup>and he with whom stones are found hath given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. <sup>9</sup>And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy. <sup>10</sup>And David blesseth Jehovah before the eyes of all the assembly, and David saith, `Blessed [art] Thou, Jehovah, God of Israel our father, from age even unto age. ¹¹To Thee, O Jehovah, [is] the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, [is] the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head; ¹²and the riches, and the honour [are] from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all. ¹³`And now, our God, we are giving thanks to Thee, and giving praise to Thy beauteous name; <sup>14</sup>yea, because, who [am] I, and who [are] my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee [is] the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee; <sup>15</sup>for sojourners we [are] before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on the land, and there is none abiding. <sup>16</sup>`O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, [is] out of Thy hand, and of Thee [is] the whole. ¹⁷`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee. <sup>18</sup>`O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee; ¹⁹and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.` <sup>20</sup>And David saith to all the assembly, `Bless, I pray you, Jehovah your God;` and all the assembly bless Jehovah, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to Jehovah, and to the king. ²¹And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel. ²²And they eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great joy, and cause Solomon son of David to reign a second time, and anoint [him] before Jehovah for leader, and Zadok for priest. ²³And Solomon sitteth on the throne of Jehovah for king instead of David his father, and prospereth, and all Israel hearken unto him, ²⁴and all the heads, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David have given a hand under Solomon the king; ²⁵and Jehovah maketh Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel, and putteth upon him the honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him. ²⁶And David son of Jesse hath reigned over all Israel, ²⁷and the days that he hath reigned over Israel [are] forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three; ²⁸and he dieth in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honour, and reign doth Solomon his son in his stead. ²⁹And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer, ³⁰with all his reign, and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all kingdoms of the lands.

2 Chronicles

Chapter 1

¹And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God [is] with him, and maketh him exceedingly great. ²And Solomon saith to all Israel, to heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and to judges, and to every honourable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers, ³and they go -- Solomon, and all the assembly with him -- to the high place that [is] in Gibeon, for there hath been God`s tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of Jehovah, made in the wilderness, <sup>4</sup>but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem; <sup>5</sup>and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it. <sup>6</sup>And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that [is] at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings. <sup>7</sup>In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?` <sup>8</sup>And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead. ⁹Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth; ¹⁰now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?` <sup>11</sup>And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign -- ¹²the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who [are] before thee, and after thee it is not so.` ¹³And Solomon cometh in [from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel, ¹⁴and Solomon gathereth chariots and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem. ¹⁵And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance. ¹⁶And the source of the horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the king from Keva take at a price, ¹⁷and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram -- by their hand they bring out.

Chapter 2

¹And Solomon saith to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom, ²and Solomon numbereth seventy thousand men bearing burden, and eighty thousand men hewing in the mountain, and overseers over them -- three thousand and six hundred. ³And Solomon sendeth unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, `When thou hast dealt with David my father, then thou dost send to him cedars to build for him a house to dwell in; <sup>4</sup>lo, I am building a house to the name of Jehovah my God, to sanctify [it] to Him, to make perfume before Him, perfume of spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt-offerings at morning and at evening, at sabbaths, and at new moons, and at appointed seasons of Jehovah our God; to the age this [is] on Israel. <sup>5</sup>`And the house that I am building [is] great, for greater [is] our God than all gods; ⁶and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who [am] I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him? ⁷`And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared; <sup>8</sup>and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants [are] with thy servants, <sup>9</sup>even to prepare for me trees in abundance, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful. <sup>10</sup>`And lo, to hewers, to those cutting the trees, I have given beaten wheat to thy servants, cors twenty thousand, and barley, cors twenty thousand, and wine, baths twenty thousand, and oil, baths twenty thousand.` <sup>11</sup>And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: `In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.` <sup>12</sup>And Huram saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom. ¹³`And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father, <sup>14</sup>(son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father. <sup>15</sup>`And, now, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, as my lord said, let him send to his servants, ¹⁶and we -- we cut trees out of Lebanon, according to all thy need, and bring them in to thee -- floats by sea, to Joppa, and thou dost take them up to Jerusalem.` ¹⁷And Solomon numbereth all the men, the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them, and they are found a hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred; ¹⁸and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.

Chapter 3

¹And Solomon beginneth to build the house of Jehovah, in Jerusalem, in the mount of Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, ²and he beginneth to build in the second [day], in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. ³And [in] these hath Solomon been instructed to build the house of God: The length [in] cubits by the former measure [is] sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. ⁴As to the porch that [is] on the front, the length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty, and he overlayeth it within with pure gold. ⁵And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains, ⁶and he overlayeth the house with precious stone for beauty, and the gold [is] gold of Parvaim, ⁷and he covereth the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold, and hath graved cherubs on the walls. ⁸And he maketh the most holy house: its length [is] by the front of the breadth of the house twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and he covereth it with good gold, to six hundred talents; ⁹and the weight of the nails [is] fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold. ¹⁰And he maketh in the most holy house two cherubs, image work, and he overlayeth them with gold; ¹¹as to the wings of the cherubs, their length [is] twenty cubits, the wing of the one [is] five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub. ¹²And the wing of the other cherub [is] five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing [is] five cubits, adhering to the wing of the other cherub. ¹³The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward. ¹⁴And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it. ¹⁵And he maketh at the front of the house two pillars, thirty and five cubits in length, and the ornament that [is] on their heads five cubits. ¹⁶And he maketh chains in the oracle, and putteth on the heads of the pillars, and maketh a hundred pomegranates, and putteth on the chains. ¹⁷And he raiseth up the pillars on the front of the temple, one on the right, and one on the left, and calleth the name of that on the right Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Chapter 4

¹And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. ²And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about. ³And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast. ⁴It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] within. ⁵And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth. ⁶And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with. ⁷And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. ⁸And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred. ⁹And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass. ¹⁰And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south. ¹¹And Huram maketh the pots, and the shovels, and the bowls, and Huram finisheth to make the work that he made for king Solomon in the house of God; ¹²two pillars, and the bowls, and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads of the pillars; ¹³and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars. ¹⁴And the bases he hath made; and the lavers he hath made on the bases; ¹⁵the one sea, and the twelve oxen under it, ¹⁶and the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified. ¹⁷In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah. ¹⁸And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out. ¹⁹And Solomon maketh all the vessels that [are for] the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them [is] bread of the presence; ²⁰and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined; ²¹and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it [is] the perfection of gold; ²²and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

Chapter 5

¹And all the work that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah is finished, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father, and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he hath put among the treasures of the house of God. ²Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it [is] Zion. ³And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast -- it [is] the seventh month; ⁴and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark, ⁵and they bring up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the vessels of the sanctuary that [are] in the tent; brought them up have the priests, the Levites; ⁶and king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are convened unto him before the ark are sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered from multitude. ⁷And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs; ⁸and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above; ⁹and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there unto this day. ¹⁰There is nothing in the ark but the two tables that Moses gave in Horeb, where Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel, in their going out from Egypt. ¹¹And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the sanctuary -- for all the priests who are present have sanctified themselves, there is none to watch by courses, ¹²and the Levites, the singers, to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons, and to their brethren, clothed in white linen, with cymbals, and with psalteries, and harps, are standing on the east of the altar, and with them priests, to a hundred and twenty, blowing with trumpets -- ¹³yea, it cometh to pass, as one [are] trumpeters and singers, to sound -- one voice -- to praise and to give thanks to Jehovah, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to Jehovah, for good, for to the age [is] His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud -- the house of Jehovah, ¹⁴and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.

Chapter 6

¹Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness, <sup>2</sup>and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.` ³And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing, ⁴and he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying: <sup>5</sup>`From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel; ⁶and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel. ⁷`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel, <sup>8</sup>and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart, <sup>9</sup>but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name. <sup>10</sup>`And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, ¹¹and I place there the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.` <sup>12</sup>And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, -- <sup>13</sup>for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens -- <sup>14</sup>and saith, `O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart; ¹⁵who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as at this day. ¹⁶`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me. <sup>17</sup>`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David, ¹⁸(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?) ¹⁹`And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee, <sup>20</sup>for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place. <sup>21</sup>`And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven. ²²`If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house -- <sup>23</sup>then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness. <sup>24</sup>`And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house -- ²⁵then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers. ²⁶`In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them -- <sup>27</sup>then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance. <sup>28</sup>`Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness; ²⁹any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house: ³⁰then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men), ³¹so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers. ³²`And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house: <sup>33</sup>then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built. <sup>34</sup>`When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name: ³⁵then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause. ³⁶`When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near; <sup>37</sup>and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly; <sup>38</sup>yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name: <sup>39</sup>then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee. <sup>40</sup>`Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place: ⁴¹and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness, ⁴²O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.`

Chapter 7

¹And at Solomon`s finishing to pray, then the fire hath come down from the heavens, and consumeth the burnt-offering and the sacrifices, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house, <sup>2</sup>and the priests have not been able to go in unto the house of Jehovah, because the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah. <sup>3</sup>And all the sons of Israel are looking on the descending of the fire, and the honour of Jehovah on the house, and they bow -- faces to the earth -- on the pavement, and do obeisance, and give thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age [is] His kindness. <sup>4</sup>And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah, <sup>5</sup>and king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of the herd, twenty and two thousand, and of the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand, and the king and all the people dedicate the house of God. <sup>6</sup>And the priests over their charges are standing, and the Levites with instruments of the song of Jehovah -- that David the king made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness, in David`s praising by their hand -- and the priests are blowing trumpets over-against them, and all Israel are standing. ⁷And Solomon sanctifieth the middle of the court that [is] before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: for the altar of brass that Solomon made hath not been able to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat. ⁸And solomon maketh the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him -- a very great assembly -- from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. ⁹And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days. ¹⁰And on the twenty and third day of the seventh month he hath sent the people to their tents, rejoicing, and glad in heart, for the goodness that Jehovah hath done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people. ¹¹And Solomon finisheth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king; and all that hath come on the heart of Solomon to do in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he hath caused to prosper. ¹²And Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, `I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice. <sup>13</sup>If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people -- <sup>14</sup>and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I -- I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land. <sup>15</sup>`Now, Mine eyes are open, and Mine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place; ¹⁶and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days. ¹⁷`And thou, if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and My statutes and My judgments dost keep -- <sup>18</sup>then I have established the throne of thy kingdom, as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There is not cut off a man to thee -- a ruler in Israel; <sup>19</sup>and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them, <sup>20</sup>and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples. <sup>21</sup>`And this house that hath been high, to every one passing by it, is an astonishment, and he hath said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land, and to this house? ²²and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, and lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them, therefore He hath brought upon them all this evil.`

Chapter 8

¹And it cometh to pass, at the end of twenty years, that Solomon hath built the house of Jehovah, and his own house. ²As to the cities that Huram hath given to Solomon, Solomon hath built them, and there he causeth the sons of Israel to dwell. ³And Solomon goeth to Hamath-Zobah, and layeth hold upon it; ⁴and he buildeth Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the cities of store that he hath built in Hamath. ⁵And he buildeth Beth-Horon the upper, and Beth-Horon the lower -- cities of defence, with walls, two-leaved doors, and bar -- ⁶and Baalath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariot, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. ⁷All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel -- ⁸of their sons who have been left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel consumed not -- doth Solomon lift up a tribute unto this day. ⁹And none of the sons of Israel hath Solomon made servants for his work, but they [are] men of war, and heads of his captains, and heads of his charioteers, and of his horsemen; ¹⁰and these [are] heads of the officers whom king Solomon hath, two hundred and fifty who are rulers among the people. ¹¹And the daughter of Pharaoh hath Solomon brought up from the city of David to the house that he built for her, for he said, `My wife doth not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, for they are holy unto whom hath come the ark of Jehovah.` ¹²Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch, ¹³even by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the command of Moses, on sabbaths, and on new moons, and on appointed seasons, three times in a year -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. ¹⁴And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God. ¹⁵And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures. ¹⁶And all the work of Solomon is prepared till the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and till its completion; perfect is the house of Jehovah. ¹⁷Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom; ¹⁸and Huram sendeth to him, by the hand of his servants, ships and servants knowing the sea, and they go with servants of Solomon to Ophir, and take thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and bring in unto king Solomon.

Chapter 9

¹And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart, ²and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her. ³And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built, ⁴and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her. ⁵And she saith unto the king, `True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom, <sup>6</sup>and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom -- thou hast added unto the report that I heard. <sup>7</sup>`O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom. ⁸Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.` ⁹And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon. ¹⁰And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone. ¹¹And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah. ¹²And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants. ¹³And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold, ¹⁴apart from [what] the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon. ¹⁵And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target; ¹⁶and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. ¹⁷And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold; ¹⁸and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands, ¹⁹and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom. ²⁰And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything; ²¹for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ²²And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom; ²³and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart, ²⁴and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. ²⁵And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁶And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt. ²⁷And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that [are] in the low country, for abundance, ²⁸and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands. ²⁹And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? ³⁰And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years, ³¹and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.

Chapter 10

¹And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for [to] Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign. ²And it cometh to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat`s -- who [is] in Egypt because he hath fled from the face of Solomon the king -- hearing, that Jeroboam turneth back out of Egypt; <sup>3</sup>and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying, <sup>4</sup>`Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [somewhat] of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.` <sup>5</sup>And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;` and the people go. <sup>6</sup>And king Rehoboam consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?` <sup>7</sup>And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.` <sup>8</sup>And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him, <sup>9</sup>and he saith unto them, `What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me, saying, Make light [somewhat] of the yoke that thy father put upon us?` <sup>10</sup>And the lads who have grown up with him, speak with him, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light [somewhat] of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father; ¹¹and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.` <sup>12</sup>And Jeroboam cometh in, and all the people, unto Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spake, saying, `Return unto me on the third day.` <sup>13</sup>And the king answereth them sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men, <sup>14</sup>and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with scorpions.` <sup>15</sup>And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah`s establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat. ¹⁶And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back [to] the king, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,` and all Israel go to their tents. ¹⁷As to the sons of Israel who are dwelling in the cities of Judah -- Rehoboam reigneth over them. ¹⁸And king Rehoboam sendeth Hadoram, who [is] over the tribute, and the sons of Israel cast at him stones, and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem; ¹⁹and Israel transgress against the house of David unto this day.

Chapter 11

¹And Rehoboam cometh in to Jerusalem, and assembleth the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam. ²And a word of Jehovah is unto Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, ³`Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, and unto all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, <sup>4</sup>Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not go up nor fight with your brethren, turn back each to his house, for from Me hath this thing been;` and they hear the words of Jehovah, and turn back from going against Jeroboam. ⁵And Rehoboam dwelleth in Jerusalem, and buildeth cities for a bulwark in Judah, ⁶yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa, ⁷and Beth-Zur, and Shocho, and Adullam, ⁸and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ⁹and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ¹⁰and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, that [are] in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of bulwarks. ¹¹And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine, ¹²and in every city and city targets and spears, and strengtheneth them very greatly; and he hath Judah and Benjamin. ¹³And the priests, and the Levites, that [are] in all Israel, have stationed themselves by him, out of all their border, ¹⁴for the Levites have left their suburbs and their possession, and they come to Judah and to Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons have cast them off from acting as priests to Jehovah, ¹⁵and he establisheth to him priests for high places, and for goats, and for calves, that he made -- ¹⁶and after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those giving their heart to seek Jehovah, God of Israel, have come in to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, God of their father. ¹⁷And they strengthen the kingdom of Judah, and strengthen Rehoboam son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. ¹⁸And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, [and] Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse. ¹⁹And she beareth to him sons, Jeush, and Shamaria, and Zaham. ²⁰And after her he hath taken Maachah daughter of Absalom, and she beareth to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. ²¹And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters. ²²And Rehoboam appointeth for head Abijah son of Maachah, for leader among his brethren, for to cause him to reign. ²³And he hath understanding, and spreadeth out of all his sons to all lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all cities of the bulwarks, and giveth to them provision in abundance; and he asketh a multitude of wives.

Chapter 12

¹And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him. ²And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem -- because they trespassed against Jehovah -- ³with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with sixty thousand horsemen, and there is no number to the people who have come with him out of Egypt -- Lubim, Sukkiim, and Cushim -- ⁴and he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that [are] to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem. ⁵And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;` ⁶and the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, `Righteous [is] Jehovah.` ⁷And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, `They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak; <sup>8</sup>but they become servants to him, and they know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.` ⁹And Shishak king of Egypt cometh up against Jerusalem, and taketh the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king -- the whole he hath taken -- and he taketh the shields of gold that Solomon had made; ¹⁰and king Rehoboam maketh in their stead shields of brass, and hath given [them] a charge on the hand of the heads of the runners who are keeping the opening of the house of the king; ¹¹and it cometh to pass, from the time of the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners have come in and lifted them up, and brought them back unto the chamber of the runners. ¹²And in his being humbled, turned back from him hath the wrath of Jehovah, so as not to destroy to completion; and also, in Judah there have been good things. ¹³And king Rehoboam strengtheneth himself in Jerusalem, and reigneth; for a son of forty and two years [is] Rehoboam in his reigning, and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah hath chosen to put His name there, out of all the tribes of Israel, and the name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess, ¹⁴and he doth the evil thing, for he hath not prepared his heart to seek Jehovah. ¹⁵And the matters of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written among the matters of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer, concerning genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam [are] all the days; ¹⁶and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.

Chapter 13

¹In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam -- Abijah reigneth over Judah; ²three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother [is] Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam. ³And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour. ⁴And Abijah riseth up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and saith, `Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel! <sup>5</sup>Is it not for you to know that Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt? <sup>6</sup>and rise up doth Jeroboam, son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, and rebelleth against his lord! <sup>7</sup>`And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them. ⁸`And now, ye are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David, and ye [are] a numerous multitude, and with you calves of gold that Jeroboam hath made to you for gods. <sup>9</sup>`Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he hath been a priest to No-gods! ¹⁰`As for us, Jehovah [is] our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Jehovah, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work, <sup>11</sup>and are making perfume to Jehovah, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread [is] on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God, and ye -- ye have forsaken Him. <sup>12</sup>`And lo, with us -- at [our] head -- [is] God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, God of your fathers, for ye do not prosper.` <sup>13</sup>And Jeroboam hath brought round the ambush to come in from behind them, and they are before Judah, and the ambush [is] behind them. <sup>14</sup>And Judah turneth, and lo, against them [is] the battle, before and behind, and they cry to Jehovah, and the priests are blowing with trumpets, <sup>15</sup>and the men of Judah shout -- and it cometh to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God hath smitten Jeroboam, and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah. <sup>16</sup>And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand, <sup>17</sup>and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. <sup>18</sup>And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah are strong, for they have leant on Jehovah, God of their fathers. <sup>19</sup>And Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam, and captureth from him cities, Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns. <sup>20</sup>And Jeroboam hath not retained power any more in the days of Abijah, and Jehovah smiteth him, and he dieth. <sup>21</sup>And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters, <sup>22</sup>and the rest of the matters of Abijah, and his ways, and his words, are written in the `Inquiry` of the prophet Iddo.

Chapter 14

¹And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years. ²And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God, ³and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, ⁴and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command; ⁵and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him. ⁶And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Jehovah hath given rest to him. ⁷And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;` and they build and prosper. ⁸And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [are] mighty of valour. ⁹And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah, ¹⁰and Asa goeth out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. ¹¹And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou [art]; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man! ¹²And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee, ¹³and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before Jehovah, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil, ¹⁴and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of Jehovah hath been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil hath been in them; ¹⁵and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.

Chapter 15

¹And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God, ²and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you; <sup>3</sup>and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law, <sup>4</sup>and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them, <sup>5</sup>and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands, <sup>6</sup>and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity; <sup>7</sup>and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.` ⁸And at Asa`s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah, ⁹and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon -- for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him. ¹⁰And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa, ¹¹and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand, ¹²and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul, ¹³and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman. ¹⁴And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets, ¹⁵and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about. ¹⁶And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron: ¹⁷yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days. ¹⁸And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels. ¹⁹And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.

Chapter 16

¹In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa, come up hath Baasha king of Israel, against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, so as not to permit any going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah. ²And Asa bringeth out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king, and sendeth unto Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying, ³`A covenant [is] between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.` ⁴And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali. ⁵And it cometh to pass, at Baasha`s hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest; <sup>6</sup>and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah. <sup>7</sup>And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand. ⁸Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand, ⁹for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.` ¹⁰And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time. ¹¹And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ¹²And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought Jehovah, but among physicians. ¹³And Asa lieth with his fathers, and dieth in the forty and first year of his reign, ¹⁴and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.

Chapter 17

¹And Jehoshaphat his son reigneth in his stead, and he strengtheneth himself against Israel, ²and putteth a force in all the fenced cities of Judah, and putteth garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured. ³And Jehovah is with Jehoshaphat, for he hath walked in the first ways of David his father, and hath not sought to Baalim, ⁴for to the God of his father he hath sought, and in His commands he hath walked, and not according to the work of Israel. ⁵And Jehovah doth establish the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah give a present to Jehoshaphat, and he hath riches and honour in abundance, ⁶and his heart is high in the ways of Jehovah, and again he hath turned aside the high places and the shrines out of Judah. ⁷And in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah, ⁸and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, and Tob-Adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. ⁹And they teach in Judah, and with them [is] the Book of the Law of Jehovah, and they go round about into all cities of Judah, and teach among the people. ¹⁰And here is a fear of Jehovah on all kingdoms of the lands that [are] round about Judah, and they have not fought with Jehoshaphat; ¹¹and of the Philistines they are bringing in to Jehoshaphat a present, and tribute silver; also, the Arabians are bringing to him a flock, rams seven thousand an seven hundred, and he-goats seven thousand and seven hundred. ¹²And Jehoshaphat is going on and becoming very great, and he buildeth in Judah palaces and cities of store, ¹³and he hath much work in cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty of valour, [are] in Jerusalem. ¹⁴And these [are] their numbers, for the house of their fathers: Of Judah, heads of thousands, Adnah the head, and with him mighty ones of valour, three hundred chiefs. ¹⁵And at his hand [is] Jehohanan the head, and with him two hundred and eighty chiefs. ¹⁶And at his hand [is] Amasiah son of Zichri, who is willingly offering himself to Jehovah, and with him two hundred chiefs, mighty of valour. ¹⁷And of Benjamin: mighty of valour, Eliada, and with him, armed with bow and shield, two hundred chiefs. ¹⁸And at his hand [is] Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty chiefs, armed ones of the host. ¹⁹These [are] those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.

Chapter 18

¹And Jehoshaphat hath riches and honour in abundance, and joineth affinity to Ahab, ²and goeth down at the end of [certain] years unto Ahab to Samaria, and Ahab sacrificeth for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people who [are] with him, and persuadeth him to go up unto Ramoth-Gilead. ³And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost thou go with me [to] Ramoth-Gilead?` And he saith to him, `As I -- so thou, and as thy people -- my people, even with thee in battle.` ⁴And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, this day, the word of Jehovah.` ⁵And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, `Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?` And they say, `Go up, and God doth give [it] into the hand of the king.` ⁶And Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah still, and we seek from him?` ⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Still -- one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I -- I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah;` and Jehoshaphat saith, `Let not the king say so.` ⁸And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.` ⁹And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah are sitting, each on his throne, clothed with garments, and they are sitting in a threshing-floor at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets are prophesying before them. ¹⁰And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, <sup>11</sup>With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.` And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, `Go up [to] Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given [it] into the hand of the king.` ¹²And the messenger who hath gone to call for Micaiah hath spoken unto him, saying, `Lo, the words of the prophets -- one mouth -- [are] good towards the king, and let, I pray thee, thy word be like one of theirs: and thou hast spoken good.` ¹³And Micaiah saith `Jehovah liveth, surely that which my God saith, it I speak.` ¹⁴And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, `Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?` And he saith, `Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.` ¹⁵And the king saith unto him, `How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?` ¹⁶And he saith, `I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd, and Jehovah saith, There are no masters to these, they turn back each to his house in peace.` ¹⁷And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Did I not say unto thee, He doth not prophesy concerning me good, but rather of evil?` ¹⁸And he saith, `Therefore, hear ye a word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right and His left; <sup>19</sup>and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus. <sup>20</sup>And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what? <sup>21</sup>and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so. <sup>22</sup>And, now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.` ²³And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, `Where [is] this -- the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?` ²⁴And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.` ²⁵And the king of Israel saith, `Take ye Micaiah, and turn him back unto Amon head of the city, and unto Joash son of the king, <sup>26</sup>and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this [one] in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.` ²⁷And Micaiah saith, `If thou dost certainly return in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me;` and he saith, `Hear ye, O peoples, all of them!` ²⁸And the king of Israel goeth up, and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, unto Ramoth-Gilead; ²⁹and the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat to disguise himself, and to go into battle, `And thou, put on thy garments.` And the king of Israel disguiseth himself, and they go into battle. ³⁰And the king of Aram hath commanded the heads of the charioteers whom he hath, saying, `Ye do not fight with small or with great, except with the king of Israel by himself.` ³¹And it cometh to pass at the heads of the charioteers seeing Jehoshaphat, that they have said, `The king of Israel he is,` and they turn round against him to fight, and Jehoshaphat crieth out, and Jehovah hath helped him, and God enticeth them from him, ³²yea, it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that it hath not been the king of Israel -- they turn back from after him. ³³And a man hath drawn with a bow, in his simplicity, and smiteth the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he saith to the charioteer, `Turn thy hand, and thou hast brought me out of the camp, for I have become sick.` ³⁴And the battle increaseth on that day, and the king of Israel hath been stayed up in the chariot over-against Aram till the evening, and he dieth at the time of the going in of the sun.

Chapter 19

¹And Jehoshaphat king of Judah turneth back unto his house in peace to Jerusalem, ²and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee [is] wrath from before Jehovah, <sup>3</sup>but good things have been found with thee, for thou hast put away the shrines out of the land, and hast prepared thy heart to seek God.` ⁴And Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers. ⁵And he establisheth judges in the land, in all the fenced cities of Judah, for every city, ⁶and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for Jehovah, who [is] with you in the matter of judgment; <sup>7</sup>and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.` ⁸And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem, ⁹and he layeth a charge upon them, saying, `Thus do ye do in the fear of Jehovah, in faithfulness, and with a perfect heart, <sup>10</sup>and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty. <sup>11</sup>`And, lo, Amariah the head priest [is] over you for every matter of Jehovah, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the house of Judah, [is] for every matter of the king, and officers the Levites [are] before you; be strong and do, and Jehovah is with the good.`

Chapter 20

¹And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle. ²And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, `Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar -- it [is] En-Gedi.` ³And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah; ⁴and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah. ⁵And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, at the front of the new court, ⁶and saith, `O Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not Thou -- God in the heavens? yea, Thou art ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and there is none with Thee to station himself. <sup>7</sup>`Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age, ⁸and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying, ⁹If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save. ¹⁰`And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not, <sup>11</sup>and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess. <sup>12</sup>`O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.` <sup>13</sup>And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons. <sup>14</sup>And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly, <sup>15</sup>and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you [is] the battle, but for God. ¹⁶To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel. ¹⁷Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah [is] with you.` <sup>18</sup>And Jehoshaphat boweth -- face to the earth -- and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before Jehovah, to bow themselves to Jehovah. <sup>19</sup>And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korhites, rise to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high. <sup>20</sup>And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, `Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.` <sup>21</sup>And he taketh counsel with the people, and appointeth singers to Jehovah, and those giving praise to the honour of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, `Give ye thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness.` <sup>22</sup>And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten, <sup>23</sup>and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy. <sup>24</sup>And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they [are] carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped, <sup>25</sup>and Jehoshaphat cometh in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcases, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil to themselves without prohibition, and they are three days seizing the spoil, for it [is] abundant. <sup>26</sup>And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, `Valley of Blessing,` unto this day. <sup>27</sup>And they turn back, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back unto Jerusalem with joy, for Jehovah hath made them rejoice over their enemies. <sup>28</sup>And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah. <sup>29</sup>And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that Jehovah hath fought with the enemies of Israel, <sup>30</sup>and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about. <sup>31</sup>And Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi. <sup>32</sup>And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. <sup>33</sup>Only, the high places have not turned aside, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers. <sup>34</sup>And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, lo, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who hath been mentioned on the book of the kings of Israel. <sup>35</sup>And after this hath Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, (he did wickedly in [so] doing), <sup>36</sup>and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber, <sup>37</sup>and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, `For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;` and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go unto Tarshish.

Chapter 21

¹And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead. ²And he hath brethren, sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these [are] sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel, ³and their father giveth to them many gifts of silver and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah, and the kingdom he hath given to Jehoram, for He [is] the first-born. ⁴And Jehoram riseth up over the kingdom of his father, and strengtheneth himself, and slayeth all his brethren with the sword, and also -- of the heads of Israel. ⁵A son of thirty and two years [is] Jehoram in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, ⁶and he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab hath been to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, ⁷and Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons -- all the days. ⁸In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them; ⁹and Jehoram passeth over with his heads, and all the chariots with him, and it cometh to pass, he hath risen by night and smiteth the Edomites who are coming round against him, and the princes of the chariots, ¹⁰and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah unto this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time from under his hand, because he hath forsaken Jehovah, God of his fathers, ¹¹also, he hath made high places in the mountains of Judah, and causeth the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom, and compelleth Judah. ¹²And there cometh in unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, Because that thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, and in the ways of Asa king of Judah, <sup>13</sup>and thou dost walk in the way of the kings of Israel, and dost cause Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit whoredom like the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also thy brethren, the house of thy father, who are better than thyself, thou hast slain; <sup>14</sup>lo, Jehovah is smiting -- a great smiting -- among thy people, and among thy sons, and among thy wives, and among all thy goods -- <sup>15</sup>and thou, with many sicknesses, with disease of thy bowels, till thy bowels come out, by the sickness, day by day.` ¹⁶And Jehovah waketh up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who [are] beside the Cushim, ¹⁷and they come up into Judah, and rend it, and take captive all the substance that is found at the house of the king, and also his sons, and his wives, and there hath not been left to him a son except Jehoahaz the youngest of his sons. ¹⁸And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing, ¹⁹and it cometh to pass, from days to days, and at the time of the going out of the end of two years, his bowels have gone out with his sickness, and he dieth of sore diseases, and his people have not made for him a burning like the burning of his fathers. ²⁰A son of thirty and two [years] was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he goeth without desire, and they bury him in the city of David, and not in the graves of the kings.

Chapter 22

¹And the inhabitants of Jerusalem cause Ahaziah his youngest son to reign in his stead, (for all the elder had the troop slain that came in with the Arabians to the camp,) and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigneth. ²A son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri; ³he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly. ⁴And he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for they have been his counsellors, after the death of his father, for destruction to him. ⁵Also, in their counsel he hath walked, and goeth with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to battle against Hazael king of Aram, in Ramoth-Gilead, and they of Ramah smite Joram; ⁶and he turneth back to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds with which they had smitten him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Jehoram son of Ahab, in Jezreel, for he [is] sick; ⁷and from God hath been the destruction of Ahaziah, to come unto Joram: and in his coming he hath gone out with Jehoram unto Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. ⁸And it cometh to pass, in Jehu`s executing judgment with the house of Ahab, that he findeth the heads of Judah and sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministers of Ahaziah, and slayeth them. <sup>9</sup>And he seeketh Ahaziah, and they capture him, (and he is hiding himself in Samaria), and bring him in unto Jehu, and put him to death, and bury him, for they said, `He [is] son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart;` and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom. ¹⁰And Athaliah mother of Ahaziah hath seen that her son is dead, and she riseth and destroyeth the whole seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah. ¹¹And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers, and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she hath been sister of Ahaziah, hideth him from the face of Athaliah, and she hath not put him to death. ¹²And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

Chapter 23

¹And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada strengthened himself, and taketh the heads of the hundreds, even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him into covenant. ²And they go round about in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come in unto Jerusalem, ³and all the assembly make a covenant in the house of God with the king, and he saith to them, `Lo, the son of the king doth reign, as Jehovah spake concerning the sons of David. <sup>4</sup>`This [is] the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, [are] for gatekeepers of the thresholds, ⁵and the third [are] at the house of the king, and the third at the gate of the foundation, and all the people [are] in the courts of the house of Jehovah. ⁶`And none doth enter the house of Jehovah except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they [are] holy), and all the people keep the watch of Jehovah: <sup>7</sup>and the Levites have compassed the king round about, each with his weapon in his hand, and he who hath gone in unto the house is put to death; and be ye with the king in his coming in and in his going out.` ⁸And the Levites and all Judah do according to all that Jehoiada the priest hath commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest hath not let away the courses. ⁹And Jehoiada the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the bucklers that [are] king David`s, that [are] in the house of God; <sup>10</sup>and he stationeth the whole of the people, and each his dart in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, at the altar, and at the house, by the king, round about. <sup>11</sup>And they bring out the son of the king, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and cause him to reign; and Jehoiada and his sons anoint him, and say, `Let the king live!` <sup>12</sup>And Athaliah heareth the voice of the people who are running, and who are praising the king, and she cometh in unto the people in the house of Jehovah, <sup>13</sup>and seeth, and lo, the king is standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the heads, and the trumpets [are] by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and shouting with trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song, and the teachers, to praise, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and saith, `Conspiracy, conspiracy.` <sup>14</sup>And Jehoiada the priest bringeth out the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Take her out from within the rows, and he who hath gone after her is put to death by the sword;` for the priest said, `Put her not to death [in] the house of Jehovah.` ¹⁵And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there. ¹⁶And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah; ¹⁷and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars. ¹⁸And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David; ¹⁹and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in. ²⁰And he taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the honourable ones, and the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and bringeth down the king from the house of Jehovah, and they come in through the high gate to the house of the king, and cause the king to sit on the throne of the kingdom. ²¹And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city hath been quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword.

Chapter 24

¹A son of seven years [is] Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba. ²And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. ³And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters. ⁴And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah, ⁵and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;` and the Levites have not hasted. ⁶And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony? <sup>7</sup>for sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, all the holy things of the house of Jehovah they have prepared for Baalim.` ⁸And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without, ⁹and give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Jehovah the tribute of Moses, servant of God, [laid] on Israel in the wilderness. ¹⁰And all the heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, unto completion. ¹¹And it cometh to pass, at the time one bringeth in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money [is] abundant, that a scribe of the king hath come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back unto its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance. ¹²And the king and Jehoiada give it unto the doers of the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they are hiring hewers and artificers to renew the house of Jehovah, and also -- to artificers in iron and brass to strengthen the house of Jehovah. ¹³And those doing the business work, and there goeth up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God, by its proper measure, and strengthen it. ¹⁴And at their completing [it], they have brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they make it vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of Jehovah continually, all the days of Jehoiada. ¹⁵And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth -- a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death, ¹⁶and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house. ¹⁷And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them, ¹⁸and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. ¹⁹And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear; ²⁰and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, `Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of Jehovah, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken Jehovah -- He doth forsake you.` ²¹And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah, ²²and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.` ²³And it cometh to pass, at the turn of the year, come up hath the force of Aram against him, and they come in unto Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and all their spoil they have sent to the king of Damascus, ²⁴for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and Jehovah hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments. ²⁵And in their going from him -- for they left him with many diseases -- his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings. ²⁶And these [are] those conspiring against him, Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess. ²⁷As to his sons, and the greatness of the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo, they are written on the `Inquiry` of the book of the Kings; and reign doth Amaziah his son in his stead.

Chapter 25

¹A son of twenty and five years hath Amaziah reigned, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, ²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah -- only, not with a perfect heart. ³And it cometh to pass, when the kingdom hath been strong upon him, that he slayeth his servants, those smiting the king his father, ⁴and their sons he hath not put to death, but [did] as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.` ⁵And Amaziah gathereth Judah, and appointeth them, according to the house of the fathers, for heads of the thousands, and for heads of the hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he inspecteth them from a son of twenty years and upward, and findeth them three hundred thousand chosen ones, going forth to the host, holding spear and target. ⁶And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver; ⁷and a man of God hath come in unto him, saying, `O king, the host of Israel doth not go with thee; for Jehovah is not with Israel -- all the sons of Ephraim; <sup>8</sup>but if thou art going -- do [it], be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.` ⁹And Amaziah saith to the man of God, `And what -- to do for the hundred talents that I have given to the troop of Israel?` And the man of God saith, `Jehovah hath more to give to thee than this.` ¹⁰And Amaziah separateth them -- for the troop that hath come in unto him from Ephraim to go to their own place, and their anger doth burn mightily against Judah, and they turn back to their place in the heat of anger. ¹¹And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand. ¹²And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken. ¹³And the sons of the troop that Amaziah hath sent back from going with him to battle -- they rush against cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-Horon, and smite of them three thousand, and seize much prey. ¹⁴And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume. ¹⁵And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Amaziah, and He sendeth unto him a prophet, and he saith unto him, `Why hast thou sought the gods of the people that have not delivered their people out of thy hand?` ¹⁶And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?` And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.` ¹⁷And Amaziah king of Judah taketh counsel, and sendeth unto Joash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, ¹⁸`Come, we look one another in the face.` And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that [is] in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that [is] in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn. <sup>19</sup>Thou hast said, Lo, I have smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to boast; now, abide in thy house, why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?` ²⁰And Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it [is] in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom; ²¹and go up doth Joash king of Israel, and they look one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth-Shemesh, that [is] Judah`s, ²²and Judah is smitten before Israel, and they flee -- each to his tents. ²³And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits, ²⁴and [taketh] all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria. ²⁵And Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, liveth after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years; ²⁶and the rest of the matters of Amaziah, the first and the last, lo, are they not written on the books of the kings of Judah and Israel? ²⁷And from the time that Amaziah hath turned aside from after Jehovah -- they make a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fleeth to Lachish, and they send after him to Lachish, and put him to death there, ²⁸and lift him up on the horses, and bury him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

Chapter 26

¹And all the people of Judah take Uzziah (and he [is] a son of sixteen years), and cause him to reign instead of his father Amaziah. ²He hath built Eloth, and restoreth it to Judah after the king`s lying with his fathers. <sup>3</sup>A son of sixteen years [is] Uzziah in his reigning, and fifty and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jecholiah of Jerusalem. <sup>4</sup>And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Amaziah his father did, <sup>5</sup>and he is as one seeking God in the days of Zechariah who hath understanding in visions of God: and in the days of his seeking Jehovah, God hath caused him to prosper. <sup>6</sup>And he goeth forth, and fighteth with the Philistines, and breaketh down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and buildeth cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. <sup>7</sup>And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim. <sup>8</sup>And the Ammonites give a present to Uzziah, and his name goeth unto the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened himself greatly. <sup>9</sup>And Uzziah buildeth towers in Jerusalem, by the gate of the corner, and by the gate of the valley, and by the angle, and strengtheneth them; <sup>10</sup>and he buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground. <sup>11</sup>And Uzziah hath a force, making war, going forth to the host, by troops, in the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Masseiah the officer, by the hand of Hananiah [one] of the heads of the king. <sup>12</sup>The whole number of heads of the fathers of the mighty ones of valour [is] two thousand and six hundred; <sup>13</sup>and by their hand [is] the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy. <sup>14</sup>And Uzziah prepareth for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, even to stones of the slings. <sup>15</sup>And he maketh in Jerusalem inventions -- a device of an inventor -- to be on the towers, and on the corners, to shoot with arrows and with great stones, and his name goeth out unto a distance, for he hath been wonderfully helped till that he hath been strong. <sup>16</sup>And at his being strong his heart hath been high unto destruction, and he trespasseth against Jehovah his God, and goeth in unto the temple of Jehovah to make perfume upon the altar of perfume. <sup>17</sup>And Azariah the priest goeth in after him, and with him priests of Jehovah eighty, sons of valour, <sup>18</sup>and they stand up against Uzziah the king, and say to him, `Not for thee, O Uzziah, to make perfume to Jehovah, but for priests, sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to make perfume; go forth from the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and [it is] not to thee for honour from Jehovah God.` <sup>19</sup>And Uzziah is wroth, and in his hand [is] a censer to make perfume, and in his being wroth with the priests -- the leprosy hath risen in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Jehovah, from beside the altar of perfume. <sup>20</sup>And Azariah the head priest looketh unto him, and all the priests, and lo, he [is] leprous in his forehead, and they hasten him thence, and also he himself hath hastened to go out, for Jehovah hath plagued him. <sup>21</sup>And Uzziah the king is a leper unto the day of his death, and inhabiteth a separate house -- a leper, for he hath been cut off from the house of Jehovah, and Jotham his son [is] over the house of the king, judging the people of the land. <sup>22</sup>And the rest of the matters of Uzziah, the first and the last, hath Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet written; <sup>23</sup>and Uzziah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him with his fathers, in the field of the burying-place that the kings have, for they said, `He [is] a leper;` and reign doth Jotham his son in his stead.

Chapter 27

¹A son of twenty and five years [is] Jotham in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jerushah daughter of Zadok. ²And he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Uzziah his father did; only, he hath not come in unto the temple of Jehovah; and again are the people doing corruptly. ³He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly; ⁴and cities he hath built in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he hath built palaces and towers. ⁵And he hath fought with the king of the sons of Ammon, and prevaileth over them, and the sons of Ammon give to him in that year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand cors of wheat, and of barley ten thousand; this have the sons of Ammon returned to him both in the second year, and in the third. ⁶And Jotham doth strengthen himself, for he hath prepared his ways before Jehovah his God. ⁷And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all his battles, and his ways, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. ⁸A son of twenty and five years was he in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem; ⁹and Jotham lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaz his son in his stead.

Chapter 28

¹A son of twenty years [is] Ahaz in his reigning, and sixteen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he hath not done that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, as David his father, ²and walketh in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also, molten images hath made for Baalim, ³and himself hath made perfume in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burneth his sons with fire according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, ⁴and sacrificeth and maketh perfume in high places, and on the heights, and under every green tree. ⁵And Jehovah his God giveth him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they smite him, and take captive from him a great captivity, and bring [them] in to Damascus, and also into the hand of the king of Israel he hath been given, and he smiteth him -- a great smiting. ⁶And Pekah son of Remaliah slayeth in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day (the whole [are] sons of valour), because of their forsaking Jehovah, God of their fathers. ⁷And Zichri, a mighty one of Ephraim, slayeth Maaseiah son of the king, and Azrikam leader of the house, and Elkanah second to the king. ⁸And the sons of Israel take captive of their brethren, two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, and also much spoil they have seized from them, and they bring in the spoil to Samaria. ⁹And there hath been there a prophet of Jehovah (Oded [is] his name), and he goeth out before the host that hath come in to Samaria, and saith to them, `Lo, in the fury of Jehovah God of your fathers against Judah, He hath given them into your hand, and ye slay among them in rage -- unto the heavens it hath come; <sup>10</sup>and now, sons of Judah and Jerusalem ye are saying to subdue for men-servants and for maid-servants to you; but are there not with you causes of guilt before Jehovah your God? <sup>11</sup>and now, hear me, and send back the captives whom ye have taken captive of your brethren, for the heat of the anger of Jehovah [is] upon you.` ¹²And certain of the heads of the sons of Ephraim (Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai), rise up against those coming in from the host, ¹³and say to them, `Ye do not bring in the captives hither, for, to guilt against Jehovah on us, ye are saying to add unto our sin and unto our guilt? for abundant [is] the guilt we have, and the fierceness of anger on Israel.` ¹⁴And the armed men leave the captives and the prey before the heads and all the assembly; ¹⁵and the men who have been expressed by name rise and take hold on the captives, and all their naked ones they have clothed from the spoil, yea, they clothe them, and shoe them, and cause them to eat and drink, and anoint them, and lead them on asses, even every feeble one, and bring them in to Jericho, the city of palms, near their brethren, and turn back to Samaria. ¹⁶At that time hath king Ahaz sent unto the king of Asshur to give help to him; ¹⁷and again the Edomites have come, and smite in Judah, and take captive a captivity. ¹⁸And the Philistines have rushed against the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and capture Beth-Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho and its villages, and Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages, and dwell there, ¹⁹for Jehovah hath humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made free with Judah, even to commit a trespass against Jehovah. ²⁰And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him, ²¹though Ahaz hath taken a portion [out] of the house of Jehovah, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and giveth to the king of Asshur, yet it is no help to him. ²²And in the time of his distress -- he addeth to trespass against Jehovah, (this king Ahaz), ²³and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, `Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,` and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel. ²⁴And Ahaz gathereth the vessels of the house of God, and cutteth in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shutteth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and maketh to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem. ²⁵And in every city and city of Judah he hath made high places to make perfume to other gods, and provoketh Jehovah, God of his fathers. ²⁶And the rest of his matters, and all his ways, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ²⁷And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city, in Jerusalem, but have not brought him in to the graves of the kings of Israel, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.

