,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,volume ,i3 ,,the ,,first ,,part ,,of ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,,credits ,without the assistance of many individuals and groups1 this text of the ,douay-,rheims ,version of the ,holy ,bible would not be available for the ,project ,gutenberg collection4 ,our most grateful and sincere thanks goes to those at ',catholic ,software' who have provided the electronic plain texts of the #gc books of the ,bible4 ',catholic ,software' also produces a ,douay ,bible program on ,,cd-,,rom that features a fully searchable 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,douay 7,douai_/,doway71 ,flanders1 under ,william 7later ,cardinal7 ,allen4 ,in ,october1 #aegh1 ,gregory ,martin began the work of preparing an ,english translation of the ,bible for ,catholic readers1 the first such translation into ,modern ,english4 ,assisting were ,william ,allen1 ,richard ,bristow1 ,thomas ,worthington1 and ,william ,reynolds who revised1 criticized1 and corrected ,dr4 ,martin's work4 ,the college published the ,new ,testament at ,rheims 7,reims_/,rhemes71 ,france1 in #aehb through ,john ,fogny with a preface and explanatory notes1 authored chiefly by ,bristol1 ,allen1 and ,worthington4 ,later the ,old ,testament was published at ,douay in two parts 7#afji and #afaj7 by ,laurence ,kellam through the efforts of ,dr4 ,worthington1 then superior of the seminary4 ,the translation had been prepared before the appearance of the ,new ,testament1 but the publication was delayed due to financial difficulties4 ,the religious and scholarly adherence to the ,latin ,vulgate text led to the less elegant and idiomatic words and phrases often found in the translation4 ,in some instances where no ,english word conveyed the full meaning of the ,latin1 a ,latin word was ,anglicized and its meaning defined in a glossary4 ,although ridiculed by critics1 many of these words later found common usage in the ,english language4 ,spellings of proper names and the numbering of the ,psalms are adopted from the ,latin ,vulgate4 ,in #agdi ,dr4 ,richard ,challoner began a major revision of the ,douay and ,rheims texts1 the spellings and phrasing of which had become increasingly archaic in the almost two centuries since the translations were first produced4 ,he modernized the diction and introduced a more fluid style1 while faithfully maintaining the accuracy of ,dr4 ,martin's texts4 ,this revision became the 'de facto' standard text for ,english speaking ,catholics until the twentieth century4 ,it is still highly regarded by many for its style1 although it is now rarely used for liturgical purposes4 ,the notes included in this electronic edition are generally attributed to ,bishop ,challoner4 ,the #afaj printing of the second tome of the ,old ,testament includes an appendix containing the non-canonical books ',prayer of ,manasses1' ',third ,booke of ,esdras1' and ',fourth ,booke of ,esdras4' ,while not part of ,challoner's revision1 the #afaj texts are placed in the appendices of ,vol4 ,,ii of this e-text set4 ,also included are the original texts of two short books1 ',the ,prophecie of ,abdias' 7,vol4 ,,ii7 and ',the ,catholike ,epistle of ,iude the ,apostle' 7,vol4 ,,iii71 to give the reader a sense of the language of the first editions in comparison to the ,challoner revision4 ,further background on the ,douay-,rheims version may be found in a selection from the preface to the #aehb edition and the original glossary included in the appendices of ,vol4 ,,iii4 ,,contents ,the ,first ,part of the ,old ,testament ,book of ,genesis ,book of ,exodus ,book of ,leviticus ,book of ,numbers ,book of ,deuteronomy ,book of ,josue ,book of ,judges ,book of ,ruth ,first ,book of ,samuel1 alias #a ,kings ,second ,book of ,samuel1 alias #b ,kings ,third ,book of ,kings ,fourth ,book of ,kings ,first ,book of ,paralipomenon ,second ,book of ,paralipomenon ,first ,book of ,esdras ,book of ,nehemias1 alias #b ,esdras ,book of ,tobias ,book of ,judith ,book of ,esther ,book of ,job ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,genesis ,this book is so called from its treating of the ,,generation1 that is1 of the creation and the beginning of the world4 ,the ,hebrews call it ,,beresith1 from the ,word with which it begins4 ,it contains not only the history of the ,creation of the world2 but also an account of its progress during the space of #bcfi years1 that is1 until the death of ,,joseph4 ,genesis ,chapter #a ,god createth ,heaven and ,earth1 and all things therein1 in six days4 #a3a4 ,in the beginning ,god created heaven1 and earth4 #a3b4 ,and the earth was void and empty1 and darkness was upon the face of the deep2 and the spirit of ,god moved over the waters4 #a3c4 ,and ,god said3 ,be light made4 ,and light was made4 #a3d4 ,and ,god saw the light that it was good2 and he divided the light from the darkness4 #a3e4 ,and he called the light ,day1 and the darkness ,night2 and there was evening