Chapter 29

¹Hezekiah hath reigned -- a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah; ²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did. ³He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them, ⁴and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east. ⁵And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary, <sup>6</sup>for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck. <sup>7</sup>`Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel, ⁸and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes. ⁹And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this. ¹⁰`Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us. <sup>11</sup>My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.` ¹²And the Levites rise -- Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah; ¹³and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah; ¹⁴and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel -- ¹⁵and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah, ¹⁶and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the brook Kidron without. ¹⁷And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of Jehovah, and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished. ¹⁸And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, `We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels, <sup>19</sup>and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they [are] before the altar of Jehovah.` ²⁰And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah; ²¹and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of Jehovah. ²²And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; ²³and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them; ²⁴and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for `For all Israel,` said the king, `[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.` ²⁵And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah [is] the command, by the hand of His prophets; ²⁶and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. ²⁷And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] till the completion of the burnt-offering. ²⁹And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance. ³⁰And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance. ³¹And Hezekiah answereth and saith, `Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;` and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings. ³²And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah [are] all these. ³³And the sanctified things [are] oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand. ³⁴Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. ³⁵And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established, ³⁶and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God`s giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

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¹And Hezekiah sendeth unto all Israel and Judah, and also letters he hath written unto Ephraim and Manasseh, to come in to the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, to make a passover to Jehovah, God of Israel. ²And the king taketh counsel, and his heads, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to make the passover in the second month, ³for they have not been able to make it at that time, for the priests have not sanctified themselves sufficiently, and the people have not been gathered to Jerusalem. ⁴And the thing is right in the eyes of the king, and in the eyes of all the assembly, ⁵and they establish the thing, to cause to pass over an intimation into all Israel, from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, to come in to make a passover to Jehovah, God of Israel, in Jerusalem, for not for a long time had they done as it is written. ⁶And the runners go with letters from the hand of the king and his heads, into all Israel and Judah, even according to the command of the king, saying, `O sons of Israel, turn back unto Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He doth turn back unto the escaped part that is left of you from the hand of the kings of Asshur; <sup>7</sup>and do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, God of their fathers, and He giveth them to desolation, as ye do see. <sup>8</sup>`Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you; ⁹for in your turning back unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.` <sup>10</sup>And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them, <sup>11</sup>only, certain from Asher, and Manasseh, and from Zebulun, have been humbled, and come in to Jerusalem. <sup>12</sup>Also, in Judah hath the hand of God been to give to them one heart to do the command of the king and of the heads, in the matter of Jehovah; <sup>13</sup>and much people are gathered to Jerusalem, to make the feast of unleavened things in the second month -- a mighty assembly for multitude. <sup>14</sup>And they arise and turn aside the altars that [are] in Jerusalem, and all the perfume altars they have turned aside, and cast [them] to the brook Kidron; <sup>15</sup>and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the second month, and the priests and the Levites have been ashamed, and sanctify themselves, and bring in burnt-offerings to the house of Jehovah. <sup>16</sup>And they stand on their station according to their ordinance; according to the law of Moses the man of God the priests are sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites, <sup>17</sup>for many [are] in the assembly who have not sanctified themselves, and the Levites [are] over the slaughtering of the passover-offerings for every one not clean, to sanctify [him] to Jehovah: <sup>18</sup>for a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, have not been cleansed, but have eaten the passover otherwise than it is written; but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, `Jehovah, who [is] good, doth receive atonement for every one ¹⁹who hath prepared his heart to seek God -- Jehovah, God of his fathers -- yet not according to the cleansing of the sanctuary;` ²⁰and Jehovah hearkeneth unto Hezekiah, and healeth the people. ²¹And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to Jehovah day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before Jehovah. ²²And Hezekiah speaketh unto the heart of all the Levites, those giving good understanding concerning Jehovah, and they eat the appointed thing seven days; sacrificing sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, God of their fathers. ²³And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days [with] joy; ²⁴for Hezekiah king of Judah hath presented to the assembly a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep; and the heads have presented to the assembly bullocks a thousand, and sheep ten thousand; and priests sanctify themselves in abundance. ²⁵And all the assembly of Judah rejoice, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the assembly, those coming in from Israel, and the sojourners, those coming in from the land of Israel, and those dwelling in Judah, ²⁶and there is great joy in Jerusalem; for from the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there is not like this in Jerusalem, ²⁷and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.

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¹And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities. ²And Hezekiah appointeth the courses of the priests, and of the Levites, by their courses, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of Jehovah. ³And a portion of the king, from his substance, [is] for burnt-offerings, for burnt-offerings of the morning, and of the evening, and the burnt-offerings of sabbaths, and of new moons, and of appointed seasons, as it is written in the law of Jehovah. ⁴And he saith to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests, and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the law of Jehovah; ⁵and at the spreading forth of the thing have the sons of Israel multiplied the first-fruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field, and the tithe of the whole in abundance they have brought in. ⁶And the sons of Israel and Judah, those dwelling in cities of Judah, they also a tithe of herd and flock, and a tithe of the holy things that are sanctified to Jehovah their God, have brought in, and they give -- heaps, heaps; ⁷in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished. ⁸And Hezekiah and the heads come in and see the heaps, and bless Jehovah and His people Israel, ⁹and Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps, ¹⁰and Azariah the head priest, of the house of Zadok, speaketh unto him, and saith, `From the beginning of the bringing of the heave-offering to the house of Jehovah, [there is] to eat, and to be satisfied, and to leave abundantly, for Jehovah hath blessed His people, and that left [is] this store.` ¹¹And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah, and they prepare, ¹²and they bring in the heave-offering, and the tithe, and the holy things faithfully; and over them is a leader, Conaniah the Levite, and Shimei his brother [is] second; ¹³and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [are] inspectors under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah leader of the house of God. ¹⁴And Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, [is] over the willing-offerings of God, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, and the most holy things. ¹⁵And by his hand [are] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brethren in courses, as the great so the small, ¹⁶apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and upward, to every one who hath gone in to the house of Jehovah, by the matter of a day in its day, for their service in their charges, according to their courses; ¹⁷and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their courses; ¹⁸and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness. ¹⁹And to sons of Aaron, the priests, in the fields of the suburb of their cities, in every city and city, [are] men who have been defined by name, to give portions to every male among the priests, and to every one who reckoned himself by genealogy among the Levites. ²⁰And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God; ²¹and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.

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¹After these things and this truth, come hath Sennacherib king of Asshur, yea, he cometh in to Judah, and encampeth against the cities of the bulwarks, and saith to rend them unto himself. ²And Hezekiah seeth that Sennacherib hath come, and his face [is] to the battle against Jerusalem, ³and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that [are] at the outside of the city -- and they help him, ⁴and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, `Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?` ⁵And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth [it] to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, [in] the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields. ⁶And he putteth heads of war over the people, and gathereth them unto him, unto the broad place of a gate of the city, and speaketh unto their heart, saying, ⁷`Be strong and courageous, be not afraid, nor be cast down from the face of the king of Asshur, and from the face of all the multitude that [is] with him, for with us [are] more than with him. <sup>8</sup>With him [is] an arm of flesh, and with us [is] Jehovah our God, to help us, and to fight our battles;` and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. ⁹After this hath Sennacherib king of Asshur sent his servants to Jerusalem -- and he [is] by Lachish, and all his power with him -- against Hezekiah king of Judah, and against all Judah, who [are] in Jerusalem, saying, ¹⁰`Thus said Sennacherib king of Asshur, On what are ye trusting and abiding in the bulwark, in Jerusalem? <sup>11</sup>`Is not Hezekiah persuading you, to give you up to die by famine, and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God doth deliver us from the hand of the king of Asshur? ¹²Hath not Hezekiah himself turned aside His high places, and His altars, and speaketh to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar ye bow yourselves, and on it ye make perfume? ¹³`Do ye not know what I have done -- I and my fathers -- to all peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand? <sup>14</sup>Who among all the gods of these nations whom my fathers have devoted to destruction [is] he who hath been able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God is able to deliver you out of my hand? <sup>15</sup>`And, now, let not Hezekiah lift you up, nor persuade you thus, nor give credence to him, for no god of any nation and kingdom is able to deliver his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers: also, surely your God doth not deliver you from my hand!` <sup>16</sup>And again have his servants spoken against Jehovah God, and against Hezekiah His servant, <sup>17</sup>and letters he hath written to give reproach to Jehovah, God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, `As the gods of the nations of the lands that have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah doth not deliver His people from my hand.` ¹⁸And they call with a great voice [in] Jewish, against the people of Jerusalem who [are] on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them, that they may capture the city, ¹⁹and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man. ²⁰And Hezekiah the king prayeth, and Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, concerning this, and they cry to the heavens, ²¹and Jehovah sendeth a messenger, and cutteth off every mighty one of valour -- both leader and head -- in the camp of the king of Asshur, and he turneth back with shame of face to his land, and entereth the house of his god, and those coming out of his bowels have caused him to fall there by the sword. ²²And Jehovah saveth Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Asshur, and from the hand of all, and He leadeth them round about; ²³and many are bringing in an offering to Jehovah, to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, and he is lifted up before the eyes of all the nations after this. ²⁴In those days hath Hezekiah been sick even unto death, and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and He speaketh to him, and a wonder hath appointed for him; ²⁵and Hezekiah hath not returned according to the deed [done] unto him, for his heart hath been lofty, and there is wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem; ²⁶and Hezekiah is humbled for the loftiness of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the wrath of Jehovah hath not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah. ²⁷And Hezekiah hath riches and honour very much, and treasures he hath made to himself of silver, and of gold, and of precious stone, and of spices, and of shields, and of all [kinds] of desirable vessels, ²⁸and storehouses for the increase of corn, and new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and herds for stalls; ²⁹and cities he hath made for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God hath given to him very much substance. ³⁰And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work; ³¹and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart, ³²And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and his kind acts, lo, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ³³And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the uppermost of the graves of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done honour to him at his death, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.

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¹A son of twelve years is Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem; ²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel, ³and he turneth and buildeth the high places that Hezekiah his father hath broken down, and raiseth altars for Baalim, and maketh shrines, and boweth himself to all the host of the heavens, and serveth them. ⁴And he hath built altars in the house of Jehovah of which Jehovah had said, `In Jerusalem is My name to the age.` ⁵And he buildeth altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah. ⁶And he hath caused his sons to pass over through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and observed clouds and used enchantments and witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and a wizard; he hath multiplied to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. ⁷And he placeth the graven image of the idol that he made in the house of God, of which God said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, `In this house, and in Jerusalem that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I put My name to the age, <sup>8</sup>and I add not to turn aside the foot of Israel from off the ground that I appointed to your fathers, only, if they watch to do all that I have commanded them -- to all the law, and the statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.` ⁹And Manasseh maketh Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, to do evil above the nations that Jehovah destroyed from the presence of the sons of Israel. ¹⁰And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended, ¹¹and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon. ¹²And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers, ¹³and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He [is] God. ¹⁴And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah. ¹⁵And he turneth aside the gods of the stranger, and the idol, out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem, and casteth [them] to the outside of the city. ¹⁶And he buildeth the altar of Jehovah, and sacrificeth upon it sacrifices of peace-offerings and thank-offering, and saith to Judah to serve Jehovah, God of Israel; ¹⁷but still the people are sacrificing in high places, only -- to Jehovah their God. ¹⁸And the rest of the matters of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the matters of the seers, those speaking unto him in the name of Jehovah, God of Israel, lo, they are [on the book of] the matters of the kings of Israel; ¹⁹and his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places in which he had built high places, and established the shrines and the graven images before his being humbled, lo, they are written beside the matters of Hozai. ²⁰And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in his own house, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead. ²¹A son of twenty and two years [is] Amon in his reigning, and two years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, ²²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father, and to all the graven images that Manasseh his father had made hath Amon sacrificed, and serveth them, ²³and hath not been humbled before Jehovah, like the humbling of Manasseh his father, for Amon himself hath multiplied guilt. ²⁴And his servants conspire against him, and put him to death in his own house, ²⁵and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

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¹A son of eight years [is] Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, ²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walketh in the ways of David his father, and hath not turned aside -- right or left. ³And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images. ⁴And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that [are] on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them, ⁵and the bones of the priests he hath burnt on their altars, and cleanseth Judah and Jerusalem, ⁶and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about. ⁷And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem. ⁸And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house he hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of Jehovah his God. ⁹And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ¹⁰and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of Jehovah, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of Jehovah, to repair and to strengthen the house; ¹¹and they give [it] to artificers, and to builders, to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams to the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed. ¹²And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song, ¹³and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers. ¹⁴And in their bringing out the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, hath Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah by the hand of Moses, ¹⁵and Hilkiah answereth and saith unto Shaphan the scribe, `A book of the law I have found in the house of Jehovah;` and Hilkiah giveth the book unto Shaphan, ¹⁶and Shaphan bringeth in the book unto the king, and bringeth the king back word again, saying, `All that hath been given into the hand of thy servants they are doing, <sup>17</sup>and they pour out the money that is found in the house of Jehovah, and give it into the hand of those appointed, and into the hands of those doing the work.` ¹⁸And Shaphan the scribe declareth to the king, saying, `A book hath Hilkiah the priest given to me;` and Shaphan readeth in it before the king. ¹⁹And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the words of the law, that he rendeth his garments, <sup>20</sup>and the king commandeth Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying, <sup>21</sup>`Go, seek Jehovah for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great [is] the fury of Jehovah that is poured on us, because that our fathers kept not the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written on this book.` <sup>22</sup>And Hilkiah goeth, and they of the king, unto Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second, and they speak unto her thus. <sup>23</sup>And she saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Say to the man who hath sent you unto me, ²⁴Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the book that they read before the king of Judah; ²⁵because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched. ²⁶`And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him: Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, whose words thou hast heard: <sup>27</sup>Because thy heart [is] tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>28</sup>Lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy graves in peace, and thine eyes do not look on all the evil that I am bringing upon this place, and upon its inhabitants;` and they bring the king back word. ²⁹And the king sendeth and gathereth all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem, ³⁰and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even unto small, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah. ³¹And the king standeth on his station, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this book. ³²And he presenteth every one who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. ³³And Josiah turneth aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causeth every one who is found in Israel to serve, to serve Jehovah their God; all his days they turned not aside from after Jehovah, God of their fathers.

Chapter 35

¹And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month, ²and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah, ³and saith to the Levites -- who are teaching all Israel -- who are sanctified to Jehovah, `Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. `Now, serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel, ⁴and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son, ⁵and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites, ⁶and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.` <sup>7</sup>And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these [are] from the substance of the king. <sup>8</sup>And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred; <sup>9</sup>and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred. <sup>10</sup>And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king, <sup>11</sup>and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping; <sup>12</sup>and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses -- and so to the oxen. <sup>13</sup>And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans -- for all the sons of the people. <sup>14</sup>And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, [are] in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron. <sup>15</sup>And the singers, sons of Asaph, [are] on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers [are] at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them. <sup>16</sup>And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah. <sup>17</sup>And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days. <sup>18</sup>And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <sup>19</sup>In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made. <sup>20</sup>After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him; <sup>21</sup>and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who [is] with me, and He doth not destroy thee.` <sup>22</sup>And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo; <sup>23</sup>and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.` ²⁴And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah, ²⁵and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations. ²⁶And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah, ²⁷even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

Chapter 36

¹And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem. ²A son of three and twenty years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, ³and turn him aside doth the king of Egypt in Jerusalem, and fineth the land a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold; ⁴and the king of Egypt causeth Eliakim his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother hath Necho taken, and bringeth him in to Egypt. ⁵A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God; ⁶against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon. ⁷And of the vessels of the house of Jehovah hath Nebuchadnezzar brought in to Babylon, and putteth them in his temple in Babylon. ⁸And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he hath done, and that which is found against him, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, and reign doth Jehoiachin his son in his stead. ⁹A son of eight years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah; ¹⁰and at the turn of the year hath king Nebuchadnezzar sent and bringeth him in to Babylon, with the desirable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and causeth Zedekiah his brother to reign over Judah and Jerusalem. ¹¹A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem; ¹²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah his God, he hath not been humbled before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah; ¹³and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel. ¹⁴Also, all the heads of the priests, and the people, having multiplied to commit a trespass according to all the abominations of the nations, and they defile the house of Jehovah that He hath sanctified in Jerusalem. ¹⁵And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation, ¹⁶and they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people -- till there is no healing. ¹⁷And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand. ¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes -- the whole he hath brought in to Babylon. ¹⁹And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction. ²⁰And he removeth those left of the sword unto Babylon, and they are to him and to his sons for servants, till the reigning of the kingdom of Persia, ²¹to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years. ²²And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, ²³`Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; who is among you of all His people? Jehovah his God [is] with him, and he doth go up.`

Ezra

Chapter 1

¹And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, ²`Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah; <sup>3</sup>who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel -- He [is] God -- that [is] in Jerusalem. <sup>4</sup>`And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.` ⁵And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem; ⁶and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly. ⁷And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods; ⁸yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah. ⁹And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty, ¹⁰basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand. ¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Chapter 2

¹And these [are] sons of the province who are going up -- of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city -- ²who have come in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah: The number of the men of the people of Israel: ³Sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. ⁴Sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. ⁵Sons of Arah, seven hundred five and seventy. ⁶Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua, Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. ⁷Sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. ⁸Sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty and five. ⁹Sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁰Sons of Bani, six hundred forty and two. ¹¹Sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. ¹²Sons of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. ¹³Sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. ¹⁴Sons of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. ¹⁵Sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. ¹⁶Sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. ¹⁷Sons of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. ¹⁸Sons of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. ¹⁹Sons of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. ²⁰Sons of Gibbar, ninety and five. ²¹Sons of Beth-Lehem, a hundred twenty and three. ²²Men of Netophah, fifty and six. ²³Men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight. ²⁴Sons of Azmaveth, forty and two. ²⁵Sons of Kirjath-Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. ²⁶Sons of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. ²⁷Men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. ²⁸Men of Beth-El and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. ²⁹Sons of Nebo, fifty and two. ³⁰Sons of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six. ³¹Sons of another Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. ³²Sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty. ³³Sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. ³⁴Sons of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. ³⁵Sons of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. ³⁶The Priests: sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. ³⁷Sons of Imner, a thousand fifty and two. ³⁸Sons of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. ³⁹Sons of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. ⁴⁰The Levites; sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy and four. ⁴¹The singers: sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. ⁴²Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole [are] a hundred thirty and nine. ⁴³The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁴Sons of Keros, sons of Siaha, sons of Padon, ⁴⁵Sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagabah, sons of Akkub, ⁴⁶Sons of Hagab, sons of Shalmai, sons of Hanan, ⁴⁷Sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar, sons of Reaiah, ⁴⁸Sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda, sons of Gazzam, ⁴⁹Sons of Uzza, sons of Paseah, sons of Besai, ⁵⁰Sons of Asnah, sons of Mehunim, sons of Nephusim, ⁵¹Sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur, ⁵²Sons of Bazluth, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha, ⁵³Sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Thamah, ⁵⁴Sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁵Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Peruda, ⁵⁶Sons of Jaalah, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel, ⁵⁷Sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Ami. ⁵⁸All the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon [are] three hundred ninety and two. ⁵⁹And these [are] those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel: ⁶⁰sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. ⁶¹And of the sons of the priests: sons of Habaiah, sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai (who took from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name;) ⁶²these have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and they have not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, ⁶³and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim. ⁶⁴All the assembly together [is] four myriad two thousand three hundred sixty, ⁶⁵apart from their servants and their handmaids; these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them [are] singers and songstresses two hundred. ⁶⁶Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty and six, their mules, two hundred forty and five, ⁶⁷their camels, four hundred thirty and five, asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. ⁶⁸And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base; ⁶⁹according to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests` coats, a hundred. ⁷⁰And the priests dwell, and the Levites, and of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, in their cities; even all Israel in their cities.

Chapter 3

¹And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel [are] in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem. ²And rise doth Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend upon it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. ³And they establish the altar on its bases, because of the fear upon them of the peoples of the lands, and he causeth burnt-offerings to ascend upon it to Jehovah, burnt-offerings for the morning and for the evening. ⁴And they make the feast of the booths as it is written, and the burnt-offering of the day daily in number according to the ordinance, the matter of a day in its day; ⁵and after this a continual burnt-offering, and for new moons, and for all appointed seasons of Jehovah that are sanctified; and for every one who is willingly offering a willing-offering to Jehovah. ⁶From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded, ⁷and they give money to hewers and to artificers, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon unto the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them. ⁸And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah. ⁹And Jeshua standeth, [and] his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, [and] their sons and their brethren the Levites. ¹⁰And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of [the instruments of] David king of Israel. ¹¹And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness [is] over Israel, and all the people have shouted -- a great shout -- in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded. ¹²And many of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers, the aged men who had seen the first house -- in this house being founded before their eyes -- are weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout, in joy, lifting up the voice; ¹³and the people are not discerning the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people are shouting -- a great shout -- and the noise hath been heard unto a distance.

Chapter 4

¹And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel, ²and they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, `Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.` ³And Zerubbabel saith to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, `Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together do build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.` ⁴And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building, ⁵and are hiring against them counsellors to make void their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even till the reign of Darius king of Persia. ⁶And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the commencement of his reign, they have written an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem; ⁷and in the days of Artaxerxes have Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions written unto Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter is written in Aramaean, and interpreted in Aramaean. ⁸Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus: ⁹Then Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions, Dinaites, and Apharsathchites, Tarpelites, Apharsites, Archevites, Babylonians, Susanchites, (who are Elamites), ¹⁰and the rest of the nations that the great and honourable Asnapper removed and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, and at such a time: ¹¹This [is] a copy of a letter that they have sent unto him, unto Artaxerxes the king: `Thy servants, men beyond the river, and at such a time; <sup>12</sup>Be it known to the king, that the Jews who have come up from thee unto us, have come in to Jerusalem, the rebellious and base city they are building, and the walls they have finished, and the foundations they join. <sup>13</sup>`Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length [to] the kings it doth cause loss. ¹⁴Now, because that the salt of the palace [is] our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king; ¹⁵so that he doth seek in the book of the records of thy fathers, and thou dost find in the book of the records, and dost know, that this city [is] a rebellious city, and causing loss [to] kings and provinces, and makers of sedition [are] in its midst from the days of old, therefore hath this city been wasted. ¹⁶We are making known to the king that, if this city be builded and the walls finished, by this means a portion beyond the river thou hast none.` <sup>17</sup>An answer hath the king sent unto Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe, and the rest of their companions who are dwelling in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, `Peace, and at such a time: ¹⁸The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me, ¹⁹and by me a decree hath been made, and they sought, and have found that this city from the days of old against kings is lifting up itself, and rebellion and sedition is made in it, ²⁰and mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, even rulers over all beyond the river, and toll, tribute, and custom is given to them. ²¹`Now, make ye a decree to cause these men to cease, and this city is not builded, till by me a decree is made. <sup>22</sup>And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?` ²³Then from the time that a copy of the letter of king Artaxerxes is read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they have gone in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and caused them to cease by force and strength; ²⁴then ceased the service of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Chapter 5

¹And prophesied have the prophets, (Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo) unto the Jews who [are] in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel -- unto them. ²Then have Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, risen, and begun to build the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them. ³At that time come to them hath Tatnai, governor beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and thus they are saying to them, `Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?` ⁴Then thus we have said to them, `What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?` ⁵And the eye of their God hath been upon the elders of the Jews, and they have not caused them to cease till the matter goeth to Darius, and then they send back a letter concerning this thing. ⁶The copy of a letter that Tatnai, governor beyond the river, hath sent, and Shethar-Boznai and his companions, the Apharsachites who [are] beyond the river, unto Darius the king. ⁷A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it: ⁸`To Darius the king, all peace! be it known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the great house of God, and it is built [with] rolled stones, and wood is placed in the walls, and this work is done speedily, and prospering in their hand. <sup>9</sup>Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish? <sup>10</sup>And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head. <sup>11</sup>`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished: ¹²but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon; ¹³but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God, ¹⁴and also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to [one], Sheshbazzar [is] his name, whom he made governor, ¹⁵and said to him, These vessels lift up, go, put them down in the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and the house of God is builded on its place. ¹⁶Then hath this Sheshbazzar come -- he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished. ¹⁷`And now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that [is] there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.`

Chapter 6

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon, ²and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that [is] in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it [is]: ³`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits; <sup>4</sup>three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king`s house. ⁵`And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, [each] to its place, and put [them] down in the house of God. <sup>6</sup>`Now, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who [are] beyond the river, be ye far from hence; ⁷let alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place. ⁸`And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that [are] of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not; <sup>9</sup>and what they are needing -- both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who [are] in Jerusalem -- let be given to them day by day without fail, <sup>10</sup>that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons. <sup>11</sup>`And by me is made a decree, that any one who changeth this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be smitten on it, and his house let be made a dunghill for this. ¹²And God, who caused His name to dwell there, doth cast down any king and people that putteth forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that [is] in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; speedily let it be done.` ¹³Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily; ¹⁴and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. ¹⁵And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is [in] the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. ¹⁶And the sons of Israel have made, [and] the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy, ¹⁷and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel; ¹⁸and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that [is] in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses. ¹⁹And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month, ²⁰for the priests and the Levites have been purified together -- all of them [are] pure -- and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. ²¹And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat, ²²and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Chapter 7

¹And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, ²son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, ³son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, ⁴son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, ⁵son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest; ⁶Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him -- according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him -- all his request. ⁷And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. ⁸And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that [is in] the seventh year of the king, ⁹for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him, ¹⁰for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment. ¹¹And this [is] a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel: ¹²`Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time: <sup>13</sup>By me hath been made a decree that every one who is willing, in my kingdom, of the people of Israel and of its priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem with thee, doth go; <sup>14</sup>because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the law of God that [is] in thy hand, <sup>15</sup>and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle [is] in Jerusalem, <sup>16</sup>and all the silver and gold that thou findest in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will offerings of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly, for the house of their God that [is] in Jerusalem, <sup>17</sup>therefore thou dost speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and their libations, and dost bring them near to the altar of the house of your God that [is] in Jerusalem, <sup>18</sup>and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God ye do.` ¹⁹`And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem; <sup>20</sup>and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God, that it falleth to thee to give, thou dost give from the treasure-house of the king. <sup>21</sup>`And by me -- I Artaxerxes the king -- is made a decree to all treasurers who [are] beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily: ²²Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unto oil a hundred baths, and salt without reckoning; ²³all that [is] by the decree of the God of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons? ²⁴`And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up. <sup>25</sup>`And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may be judges to all the people who are beyond the river, to all knowing the law of thy God, and he who hath not known ye cause to know; ²⁶and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.` ²⁷Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, ²⁸and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God [is] upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.

Chapter 8

¹And these [are] heads of their fathers, and the genealogy of those going up with me, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king, from Babylon. ²From the sons of Phinehas: Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar: Daniel; from the sons of David: Hattush; ³from the sons of Shechaniah, from the sons of Pharosh: Zechariah, and with him, reckoning themselves by genealogy, of males a hundred and fifty. ⁴From the sons of Pahath-Moab: Elihoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred who are males. ⁵From the sons of Shechaniah: the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred who are males. ⁶And from the sons of Adin: Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him fifty who are males. ⁷And from the sons of Elam: Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him seventy who are males. ⁸And from the sons of Shephatiah: Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him eighty who are males. ⁹From the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen who are males. ¹⁰And from the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and sixty who are males. ¹¹And from the sons of Bebai: Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight who are males. ¹²And from the sons of Azgad: Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten who are males. ¹³And from the younger sons of Adonikam -- and these [are] their names -- Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty who are males. ¹⁴And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them seventy who are males. ¹⁵And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there; ¹⁶and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding; ¹⁷and I charge them for Iddo the head, in the place Casiphia, and put in their mouth words to speak unto Iddo, [and] his brethren the Nethinim, in the place Casiphia, to bring to us ministrants for the house of our God. ¹⁸And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren, eighteen; ¹⁹and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah, of the sons of Merari, his brethren, and their sons, twenty; ²⁰and from the Nethinim, whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them defined by name. ²¹And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance, ²²for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God [is] upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] upon all forsaking Him.` ²³And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us. ²⁴And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their brethren ten, ²⁵and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel -- those present -- lifted up; ²⁶and I weigh to their hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents, ²⁷and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold. ²⁸And I say unto them, `Ye [are] holy to Jehovah, and the vessels [are] holy, and the silver and the gold [are] a willing-offering to Jehovah, God of your fathers; <sup>29</sup>watch, and keep, till ye weigh before the heads of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.` ³⁰And the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and of the gold, and of the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem to the house of our God. ³¹And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way; ³²and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days. ³³And on the fourth day hath been weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad son of Jeshua, and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites: ³⁴by number, by weight of every one, and all the weight is written at that time. ³⁵Those coming in of the captives -- sons of the removal -- have brought near burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, bullocks twelve, for all Israel, rams ninety and six, lambs seventy and seven, young he-goats for a sin-offering twelve -- the whole a burnt-offering to Jehovah; ³⁶and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.

Chapter 9

¹And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite, <sup>2</sup>for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.` ³And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished, ⁴and unto me are gathered every one trembling at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the removal, and I am sitting astonished till the present of the evening. ⁵And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God, ⁶and say, `O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens. <sup>7</sup>`From the days of our fathers we [are] in great guilt unto this day, and in our iniquities we have been given -- we, our kings, our priests -- into the hand of the kings of the lands, with sword, with captivity, and with spoiling, and with shame of face, as [at] this day. ⁸`And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God`s enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude; ⁹for servants we [are], and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. ¹⁰`And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands, <sup>11</sup>that Thou hast commanded by the hands of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land into which ye are going to possess it, [is] a land of impurity, by the impurity of the people of the lands, by their abominations with which they have filled it -- from mouth unto mouth -- by their uncleanness; <sup>12</sup>and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age. <sup>13</sup>`And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this), ¹⁴do we turn back to break Thy commands, and to join ourselves in marriage with the people of these abominations? art not Thou angry against us -- even to consumption -- till there is no remnant and escaped part? ¹⁵`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous [art] Thou, for we have been left an escape, as [it is] this day; lo, we [are] before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.`

Chapter 10

¹And at Ezra`s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great -- men and women and children -- for the people have wept, multiplying weeping. <sup>2</sup>And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, `We -- we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this, ³and now, let us make a covenant with our God, to cause all the women to go out, and that which is born of them, by the counsel of the Lord, and of those trembling at the command of our God, and according to law it is done; ⁴rise, for on thee [is] the matter, and we [are] with thee; be strong, and do.` <sup>5</sup>And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word -- and they swear. <sup>6</sup>And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal. <sup>7</sup>And they cause a voice to pass over into Judah and Jerusalem, to all sons of the removal, to be gathered to Jerusalem, <sup>8</sup>and every one who cometh not in by the third day, according to the counsel of the heads and of the elders, all his substance is devoted, and himself separated from the assembly of the removal. <sup>9</sup>And gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it [is] the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers. <sup>10</sup>And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel; ¹¹and, now, make confession to Jehovah, God of your fathers, and do His good pleasure, and be separated from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women.` <sup>12</sup>And all the assembly answer and say [with] a great voice, `Right; according to thy word -- on us to do; ¹³but the people [are] many, and [it is] the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work [is] not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing. ¹⁴`Let, we pray thee, our heads of all the assembly stand, and all who [are] in our cities, who have settled strange wives, do come in at the times appointed, and with them the elders of city and city, and its judges, till the turning back of the fury of the wrath of our God from us, for this thing.` ¹⁵Only Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them. ¹⁶And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, [and] men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter; ¹⁷and they finish with all the men who have settled strange women unto the first day of the first month. ¹⁸And there are found of the sons of the priests that have settled strange women: of the sons of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah; ¹⁹and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt. ²⁰And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah; ²¹and of the sons of Harim: Masseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah; ²²and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. ²³And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah -- he [is] Kelita, -- Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. ²⁴And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. ²⁵And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchijah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. ²⁶And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. ²⁷And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. ²⁸And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. ²⁹And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. ³⁰And of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. ³¹And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, ³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah. ³³Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. ³⁴Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel, ³⁵Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhu, ³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, ³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, ³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, ³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, ⁴⁰Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai, ⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, ⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph. ⁴³Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah; ⁴⁴all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women -- who adopt sons.

Nehemiah

Chapter 1

¹Words of Nehemiah son of Hachaliah. And it cometh to pass, in the month of Chisleu, the twentieth year, and I have been in Shushan the palace, ²and come in doth Hanani, one of my brethren, he and men of Judah, and I ask them concerning the Jews, the escaped part that have been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem; ³and they say to me, `Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.` ⁴And it cometh to pass, at my hearing these words, I have sat down, and I weep and mourn [for] days, and I am fasting and praying before the God of the heavens. ⁵And I say, `I beseech thee, O Jehovah, God of the heavens, God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and kindness for those loving Him, and for those keeping His commands, <sup>6</sup>let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned; <sup>7</sup>we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant. <sup>8</sup>`Remember, I pray Thee, the word that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant, saying, Ye -- ye trespass -- I scatter you among peoples; ⁹and ye have turned back unto Me, and kept My commands, and done them -- if your outcast is in the end of the heavens, thence I gather them, and have brought them in unto the place that I have chosen to cause My name to tabernacle there. ¹⁰And they [are] Thy servants, and Thy people, whom Thou hast ransomed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand. ¹¹`I beseech Thee, O Lord, let, I pray Thee, Thine ear be attentive unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto the prayer of Thy servants, those delighting to fear Thy Name; and give prosperity, I pray Thee, to Thy servant to-day, and give him for mercies before this man;` and I have been butler to the king.

Chapter 2

¹And it cometh to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him; ²and the king saith to me, `Wherefore [is] thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;` and I fear very much, ³and say to the king, `Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?` ⁴And the king saith to me, `For what art thou seeking?` and I pray unto the God of the heavens, ⁵and say to the king, `If to the king [it be] good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the graves of my fathers, and I built it.` ⁶And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), `How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?` and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time. ⁷And I say to the king, `If to the king [it be] good, letters let be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over till that I come in unto Judah: <sup>8</sup>and a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king hath, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house hath, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter;` and the king giveth to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. ⁹And I come in unto the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sendeth with me heads of a force, and horsemen; ¹⁰and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel. ¹¹And I come in unto Jerusalem, and I am there three days, ¹²and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding. ¹³And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire. ¹⁴And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over, ¹⁵and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back. ¹⁶And the prefects have not known whither I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the freemen, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, hitherto I have not declared [it]; ¹⁷and I say unto them, `Ye are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] waste, and its gates have been burnt with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not any more a reproach.` ¹⁸And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;` and they strengthen their hands for good. ¹⁹And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, `What [is] this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?` ²⁰And I return them word, and say to them, `The God of the heavens -- He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.`

Chapter 3

¹And Eliashib the high priest riseth, and his brethren the priests, and they build the sheep-gate; they have sanctified it, and set up its doors, even unto the tower of Meah they have sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel; ²and by his hand have men of Jericho built; and by their hand hath Zaccur son of Imri built; ³and the fish-gate have sons of Hassenaah built, they have walled it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ⁴And by their hand hath Merimoth son of Urijah, son of Koz, strengthened; and by his hand hath Meshullam son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabeel, strengthened; and by his hand hath Zadok son of Baana strengthened; ⁵and by his hand have the Tekoites strengthened, and their honourable ones have not brought in their neck to the service of their Lord. ⁶And the old gate have Jehoiada son of Paseah, and Meshullam son of Besodeiah, strengthened; they have walled it, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars. ⁷And by their hand hath Melatiah the Gibeonite strengthened, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor beyond the River. ⁸By his hand hath Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the refiners strengthened; and by his hand hath Hananiah son of [one of] the compounders strengthened; and they leave Jerusalem unto the broad wall. ⁹And by their hand hath Rephaiah son of Hur, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened. ¹⁰And by their hand hath Jedaiah son of Harumaph strengthened, and over-against his own house; and by his hand hath Hattush son of Hashabniah strengthened. ¹¹A second measure hath Malchijah son of Harim strengthened, and Hashub son of Pahath-Moab, even the tower of the furnaces. ¹²And by his hand hath Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened, he and his daughters. ¹³The gate of the valley hath Hanun strengthened, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they have built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits in the wall unto the dung-gate. ¹⁴And the dung-gate hath Malchijah son of Rechab, head of the district of Beth-Haccerem, strengthened; he doth built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. ¹⁵And the gate of the fountain hath Shallum son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, strengthened: he doth build it, and cover it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah, to the garden of the king, and unto the steps that are going down from the city of David. ¹⁶After him hath Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of the half of the district of Beth-Zur, strengthened, unto over-against the graves of David, and unto the pool that is made, and unto the house of the mighty ones. ¹⁷After him have the Levites strengthened, [and] Rehum son of Bani: by his hand hath Hashabiah, head of the half of the district of Keilah, strengthened, for his district. ¹⁸After him have their brethren strengthened, [and] Bavvai son of Henadad, head of the half of the district of Keilah. ¹⁹And Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, doth strengthen, by his hand, a second measure, from over-against the ascent of the armoury at the angle. ²⁰After him hath Baruch son of Zabbai hastened to strengthen a second measure from the angle unto the opening of the house of Eliashib the high priest. ²¹After him hath Meremoth son of Urijah, son of Koz, strengthened, a second measure, from the opening of the house of Eliashib even unto the completion of the house of Eliashib. ²²And after him have the priests, men of the circuit, strengthened. ²³After them hath Benjamin strengthened, and Hashub, over-against their house; after him hath Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, strengthened, near his house. ²⁴After him hath Binnui son of Henadad strengthened, a second measure, from the house of Azariah unto the angle, and unto the corner. ²⁵Palal son of Uzai, from over-against the angle, and the tower that is going out from the upper house of the king that [is] at the court of the prison; after him Pedaiah son of Parosh. ²⁶And the Nethinim have been dwelling in Ophel, unto over-against the water-gate at the east, and the tower that goeth out. ²⁷After him have the Tekoites strengthened, a second measure, from over-against the great tower that goeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel. ²⁸From above the horse-gate have the priests strengthened, each over-against his house. ²⁹After them hath Zadok son of Immer strengthened, over against his house; and after him hath Shemaiah son of Shechaniah, keeper of the east gate, strengthened. ³⁰After him hath Hananiah son of Shelemiah strengthened, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, a second measure; after him hath Meshullam son of Berechiah strengthened, over-against his chamber. ³¹After him hath Malchijah son of the refiner strengthened, unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over-against the gate of the Miphkad, and unto the ascent of the corner. ³²And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate, have the refiners and the merchants strengthened.

Chapter 4

¹And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocketh at the Jews, ²and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What [are] the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? -- and they burnt!` ³And Tobiah the Ammonite [is] by him and saith, `Also, that which they are building -- if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.` ⁴Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity; ⁵and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building. ⁶And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined -- unto its half, and the people have a heart to work. ⁷And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them, ⁸and they conspire, all of them together, to come in to fight against Jerusalem, and to do to it injury. ⁹And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them. ¹⁰And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish [is] abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.` ¹¹And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.` ¹²And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return -- [they are] against us. ¹³And I appoint at the lowest of the places, at the back of the wall, in the clear places, yea, I appoint the people, by their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. ¹⁴And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.` ¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when our enemies have heard that it hath been known to us, and God doth frustrate their counsel, and we turn back, all of us, unto the wall, each unto his work; ¹⁶yea, it cometh to pass, from that day, half of my servants are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the heads [are] behind all the house of Judah. ¹⁷The builders on the wall, and the bearers of the burden, those lading, [each] with one of his hands is working in the business, and one is laying hold of the missile. ¹⁸And the builders [are] each with his sword, girded on his loins, and building, and he who is blowing with a trumpet [is] beside me. ¹⁹And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another; <sup>20</sup>in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.` ²¹And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars. ²²Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day [for] the work:` ²³and there are none -- I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me -- there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.

Chapter 5

¹And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, ²yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.` ³And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.` ⁴And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards; <sup>5</sup>and now, as the flesh of our brethren [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.` ⁶And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words, ⁷and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;` and I set against them a great assembly, ⁸and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that [is] in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!` and they are silent, and have not found a word. ⁹And I say, `Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? <sup>10</sup>And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury. <sup>11</sup>Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.` ¹²And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.` And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing; ¹³also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;` and all the assembly say, `Amen,` and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing. ¹⁴Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king -- twelve years -- I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten: ¹⁵the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God. ¹⁶And also, in the work of this wall I have done mightily, even a field we have not bought, and all my servants are gathered there for the work; ¹⁷and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that [are] round about us, [are] at my table; ¹⁸and that which hath been prepared for one day [is] one ox, six fat sheep, also fowls have been prepared for me, and once in ten days of all wines abundantly, and with this, the bread of the governor I have not sought, for heavy is the service on this people. ¹⁹Remember for me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

Chapter 6

¹And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,) ²that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;` and they are thinking to do to me evil. ³And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?` ⁴and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them [word] according to this word. ⁵And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand; ⁶it is written in it, `Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king -- according to these words! <sup>7</sup>And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king [is] in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.` ⁸And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;` ⁹for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;` and now, strengthen Thou my hands. ¹⁰And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.` ¹¹And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.` ¹²And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him, ¹³so that he [is] an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me. ¹⁴Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid. ¹⁵And the wall is completed in the twenty and fifth of Elul, on the fifty and second day; ¹⁶and it cometh to pass, when all our enemies have heard, and all the nations who are round about us see, that they fall greatly in their own eyes, and know that by our God hath this work been done. ¹⁷Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them; ¹⁸for many in Judah are sworn to him, for he [is] son-in-law to Shechaniah son of Arah, and Jehohanan his son hath taken the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah; ¹⁹also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

Chapter 7

¹And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites, ²and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he [is] as a man of truth, and fearing God above many -- ³and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.` ⁴And the city [is] broad on both sides, and great, and the people [are] few in its midst, and there are no houses builded; ⁵and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: -- ⁶These [are] sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city -- ⁷who are coming in with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. Number of the men of the people of Israel: ⁸Sons of Parosh: two thousand a hundred and seventy and two. ⁹Sons of Shephatiah: three hundred seventy and two. ¹⁰Sons of Arah: six hundred fifty and two. ¹¹Sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab: two thousand and eight hundred [and] eighteen. ¹²Sons of Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four. ¹³Sons of Zattu: eight hundred forty and five. ¹⁴Sons of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty. ¹⁵Sons of Binnui: six hundred forty and eight. ¹⁶Sons of Bebai: six hundred twenty and eight. ¹⁷Sons of Azgad: two thousand three hundred twenty and two. ¹⁸Sons of Adonikam: six hundred sixty and seven. ¹⁹Sons of Bigvai: two thousand sixty and seven. ²⁰Sons of Adin: six hundred fifty and five. ²¹Sons of Ater of Hezekiah: ninety and eight. ²²Sons of Hashum: three hundred twenty and eight. ²³Sons of Bezai: three hundred twenty and four. ²⁴Sons of Hariph: a hundred [and] twelve. ²⁵Sons of Gibeon: ninety and five. ²⁶Men of Beth-Lehem and Netophah: a hundred eighty and eight. ²⁷Men of Anathoth: a hundred twenty and eight. ²⁸Men of Beth-Azmaveth: forty and two. ²⁹Men of Kirjath-Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty and three. ³⁰Men of Ramah and Gaba: six hundred twenty and one. ³¹Men of Michmas: a hundred and twenty and two. ³²Men of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three. ³³Men of the other Nebo: fifty and two. ³⁴Sons of the other Elam: a thousand two hundred fifty and four. ³⁵Sons of Harim: three hundred and twenty. ³⁶Sons of Jericho: three hundred forty and five. ³⁷Sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred and twenty and one. ³⁸Sons of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred and thirty. ³⁹The priests: sons of Jedaiah: of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy and three; ⁴⁰sons of Immer: a thousand fifty and two; ⁴¹sons of Pashur: a thousand two hundred forty and seven; ⁴²sons of Harim: a thousand and seventeen. ⁴³The Levites: sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel: of sons of Hodevah: seventy and four. ⁴⁴The singers: sons of Asaph: a hundred forty and eight. ⁴⁵The gatekeepers: sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai: a hundred thirty and eight. ⁴⁶The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth, ⁴⁷sons of Keros, sons of Sia, sons of Padon, ⁴⁸sons of Lebanah, sons of Hagaba, sons of Shalmai, ⁴⁹sons of Hanan, sons of Giddel, sons of Gahar, ⁵⁰sons of Reaiah, sons of Rezin, sons of Nekoda, ⁵¹sons of Gazzam, sons of Uzza, sons of Phaseah, ⁵²sons of Bezai, sons of Meunim, sons of Nephishesim, ⁵³sons of Bakbuk, sons of Hakupha, sons of Harhur, ⁵⁴sons of Bazlith, sons of Mehida, sons of Harsha, ⁵⁵sons of Barkos, sons of Sisera, sons of Tamah, ⁵⁶sons of Neziah, sons of Hatipha. ⁵⁷Sons of the servants of Solomon: sons of Sotai, sons of Sophereth, sons of Perida, ⁵⁸sons of Jaala, sons of Darkon, sons of Giddel, ⁵⁹sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Amon. ⁶⁰All the Nethinim and the sons of the servants of Solomon [are] three hundred ninety and two. ⁶¹And these [are] those coming up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer -- and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they [are] of Israel -- ⁶²sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. ⁶³And of the priests: sons of Habaiah sons of Koz, sons of Barzillai, who hath taken from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite a wife, and is called by their name. ⁶⁴These have sought their register among those reckoning themselves by genealogy, and it hath not been found, and they are redeemed from the priesthood, ⁶⁵and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim. ⁶⁶All the assembly together [is] four myriads two thousand three hundred and sixty, ⁶⁷apart from their servants and their handmaids -- these [are] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them [are] singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five. ⁶⁸Their horses [are] seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred [and] forty and five; ⁶⁹camels, four hundred thirty and five; asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. ⁷⁰And from the extremity of the heads of the fathers they have given to the work; the Tirshatha hath given to the treasure, of gold, drams a thousand, bowls fifty, priests` coats thirty and five hundred. ⁷¹And of the heads of the fathers they have given to the treasure of the work, of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand and two hundred. ⁷²And that which the rest of the people have given [is] of gold, drams two myriads, and of silver, pounds two thousand, and of priests coats, sixty and seven. ⁷³And they dwell -- the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel -- in their cities, and the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel [are] in their cities.

Chapter 8

¹And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that [is] before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel. ²And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month, ³and he readeth in it before the broad place that [is] before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people [are] unto the book of the law. ⁴And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam. ⁵And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening [it] all the people have stood up, ⁶and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, `Amen, Amen,` with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth. ⁷And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, giving the people understanding in the law, and the people, [are] on their station, ⁸and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining -- so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation. ⁹And Nehemiah -- he [is] the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:` for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law. ¹⁰And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day [is] holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.` ¹¹And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day [is] holy, and be not grieved.` ¹²And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them. ¹³And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law. ¹⁴And they find written in the law that Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel dwell in booths in the feast, in the seventh month, ¹⁵and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, `Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.` ¹⁶And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, 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. ¹⁷And they make -- all the assembly of the captives of the captivity -- booths, and they sit in booths; for the sons of Israel had not done, from the days of Jeshua son of Nun, so unto that day, and there is very great joy. ¹⁸And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.

Chapter 9

¹And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them; ²and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers, ³and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God. ⁴And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God. ⁵And the Levites say, [even] Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, `Rise, bless Jehovah your God, from the age unto the age, and they bless the name of Thine honour that [is] exalted above all blessing and praise. <sup>6</sup>Thou [art] He, O Jehovah, Thyself -- Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that [are] on it, the seas and all that [are] in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves. <sup>7</sup>`Thou [art] He, O Jehovah God, who didst fix on Abraham, and didst bring him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and didst make his name Abraham, ⁸and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, 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 Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou [art] righteous, <sup>9</sup>and dost see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry hast heard by the sea of Suph, <sup>10</sup>and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as [at] this day. <sup>11</sup>And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters. <sup>12</sup>And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go. <sup>13</sup>`And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands. ¹⁴And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant; ¹⁵and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them. ¹⁶`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands, <sup>17</sup>yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou [art] a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them. <sup>18</sup>`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this [is] thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings, ¹⁹and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness -- the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go. ²⁰`And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst, <sup>21</sup>and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled. <sup>22</sup>`And Thou givest to them kingdoms, and peoples, and dost apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. ²³And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess. ²⁴`And the sons come in, and possess the land, and Thou humblest before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and givest them into their hand, and their kings, and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their pleasure. <sup>25</sup>And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness. <sup>26</sup>`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings, ²⁷and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries. ²⁸`And when they have rest, they turn back to do evil before Thee, and Thou dost leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they rule over them; and they turn back, and call Thee, and Thou from the heavens dost hear, and dost deliver them, according to Thy mercies, many times, <sup>29</sup>and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened. <sup>30</sup>`And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands, ³¹and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, [art] Thou. ³²`And now, O our God -- God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness -- let not all the travail that hath found us be little before Thee, for our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, and for our prophets, and for our fathers, and for all Thy people, from the days of the kings of Asshur unto this day; <sup>33</sup>and Thou [art] righteous concerning all that hath come upon us, for truth Thou hast done, and we have done wickedly; <sup>34</sup>and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them; <sup>35</sup>and they, in their kingdom, and in Thine abundant goodness, that Thou hast given to them, and in the land, the large and the fat, that Thou hast set before them, have not served Thee, nor turned back from their evil doings. <sup>36</sup>`Lo, we -- to-day -- [are] servants, and the land that Thou hast given to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its good -- lo, we [are] servants on it, ³⁷and its increase it is multiplying to the kings whom Thou hast set over us in our sins; and over our bodies they are ruling, and over our cattle, according to their pleasure, and we [are] in great distress. ³⁸And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.`

Chapter 10

¹And over those sealed [are] Nehemiah the Tirshatha, son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, ²Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ³Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, ⁴Huttush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ⁵Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ⁶Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ⁷Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ⁸Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these [are] the priests. ⁹And the Levites: both Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; ¹⁰and their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, ¹¹Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, ¹²Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, ¹³Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. ¹⁴Heads of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, ¹⁵Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, ¹⁶Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, ¹⁷Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, ¹⁸Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, ¹⁹Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, ²⁰Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, ²¹Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, ²²Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, ²³Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, ²⁴Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, ²⁵Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, ²⁶and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, ²⁷Malluch, Harim, Baanah. ²⁸And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one, ²⁹are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes; ³⁰and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons; ³¹and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand. ³²And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God, ³³for bread of the arrangement, and the continual present, and the continual burnt-offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for appointed seasons, and for holy things, and for sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, even all the work of the house of our God. ³⁴And the lots we have caused to fall for the offering of wood, [among] the priests, the Levites, and the people, to bring in to the house of our God, by the house of our fathers, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law, ³⁵and to bring in the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Jehovah, ³⁶and the firstlings of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and our flocks, to bring in to the house of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the house of our God. ³⁷And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they -- the Levites -- have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage; ³⁸and the priest, son of Aaron, hath been with the Levites in the tithing of the Levites, and the Levites bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our God unto the chambers, to the treasure-house; ³⁹for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there [are] vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.

Chapter 11

¹And the heads of the people dwell in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people have caused to fall lots to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the cities, ²and the people give a blessing to all the men who are offering themselves willingly to dwell in Jerusalem. ³And these [are] heads of the province who have dwelt in Jerusalem, and in cities of Judah, they have dwelt each in his possession in their cities; Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of the servants of Solomon. ⁴And in Jerusalem have dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez; ⁵and Masseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-Hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of Shiloni; ⁶all the sons of Perez who are dwelling in Jerusalem [are] four hundred sixty and eight, men of valour. ⁷And these [are] sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jesaiah; ⁸and after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. ⁹And Joel son of Zichri [is] inspector over them, and Judah son of Senuah [is] over the city -- second. ¹⁰Of the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, leader of the house of God, ¹²and their brethren doing the work of the house [are] eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah, ¹³and his brethren, heads of fathers, two hundred forty and two; and Amashsai son of Azareel, son of Ahazai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer, ¹⁴and their brethren, mighty of valour, a hundred twenty and eight; and an inspector over them [is] Zabdiel, son of [one of] the great men. ¹⁵And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni, ¹⁶and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, [are] over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites, ¹⁷and Mattaniah son of Micha, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, [is] head -- at the commencement he giveth thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah [is] second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸All the Levites, in the holy city, [are] two hundred eighty and four. ¹⁹And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, [are] a hundred seventy and two. ²⁰And the rest of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, [are] in all cities of Judah, each in his inheritance; ²¹and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa [are] over the Nethinim. ²²And the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem [is] Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micha: of the sons of Asaph, the singers [are] over-against the work of the house of God, ²³for the command of the king [is] upon them, and support [is] for the singers, a matter of a day in its day. ²⁴And Pethahiah son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, [is] by the hand of the king, for every matter of the people. ²⁵And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, ²⁶and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and in Beth-Phelet, ²⁷and in Hazar-Shaul, and in Beer-Sheba and its small towns, ²⁸and in Ziklag, and in Mekonah and in its small towns, ²⁹and En-Rimmon, and in Zareah, and in Jarmuth, ³⁰Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its small towns; and they encamp from Beer-Sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. ³¹And sons of Benjamin [are] at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns, ³²Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵Lod, and Ono, the valley of the artificers. ³⁶And of the Levites, the courses of Judah [are] for Benjamin.

Chapter 12

¹And these [are] the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ²Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ³Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ⁴Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, ⁵Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, ⁶Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, ⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these [are] heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. ⁸And the Levites [are] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, he [is] over the thanksgiving, and his brethren, ⁹and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [are] over-against them in charges. ¹⁰And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada, ¹¹and Joiada hath begotten Jonathan, and Jonathan hath begotten Jaddua. ¹²And in the days of Joiakim have been priests, heads of the fathers; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; ¹³of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; ¹⁴of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; ¹⁵of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; ¹⁶of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; ¹⁷of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai; ¹⁸of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; ¹⁹and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; ²⁰of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; ²¹of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. ²²The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, are written, heads of fathers, and of the priests, in the kingdom of Darius the Persian. ²³Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib; ²⁴and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, [are] over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge. ²⁵Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [are] gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates. ²⁶These [are] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. ²⁷And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them in to Jerusalem, to make the dedication even with gladness, and with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps; ²⁸and sons of the singers are gathered together even from the circuit round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi, ²⁹and from the house of Gilgal, and from fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for villages have the singers built for themselves round about Jerusalem; ³⁰and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall. ³¹And I bring up the heads of Judah upon the wall, and appoint two great thanksgiving companies and processions. At the right, on the wall, to the dung-gate; ³²and after them goeth Hoshaiah, and half of the heads of Judah, ³³and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, ³⁴Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah; ³⁵and of the sons of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Michaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph, ³⁶and his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe [is] before them; ³⁷and by the gate of the fountain and over-against them, they have gone up by the steps of the city of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and unto the water-gate eastward. ³⁸And the second thanksgiving company that is going over-against, and I after it, and half of the people on the wall from beyond the tower of the furnaces and unto the broad wall, ³⁹and from beyond the gate of Ephraim, and by the old-gate, and by the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, and unto the sheep-gate -- and they have stood at the prison-gate. ⁴⁰And the two thanksgiving companies stand in the house of God, and I and half of the prefects with me, ⁴¹and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets, ⁴²and Masseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer, and the singers sound, and Jezrahiah the inspector; ⁴³and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard -- unto a distance. ⁴⁴And certain are appointed on that day over the chambers for treasures, for heave-offerings, for first-fruits, and for tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for priests, and for Levites, for the joy of Judah [is] over the priests, and over the Levites, who are standing up. ⁴⁵And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing -- according to the command of David [and] Solomon his son, ⁴⁶for in the days of David and Asaph of old [were] heads of the singers, and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God. ⁴⁷And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, are giving the portions of the singers, and of the gatekeepers, the matter of a day in its day, and are sanctifying to the Levites, and the Levites are sanctifying to the sons of Aaron.

Chapter 13

¹On that day there was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it hath been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite doth not come into the assembly of God -- unto the age, ²because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing. ³And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel. ⁴And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah, ⁵and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil -- the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers -- and the heave-offering of the priests. ⁶And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon did I come unto the king, and at the end of days I have asked of the king, ⁷and I come in to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib hath done for Tobiah, to make to him a chamber in the courts of the house of God, ⁸and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber, ⁹and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense. ¹⁰And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field -- the Levites and the singers, doing the work. ¹¹And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?` and I gather them, and set them on their station; ¹²and all Judah have brought in the tithe of the corn, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the treasuries. ¹³And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and by their hand [is] Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for stedfast they have been reckoned, and on them [it is] to give a portion to their brethren. ¹⁴Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges. ¹⁵In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision. ¹⁶And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on sabbath to the sons of Judah and in Jerusalem. ¹⁷And I strive with the freemen of Judah, and say to them, `What [is] this evil thing that ye are doing, and polluting the sabbath-day? <sup>18</sup>Thus did not your fathers do? and our God bringeth in on us all this evil, and on this city, and ye are adding fierceness on Israel, to pollute the sabbath.` ¹⁹And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day. ²⁰And they lodge -- the merchants and sellers of all ware -- at the outside of Jerusalem, once or twice, ²¹and I testify against them, and say unto them, `Wherefore are ye lodging over-against the wall? if ye repeat [it], a hand I put forth upon you;` from that time they have not come in on the sabbath. ²²And I say to the Levites, that they be cleansed, and, coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify the sabbath-day. Also, this, remember for me, O my God, and have pity on me, according to the abundance of Thy kindness. ²³Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab. ²⁴And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people. ²⁵And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves. <sup>26</sup>`By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin. ²⁷And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?` ²⁸And [one] of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, [is] son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me. ²⁹Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. ³⁰And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work, ³¹and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.

Esther

Chapter 1

¹And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- ²in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace, ³in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces [are] before him, ⁴in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days -- eighty and a hundred days. ⁵And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king -- ⁶white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble -- ⁷and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels [are] divers vessels, and the royal wine [is] abundant, as a memorial of the king. ⁸And the drinking [is] according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man. ⁹Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath. ¹⁰On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus, ¹¹to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she [is] of good appearance, ¹²and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that [is] by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him. ¹³And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so [is] the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment, ¹⁴and he who is near unto him [is] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom -- ¹⁵`According to law, what -- to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?` ¹⁶And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that [are] in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus; <sup>17</sup>for go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come; <sup>18</sup>yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say [so] to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath. <sup>19</sup>`If to the king [it be] good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who [is] better than she; ²⁰and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it [is] great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.` ²¹And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan, ²²and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.

Chapter 2

¹After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her; ²and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance, <sup>3</sup>and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman -- virgin, of good appearance -- unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications, <sup>4</sup>and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;` and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so. ⁵A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name [is] Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite -- ⁶who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed -- ⁷and he is supporting Hadassah -- she [is] Esther -- daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter. ⁸And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women, ⁹and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions -- to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided -- to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women. ¹⁰Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it]; ¹¹and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her. ¹²And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her -- according to the law of the women -- twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women, ¹³and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king; ¹⁴in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name. ¹⁵And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther -- daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter -- to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her. ¹⁶And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month -- it [is] the month of Tebeth -- in the seventh year of his reign, ¹⁷and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti, ¹⁸and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants -- the banquet of Esther -- and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king. ¹⁹And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king; ²⁰Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him. ²¹In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus, ²²and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth [it] to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai, ²³and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.

Chapter 3

¹After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who [are] with him, ²and all servants of the king, who [are] in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance. ³And the servants of the king, who [are] in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, `Wherefore [art] thou transgressing the command of the king?` ⁴And it cometh to pass, in their speaking unto him, day by day, and he hath not hearkened unto them, that they declare [it] to Haman, to see whether the words of Mordecai do stand, for he hath declared to them that he [is] a Jew. ⁵And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury, ⁶and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who [are] in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai. ⁷In the first month -- it [is] the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that [is] the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth, it [is] the month of Adar. ⁸And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, `There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws [are] diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them; <sup>9</sup>if to the king [it be] good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring [it] in unto the treasuries of the king.` ¹⁰And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews; ¹¹and the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as [it is] good in thine eyes.` ¹²And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who [are] over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king, ¹³and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it [is] the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize, ¹⁴a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day. ¹⁵The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.

Chapter 4

¹And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter, ²and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment. ³And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many. ⁴And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received [them]. ⁵And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and wherefore this [is]. ⁶And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king, ⁷and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them, ⁸and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people. ⁹And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai, ¹⁰and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai: ¹¹`All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.` ¹²And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther, ¹³and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews, <sup>14</sup>but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?` ¹⁵And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai: ¹⁶`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished -- I have perished.` ¹⁷And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.

Chapter 5

¹And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house, ²and it cometh to pass, at the king`s seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that [is] in his hand, and Esther draweth near, and toucheth the top of the sceptre. <sup>3</sup>And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is given to thee.` <sup>4</sup>And Esther saith, `If unto the king [it be] good, the king doth come in, and Haman, to-day, unto the banquet that I have made for him;` <sup>5</sup>and the king saith, `Haste ye Haman -- to do the word of Esther;` and the king cometh in, and Haman, unto the banquet that Esther hath made. <sup>6</sup>And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, `What [is] thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.` <sup>7</sup>And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request [is]: ⁸if I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if unto the king [it be] good, to give my petition, and to perform my request, the king doth come, and Haman, unto the banquet that I make for them, and to-morrow I do according to the word of the king.` <sup>9</sup>And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman`s seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai. ¹⁰And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife, ¹¹and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king. ¹²And Haman saith, `Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king, <sup>13</sup>and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.` ¹⁴And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, `Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;` and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

Chapter 6

¹On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king, ²and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus. ³And the king saith, `What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?` And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Nothing hath been done with him.` ⁴And the king saith, `Who [is] in the court?` -- and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him -- ⁵and the servants of the king say unto him, `Lo, Haman is standing in the court;` and the king saith, `Let him come in.` ⁶And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?` And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?` ⁷And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted, <sup>8</sup>let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head, <sup>9</sup>and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.` ¹⁰And the king saith to Haman, `Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.` ¹¹And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.` ¹²And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head, ¹³and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai [is] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.` ¹⁴They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

Chapter 7

¹And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen, ²and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, `What [is] thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.` ³And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request; <sup>4</sup>for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.` ⁵And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who [is] he -- this one? and where [is] this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?` ⁶And Esther saith, `The man -- adversary and enemy -- [is] this wicked Haman;` and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen. ⁷And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king. ⁸And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?` the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered. ⁹And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, `Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;` and the king saith, `Hang him upon it.` ¹⁰And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Chapter 8

¹On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he [is] to her, ²and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman. ³And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews; ⁴and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king, ⁵and saith, `If to the king [it be] good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I [be] good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king, <sup>6</sup>for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?` ⁷And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, `Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews, <sup>8</sup>and ye, write ye for the Jews, as [it is] good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king -- for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.` ⁹And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it [is] the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue. ¹⁰And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares, ¹¹that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize. ¹²In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it [is] the month of Adar -- ¹³a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies. ¹⁴The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace. ¹⁵And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad; ¹⁶to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour, ¹⁷and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy [are] to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.

Chapter 9

¹And in the twelfth month -- it [is] the month of Adar -- on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them -- ²the Jews have been assembled in their cities, in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to put forth a hand on those seeking their evil, and no man hath stood in their presence, for their fear hath fallen on all the peoples. ³And all heads of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and those doing the work that the king hath, are lifting up the Jews, for a fear of Mordecai hath fallen upon them; ⁴for great [is] Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame is going into all the provinces, for the man Mordecai is going on and becoming great. ⁵And the Jews smite among all their enemies -- a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction -- and do with those hating them according to their pleasure, ⁶and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men; ⁷and Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, ⁸and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, ⁹and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, ¹⁰ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, adversary of the Jews, they have slain, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand. ¹¹On that day hath come the number of the slain in Shushan the palace before the king, ¹²and the king saith to Esther the queen, `In Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the provinces of the king what have they done? and what [is] thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request again? and it is done.` ¹³And Esther saith, `If to the king [it be] good, let it be given also to-morrow, to the Jews who [are] in Shushan, to do according to the law of to-day; and the ten sons of Haman they hang on the tree.` ¹⁴And the king saith -- `to be done so;` and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged. ¹⁵And the Jews who [are] in Shushan are assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they slay in Shushan three hundred men, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand. ¹⁶And the rest of the Jews, who [are] in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand; ¹⁷on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, even to rest on the fourteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy. ¹⁸And the Jews who [are] in Shushan have been assembled, on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth of it, even to rest on the fifteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy. ¹⁹Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar -- joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. ²⁰And Mordecai writeth these things, and sendeth letters unto all the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, who are near and who are far off, ²¹to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year, ²²as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy. ²³And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them, ²⁴because Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of all the Jews, had devised concerning the Jews to destroy them, and had caused to fall Pur -- that [is] the lot -- to crush them and to destroy them; ²⁵and in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, `Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,` and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree, ²⁶therefore they have called these days Purim -- by the name of the lot -- therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they have seen concerning this, and what hath come unto them, ²⁷the Jews have established and received upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all those joined unto them, and it doth not pass away, to be keeping these two days according to their writing, and according to their season, in every year and year; ²⁸and these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed. ²⁹And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim, ³⁰and he sendeth letters unto all the Jews, unto the seven and twenty and a hundred provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- words of peace and truth -- ³¹to establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed -- matters of the fastings, and of their cry. ³²And a saying of Esther hath established these matters of Purim, and it is written in the Book.

Chapter 10

¹And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea; ²and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia? ³For Mordecai the Jew [is] second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Job

Chapter 1

¹A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil. ²And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters, ³and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east. ⁴And his sons have gone and made a banquet -- the house of each [in] his day -- and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them; ⁵and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.` Thus doth Job all the days. ⁶And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst. ⁷And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.` ⁸And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?` ⁹And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God? <sup>10</sup>Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath -- round about? <sup>11</sup>The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!` ¹²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath [is] in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.` And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah. ¹³And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born. ¹⁴And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides, <sup>15</sup>and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare [it] to thee.` ¹⁶While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare [it] to thee.` ¹⁷While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare [it] to thee.` ¹⁸While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born. <sup>19</sup>And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare [it] to thee.` ²⁰And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, ²¹and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.` ²²In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.

Chapter 2

¹And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah. ²And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence camest thou?` And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.` ³And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!` ⁴And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life. <sup>5</sup>Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!` ⁶And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.` ⁷And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown. ⁸And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes. ⁹And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.` ¹⁰And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.` In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips. ¹¹And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him; ¹²and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward. ¹³And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

Chapter 3

¹After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. ²And Job answereth and saith: -- ³Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.` ⁴That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it. ⁵Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days. ⁶That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come. ⁷Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it. ⁸Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan. ⁹Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn. ¹⁰Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes. ¹¹Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp! ¹²Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck? ¹³For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me, ¹⁴With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves. ¹⁵Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver. ¹⁶(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.) ¹⁷There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power. ¹⁸Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor, ¹⁹Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord. ²⁰Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul? ²¹Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures. ²²Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave. ²³To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up? ²⁴For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings. ²⁵For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me. ²⁶I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!

Chapter 4

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- ²Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able? ³Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. ⁴The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen. ⁵But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled. ⁶Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways? ⁷Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off? ⁸As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it! ⁹From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed. ¹⁰The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken. ¹¹An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate. ¹²And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it. ¹³In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, ¹⁴Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear. ¹⁵And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh; ¹⁶It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear: ¹⁷`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner? <sup>18</sup>Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.` ¹⁹Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.) ²⁰From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish. ²¹Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

Chapter 5

¹Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn? ²For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, ³I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, ⁴Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer. ⁵Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth. ⁶For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery. ⁷For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly. ⁸Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word, ⁹Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering. ¹⁰Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places. ¹¹To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety. ¹²Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. ¹³Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened, ¹⁴By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon. ¹⁵And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy, ¹⁶And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth. ¹⁷Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not, ¹⁸For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal. ¹⁹In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee. ²⁰In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword. ²¹When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh. ²²At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid. ²³(For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.) ²⁴And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not, ²⁵And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth; ²⁶Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season. ²⁷Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

Chapter 6

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together! ³For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash. ⁴For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me! ⁵Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender? ⁶Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams? ⁷My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food. ⁸O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope! ⁹That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off! ¹⁰And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One. ¹¹What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life? ¹²Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen? ¹³Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me? ¹⁴To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh. ¹⁵My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away. ¹⁶That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself. ¹⁷By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place. ¹⁸Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost. ¹⁹Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them. ²⁰They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded. ²¹Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid. ²²Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me? ²³And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me? ²⁴Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand. ²⁵How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove? ²⁶For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate. ²⁷Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend. ²⁸And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie? ²⁹Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness [is] in it. ³⁰Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

Chapter 7

¹Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days? ²As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage, ³So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. ⁴If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!` And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn. ⁵Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, ⁶My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope. ⁷Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good. ⁸The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me -- and I am not. ⁹Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. ¹⁰He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again. ¹¹Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul. ¹²A sea-[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard? ¹³When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,` He taketh away in my talking my couch. ¹⁴And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me, ¹⁵And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. ¹⁶I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity. ¹⁷What [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart? ¹⁸And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him? ¹⁹How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle. ²⁰I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what? ²¹Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

Chapter 8

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- ²Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth? ³Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice? ⁴If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression, ⁵If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, ⁶If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness. ⁷And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great. ⁸For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, ⁹(For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.) ¹⁰Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words? ¹¹`Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? <sup>12</sup>While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth. <sup>13</sup>So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish, <sup>14</sup>Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. <sup>15</sup>He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. <sup>16</sup>Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. <sup>17</sup>By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. <sup>18</sup>If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! <sup>19</sup>Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.` ²⁰Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. ²¹While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting, ²²Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

Chapter 9

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what -- is man righteous with God? ³If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand. ⁴Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace? ⁵Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger. ⁶Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves. ⁷Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up. ⁸Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea, ⁹Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south. ¹⁰Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering. ¹¹Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it. ¹²Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?` ¹³God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers. ¹⁴How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him? ¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication. ¹⁶Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear [to] my voice. ¹⁷Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought. ¹⁸He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things. ¹⁹If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who doth convene me? ²⁰If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse. ²¹Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life. ²²It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.` ²³If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth. ²⁴Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who [is] he? ²⁵My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good, ²⁶They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food. ²⁷Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!` ²⁸I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me. ²⁹I -- I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour. ³⁰If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands, ³¹Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me. ³²But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment. ³³If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both. ³⁴He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid, ³⁵I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself.

Chapter 10

¹My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul. ²I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me. <sup>3</sup>Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone? <sup>4</sup>Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou? <sup>5</sup>As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man? <sup>6</sup>That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest? <sup>7</sup>For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand. <sup>8</sup>Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! <sup>9</sup>Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back. <sup>10</sup>Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me? <sup>11</sup>Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me. <sup>12</sup>Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit. <sup>13</sup>And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee. <sup>14</sup>If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me, <sup>15</sup>If I have done wickedly -- wo to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction, <sup>16</sup>And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me. <sup>17</sup>Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me. <sup>18</sup>And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me. <sup>19</sup>As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought, <sup>20</sup>Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little, <sup>21</sup>Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade, <sup>22</sup>A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.`

Chapter 11

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- ²Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? ³Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing! ⁴And thou sayest, `Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.` ⁵And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee. ⁶And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity. ⁷By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One? ⁸Heights of the heavens! -- what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! -- what knowest thou? ⁹Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea. ¹⁰If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? ¹¹For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]! ¹²And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born. ¹³If thou -- thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands, ¹⁴If iniquity [is] in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not. ¹⁶For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest. ¹⁷And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest -- as the morning thou art. ¹⁸And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down, ¹⁹And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face; ²⁰And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!

Chapter 12

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²Truly -- ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die. ³I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these? ⁴A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,` A laughter [is] the perfect righteous one. ⁵A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet. ⁶At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought. ⁷And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. ⁸Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee: ⁹`Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this? <sup>10</sup>In whose hand [is] the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.` ¹¹Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself? ¹²With the very aged [is] wisdom, And [with] length of days understanding. ¹³With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding. ¹⁴Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened. ¹⁵Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. ¹⁶With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver. ¹⁷Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish. ¹⁸The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins. ¹⁹Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth. ²⁰Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away. ²¹Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble. ²²Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade. ²³Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them. ²⁴Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way! ²⁵They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

Chapter 13

¹Lo, all -- hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it. ²According to your knowledge I have known -- also I. I am not fallen more than you. ³Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight. ⁴And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you, ⁵O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom. ⁶Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend, ⁷For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit? ⁸His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive? ⁹Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him? ¹⁰He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces. ¹¹Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you? ¹²Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights. ¹³Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what? ¹⁴Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand? ¹⁵Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue. ¹⁶Also -- He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him. ¹⁷Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears. ¹⁸Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous. ¹⁹Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp. ²⁰Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden. ²¹Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me. ²²And call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me. ²³How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know. ²⁴Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee? ²⁵A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue? ²⁶For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth: ²⁷And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print, ²⁸And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Chapter 14

¹Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble! ²As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not. ³Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee. ⁴Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. ⁵If determined are his days, The number of his months [are] with Thee, His limit Thou hast made, And he passeth not over; ⁶Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day. ⁷For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease. ⁸If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust, ⁹From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant. ¹⁰And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he? ¹¹Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry. ¹²And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep. ¹³O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me. ¹⁴If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come. ¹⁵Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire. ¹⁶But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin. ¹⁷Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity. ¹⁸And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place. ¹⁹Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed. ²⁰Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away. ²¹Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them. ²²Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.`

Chapter 15

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- ²Doth a wise man answer [with] vain knowledge? And fill [with] an east wind his belly? ³To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them? ⁴Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God. ⁵For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile. ⁶Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee. ⁷The first man art thou born? And before the heights wast thou formed? ⁸Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom? ⁹What hast thou known, and we know not? Understandest thou -- and it is not with us? ¹⁰Both the gray-headed And the very aged [are] among us -- Greater than thy father [in] days. ¹¹Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word [is] with thee, ¹²What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high? ¹³For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth: ¹⁴What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman? ¹⁵Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes. ¹⁶Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness. ¹⁷I shew thee -- hearken to me -- And this I have seen and declare: ¹⁸Which the wise declare -- And have not hid -- from their fathers. ¹⁹To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst: ²⁰`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one. <sup>21</sup>A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him. <sup>22</sup>He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword. <sup>23</sup>He is wandering for bread -- `Where [is] it?` He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness. ²⁴Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster. ²⁵For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty. ²⁶He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields. ²⁷For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence. ²⁸And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps. ²⁹He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance. ³⁰He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth! ³¹Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence. ³²Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green. ³³He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom. ³⁴For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery. ³⁵To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

Chapter 16

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] ye all. ³Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest? ⁴I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul`s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head. ⁵I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing. ⁶If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me? ⁷Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company, ⁸And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth. ⁹His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me. ¹⁰They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves. ¹¹God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over. ¹²At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark. ¹³Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall. ¹⁴He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one. ¹⁵Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn. ¹⁶My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids [is] death-shade. ¹⁷Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure. ¹⁸O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry. ¹⁹Also, now, lo, in the heavens [is] my witness, And my testifier in the high places. ²⁰My interpreter [is] my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped: ²¹And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend. ²²When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.

Chapter 17

¹My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves [are] for me. ²If not -- mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth. ³Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me? ⁴For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them. ⁵For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed. ⁶And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am. ⁷And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them. ⁸Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up. ⁹And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all. ¹⁰Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man. ¹¹My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart! ¹²Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness. ¹³If I wait -- Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. ¹⁴To corruption I have called: -- `Thou [art] my father.` `My mother` and `my sister` -- to the worm. ¹⁵And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it? ¹⁶[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

Chapter 18

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- ²When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak. ³Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes! ⁴(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place? ⁵Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire. ⁶The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished. ⁷Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel. ⁸For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually. ⁹Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing. ¹⁰Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path. ¹¹Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him -- at his feet. ¹²Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side. ¹³It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death`s first-born. ¹⁴Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors. ¹⁵It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur. ¹⁶From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop. ¹⁷His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street. ¹⁸They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out. ¹⁹He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings. ²⁰At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright. ²¹Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

Chapter 19

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words? ³These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me -- ⁴And also -- truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain. ⁵If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach; ⁶Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round, ⁷Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment. ⁸My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth. ⁹Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head. ¹⁰He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope. ¹¹And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries. ¹²Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent. ¹³My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me. ¹⁴Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me, ¹⁵Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes. ¹⁶To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him. ¹⁷My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother`s] womb. <sup>18</sup>Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me. <sup>19</sup>Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me. <sup>20</sup>To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth. <sup>21</sup>Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me. <sup>22</sup>Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied? <sup>23</sup>Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? <sup>24</sup>With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn. <sup>25</sup>That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise. <sup>26</sup>And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God: <sup>27</sup>Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom. <sup>28</sup>But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?` And the root of the matter hath been found in me. ²⁹Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.

Chapter 20

¹And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: -- ²Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me. ³The chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer: ⁴This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? ⁵That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment, ⁶Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike -- ⁷As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where [is] he?` ⁸As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night, ⁹The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him. ¹⁰His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth. ¹¹His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down. ¹²Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue, ¹³Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate, ¹⁴His food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart. ¹⁵Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. ¹⁶Gall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper. ¹⁷He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter. ¹⁸He is giving back [what] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not. ¹⁹For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it. ²⁰For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself. ²¹There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay. ²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him. ²³It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating. ²⁴He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass. ²⁵One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him [are] terrors. ²⁶All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent. ²⁷Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him. ²⁸Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger. ²⁹This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.

Chapter 21

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation. ³Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride. ⁴I -- to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short? ⁵Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth. ⁶Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright. ⁷Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth. ⁸Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes. ⁹Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them. ¹⁰His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. ¹¹They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip, ¹²They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ. ¹³They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down. ¹⁴And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired. <sup>15</sup>What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?` ¹⁶Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) ¹⁷How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger. ¹⁸They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away, ¹⁹God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth. ²⁰His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh. ²¹For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? ²²To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge? ²³This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet. ²⁴His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten. ²⁵And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness. ²⁶Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over. ²⁷Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully. ²⁸For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?` ²⁹Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know? ³⁰That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought. ³¹Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him? ³²And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. ³³Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering. ³⁴And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

Chapter 22

¹And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: -- ²To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable? ³Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways? ⁴Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment: ⁵Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities. ⁶For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. ⁷Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. ⁸As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it. ⁹Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. ¹⁰Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly. ¹¹Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee. ¹²Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. ¹³And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? <sup>14</sup>Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;` And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually, ¹⁵The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden? ¹⁶Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation. ¹⁷Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,` And what doth the Mighty One to them? ¹⁸And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.) ¹⁹See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them, ²⁰`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.` ²¹Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good. ²²Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart. ²³If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. ²⁴So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering. ²⁵And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee. ²⁶For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face, ²⁷Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest. ²⁸And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone. ²⁹For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.` And the bowed down of eyes he saveth. ³⁰He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

Chapter 23

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²Also -- to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing. ³O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, ⁴I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments. ⁵I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. ⁶In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me. ⁷There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge. ⁸Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not. ⁹[To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not. ¹⁰For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth. ¹¹On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, ¹²The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth. ¹³And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth [it]. ¹⁴For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him. ¹⁵Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him. ¹⁶And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me. ¹⁷For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Chapter 24

¹Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days. ²The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil. ³The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, ⁴They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth. ⁵Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones. ⁶In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. ⁷The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold. ⁸From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. ⁹They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge. ¹⁰Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf. ¹¹Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst. ¹²Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise. ¹³They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths. ¹⁴At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. ¹⁵And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.` And he putteth the face in secret. ¹⁶He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light. ¹⁷When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade. ¹⁸Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards. ¹⁹Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned. ²⁰Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. ²¹Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good, ²²And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life. ²³He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways. ²⁴High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off. ²⁵And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

Chapter 25

¹And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- ²The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places. ³Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light? ⁴And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman? ⁵Lo -- unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes. ⁶How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Chapter 26

¹And Job answereth and saith: -- ²What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong! ³What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known. ⁴With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee? ⁵The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants. ⁶Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction. ⁷Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing, ⁸Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them. ⁹Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud. ¹⁰A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness. ¹¹Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke. ¹²By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud. ¹³By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

Chapter 27

¹And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- ²God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter. ³For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils. ⁴My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. ⁵Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. ⁶On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live. ⁷As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse. ⁸For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? ⁹His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? ¹⁰On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times? ¹¹I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not. ¹²Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why [is] this -- ye are altogether vain? ¹³This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive. ¹⁴If his sons multiply -- for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread. ¹⁵His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep. ¹⁶If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, ¹⁷He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. ¹⁸He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made. ¹⁹Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. ²⁰Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. ²¹Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place, ²²And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth. ²³It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

Chapter 28

¹Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine; ²Iron from the dust is taken, And [from] the firm stone brass. ³An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade. ⁴A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered. ⁵The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire. ⁶A place of the sapphire [are] its stones, And it hath dust of gold. ⁷A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite, ⁸Nor trodden it have the sons of pride, Not passed over it hath the fierce lion. ⁹Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains. ¹⁰Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen. ¹¹From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light. ¹²And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding? ¹³Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living. ¹⁴The deep hath said, `It [is] not in me,` And the sea hath said, `It is not with me.` ¹⁵Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price. ¹⁶It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire, ¹⁷Not equal it do gold and crystal, Nor [is] its exchange a vessel of fine gold. ¹⁸Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies. ¹⁹Not equal it doth the topaz of Cush, With pure gold it is not valued. ²⁰And the wisdom -- whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding? ²¹It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden. ²²Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.` ²³God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place. ²⁴For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see, ²⁵To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure. ²⁶In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices, ²⁷Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out, ²⁸And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom, And to turn from evil [is] understanding.`

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¹And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- ²Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God`s preserving me? <sup>3</sup>In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness. <sup>4</sup>As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent. <sup>5</sup>When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me -- my young ones, <sup>6</sup>When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil. <sup>7</sup>When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat. <sup>8</sup>Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up. <sup>9</sup>Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth. <sup>10</sup>The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved. <sup>11</sup>For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me. <sup>12</sup>For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper. <sup>13</sup>The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing. <sup>14</sup>Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice. <sup>15</sup>Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I. <sup>16</sup>A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out. <sup>17</sup>And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey. <sup>18</sup>And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.` ¹⁹My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch. ²⁰My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed. ²¹To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel. ²²After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop, ²³And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain. ²⁴I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall. ²⁵I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

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¹And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock. ²Also -- the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them hath old age perished. ³With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste, ⁴Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And broom-roots [is] their food. ⁵From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief), ⁶In a frightful place of valleys to dwell, Holes of earth and clefts. ⁷Among shrubs they do groan, Under nettles they are gathered together. ⁸Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land. ⁹And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword. ¹⁰They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit. ¹¹Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away. ¹²On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity. ¹³They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.` ¹⁴As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves. ¹⁵He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away. ¹⁶And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction. ¹⁷At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down. ¹⁸By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me. ¹⁹Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. ²⁰I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me. ²¹Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppresest me. ²²Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest -- Thou levellest me. ²³For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And [to] the house appointed for all living. ²⁴Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety. ²⁵Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy. ²⁶When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh. ²⁷My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction. ²⁸Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry. ²⁹A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich. ³⁰My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat, ³¹And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

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¹A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin? ²And what [is] the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights? ³Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity? ⁴Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number? ⁵If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit, ⁶He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity. ⁷If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish, ⁸Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out. ⁹If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait, ¹⁰Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend. ¹¹For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity; ¹²For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root, ¹³If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me, ¹⁴Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him? ¹⁵Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One. ¹⁶If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, ¹⁷And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, ¹⁸(But from my youth He grew up with me as [with] a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) ¹⁹If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, ²⁰If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself, ²¹If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court, ²²My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken. ²³For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able. ²⁴If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,` ²⁵If I rejoice because great [is] my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found, ²⁶If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking, ²⁷And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth, ²⁸It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above. ²⁹If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him, ³⁰Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life. ³¹If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.` ³²In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open. ³³If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity, ³⁴Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening. ³⁵Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written. ³⁶If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself. ³⁷The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him. ³⁸If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep, ³⁹If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out, ⁴⁰Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.

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¹And these three men cease from answering Job, for he [is] righteous in his own eyes, ²and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God; ³and against his three friends hath his anger burned, because that they have not found an answer, and condemn Job. ⁴And Elihu hath waited earnestly beside Job with words, for they are older than he in days. ⁵And Elihu seeth that there is no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger burneth. ⁶And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: -- Young I [am] in days, and ye [are] age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion. ⁷I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom. ⁸Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand. ⁹The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment. ¹⁰Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I. ¹¹Lo, I have waited for your words, I give ear unto your reasons, Till ye search out sayings. ¹²And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, [Or] answerer of his sayings among you. ¹³Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man. ¹⁴And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him. ¹⁵(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words. ¹⁶And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.) ¹⁷I answer, even I -- my share, I shew my opinion -- even I. ¹⁸For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast, ¹⁹Lo, my breast [is] as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up. ²⁰I speak, and there is refreshment to me, I open my lips and answer. ²¹Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles, ²²For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.

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¹And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear. ²Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate. ³Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken. ⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me. ⁵If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself. ⁶Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed. ⁷Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy. ⁸Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear: ⁹`Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity. <sup>10</sup>Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him, <sup>11</sup>He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.` ¹²Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man. ¹³Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When [for] all His matters He answereth not? ¹⁴For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.) ¹⁵In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed. ¹⁶Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth: ¹⁷To turn aside man [from] doing, And pride from man He concealeth. ¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart. ¹⁹And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones [is] enduring. ²⁰And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food. ²¹His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen! ²²And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death. ²³If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness: ²⁴Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.` ²⁵Fresher [is] his flesh than a child`s, He returneth to the days of his youth. <sup>26</sup>He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. <sup>27</sup>He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. ²⁸He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.` ²⁹Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man, ³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living. ³¹Attend, O Job, hearken to me, Keep silent, and I -- I do speak. ³²If there are words -- answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee. ³³If there are not -- hearken thou to me, Keep silent, and I teach thee wisdom.

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¹And Elihu answereth and saith: ²Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me. ³For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat. ⁴Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good. ⁵For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right, <sup>6</sup>Against my right do I lie? Mortal [is] mine arrow -- without transgression.` ⁷Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water, ⁸And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness. ⁹For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.` ¹⁰Therefore, O men of heart, hearken to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness: ¹¹For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find. ¹²Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment. ¹³Who hath inspected for Himself the earth? And who hath placed all the habitable world? ¹⁴If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth. ¹⁵Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth. ¹⁶And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words. ¹⁷Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn? ¹⁸Who hath said to a king -- `Worthless,` Unto princes -- `Wicked?` ¹⁹That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands [are] all of them. ²⁰[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand. ²¹For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see. ²²There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there; ²³For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment, ²⁴He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead. ²⁵Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised. ²⁶As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders. ²⁷Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely, ²⁸To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth. ²⁹And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same. ³⁰From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people; ³¹For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly, <sup>32</sup>Besides [that which] I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?` ³³By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak. ³⁴Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me. ³⁵Job -- not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom. ³⁶My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity, ³⁷For he doth add to his sin, Transgression among us he vomiteth, And multiplieth his sayings to God.

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¹And Elihu answereth and saith: -- ²This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness [is] more than God`s?` <sup>3</sup>For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?` <sup>4</sup>I return thee words, and thy friends with thee, <sup>5</sup>Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou. <sup>6</sup>If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him? <sup>7</sup>If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive? <sup>8</sup>For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness. <sup>9</sup>Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. <sup>10</sup>And none said, `Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night, ¹¹Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.` ¹²There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers. ¹³Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it. ¹⁴Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him. ¹⁵And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity. ¹⁶And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.

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¹And Elihu addeth and saith: -- ²Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words. ³I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness. ⁴For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee. ⁵Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart. ⁶He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth; ⁷He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high, ⁸And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, ⁹Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, ¹⁰And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity. ¹¹If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. ¹²And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. ¹³And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them. ¹⁴Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled. ¹⁵He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear. ¹⁶And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness. ¹⁷And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury, ¹⁸Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside. ¹⁹Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power. ²⁰Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead. ²¹Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction. ²²Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher? ²³Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?` ²⁴Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld. ²⁵All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar. ²⁶Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching. ²⁷When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour, ²⁸Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly. ²⁹Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle? ³⁰Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, ³¹For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. ³²By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting, ³³He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

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¹Also, at this my heart trembleth, And it moveth from its place. ²Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth. ³Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light [is] over the skirts of the earth. ⁴After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard. ⁵God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not. ⁶For to snow He saith, `Be [on] the earth.` And the small rain and great rain of His power. ⁷Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work. ⁸And enter doth the beast into covert, And in its habitations it doth continue. ⁹From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds -- cold, ¹⁰From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened, ¹¹Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light. ¹²And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth. ¹³Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come. ¹⁴Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God. ¹⁵Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud? ¹⁶Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge? ¹⁷How thy garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south? ¹⁸Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror! ¹⁹Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness. ²⁰Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up. ²¹And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it [is] in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them. ²²From the golden north it cometh, Beside God [is] fearful honour. ²³The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness, ²⁴Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.

Chapter 38

¹And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- ²Who [is] this -- darkening counsel, By words without knowledge? ³Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. ⁴Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding. ⁵Who placed its measures -- if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched out upon it a line? ⁶On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone? ⁷In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy, ⁸And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out. ⁹In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band, ¹⁰And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors, ¹¹And say, `Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.` ¹²Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place? ¹³To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it, ¹⁴It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed. ¹⁵And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken. ¹⁶Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down? ¹⁷Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see? ¹⁸Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all. ¹⁹Where [is] this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where [is] this -- its place? ²⁰That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house. ²¹Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many! ²²Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see? ²³That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle. ²⁴Where [is] this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth. ²⁵Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices? ²⁶To cause [it] to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it. ²⁷To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass? ²⁸Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? ²⁹From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it? ³⁰As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured. ³¹Dost thou bind sweet influences of Kimah? Or the attractions of Kesil dost thou open? ³²Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort? ³³Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth? ³⁴Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee? ³⁵Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, `Behold us?` ³⁶Who hath put in the inward parts wisdom? Or who hath given To the covered part understanding? ³⁷Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down, ³⁸In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together? ³⁹Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil? ⁴⁰When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert? ⁴¹Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

Chapter 39

¹Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark! ²Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth! ³They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth. ⁴Safe are their young ones, They grow up in the field, they have gone out, And have not returned to them. ⁵Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened? ⁶Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land, ⁷He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not. ⁸The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh. ⁹Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib? ¹⁰Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? ¹¹Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? ¹²Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]? ¹³The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk. ¹⁴For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them, ¹⁵And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down. ¹⁶Her young ones it hath hardened without her, In vain [is] her labour without fear. ¹⁷For God hath caused her to forget wisdom, And He hath not given a portion To her in understanding: ¹⁸At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider. ¹⁹Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck [with] a mane? ²⁰Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible. ²¹They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour. ²²He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword. ²³Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert. ²⁴With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet. ²⁵Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting. ²⁶By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south? ²⁷At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest? ²⁸A rock he doth inhabit, Yea, he lodgeth on the tooth of a rock, and fortress. ²⁹From thence he hath sought food, To a far off place his eyes look attentively, ³⁰And his brood gulph up blood, And where the pierced [are] -- there [is] he!

Chapter 40

¹And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: -- ²Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it. ³And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: -- ⁴Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth. ⁵Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not. ⁶And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: -- ⁷Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know. ⁸Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous? ⁹And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder? ¹⁰Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on. ¹¹Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low. ¹²See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place. ¹³Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret. ¹⁴And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee. ¹⁵Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth. ¹⁶Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly. ¹⁷He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together, ¹⁸His bones [are] tubes of brass, His bones [are] as a bar of iron. ¹⁹He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword; ²⁰For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there. ²¹Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire. ²²Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook. ²³Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth. ²⁴Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?

Chapter 41

¹Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue? ²Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw? ³Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things? ⁴Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? ⁵Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels? ⁶(Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!) ⁷Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head? ⁸Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add! ⁹Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down? ¹⁰None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who [is] he before Me stationeth himself? ¹¹Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] mine. ¹²I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement. ¹³Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter? ¹⁴The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth [are] terrible. ¹⁵A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal. ¹⁶One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them. ¹⁷One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated. ¹⁸His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn. ¹⁹Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. ²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds. ²¹His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth. ²²In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult. ²³The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved. ²⁴His heart [is] firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece. ²⁵From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free. ²⁶The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance. ²⁷He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood. ²⁸The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling. ²⁹As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. ³⁰Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire. ³¹He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment. ³²After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary. ³³There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror. ³⁴Every high thing he doth see, He [is] king over all sons of pride.