and morning one day4 #a3f4 ,and ,god said3 ,let there be a firmament made amidst the waters3 and let it divide the waters from the waters4 ,a firmament4 4 4,by this name is here understood the whole space between the earth1 and the highest stars4 ,the lower part of which divideth the waters that are upon the earth1 from those that are above in the clouds4 #a3g4 ,and ,god made a firmament1 and divided the waters that were under the firmament1 from those that were above the firmament1 and it was so4 #a3h4 ,and ,god called the firmament1 ,heaven2 and the evening and morning were the second day4 #a3i4 ,god also said2 ,let the waters that are under the heaven1 be gathered together into one place3 and let the dry land appear4 ,and it was so done4 #a3aj4 ,and ,god called the dry land1 ,earth2 and the gathering together of the waters1 he called ,seas4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3aa4 ,and he said3 let the earth bring forth green herb1 and such as may seed1 and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind1 which may have seed in itself upon the earth4 ,and it was so done4 #a3ab4 ,and the earth brought forth the green herb1 and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind1 and the tree that beareth fruit1 having seed each one according to its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3ac4 ,and the evening and the morning were the third day4 #a3ad4 ,and ,god said3 ,let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven1 to divide the day and the night1 and let them be for signs1 and for seasons1 and for days and years3 #a3ae4 ,to shine in the firmament of heaven1 and to give light upon the earth1 and it was so done4 #a3af4 ,and ,god made two great lights3 a greater light to rule the day2 and a lesser light to rule the night3 and the stars4 ,two great lights4 4 4,god created on the first day1 light1 which being moved from east to west1 by its rising and setting1 made morning and evening4 ,but on the fourth day he ordered and distributed this light1 and made the sun1 moon1 and stars4 ,the moon1 though much less than the stars1 is here called a great light1 from its giving a far greater light to the earth than any of them4 #a3ag4 ,and he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth4 #a3ah4 ,and to rule the day and the night1 and to divide the light and the darkness4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3ai4 ,and the evening and morning were the fourth day4 #a3bj4 ,god also said3 let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life1 and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven4 #a3ba4 ,and ,god created the great whales1 and every living and moving creature1 which the waters brought forth1 according to their kinds1 and every winged fowl according to its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3bb4 ,and he blessed them1 saying3 ,increase and multiply1 and fill the waters of the sea3 and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth4 #a3bc4 ,and the evening and morning were the fifth day4 #a3bd4 ,and ,god said3 ,let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind1 cattle and creeping things1 and beasts of the earth1 according to their kinds4 ,and it was so done4 #a3be4 ,and ,god made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds1 and cattle1 and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind4 ,and ,god saw that it was good4 #a3bf4 ,and he said3 ,let us make man to our image and likeness3 and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea1 and the fowls of the air1 and the beasts1 and the whole earth1 and every creeping creature that moveth upon the earth4 ,let us make man to our image4 4 4,this image of ,god in man1 is not in the body1 but in the soul2 which is a spiritual substance1 endued with understanding and free will4 ,god speaketh here in the plural number1 to insinuate the plurality of persons in the ,deity4 #a3bg4 ,and ,god created man to his own image3 to the image of ,god he created him3 male and female he created them4 #a3bh4 ,and ,god blessed them1 saying3 ,increase and multiply1 and fill the earth1 and subdue it1 and rule over the fishes of the sea1 and the fowls of the air1 and all living creatures that move upon the earth4 ,increase and multiply4 4 4,this is not a precept1 as some ,protestant controvertists would have it1 but a blessing1 rendering them fruitful2 for ,god had said the same words to the fishes1 and birds1 7ver4 #bb7 who were incapable of receiving a precept4 #a3bi4 ,and ,god said3 ,behold ,i have given you every herb bearing seed upon the earth1 and all trees that have in themselves seed of their own kind1 to be your meat3 #a3cj4 ,and to all beasts of the earth1 and to every fowl of the air1 and to all that move upon the earth1 and wherein there is life1 that they may have to feed upon4 ,and it was so done4 #a3ca4 ,and ,god saw all the things that he had made1 and they were very good4 ,and the evening and morning were the sixth day4 ,genesis ,chapter #b ,god resteth on the seventh day and blesseth it4 ,the earthly paradise1 in which ,god placeth man4 ,he commandeth him not to eat of the tree of knowledge4 ,and formeth a woman of his rib4 #b3a4 ,so the heavens and the earth were finished1 and all the furniture of them4 #b3b4 ,and on the seventh day ,god ended his work which he had made3 and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done4 ,he rested1 etc4 4 4,that is1 he ceased to make or create any new kinds of things4 ,though1 as our ,lord tells us1 ,john #e4ag1 ,he still worketh1 viz41 by conserving and governing all things1 and creating souls4 #b3c4 ,and he blessed the seventh day1 and sanctified it3 because in it he had rested from all his work which ,god created and made4 #b3d4 ,these are the generations of the heaven and the earth1 when they were created1 in the day that the ,lord ,god made the heaven and the earth3 #b3e4 ,and every plant of the field before it sprung up in the earth1 and every herb of the ground before it grew3 for the ,lord ,god had not rained upon the earth2 and there was not a man to till the earth4 #b3f4 ,but a spring rose out of the earth1 watering all the surface of the earth4 #b3g4 ,and the ,lord ,god formed man of the slime of the earth3 and breathed into his face the breath of life1 and man became a living soul4 #b3h4 ,and the ,lord ,god had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning3 wherein he placed man whom he had formed4 #b3i4 ,and the ,lord ,god brought forth of the ground all manner of trees1 fair to behold1 and pleasant to eat of3 the tree of life also in the midst of paradise3 and the tree of knowledge of good and evil4 ,the tree of life4 4 4,so called because it had that quality1 that by eating of the fruit of it1 man would have been preserved in a constant state of health1 vigour1 and strength1 and would not have died at all4 ,the tree of knowledge4 4 4,to which the deceitful serpent falsely attributed the power of imparting a superior kind of knowledge1 beyond that which ,god was pleased to give4 #b3aj4 ,and a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise1 which from thence is divided into four heads4 #b3aa4 ,the name of the one is ,phison3 that is it which compasseth all the land of ,hevilath1 where gold groweth4 #b3ab4 ,and the gold of that land is very good3 there is found bdellium1 and the onyx stone4 #b3ac4 ,and the name of the second river is ,gehon3 the same is it that compasseth all the land of ,ethiopia4 #b3ad4 ,and the name of the third river is ,tigris3 the same passeth along by the ,assyrians4 ,and the fourth river is ,euphrates4 #b3ae4 ,and the ,lord ,god took man1 and put him into the paradise of pleasure1 to dress it1 and to keep it4 #b3af4 ,and he commanded him1 saying3 ,of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat3 #b3ag4 ,but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil1 thou shalt not eat4 ,for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it1 thou shalt die the death4 #b3ah4 ,and the ,lord ,god said3 ,it is not good for man to be alone3 let us make him a help like unto himself4 #b3ai4 ,and the ,lord ,god having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth1 and all the fowls of the air1 brought them to ,adam to see what he would call them3 for whatsoever ,adam called any living creature the same is its name4 #b3bj4 ,and ,adam called all the beasts by their names1 and all the fowls of the air1 and all the cattle of the field3 but for ,adam there was not found a helper like himself4 #b3ba4 ,then the ,lord ,god cast a deep sleep upon ,adam3 and when he was fast asleep1 he took one of his ribs1 and filled up flesh for it4 #b3bb4 ,and the ,lord ,god built the rib which he took from ,adam into a woman3 and brought her to ,adam4 #b3bc4 ,and ,adam said3 ,this now is bone of my bones1 and flesh of my flesh2 she shall be called woman1 because she was taken out of man4 #b3bd4 ,wherefore a man shall leave father and mother1 and shall cleave to his wife3 and they shall be two in one flesh4 #b3be4 ,and they were both naked3 to wit1 ,adam and his wife3 and were not ashamed4 ,genesis ,chapter #c ,the serpent's craft4 ,the fall of our first parents4 ,their punishment4 ,the promise of a ,redeemer4 #c3a4 ,now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the ,lord ,god had made4 ,and he said to the woman3 ,why hath ,god commanded you1 that you should not eat of every tree of paradise8 #c3b4 ,and the woman answered him1 saying3 ,of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat3 #c3c4 ,but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise1 ,god hath commanded us that we should not eat2 and that we should not touch it1 lest perhaps we die4 #c3d4 ,and the serpent said to the woman3 ,no1 you shall not die the death4 #c3e4 ,for ,god doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof1 your eyes shall be opened3 and you shall be as ,gods1 knowing good and evil4 #c3f4 ,and the woman saw that the tree was good