Chapter 42

¹And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: -- ²Thou hast known that [for] all things Thou art able, And not withheld from Thee is [any] device: ³`Who [is] this, hiding counsel without knowledge?` Therefore, I have declared, and understand not, Too wonderful for me, and I know not. ⁴`Hear, I pray thee, and I -- I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.` ⁵By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee. ⁶Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes. ⁷And it cometh to pass after Jehovah`s speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, `Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ⁸And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job. ⁹And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job. ¹⁰And Jehovah hath turned [to] the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add [to] all that Job hath -- to double. ¹¹And come unto him do all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they eat bread with him in his house, and bemoan him, and comfort him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him, and they gave to him each one kesitah, and each one ring of gold. ¹²And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. ¹³And he hath seven sons and three daughters; ¹⁴and he calleth the name of the one Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. ¹⁵And there have not been found women fair as the daughters of Job in all the land, and their father doth give to them an inheritance in the midst of their brethren. ¹⁶And Job liveth after this a hundred and forty years, and seeth his sons, and his sons` sons, four generations; ¹⁷and Job dieth, aged and satisfied [with] days.

Psalms

Chapter 1

¹O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; ²But -- in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night: ³And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper. ⁴Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away! ⁵Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous, ⁶For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

Chapter 2

¹Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? ²Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: ³`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.` ⁴He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. ⁵Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them: ⁶`And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.` ⁷I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou [art], I to-day have brought thee forth. <sup>8</sup>Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth. <sup>9</sup>Thou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.` ¹⁰And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth, ¹¹Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling. ¹²Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!

Chapter 3

¹A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me. ²Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.` Selah. ³And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head. ⁴My voice [is] unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah. ⁵I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. ⁶I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me. ⁷Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies [on] the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken. ⁸Of Jehovah [is] this salvation; On Thy people [is] Thy blessing! Selah.

Chapter 4

¹To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer. ²Sons of men! till when [is] my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah. ³And know ye that Jehovah Hath separated a saintly one to Himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to Him. ⁴`Tremble ye, and do not sin;` Say ye [thus] in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah. ⁵Sacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, And trust ye unto Jehovah. ⁶Many are saying, `Who doth show us good?` Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah, ⁷Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied. ⁸In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Chapter 5

¹To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.` -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. ²Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually. ³Jehovah, [at] morning Thou hearest my voice, [At] morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out. ⁴For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not. ⁵The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity. ⁶Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate. ⁷And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear. ⁸O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way, ⁹For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth. ¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee. ¹¹And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee. ¹²For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

Chapter 6

¹To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. ²Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, ³And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when? ⁴Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness` sake. ⁵For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee? ⁶I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night [on] my bed, With my tear my couch I waste. ⁷Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries, ⁸Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping, ⁹Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth. ¹⁰Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed [in] a moment!

Chapter 7

¹`The Erring One,` by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me. ²Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer. ³O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands, ⁴If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause, ⁵An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah. ⁶Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded: ⁷And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back, ⁸Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me, ⁹Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God. ¹⁰My shield [is] on God, Saviour of the upright in heart! ¹¹God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times. ¹²If [one] turn not, His sword he sharpeneth, His bow he hath trodden -- He prepareth it, ¹³Yea, for him He hath prepared Instruments of death, His arrows for burning pursuers He maketh. ¹⁴Lo, he travaileth [with] iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood. ¹⁵A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh. ¹⁶Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down. ¹⁷I thank Jehovah, According to His righteousness, And praise the name of Jehovah Most High!

Chapter 8

¹To the Overseer, `On the Gittith.` A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens. ²From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger. ³For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish. ⁴What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? ⁵And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him. ⁶Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet. ⁷Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field, ⁸Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas! ⁹Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

Chapter 9

¹To the Overseer, `On the Death of Labben.` -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders, ²I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High. ³In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face. ⁴For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness. ⁵Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever. ⁶O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them. ⁷And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne. ⁸And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness. ⁹And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity. ¹⁰They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah. ¹¹Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts, ¹²For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. ¹³Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, ¹⁴So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation. ¹⁵Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. ¹⁶Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah. ¹⁷The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. ¹⁸For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age. ¹⁹Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face. ²⁰Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they [are] men! Selah.

Chapter 10

¹Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity, ²Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised. ³Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. ⁴The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!` [are] all his devices. ⁵Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them. ⁶He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,` To generation and generation not in evil. ⁷Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity, ⁸He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, ⁹He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. ¹⁰He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted. ¹¹He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.` ¹²Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble. ¹³Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.` ¹⁴Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper. ¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none; ¹⁶Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land! ¹⁷The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, ¹⁸To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

Chapter 11

¹To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, `They moved [to] Thy mountain for the bird? <sup>2</sup>For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. <sup>3</sup>When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done? <sup>4</sup>`Jehovah [is] in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens [is] His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men. ⁵Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated, ⁶He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind [is] the portion of their cup. ⁷For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!`

Chapter 12

¹To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men: ²Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak. ³Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things, ⁴Who said, `By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?` ⁵Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it. ⁶Sayings of Jehovah [are] pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold. ⁷Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. ⁸Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

Chapter 13

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me? ²Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow inn my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me? ³Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death, ⁴Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,` Mine adversaries joy when I am moved. ⁵And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation. ⁶I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

Chapter 14

¹To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;` They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good. ²Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God. ³The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one. ⁴Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called. ⁵There they have feared a fear, For God [is] in the generation of the righteous. ⁶The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah [is] his refuge. ⁷`Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back [To] a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

Chapter 15

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? ²He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart. ³He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour. ⁴Despised in his eyes [is] a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not; ⁵His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Chapter 16

¹A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee. ²Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou [art];` My good [is] not for thine own sake; ³For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them. ⁴Multiplied are their griefs, [Who] have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips. ⁵Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot. ⁶Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me. ⁷I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me. ⁸I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved. ⁹Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently: ¹⁰For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption. ¹¹Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys [is] with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

Chapter 17

¹A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear [to] my prayer, without lips of deceit. ²From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly. ³Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth. ⁴As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer; ⁵To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden. ⁶I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech. ⁷Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders. ⁸Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me. ⁹From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me. ¹⁰Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride: ¹¹`Our steps now have compassed [him];` Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land. ¹²His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places. ¹³Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword, ¹⁴From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, And [with] Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied [with] sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings. ¹⁵I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!

Chapter 18

¹To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength. ²Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower. ³The `Praised One` I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved. ⁴Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid. ⁵Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death. ⁶In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears. ⁷And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath. ⁸Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it. ⁹And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet. ¹⁰And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind. ¹¹He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. ¹²From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire. ¹³And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire. ¹⁴And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them. ¹⁵And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger. ¹⁶He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters. ¹⁷He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I. ¹⁸They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me. ¹⁹And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me. ²⁰Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me. ²¹For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God. ²²For all His judgments [are] before me, And His statutes I turn not from me. ²³And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity. ²⁴And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes. ²⁵With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect. ²⁶With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler, ²⁷For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall. ²⁸For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. ²⁹For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall. ³⁰God! perfect [is] His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield [is] He to all those trusting in Him. ³¹For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God? ³²God! who is girding me [with] strength, And He maketh perfect my way. ³³Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand. ³⁴Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms. ³⁵And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great. ³⁶Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden. ³⁷I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed. ³⁸I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet, ³⁹And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me. ⁴⁰As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off. ⁴¹They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them. ⁴²And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out. ⁴³Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me. ⁴⁴At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, ⁴⁵Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places. ⁴⁶Jehovah liveth -- and blessed [is] my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation. ⁴⁷God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me, ⁴⁸My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me. ⁴⁹Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise, ⁵⁰Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!

Chapter 19

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. The heavens [are] recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse [is] declaring. ²Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge. ³There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard. ⁴Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them, ⁵And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path. ⁶From the end of the heavens [is] his going out, And his revolution [is] unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat. ⁷The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah [are] stedfast, Making wise the simple, ⁸The precepts of Jehovah [are] upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah [is] pure, enlightening the eyes, ⁹The fear of Jehovah [is] clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah [are] true, They have been righteous -- together. ¹⁰They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb. ¹¹Also -- Thy servant is warned by them, `In keeping them [is] a great reward.` ¹²Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent, ¹³Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression, ¹⁴Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Chapter 20

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high, ²He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee, ³He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah. ⁴He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil. ⁵We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests. ⁶Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand. ⁷Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention. ⁸They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright. ⁹O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!

Chapter 21

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth. ²The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah. ³For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold. ⁴Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever. ⁵Great [is] his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him. ⁶For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance. ⁷For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved. ⁸Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters. ⁹Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them. ¹⁰Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men. ¹¹For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not, ¹²For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces. ¹³Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!

Chapter 22

¹To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.` -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? ²My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me. ³And Thou [art] holy, Sitting -- the Praise of Israel. ⁴In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them. ⁵Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed. ⁶And I [am] a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. ⁷All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head, ⁸`Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.` ⁹For thou [art] He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. ¹⁰On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou [art] my God. ¹¹Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper. ¹²Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, ¹³They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. ¹⁶And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. ¹⁷I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me, ¹⁸They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. ¹⁹And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste. ²⁰Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one. ²¹Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me! ²²I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee. ²³Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel. ²⁴For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth. ²⁵Of Thee my praise [is] in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers. ²⁶The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever. ²⁷Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations, ²⁸For to Jehovah [is] the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations. ²⁹And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he [who] hath not revived his soul. ³⁰A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation. ³¹They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

Chapter 23

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah [is] my shepherd, I do not lack, ²In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me. ³My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name`s sake, ⁴Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou [art] with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me. ⁵Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full! ⁶Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling [is] in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

Chapter 24

¹A Psalm of David. To Jehovah [is] the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. ²For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it. ³Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? ⁴The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit. ⁵He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶This [is] a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah. ⁷Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! ⁸Who [is] this -- `the king of glory?` Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle. ⁹Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory! ¹⁰Who [is] He -- this `king of glory?` Jehovah of hosts -- He [is] the king of glory! Selah.

Chapter 25

¹By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up. ²My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me. ³Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed. ⁴Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me. ⁵Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou [art] the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day. ⁶Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age [are] they. ⁷Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness` sake, O Jehovah. <sup>8</sup>Good and upright [is] Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way. <sup>9</sup>He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way. <sup>10</sup>All the paths of Jehovah [are] kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies. <sup>11</sup>For Thy name`s sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it [is] great. ¹²Who [is] this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose. ¹³His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land. ¹⁴The secret of Jehovah [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know. ¹⁵Mine eyes [are] continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet. ¹⁶Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted [am] I. ¹⁷The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out. ¹⁸See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins. ¹⁹See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me. ²⁰Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee. ²¹Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited [on] Thee. ²²Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!

Chapter 26

¹By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. ²Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart. ³For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth. ⁴I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. ⁵I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not. ⁶I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah. ⁷To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders. ⁸Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour. ⁹Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life, ¹⁰In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes. ¹¹And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me. ¹²My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

Chapter 27

¹By David. Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah [is] the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid? ²When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen. ³Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I [am] confident. ⁴One [thing] I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple. ⁵For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up. ⁶And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah. ⁷Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me. ⁸To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.` ⁹Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. ¹⁰When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me. ¹¹Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders. ¹²Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me. ¹³I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living! ¹⁴Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

Chapter 28

¹By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit. ²Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle. ³Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart. ⁴Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them. ⁵For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up. ⁶Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him. ⁸Jehovah [is] strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He. ⁹Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

Chapter 29

¹A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. ²Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness. ³The voice of Jehovah [is] on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah [is] on many waters. ⁴The voice of Jehovah [is] with power, The voice of Jehovah [is] with majesty, ⁵The voice of Jehovah [is] shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems, ⁷The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames, ⁸The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh. ⁹The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, `Glory.` ¹⁰Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king -- to the age, ¹¹Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!

Chapter 30

¹A Psalm. -- A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. ²Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me. ³Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down [to] the pit. ⁴Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness, ⁵For -- a moment [is] in His anger, Life [is] in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing. ⁶And I -- I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved -- to the age. <sup>7</sup>O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,` Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled. ⁸Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication. ⁹`What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth? <sup>10</sup>Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.` ¹¹Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me [with] joy. ¹²So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

Chapter 31

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me. ²Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me. ³For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name`s sake lead me and tend me. <sup>4</sup>Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength. <sup>5</sup>Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth. <sup>6</sup>I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident. <sup>7</sup>I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul. <sup>8</sup>And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place. <sup>9</sup>Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation. <sup>10</sup>For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old. <sup>11</sup>Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me. <sup>12</sup>I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel. <sup>13</sup>For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised, <sup>14</sup>And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my God.` <sup>15</sup>In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers. <sup>16</sup>Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness. <sup>17</sup>O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. <sup>18</sup>Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt. <sup>19</sup>How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee, <sup>20</sup>Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues. <sup>21</sup>Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks. <sup>22</sup>And I -- I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,` But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee. ²³Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer. ²⁴Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

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¹By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered. ²O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. ³When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day. ⁴When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah. ⁵My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,` And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah. ⁶For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not. ⁷Thou [art] a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, [With] songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah. ⁸I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee. ⁹Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee. ¹⁰Many [are] the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him. ¹¹Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!

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¹Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely. ²Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him, ³Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting. ⁴For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness. ⁵Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full. ⁶By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. ⁷Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths. ⁸Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid. ⁹For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth. ¹⁰Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples. ¹¹The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations. ¹²O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him. ¹³From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men. ¹⁴From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth; ¹⁵Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works. ¹⁶The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power. ¹⁷A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver. ¹⁸Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness, ¹⁹To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He, ²¹For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted. ²²Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

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¹By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise [is] in my mouth. ²In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice. ³Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together. ⁴I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me. ⁵They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed. ⁶This poor [one] called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him. ⁷A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them. ⁸Taste ye and see that Jehovah [is] good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him. ⁹Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him. ¹⁰Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good, ¹¹Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. ¹²Who [is] the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? ¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit. ¹⁴Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it. ¹⁵The eyes of Jehovah [are] unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry. ¹⁶(The face of Jehovah [is] on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.) ¹⁷They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. ¹⁸Near [is] Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth. ¹⁹Many [are] the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him. ²⁰He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken. ²¹Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate. ²²Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, And none trusting in Him are desolate!

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¹By David. Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters, ²Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help, ³And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, `Thy salvation I [am].` ⁴They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil. ⁵They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away. ⁶Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer. ⁷For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul. ⁸Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it. ⁹And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation. ¹⁰All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.` ¹¹Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me. ¹²They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul, ¹³And I -- in their sickness my clothing [is] sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth. ¹⁴As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down. ¹⁵And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased; ¹⁶With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth. ¹⁷Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one. ¹⁸I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee. ¹⁹Mine enemies rejoice not over me [with] falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye. ²⁰For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise, ²¹And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.` ²²Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me, ²³Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea. ²⁴Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me. ²⁵They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.` They do not say, `We swallowed him up.` ²⁶They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me. ²⁷They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, `Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.` ²⁸And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

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¹To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes, <sup>2</sup>For he made [it] smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated. <sup>3</sup>The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good. <sup>4</sup>Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.` ⁵O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds. ⁶Thy righteousness [is] as mountains of God, Thy judgments [are] a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah. ⁷How precious [is] Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust. ⁸They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink. ⁹For with Thee [is] a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light. ¹⁰Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart. ¹¹Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me. ¹²There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

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¹By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, ²For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade. ³Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness, ⁴And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart. ⁵Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh, ⁶And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day. ⁷Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. ⁸Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. ⁹For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land. ¹⁰And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not. ¹¹And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace. ¹²The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. ¹³The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh. ¹⁴A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way. ¹⁵Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered. ¹⁶Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked. ¹⁷For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous. ¹⁸Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is -- to the age. ¹⁹They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied. ²⁰But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed. ²¹The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving. ²²For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off. ²³From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth. ²⁴When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand. ²⁵Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread. ²⁶All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing. ²⁷Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age. ²⁸For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off. ²⁹The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it. ³⁰The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment. ³¹The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide. ³²The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death. ³³Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged. ³⁴Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest! ³⁵I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant, ³⁶And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found! ³⁷Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace. ³⁸And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off. ³⁹And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity. ⁴⁰And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

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¹A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.` Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. ²For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand. ³Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin. ⁴For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me. ⁵Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly. ⁶I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning. ⁷For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh. ⁸I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart. ⁹Lord, before Thee [is] all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid. ¹⁰My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me. ¹¹My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood. ¹²And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day. ¹³And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth. ¹⁴Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs. ¹⁵Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God. ¹⁶When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves. ¹⁷For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually. ¹⁸For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin. ¹⁹And mine enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied. ²⁰And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good. ²¹Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me, ²²Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

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¹To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked [is] before me.` ²I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited. ³Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue. ⁴`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it [is],` I know how frail I [am]. ⁵Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah. ⁶Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them. ⁷And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it [is] of Thee. ⁸From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not. ⁹I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done [it]. ¹⁰Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed. ¹¹With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity [is] every man. Selah. ¹²Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers. ¹³Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

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¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, ²And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps. ³And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.` Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah. ⁴O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies. ⁵Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered. ⁶Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked. ⁷Then said I, `Lo, I have come,` In the roll of the book it is written of me, ⁸To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law [is] within my heart. ⁹I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known. ¹⁰Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly. ¹¹Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me. ¹²For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me. ¹³Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste. ¹⁴They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil. ¹⁵They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, `Aha, aha.` ¹⁶All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, `Jehovah is magnified.` ¹⁷And I [am] poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

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¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him. ²Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies. ³Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness. ⁴I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,` ⁵Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished! ⁶And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh. ⁷All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me: ⁸A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again. ⁹Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me, ¹⁰And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them. ¹¹By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me. ¹²As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age. ¹³Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.

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¹To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. ²My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God? ³My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where [is] thy God?` ⁴These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast! ⁵What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God! ⁶In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. ⁷Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me. ⁸By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life. ⁹I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy? <sup>10</sup>With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where [is] thy God?` ¹¹What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

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¹Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me, ²For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy? ³Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles. ⁴And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God. ⁵What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

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¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old. ²Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away. ³For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them. ⁴Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob. ⁵By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders, ⁶For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me. ⁷For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame. ⁸In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah. ⁹In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts. ¹⁰Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves. ¹¹Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us. ¹²Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price. ¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders. ¹⁴Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples. ¹⁵All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me. ¹⁶Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger. ¹⁷All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant. ¹⁸We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path. ¹⁹But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade. ²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God, ²¹Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. ²²Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter. ²³Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever. ²⁴Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression, ²⁵For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly. ²⁶Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness` sake.

Chapter 45

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.` -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer. ²Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age. ³Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty! ⁴As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things. ⁵Thine arrows [are] sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king. ⁶Thy throne, O God, [is] age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness [Is] the sceptre of Thy kingdom. ⁷Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions. ⁸Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad. ⁹Daughters of kings [are] among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir. ¹⁰Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father`s house, ¹¹And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord -- bow thyself to him, ¹²And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face. ¹³All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work [is] her clothing. ¹⁴In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee. ¹⁵They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king. ¹⁶Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth. ¹⁷I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

Chapter 46

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.` -- A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely. ²Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas. ³Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah. ⁴A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. ⁵God [is] in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn! ⁶Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth. ⁷Jehovah of Hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob. Selah. ⁸Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth, ⁹Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire. ¹⁰Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth. ¹¹Jehovah of hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob! Selah.

Chapter 47

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing, ²For Jehovah Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth. ³He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet. ⁴He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah. ⁵God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet. ⁶Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise. ⁷For king of all the earth [is] God, Give praise, O understanding one. ⁸God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne, ⁹Nobles of peoples have been gathered, [With] the people of the God of Abraham, For to God [are] the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

Chapter 48

¹A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill. ²Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king. ³God in her high places is known for a tower. ⁴For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together, ⁵They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away. ⁶Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman. ⁷By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish. ⁸As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah. ⁹We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple, ¹⁰As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand. ¹¹Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments. ¹²Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers, ¹³Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation, ¹⁴That this God [is] our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

Chapter 49

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. ²Both low and high, together rich and needy. ³My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding. ⁴I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: ⁵Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me. ⁶Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. ⁷A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. ⁸And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. ⁹And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. ¹⁰For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth. ¹¹Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. ¹²And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off. ¹³This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah. ¹⁴As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him. ¹⁵Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah. ¹⁶Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant, ¹⁷For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him. ¹⁸For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.) ¹⁹It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light. ²⁰Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Chapter 50

¹A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in. ²From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone. ³Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous. ⁴He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people. ⁵Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice. ⁶And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah. ⁷Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I. ⁸Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually. ⁹I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats. ¹⁰For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen. ¹¹I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me. ¹²If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness. ¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats? ¹⁴Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows. ¹⁵And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me. ¹⁶And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth? ¹⁷Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee. ¹⁸If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion. ¹⁹Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, ²⁰Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander. ²¹These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes. ²²Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer. ²³He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

Chapter 51

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. ²Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me, ³For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually. ⁴Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging. ⁵Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me. ⁶Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know. ⁷Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter. ⁸Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised. ⁹Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out. ¹⁰A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me. ¹¹Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me. ¹²Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me. ¹³I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return. ¹⁴Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness. ¹⁵O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise. ¹⁶For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give [it], Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not. ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise. ¹⁸Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem. ¹⁹Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

Chapter 52

¹To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.` What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day. ²Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. ³Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. ⁴Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. ⁵Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah. ⁶And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. ⁷`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.` ⁸And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever, ⁹I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!

Chapter 53

¹To the Overseer. -- `On a disease.` -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.` They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good. ²God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, [One] seeking God. ³Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one. ⁴Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called. ⁵There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them. ⁶Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back [to] a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

Chapter 54

¹To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?` O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me. ²O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth, ³For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah. ⁴Lo, God [is] a helper to me, The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul, ⁵Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off. ⁶With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for [it is] good, ⁷For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

Chapter 55

¹To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. ²Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, ³Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. ⁴My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. ⁵Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. ⁶And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, ⁷Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. ⁸I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. ⁹Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. ¹⁰By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst, ¹¹Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. ¹²For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. ¹³But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. ¹⁴When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. ¹⁵Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. ¹⁶I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. ¹⁷Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, ¹⁸He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. ¹⁹God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, ²⁰He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. ²¹Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords]. ²²Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. ²³And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

Chapter 56

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Dumb Dove far off.` -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines` taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me, ²Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High, ³The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee. ⁴In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me. ⁵All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil, ⁶They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul. ⁷By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God. ⁸My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book? ⁹Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me. ¹⁰In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word. ¹¹In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me, ¹²On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee. ¹³For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

Chapter 57

¹To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.` -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over. ²I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me. ³He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth. ⁴My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames -- sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword. ⁵Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour. ⁶A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah. ⁷Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise. ⁸Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn. ⁹I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations. ¹⁰For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth. ¹¹Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!

Chapter 58

¹To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.` -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men? ²Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder. ³The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies. ⁴Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear, ⁵Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful. ⁶O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah. ⁷They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off. ⁸As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun. ⁹Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away. ¹⁰The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked. ¹¹And man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!`

Chapter 59

¹To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,` by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul`s sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. <sup>2</sup>Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. <sup>3</sup>For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. <sup>4</sup>Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. <sup>5</sup>And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. <sup>6</sup>They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. <sup>7</sup>Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?` ⁸And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. ⁹O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness. ¹⁰God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies. ¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield. ¹²The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. ¹³Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah. ¹⁴And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. ¹⁵They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur. ¹⁶And I -- I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity. ¹⁷O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!

Chapter 60

¹To the Overseer. -- `Concerning the Lily of Testimony,` a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us. ²Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved. ³Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling. ⁴Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah. ⁵That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us. ⁶God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult -- I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, ⁷Mine [is] Gilead, and mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver, ⁸Moab [is] my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia. ⁹Who doth bring me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom? ¹⁰Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts! ¹¹Give to us help from adversity, And vain [is] the deliverance of man. ¹²In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

Chapter 61

¹To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer. ²From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me. ³For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy. ⁴I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah. ⁵For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name. ⁶Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation. ⁷He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him. ⁸So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!

Chapter 62

¹To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God [is] my soul silent, From Him [is] my salvation. ²Only -- He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved. ³Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down. ⁴Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah. ⁵Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope. ⁶Only -- He [is] my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved. ⁷On God [is] my salvation, and my honour, The rock of my strength, my refuge [is] in God. ⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. ⁹Only -- vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter. ¹⁰Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart. ¹¹Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength [is] with God.` ¹²And with Thee, O Lord, [is] kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

Chapter 63

¹A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters. ²So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour. ³Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee. ⁴So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands. ⁵As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise. ⁶If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee. ⁷For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing. ⁸Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold. ⁹And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth. ¹⁰They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are. ¹¹And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

Chapter 64

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life, ²Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. ³Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. ⁴To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not. ⁵They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?` ⁶They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,` And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep. ⁷And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds, ⁸And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away. ⁹And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely. ¹⁰The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

Chapter 65

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence -- praise, O God, [is] in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed. ²Hearer of prayer, to Thee all flesh cometh. ³Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them. ⁴O the happiness of [him whom] Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple. ⁵By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea. ⁶Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might, ⁷Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples. ⁸And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing. ⁹Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God [is] full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it, ¹⁰Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest. ¹¹Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness. ¹²Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on. ¹³Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

Chapter 66

¹To the Overseer. -- A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth. ²Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise. ³Say to God, `How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee. <sup>4</sup>All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.` Selah. ⁵Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men. ⁶He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him. ⁷Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah. ⁸Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise, ⁹Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved. ¹⁰For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver. ¹¹Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins. ¹²Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place. ¹³I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows, ¹⁴For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress: ¹⁵`Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.` Selah. ¹⁶Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul. ¹⁷Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue. ¹⁸Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. ¹⁹But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰Blessed [is] God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

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¹To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah. ²For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation. ³Praise Thee do peoples, O God, Praise Thee do peoples, all of them. ⁴Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah. ⁵Confess Thee do peoples, O God, Confess Thee do peoples -- all of them. ⁶Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God, ⁷God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!

Chapter 68

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face. ²As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God. ³And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness. ⁴Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah [is] His name, and exult before Him. ⁵Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation. ⁶God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place. ⁷O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah. ⁸The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel. ⁹A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it. ¹⁰Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God. ¹¹The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host. ¹²Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil. ¹³Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold. ¹⁴When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon. ¹⁵A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan. ¹⁶Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever. ¹⁷The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary. ¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God. ¹⁹Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. Selah. ²⁰God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death. ²¹Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt. ²²The Lord said: `From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea. <sup>23</sup>So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, [In the blood of] enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.` ²⁴They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary. ²⁵Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels. ²⁶In assemblies bless ye God, The Lord -- from the fountain of Israel. ²⁷There [is] little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah their defence, Heads of Zebulun -- heads of Naphtali. ²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God, this Thou hast wrought for us. ²⁹Because of Thy temple at Jerusalem, To Thee do kings bring a present. ³⁰Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a company of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, Scatter Thou peoples delighting in conflicts. ³¹Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God. ³²Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord. Selah. ³³To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice. ³⁴Ascribe ye strength to God, Over Israel [is] His excellency, and His strength in the clouds. ³⁵Fearful, O God, out of Thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is] God!

Chapter 69

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies,` by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul. ²I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. ³I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God. ⁴Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back. ⁵O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid. ⁶Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel. ⁷For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. ⁸A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. ⁹For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me. ¹⁰And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. ¹¹And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. ¹²Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments. ¹³And I -- my prayer [is] to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation. ¹⁴Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. ¹⁵Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. ¹⁶Answer me, O Jehovah, for good [is] Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me, ¹⁷And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me. ¹⁸Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. ¹⁹Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee [are] all mine adversaries. ²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. ²¹And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar. ²²Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap. ²³Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou. ²⁴Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them. ²⁵Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller. ²⁶For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones. ²⁷Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness. ²⁸They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. ²⁹And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high. ³⁰I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, ³¹And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed. ³²The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth. ³³For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised. ³⁴The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them. ³⁵For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it. ³⁶And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

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¹To the Overseer, by David. -- `To cause to remember.` O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste. ²Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil. ³Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, `Aha, aha.` ⁴Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, `God is magnified.` ⁵And I [am] poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!

Chapter 71

¹In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age. ²In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me. ³Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou. ⁴O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent. ⁵For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth. ⁶By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother`s bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually. <sup>7</sup>As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge. <sup>8</sup>Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty. <sup>9</sup>Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not. <sup>10</sup>For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together, <sup>11</sup>Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.` ¹²O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste. ¹³They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil, ¹⁴And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise. ¹⁵My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers. ¹⁶I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness -- Thine only. ¹⁷God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders. ¹⁸And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might. ¹⁹And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee? ²⁰Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up. ²¹Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me, ²²I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel, ²³My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed, ²⁴My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

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¹By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king`s son. ²He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment. ³The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness. ⁴He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor. ⁵They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation -- generations. ⁶He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth. ⁷Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not. ⁸And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. ⁹Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust. ¹⁰Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near. ¹¹And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him, ¹²For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper, ¹³He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth, ¹⁴From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes. ¹⁵And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him. ¹⁶There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth. ¹⁷His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy. ¹⁸Blessed is Jehovah God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders, ¹⁹And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen! ²⁰The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

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¹A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside, ²As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful, ³The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death, ⁴And their might [is] firm. ⁵In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued. ⁶Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress. ⁷Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed; ⁸They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. ⁹They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth. ¹⁰Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them. ¹¹And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?` ¹²Lo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. ¹³Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands, ¹⁴And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning. ¹⁵If I have said, `I recount thus,` Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived. ¹⁶And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes, ¹⁷Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end. ¹⁸Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. ¹⁹How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors. ²⁰As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest. ²¹For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves, ²²And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. ²³And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand. ²⁴With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. ²⁵Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. ²⁶Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age. ²⁷For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee. ²⁸And I -- nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

Chapter 74

¹An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. ²Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it. ³Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary. ⁴Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns. ⁵He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes. ⁶And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down, ⁷They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, ⁸They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,` They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land. ⁹Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long. ¹⁰Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever? ¹¹Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it]. ¹²And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. ¹³Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters, ¹⁴Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places. ¹⁵Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. ¹⁶Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun. ¹⁷Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them. ¹⁸Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name. ¹⁹Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever. ²⁰Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence. ²¹Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name, ²²Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day. ²³Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

Chapter 75

¹To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.` -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders. ²When I receive an appointment, I -- I do judge uprightly. ³Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah. ⁴I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,` And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.` ⁵Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.) ⁶For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- [is] elevation. ⁷But God [is] judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up. ⁸For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth, ⁹And I -- I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob. ¹⁰And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

Chapter 76

¹To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. In Judah [is] God known, in Israel His name [is] great. ²And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion. ³There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah. ⁴Bright [art] Thou, honourable above hills of prey. ⁵Spoiled themselves have the mighty of heart, They have slept their sleep, And none of the men of might found their hands. ⁶From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep. ⁷Thou, fearful [art] Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry! ⁸From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still, ⁹In the rising of God to judgment, To save all the humble of earth. Selah. ¹⁰For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on. ¹¹Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One. ¹²He doth gather the spirit of leaders, Fearful to the kings of earth!

Chapter 77

¹To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice [is] to God, and I cry, my voice [is] to God, And He hath given ear unto me. ²In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted. ³I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah. ⁴Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not. ⁵I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages. ⁶I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently: ⁷To the ages doth the Lord cast off? Doth He add to be pleased no more? ⁸Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations? ⁹Hath God forgotten [His] favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah. ¹⁰And I say: `My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.` ¹¹I mention the doings of Jah, For I remember of old Thy wonders, ¹²And I have meditated on all Thy working, And I talk concerning Thy doings. ¹³O God, in holiness [is] Thy way, Who [is] a great god like God? ¹⁴Thou [art] the God doing wonders. Thou hast made known among the peoples Thy strength, ¹⁵Thou hast redeemed with strength Thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. ¹⁶The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled. ¹⁷Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down. ¹⁸The voice of Thy thunder [is] in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh. ¹⁹In the sea [is] Thy way, And Thy paths [are] in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known. ²⁰Thou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!

Chapter 78

¹An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. ²I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old, ³That we have heard and do know, And our fathers have recounted to us. ⁴We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. ⁵And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. ⁶So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons, ⁷And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands. ⁸And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God [is] its spirit. ⁹Sons of Ephraim -- armed bearers of bow, Have turned in a day of conflict. ¹⁰They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk, ¹¹And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them. ¹²Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan. ¹³He cleft a sea, and causeth them to pass over, Yea, He causeth waters to stand as a heap. ¹⁴And leadeth them with a cloud by day, And all the night with a light of fire. ¹⁵He cleaveth rocks in a wilderness, And giveth drink -- as the great deep. ¹⁶And bringeth out streams from a rock, And causeth waters to come down as rivers. ¹⁷And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place. ¹⁸And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust. ¹⁹And they speak against God -- they said: `Is God able to array a table in a wilderness?` ²⁰Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. `Also -- bread [is] He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?` ²¹Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel, ²²For they have not believed in God, Nor have they trusted in His salvation. ²³And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened. ²⁴And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them. ²⁵Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety. ²⁶He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind, ²⁷And He raineth on them flesh as dust, And as sand of the seas -- winged fowl, ²⁸And causeth [it] to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles. ²⁹And they eat, and are greatly satisfied, And their desire He bringeth to them. ³⁰They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet [is] their food in their mouth, ³¹And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend. ³²With all this they have sinned again, And have not believed in His wonders. ³³And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble. ³⁴If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly, ³⁵And they remember that God [is] their rock, And God Most High their redeemer. ³⁶And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him, ³⁷And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant. ³⁸And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury. ³⁹And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on -- and it returneth not. ⁴⁰How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place? ⁴¹Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited. ⁴²They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary. ⁴³When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan, ⁴⁴And He turneth to blood their streams, And their floods they drink not. ⁴⁵He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them, ⁴⁶And giveth to the caterpillar their increase, And their labour to the locust. ⁴⁷He destroyeth with hail their vine, And their sycamores with frost, ⁴⁸And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames. ⁴⁹He sendeth on them the fury of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and distress -- A discharge of evil messengers. ⁵⁰He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up. ⁵¹And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham. ⁵²And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness, ⁵³And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered. ⁵⁴And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got, ⁵⁵And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents, ⁵⁶And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept. ⁵⁷And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow, ⁵⁸And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous, ⁵⁹God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel. ⁶⁰And He leaveth the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men, ⁶¹And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary, ⁶²And delivereth up to the sword His people, And with His inheritance shewed Himself angry. ⁶³His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised. ⁶⁴His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not. ⁶⁵And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. ⁶⁶And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them, ⁶⁷And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed. ⁶⁸And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved, ⁶⁹And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age. ⁷⁰And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock, ⁷¹From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance. ⁷²And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

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¹A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps, ²They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth. ³They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying. ⁴We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders. ⁵Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire. ⁶Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name. ⁷For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate. ⁸Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak. ⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name`s sake. <sup>10</sup>Why do the nations say, `Where [is] their God?` Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed. ¹¹Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death. ¹²And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord. ¹³And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!

Chapter 80

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.` A testimony of Asaph. -- A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs -- shine forth, ²Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation. ³O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. ⁴Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people. ⁵Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time. ⁶Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock at it. ⁷God of Hosts, turn us back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved. ⁸A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it. ⁹Thou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land, ¹⁰Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God. ¹¹It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings. ¹²Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it? ¹³A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it. ¹⁴God of Hosts, turn back, we beseech Thee, Look from heaven, and see, and inspect this vine, ¹⁵And the root that Thy right hand planted, And the branch Thou madest strong for Thee, ¹⁶Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish. ¹⁷Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself. ¹⁸And we do not go back from Thee, Thou dost revive us, and in Thy name we call. ¹⁹O Jehovah, God of Hosts, turn us back, Cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved!

Chapter 81

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.` By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. ²Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery. ³Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival, ⁴For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob. ⁵A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear. ⁶From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over. ⁷In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah. ⁸Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me: ⁹There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god. ¹⁰I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. ¹¹But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. ¹²And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels. ¹³O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk. ¹⁴As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand, ¹⁵Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age. ¹⁶He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!

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¹-- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. ²Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah. ³Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. ⁴Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them. ⁵They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth. ⁶I -- I have said, `Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High -- all of you, ⁷But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall, ⁸Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

Chapter 83

¹A Song, -- A Psalm of Asaph. O God, let there be no silence to Thee, Be not silent, nor be quiet, O God. ²For, lo, Thine enemies do roar, And those hating Thee have lifted up the head, ³Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones. ⁴They have said, `Come, And we cut them off from [being] a nation, And the name of Israel is not remembered any more.` ⁵For they consulted in heart together, Against Thee a covenant they make, ⁶Tents of Edom, and Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagarenes, ⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with inhabitants of Tyre, ⁸Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah. ⁹Do to them as [to] Midian, As [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the stream Kishon. ¹⁰They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground! ¹¹Make their nobles as Oreb and as Zeeb, And as Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes, ¹²Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.` ¹³O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind. ¹⁴As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire, ¹⁵So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them. ¹⁶Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah. ¹⁷They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost. ¹⁸And they know that Thou -- (Thy name [is] Jehovah -- by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth!

Chapter 84

¹To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith By sons of Korah.` -- A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts! ²My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God, ³(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God. ⁴O the happiness of those inhabiting Thy house, Yet do they praise Thee. Selah. ⁵O the happiness of a man whose strength is in Thee, Highways [are] in their heart. ⁶Those passing through a valley of weeping, A fountain do make it, Blessings also cover the director. ⁷They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion. ⁸O Jehovah, God of Hosts, hear my prayer, Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. ⁹Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed, ¹⁰For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness. ¹¹For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness. ¹²Jehovah of Hosts! O the happiness of a man trusting in Thee.

Chapter 85

¹To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast accepted, O Jehovah, Thy land, Thou hast turned [to] the captivity of Jacob. ²Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. ³Thou hast gathered up all Thy wrath, Thou hast turned back from the fierceness of Thine anger. ⁴Turn back [to] us, O God of our salvation, And make void Thine anger with us. ⁵To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation? ⁶Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee. ⁷Show us, O Jehovah, thy kindness, And Thy salvation Thou dost give to us. ⁸I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly. ⁹Only, near to those fearing Him [is] His salvation, That honour may dwell in our land. ¹⁰Kindness and truth have met, Righteousness and peace have kissed, ¹¹Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out, ¹²Jehovah also giveth that which is good, And our land doth give its increase. ¹³Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!

Chapter 86

¹A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy. ²Keep my soul, for I [am] pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God. ³Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day. ⁴Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up. ⁵For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee. ⁶Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications. ⁷In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me. ⁸There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none. ⁹All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name. ¹⁰For great [art] Thou, and doing wonders, Thou [art] God Thyself alone. ¹¹Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name. ¹²I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age. ¹³For Thy kindness [is] great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. ¹⁴O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them, ¹⁵And Thou, O Lord, [art] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth. ¹⁶Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid. ¹⁷Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

Chapter 87

¹By sons of Korah. -- A Psalm, a song. His foundation [is] in holy mountains. ²Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob. ³Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah. ⁴I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there. ⁵And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her. ⁶Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This [one] was born there.` Selah. ⁷Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains [are] in Thee!

Chapter 88

¹A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.` -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, ²My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, ³For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. ⁴I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength. ⁵Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. ⁶Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. ⁷Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. ⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth. ⁹Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. ¹⁰To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. ¹¹Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? ¹²Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. ¹⁴Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. ¹⁵I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. ¹⁶Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, ¹⁷They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, ¹⁸Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

Chapter 89

¹An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, ²For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.` ³I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: ⁴`Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah. <sup>5</sup>and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones. <sup>6</sup>For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty? <sup>7</sup>God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him. <sup>8</sup>O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee -- a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee. <sup>9</sup>Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. <sup>10</sup>Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. <sup>11</sup>Thine [are] the heavens -- the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them. <sup>12</sup>North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. <sup>13</sup>Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand -- high Thy right hand. <sup>14</sup>Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face. <sup>15</sup>O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually. <sup>16</sup>In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted, <sup>17</sup>For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted, <sup>18</sup>For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king. <sup>19</sup>Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people, <sup>20</sup>I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him. <sup>21</sup>With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him. <sup>22</sup>An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not. <sup>23</sup>And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague, <sup>24</sup>And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted. <sup>25</sup>And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand. <sup>26</sup>He proclaimeth me: `Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.` ²⁷I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him. ²⁹And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens. ³⁰If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk; ³¹If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep, ³²I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity, ³³And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness. ³⁴I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not. ³⁵Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David, ³⁶His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me, ³⁷As the moon it is established -- to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. Selah. ³⁸And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed, ³⁹Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown, ⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin. ⁴¹Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours, ⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³Also -- Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle, ⁴⁴Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down. ⁴⁵Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. Selah. ⁴⁶Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire? ⁴⁷Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men? ⁴⁸Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah. ⁴⁹Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness, ⁵⁰Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples, ⁵¹Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed. ⁵²Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!

Chapter 90

¹A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation, ²Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God. ³Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men. ⁴For a thousand years in Thine eyes [are] as yesterday, For it passeth on, yea, a watch by night. ⁵Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth. ⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered. ⁷For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled. ⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face, ⁹For all our days pined away in Thy wrath, We consumed our years as a meditation. ¹⁰Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away. ¹¹Who knoweth the power of Thine anger? And according to Thy fear -- Thy wrath? ¹²To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom. ¹³Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants. ¹⁴Satisfy us at morn [with] Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days. ¹⁵Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil. ¹⁶Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons. ¹⁷And let the pleasantness of Jehovah our God be upon us, And the work of our hands establish on us, Yea, the work of our hands establish it!

Chapter 91

¹He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, ²He is saying of Jehovah, `My refuge, and my bulwark, my God, I trust in Him,` ³For He delivereth thee from the snare of a fowler, From a calamitous pestilence. ⁴With His pinion He covereth thee over, And under His wings thou dost trust, A shield and buckler [is] His truth. ⁵Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day, ⁶Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon, ⁷There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh. ⁸But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest, ⁹(For Thou, O Jehovah, [art] my refuge,) The Most High thou madest thy habitation. ¹⁰Evil happeneth not unto thee, And a plague cometh not near thy tent, ¹¹For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, ¹²On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot. ¹³On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon. ¹⁴Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name. ¹⁵He doth call Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him. ¹⁶With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

Chapter 92

¹A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High, ²To declare in the morning Thy kindness, And Thy faithfulness in the nights. ³On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp. ⁴For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing. ⁵How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts. ⁶A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; -- ⁷When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever! ⁸And Thou [art] high to the age, O Jehovah. ⁹For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity. ¹⁰And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil. ¹¹And mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear. ¹²The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. ¹³Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish. ¹⁴Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they, ¹⁵To declare that upright [is] Jehovah my rock, And there is no perverseness in Him!

Chapter 93

¹Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency He hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded Himself, Also -- established is the world, unmoved. ²Established is Thy throne since then, From the age Thou [art]. ³Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers. ⁴Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high [is] Jehovah, ⁵Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely [is] holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

Chapter 94

¹God of vengeance -- Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. ²Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud. ³Till when [do] the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult? ⁴They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves. ⁵Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict. ⁶Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. ⁷And they say, `Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.` ⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely? ⁹He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see? ¹⁰He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] Jehovah. ¹¹He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity. ¹²O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him, ¹³To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked. ¹⁴For Jehovah leaveth not His people, And His inheritance forsaketh not. ¹⁵For to righteousness judgment turneth back, And after it all the upright of heart, ¹⁶Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity? ¹⁷Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence. ¹⁸If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,` Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. ¹⁹In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. ²⁰Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute? ²¹They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked. ²²And Jehovah is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock -- my refuge, ²³And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

Chapter 95

¹Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation. ²We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him. ³For a great God [is] Jehovah, And a great king over all gods. ⁴In whose hand [are] the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills [are] His. ⁵Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land. ⁶Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker. ⁷For He [is] our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken, ⁸Harden not your heart as [in] Meribah, As [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness, ⁹Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work. ¹⁰Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, `A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:` ¹¹Where I sware in Mine anger, `If they come in unto My rest -- !`

Chapter 96

¹Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth. ²Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation. ³Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders. ⁴For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He [is] over all gods. ⁵For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens. ⁶Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary. ⁷Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. ⁸Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts. ⁹Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth. ¹⁰Say among nations, `Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.` ¹¹The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar. ¹²The field exulteth, and all that [is] in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest, ¹³Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Chapter 97

¹Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, many isles rejoice. ²Cloud and darkness [are] round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne. ³Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries. ⁴Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained. ⁵Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour. ⁷Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods. ⁸Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah. ⁹For Thou, Jehovah, [art] Most High over all the earth, Greatly Thou hast been exalted over all gods. ¹⁰Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them. ¹¹Light [is] sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy. ¹²Rejoice, ye righteous, in Jehovah, And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness!

Chapter 98

¹A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm. ²Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness, ³He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing. ⁵Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise, ⁶With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah. ⁷Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. ⁸Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud, ⁹Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Chapter 99

¹Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh. ²Jehovah in Zion [is] great, And high He [is] over all the peoples. ³They praise Thy name, `Great, and fearful, holy [it] is.` ⁴And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done. ⁵Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His footstool, holy [is] He. ⁶Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming His name. They are calling unto Jehovah, And He doth answer them. ⁷In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them. ⁸O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions. ⁹Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His holy hill, For holy [is] Jehovah our God!

Chapter 100

¹A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth. ²Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing. ³Know that Jehovah He [is] God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture. ⁴Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name. ⁵For good [is] Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

Chapter 101

¹A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise. ²I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house. ³I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me. ⁴A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not. ⁵Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not. ⁶Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me. ⁷He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes. ⁸At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Chapter 102

¹A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh. ²Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me. ³For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned. ⁴Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread. ⁵From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh. ⁶I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places. ⁷I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof. ⁸All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me. ⁹Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled, ¹⁰From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down. ¹¹My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered. ¹²And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations. ¹³Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come. ¹⁴For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour. ¹⁵And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour, ¹⁶For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour, ¹⁷He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer. ¹⁸This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah. ¹⁹For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively, ²⁰To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death, ²¹To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem, ²²In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah. ²³He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days. ²⁴I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,` Through all generations [are] Thine years. ²⁵Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens. ²⁶They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed. ²⁷And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished. ²⁸The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!

Chapter 103

¹By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts -- His Holy Name. ²Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits, ³Who is forgiving all thine iniquities, Who is healing all thy diseases, ⁴Who is redeeming from destruction thy life, Who is crowning thee -- kindness and mercies, ⁵Who is satisfying with good thy desire, Renew itself as an eagle doth thy youth. ⁶Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed. ⁷He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts. ⁸Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy. ⁹Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch. ¹⁰Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. ¹¹For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him. ¹²As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions. ¹³As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him. ¹⁴For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust. ¹⁵Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; ¹⁶For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more. ¹⁷And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons` sons, ¹⁸To those keeping His covenant, And to those remembering His precepts to do them. ¹⁹Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled. ²⁰Bless Jehovah, ye His messengers, Mighty in power -- doing His word, To hearken to the voice of His Word. ²¹Bless Jehovah, all ye His hosts, His ministers -- doing His pleasure. ²²Bless Jehovah, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah!

Chapter 104

¹Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. ²Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain, ³Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind, ⁴Making His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire. ⁵He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever. ⁶The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand. ⁷From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away. ⁸They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them. ⁹A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth. ¹⁰Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on. ¹¹They water every beast of the field, Wild asses break their thirst. ¹²By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice. ¹³Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied. ¹⁴Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth, ¹⁵And wine -- it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread -- the heart of man it supporteth. ¹⁶Satisfied [are] the trees of Jehovah, Cedars of Lebanon that He hath planted, ¹⁷Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs [are] her house. ¹⁸The high hills [are] for wild goats, Rocks [are] a refuge for conies, ¹⁹He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance. ²⁰Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep. ²¹The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food. ²²The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch. ²³Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service -- till evening. ²⁴How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions. ²⁵This, the sea, great and broad of sides, There [are] moving things -- innumerable, Living creatures -- small with great. ²⁶There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it. ²⁷All of them unto Thee do look, To give their food in its season. ²⁸Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they [are] satisfied [with] good. ²⁹Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back. ³⁰Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground. ³¹The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works, ³²Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke. ³³I sing to Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. ³⁴Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah. ³⁵Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!

Chapter 105

¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah -- call ye in His name, Make known among the peoples His acts. ²Sing ye to Him -- sing praise to Him, Meditate ye on all His wonders. ³Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth. ⁴Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually. ⁵Remember His wonders that He did, His signs and the judgments of His mouth. ⁶O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. ⁷He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments. ⁸He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations, ⁹That He hath made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, ¹⁰And doth establish it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during, ¹¹Saying, `To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,` ¹²In their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it. ¹³And they go up and down, from nation unto nation, From a kingdom unto another people. ¹⁴He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings. ¹⁵`Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.` ¹⁶And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. ¹⁷He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. ¹⁸They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, ¹⁹Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. ²⁰The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out. ²¹He hath made him lord of his house, And ruler over all his possessions. ²²To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, And his elders he maketh wise. ²³And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries. ²⁵He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants. ²⁶He hath sent Moses His servant, Aaron whom He had fixed on. ²⁷They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word. ²⁹He hath turned their waters to blood, And putteth to death their fish. ³⁰Teemed hath their land [with] frogs, In the inner chambers of their kings. ³¹He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border. ³²He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire [is] in their land. ³³And He smiteth their vine and their fig, And shivereth the trees of their border. ³⁴He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm -- innumerable, ³⁵And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground. ³⁶And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength, ³⁷And bringeth them out with silver and gold, And there is not in its tribes a feeble one. ³⁸Rejoiced hath Egypt in their going forth, For their fear had fallen upon them. ³⁹He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night. ⁴⁰They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them. ⁴¹He hath opened a rock, and waters issue, They have gone on in dry places -- a river. ⁴²For He hath remembered His holy word, With Abraham His servant, ⁴³And He bringeth forth His people with joy, With singing His chosen ones. ⁴⁴And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess, ⁴⁵That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!

Chapter 106

¹Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness. ²Who doth utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? Soundeth all His praise? ³O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times. ⁴Remember me, O Jehovah, With the favour of Thy people, Look after me in Thy salvation. ⁵To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance. ⁶We have sinned with our fathers, We have done perversely, we have done wickedly. ⁷Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph. ⁸And He saveth them for His name`s sake, To make known His might, <sup>9</sup>And rebuketh the sea of Suph, and it is dried up, And causeth them to go Through depths as a wilderness. <sup>10</sup>And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy. <sup>11</sup>And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left. <sup>12</sup>And they believe in His words, they sing His praise, <sup>13</sup>They have hasted -- forgotten His works, They have not waited for His counsel. <sup>14</sup>And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert. <sup>15</sup>And He giveth to them their request, And sendeth leanness into their soul. <sup>16</sup>And they are envious of Moses in the camp, Of Aaron, Jehovah`s holy one. ¹⁷Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram. ¹⁸And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked. ¹⁹They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image, ²⁰And change their Honour Into the form of an ox eating herbs. ²¹They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt, ²²Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph. ²³And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying. ²⁴And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word. ²⁵And they murmur in their tents, They have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah. ²⁶And He lifteth up His hand to them, To cause them to fall in a wilderness, ²⁷And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands. ²⁸And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead, ²⁹And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them, ³⁰And Phinehas standeth, and executeth judgment, And the plague is restrained, ³¹And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age. ³²And they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes, ³³For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips. ³⁴They have not destroyed the peoples, As Jehovah had said to them, ³⁵And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works, ³⁶And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare. ³⁷And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers, ³⁸And they shed innocent blood -- Blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they have sacrificed to idols of Canaan, And the land is profaned with blood. ³⁹And they are defiled with their works, And commit whoredom in their habitual doings. ⁴⁰And the anger of Jehovah Is kindled against His people, And He doth abominate His inheritance. ⁴¹And giveth them into the hand of nations, And those hating them rule over them, ⁴²And their enemies oppress them, And they are humbled under their hand. ⁴³Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴And He looketh on their distress When He heareth their cry, ⁴⁵And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness. ⁴⁶And He appointeth them for mercies Before all their captors. ⁴⁷Save us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To glory in Thy praise. ⁴⁸Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age even unto the age. And all the people said, `Amen, praise Jah!`

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¹`Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness:` ²Let the redeemed of Jehovah say, Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary. ³And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea. ⁴They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found. ⁵Hungry -- yea -- thirsty, Their soul in them becometh feeble, ⁶And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distress He delivereth them, ⁷And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation. ⁸They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. ⁹For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled [with] goodness. ¹⁰Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, ¹¹Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised. ¹²And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper. ¹³And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them. ¹⁴He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away. ¹⁵They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. ¹⁶For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut. ¹⁷Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves. ¹⁸All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, ¹⁹And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them, ²⁰He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions. ²¹They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, ²²And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing. ²³Those going down [to] the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters, ²⁴They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep. ²⁵And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows, ²⁶They go up [to] the heavens, they go down [to] the depths, Their soul in evil is melted. ²⁷They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. ²⁸And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out. ²⁹He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. ³⁰And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire. ³¹They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, ³²And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him. ³³He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. ³⁴A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants. ³⁵He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. ³⁶And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation. ³⁷And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase. ³⁸And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish. ³⁹And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow. ⁴⁰He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way. ⁴¹And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock. ⁴²The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth. ⁴³Who [is] wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

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¹A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour. ²Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn. ³I thank Thee among peoples, O Jehovah, And I praise Thee among the nations. ⁴For great above the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth. ⁵Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth Thy honour. ⁶That Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us. ⁷God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure, ⁸Mine [is] Gilead, mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver, ⁹Moab [is] a pot for my washing, Upon Edom I cast my shoe, Over Philistia I shout habitually. ¹⁰Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom? ¹¹Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not out, O God, with our hosts! ¹²Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man. ¹³In God we do mightily, And He doth tread down our adversaries!

Chapter 109

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent, ²For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred! ³They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. ⁴For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer! ⁵And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love. ⁶Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. ⁷In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. ⁸His days are few, his oversight another taketh, ⁹His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. ¹¹An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. ¹²He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. ¹³His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. ¹⁴The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. ¹⁵They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial. ¹⁶Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart -- to slay, ¹⁷And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. ¹⁸And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones. ¹⁹It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. ²⁰This [is] the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul. ²¹And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name`s sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me. ²²For I [am] poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst. ²³As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust. ²⁴My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness. ²⁵And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head. ²⁶Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness. ²⁷And they know that this [is] Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it. ²⁸They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice. ²⁹Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe [is] their shame. ³⁰I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him, ³¹For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

Chapter 110

¹A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.` ²The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies. ³Thy people [are] free-will gifts in the day of Thy strength, in the honours of holiness, From the womb, from the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth. ⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou [art] a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.` ⁵The Lord on thy right hand smote kings In the day of His anger. ⁶He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth. ⁷From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!

Chapter 111

¹Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, And of the company. ²Great [are] the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them. ³Honourable and majestic is His work, And His righteousness is standing for ever. ⁴A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah. ⁵Prey He hath given to those fearing Him, He remembereth to the age His covenant. ⁶The power of His works He hath declared to His people, To give to them the inheritance of nations. ⁷The works of His hands [are] true and just, Stedfast [are] all His appointments. ⁸They are sustained for ever to the age. They are made in truth and uprightness. ⁹Redemption He hath sent to His people, He hath appointed to the age His covenant, Holy and fearful [is] His name. ¹⁰The beginning of wisdom [is] fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise [is] standing for ever!

Chapter 112

¹Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. ²Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed. ³Wealth and riches [are] in his house, And his righteousness is standing for ever. ⁴Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵Good [is] the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment. ⁶For -- to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. ⁷Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah. ⁸Sustained is his heart -- he feareth not, Till that he look on his adversaries. ⁹He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour. ¹⁰The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

Chapter 113

¹Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah. ²The name of Jehovah is blessed, From henceforth, and unto the age. ³From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised [is] the name of Jehovah. ⁴High above all nations [is] Jehovah, Above the heavens [is] his honour. ⁵Who [is] as Jehovah our God, He is exalting [Himself] to sit? ⁶He is humbling [Himself] to look On the heavens and on the earth. ⁷He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. ⁸To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people. ⁹Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

Chapter 114

¹In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people, ²Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward. ⁴The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock. ⁵What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back! ⁶O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock! ⁷From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob, ⁸He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!

Chapter 115

¹Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth. ²Why do the nations say, `Where, pray, [is] their God. <sup>3</sup>And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done. <sup>4</sup>Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man`s hands, ⁵A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, ⁶Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, ⁷Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; ⁸Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them. ⁹O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.` ¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.` ¹¹Ye fearing Jehovah, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield [is] He.` ¹²Jehovah hath remembered us, He blesseth, He blesseth the house of Israel, He blesseth the house of Aaron, ¹³He blesseth those fearing Jehovah, The small with the great. ¹⁴Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons. ¹⁵Blessed [are] ye of Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth, ¹⁶The heavens -- the heavens [are] Jehovah`s, And the earth He hath given to sons of men, ¹⁷The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence. ¹⁸And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 116

¹I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, ²Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call. ³Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find. ⁴And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul, ⁵Gracious [is] Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God [is] merciful, ⁶A preserver of the simple [is] Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation. ⁷Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee. ⁸For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, my feet from overthrowing. ⁹I walk habitually before Jehovah In the lands of the living. ¹⁰I have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly. ¹¹I said in my haste, `Every man [is] a liar.` ¹²What do I return to Jehovah? All His benefits [are] upon me. ¹³The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call. ¹⁴My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people. ¹⁵Precious in the eyes of Jehovah [is] the death for His saints. ¹⁶Cause [it] to come, O Jehovah, for I [am] Thy servant. I [am] Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds. ¹⁷To Thee I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanks, And in the name of Jehovah I call. ¹⁸My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people, ¹⁹In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!

Chapter 117

¹Praise Jehovah, all ye nations, Glorify Him, all ye peoples. ²For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah [is] to the age. Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 118

¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness. ²I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. ³I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. ⁴I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age [is] His kindness. ⁵From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place. ⁶Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me. ⁷Jehovah [is] for me among my helpers, And I -- I look on those hating me. ⁸Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man, ⁹Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes. ¹⁰All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹¹They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹²They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. ¹³Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me. ¹⁴My strength and song [is] Jah, And He is to me for salvation. ¹⁵A voice of singing and salvation, [Is] in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁶The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly. ¹⁷I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah, ¹⁸Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up. ¹⁹Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them -- I thank Jah. ²⁰This [is] the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it. ²¹I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation. ²²A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. ²³From Jehovah hath this been, It [is] wonderful in our eyes, ²⁴This [is] the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it. ²⁵I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee. ²⁶Blessed [is] he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah, ²⁷God [is] Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸My God Thou [art], and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee. ²⁹Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness!

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¹[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, ²O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him. ³Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked. ⁴Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently, ⁵O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes, ⁶Then I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands. ⁷I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness. ⁸Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly! ⁹[Beth.] With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word. ¹⁰With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands. ¹¹In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee. ¹²Blessed [art] Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes. ¹³With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Thy mouth. ¹⁴In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. ¹⁵In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths. ¹⁶In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word. ¹⁷[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word. ¹⁸Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law. ¹⁹A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands. ²⁰Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times. ²¹Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands. ²²Remove from me reproach and contempt, For Thy testimonies I have kept. ²³Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes, ²⁴Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel! ²⁵[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word. ²⁶My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes, ²⁷The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders. ²⁸My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word. ²⁹The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me. ³⁰The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared, ³¹I have adhered to Thy testimonies, O Jehovah, put me not to shame. ³²The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart! ³³[He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- [to] the end. ³⁴Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart. ³⁵Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted. ³⁶Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. ³⁷Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me. ³⁸Establish to Thy servant Thy saying, That [is] concerning Thy fear. ³⁹Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Thy judgments [are] good. ⁴⁰Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me, ⁴¹[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying. ⁴²And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word. ⁴³And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped. ⁴⁴And I keep Thy law continually, To the age and for ever. ⁴⁵And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought. ⁴⁶And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed. ⁴⁷And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved, ⁴⁸And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes! ⁴⁹[Zain.] Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope. ⁵⁰This [is] my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me. ⁵¹The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside. ⁵²I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself. ⁵³Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law. ⁵⁴Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings. ⁵⁵I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law. ⁵⁶This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept! ⁵⁷[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words, ⁵⁸I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying. ⁵⁹I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies. ⁶⁰I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands. ⁶¹Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten. ⁶²At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness. ⁶³A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts. ⁶⁴Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me! ⁶⁵[Teth.] Good Thou didst with Thy servant, O Jehovah, According to Thy word. ⁶⁶The goodness of reason and knowledge teach me, For in Thy commands I have believed. ⁶⁷Before I am afflicted, I -- I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept. ⁶⁸Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes. ⁶⁹Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. ⁷⁰Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted. ⁷¹Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes. ⁷²Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver! ⁷³[Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands. ⁷⁴Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped. ⁷⁵I have known, O Jehovah, That righteous [are] Thy judgments, And [in] faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant. ⁷⁷Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight. ⁷⁸Ashamed are the proud, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate in Thy precepts. ⁷⁹Those fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies. ⁸⁰My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed. ⁸¹[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped. ⁸²Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?` ⁸³For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten. ⁸⁴How many [are] the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment? ⁸⁵The proud have digged for me pits, That [are] not according to Thy law. ⁸⁶All Thy commands [are] faithfulness, [With] falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me. ⁸⁷Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I -- I have not forsaken Thy precepts. ⁸⁸According to Thy kindness quicken Thou me, And I keep the testimony of Thy mouth! ⁸⁹[Lamed.] To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. ⁹⁰To all generations Thy faithfulness, Thou didst establish earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹According to Thine ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole [are] Thy servants. ⁹²Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. ⁹³To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me. ⁹⁴I [am] Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought. ⁹⁵Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. ⁹⁶Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command -- exceedingly! ⁹⁷[Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation. ⁹⁸Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age. ⁹⁹Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation. ¹⁰⁰Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. ¹⁰¹From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. ¹⁰²From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me. ¹⁰³How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! ¹⁰⁵[Nun.] A lamp to my foot [is] Thy word, And a light to my path. ¹⁰⁶I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. ¹⁰⁷I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. ¹⁰⁸Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. ¹⁰⁹My soul [is] in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. ¹¹¹I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they. ¹¹²I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- [to] the end! ¹¹³[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved. ¹¹⁴My hiding place and my shield [art] Thou, For Thy word I have hoped. ¹¹⁵Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God. ¹¹⁶Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. ¹¹⁷Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood [is] their deceit. ¹¹⁹Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies. ¹²⁰Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid! ¹²¹[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors. ¹²²Make sure Thy servant for good, Let not the proud oppress me. ¹²³Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness. ¹²⁴Do with Thy servant according to Thy kindness. And Thy statutes teach Thou me. ¹²⁵Thy servant [am] I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies. ¹²⁶Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law. ¹²⁷Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold. ¹²⁸Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, Every path of falsehood I have hated! ¹²⁹[Pe.] Wonderful [are] Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them. ¹³⁰The opening of Thy words enlighteneth, Instructing the simple. ¹³¹My mouth I have opened, yea, I pant, For, for Thy commands I have longed. ¹³²Look unto me, and favour me, As customary to those loving Thy name. ¹³³My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me. ¹³⁴Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts, ¹³⁵Thy face cause to shine on Thy servant, And teach me Thy statutes. ¹³⁶Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law! ¹³⁷[Tzade.] Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And upright [are] Thy judgments. ¹³⁸Thou hast appointed Thy testimonies, Righteous and exceeding faithful, ¹³⁹Cut me off hath my zeal, For mine adversaries forgot Thy words. ¹⁴⁰Tried [is] thy saying exceedingly, And Thy servant hath loved it. ¹⁴¹Small I [am], and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten. ¹⁴²Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth. ¹⁴³Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands [are] my delights. ¹⁴⁴The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I live! ¹⁴⁵[Koph.] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O Jehovah, Thy statutes I keep, ¹⁴⁶I have called Thee, save Thou me, And I do keep Thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped. ¹⁴⁸Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying. ¹⁴⁹My voice hear, according to Thy kindness, Jehovah, according to Thy judgment quicken me. ¹⁵⁰Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. ¹⁵¹Near [art] Thou, O Jehovah, And all Thy commands [are] truth. ¹⁵²Of old I have known Thy testimonies, That to the age Thou hast founded them! ¹⁵³[Resh.] See my affliction, and deliver Thou me, For Thy law I have not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴Plead my plea, and redeem me, According to Thy saying quicken me. ¹⁵⁵Far from the wicked [is] salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought. ¹⁵⁶Thy mercies [are] many, O Jehovah, According to Thy judgments quicken me. ¹⁵⁷Many [are] my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside. ¹⁵⁸I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because Thy saying they have not kept. ¹⁵⁹See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me. ¹⁶⁰The sum of Thy word [is] truth, And to the age [is] every judgment of Thy righteousness! ¹⁶¹[Shin.] Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid. ¹⁶²I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil. ¹⁶³Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved. ¹⁶⁴Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness. ¹⁶⁵Abundant peace have those loving Thy law, And they have no stumbling-block. ¹⁶⁶I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done. ¹⁶⁷Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee! ¹⁶⁹[Taw.] My loud cry cometh near before Thee, O Jehovah; According to Thy word cause me to understand. ¹⁷⁰My supplication cometh in before Thee, According to Thy saying deliver Thou me. ¹⁷¹My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes. ¹⁷²My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands [are] righteous. ¹⁷³Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen. ¹⁷⁴I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight. ¹⁷⁵My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me. ¹⁷⁶I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me. ²O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! ³What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue! ⁴Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals. ⁵Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar. ⁶Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace. ⁷I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come? ²My help [is] from Jehovah, maker of heaven and earth, ³He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not. ⁴Lo, He slumbereth not, nor sleepeth, He who is preserving Israel. ⁵Jehovah [is] thy preserver, Jehovah [is] thy shade on thy right hand, ⁶By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night. ⁷Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul. ⁸Jehovah preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto the age!

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¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, `To the house of Jehovah we go.` ²Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem! ³Jerusalem -- the builded one -- [Is] as a city that is joined to itself together. ⁴For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah. ⁵For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David. ⁶Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee. ⁷Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places, ⁸For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, `Peace [be] in thee.` ⁹For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens. ²Lo, as eyes of men-servants [Are] unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant [Are] unto the hand of her mistress, So [are] our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us. ³Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt, ⁴Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

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¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Save [for] Jehovah -- who hath been for us, (Pray, let Israel say), ²Save [for] Jehovah -- who hath been for us, In the rising up of man against us, ³Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us, ⁴Then the waters had overflowed us, The stream passed over our soul, ⁵Then passed over our soul had the proud waters. ⁶Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath not given us, A prey to their teeth. ⁷Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped. ⁸Our help [is] in the name of Jehovah, Maker of the heavens and earth!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah [are] as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth. ²Jerusalem! mountains [are] round about her, And Jehovah [is] round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age. ³For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands. ⁴Do good, O Jehovah, to the good, And to the upright in their hearts. ⁵As to those turning [to] their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah`s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers. <sup>2</sup>Then filled [with] laughter is our mouth, And our tongue [with] singing, Then do they say among nations, `Jehovah did great things with these.` ³Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful. ⁴Turn again, O Jehovah, [to] our captivity, As streams in the south. ⁵Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap, ⁶Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!

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¹A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. ²Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep. ³Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah [are] sons, A reward [is] the fruit of the womb. ⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So [are] the sons of the young men. ⁵O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. ²The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy [art] thou, and good [is] to thee. ³Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. ⁴Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah. ⁵Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life, ⁶And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say: ²Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me. ³Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows. ⁴Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked. ⁵Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion. ⁶They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth, ⁷That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves. ⁸And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!`

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¹A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. ²Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? ⁴But with Thee [is] forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared. ⁵I hoped [for] Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited. ⁶My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning! ⁷Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah [is] kindness, And abundant with Him [is] redemption. ⁸And He doth redeem Israel from all his iniquities!

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¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me. ²Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me [is] my soul. ³Israel doth wait on Jehovah, From henceforth, and unto the age!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions. ²Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed, <sup>4</sup>If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber, <sup>5</sup>Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob. <sup>6</sup>`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest. ⁷We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool. ⁸Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength, ⁹Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud. ¹⁰For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed. ¹¹Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee. ¹²If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee. ¹³For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself, ¹⁴This [is] My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it. ¹⁵Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy [with] bread, ¹⁶And her priests I clothe [with] salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud. ¹⁷There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed. ¹⁸His enemies I do clothe [with] shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!

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¹A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together! ²As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes, ³As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!

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¹A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night. ²Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah. ³Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!

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¹Praise ye Jah! Praise ye the name of Jehovah, Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, ²Who are standing in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of the house of our God. ³Praise ye Jah! for Jehovah [is] good, Sing praise to His name, for [it is] pleasant. ⁴For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure. ⁵For I have known that great [is] Jehovah, Yea, our Lord [is] above all gods. ⁶All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places, ⁷Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures. ⁸Who smote the first-born of Egypt, From man unto beast. ⁹He sent tokens and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants. ¹⁰Who smote many nations, and slew strong kings, ¹¹Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms of Canaan. ¹²And He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people, ¹³O Jehovah, Thy name [is] to the age, O Jehovah, Thy memorial to all generations. ¹⁴For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself. ¹⁵The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, Work of the hands of man. ¹⁶A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, ¹⁷Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth! ¹⁸Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them. ¹⁹O house of Israel, bless ye Jehovah, O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah, ²⁰O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah, Those fearing Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah. ²¹Blessed [is] Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem -- praise ye Jah!

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¹Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness. ²Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age [is] His kindness. ³Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁴To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁵To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁶To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁷To Him making great lights, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁸The sun to rule by day, For to the age [is] His kindness. ⁹The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹⁰To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹¹And bringing forth Israel from their midst, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹²By a strong hand, and a stretched-out-arm, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹³To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age [is] His kindness, ¹⁴And caused Israel to pass through its midst, For to the age [is] His kindness, ¹⁵And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹⁶To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹⁷To Him smiting great kings, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹⁸Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age [is] His kindness. ¹⁹Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²⁰And Og king of Bashan, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²¹And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²²An inheritance to Israel His servant, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²³Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²⁴And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²⁵Giving food to all flesh, For to the age [is] His kindness. ²⁶Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age [is] His kindness!

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¹By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. ²On willows in its midst we hung our harps. ³For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers -- joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.` ⁴How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger? ⁵If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth! ⁶My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy. ⁷Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, `Rase, rase to its foundation!` ⁸O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us. ⁹O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

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¹By David. I confess Thee, with all my heart, Before the gods I do praise Thee. ²I bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name. ³In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul [with] strength. ⁴O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth. ⁵And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great [is] the honour of Jehovah. ⁶For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth. ⁷If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me. ⁸Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness [is] to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

Chapter 139

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. ²Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar. ³My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted. ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all! ⁵Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand. ⁶Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it. ⁷Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? ⁸If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! ⁹I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, ¹⁰Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me. ¹¹And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me. <sup>12</sup>Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light. <sup>13</sup>For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother`s belly. ¹⁴I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well. ¹⁵My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. ¹⁶Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them. ¹⁷And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum! ¹⁸I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee. ¹⁹Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me! ²⁰Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies. ²¹Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself? ²²[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me. ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts, ²⁴And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!

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¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me. ²Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble [for] wars. ³They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder [is] under their lips. Selah. ⁴Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps. ⁵The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. ⁶I have said to Jehovah, `My God [art] Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.` ⁷O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour. ⁸Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. ⁹The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. ¹⁰They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not. ¹¹A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing. ¹²I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy. ¹³Only -- the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!

Chapter 141

¹A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear [to] my voice when I call to Thee. ²My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present. ³Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips. ⁴Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things. ⁵The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations. ⁶Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant. ⁷As one tilling and ripping up in the land, Have our bones been scattered at the command of Saul. ⁸But to Thee, O Jehovah, my Lord, [are] mine eyes, In Thee I have trusted, Make not bare my soul. ⁹Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity. ¹⁰The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!

Chapter 142

¹An Instruction of David, a Prayer when he is in the cave. My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I cry, My voice [is] unto Jehovah, I entreat grace. ²I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare. ³When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me. ⁴Looking on the right hand -- and seeing, And I have none recognizing; Perished hath refuge from me, There is none inquiring for my soul. ⁵I have cried unto thee, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.` ⁶Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I. ⁷Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!

Chapter 143

¹A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me -- in Thy righteousness. ²And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee. ³For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old. ⁴And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate. ⁵I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse. ⁶I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah. ⁷Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit. ⁸Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul. ⁹Deliver me from mine enemies, O Jehovah, Near Thee I am covered. ¹⁰Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou [art] my God -- Thy Spirit [is] good, Lead me into a land of uprightness. ¹¹For Thy name`s sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul, ¹²And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Thy servant!

Chapter 144

¹By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle. ²My kind one, and my bulwark, My tower, and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I have trusted, Who is subduing my people under me! ³Jehovah, what [is] man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him? ⁴Man to vanity hath been like, His days [are] as a shadow passing by. ⁵Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke. ⁶Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them, ⁷Send forth Thy hand from on high, Free me, and deliver me from many waters, From the hand of sons of a stranger, ⁸Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood. ⁹O God, a new song I sing to Thee, On a psaltery of ten strings I sing praise to Thee. ¹⁰Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil. ¹¹Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood, ¹²Because our sons [are] as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished -- the likeness of a palace, ¹³Our garners [are] full, bringing out from kind to kind, Our flocks are bringing forth thousands, Ten thousands in our out-places, ¹⁴Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, And there is no outgoing, And there is no crying in our broad places. ¹⁵O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God [is] Jehovah!

Chapter 145

¹Praise by David. I exalt Thee, my God, O king, And bless Thy name to the age and for ever. ²Every day do I bless Thee, And praise Thy name to the age and for ever. ³Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching. ⁴Generation to generation praiseth Thy works, And Thy mighty acts they declare. ⁵The honour -- the glory of Thy majesty, And the matters of Thy wonders I declare. ⁶And the strength of Thy fearful acts they tell, And Thy greatness I recount. ⁷The memorial of the abundance of Thy goodness they send forth. And Thy righteousness they sing. ⁸Gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness. ⁹Good [is] Jehovah to all, And His mercies [are] over all His works. ¹⁰Confess Thee O Jehovah, do all Thy works, And Thy saints do bless Thee. ¹¹The honour of Thy kingdom they tell, And [of] Thy might they speak, ¹²To make known to sons of men His mighty acts, The honour of the majesty of His kingdom. ¹³Thy kingdom [is] a kingdom of all ages, And Thy dominion [is] in all generations. ¹⁴Jehovah is supporting all who are falling, And raising up all who are bowed down. ¹⁵The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season, ¹⁶Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing. ¹⁷Righteous [is] Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works. ¹⁸Near [is] Jehovah to all those calling Him, To all who call Him in truth. ¹⁹The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them. ²⁰Jehovah preserveth all those loving Him, And all the wicked He destroyeth. ²¹The praise of Jehovah my mouth speaketh, And all flesh doth bless His holy name, To the age and for ever!

Chapter 146

¹Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah. ²I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist. ³Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance. ⁴His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished. ⁵O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope [is] on Jehovah his God, ⁶Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that [is] in them, Who is keeping truth to the age, ⁷Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry. ⁸Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous, ⁹Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. ¹⁰Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 147

¹Praise ye Jah! For [it is] good to praise our God, For pleasant -- comely [is] praise. ²Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth. ³Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs. ⁴Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names. ⁵Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration. ⁶Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth. ⁷Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp. ⁸Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains, ⁹Giving to the beast its food, To the young of the ravens that call. ¹⁰Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased. ¹¹Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness. ¹²Glorify, O Jerusalem, Jehovah, Praise thy God, O Zion. ¹³For He did strengthen the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy sons in thy midst. ¹⁴Who is making thy border peace, [With] the fat of wheat He satisfieth Thee. ¹⁵Who is sending forth His saying [on] earth, Very speedily doth His word run. ¹⁶Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth. ¹⁷Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand? ¹⁸He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow -- the waters flow. ¹⁹Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. ²⁰He hath not done so to any nation, As to judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 148

¹Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places. ²Praise ye Him, all His messengers, Praise ye Him, all His hosts. ³Praise ye Him, sun and moon, Praise ye Him, all stars of light. ⁴Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens. ⁵They do praise the name of Jehovah, For He commanded, and they were created. ⁶And He establisheth them for ever to the age, A statute He gave, and they pass not over. ⁷Praise ye Jehovah from the earth, Dragons and all deeps, ⁸Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word; ⁹The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars, ¹⁰The wild beast, and all cattle, Creeping thing, and winged bird, ¹¹Kings of earth, and all peoples, Chiefs, and all judges of earth, ¹²Young men, and also maidens, Aged men, with youths, ¹³They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour [is] above earth and heavens. ¹⁴And He exalteth the horn of His people, The praise of all His saints, Of the sons of Israel, a people near Him. Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 149

¹Praise ye Jah! Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, His praise in an assembly of saints. ²Israel doth rejoice in his Maker, Sons of Zion do joy in their king. ³They praise His name in a dance, With timbrel and harp sing praise to Him. ⁴For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation. ⁵Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds. ⁶The exaltation of God [is] in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand. ⁷To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples. ⁸To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron, ⁹To do among them the judgment written, An honour it [is] for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!

Chapter 150

¹Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. ²Praise Him in His mighty acts, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. ³Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp. ⁴Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ. ⁵Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting. ⁶All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

Proverbs

Chapter 1

¹Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: ²For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence, ³For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness, ⁴For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion. ⁵(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.) ⁶For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings. ⁷Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised! ⁸Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, ⁹For a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck. ¹⁰My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing. ¹¹If they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause, <sup>12</sup>We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down [to] the pit, <sup>13</sup>Every precious substance we find, We fill our houses [with] spoil, <sup>14</sup>Thy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.` ¹⁵My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path, ¹⁶For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood. ¹⁷Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird. ¹⁸And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives. ¹⁹So [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh. ²⁰Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, ²¹At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith: ²²`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge? <sup>23</sup>Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you. <sup>24</sup>Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending, <sup>25</sup>And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. <sup>26</sup>I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh, <sup>27</sup>When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress. <sup>28</sup>Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not. <sup>29</sup>Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. <sup>30</sup>They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof, <sup>31</sup>And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled. <sup>32</sup>For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them. <sup>33</sup>And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!`

Chapter 2

¹My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, ²To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, ³For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, ⁴If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, ⁵Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. ⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. ⁷Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly. ⁸To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth. ⁹Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path. ¹⁰For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, ¹¹Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, ¹²To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things, ¹³Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness, ¹⁴Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked, ¹⁵Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. ¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, ¹⁷Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. ¹⁸For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. ¹⁹None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life. ²⁰That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. ²¹For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it, ²²And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

Chapter 3

¹My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, ²For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee. ³Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, ⁴And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man. ⁵Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. ⁶In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths. ⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. ⁸Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones. ⁹Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; ¹⁰And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth. ¹¹Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, ¹²For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with. ¹³O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding. ¹⁴For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold -- her increase. ¹⁵Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her. ¹⁶Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour. ¹⁷Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace. ¹⁸A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy. ¹⁹Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding. ²⁰By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew. ²¹My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, ²²And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. ²³Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble. ²⁴If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep. ²⁵Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh. ²⁶For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture. ²⁷Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [it]. ²⁸Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,` And substance with thee. ²⁹Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. ³⁰Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil. ³¹Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways. ³²For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel. ³³The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth. ³⁴If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace. ³⁵Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!

Chapter 4

¹Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. ²For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. ³For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother. ⁴And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. ⁵Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. ⁶Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. ⁷The first thing [is] wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. ⁸Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. ⁹She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. ¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee. ¹¹In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. ¹²In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. ¹³Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life. ¹⁴Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. ¹⁵Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. ¹⁶For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble. ¹⁷For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. ¹⁸And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, ¹⁹The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. ²⁰My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, ²¹Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. ²²For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. ²³Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life. ²⁴Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, ²⁵Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. ²⁶Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established. ²⁷Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

Chapter 5

¹My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, ²To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep. ³For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth, ⁴And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths. ⁵Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. ⁶The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not. ⁷And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth. ⁸Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house, ⁹Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce, ¹⁰Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, ¹¹And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food, ¹²And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, ¹³And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear. ¹⁴As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. ¹⁶Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. ¹⁷Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. ¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, ¹⁹A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually. ²⁰And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? ²¹For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. ²²His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. ²³He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

Chapter 6

¹My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, ²Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, ³Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, ⁵Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler. ⁶Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; ⁷Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, ⁸She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. ⁹Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? ¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, ¹¹And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man. ¹²A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth, ¹³Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers, ¹⁴Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth. ¹⁵Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing. ¹⁶These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul. ¹⁷Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- ¹⁸A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- ¹⁹A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren. ²⁰Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. ²¹Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. ²²In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh [with] thee. ²³For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction, ²⁴To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. ²⁵Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. ²⁶For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. ²⁷Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? ²⁸Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? ²⁹So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. ³⁰They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, ³¹And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. ³²He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. ³³A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, ³⁴For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. ³⁵He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

Chapter 7

¹My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee. ²Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye. ³Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart. ⁴Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].` And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!` ⁵To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings. ⁶For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out, ⁷And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding, ⁸Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step, ⁹In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness. ¹⁰And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot`s dress, and watchful of heart, <sup>11</sup>Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not. <sup>12</sup>Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- <sup>13</sup>And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him, <sup>14</sup>`Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows. ¹⁵Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee. ¹⁶[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt. ¹⁷I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ¹⁸Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves. ¹⁹For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey. ²⁰A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.` ²¹She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him. ²²He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, ²³Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life. ²⁴And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth. ²⁵Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths, ²⁶For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones. ²⁷The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

Chapter 8

¹Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? ²At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood, ³At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, ⁴`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men. ⁵Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart, ⁶Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness. ⁷For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness. ⁸In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse. ⁹All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge. ¹⁰Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. ¹¹For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. ¹²I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. ¹³The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated. ¹⁴Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might. ¹⁵By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness, ¹⁶By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth. ¹⁷I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. ¹⁸Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness. ¹⁹Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver. ²⁰In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, ²¹To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill. ²²Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. ²³From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. ²⁴In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters, ²⁵Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth. ²⁶While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. ²⁷In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, ²⁸In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, ²⁹In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, ³⁰Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, ³¹Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men. ³²And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. ³³Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. ³⁴O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. ³⁵For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. ³⁶And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!

Chapter 9

¹Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven. ²She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table. ³She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city: ⁴`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.` Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him, ⁵`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled. <sup>6</sup>Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding. <sup>7</sup>The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish. <sup>8</sup>Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. <sup>9</sup>Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. <sup>10</sup>The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding. <sup>11</sup>For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life. <sup>12</sup>If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest [it]. <sup>13</sup>A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what. <sup>14</sup>And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city, <sup>15</sup>To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths. <sup>16</sup>`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.` And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him, <sup>17</sup>`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.` ¹⁸And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

Chapter 10

¹Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother. ²Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death. ³Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away. ⁴Poor [is] he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ⁵Whoso is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame. ⁶Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. ⁷The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot. ⁸The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh. ⁹Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known. ¹⁰Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh. ¹¹A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. ¹²Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth. ¹³In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod [is] for the back of him who is lacking understanding. ¹⁴The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin. ¹⁵The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty. ¹⁶The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin. ¹⁷A traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring. ¹⁸Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool. ¹⁹In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips [is] wise. ²⁰The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing. ²¹The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die. ²²The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it. ²³To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding. ²⁴The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given. ²⁵As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during. ²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him. ²⁷The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened. ²⁸The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth. ²⁹The way of Jehovah [is] strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity. ³⁰The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth. ³¹The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out. ³²The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

Chapter 11

¹Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight. ²Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom. ³The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them. ⁴Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death. ⁵The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. ⁶The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured. ⁷In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost. ⁸The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him. ⁹With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out. ¹⁰In the good of the righteous a city exulteth, And in the destruction of the wicked [is] singing. ¹¹By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down. ¹²Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence. ¹³A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter. ¹⁴Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. ¹⁵Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident. ¹⁶A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches. ¹⁷A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh. ¹⁸The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward. ¹⁹Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death. ²⁰An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight. ²¹Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped. ²²A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour. ²³The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression. ²⁴There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want. ²⁵A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered. ²⁶Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing [is] for the head of him who is selling. ²⁷Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him. ²⁸Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish. ²⁹Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant [is] the fool to the wise of heart. ³⁰The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise. ³¹Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

Chapter 12

¹Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish. ²The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth. ³A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved. ⁴A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame. ⁵The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit. ⁶The words of the wicked [are]: `Lay wait for blood,` And the mouth of the upright delivereth them. ⁷Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth. ⁸According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised. ⁹Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread. ¹⁰The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked [are] cruel. ¹¹Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart, ¹²The wicked hath desired the net of evil doers, And the root of the righteous giveth. ¹³In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. ¹⁴From the fruit of the mouth [is] one satisfied [with] good, And the deed of man`s hands returneth to him. ¹⁵The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel [is] wise. ¹⁶The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame. ¹⁷Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit. ¹⁸A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing. ¹⁹The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood. ²⁰Deceit [is] in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace [is] joy. ²¹No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil. ²²An abomination to Jehovah [are] lying lips, And stedfast doers [are] his delight. ²³A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly. ²⁴The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary. ²⁵Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad. ²⁶The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err. ²⁷The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious. ²⁸In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

Chapter 13

¹A wise son -- the instruction of a father, And a scorner -- he hath not heard rebuke. ²From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence. ³Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him! ⁴The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat. ⁵A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded. ⁶Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering. ⁷There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant. ⁸The ransom of a man`s life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke. <sup>9</sup>The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. <sup>10</sup>A vain man through pride causeth debate, And with the counselled [is] wisdom. <sup>11</sup>Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great. <sup>12</sup>Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire. <sup>13</sup>Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed. <sup>14</sup>The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death. <sup>15</sup>Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous [is] hard. <sup>16</sup>Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly. <sup>17</sup>A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing. <sup>18</sup>Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured. <sup>19</sup>A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools [is]: Turn from evil. <sup>20</sup>Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil. <sup>21</sup>Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth the righteous. <sup>22</sup>A good man causeth sons` sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous [is] the sinner`s wealth. ²³Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment. ²⁴Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement. ²⁵The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

Chapter 14

¹Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down. ²Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him. ³In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them. ⁴Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox. ⁵A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies. ⁶A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy. ⁷Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge. ⁸The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit. ⁹Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing. ¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle. ¹¹The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth. ¹²There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death. ¹³Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction. ¹⁴From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits. ¹⁵The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step. ¹⁶The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. ¹⁷Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. ¹⁸The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge. ¹⁹The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. ²⁰Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many. ²¹Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness. ²²Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good, ²³In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. ²⁴The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly. ²⁵A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies. ²⁶In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge. ²⁷The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death. ²⁸In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince. ²⁹Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly. ³⁰A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy. ³¹An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy. ³²In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous. ³³In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known. ³⁴Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering. ³⁵The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!

Chapter 15

¹A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. ²The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly. ³In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good. ⁴A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit. ⁵A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent. ⁶[In] the house of the righteous [is] abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked -- trouble. ⁷The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right. ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. ⁹An abomination to Jehovah [is] the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth. ¹⁰Chastisement [is] grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth. ¹¹Sheol and destruction [are] before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men. ¹²A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not. ¹³A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten. ¹⁴The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly. ¹⁵All the days of the afflicted [are] evil, And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet. ¹⁶Better [is] a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it. ¹⁷Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it. ¹⁸A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife. ¹⁹The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up. ²⁰A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother. ²¹Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth [his] going. ²²Without counsel [is] the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established. ²³Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good! ²⁴A path of life [is] on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath. ²⁵The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow. ²⁶An abomination to Jehovah [are] thoughts of wickedness, And pure [are] sayings of pleasantness. ²⁷A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth. ²⁸The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things. ²⁹Far [is] Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth. ³⁰The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart, A good report maketh fat the bone. ³¹An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise. ³²Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding. ³³The fear of Jehovah [is] the instruction of wisdom, And before honour [is] humility!

Chapter 16

¹Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. ²All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits. ³Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes, ⁴All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil. ⁵An abomination to Jehovah [is] every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted. ⁶In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil. ⁷When a man`s ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him. <sup>8</sup>Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice. <sup>9</sup>The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step. <sup>10</sup>An oath [is] on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not. <sup>11</sup>A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah`s, His work [are] all the stones of the bag. ¹²An abomination to kings [is] doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established. ¹³The delight of kings [are] righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth, ¹⁴The fury of a king [is] messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it. ¹⁵In the light of a king`s face [is] life, And his good-will [is] as a cloud of the latter rain. <sup>16</sup>To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver! <sup>17</sup>A highway of the upright [is], `Turn from evil,` Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way. <sup>18</sup>Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.` ¹⁹Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud. ²⁰The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness. ²¹To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,` And sweetness of lips increaseth learning. ²²A fountain of life [is] understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly. ²³The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning, ²⁴Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone. ²⁵There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death. ²⁶A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it. ²⁷A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire. ²⁸A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend. ²⁹A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good. ³⁰Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil. ³¹A crown of beauty [are] grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found. ³²Better [is] the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city. ³³Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah [is] all its judgment!

Chapter 17

¹Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. ²A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance. ³A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts [is] Jehovah. ⁴An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue. ⁵Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted. ⁶Sons` sons [are] the crown of old men, And the glory of sons [are] their fathers. ⁷Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. ⁸A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. ⁹Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend. ¹⁰Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool. ¹¹An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him. ¹²The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly. ¹³Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. ¹⁴The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife. ¹⁵Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah. ¹⁶Why [is] this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none? ¹⁷At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born. ¹⁸A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend. ¹⁹Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction. ²⁰The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil. ²¹Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not. ²²A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone. ²³A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment. ²⁴The face of the intelligent [is] to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool -- at the end of the earth. ²⁵A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him. ²⁶Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness. ²⁷One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper [is] a man of understanding. ²⁸Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

Chapter 18

¹For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth. ²A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart. ³With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach. ⁴Deep waters [are] the words of a man`s mouth, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook. <sup>5</sup>Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment. <sup>6</sup>The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. <sup>7</sup>The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul. <sup>8</sup>The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart. <sup>9</sup>He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer. <sup>10</sup>A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high. <sup>11</sup>The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination. <sup>12</sup>Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility. <sup>13</sup>Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame. <sup>14</sup>The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear? <sup>15</sup>The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. <sup>16</sup>The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him. <sup>17</sup>Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him. <sup>18</sup>The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth. <sup>19</sup>A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace. <sup>20</sup>From the fruit of a man`s mouth is his belly satisfied, [From the] increase of his lips he is satisfied. ²¹Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit. ²²[Whoso] hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. ²³[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things. ²⁴A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

Chapter 19

¹Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse [in] his lips, who [is] a fool. ²Also, without knowledge the soul [is] not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning. ³The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth. ⁴Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated. ⁵A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered. ⁶Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts. ⁷All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not! ⁸Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good. ⁹A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth. ¹⁰Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes. ¹¹The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression. ¹²The wrath of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will. ¹³A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping. ¹⁴House and wealth [are] the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah [is] an understanding wife. ¹⁵Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger. ¹⁶Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth. ¹⁷Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him. ¹⁸Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul. ¹⁹A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add. ²⁰Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end. ²¹Many [are] the purposes in a man`s heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth. ²²The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar. ²³The fear of Jehovah [is] to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil. ²⁴The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back. ²⁵A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge. ²⁶Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion. ²⁷Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge. ²⁸A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity. ²⁹Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

Chapter 20

¹Wine [is] a scorner -- strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. ²The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul. ³An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth. ⁴Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. ⁵Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. ⁶A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? ⁷The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! ⁸A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil, ⁹Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?` ¹⁰A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah. ¹¹Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. ¹²A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. ¹³Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied [with] bread. ¹⁴`Bad, bad,` saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. ¹⁵Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge. ¹⁶Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. ¹⁷Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel. ¹⁸Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. ¹⁹A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety. ²⁰Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. ²¹An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed. ²²Do not say, `I recompense evil,` Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. ²³An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good. ²⁴From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way? ²⁵A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry. ²⁶A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. ²⁷The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart. ²⁸Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne. ²⁹The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs. ³⁰The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

Chapter 21

¹Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it. ²Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts. ³To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice. ⁴Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin. ⁵The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want. ⁶The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death. ⁷The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment. ⁸Froward [is] the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright [is] his work. ⁹Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company. ¹⁰The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour. ¹¹When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge. ¹²The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness. ¹³Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered. ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury. ¹⁵To do justice [is] joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity. ¹⁶A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth. ¹⁷Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth. ¹⁸The wicked [is] an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer. ¹⁹Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger. ²⁰A treasure to be desired, and oil, [Is] in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up. ²¹Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour. ²²A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence. ²³Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul. ²⁴Proud, haughty, scorner [is] his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride. ²⁵The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work. ²⁶All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not. ²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it. ²⁸A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh. ²⁹A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way. ³⁰There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah. ³¹A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance [is] of Jehovah!

Chapter 22

¹A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace. ²Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah. ³The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished. ⁴The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life. ⁵Thorns -- snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. ⁶Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. ⁷The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender. ⁸Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. ⁹The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor. ¹⁰Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease. ¹¹Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend. ¹²The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous. ¹³The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.` ¹⁴A deep pit [is] the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there. ¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him. ¹⁶He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want. ¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, ¹⁸For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. ¹⁹That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou. ²⁰Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge? ²¹To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee. ²²Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. ²³For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers. ²⁴Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, ²⁵Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul. ²⁶Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens. ²⁷If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee? ²⁸Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made. ²⁹Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Chapter 23

¹When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee, ²And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite. ³Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food. ⁴Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. ⁵For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. ⁶Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, ⁷For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,` saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee. ⁸Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet. ⁹In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words. ¹⁰Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, ¹¹For their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee. ¹²Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge. ¹³Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. ¹⁴Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest. ¹⁵My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, ¹⁶And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly. ¹⁷Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day. ¹⁸For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off. ¹⁹Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, ²⁰Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, ²¹For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags. ²²Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. ²³Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, ²⁴The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. ²⁵Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful. ²⁶Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. ²⁷For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit. ²⁸She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth. ²⁹Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? ³⁰Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. ³¹See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright. ³²Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. ³³Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. ³⁴And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast. ³⁵`They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!`

Chapter 24

¹Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. ²For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak. ³By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. ⁴And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth. ⁵Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power, ⁶For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. ⁷Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth. ⁸Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts. ⁹The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner. ¹⁰Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power, ¹¹If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back. ¹²When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.` Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work. ¹³Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. ¹⁴So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off. ¹⁵Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. ¹⁶For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. ¹⁷In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, ¹⁸Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger. ¹⁹Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked, ²⁰For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. ²¹Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself, ²²For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth! ²³These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good. ²⁴Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,` Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him. ²⁵And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing. ²⁶Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words. ²⁷Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house. ²⁸Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips. ²⁹Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.` ³⁰Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. ³¹And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. ³²And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, ³³A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. ³⁴And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

Chapter 25

¹Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- ²The honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter. ³The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- [are] unsearchable. ⁴Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth, ⁵Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne. ⁶Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not. ⁷For better [that] he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,` Than [that] he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen. ⁸Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush? ⁹Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, ¹⁰Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back. ¹¹Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times. ¹²A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive ear. ¹³As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth. ¹⁴Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift. ¹⁵By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. ¹⁶Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it. ¹⁷Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour`s house, Lest he be satiated [with] thee, and have hated thee. <sup>18</sup>A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony. <sup>19</sup>A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity. <sup>20</sup>Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart. <sup>21</sup>If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water. <sup>22</sup>For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee. <sup>23</sup>A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces. <sup>24</sup>Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company. <sup>25</sup>[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country. <sup>26</sup>A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked. <sup>27</sup>The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one`s own honour -- honour. ²⁸A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

Chapter 26

¹As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool. ²As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. ³A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools. ⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou. ⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. ⁶He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool. ⁷Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools. ⁸As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool. ⁹A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools. ¹⁰Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors. ¹¹As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly. ¹²Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him! ¹³The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.` ¹⁴The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed. ¹⁵The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth. ¹⁶Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason. ¹⁷Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own. ¹⁸As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, ¹⁹So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?` ²⁰Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, ²¹Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. ²²The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart. ²³Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart. ²⁴By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, ²⁵When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart. ²⁶Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly. ²⁷Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. ²⁸A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Chapter 27

¹Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. ²Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips. ³A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. ⁴Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy? ⁵Better [is] open reproof than hidden love. ⁶Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. ⁷A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet. ⁸As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place. ⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one`s friend -- from counsel of the soul. <sup>10</sup>Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off. <sup>11</sup>Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word. <sup>12</sup>The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished. <sup>13</sup>Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. <sup>14</sup>Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. <sup>15</sup>A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, <sup>16</sup>Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. <sup>17</sup>Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. <sup>18</sup>The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. <sup>19</sup>As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man. <sup>20</sup>Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. <sup>21</sup>A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. <sup>22</sup>If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. <sup>23</sup>Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, <sup>24</sup>For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. <sup>25</sup>Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. <sup>26</sup>Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats, <sup>27</sup>And a sufficiency of goats` milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

Chapter 28

¹The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. ²By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged. ³A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread. ⁴Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them. ⁵Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all. ⁶Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich. ⁷Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush. ⁸Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. ⁹Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination. ¹⁰Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good. ¹¹A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him. ¹²In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive. ¹³Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy. ¹⁴O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil. ¹⁵A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people. ¹⁶A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days. ¹⁷A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. ¹⁸Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once. ¹⁹Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty. ²⁰A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted. ²¹To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress. ²²Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him. ²³Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. ²⁴Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,` A companion he is to a destroyer. ²⁵Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat. ²⁶Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered. ²⁷Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses. ²⁸In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

Chapter 29

¹A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing. ²In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh. ³A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth. ⁴A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down. ⁵A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. ⁶In the transgression of the evil [is] a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice. ⁷The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge. ⁸Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger. ⁹A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest. ¹⁰Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul. ¹¹A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it. ¹²A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers [are] wicked. ¹³The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both. ¹⁴a king that is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established. ¹⁵A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother. ¹⁶In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look. ¹⁷Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul. ¹⁸Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness! ¹⁹By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering. ²⁰Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him. ²¹Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator. ²²An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression. ²³The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour. ²⁴Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not. ²⁵Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high. ²⁶Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah [is] the judgment of each. ²⁷An abomination to the righteous [is] the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked [is] the upright in the way!

Chapter 30

¹Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: -- I have wearied myself [for] God, I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed. ²For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man. ³Nor have I learned wisdom, Yet the knowledge of Holy Ones I know. ⁴Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His name? and what His son`s name? Surely thou knowest! <sup>5</sup>Every saying of God [is] tried, A shield He [is] to those trusting in Him. <sup>6</sup>Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false. <sup>7</sup>Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. <sup>8</sup>Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, <sup>9</sup>Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who [is] Jehovah?` And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God. <sup>10</sup>Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty. <sup>11</sup>A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless. <sup>12</sup>A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed. <sup>13</sup>A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up. <sup>14</sup>A generation -- swords [are] their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from [among] men. <sup>15</sup>To the leech [are] two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;` ¹⁶Sheol, and a restrained womb, Earth -- it [is] not satisfied [with] water, And fire -- it hath not said, `Sufficiency,` ¹⁷An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles. ¹⁸Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: ¹⁹The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth. ²⁰So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.` ²¹For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four -- it is not able to bear: ²²For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread, ²³For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress. ²⁴Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: ²⁵The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food, ²⁶Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house, ²⁷A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting, ²⁸A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king. ²⁹Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going: ³⁰An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any, ³¹A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him. ³²If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth! ³³For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

Chapter 31

¹Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: ²`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? <sup>3</sup>Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. <sup>4</sup>Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. <sup>5</sup>Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction. <sup>6</sup>Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, <sup>7</sup>He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again. <sup>8</sup>Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. <sup>9</sup>Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!` ¹⁰A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies [is] her price. ¹¹The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. ¹²She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life. ¹³She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands. ¹⁴She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. ¹⁵Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. ¹⁶She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. ¹⁷She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. ¹⁸She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night. ¹⁹Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. ²⁰Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy. ²¹She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet. ²²Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing. ²³Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land. ²⁴Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. ²⁵Strength and honour [are] her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. ²⁶Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue. ²⁷She [is] watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. ²⁸Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, ²⁹`Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.` ³⁰The grace [is] false, and the beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. ³¹Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

Ecclesiastes

Chapter 1

¹Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: ²Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity. ³What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun? ⁴A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing. ⁵Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there. ⁶Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is going, and by its circuits the wind hath returned. ⁷All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams are going, thither they are turning back to go. ⁸All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing. ⁹What [is] that which hath been? it [is] that which is, and what [is] that which hath been done? it [is] that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun. ¹⁰There is a thing of which [one] saith: `See this, it [is] new!` already it hath been in the ages that were before us! ¹¹There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last. ¹²I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It [is] a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. ¹⁴I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit! ¹⁵A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered. ¹⁶I -- I spake with my heart, saying, `I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge. <sup>17</sup>And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit; <sup>18</sup>for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.`

Chapter 2

¹I said in my heart, `Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;` and lo, even it [is] vanity. ²Of laughter I said, `Foolish!` and of mirth, `What [is] this it is doing?` ³I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where [is] this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives. ⁴I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards. ⁵I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit. ⁶I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees. ⁷I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem. ⁸I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives. ⁹And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. ¹⁰And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour, ¹¹and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun! ¹²And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what [is] the man who cometh after the king? that which [is] already -- they have done it! ¹³And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness. ¹⁴The wise! -- his eyes [are] in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all; ¹⁵and I said in my heart, `As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?` And I spake in my heart, that also this [is] vanity: ¹⁶That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool! ¹⁷And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. ¹⁸And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me. ¹⁹And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also [is] vanity. ²⁰And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun. ²¹For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this [is] vanity and a great evil. ²²For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun? ²³For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also [is] vanity. ²⁴There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God. ²⁵For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I? ²⁶For to a man who [is] good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Chapter 3

¹To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: ²A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted. ³A time to slay, And a time to heal, A time to break down, And a time to build up. ⁴A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip. ⁵A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing. ⁶A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away. ⁷A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak. ⁸A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace. ⁹What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at? ¹⁰I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it. ¹¹The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end. ¹²I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life, ¹³yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God. ¹⁴I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him. ¹⁵What is that which hath been? already it is, and that which [is] to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is pursued. ¹⁶And again, I have seen under the sun the place of judgment -- there [is] the wicked; and the place of righteousness -- there [is] the wicked. ¹⁷I said in my heart, `The righteous and the wicked doth God judge, for a time [is] to every matter and for every work there.` ¹⁸I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts. ¹⁹For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity. ²⁰The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust. ²¹Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth? ²²And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

Chapter 4

¹And I have turned, and I see all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and lo, the tear of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and at the hand of their oppressors [is] power, and they have no comforter. ²And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive. ³And better than both of them [is] he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun. ⁴And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. ⁵The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh: ⁶`Better [is] a handful [with] quietness, than two handfuls [with] labour and vexation of spirit.` ⁷And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun: ⁸There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and [he saith not], `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?` This also is vanity, it is a sad travail. ⁹The two [are] better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. ¹⁰For if they fall, the one raiseth up his companion, but wo to the one who falleth and there is not a second to raise him up! ¹¹Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat? ¹²And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken. ¹³Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more. ¹⁴For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor. ¹⁵I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place; ¹⁶there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Chapter 5

¹Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. ²Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few. ³For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words. ⁴When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete. ⁵Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete. ⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it [is] an error,` why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands? ⁷For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God. ⁸If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones [are] over them. ⁹And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served. ¹⁰Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied [with] silver, nor he who is in love with stores [with] increase. Even this [is] vanity. ¹¹In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit [is] to its possessor except the sight of his eyes? ¹²Sweet [is] the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep. ¹³There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. ¹⁴And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand! ¹⁵As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand. ¹⁶And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind? ¹⁷Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound. ¹⁸Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one`s labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion. ¹⁹Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God. ²⁰For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

Chapter 6

¹There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it [is] great on man: ²A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease. ³If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he [is] the untimely birth.` ⁴For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered, ⁵Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that. ⁶And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go? ⁷All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled. ⁸For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living? ⁹Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. ¹⁰What [is] that which hath been? already is its name called, and it is known that it [is] man, and he is not able to contend with him who is stronger than he. ¹¹For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage [is] to man? ¹²For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

Chapter 7

¹Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. ²Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart. ³Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better. ⁴The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth. ⁵Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools, ⁶For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity. ⁷Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart. ⁸Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit. ⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth. ¹⁰Say not thou, `What was it, That the former days were better than these?` For thou hast not asked wisely of this. ¹¹Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun. ¹²For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors. ¹³See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked? ¹⁴In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him. ¹⁵The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging [himself] in his wrong. ¹⁶Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate? ¹⁷Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time? ¹⁸[It is] good that thou dost lay hold on this, and also, from that withdrawest not thy hand, for whoso is fearing God goeth out with them all. ¹⁹The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city. ²⁰Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not. ²¹Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee. ²²For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others. ²³All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,` and it [is] far from me. ²⁴Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it? ²⁵I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness. ²⁶And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her. ²⁷See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason ²⁸(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found. ²⁹See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.

Chapter 8

¹Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. ²I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God. ³Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth. ⁴Where the word of a king [is] power [is], and who saith to him, `What dost thou?` ⁵Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth. ⁶For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him. ⁷For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him? ⁸There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors. ⁹All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil. ¹⁰And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also [is] vanity. ¹¹Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil. ¹²Though a sinner is doing evil a hundred [times], and prolonging [himself] for it, surely also I know that there is good to those fearing God, who fear before Him. ¹³And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God. ¹⁴There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also [is] vanity. ¹⁵And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun. ¹⁶When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night), ¹⁷then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

Chapter 9

¹But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole [is] before them. ²The whole [is] as to the whole; one event is to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, and to him who is sacrificing, and to him who is not sacrificing; as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner, he who is swearing as he who is fearing an oath. ³This [is] an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event [is] to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead. ⁴But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion. ⁵For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten. ⁶Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun. ⁷Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works. ⁸At all times let thy garments be white, and let not perfume be lacking on thy head. ⁹See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it [is] thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun. ¹⁰All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going. ¹¹I have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift [is] the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all. ¹²For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these [are] the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly. ¹³This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me. ¹⁴A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks; ¹⁵and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man! ¹⁶And I said, `Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.` -- ¹⁷The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools. ¹⁸Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!

Chapter 10

¹Dead flies cause a perfumer`s perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom -- By reason of honour -- a little folly! <sup>2</sup>The heart of the wise [is] at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left. <sup>3</sup>And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He [is] a fool.` <sup>4</sup>If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners. <sup>5</sup>There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler, <sup>6</sup>He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit. <sup>7</sup>I have seen servants on horses, And princes walking as servants on the earth. <sup>8</sup>Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him. <sup>9</sup>Whoso is removing stones is grieved by them, Whoso is cleaving trees endangered by them. <sup>10</sup>If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom [is] advantageous to make right. <sup>11</sup>If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue. <sup>12</sup>Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. <sup>13</sup>The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] folly, And the latter end of his mouth [Is] mischievous madness. <sup>14</sup>And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?` ¹⁵The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city. ¹⁶Wo to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning. ¹⁷Happy art thou, O land, When thy king [is] a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness. ¹⁸By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop. ¹⁹For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all. ²⁰Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

Chapter 11

¹Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it. ²Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth. ³If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is. ⁴Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not. ⁵As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole. ⁶In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good. ⁷Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun. ⁸But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming [is] vanity. ⁹Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment. ¹⁰And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!

Chapter 12

¹Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.` ²While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain. ³In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim, ⁴And doors have been shut in the street. When the noise of the grinding is low, And [one] riseth at the voice of the bird, And all daughters of song are bowed down. ⁵Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street. ⁶While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well. ⁷And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it. ⁸Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole [is] vanity. ⁹And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes. ¹⁰The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written [by] the upright, words of truth. ¹¹Words of the wise [are] as goads, and as fences planted [by] the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd. ¹²And further, from these, my son, be warned; the making of many books hath no end, and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh. ¹³The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- `Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man. <sup>14</sup>For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.`

Song of Solomon

Chapter 1

¹The Song of Songs, that [is] Solomon`s. <sup>2</sup>Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] thy loves than wine. <sup>3</sup>For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out -- thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee! <sup>4</sup>Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee! <sup>5</sup>Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon. <sup>6</sup>Fear me not, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept. <sup>7</sup>Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions? <sup>8</sup>If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds` dwellings! ⁹To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend, ¹⁰Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains. ¹¹Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver! ¹²While the king [is] in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance. ¹³A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth. ¹⁴A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi! ¹⁵Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves! ¹⁶Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green, ¹⁷The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

Chapter 2

¹As a lily among the thorns, ²So [is] my friend among the daughters! ³As a citron among trees of the forest, So [is] my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit [is] sweet to my palate. ⁴He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me [is] love, ⁵Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I [am] sick with love. ⁶His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me. ⁷I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please! ⁸The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. ⁹My beloved [is] like to a roe, Or to a young one of the harts. Lo, this -- he is standing behind our wall, Looking from the windows, Blooming from the lattice. ¹⁰My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away, ¹¹For lo, the winter hath passed by, The rain hath passed away -- it hath gone. ¹²The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land, ¹³The fig-tree hath ripened her green figs, And the sweet-smelling vines have given forth fragrance, Rise, come, my friend, my fair one, yea, come away. ¹⁴My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice [is] sweet, and thy appearance comely. ¹⁵Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards. ¹⁶My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his, Who is delighting among the lilies, ¹⁷Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, Turn, be like, my beloved, To a roe, or to a young one of the harts, On the mountains of separation!

Chapter 3

¹On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! ²-- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not. ³The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?` ⁴But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me. ⁵I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please! ⁶Who [is] this coming up from the wilderness, Like palm-trees of smoke, Perfumed [with] myrrh and frankincense, From every powder of the merchant? ⁷Lo, his couch, that [is] Solomon`s, Sixty mighty ones [are] around it, Of the mighty of Israel, ⁸All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night. ⁹A palanquin king Solomon made for himself, Of the wood of Lebanon, ¹⁰Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined [with] love, By the daughters of Jerusalem. ¹¹Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

Chapter 4

¹Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead, ²Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them. ³As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil, ⁴As the tower of David [is] thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty. ⁵Thy two breasts [are] as two fawns, Twins of a roe, that are feeding among lilies. ⁶Till the day doth break forth, And the shadows have fled away, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, And unto the hill of frankincense. ⁷Thou [art] all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse, ⁸Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards. ⁹Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. ¹⁰How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices. ¹¹Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments [Is] as the fragrance of Lebanon. ¹²A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed. ¹³Thy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits, ¹⁴Cypresses with nard -- nard and saffron, Cane and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices. ¹⁵A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon! ¹⁶Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

Chapter 5

¹I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones! ²I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled [with] dew, My locks [with] drops of the night.` ³I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them? ⁴My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him. ⁵I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock. ⁶I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not. ⁷The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me. ⁸I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I [am] sick with love! ⁹What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us? ¹⁰My beloved [is] clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad! ¹¹His head [is] pure gold -- fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven, ¹²His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness. ¹³His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips [are] lilies, dropping flowing myrrh, ¹⁴His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires, ¹⁵His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars. ¹⁶His mouth is sweetness -- and all of him desirable, This [is] my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

Chapter 6

¹Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee? ²My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies. ³I [am] my beloved`s, and my beloved [is] mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies. <sup>4</sup>Fair [art] thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts. <sup>5</sup>Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair [is] as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead, <sup>6</sup>Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them. <sup>7</sup>As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil. <sup>8</sup>Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number. <sup>9</sup>One is my dove, my perfect one, One she [is] of her mother, The choice one she [is] of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her. <sup>10</sup>`Who [is] this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?` ¹¹Unto a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed -- ¹²I knew not my soul, It made me -- chariots of my people Nadib. ¹³Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?

Chapter 7

¹As the chorus of `Mahanaim.` How beautiful were thy feet with sandals, O daughter of Nadib. The turnings of thy sides [are] as ornaments, Work of the hands of an artificer. ²Thy waist [is] a basin of roundness, It lacketh not the mixture, Thy body a heap of wheat, fenced with lilies, ³Thy two breasts as two young ones, twins of a roe, ⁴Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus, ⁵Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings! ⁶How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights. ⁷This thy stature hath been like to a palm, And thy breasts to clusters. ⁸I said, `Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons, <sup>9</sup>And thy palate as the good wine --` Flowing to my beloved in uprightness, Strengthening the lips of the aged! ¹⁰I [am] my beloved`s, and on me [is] his desire. ¹¹Come, my beloved, we go forth to the field, ¹²We lodge in the villages, we go early to the vineyards, We see if the vine hath flourished, The sweet smelling-flower hath opened. The pomegranates have blossomed, There do I give to thee my loves; ¹³The mandrakes have given fragrance, And at our openings all pleasant things, New, yea, old, my beloved, I laid up for thee!

Chapter 8

¹Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me, ²I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother`s house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate, ³His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me. ⁴I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please! ⁵Who [is] this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge [that] bare thee. ⁶Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings [are] burnings of fire, a flame of Jah! ⁷Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it. ⁸We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her? ⁹If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar. ¹⁰I [am] a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace. ¹¹Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings; ¹²My vineyard -- my own -- is before me, The thousand [is] for thee, O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit. O dweller in gardens! ¹³The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe, ¹⁴Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

Isaiah

Chapter 1

¹The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. ²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me. ³An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood. ⁴Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward. ⁵Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostacy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart [is] sick. ⁶From the sole of the foot -- unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment. ⁷Your land [is] a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers! ⁸And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers -- as a city besieged. ⁹Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like! ¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah, ¹¹`Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired. <sup>12</sup>When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts? <sup>13</sup>Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it [is] to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint! <sup>14</sup>Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing. <sup>15</sup>And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full. <sup>16</sup>Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good. <sup>17</sup>Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow. <sup>18</sup>Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be! <sup>19</sup>If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume, <sup>20</sup>And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, [By] the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>21</sup>How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers. <sup>22</sup>Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water. <sup>23</sup>Thy princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them. <sup>24</sup>Therefore -- the affirmation of the Lord -- Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies, <sup>25</sup>And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin, <sup>26</sup>And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness -- a faithful city.` ²⁷Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness. ²⁸And the destruction of transgressors and sinners [is] together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed. ²⁹For [men] are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen. ³⁰For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water. ³¹And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!

Chapter 2

¹The thing that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem: ²And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, Established is the mount of Jehovah`s house, Above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the heights, And flowed unto it have all the nations. <sup>3</sup>And gone have many peoples and said, `Come, and we go up unto the mount of Jehovah, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we walk in His paths, For from Zion goeth forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. ⁴And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war. ⁵O house of Jacob, come, And we walk in the light of Jehovah.` ⁶For Thou hast left Thy people, the house of Jacob. For they have been filled from the east, And [are] sorcerers like the Philistines, And with the children of strangers strike hands. ⁷And its land is full of silver and gold, And there is no end to its treasures, And its land is full of horses, And there is no end to its chariots, ⁸And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made, ⁹And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not. ¹⁰Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency. ¹¹The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. ¹²For a day [is] to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one, ¹³And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan, ¹⁴And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights, ¹⁵And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall, ¹⁶And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures. ¹⁷And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. ¹⁸And the idols -- they completely pass away. ¹⁹And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth. ²⁰In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats, ²¹To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth. ²²Cease for you from man, Whose breath [is] in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

Chapter 3

¹For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. ²Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder, ³Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers. ⁴And I have made youths their heads, And sucklings rule over them. ⁵And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured. ⁶When one layeth hold on his brother, [Of] the house of his father, [by] the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin [is] under thy hand.` ⁷He lifteth up, in that day, saying: `I am not a binder up, And in my house is neither bread nor garment, Ye do not make me a ruler of the people.` ⁸For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings [are] against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory. ⁹The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil. ¹⁰Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. ¹¹Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him. ¹²My people -- its exactors [are] sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up. ¹³Jehovah hath stood up to plead, And He is standing to judge the peoples. ¹⁴Jehovah into judgment doth enter With elders of His people, and its heads: `And ye, ye have consumed the vineyard, Plunder of the poor [is] in your houses. <sup>15</sup>What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.` An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith: ¹⁶`Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving [with] the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling, ¹⁷The Lord also hath scabbed The crown of the head of daughters of Zion, And Jehovah their simplicity exposeth. ¹⁸In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons, ¹⁹Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, ²⁰Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets, ²¹Of the seals, and of the nose-rings, ²²Of the costly apparel, and of the mantles, And of the coverings, and of the purses, ²³Of the mirrors, and of the linen garments, And of the hoods, and of the vails, ²⁴And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth. ²⁵For instead of glory, thy men by sword do fall, And thy might in battle. ²⁶And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

Chapter 4

¹And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, `Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.` ²In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel. ³And it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, `Holy` is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem. ⁴If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. ⁵Then hath Jehovah prepared Over every fixed place of Mount Zion, And over her convocations, A cloud by day, and smoke, And the shining of a flaming fire by night, That, over all honour a safe-guard, ⁶And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!

Chapter 5

¹Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, ²And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it [with] a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones! ³And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. ⁴What -- to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones! ⁵And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place. ⁶And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain. ⁷Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts [Is] the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry. ⁸Wo [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land! ⁹By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without inhabitant! ¹⁰For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah. ¹¹Wo [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them! ¹²And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen. ¹³Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst. ¹⁴Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one -- into her. ¹⁵And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low, ¹⁶And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness, ¹⁷And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume. ¹⁸Wo [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart -- sin. ¹⁹Who are saying, `Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.` ²⁰Wo [to] those saying to evil `good,` And to good `evil,` Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. ²¹Wo [to] the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent! ²²Wo [to] the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink. ²³Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him. ²⁴Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised. ²⁵Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out! ²⁶And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh. ²⁷There is none weary, nor stumbling in it, It doth not slumber, nor sleep, Nor opened hath been the girdle of its loins, Nor drawn away the latchet of its sandals. ²⁸Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, And its wheels as a hurricane! ²⁹Its roaring [is] like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering. ³⁰And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!

Chapter 6

¹In the year of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. ²Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two [each] covereth its face, and with two [each] covereth its feet, and with two [each] flieth. ³And this one hath called unto that, and hath said: `Holy, Holy, Holy, [is] Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth [is] His glory.` ⁴And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke. ⁵And I say, `Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips [am] I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.` ⁶And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken [it] from off the altar,) ⁷and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: `Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.` ⁸And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?` And I say, `Here [am] I, send me.` ⁹And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know. <sup>10</sup>Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.` ¹¹And I say, `Till when, O Lord?` And He saith, `Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted -- a desolation, <sup>12</sup>And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great [is] the forsaken part in the heart of the land. <sup>13</sup>And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed [is] its substance!`

Chapter 7

¹And it cometh to pass in the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, gone up hath Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle against it, and he is not able to fight against it. ²And it is declared to the house of David, saying, `Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,` And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind. ³And Jehovah saith unto Isaiah, `Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-Jashub thy son, unto the end of the conduit of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller`s field, ⁴and thou hast said unto him: `Take heed, and be quiet, fear not, And let not thy heart be timid, Because of these two tails of smoking brands, For the fierceness of the anger of Rezin and Aram, And the son of Remaliah. <sup>5</sup>Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying: <sup>6</sup>We go up into Judah, and we vex it, And we rend it unto ourselves, And we cause a king to reign in its midst -- The son of Tabeal. <sup>7</sup>Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It doth not stand, nor shall it be! <sup>8</sup>For the head of Aram [is] Damascus, And the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from [being] a people. <sup>9</sup>And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, And the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.` ¹⁰And Jehovah addeth to speak unto Ahaz, saying: ¹¹`Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make [it] high upwards.` ¹²And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.` ¹³And he saith, `Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God? <sup>14</sup>Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel, <sup>15</sup>Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good. <sup>16</sup>For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings. <sup>17</sup>Jehovah bringeth on thee, and on thy people, And on the house of thy father, Days that have not come, Even from the day of the turning aside of Ephraim from Judah, By the king of Asshur. <sup>18</sup>And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah doth hiss for a fly that [is] in the extremity of the brooks of Egypt, And for a bee that [is] in the land of Asshur. <sup>19</sup>And they have come, and rested all of them in the desolate valleys, And in holes of the rocks, and on all the thorns, And on all the commendable things. <sup>20</sup>In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth. <sup>21</sup>And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock, <sup>22</sup>And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land. <sup>23</sup>And it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns. <sup>24</sup>With arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn. <sup>25</sup>And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!`

Chapter 8

¹And Jehovah saith unto me, `Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.` ²And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. ³And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, `Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz, <sup>4</sup>for before the youth doth know to cry, My father, and My mother, one taketh away the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria, before the king of Asshur.` ⁵And Jehovah addeth to speak unto me again, saying: ⁶`Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah, <sup>7</sup>Therefore, lo, the Lord is bringing up on them, The waters of the river, the mighty and the great, (The king of Asshur, and all his glory,) And it hath gone up over all its streams, And hath gone on over all its banks. <sup>8</sup>And it hath passed on into Judah, It hath overflown and passed over, Unto the neck it cometh, And the stretching out of its wings Hath been the fulness of the breadth of thy land, O Emmanu-El! <sup>9</sup>Be friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken. <sup>10</sup>Take counsel, and it is broken, Speak a word, and it doth not stand, Because of Emmanu-El!` ¹¹For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying, ¹²`Ye do not say, A confederacy, To all to whom this people saith, A confederacy, And its fear ye do not fear, Nor declare fearful. <sup>13</sup>Jehovah of Hosts -- Him ye do sanctify, And He [is] your Fear, and He your Dread, <sup>14</sup>And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. <sup>15</sup>And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured. <sup>16</sup>Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among My disciples. <sup>17</sup>And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him. <sup>18</sup>Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion. <sup>19</sup>And when they say unto you, `Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? -- For the living unto the dead! ²⁰To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.` ²¹-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards. ²²And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!

Chapter 9

¹As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. ²The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them. ³Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As [men] rejoice in their apportioning spoil. ⁴Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as [in] the day of Midian. ⁵For every battle of a warrior [is] with rushing, and raiment rolled in blood, And it hath been for burning -- fuel of fire. ⁶For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. ⁷To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this. ⁸A word hath the Lord sent into Jacob, And it hath fallen in Israel. ⁹And the people have known -- all of it, Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, In pride and in greatness of heart, saying, ¹⁰`Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.` ¹¹And Jehovah setteth the adversaries of Rezin on high above him, And his enemies he joineth together, ¹²Aram from before, and Philistia from behind, And they devour Israel with the whole mouth. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out. ¹³And the people hath not turned back unto Him who is smiting it, And Jehovah of Hosts they have not sought. ¹⁴And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day, ¹⁵Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail. ¹⁶And the eulogists of this people are causing to err, And its eulogised ones are consumed. ¹⁷Therefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one [is] profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out. ¹⁸For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke! ¹⁹In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts Hath the land been consumed, And the people is as fuel of fire; A man on his brother hath no pity, ²⁰And cutteth down on the right, and hath been hungry, And he devoureth on the left, And they have not been satisfied, Each the flesh of his own arm they devour. ²¹Manasseh -- Ephraim, and Ephraim -- Manasseh, Together they [are] against Judah, With all this not turned back hath His anger. And still His hand is stretched out!

Chapter 10

¹Wo [to] those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness. ²To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil. ³And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? -- from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour? ⁴Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out. ⁵Wo [to] Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand [is] Mine indignation. ⁶Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places. ⁷And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy [is] in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few. ⁸For he saith, `Are not my princes altogether kings? <sup>9</sup>Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? <sup>10</sup>As my hand hath got to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their graven images, [Greater] than Jerusalem and than Samaria, <sup>11</sup>Do I not -- as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things? <sup>12</sup>And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes. <sup>13</sup>For he hath said, `By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants, ¹⁴And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.` <sup>15</sup>-- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood! <sup>16</sup>Therefore doth the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, Send among his fat ones leanness, And under his honour He kindleth a burning As the burning of a fire. <sup>17</sup>And the light of Israel hath been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it hath burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day. <sup>18</sup>And the honour of his forest, and his fruitful field, From soul even unto flesh He doth consume, And it hath been as the fainting of a standard-bearer. <sup>19</sup>And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them. <sup>20</sup>And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth. <sup>21</sup>A remnant returneth -- a remnant of Jacob, Unto the Mighty God. <sup>22</sup>For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant doth return of it, A consumption determined, Overflowing [with] righteousness. <sup>23</sup>For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land. <sup>24</sup>Therefore, thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, `Be not afraid, my people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, With a rod he doth smite thee, And his staff lifteth up against thee, in the way of Egypt. ²⁵For yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out. ²⁶And awaking for him is Jehovah of Hosts, A scourge like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod [is] over the sea, And he hath lifted it in the way of Egypt. ²⁷And it hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity. ²⁸He hath come in against Aiath, He hath passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looketh after his vessels. ²⁹They have gone over the passage, Geba they have made a lodging place, Trembled hath Rama, Gibeah of Saul fled. ³⁰Cry aloud [with] thy voice, daughter of Gallim, Give attention, Laish! answer her, Anathoth. ³¹Fled away hath Madmenah, The inhabitants of the high places have hardened themselves. ³²Yet to-day in Nob to remain, Wave its hand doth the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem. ³³Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low, ³⁴And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!

Chapter 11

¹And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful. ²Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah. ³To refresh him in the fear of Jehovah, And by the sight of his eyes he judgeth not, Nor by the hearing of his ears decideth. ⁴And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death. ⁵And righteousness hath been the girdle of his loins, And faithfulness -- the girdle of his reins. ⁶And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling [are] together, And a little youth is leader over them. ⁷And cow and bear do feed, Together lie down their young ones, And a lion as an ox eateth straw. ⁸And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand. ⁹Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea. ¹⁰And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been -- honour! ¹¹And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea, ¹²And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth. ¹³And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim. ¹⁴And they have flown on the shoulder of the Philistines westward, Together they spoil the sons of the east, Edom and Moab sending forth their hand, And sons of Ammon obeying them. ¹⁵And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused [men] to tread [it] with shoes. ¹⁶And there hath been a highway, For the remnant of His people that is left, from Asshur, As there was for Israel in the day of his coming up out of the land of Egypt!

Chapter 12

¹And thou hast said in that day: `I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me. <sup>2</sup>Lo, God [is] my salvation, I trust, and fear not, For my strength and song [is] Jah Jehovah, And He is to me for salvation. <sup>3</sup>And ye have drawn waters with joy Out of the fountains of salvation, <sup>4</sup>And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name. <sup>5</sup>Praise ye Jehovah, for excellence He hath done, Known is this in all the earth. <sup>6</sup>Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst [is] the Holy One of Israel!`

Chapter 13

¹The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen: ²`On a high mountain lift ye up an ensign, Raise the voice to them, wave the hand, And they go in to the openings of nobles. <sup>3</sup>I have given charge to My sanctified ones, Also I have called My mighty ones for Mine anger, Those rejoicing at Mine excellency.` ⁴A voice of a multitude in the mountains, A likeness of a numerous people, A voice of noise from the kingdoms of nations who are gathered, Jehovah of Hosts inspecting a host of battle! ⁵They are coming in from a land afar off, From the end of the heavens, Jehovah and the instruments of His indignation, To destroy all the land. ⁶Howl ye, for near [is] the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh. ⁷Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt. ⁸And they have been troubled, Pains and pangs they take, As a travailing woman they are pained, A man at his friend they marvel, The appearance of flames -- their faces! ⁹Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it. ¹⁰For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth. ¹¹And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low. ¹²I make man more rare than fine gold, And a common man than pure gold of Ophir. ¹³Therefore the heavens I cause to tremble, And the earth doth shake from its place, In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts, And in a day of the heat of his anger. ¹⁴And it hath been, as a roe driven away, And as a flock that hath no gatherer, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each unto his land -- they flee. ¹⁵Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword. ¹⁶And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with. ¹⁷Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it. ¹⁸And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity. ¹⁹And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah. ²⁰She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there. ²¹And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there. ²²And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come [is] her time, And her days are not drawn out!

Chapter 14

¹Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. ²And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors. ³And it hath come to pass, In the day of Jehovah`s giving rest to thee, From thy grief, and from thy trouble, And from the sharp bondage, That hath been served upon thee, <sup>4</sup>That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased, <sup>5</sup>Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers. <sup>6</sup>He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint! <sup>7</sup>At rest -- quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth [into] singing. <sup>8</sup>Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon -- [saying]: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us. <sup>9</sup>Sheol beneath hath been troubled at thee, To meet thy coming in, It is waking up for thee Rephaim, All chiefs ones of earth, It hath raised up from their thrones All kings of nations. <sup>10</sup>All of them answer and say unto thee, Even thou hast become weak like us! Unto us thou hast become like! <sup>11</sup>Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm. <sup>12</sup>How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. <sup>13</sup>And thou saidst in thy heart: the heavens I go up, Above stars of God I raise my throne, And I sit in the mount of meeting in the sides of the north. <sup>14</sup>I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High. <sup>15</sup>Only -- unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit. <sup>16</sup>Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms? <sup>17</sup>He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house. <sup>18</sup>All kings of nations -- all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house, <sup>19</sup>And -- thou hast been cast out of thy grave, As an abominable branch, raiment of the slain, Thrust through ones of the sword, Going down unto the sons of the pit, As a carcase trodden down. <sup>20</sup>Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers. <sup>21</sup>Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world [with] cities. <sup>22</sup>And I have risen up against them, (The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts,) And have cut off, in reference to Babylon, Name and remnant, and continuator and successor, The affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>23</sup>And have made it for a possession of a bittern, And ponds of waters, And daubed it with the mire of destruction, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts! <sup>24</sup>Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth; ²⁵To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside. ²⁶This [is] the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this [is] the hand that is stretched out for all the nations. ²⁷For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?` <sup>28</sup>In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden: <sup>29</sup>Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, That broken hath been the rod of thy smiter, For from the root of a serpent cometh out a viper, And its fruit [is] a flying saraph. <sup>30</sup>And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth. <sup>31</sup>Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places. <sup>32</sup>And what doth one answer the messengers of a nation? `That Jehovah hath founded Zion, And in it do the poor of His people trust!`

Chapter 15

¹The burden of Moab. Because in a night destroyed was Ar of Moab -- It hath been cut off, Because in a night destroyed was Kir of Moab -- It hath been cut off. ²He hath gone up to Bajith and Dibon, The high places -- to weep, On Nebo and on Medeba Moab howleth, On all its heads [is] baldness, every beard cut off. ³In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping. ⁴And cry doth Heshbon and Elealeh, Unto Jahaz heard hath been their voice, Therefore the armed ones of Moab do shout, His life hath been grievous to him. ⁵My heart [is] toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third [year], For -- the ascent of Luhith -- With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up. ⁶For, the waters of Nimrim are desolations, For, withered hath been the hay, Finished hath been the tender grass, A green thing there hath not been. ⁷Therefore the abundance he made, and their store, Unto the brook of the willows they carry. ⁸For gone round hath the cry the border of Moab, Unto Eglaim [is] its howling, And to Beer-Elim [is] its howling. ⁹For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

Chapter 16

¹Send ye a lamb [to] the ruler of the land, From Selah in the wilderness, Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. ²And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, [at] fords of Arnon. ³Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not. ⁴Sojourn in thee do My outcasts, O Moab, Be a secret hiding-place to them, From the face of a destroyer, For ceased hath the extortioner, Finished hath been a destroyer, Consumed the treaders down out of the land. ⁵And established in kindness is the throne, And [one] hath sat on it in truth, in the tent of David, Judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. ⁶We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right [are] his devices. ⁷Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it meditateth, Surely they are smitten. ⁸Because fields of Heshbon languish, The vine of Sibmah, Lords of nations did beat her choice vines, Unto Jazer they have come, They have wandered in a wilderness, Her plants have spread themselves, They have passed over a sea. ⁹Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer, The vine of Sibmah, I water thee [with] my tear, O Heshbon and Elealeh, For -- for thy summer fruits, and for thy harvest, The shouting hath fallen. ¹⁰And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease. ¹¹Therefore my bowels for Moab as a harp do sound, And mine inward parts for Kir-Haresh. ¹²And it hath come to pass, when it hath been seen, That weary hath been Moab on the high place, And he hath come unto his sanctuary to pray, And is not able. ¹³This [is] the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moab from that time, ¹⁴And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, `In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant [is] little, small, not mighty!`

Chapter 17

¹The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap -- a ruin. ²Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling. ³And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts! ⁴And it hath come to pass, in that day, Wax poor doth the honour of Jacob, And the fatness of his flesh doth wax lean. ⁵And it hath come to pass, As the gathering by the reaper of the standing corn, And his arm the ears reapeth, And it hath come to pass, As the gathering of the ears in the valley of Rephaim, ⁶And left in him have been gleanings, As the compassing of an olive, Two -- three berries on the top of a branch, Four -- five on the fruitful boughs, The affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel! ⁷In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look, ⁸And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images. ⁹In that day are the cities of his strength As the forsaken thing of the forest, And the branch that they have left, Because of the sons of Israel, It also hath been a desolation. ¹⁰Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And the rock of thy strength hast not remembered, Therefore thou plantest plants of pleasantness, And with a strange slip sowest it, ¹¹In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap [is] the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain. ¹²Wo [to] the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And [to] the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted. ¹³Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane. ¹⁴At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This [is] the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

Chapter 18

¹Ho, land shadowed [with] wings, That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush, ²That is sending by sea ambassadors, Even with implements of reed on the face of the waters, -- Go, ye light messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and peeled, Unto a people fearful from its beginning and onwards, A nation meeting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled. ³All ye inhabitants of the world, And ye dwellers of earth, At the lifting up of an ensign on hills ye look, And at the blowing of a trumpet ye hear. ⁴For thus said Jehovah unto me, `I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. <sup>5</sup>For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath [one] cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down. <sup>6</sup>They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every beast of the earth wintereth on them. <sup>7</sup>At that time brought is a present to Jehovah of Hosts, A nation drawn out and peeled. Even of a people fearful from the beginning hitherto, A nation meting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled, Unto the place of the name of Jehovah of Hosts -- mount Zion!`

Chapter 19

¹The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst. ²And I armed Egyptians against Egyptians, And they fought, each against his brother, And each against his neighbour, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. ³And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards. ⁴And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king doth rule over them, An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts. ⁵And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up. ⁶And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered. ⁷Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not. ⁸And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished. ⁹And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works. ¹⁰And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul. ¹¹Only, fools [are] the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, `A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?` ¹²Where [are] they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt! ¹³Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes. ¹⁴Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit. ¹⁵And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do. ¹⁶In that day is Egypt like women, And it hath mourned, and been afraid, Because of the waving of the hand of Jehovah of Hosts, That He is waving over it. ¹⁷And the land of Judah hath been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Every one who doth mention it, for himself feareth, Because of the counsel of Jehovah of Hosts, That He is counselling against it. ¹⁸In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to Jehovah of Hosts, `The city of destruction,` is said of one. ¹⁹In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar near its border to Jehovah, ²⁰And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry unto Jehovah from the face of oppressors, And He sendeth to them a saviour, Even a great one, and hath delivered them. ²¹And known hath been Jehovah to Egypt, And the Egyptians have known Jehovah in that day, And done sacrifice and present, And vowed a vow to Jehovah, and completed [it]. ²²And Jehovah hath smitten Egypt, smiting and healing, And they have turned back unto Jehovah, And He hath been entreated of them, And hath healed them. ²³In that day is a highway out of Egypt to Asshur, And come in have the Assyrians to Egypt, And the Egyptians into Asshur, And the Egyptians have served with the Assyrians. ²⁴In that day is Israel third, After Egypt, and after Asshur, A blessing in the heart of the earth. ²⁵In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, `Blessed [is] My people -- Egypt, And the work of My hands -- Asshur, And Mine inheritance -- Israel!`

Chapter 20

¹In the year of the coming in of Tartan to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Asshur sendeth him, and he fighteth against Ashdod, and captureth it, ²at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,` and he doth so, going naked and barefoot. ³And Jehovah saith, `As My servant Isaiah hath gone naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder for Egypt and for Cush, <sup>4</sup>so doth the king of Asshur lead the captivity of Egypt, and the removal of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered -- the nakedness of Egypt; <sup>5</sup>and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty, <sup>6</sup>and the inhabitant of this isle hath said in that day -- Lo, thus [is] our trust, Whither we have fled for help, To be delivered from the king of Asshur, And how do we escape -- we?`

Chapter 21

¹The burden of the wilderness of the sea. `Like hurricanes in the south for passing through, From the wilderness it hath come, From a fearful land. <sup>2</sup>A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease. <sup>3</sup>Therefore filled have been my loins [with] great pain, Pangs have seized me as pangs of a travailing woman, I have been bent down by hearing, I have been troubled by seeing. <sup>4</sup>Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me, <sup>5</sup>Arrange the table, watch in the watch-tower, Eat, drink, rise, ye heads, anoint the shield, <sup>6</sup>For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.` <sup>7</sup>And he hath seen a chariot -- a couple of horsemen, The rider of an ass, the rider of a camel, And he hath given attention -- He hath increased attention! <sup>8</sup>And he crieth -- a lion, `On a watch-tower my lord, I am standing continually by day, And on my ward I am stationed whole nights. ⁹And lo, this, the chariot of a man is coming, A couple of horsemen.` And he answereth and saith: `Fallen, fallen hath Babylon, And all the graven images of her gods He hath broken to the earth. ¹⁰O my threshing, and the son of my floor, That which I heard from Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, I have declared to you!` <sup>11</sup>The burden of Dumah. Unto me is [one] calling from Seir `Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?` <sup>12</sup>The watchman hath said, `Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.` <sup>13</sup>The burden on Arabia. In a forest in Arabia ye lodge, O travellers of Dedanim. <sup>14</sup>To meet the thirsty brought water have Inhabitants of the land of Tema, With his bread they came before a fugitive. <sup>15</sup>For from the face of destructions they fled, From the face of a stretched-out sword, And from the face of a trodden bow, And from the face of the grievousness of battle. <sup>16</sup>For thus said the Lord unto me: `Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar. ¹⁷And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!`

Chapter 22

¹The burden of the Valley of Vision. What -- to thee, now, that thou hast gone up, All of thee -- to the roofs? ²Full of stirs -- a noisy city -- an exulting city, Thy pierced are not pierced of the sword, Nor dead in battle. ³All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled. ⁴Therefore I said, `Look ye from me, I am bitter in my weeping, Haste not to comfort me, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.` ⁵For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, [is] to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain. ⁶And Elam hath borne a quiver, In a chariot of men -- horsemen, And Kir hath exposed a shield. ⁷And it cometh to pass, The choice of thy valleys have been full of chariots, And the horsemen place themselves diligently at the gate. ⁸And one removeth the covering of Judah, And thou lookest in that day Unto the armour of the house of the forest, ⁹And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool, ¹⁰And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall. ¹¹And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen. ¹²And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth, ¹³And lo, joy and gladness, slaying of oxen, And slaughtering of sheep, Eating of flesh, and drinking of wine, Eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. ¹⁴And revealed it hath been in mine ears, [By] Jehovah of Hosts: Not pardoned is this iniquity to you, Till ye die, said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts. ¹⁵Thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts: `Go, enter in unto this steward, Unto Shebna, who [is] over the house: <sup>16</sup>What -- to thee here? And who -- to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here -- a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself. <sup>17</sup>Lo, Jehovah is casting thee up and down, A casting up and down, O mighty one, <sup>18</sup>And thy coverer covering, wrapping round, Wrappeth thee round, O babbler, On a land broad of sides -- there thou diest, And there the chariots of thine honour [Are] the shame of the house of thy lord. <sup>19</sup>And I have thrust thee from thy station, And from thine office he throweth thee down. <sup>20</sup>And it hath come to pass, in that day, That I have called to my servant, To Eliakim son of Hilkiah. <sup>21</sup>And I have clothed him with thy coat, And with thy girdle I strengthen him, And thy garment I give into his hand, And he hath been for a father to the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah. <sup>22</sup>And I have placed the key Of the house of David on his shoulder, And he hath opened, and none is shutting, And hath shut, and none is opening. <sup>23</sup>And I have fixed him a nail in a stedfast place, And he hath been for a throne of honour To the house of his father. <sup>24</sup>And they have hanged on him All the honour of the house of his father, The offspring and the issue, All vessels of small quality, From vessels of basins to all vessels of flagons. <sup>25</sup>In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Moved is the nail that is fixed In a stedfast place, Yea, it hath been cut down, and hath fallen, And cut off hath been the burden that [is] on it, For Jehovah hath spoken!`

Chapter 23

¹The Burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For it hath been destroyed, Without house, without entrance, From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them. ²Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee. ³And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, And she is a mart of nations. ⁴Be ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea spake, The strength of the sea, saying: `I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, [nor] brought up virgins.` ⁵As [at] the report of Egypt they are pained, So [at] the report of Tyre. ⁶Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle, ⁷Is this your exulting one? From the days of old [is] her antiquity, Carry her do her own feet afar off to sojourn. ⁸Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders [are] princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?` <sup>9</sup>Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth. <sup>10</sup>Pass through thy land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, there is no more a girdle. <sup>11</sup>His hand He hath stretched out over the sea, He hath caused kingdoms to tremble, Jehovah hath charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places. <sup>12</sup>And He saith, `Thou dost not add any more to exult, O oppressed one, virgin daughter of Zidon, To Chittim arise, pass over, Even there -- there is no rest for thee.` ¹³Lo, the land of the Chaldeans -- this people was not, Asshur founded it for the Ziim, They raised its watch-towers, They lifted up her palaces, -- He hath appointed her for a ruin! ¹⁴Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed. ¹⁵And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot. ¹⁶Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered. ¹⁷And it hath come to pass, At the end of seventy years Jehovah inspecteth Tyre, And she hath repented of her gift, That she committed fornication With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground. ¹⁸And her merchandise and her gift have been holy to Jehovah, Not treasured up nor stored, For to those sitting before Jehovah is her merchandise, To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering!

Chapter 24

¹Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned [it on] its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants. ²And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting [it] on himself. ³Utterly emptied is the land, and utterly spoiled, For Jehovah hath spoken this word: ⁴Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they -- the high place of the people of the land. ⁵And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during. ⁶Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left. ⁷Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart. ⁸Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp. ⁹With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it. ¹⁰It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance. ¹¹A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land. ¹²Left in the city [is] desolation, And [with] wasting is the gate smitten. ¹³When thus it is in the heart of the land, In the midst of the peoples, As the compassing of the olive, As gleanings when harvest hath been finished, ¹⁴They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea. ¹⁵Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel. ¹⁶From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, `Leanness [is] to me, Leanness [is] to me, wo [is] to me.` Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously. ¹⁷Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land. ¹⁸And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land. ¹⁹Utterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land. ²⁰Stagger greatly doth the land as a drunkard, And it hath been moved as a lodge, And heavy on it hath been its transgression, And it hath fallen, and addeth not to rise. ²¹And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah layeth a charge on the host of the high place in the high place, And on the kings of the land on the land. ²²And they have been gathered -- A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected. ²³And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders -- honour!

Chapter 25

¹O Jehovah, my God [art] Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One. ²For Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from [being] a city, To the age it is not built. ³Therefore honour Thee do a strong people, A city of the terrible nations feareth Thee. ⁴For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible [is] as a storm -- a wall. ⁵As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled. ⁶And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined. ⁷And swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations. ⁸He hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken. ⁹And [one] hath said in that day, `Lo, this [is] our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This [is] Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.` ¹⁰For rest doth the hand of Jehovah on this mountain, And trodden down is Moab under Him, As trodden down is straw on a dunghill. ¹¹And he spread out his hands in its midst, As spread out doth the swimmer to swim; And He hath humbled his excellency With the machinations of his hands. ¹²And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused [it] to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

Chapter 26

¹In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark. <sup>2</sup>Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness. <sup>3</sup>An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident. <sup>4</sup>Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages, <sup>5</sup>For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust, <sup>6</sup>Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak. <sup>7</sup>The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder. <sup>8</sup>Also, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul. <sup>9</sup>[With] my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, [with] my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness. <sup>10</sup>The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah. <sup>11</sup>O Jehovah, high [is] Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them. <sup>12</sup>O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us. <sup>13</sup>O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name. <sup>14</sup>Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory. <sup>15</sup>Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth. <sup>16</sup>O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement [is] on them. <sup>17</sup>When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah. <sup>18</sup>We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall. <sup>19</sup>`Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall. ²⁰Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over. ²¹For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!`

Chapter 27

¹In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword -- the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan -- a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan -- a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea. ²In that day, `A desirable vineyard,` respond ye to her, ³I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it! ⁴Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once. ⁵Or -- he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me. ⁶Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world [with] increase. ⁷As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay? ⁸In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind, ⁹Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this [is] all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images. ¹⁰For the fenced city [is] alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches. ¹¹In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it [is] not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it. ¹²And it hath come to pass, in that day, Beat out doth Jehovah from the branch of the river, Unto the stream of Egypt, And ye are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel. ¹³And it hath come to pass, in that day, It is blown with a great trumpet, And come in have those perishing in the land of Asshur, And those cast out in the land of Egypt, And have bowed themselves to Jehovah, In the holy mount -- in Jerusalem!

Chapter 28

¹Wo [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine. ²Lo, a mighty and strong one [is] to the Lord, As a storm of hail -- a destructive shower, As an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, He cast down to the earth with the hand. ³By feet trodden down is the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, ⁴And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory That [is] on the head of the fat valley, Hath been as its first-fruit before summer, That its beholder seeth, While it [is] yet in his hand he swalloweth it. ⁵In that day is Jehovah of Hosts For a crown of beauty, and for a diadem of glory, To the remnant of His people. ⁶And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate. ⁷And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially. ⁸For all tables have been full of vomit, Filth -- without place! ⁹By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts, ¹⁰For rule [is] on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, ¹¹For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people. ¹²Unto whom He hath said, `This [is] the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:` And they have not been willing to hear, ¹³And to whom a word of Jehovah hath been, Rule on rule, rule on rule, line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there, So that they go and have stumbled backward, And been broken, and snared, and captured. ¹⁴Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem. ¹⁵Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.` ¹⁶Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste. <sup>17</sup>And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow. <sup>18</sup>And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place. <sup>19</sup>From the fulness of its passing over it taketh you, For morning by morning it passeth over, By day and by night, And it hath been only a trembling to consider the report. <sup>20</sup>For shorter hath been the bed Than to stretch one`s self out in, And the covering hath been narrower Than to wrap one`s self up in. <sup>21</sup>For as [at] mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As [at] the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work -- strange [is] His work, And to do His deed -- strange [is] His deed.` ²²And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, [Is] for all the land. ²³Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying: ²⁴The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground! ²⁵Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie [in] its own border? ²⁶And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him. ²⁷For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod. ²⁸Bread-[corn] is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed [it] hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small. ²⁹Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!

Chapter 29

¹Wo [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round. ²And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it hath been lamentation and mourning, And it hath been to me as Ariel. ³And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks. ⁴And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest, ⁵And as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant -- suddenly. ⁶By Jehovah of Hosts thou art inspected, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, hurricane, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire. ⁷And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her. ⁸And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty [is] his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion. ⁹Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink. ¹⁰For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered. ¹¹And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,` And he hath said, `I am not able, for it [is] sealed;` ¹²And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,` And he hath said, `I have not known books.` ¹³And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught! ¹⁴Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.` <sup>15</sup>Wo [to] those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?` <sup>16</sup>Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?` And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?` <sup>17</sup>Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned? <sup>18</sup>And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see. <sup>19</sup>And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice. <sup>20</sup>For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity, <sup>21</sup>Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous. <sup>22</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: `Not now ashamed is Jacob, Nor now doth his face become pale, ²³For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And the God of Israel they declare fearful. ²⁴And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!`

Chapter 30

¹Wo [to] apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin. ²Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt. ³And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion, ⁴For in Zoan were his princes, And his messengers reach Hanes. ⁵All he made ashamed of a people that profit not, Neither for help, not for profit, But for shame, and also for reproach! ⁶The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence [are] viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable. ⁷Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: `Their strength [is] to sit still.` ⁸No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age, ⁹That a rebellious people [is] this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah. ¹⁰Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,` And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits, <sup>11</sup>Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.` ¹²Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it, ¹³Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh. ¹⁴And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters` bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch. <sup>15</sup>For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing. ¹⁶And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers. ¹⁷One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height. ¹⁸And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment [is] Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him. ¹⁹For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, Weep thou not, weeping, Pitying, He pitieth thee at the voice of thy cry, When He heareth He answereth thee. ²⁰And the Lord hath given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And thy directors remove no more, And thine eyes have seen thy directors, ²¹And thine ear heareth a word behind thee, Saying, `This [is] the way, go ye in it,` When ye turn to the right, And when ye turn to the left. ²²And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, `Go out,` thou sayest to it. ²³And He hath given rain [for] thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture. ²⁴And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan. ²⁵And there hath been on every high mount, And on every exalted hill, Rivulets -- streams of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers. ²⁶And the light of the moon hath been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of Jehovah`s binding up the breach of His people, When the stroke of its wound He healeth. ²⁷Lo, the name of Jehovah is coming from far, Burning is His anger, and great the flame, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue [is] as a devouring fire. ²⁸And His breath [is] as an overflowing stream, Unto the neck it divideth, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, [Is] on the jaws of the peoples. ²⁹Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go in to the mountain of Jehovah, Unto the rock of Israel. ³⁰And caused to be heard hath Jehovah The honour of His voice, And the coming down of His arm He doth shew with the raging of anger, And the flame of a consuming fire, Scattering, and inundation, and hailstone. ³¹For from the voice of Jehovah broken down [is] Asshur, With a rod He smiteth. ³²And every passage of the settled staff, That Jehovah causeth to rest on him, Hath been with tabrets, and with harps, And in battles of shaking he hath fought with it. ³³For, arranged from former time is Tophet, Even it for the king is prepared, He hath made deep, He hath made large, Its pile [is] fire and much wood, The breath of Jehovah, As a stream of brim stone, is burning in it!

Chapter 31

¹Wo [to] those going down to Egypt for help, And on horses lean, And trust on chariots, because many, And on horsemen, because very strong, And have not looked on the Holy One of Israel, And Jehovah have not sought. ²And He also [is] wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity. ³And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed. ⁴For thus said Jehovah unto me: `As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height. <sup>5</sup>As birds flying, so doth Jehovah of Hosts Cover over Jerusalem, covering and delivering, Passing over, and causing to escape.` ⁶Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostacy. ⁷For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin. ⁸And fallen hath Asshur by sword, not of the high, Yea, a sword -- not of the low, doth consume him, And he hath fled for himself from the face of a sword, And his young men become tributary. ⁹And [to] his rock from fear he passeth on, And affrighted by the ensign have been his princes -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Who hath a light in Zion, And who hath a furnace in Jerusalem!

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¹Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule. ²And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land. ³And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend. ⁴And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly. ⁵A fool is no more called `noble,` And to a miser it is not said, `rich;` ⁶For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack. ⁷And the miser -- his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly. ⁸And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up. ⁹Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying, ¹⁰Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not. ¹¹Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins, ¹²For breasts they are lamenting, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine. ¹³Over the ground of my people thorn -- brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city, ¹⁴Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses -- a pasture of herds; ¹⁵Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned. ¹⁶And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth. ¹⁷And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness -- Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age. ¹⁸And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places. ¹⁹And it hath hailed in the going down of the forest, And in the valley is the city low. ²⁰Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!

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¹Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee. ²O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity. ³From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations. ⁴And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it. ⁵Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness, ⁶And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah -- it [is] His treasure. ⁷Lo, `Their Ariel,` they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly. ⁸Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man. ⁹Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel. ¹⁰Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up. ¹¹Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! -- fire devoureth you. ¹²And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn. ¹³Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might. ¹⁴Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age? ¹⁵Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, ¹⁶He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast. ¹⁷A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off. ¹⁸Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers? ¹⁹The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding. ²⁰See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken. ²¹But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers -- streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it. ²²For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king -- He doth save us. ²³Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil. ²⁴Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,` The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!

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¹Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions. ²For wrath [is] to Jehovah against all the nations, And fury against all their host, He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath given them to slaughter. ³And their wounded are cast out, And their carcases cause their stench to ascend, And melted have been mountains from their blood. ⁴And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree. ⁵For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment. ⁶A sword [is] to Jehovah -- it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice [is] to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. ⁷And come down have reems with them, And bullocks with bulls, And soaked hath been their land from blood, And their dust from fatness is made fat. ⁸(For a day of vengeance [is] to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion`s strife,) ⁹And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch. ¹⁰By night and by day she is not quenched, To the age go up doth her smoke, From generation to generation she is waste, For ever and ever, none is passing into her. ¹¹And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness. ¹²[To] the kingdom her freemen they call, But there are none there, And all her princes are at an end. ¹³And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble [are] in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich. ¹⁴And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest. ¹⁵There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion. ¹⁶Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them. ¹⁷And He hath cast for them a lot, And His hand hath apportioned [it] to them by line, Unto the age they possess it, To all generations they dwell in it!

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¹They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose, ²Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, [with] joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They -- they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God. ³Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen. ⁴Say to the hastened of heart, `Be strong, Fear not, lo, your God; vengeance cometh, The recompence of God, He Himself doth come and save you.` ⁵Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped, ⁶Then leap as a hart doth the lame, And sing doth the tongue of the dumb, For broken up in a wilderness have been waters, And streams in a desert. ⁷And the mirage hath become a pond, And the thirsty land fountains of waters, In the habitation of dragons, Its place of couching down, a court for reed and rush. ⁸And a highway hath been there, and a way, And the `way of holiness` is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself [is] by them, Whoso is going in the way -- even fools err not. ⁹No lion is there, yea, a destructive beast Ascendeth it not, it is not found there, And walked have the redeemed, ¹⁰And the ransomed of Jehovah return, And have entered Zion with singing. And joy age-during on their head, Joy and gladness they attain, And fled away have sorrow and sighing!

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¹And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them. ²And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller`s field, <sup>3</sup>and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer. <sup>4</sup>And Rabshakeh saith unto them, `Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, `Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What [is] this confidence in which thou hast confided? <sup>5</sup>I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might [are] for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me? <sup>6</sup>`Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed -- on Egypt -- which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it -- so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him. ⁷`And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves? <sup>8</sup>`And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them. ⁹And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen? ¹⁰And now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.` <sup>11</sup>And Eliakim saith -- and Shebna and Joah -- unto Rabshakeh, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants [in] Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us [in] Jewish, in the ears of the people who [are] on the wall.` <sup>12</sup>And Rabshakeh saith, `Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men -- those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?` <sup>13</sup>And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice [in] Jewish, and saith, `Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur: ¹⁴Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you; ¹⁵and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur. ¹⁶`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well, <sup>17</sup>till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards; <sup>18</sup>lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. `Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur? ¹⁹Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand? ²⁰Who among all the gods of these lands [are] they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?` <sup>21</sup>And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.` ²²And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who [is] over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.

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¹And it cometh to pass, at the king Hezekiah`s hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah, <sup>2</sup>and sendeth Eliakim, who [is] over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, <sup>3</sup>and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah, A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising, [is] this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bear. ⁴`It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear the words of Rabshakeh with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.` ⁵And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah, ⁶and Isaiah saith unto them, `Thus do ye say unto your lord, Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me. <sup>7</sup>Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back unto his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.` ⁸And Rabshakeh turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish. ⁹And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `He hath come out to fight with thee;` and he heareth, and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying, ¹⁰`Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur. <sup>11</sup>Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them -- and thou art delivered! <sup>12</sup>Did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who [are] in Telassar? <sup>13</sup>Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?` ¹⁴And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and Hezekiah goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah. ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayeth unto Jehovah, saying, ¹⁶`Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou [art] God Himself -- Thyself alone -- to all kingdoms of the earth, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth. <sup>17</sup>Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes and see; and hear Thou all the words of Sennacherib that he hath sent to reproach the living God. <sup>18</sup>`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land, ¹⁹so as to put their gods into fire -- for they [are] no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them. ²⁰And now, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth do know that Thou [art] Jehovah, Thyself alone.` <sup>21</sup>And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur -- ²²this [is] the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: Trampled on thee, laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion, Behind thee shaken the head hath the daughter of Jerusalem. ²³Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel. ²⁴By the hand of thy servants Thou hast reviled the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of hills, The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the high place of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel. ²⁵I -- I have dug and drunk waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark. ²⁶Hast thou not heard from afar? -- it I did, From days of old -- that I formed it. Now, I have brought it in, And it is to make desolate, Ruinous heaps -- fenced cities, ²⁷And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up. ²⁸And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thy anger towards Me. ²⁹Because of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest. ³⁰-- And this to thee [is] the sign, Food of the year [is] self-sown grain, And in the second year the spontaneous growth, And in the third year, sow ye and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. ³¹And it hath continued -- the escaped Of the house of Judah that hath been left -- To take root beneath, And it hath made fruit upward. ³²For from Jerusalem goeth forth a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this. ³³Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it [with] shield, Nor doth he pour out against it a mount. ³⁴In the way that he came, in it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, An affirmation of Jehovah, ³⁵And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.` ³⁶And a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred and eighty and five thousand; and [men] rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses. ³⁷And journey, and go, and turn back doth Sennacherib king of Asshur, and dwelleth in Nineveh. ³⁸And it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.

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¹In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou [art] dying, and dost not live.` ²And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, ³and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in thine eyes I have done;` and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping. ⁴And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying, ⁵Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, `I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years, <sup>6</sup>and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city. <sup>7</sup>And this [is] to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken. <sup>8</sup>Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:` and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down. ⁹A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness: ¹⁰`I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years. <sup>11</sup>I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world. <sup>12</sup>My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd`s tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me. ¹³I have set [Him] till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me. ¹⁴As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety. ¹⁵-- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul. ¹⁶Lord, by these do [men] live, And by all in them [is] the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live, ¹⁷Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins. ¹⁸For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. ¹⁹The living, the living, he doth confess Thee. ²⁰Like myself to-day -- a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah -- to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.` <sup>21</sup>And Isaiah saith, `Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.` <sup>22</sup>And Hezekiah saith, `What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!`

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¹At that time hath Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, when he heareth that he hath been sick, and is become strong. ²And Hezekiah rejoiceth over them, and sheweth them the house of his spices, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasures; there hath not been a thing in his house, and in all his dominion, that Hezekiah hath not shewed them. ³And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?` And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come unto me -- from Babylon.` ⁴And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?` and Hezekiah saith, `All that [is] in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.` ⁵And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah of Hosts: <sup>6</sup>Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that [is] in thy house, and that thy fathers have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah; <sup>7</sup>and of thy sons who come forth from thee, whom thou begettest, they take, and they have been eunuchs in a palace of the king of Babylon.` ⁸And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good [is] the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;` and he saith, `Because there is peace and truth in my days.`

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¹Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. ²Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare hath been completed, That accepted hath been her punishment, That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins. ³A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God. ⁴Every valley is raised up, And every mountain and hill become low, And the crooked place hath become a plain, And the entangled places a valley. ⁵And revealed hath been the honour of Jehovah, And seen [it] have all flesh together, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. ⁶A voice is saying, `Call,` And he said, `What do I call?` All flesh [is] grass, and all its goodliness [is] As a flower of the field: ⁷Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people [is] grass; ⁸Withered hath grass, faded the flower, But a word of our God riseth for ever. ⁹On a high mountain get thee up, O Zion, Proclaiming tidings, Lift up with power thy voice, O Jerusalem, proclaiming tidings, Lift up, fear not, say to cities of Judah, `Lo, your God.` ¹⁰Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him. ¹¹As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth [them]: Suckling ones He leadeth. ¹²Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance? ¹³Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him! ¹⁴With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know? ¹⁵Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up. ¹⁶And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering. ¹⁷All the nations [are] as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him. ¹⁸And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him? ¹⁹The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining. ²⁰He who is poor [by] heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artizan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved. ²¹Do ye not know -- do ye not hear? Hath it not been declared from the first to you? Have ye not understood [From] the foundations of the earth? ²²He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in. ²³He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made; ²⁴Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away. ²⁵And unto whom do ye liken Me, And [am] I equal? saith the Holy One. ²⁶Lift up on high your eyes, And see -- who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And [he is] strong in power) not one is lacking. ²⁷Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.` ²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age -- Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. ²⁹He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. ³⁰Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble, ³¹But those expecting Jehovah pass [to] power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

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¹Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on [to] power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together -- to judgment we draw near.` ²Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth [them] as dust [to] his sword, As driven stubble [to] his bow. ³He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not. ⁴Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last I [am] He. ⁵Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come. ⁶Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.` ⁷And strengthen doth an artizan the refiner, A smoother [with] a hammer, Him who is beating [on] an anvil, Saying, `For joining it [is] good,` And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved! ⁸-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover, ⁹Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou [art], I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee. ¹⁰Be not afraid, for with thee I [am], Look not around, for I [am] thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness. ¹¹Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee. ¹²Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as nothing, The men who war with thee. ¹³For I, Jehovah thy God, Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, `Fear not, I have helped thee.` ¹⁴Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁵Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest. ¹⁶Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself. ¹⁷The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel -- I forsake them not. ¹⁸I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water. ¹⁹I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together. ²⁰So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it. ²¹Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob. ²²They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things -- what they [are] declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear. ²³Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye [are] gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see [it] together. ²⁴Lo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you. ²⁵I have stirred up [one] from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in [on] prefects as [on] clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire. ²⁶Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?` yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings. ²⁷First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give, ²⁸And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word: ²⁹`Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!`

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¹Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth. ²He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street. ³A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment. ⁴He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope. ⁵Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it. ⁶I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations. ⁷To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness. ⁸I [am] Jehovah, this [is] My name, And Mine honour to another I give not, Nor My praise to graven images. ⁹The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear. ¹⁰Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, Ye who are going down to the sea, and its fulness, Isles, and their inhabitants. ¹¹The wilderness and its cities do lift up [the voice], The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry. ¹²They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare. ¹³Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty. ¹⁴I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together. ¹⁵I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up. ¹⁶And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These [are] the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them. ¹⁷Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye [are] our gods.` ¹⁸Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see. ¹⁹Who [is] blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who [is] blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah? ²⁰Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not. ²¹Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable. ²²And this [is] a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, `Restore.` ²³Who among you giveth ear [to] this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards. ²⁴Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, And Israel to the spoilers? Is it not Jehovah -- He against whom we sinned? Yea, they have not been willing in His ways to walk, Nor have they hearkened to His law. ²⁵And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!

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¹And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name -- thou [art] Mine. ²When thou passest into waters, I [am] with thee, And into floods, they do not overflow thee, When thou goest into fire, thou art not burnt, And a flame doth not burn against thee. ³For I -- Jehovah thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour, I have appointed Egypt thine atonement, Cush and Seba in thy stead. ⁴Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life. ⁵Be not afraid, for I [am] with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee. ⁶I am saying to the north, `Give up,` And to the south, `Restrain not.` Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth. ⁷Every one who is called by My name, Even for My honour I have created him, I have formed him, yea, I have made him. ⁸He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears. ⁹All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declareth this, And former things causeth us to hear? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, `Truth.` ¹⁰Ye [are] My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none. ¹¹I -- I [am] Jehovah, And besides Me there is no saviour. ¹²I -- I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And ye [are] My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I [am] God. ¹³Even from the day I [am] He, And there is no deliverer from My hand, I work, and who doth turn it back? ¹⁴Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: `For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And caused bars to descend -- all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song [is] in the ships. <sup>15</sup>I [am] Jehovah, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.` ¹⁶Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving in the sea a way, And in the strong waters a path. ¹⁷Who is bringing forth chariot and horse, A force, even a strong one: `Together they lie down -- they rise not, They have been extinguished, As flax they have been quenched.` ¹⁸Remember not former things, And ancient things consider not. ¹⁹Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up, Do ye not know it? Yea, I put in a wilderness a way, In a desolate place -- floods. ²⁰Honour me doth the beast of the field, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given in a wilderness waters, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people -- My chosen. ²¹This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount. ²²And Me thou hast not called, O Jacob, For thou hast been wearied of me, O Israel, ²³Thou hast not brought in to Me, The lamb of thy burnt-offerings, And [with] thy sacrifices thou hast not honoured Me, I have not caused thee to serve with a present, Nor wearied thee with frankincense. ²⁴Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And [with] the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only -- thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. ²⁵I -- I [am] He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember. ²⁶Cause me to remember -- we are judged together, Declare thou that thou mayest be justified. ²⁷Thy first father sinned, And thine interpreters transgressed against me, ²⁸And I pollute princes of the sanctuary, And I give Jacob to destruction, and Israel to revilings!

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¹And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on: ²Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on. ³For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring. ⁴And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water. ⁵This [one] saith, For Jehovah I [am], And this calleth [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writeth [with] his hand, `For Jehovah,` and by the name of Israel surnameth himself. ⁶Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: `I [am] the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God. <sup>7</sup>And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to them? <sup>8</sup>Fear not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock I have not known. <sup>9</sup>Framers of a graven image [are] all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they [are], They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed. <sup>10</sup>Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable? <sup>11</sup>Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artizans -- they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together. <sup>12</sup>He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied. <sup>13</sup>He hath wrought [with] wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house. <sup>14</sup>Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it]. <sup>15</sup>And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth [it], and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it. <sup>16</sup>Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By [this] half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: `Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light. ¹⁷And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, `Deliver me, for my god thou [art].` ¹⁸They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely. ¹⁹And none doth turn [it] back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.` ²⁰Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?` ²¹Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou [art], I formed thee, a servant to Me thou [art], O Israel, thou dost not forget Me. ²²I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as [by] a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee. ²³Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself. ²⁴Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I [am] Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth -- who [is] with Me? ²⁵Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish. ²⁶Confirming the word of His servant, The counsel of His messengers it perfecteth, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They shall be built, and her wastes I raise up, ²⁷Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up, ²⁸Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.

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¹Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut: ²`I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder, <sup>3</sup>And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name -- [am] the God of Israel. <sup>4</sup>For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me. <sup>5</sup>I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me. <sup>6</sup>So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, <sup>7</sup>Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] Jehovah, doing all these things.` ⁸Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it. ⁹Wo [to] him who is striving with his Former, (A potsherd with potsherds of the ground!) Doth clay say to its Framer, `What dost thou?` And thy work, `He hath no hands?` ¹⁰Wo [to] him who is saying to a father, `What dost thou beget?` Or to a wife, `What dost thou bring forth? <sup>11</sup>Thus said Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, and his Former: Ask Me of the things coming concerning My sons, Yea, concerning the work of My hands, ye command Me.` ¹²I made earth, and man on it prepared, I -- My hands stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded. ¹³I have stirred him up in righteousness, And all his ways I make straight, He doth build My city, and My captivity doth send out, Not for price, nor for bribe, said Jehovah of Hosts. ¹⁴Thus said Jehovah, `The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim -- men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee [is] God, And there is none else, no [other] God. <sup>15</sup>Surely Thou [art] a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel -- Saviour! <sup>16</sup>They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images. <sup>17</sup>Israel hath been saved in Jehovah, A salvation age-during! Ye are not ashamed nor confounded Unto the ages of eternity! <sup>18</sup>For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not empty He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: `I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else. ¹⁹Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I [am] Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness. ²⁰Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god [that] saveth not. ²¹Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me. ²²Turn to Me, and be saved, all ends of the earth, For I [am] God, and there is none else. ²³By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear. ²⁴Only in Jehovah, said hath one, Have I righteousness and strength, Unto Him he cometh in, And ashamed are all those displeased with Him. ²⁵In Jehovah are all the seed of Israel justified, And they boast themselves.`

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¹Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary. ²They have stooped, they have bowed together, They have not been able to deliver the burden, And themselves into captivity have gone. ³Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb, ⁴Even to old age I [am] He, and to grey hairs I carry, I made, and I bear, yea, I carry and deliver. ⁵To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like? ⁶-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves. ⁷They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not. ⁸Remember this, and shew yourselves men, Turn [it] back, O transgressors, to the heart. ⁹Remember former things of old, For I [am] Mighty, and there is none else, God -- and there is none like Me. ¹⁰Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.` ¹¹Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed [it], yea, I do it. ¹²Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness. ¹³I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation -- it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!

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¹Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.` ²Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods. ³Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man. ⁴Our redeemer [is] Jehovah of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel. ⁵Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `Mistress of kingdoms.` ⁶I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy, ⁷And thou sayest, `To the age I am mistress,` While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it. ⁸And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, `I [am], and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.` ⁹And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms. ¹⁰And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, `There is none seeing me,` Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, `I [am], and none else.` ¹¹And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not. ¹²Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify! ¹³Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee! ¹⁴Lo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it. ¹⁵So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!

Chapter 48

¹Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And from the waters of Judah came out, Who are swearing by the name of Jehovah, And of the God of Israel make mention, Not in truth nor in righteousness. ²For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name. ³The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh. ⁴From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass, ⁵And I declare to thee from that time, Before it cometh I have caused thee to hear, Lest thou say, `Mine idol hath done them, And my graven image, And my molten image did command them. <sup>6</sup>Thou hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not. <sup>7</sup>Now they have been produced and not from that time, Yea, before the day, and thou hast not heard them, Lest thou say, `Lo, I have known them.` <sup>8</sup>Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And `Transgressor from the belly,` One is crying to thee. <sup>9</sup>For My name`s sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off. ¹⁰Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction. ¹¹For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not. ¹²Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last; ¹³Also, My hand hath founded earth, And My right hand stretched out the heavens, I am calling unto them, they stand together. ¹⁴Be gathered all of you, and hear, Who among them did declare these things? Jehovah hath loved him, He doth His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm [is on] the Chaldeans. ¹⁵I -- I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way. ¹⁶Come ye near unto me, hear this, Not from the beginning in secret spake I, From the time of its being, there [am] I, And now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and His Spirit. ¹⁷Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, `I [am] Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest. ¹⁸O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea, ¹⁹And as sand is thy seed, And the offspring of thy bowels as its gravel, Not cut off nor destroyed his name before Me. ²⁰Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, With a voice of singing declare, Cause ye this to be heard, Bring it forth unto the end of the earth, Say, Redeemed hath Jehovah His servant Jacob. ²¹And they have not thirsted in waste places, He hath caused them to go on, Waters from a rock he hath caused to flow to them, Yea, he cleaveth a rock, and flow do waters. ²²There is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!

Chapter 49

¹Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name. ²And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me. ³And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.` ⁴And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God. <sup>5</sup>And now, said Jehovah, who is forming me from the belly for a servant to Him, To bring back Jacob unto Him, (Though Israel is not gathered, Yet I am honoured in the eyes of Jehovah, And my God hath been my strength.) <sup>6</sup>And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.` <sup>7</sup>Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.` <sup>8</sup>Thus said Jehovah: `In a time of good pleasure I answered thee, And in a day of salvation I helped thee, And I keep thee, and give thee, For a covenant of the people, To establish the earth, To cause to inherit desolate inheritances. ⁹To say to the bound, Go out, To those in darkness, Be uncovered. On the ways they feed, And in all high places is their pasture. ¹⁰They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them. ¹¹And I have made all My mountains for a way, And My highways are lifted up. ¹²Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim. ¹³Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity. ¹⁴And Zion saith, `Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.` ¹⁵Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee. ¹⁶Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually. ¹⁷Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee. ¹⁸Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, They have come to thee. I live, an affirmation of Jehovah! Surely all of them as an ornament thou puttest on, And thou bindest them on like a bride. ¹⁹Because thy wastes, and thy desolate places, And the land of thy ruins, Surely now are straitened because of inhabitants, And far off have been those consuming thee. ²⁰Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me -- and I dwell.` ²¹And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence [are] they? <sup>22</sup>Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried. ²³And kings have been thy nursing fathers, And their princesses thy nursing mothers; Face to the earth -- they bow down to thee, And the dust of thy feet they lick up, And thou hast known that I [am] Jehovah, That those expecting Me are not ashamed. ²⁴Is prey taken from the mighty? And the captive of the righteous delivered? ²⁵For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save. ²⁶And I have caused thine oppressors to eat their own flesh, And as new wine they drink their own blood, And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Thy saviour, and thy redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob!`

Chapter 50

¹Thus said Jehovah: `Where [is] this -- the bill of your mother`s divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away. ²Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst. ³I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering. ⁴The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones. ⁵The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not. ⁶My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting. ⁷And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed. ⁸Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me. ⁹Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a garment wear out, A moth doth eat them. ¹⁰Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God. ¹¹Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down!

Chapter 51

¹Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been digged. ²Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him. ³For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song. ⁴Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest. ⁵Near [is] My righteousness, Gone out hath My salvation and Mine arms, Peoples they judge, on Me isles do wait, Yea, on Mine arm they do wait with hope. ⁶Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken. ⁷Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart [is] My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted, ⁸For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations. ⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as [in] days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon! ¹⁰Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed? ¹¹And the ransomed of Jehovah turn back, And they have come to Zion with singing, And joy age-during [is] on their head, Gladness and joy they attain, Fled away have sorrow and sighing, ¹²I -- I [am] He -- your comforter, Who [art] thou -- and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man -- grass he is made! ¹³And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where [is] the fury of the oppressor? ¹⁴Hastened hath a wanderer to be loosed, And he doth not die at the pit, And his bread is not lacking. ¹⁵And I [am] Jehovah thy God, Quieting the sea, when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name. ¹⁶And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, `My people [art] thou.` ¹⁷Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out. ¹⁸There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished. ¹⁹These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction -- Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee? ²⁰Thy sons have been wrapt up, they have lain down, At the head of all out places, as a wild ox [in] a net, They are full of the fury of Jehovah, The rebuke of Thy God. ²¹Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine, ²²Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth [for] his people: `Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more. <sup>23</sup>And I have put it into the hand of those afflicting thee, Who have said to thy soul, Bow down, and we pass over, And thou makest as the earth thy body, And as the street to those passing by!`

Chapter 52

¹Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem -- the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean. ²Shake thyself from dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem, Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves, O captive, daughter of Zion. ³For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.` ⁴For thus said the Lord Jehovah: `To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there, And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it. <sup>5</sup>And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised. <sup>6</sup>Therefore doth My people know My name, Therefore, in that day, Surely I [am] He who is speaking, behold Me.` ⁷How comely on the mountains, Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace, proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation, Saying to Zion, `Reigned hath thy God.` ⁸The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice, together they cry aloud, Because eye to eye they see, in Jehovah`s turning back [to] Zion. ⁹Break forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem, For Jehovah hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem. ¹⁰Jehovah hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations, And seen have all the ends of the earth, The salvation of our God. ¹¹Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah. ¹²For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you [is] Jehovah, And gathering you [is] the God of Israel! ¹³Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been very high. ¹⁴As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.) ¹⁵So doth he sprinkle many nations. Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!

Chapter 53

¹Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? ²Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him. ³He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not. ⁴Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. ⁵And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. ⁶All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all. ⁷It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth. ⁸By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued, ⁹And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich [are] his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor [is] deceit in his mouth. ¹⁰And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper. ¹¹Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear. ¹²Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

Chapter 54

¹Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah. ²Enlarge the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they stretch out, Restrain not -- lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong. ³For right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations possess, ⁴And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more. ⁵For thy Maker [is] thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, And thy Redeemer [is] the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,` He is called. ⁶For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God. ⁷In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee, ⁸In overflowing wrath I hid my face [for] a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer -- Jehovah! ⁹For, the waters of Noah [is] this to Me, In that I have sworn -- the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth -- So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee. ¹⁰For the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from thee departeth not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving one -- Jehovah. ¹¹O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires, ¹²And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight, ¹³And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant [is] the peace of thy sons. ¹⁴In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee. ¹⁵Lo, he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled near thee? By thee he falleth! ¹⁶Lo, I -- I have prepared an artizan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And bringing out an instrument for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy. ¹⁷No weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising against thee, In judgment thou condemnest. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!

Chapter 55

¹Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. ²Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness. ³Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast. ⁴Lo, a witness to peoples I have given him, A leader and commander to peoples. ⁵Lo, a nation thou knowest not, thou callest, And a nation who know thee not unto thee do run, For the sake of Jehovah thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee. ⁶Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near, ⁷Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon. ⁸For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah, ⁹For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts. ¹⁰For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater, ¹¹So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me empty, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it. ¹²For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you [with] singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand. ¹³Instead of the thorn come up doth fir, Instead of the brier come up doth myrtle, And it hath been to Jehovah for a name, For a sign age-during -- it is not cut off!

Chapter 56

¹Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near [is] My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.` ²O the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who keepeth hold on it, Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from doing any evil. ³Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: `Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.` Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,` ⁴For thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have fixed on that which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant: ⁵I have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a name, Better than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That is not cut off. ⁶And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant. ⁷I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices [Are] for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,` Is called for all the peoples. ⁸An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: `Again I gather to him -- to his gathered ones.` ⁹Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest. ¹⁰Blind [are] his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them [are] dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. ¹¹And the dogs [are] strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they [are] shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter: ¹²`Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!`

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¹The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying [it] to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one. ²He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward. ³And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom. ⁴Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed? ⁵Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks. ⁶Among the smooth things of a brook [is] thy portion, They -- they [are] thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted? ⁷On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice. ⁸And behind the door, and the post, Thou hast set up thy memorial, For from Me thou hast removed, and goest up, Thou hast enlarged thy couch, And dost covenant for thyself among them, Thou hast loved their couch, the station thou sawest, ⁹And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol. ¹⁰In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.` The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick. ¹¹And of whom hast thou been afraid, and fearest, That thou liest, and Me hast not remembered? Thou hast not laid [it] to thy heart, Am not I silent, even from of old? And Me thou fearest not? ¹²I declare thy righteousness, and thy works, And they do not profit thee. ¹³When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain. ¹⁴And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.` ¹⁵For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy [is] His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,` ¹⁶For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made. ¹⁷For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart. ¹⁸His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones. ¹⁹Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,` to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah. ²⁰And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire. ²¹There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

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¹Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins; ²Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire: ³`Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.` Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact. ⁴Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as [to]-day, To sound in the high place your voice. ⁵Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man`s afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to Jehovah? <sup>6</sup>Is not this the fast that I chose -- To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off? <sup>7</sup>Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself? <sup>8</sup>Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee. <sup>9</sup>Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, `Behold Me.` If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity, <sup>10</sup>And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness [is] as noon. <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not. <sup>12</sup>And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, `Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.` <sup>13</sup>If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,` To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,` And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word. ¹⁴Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!

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¹Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing. ²But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing. ³For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter. ⁴There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity. ⁵Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper. ⁶Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands. ⁷Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways. ⁸A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace. ⁹Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go, ¹⁰We feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead. ¹¹We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us. ¹²For our transgressions have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities -- we have known them. ¹³Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostacy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood. ¹⁴And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter, ¹⁵And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment. ¹⁶And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness -- it sustained Him. ¹⁷And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal. ¹⁸According to deeds -- so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the isles [their] deed He repayeth. ¹⁹And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him. ²⁰And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah. ²¹And I -- this [is] My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that [is] on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed`s seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!

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¹Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. ²For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. ³And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising. ⁴Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported. ⁵Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee. ⁶A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of Jehovah they proclaim the tidings. ⁷All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify. ⁸Who [are] these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows? ⁹Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee. ¹⁰And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee. ¹¹And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led. ¹²For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted. ¹³The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable. ¹⁴And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: `City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.` ¹⁵Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation. ¹⁶And thou hast sucked the milk of nations, Yea, the breast of kings thou suckest, And thou hast known that I, Jehovah, Thy Saviour, and Thy Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob. ¹⁷Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness. ¹⁸Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called `Salvation` thy walls, And thy gates, `Praise.` ¹⁹To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty. ²⁰Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed. ²¹And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified. ²²The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

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¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. ²To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. ³To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.` ⁴And they have built the wastes of old, The desolations of the ancients they raise up, And they have renewed waste cities, The desolations of generation and generation. ⁵And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner [are] your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers. ⁶And ye are called `Priests of Jehovah,` `Ministers of our God,` is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves. ⁷Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during [is] for them. ⁸For I [am] Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them. ⁹And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed. ¹⁰I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels. ¹¹For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!

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¹For Zion`s sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem`s sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth. ²And nations have seen thy righteousness, And all kings thine honour, And He is giving to thee a new name, That the mouth of Jehovah doth define. ³And thou hast been a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, And a diadem of royalty in the hand of thy God, ⁴It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!` And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,` For to thee is cried, `My delight [is] in her,` And to thy land, `Married,` For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married. ⁵For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God. ⁶`On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.` O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves, ⁷And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth. ⁸Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: `I give not thy corn any more [as] food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured. <sup>9</sup>For, those gathering it do eat it, and have praised Jehovah, And those collecting it do drink it in My holy courts.` ¹⁰Pass ye on, pass on through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples. ¹¹Lo, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: `Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy salvation hath come,` Lo, his hire [is] with him, and his wage before him. ¹²And they have cried to them, `People of the Holy One, Redeemed of Jehovah,` Yea, to thee is called, `Sought out one, a city not forsaken!`

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¹`Who [is] this coming from Edom? With dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is honourable in his clothing, Travelling in the abundance of his power?` -- `I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.` ²`Wherefore [is] thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?` ³-- `A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted. <sup>4</sup>For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come. <sup>5</sup>And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me. <sup>6</sup>And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength. <sup>7</sup>The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts. <sup>8</sup>And He saith, Only My people they [are], Sons -- they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour. <sup>9</sup>In all their distress [He is] no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old. <sup>10</sup>And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them. <sup>11</sup>And He remembereth the days of old, Moses -- his people. Where [is] He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where [is] He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit? <sup>12</sup>Leading by the right hand of Moses, the arm of His glory, Cleaving waters from before them, To make to Himself a name age-during. <sup>13</sup>Leading them through the depths, As a horse in a plain they stumble not. <sup>14</sup>As a beast into a valley goeth down, The Spirit of Jehovah causeth him to rest, So hast Thou led Thy people, To make to Thyself a glorious name. <sup>15</sup>Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where [is] Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves. <sup>16</sup>For Thou [art] our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, [art] our Father, Our redeemer from the age, [is] Thy name. <sup>17</sup>Why causest Thou us to wander, O Jehovah, from Thy ways? Thou hardenest our heart from Thy fear, Turn back for Thy servants` sake, The tribes of Thine inheritance. ¹⁸For a little while did Thy holy people possess, Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary. ¹⁹We have been from of old, Thou hast not ruled over them, Not called is Thy name upon them!

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¹Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow, ²(As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble. ³In Thy doing fearful things -- we expect not, Thou didst come down, From Thy presence did mountains flow. ⁴Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him. ⁵Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them [is] continuance, and we are saved. ⁶And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away. ⁷And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities. ⁸And now, O Jehovah, thou [art] our Father, We [are] the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us. ⁹Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people [are] we all. ¹⁰Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation. ¹¹Our holy and our beautiful house, Where praise Thee did our fathers, Hath become burnt with fire, And all our desirable things have become a waste. ¹²For these dost Thou refrain Thyself, Jehovah? Thou art silent, and dost afflict us very sore!`

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¹I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,` Unto a nation not calling in My name. ²I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts. ³The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks: ⁴Who are dwelling among sepulchres, And lodge in reserved places, Who are eating flesh of the sow, And a piece of abominable things -- their vessels. ⁵Who are saying, `Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.` These [are] a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day. ⁶Lo, it is written before Me: `I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom, <sup>7</sup>Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said Jehovah, Who have made perfume on the mountains, And on the heights have reproached Me, And I have measured their former work into their bosom.` ⁸Thus said Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, `Destroy it not for a blessing [is] in it,` So I do for My servants` sake, not to destroy the whole. ⁹And I have brought out from Jacob a seed, And from Judah a possessor of My mount, And possess it do My chosen ones, And My servants do dwell there. ¹⁰And Sharon hath been for the habitation of a flock, And the valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me. ¹¹And ye [are] those forsaking Jehovah, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting in array for Gad a table, And who are filling for Meni a mixture. ¹²And I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed. ¹³Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed, ¹⁴Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl. ¹⁵And ye have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And the Lord Jehovah hath put thee to death, And to His servants He giveth another name. ¹⁶So that he who is blessing himself in the earth, Doth bless himself In the God of faithfulness, And he who is swearing in the earth, Doth swear by the God of faithfulness, Because the former distresses have been forgotten, And because they have been hid from Mine eyes. ¹⁷For, lo, I am creating new heavens, and a new earth, And the former things are not remembered, Nor do they ascend on the heart. ¹⁸But joy ye, and rejoice for ever, that I [am] Creator, For, lo, I am creating Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy. ¹⁹And I have rejoiced in Jerusalem, And have joyed in My people, And not heard in her any more Is the voice of weeping, and the voice of crying. ²⁰There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed. ²¹And they have built houses, and inhabited, And planted vineyards, and eaten their fruit. ²²They do not build, and another inhabit, They do not plant, and another eat, For as the days of a tree [are] the days of My people, And the work of their hands wear out do My chosen ones. ²³They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah [are] they, And their offspring with them. ²⁴And it hath come to pass, They do not yet call, and I answer, They are yet speaking, and I hear. ²⁵Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust [is] its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

Chapter 66

¹Thus said Jehovah: The heavens [are] My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where [is] this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where [is] this -- the place -- My rest? ²And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word. ³Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man, Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense, Is blessing iniquity. Yea, they have fixed on their own ways, And in their abominations their soul hath delighted. ⁴I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed. ⁵Hear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name`s sake: `Honoured is Jehovah, and we look on your joy,` But they are ashamed. <sup>6</sup>A voice of noise [is] from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of Jehovah, giving recompence to His enemies. <sup>7</sup>Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male. <sup>8</sup>Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day? Born is a nation at once? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons. <sup>9</sup>`Do I bring to the birth, And not cause to bring forth?` saith Jehovah, `Am not I He who is causing to beget? I have also restrained,` said thy God. <sup>10</sup>Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, And be glad in her, all ye loving her, Rejoice ye with her for joy, All ye are mourning for her, <sup>11</sup>So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour. <sup>12</sup>For thus said Jehovah: `Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations, And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried, And on the knees ye are dandled. ¹³As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted. ¹⁴And ye have seen, and rejoiced hath your heart, And your bones as tender grass do flourish, And the hand of Jehovah hath been known unto His servants, And He hath been indignant with His enemies. ¹⁵For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire. ¹⁶For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah`s pierced ones.` ¹⁷Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹⁸And I -- their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour. ¹⁹And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations. ²⁰And they have brought all your brethren out of all the nations, A present to Jehovah, On horses, and on chariot, and on litters, And on mules, and on dromedaries, Unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said Jehovah, As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel, Into the house of Jehovah. ²¹And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah. ²²For, as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making, Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name. ²³And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath, Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah. ²⁴And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!

Jeremiah

Chapter 1

¹Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who [are] in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin, ²unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, ³and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month. ⁴And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ⁵`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.` ⁶And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I [am] a youth.` ⁷And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I [am] a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. <sup>8</sup>Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee [am] I to deliver thee, -- an affirmation of Jehovah.` ⁹And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth. <sup>10</sup>See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.` ¹¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?` And I say, `A rod of an almond tree I am seeing.` ¹²And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.` ¹³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, `What art thou seeing?` And I say, `A blown pot I am seeing, and its face [is] from the north.` ¹⁴And Jehovah saith unto me, `From the north is the evil loosed against all inhabitants of the land. <sup>15</sup>For, lo, I am calling for all families of the kingdoms of the north, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and they have come, and put each his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and by its walls round about, and by all cities of Judah. <sup>16</sup>And I have spoken My judgments with them concerning all their evil, in that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, and bow themselves to the works of their own hands. <sup>17</sup>`And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them. ¹⁸And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land; ¹⁹and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee [am] I, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- to deliver thee.

Chapter 2

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ²`Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown. <sup>3</sup>Holy [is] Israel to Jehovah, The first-fruit of His increase, All consuming him are guilty, Evil cometh in unto them, an affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>4</sup>Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel. <sup>5</sup>Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain, <sup>6</sup>And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?` ⁷Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination. ⁸The priests have not said, `Where [is] Jehovah?` And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone. ⁹Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons` sons I plead. <sup>10</sup>For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this: <sup>11</sup>Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit. <sup>12</sup>Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>13</sup>For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells -- broken wells, That contain not the waters. <sup>14</sup>A servant [is] Israel? Is he a child of the house? Wherefore hath he been for a prey? <sup>15</sup>Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant. <sup>16</sup>Also sons of Noph and Tahapanes Consume thee -- the crown of the head! <sup>17</sup>Dost thou not do this to thyself? [By] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, At the time He is leading thee in the way? <sup>18</sup>And now, what -- to thee in the way of Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? And what -- to thee in the way of Asshur, To drink the waters of the River? <sup>19</sup>Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing [Is] thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts. <sup>20</sup>For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, `I do not serve,` For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering -- a harlot. <sup>21</sup>And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine? <sup>22</sup>But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. <sup>23</sup>How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?` See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways, <sup>24</sup>A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting -- who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her. <sup>25</sup>Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.` <sup>26</sup>As the shame of a thief when he is found, So put to shame have been the house of Israel, They, their kings, their heads, And their priests, and their prophets, <sup>27</sup>Saying to wood, `My father [art] thou!` And to a stone, `Thou hast brought me forth,` For they turned unto me the back and not the face, And in the time of their vexation, They say, `Arise Thou, and save us.` <sup>28</sup>And where [are] thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, <sup>29</sup>Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>30</sup>In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion. <sup>31</sup>O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.` <sup>32</sup>Doth a virgin forget her ornaments? A bride her bands? And My people have forgotten Me days without number. <sup>33</sup>What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways. <sup>34</sup>Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these. <sup>35</sup>And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?` Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.` ³⁶What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur, ³⁷Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!

Chapter 3

¹Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>2</sup>Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness. <sup>3</sup>And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed. <sup>4</sup>Hast thou not henceforth called to Me, `My father, Thou [art] the leader of my youth? ⁵Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?` Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest. <sup>6</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, `Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there. ⁷And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me thou dost turn back, and she hath not turned back, and see [it] doth her treacherous sister Judah. ⁸And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister hath not feared, and goeth and committeth fornication -- she also. ⁹And it hath come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she committeth fornication with stone and with wood. ¹⁰And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned back unto Me with all her heart, but with falsehood, an affirmation of Jehovah.` <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me: `Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah. ¹²Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I [am] kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age. ¹³Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹⁴Turn back, O backsliding sons, An affirmation of Jehovah. For I have ruled over you, And taken you one of a city, and two of a family, And have brought you to Zion, ¹⁵And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding. ¹⁶And it hath come to pass, when ye are multiplied, And have been fruitful in the land, In those days -- an affirmation of Jehovah, They say not any more, `The ark of the covenant of Jehovah,` Nor doth it go up on the heart, Nor do they remember concerning it, Nor do they inspect, nor is it made again. ¹⁷At that time they cry to Jerusalem, `O throne of Jehovah,` And gathered unto her hath been all the nations, For the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem, Nor do they go any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart. ¹⁸In those days do the house of Judah Go unto the house of Israel, And they come together from the land of the south, unto the land That I caused your fathers to inherit. ¹⁹And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father -- ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back. ²⁰But -- a woman hath deceived her friend, So ye have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. ²¹A voice on high places is heard -- weeping, Supplications of the sons of Israel, For they have made perverse their way, They have forgotten Jehovah their God. ²²Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou [art] Jehovah our God. ²³Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains -- Surely in Jehovah our God [is] the salvation of Israel. ²⁴And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters. ²⁵We have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God!

Chapter 4

¹If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan. ²And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves. ³For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns. ⁴Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings. ⁵Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, `Blow a trumpet in the land,` Call ye fully, and say ye: `Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.` ⁶Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction. ⁷Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant. ⁸For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us. ⁹And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.` ¹⁰And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!` ¹¹At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,` The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,) ¹²A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them. ¹³Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled. ¹⁴Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength? ¹⁵For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim. ¹⁶Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: `Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice. <sup>17</sup>As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.` ¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This [is] thy vexation, for [it is] bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart. ¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained [at] the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul -- a shout of battle! ²⁰Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains. ²¹Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet? ²²For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known. ²³I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. ²⁴I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly. ²⁵I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled. ²⁶I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger. ²⁷For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not. ²⁸For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it. ²⁹From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them. ³⁰And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself [with] ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek. ³¹For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, `Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!`

Chapter 5

¹Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her. ²And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,` Surely to a falsehood they swear. ³Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back. ⁴And I -- I said, `Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God. <sup>5</sup>I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.` Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands. ⁶Therefore smitten them hath a lion out of the forest, A wolf of the deserts doth spoil them, A leopard is watching over their cities, Every one who is going out of them is torn, For many have been their transgressions, Mighty have been their backslidings. ⁷For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together. ⁸Fed horses -- they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh. ⁹For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself? ¹⁰Go ye up on her walls, and destroy, And a completion make not, Turn aside her branches, for they [are] not Jehovah`s, <sup>11</sup>For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>12</sup>They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, `[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see. ¹³And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,` -- thus it is done by them. <sup>14</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them. <sup>15</sup>Lo, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah, A nation -- strong it [is], a nation -- from of old it [is], A nation -- thou knowest not its tongue, Nor understandest what it speaketh. <sup>16</sup>Its quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, All of them -- mighty ones. <sup>17</sup>And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting -- by the sword. <sup>18</sup>And even in those days, an affirmation of Jehovah, I do not make you a completion. <sup>19</sup>And it hath come to pass, when ye say, `For what hath Jehovah our God done to us all these?` That thou hast said unto them, `As ye have forsaken Me, And serve the gods of a foreigner in your land, So do ye serve strangers in a land not yours. ²⁰Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying, ²¹Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not. ²²Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over. ²³And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on. ²⁴And they have not said in their heart, `Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.` ²⁵Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you. ²⁶For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture. ²⁷As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich. ²⁸They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged. ²⁹For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself? ³⁰An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land. ³¹The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved [it] so, And what do they at its latter end?

Chapter 6

¹Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction. ²The comely and the delicate one I have cut off, The daughter of Zion. ³Unto her come do shepherds and their droves, They have stricken tents by her round about, They have fed each [in] his own station. ⁴Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening, ⁵`Rise, and we go up by night, And we destroy her palaces.` ⁶For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She [is] the city to be inspected, Wholly -- she is oppression in her midst. ⁷As the digging of a well, is [for] its waters, So she hath digged [for] her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually [are] sickness and smiting. ⁸Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited. ⁹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They surely glean, as a vine, the remnant of Israel, Put back thy hand, as a gatherer to the baskets. ¹⁰To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear [is] uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it. ¹¹And with the fury of Jehovah I have been filled, (I have been weary of containing,) To pour [it] on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one full of days, ¹²And their houses have been turned to others, Fields and wives together, For I stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹³For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely, ¹⁴And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!` and there is no peace. ¹⁵They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah. ¹⁶Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this -- the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, `We do not go.` ¹⁷And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.` ¹⁸Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which [is] upon them. ¹⁹Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it. ²⁰Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me. ²¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I do give to this people stumbling blocks, And stumbled against them have fathers and sons together, The neighbour and his friend do perish. ²²Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth. ²³Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it [is], and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion. ²⁴`We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman. <sup>25</sup>Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear [is] round about. <sup>26</sup>O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us. <sup>27</sup>A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way. <sup>28</sup>All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters. <sup>29</sup>The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away. <sup>30</sup>`Silver rejected,` they have called to them, For Jehovah hath kicked against them!

Chapter 7

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ²Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast proclaimed there this word, and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who are coming in at these gates, to bow before Jehovah: ³Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place. ⁴Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah [are] they! ⁵For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour, ⁶Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves, ⁷Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age. ⁸Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit. ⁹Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. ¹⁰And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,` In order to do all these abominations. ¹¹A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah. ¹²But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that [is] in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel. ¹³And now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered, ¹⁴I also to the house on which My name is called, In which ye are trusting, And to the place that I gave to you, and to your fathers, Have done, as I have done to Shiloh. ¹⁵And I have cast you from before My face, As I have cast out all your brethren, The whole seed of Ephraim. ¹⁶And thou dost not pray for this people, Nor lift up for them crying and prayer, Nor intercede with Me, for I hear thee not. ¹⁷Art thou not seeing what they are doing In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁸The sons are gathering wood, And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, And the women are kneading dough, To make cakes to the queen of the heavens, And to pour out libations to other gods, So as to provoke Me to anger. ¹⁹Me are they provoking to anger? an affirmation of Jehovah, Is it not themselves, For the shame of their own faces? ²⁰Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched. ²¹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Your burnt-offerings add to your sacrifices, And eat ye flesh. ²²For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice, ²³But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you. ²⁴And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward. ²⁵Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending, ²⁶And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers. ²⁷And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee. ²⁸And thou hast said unto them: This [is] the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth. ²⁹Cut off thy crown, and cast [it] away, And lift up on high places lamentation, For Jehovah hath rejected, And He leaveth the generation of His wrath. ³⁰For the sons of Judah Have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, An affirmation of Jehovah, They have set their abominations in the house On which My name is called -- to defile it, ³¹And have built the high places of Tophet, That [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart. ³²Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more, `The Tophet,` And `Valley of the son of Hinnom,` But `Valley of the slaughter,` And they have buried in Tophet -- without place. ³³And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling. ³⁴And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

Chapter 8

¹At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones of its princes, And the bones of the priests, And the bones of the prophets, And the bones of inhabitants of Jerusalem, Out of their graves, ²And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved, And that they have served, And that they have walked after, And that they have sought, And to which they have bowed themselves, They are not gathered, nor buried, They are for dung on the face of the ground. ³And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the remaining places, whither I have driven them, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. ⁴And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return? ⁵Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back. ⁶I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle. ⁷Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah. ⁸How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes. ⁹Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they? ¹⁰Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely. ¹¹And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace. ¹²They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah. ¹³I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them. ¹⁴Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah. ¹⁵Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror. ¹⁶From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty ones, Trembled hath all the land, And they come in and consume the land and its fulness, The city and the inhabitants in it. ¹⁷For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah. ¹⁸My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick. ¹⁹Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is her king not in her? Wherefore have they provoked Me with their graven images, With the vanities of a foreigner? ²⁰Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved. ²¹For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me. ²²Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up?

Chapter 9

¹Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people. ²Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones. ³And they bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah! ⁴Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk, ⁵And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured. ⁶thy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. ⁷Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people? ⁸A slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush, ⁹For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself? ¹⁰For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, And for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, For they have been burnt up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of cattle, From the fowl of the heavens unto the beast they have fled, they have gone. ¹¹And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant. ¹²Who [is] the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through. ¹³And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it, ¹⁴And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them, ¹⁵Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall, ¹⁶And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them. ¹⁷Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come, ¹⁸And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow. ¹⁹For -- a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles. ²⁰But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation. ²¹For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places. ²²Speak thus -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering. ²³Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, ²⁴But -- in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah. ²⁵Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin, ²⁶On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!

Chapter 10

¹Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you. ²Thus said Jehovah: Unto the way of the nations accustom not yourselves, And by the signs of the heavens be not affrighted, For the nations are affrighted by them. ³For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe, ⁴With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble. ⁵As a palm they [are] stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them. ⁶Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great [art] Thou, and great Thy name in might. ⁷Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee. ⁸And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself. ⁹Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple [is] their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them. ¹⁰And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation. ¹¹Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens. ¹²The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens, ¹³At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures. ¹⁴Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image. And there is no breath in them. ¹⁵Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish. ¹⁶Not like these [is] the Portion of Jacob, For framer of all things [is] He, And Israel [is] the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name. ¹⁷Gather from the land thy merchandise, O dweller in the bulwark, ¹⁸For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, And have been an adversary to them, So that they are found out. ¹⁹Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this [is] my sickness, and I bear it. ²⁰My tent hath been spoiled, And all my cords have been broken, My sons have gone out from me, and they are not, There is none stretching out any more my tent, And raising up my curtains. ²¹For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered. ²²A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons. ²³I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step. ²⁴Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small. ²⁵Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!

Chapter 11

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying: ²`Hear ye the words of this covenant, and ye have spoken unto the men of Judah, and unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem, <sup>3</sup>and thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel: Cursed [is] the man who doth not obey the words of this covenant, <sup>4</sup>That I commanded your fathers, In the day of My bringing them out from the land of Egypt, Out of the iron furnace, saying, Hearken to My voice, and ye have done them, According to all that I command you, And ye have been to Me for a people, And I am to you for God, <sup>5</sup>In order to establish the oath that I have sworn to your fathers, To give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. And I answer and say, `Amen, O Jehovah.` <sup>6</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me, `Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of this covenant, And ye have done them. ⁷For I certainly testified against your fathers, In the day of My bringing them up out of the land of Egypt -- till this day, Rising early and testifying, saying, Hearken to My voice, ⁸And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they walk each in the stubbornness of their evil heart, And I bring on them all the words of this covenant, That I commanded to do, and they did not.` <sup>9</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me: `A conspiracy is found in the men of Judah, And in the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁰They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers. ¹¹Therefore thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am bringing in unto them evil, That they are not able to go out from, And they have cried unto Me, And I do not hearken unto them. ¹²And the cities of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem have gone, And they have cried unto the gods, To whom they are making perfume, And they give no deliverance at all to them, In the time of their vexation. ¹³For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal. ¹⁴And thou, thou dost not pray for this people, Nor dost thou lift up for them cry and prayer, For I do not hearken in the time of their calling unto Me for their vexation. ¹⁵What -- to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest. ¹⁶`An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,` Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches. ¹⁷And Jehovah of Hosts, who is planting thee, Hath spoken evil concerning thee, For the evil of the house of Israel, and of the house of Judah, That they have done to themselves, To provoke Me to anger, to make perfume to Baal. ¹⁸And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings. ¹⁹And I [am] as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again. ²⁰And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.` <sup>21</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, who are seeking thy life, saying: Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, And thou dost not die by our hands. <sup>22</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine, ²³And they have no remnant, For I bring evil unto the men of Anathoth, The year of their inspection!`

Chapter 12

¹Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers. ²Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near [art] Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins. ³And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter. ⁴Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.` ⁵For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan! ⁶For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they -- they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things. ⁷I have forsaken My house, I have left Mine inheritance, I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies. ⁸Mine inheritance hath been to Me as a lion in a forest, She gave forth against Me with her voice, Therefore I have hated her. ⁹A speckled fowl [is] Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food. ¹⁰Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation. ¹¹He hath made it become a desolation, The desolation hath mourned unto Me, Desolated hath been all the land, But there is no one laying it to heart. ¹²On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Jehovah is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh. ¹³They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick -- they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah. ¹⁴Thus said Jehovah concerning all my evil neighbours, who are striking against the inheritance that I caused my people -- Israel -- to inherit: `Lo, I am plucking them from off their ground, And the house of Judah I pluck out of their midst. <sup>15</sup>And it hath been, after My plucking them out, I turn back, and have pitied them, And I have brought them back, Each to his inheritance, and each to his land. <sup>16</sup>And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,` As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people. <sup>17</sup>And if they do not hearken, Then I have plucked up that nation, Plucking up and destroying, An affirmation of Jehovah!`

Chapter 13

¹Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:` ²and I get the girdle, according to the word of Jehovah, and I place [it] on my loins. ³And there is a word of Jehovah unto me a second time, saying, ⁴`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that [is] on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock; <sup>5</sup>and I go and hide it by Phrat, as Jehovah commanded me. <sup>6</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the end of many days, that Jehovah saith unto me, `Rise, go to Phrat, and take thence the girdle, that I commanded thee to hide there;` <sup>7</sup>and I go to Phrat, and dig, and take the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and lo, the girdle hath been marred, it is not profitable for anything. <sup>8</sup>And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Thus said Jehovah: ⁹Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem. ¹⁰This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything. ¹¹For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened. ¹²And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,` And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?` ¹³And thou hast said unto them, `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am filling all the inhabitants of this land, And the kings who sit for David on his throne, And the priests, and the prophets, And all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, [With] drunkenness, <sup>14</sup>And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them. <sup>15</sup>Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken. <sup>16</sup>Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick darkness. <sup>17</sup>And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive. <sup>18</sup>Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty. <sup>19</sup>The cities of the south have been shut up, And there is none opening, Judah hath been removed -- all of her, She hath been removed completely -- <sup>20</sup>Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where [is] the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock? <sup>21</sup>What dost thou say, when He looketh after thee? And thou -- thou hast taught them [to be] over thee -- leaders for head? Do not pangs seize thee as a travailing woman? <sup>22</sup>And when thou dost say in thy heart, `Wherefore have these met me?` For the abundance of thine iniquity Have thy skirts been uncovered, Have thy heels suffered violence. ²³Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil. ²⁴And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness. ²⁵This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Because thou hast forgotten me, And dost trust in falsehood. ²⁶I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen. ²⁷Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when [is it] again?

Chapter 14

¹That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths: ²Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up. ³And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head. ⁴Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head. ⁵For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake [it!] For there hath been no grass. ⁶And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb. ⁷Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name`s sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned. <sup>8</sup>O Hope of Israel -- its saviour in time of trouble, Why art Thou as a sojourner in the land? And as a traveller turned aside to lodge? <sup>9</sup>Why art Thou as one dumb? As a mighty one not able to save? And Thou [art] in our midst, O Jehovah, And Thy name over us is called, leave us not. <sup>10</sup>Thus said Jehovah concerning this people: Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained, And Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin. <sup>11</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me: Thou dost not pray for this people for good, <sup>12</sup>When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them. <sup>13</sup>And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.` <sup>14</sup>And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you. <sup>15</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed. <sup>16</sup>And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil. <sup>17</sup>And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, [with] a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke. <sup>18</sup>If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not. <sup>19</sup>Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? Zion hath Thy soul loathed? Wherefore hast Thou smitten us, And there is no healing to us? Looking for peace, and there is no good, And for a time of healing, and lo, terror. <sup>20</sup>We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee. <sup>21</sup>Do not despise, for Thy name`s sake, Dishonour not the throne of Thine honour, Remember, break not Thy covenant with us. ²²Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou -- Thou hast done all these!

Chapter 15

¹And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out. ²And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who [are] for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity. ³And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour. ⁴And I have given them for a trembling To all kingdoms of the earth, Because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem. ⁵For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare? ⁶Thou -- thou hast left Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Backward thou goest, And I stretch out My hand against thee, And I destroy thee, I have been weary of repenting, ⁷And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back. ⁸Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble. ⁹Languished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹⁰Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me. ¹¹Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy? ¹²Doth one break iron -- northern iron, and brass? ¹³Thy strength and thy treasures For a prey I do give -- not for price, Even for all thy sins, and in all thy borders. ¹⁴And I have caused thine enemies To pass over into the land -- Thou hast not known, For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, Against you it doth burn. ¹⁵Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach. ¹⁶Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts. ¹⁷I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For [with] indignation Thou hast filled me. ¹⁸Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast. ¹⁹Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They -- they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them. ²⁰And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee [am] I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah, ²¹And I have delivered thee from the hand of evil doers, And I have ransomed thee From the hand of the terrible!

Chapter 16

¹And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: ²Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place. ³For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers -- those bearing them, And of their fathers -- those begetting them in this land: ⁴Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth. ⁵For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies. ⁶And died have great and small in this land, They are not buried, and none lament for them, Nor doth any cut himself, nor become bald for them. ⁷Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother. ⁸A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink, ⁹For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride. ¹⁰And it hath come to pass when thou declarest to this people all these words, and they have said unto thee, `For what hath Jehovah spoken against us all this great evil? yea, what [is] our iniquity, and what our sin, that we have sinned against Jehovah our God?` ¹¹Then thou hast said unto them: Because that your fathers have forsaken Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, And go after other gods, and serve them, And they bow themselves to them, And Me have forsaken, and My law not kept, ¹²Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me. ¹³And I have cast you from off this land, On to a land that ye have not known, Ye and your fathers, And ye have served there other gods by day and by night, Where I do not give to you grace. ¹⁴Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is not said any more: `Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,` ¹⁵But, `Jehovah liveth, who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of the north, And out of all the lands whither He drove them,` And I have brought them back to their land, That I gave to their fathers. ¹⁶Lo, I am sending for many fishers, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have fished them, And after this I send for many hunters, And they have hunted them from off every mountain, And from off every hill, and from holes of the rocks. ¹⁷For Mine eyes [are] upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes. ¹⁸And I have recompensed a first -- A second time -- their iniquity and their sin, Because of their polluting My land, With the carcase of their detestable things, Yea, their abominable things have filled Mine inheritance. ¹⁹O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable. ²⁰Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods? ²¹Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name [is] Jehovah!

Chapter 17

¹The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars, ²As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills. ³O My mountain in the field -- thy strength, All thy treasures -- for a prey I give, Thy high places for sin in all thy borders. ⁴And thou hast let go -- even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn. ⁵Thus said Jehovah: Cursed [is] the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. ⁶And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited. ⁷Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. ⁸And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit. ⁹Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable -- who doth know it? ¹⁰I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings. ¹¹A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool. ¹²A throne of honour on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary, ¹³The hope of Israel [is] Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And `My apostates` in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters. ¹⁴Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise [art] Thou. ¹⁵Lo, they are saying unto me: `Where [is] the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.` ¹⁶And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou -- Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been, ¹⁷Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope [art] Thou in a day of evil. ¹⁸Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed -- me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted -- me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time [with] destruction destroy them. ¹⁹Thus said Jehovah unto me: `Go, and thou hast stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem, <sup>20</sup>and thou hast said unto them: Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates, <sup>21</sup>Thus said Jehovah, Take ye heed to yourselves, And ye bear not a burden on the day of rest, Nor have ye brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem. <sup>22</sup>Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers. <sup>23</sup>And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction. <sup>24</sup>And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work -- <sup>25</sup>Then entered by the gates of this city have kings and princes, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city hath remained to the age. <sup>26</sup>And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from suburbs of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, and from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise [to] the house of Jehovah. <sup>27</sup>And if ye do not hearken unto me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it hath consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!`

Chapter 18

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ²Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter`s house, and there I cause thee to hear My words; <sup>3</sup>and I go down [to] the potter`s house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones, ⁴and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make. ⁵And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying: ⁶As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. Lo, as clay in the hand of the potter, So [are] ye in My hand, O house of Israel. ⁷The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, ⁸And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it. ⁹And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, ¹⁰And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it. ¹¹And now, speak, I pray thee, unto men of Judah, And against inhabitants of Jerusalem, Saying: Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am framing against you evil, And devising against you a device, Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way And amen your ways and your doings. ¹²And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do. ¹³Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done. ¹⁴Doth snow of Lebanon Cease from the rock of the field? Failed are the cold strange waters that flow? ¹⁵But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up, ¹⁶To make their land become a desolation, A hissing age-during, Every passer by it is astonished, And bemoaneth with his head. ¹⁷As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.` ¹⁸And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words. ¹⁹Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me. ²⁰Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them. ²¹Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle, ²²A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet. ²³And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me [is] for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

Chapter 19

¹Thus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter`s earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests, ²and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee, ³and hast said, Hear a word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, at which the ears of every one who is hearing it do tingle, <sup>4</sup>because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place [with] innocent blood, <sup>5</sup>and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart. <sup>6</sup>`Therefore, lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and this place is not called any more, Tophet, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but, Valley of slaughter. ⁷And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, ⁸and I have made this city for a desolation, and for a hissing, every passer by it is astonished, and doth hiss for all its plagues. ⁹And I have caused them to eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters, and each the flesh of his friend they do eat, in the siege and in the straitness with which straiten them do their enemies, and those seeking their life. ¹⁰`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee, <sup>11</sup>and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter`s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury; ¹²so I do to this place -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet; ¹³and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, have been -- as the place of Tophet -- defiled, even all the houses on whose roofs they have made perfume to all the host of the heavens, so as to pour out oblations to other gods.` <sup>14</sup>And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people: <sup>15</sup>`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto this city, and on all its cities, all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their neck -- not to hear My words!`

Chapter 20

¹And Pashhur son of Immer the priest -- who also [is] overseer, leader in the house of Jehovah -- heareth Jeremiah prophesying these things, ²and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that [are] by the high gate of Benjamin, that [is] by the house of Jehovah. ³and it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, `Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but -- Magor-Missabib. <sup>4</sup>For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword. <sup>5</sup>And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon. <sup>6</sup>And thou, Pashhur, and all dwelling in thy house, Do go into captivity. and Babylon thou dost enter, And there thou diest, and there thou art buried, Thou and all loving thee, To whom thou hast prophesied falsely.` ⁷Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me, ⁸Because from the time I speak I cry out, `Violence and destruction,` I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day. ⁹And I said, `I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,` And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able. ¹⁰For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear [is] round about: `Declare, and we declare it,` All mine allies are watching [for] my halting, `Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.` ¹¹And Jehovah [is] with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten. ¹²And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause. ¹³Sing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers. ¹⁴Cursed [is] the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed! ¹⁵Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, `Born to thee hath been a child -- a male,` Making him very glad! ¹⁶Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon. ¹⁷Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during. ¹⁸Why [is] this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

Chapter 21

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the king Zedekiah`s sending unto him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, <sup>2</sup>`Inquire, we pray thee, for us at Jehovah, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath fought against us; perhaps Jehovah doth deal with us according to all His wonders, and doth cause him to go up from off us.` <sup>3</sup>And Jeremiah saith unto them, `Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah, ⁴Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city, ⁵And I -- I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath, ⁶And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die. ⁷And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy. ⁸And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death! ⁹Whoso is abiding in this city -- dieth, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And hath fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you -- liveth, And his life hath been to him for a spoil. ¹⁰For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire. ¹¹And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah; ¹²O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings. ¹³Lo, I [am] against thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations? ¹⁴And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed -- all its suburbs!

Chapter 22

¹Thus said Jehovah, `Go down [to] the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said, <sup>2</sup>Hear a word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who art sitting on the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who are coming in at these gates, <sup>3</sup>Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place. <sup>4</sup>For, if ye certainly do this thing, Then come in by the gates of this house Have kings sitting for David on his throne, Riding on chariot, and on horses, He, and his servants, and his people. <sup>5</sup>And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation. <sup>6</sup>For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead [art] thou to Me -- head of Lebanon, If not -- I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited. <sup>7</sup>And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire. <sup>8</sup>And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city? <sup>9</sup>And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.` <sup>10</sup>Ye do not weep for the dead, nor bemoan for him, Weep ye sore for the traveller, For he doth not return again, Nor hath he seen the land of his birth. <sup>11</sup>For thus said Jehovah concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who is reigning instead of Josiah his father, who hath gone forth from this place: He doth not turn back hither again; <sup>12</sup>For in the place whither they have removed him he dieth, And this land he doth not see again. <sup>13</sup>Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him. <sup>14</sup>Who is saying, `I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,` And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermillion. <sup>15</sup>Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then [it is] well with him. <sup>16</sup>He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then [it is] well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah. <sup>17</sup>But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence. <sup>18</sup>Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour. <sup>19</sup>The burial of an ass -- he is buried, Dragged and cast out thence to the gates of Jerusalem. <sup>20</sup>Go up to Lebanon, and cry, And in Bashan give forth thy voice, And cry from Abarim, For destroyed have been all loving thee. <sup>21</sup>I have spoken unto thee in thine ease, Thou hast said, `I do not hearken,` This [is] thy way from thy youth, For thou hast not hearkened to My voice. ²²All thy friends consume doth wind, And thy lovers into captivity do go, Surely then thou art ashamed, And hast blushed for all thy wickedness. ²³O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman. ²⁴I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away, ²⁵And I have given thee into the hand of those seeking thy life, And into hands of which thou art afraid, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans. ²⁶And I have cast thee, And thy mother who bore thee, unto another country, Where ye were not born, and there do ye die. ²⁷And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return. ²⁸A grief -- a despised broken thing -- is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not? ²⁹Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah, ³⁰Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man -- he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!

Chapter 23

¹Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah. ²Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah. ³And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied. ⁴And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah. ⁵Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth. ⁶In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.` ⁷Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they do not say any more, Jehovah liveth who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, ⁸But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground! ⁹In reference to the prophets: Broken hath been my heart in my midst, Fluttered have all my bones, I have been as a man -- a drunkard, And as a man -- wine hath passed over him, Because of Jehovah, and of His holy words. ¹⁰For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right. ¹¹For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹²Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah. ¹³And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err. ¹⁴And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah. ¹⁵Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land. ¹⁶Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah. ¹⁷Saying diligently to those despising The word of Jehovah: Peace is for you, And [to] every one walking in the stubbornness of his heart they have said: Evil doth not come in unto you. ¹⁸For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth? ¹⁹Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah -- Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth. ²⁰The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding. ²¹I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied. ²²But -- if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings. ²³A God near [am] I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off? ²⁴Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah. ²⁵I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.` ²⁶Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart, ²⁷Who are devising to cause My people To forget My name by their dreams, That they recount each to his neighbour, As their fathers forgot my name for Baal. ²⁸The prophet with whom [is] a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom [is] My word, Let him truly speak My word. What -- to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah. ²⁹Is it not thus? My word [is] as a fire, An affirmation of Jehovah. And as a hammer -- it breaketh in pieces a rock. ³⁰Therefore, lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour. ³¹Lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation. ³²Lo, I [am] against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I -- I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah. ³³And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye [are] the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah. ³⁴And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house. ³⁵Thus do ye say each unto his neighbour, And each unto his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? And what hath Jehovah spoken? ³⁶And the burden of Jehovah ye do not mention any more, For the burden to each is -- His word, And ye have overturned the words of the living God, Jehovah of Hosts, our God. ³⁷Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken? ³⁸And if the burden of Jehovah ye say, Therefore thus said Jehovah: Because of your saying this word, The burden of Jehovah, And I do send unto you, saying, Ye do not say, The burden of Jehovah. ³⁹Therefore, lo, I -- I have taken you utterly away, And I have sent you out, And the city that I gave to you, And to your fathers, from before My face, ⁴⁰And I have put on you reproach age-during, And shame age-during that is not forgotten!

Chapter 24

¹Jehovah hath shewed me, and lo, two baskets of figs, appointed before the temple of Jehovah, -- after the removing by Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, of Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the heads of Judah, and the artizan, and the smith, from Jerusalem, when he bringeth them into Babylon -- ²In the one basket [are] figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket [are] figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness. ³And Jehovah saith unto me, `What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?` and I say, `Figs, the good figs [are] very good, and the bad [are] very bad, that are not eaten for badness.` ⁴And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: ⁵Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Like these good figs so do I acknowledge The removed of Judah -- that I sent from this place, [To] the land of the Chaldeans -- for good. ⁶And I have set Mine eyes on them for good, And have brought them back to this land, And built them up, and I throw not down, And have planted them, and pluck not up. ⁷And have given to them a heart to know Me, For I [am] Jehovah, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, For they turned back unto Me with all their heart. ⁸And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, ⁹And I have given them for a trembling, For evil -- to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them. ¹⁰And I have sent against them the sword, The famine and the pestilence, Till their consumption from off the ground, That I gave to them and to their fathers!

Chapter 25

¹The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, -- it [is] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, -- ²Which Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken concerning all the people of Judah, even unto all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: ³`From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day -- this three and twentieth year -- hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened; <sup>4</sup>And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying: <sup>5</sup>`Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age, ⁶And ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you; ⁷And ye have not hearkened unto Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- so as to provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands for evil to you. ⁸`Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Because that ye have not obeyed My words, <sup>9</sup>Lo, I am sending, and have taken all the families of the north -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- even unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and have brought them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and have devoted them, and appointed them for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for wastes age-during. <sup>10</sup>And I have destroyed from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of joy, voice of bridegroom and voice of bride, noise of millstones, and the light of lamps. <sup>11</sup>And all this land hath been for a waste, for an astonishment, and these nations have served the king of Babylon seventy years. <sup>12</sup>`And it hath come to pass, at the fulness of seventy years, I charge against the king of Babylon, and against that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- their iniquity, and against the land of the Chaldeans, and have appointed it for desolations age-during. ¹³And I have brought in on that land all My words that I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book, that Jeremiah hath prophesied concerning all the nations. ¹⁴For laid service on them -- also them -- have many nations and great kings, and I have given recompence to them according to their doing, and according to the work of their hands. ¹⁵`For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee; <sup>16</sup>And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them. <sup>17</sup>`And I take the cup out of the hand of Jehovah, and cause all the nations to drink unto whom Jehovah sent me: ¹⁸Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, And its kings, its heads, To give them to waste, to astonishment, To hissing, and to reviling, as [at] this day. ¹⁹Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, And his heads, and all his people, ²⁰And all the mixed people, And all the kings of the land of Uz, And all the kings of the land of the Philistines, And Ashkelon, and Gazzah, and Ekron, And the remnant of Ashdod, ²¹Edom, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon, ²²And all the kings of Tyre, And all the kings of Zidon, And the kings of the isle that [is] beyond the sea, ²³Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, And all cutting the corners [of the beard], ²⁴And all the kings of Arabia, And all the kings of the mixed people, Who are dwelling in the wilderness, ²⁵And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media, ²⁶And all the kings of the north, The near and the far off, one unto another, And all the kingdoms of the earth, That [are] on the face of the ground, And king Sheshach drinketh after them. ²⁷And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts God of Israel, Drink ye, yea drink abundantly, And vomit, and fall, and rise not, Because of the sword that I am sending among you. ²⁸And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink. ²⁹For lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye -- ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. ³⁰And thou, thou dost prophesy unto them all these words, and hast said unto them: Jehovah from the high place doth roar, And from His holy habitation giveth forth His voice, He surely roareth for His habitation, A shout as of treaders down, God answereth all the inhabitants of the land, ³¹Wasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah. ³²Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, evil is going out from nation to nation, And a great whirlwind is stirred up from the sides of the earth. ³³And the pierced of Jehovah have been in that day, From the end of the earth even unto the end of the earth, They are not lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are. ³⁴Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and [for] your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel. ³⁵And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock. ³⁶A voice [is] of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture. ³⁷And the peaceable habitations have been cut down, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah. ³⁸He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!

Chapter 26

¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been from Jehovah, saying: ²`Thus said Jehovah, Stand thou in the court of the house of Jehovah, and thou hast spoken unto all [those of] the cities of Judah who are coming in to bow themselves in the house of Jehovah, all the words that I have commanded thee to speak unto them, thou dost not diminish a word. <sup>3</sup>If so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings. <sup>4</sup>`And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, If ye do not hearken unto Me, to walk in My law, that I set before you, ⁵To hearken to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I am sending unto you, yea, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, ⁶Then I have given up this house as Shiloh, and this city I give up for a reviling to all nations of the earth.` <sup>7</sup>And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, hear Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah, <sup>8</sup>And it cometh to pass, at the completion of Jeremiah`s speaking all that Jehovah hath commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people catch him, saying, Thou dost surely die, ⁹Wherefore hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, `As Shiloh this house shall be, and this city is wasted, without inhabitant?` and all the people are assembled unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah. ¹⁰And the heads of Judah hear these things, and they go up from the house of the king [to] the house of Jehovah, and sit in the opening of the new gate of Jehovah. ¹¹And the priests and the prophets speak unto the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Judgment of death [is] for this man, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.` ¹²And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard; <sup>13</sup>And now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you. <sup>14</sup>`And I, lo, I [am] in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes; ¹⁵Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.` <sup>16</sup>And the heads and all the people say unto the priests and unto the prophets, `There is not for this man a judgment of death, for in the name of Jehovah our God he hath spoken unto us.` <sup>17</sup>And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying, <sup>18</sup>`Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest. ¹⁹`Put him at all to death did Hezekiah king of Judah, and all Judah? Did he not fear Jehovah? yea, he appeaseth the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil that He spake against them; and we are doing great evil against our souls. <sup>20</sup>`And also there hath been a man prophesying in the name of Jehovah, Urijah son of Shemaiah, of Kirjath-Jearim, and he prophesieth against this city, and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah, ²¹And the king Jehoiakim, and all his mighty ones, and all the heads, hear his words, and the king seeketh to put him to death, and Urijah heareth, and feareth, and fleeth, and goeth in to Egypt. ²²And the king Jehoiakim sendeth men to Egypt -- Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him unto Egypt -- ²³And they bring out Urijah from Egypt, and bring him in unto the king Jehoiakim, and he smiteth him with a sword, and casteth his corpse unto the graves of the sons of the people.` ²⁴Only, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan hath been with Jeremiah so as not to give him up into the hand of the people to put him to death.

Chapter 27

¹In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ²`Thus said Jehovah unto me, Make to thee bands and yokes, <sup>3</sup>And thou hast put them on thy neck, and hast sent them unto the king of Edom, and unto the king of Moab, and unto the king of the sons of Ammon, and unto the king of Tyre, and unto the king of Zidon, by the hand of messengers who are coming in to Jerusalem, unto Zedekiah king of Judah; <sup>4</sup>And thou hast commanded them for their lords, saying, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, <sup>5</sup>Thus do ye say unto your lords, I -- I have made the earth with man, and the cattle that [are] on the face of the earth, by My great power, and by My stretched-out arm, and I have given it to whom it hath been right in Mine eyes. <sup>6</sup>`And now, I -- I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and also the beast of the field I have given to him to serve him; ⁷And served him have all the nations, and his son, and his son`s son, till the coming in of the time of his land, also it; and done service for him have many nations and great kings. <sup>8</sup>And it hath come to pass, the nation and the kingdom that do not serve him -- Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon -- and that which putteth not its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, I lay a charge on that nation -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- till I consume them by his hand. <sup>9</sup>`And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, -- ¹⁰For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished. ¹¹And the nation that causeth its neck to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and hath served him -- I have left it on its ground -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and it hath tilled it, and dwelt in it.` <sup>12</sup>And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, `Cause your necks to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. ¹³Why do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴`And ye do not hearken unto the words of the prophets who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, -- for falsehood they are prophesying to you. <sup>15</sup>For I have not sent them -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and they are prophesying in My name falsely, so as to drive you out, and ye have perished, ye, and the prophets who are prophesying to you.` ¹⁶And unto the priests, and unto all this people, I have spoken, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye do not hearken unto the words of your prophets, who are prophesying to you, saying, Lo, the vessels of the house of Jehovah are brought back from Babylon now in haste, for falsehood they are prophesying to you. <sup>17</sup>Ye do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why is this city a waste? <sup>18</sup>`And, if they be prophets, and if a word of Jehovah be with them, let them intercede, I pray you, with Jehovah of Hosts, so that the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, have not gone into Babylon. ¹⁹For thus said Jehovah of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, ²⁰That Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath not taken, in his removing Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon with all the freemen of Judah and Jerusalem, ²¹Surely thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king of Judah, and [in] Jerusalem: ²²To Babylon they are brought, and there they are till the day of My inspecting them -- an affirmation of Jehovah; then I have brought them up, and have brought them back unto this place.`

Chapter 28

¹And it cometh to pass, in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, spoken unto me hath Hananiah son of Azur the prophet, who [is] of Gibeon, in the house of Jehovah, before the eyes of the priests, and all the people, saying, ²`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon; <sup>3</sup>Within two years of days I am bringing back unto this place all the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath taken from this place, and doth carry to Babylon, <sup>4</sup>And Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the removed of Judah, who are entering Babylon, I am bringing back unto this place -- an affirmation of Jehovah; for I do break the yoke of the king of Babylon.` ⁵And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto Hananiah the prophet, before the eyes of the priests, and before the eyes of all the people who are standing in the house of Jehovah, ⁶Yea, Jeremiah the prophet saith, `Amen! so may Jehovah do; Jehovah establish thy words that thou hast prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the house of Jehovah and all the removal from Babylon, unto this place. <sup>7</sup>`Only, hear, I pray thee, this word that I am speaking in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people. ⁸The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence. ⁹The prophet who doth prophesy of peace -- by the coming in of the word of the prophet, known is the prophet that Jehovah hath truly sent him.` <sup>10</sup>And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it, <sup>11</sup>And Hananiah speaketh before the eyes of all the people, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, Thus I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, within two years of days, from off the neck of all