to eat1 and fair to the eyes1 and delightful to behold3 and she took of the fruit thereof1 and did eat1 and gave to her husband1 who did eat4 #c3g4 ,and the eyes of them both were opened3 and when they perceived themselves to be naked1 they sewed together fig leaves1 and made themselves aprons4 ,and the eyes1 etc4 4 4,not that they were blind before1 7for the woman saw that the tree was fair to the eyes1 ver4 #f47 nor yet that their eyes were opened to any more perfect knowledge of good2 but only to the unhappy experience of having lost the good of original grace and innocence1 and incurred the dreadful evil of sin4 ,from whence followed a shame of their being naked2 which they minded not before2 because being now stript of original grace1 they quickly began to be subject to the shameful rebellions of the flesh4 #c3h4 ,and when they heard the voice of the ,lord ,god walking in paradise at the afternoon air1 ,adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the ,lord ,god1 amidst the trees of paradise4 #c3i4 ,and the ,lord ,god called ,adam1 and said to him3 ,where art thou8 #c3aj4 ,and he said3 ,i heard thy voice in paradise2 and ,i was afraid1 because ,i was naked1 and ,i hid myself4 #c3aa4 ,and he said to him3 ,and who hath told thee that thou wast naked1 but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof ,i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat8 #c3ab4 ,and ,adam said3 ,the woman1 whom thou gavest me to be my companion1 gave me of the tree1 and ,i did eat4 #c3ac4 ,and the ,lord ,god said to the woman3 ,why hast thou done this8 ,and she answered3 ,the serpent deceived me1 and ,i did eat4 #c3ad4 ,and the ,lord ,god said to the serpent3 ,because thou hast done this thing1 thou art cursed among all cattle1 and beasts of the earth3 upon thy breast shalt thou go1 and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life4 #c3ae4 ,i will put enmities between thee and the woman1 and thy seed and her seed3 she shall crush thy head1 and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel4 ,she shall crush4 4 4,ipsa1 the woman2 so divers of the fathers read this place1 conformably to the ,latin3 others read it ipsum1 viz41 the seed4 ,the sense is the same3 for it is by her seed1 ,jesus ,christ1 that the woman crushes the serpent's head4 #c3af4 ,to the woman also he said3 ,i will multiply thy sorrows1 and thy conceptions3 in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children1 and thou shalt be under thy husband's power1 and he shall have dominion over thee4 #c3ag4 ,and to ,adam he said3 ,because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife1 and hast eaten of the tree1 whereof ,i commanded thee1 that thou shouldst not eat1 cursed is the earth in thy work3 with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life4 #c3ah4 ,thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee1 and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth4 #c3ai4 ,in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken3 for dust thou art1 and into dust thou shalt return4 #c3bj4 ,and ,adam called the name of his wife ,eve3 because she was the mother of all the living4 #c3ba4 ,and the ,lord ,god made for ,adam and his wife garments of skins1 and clothed them4 #c3bb4 ,and he said3 ,behold ,adam is become as one of us1 knowing good and evil3 now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life1 and eat1 and live for ever4 ,behold ,adam1 etc4 4 4,this was spoken by way of reproaching him with his pride1 in affecting a knowledge that might make him like to ,god4 #c3bc4 ,and the ,lord ,god sent him out of the paradise of pleasure1 to till the earth from which he was taken4 #c3bd4 ,and he cast out ,adam3 and placed before the paradise of pleasure ,cherubims1 and a flaming sword1 turning every way1 to keep the way of the tree of life4 ,genesis ,chapter #d ,the history of ,cain and ,abel4 #d3a4 ,and ,adam knew ,eve his wife2 who conceived and brought forth ,cain1 saying3 ,i have gotten a man through ,god4 #d3b4 ,and again she brought forth his brother ,abel4 ,and ,abel was a shepherd1 and ,cain a husbandman4 #d3c4 ,and it came to pass after many days1 that ,cain offered1 of the fruits of the earth1 gifts to the ,lord4 #d3d4 ,abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock1 and of their fat3 and the ,lord had respect to ,abel1 and to his offerings4 ,had respect4 4 4,that is1 shewed his acceptance of his sacrifice 7as coming from a heart full of devotion73 and that1 as we may suppose1 by some visible token1 such as sending fire from heaven upon his offerings4 #d3e4 ,but to ,cain and his offerings he had no respect3 and ,cain was exceeding angry1 and his countenance fell4 #d3f4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,why art thou angry8 and why is thy countenance fallen8 #d3g4 ,if thou do well1 shalt thou not receive8 but if ill1 shall not sin forthwith be present at the door8 but the lust thereof shall be under thee1 and thou shalt have dominion over it4 #d3h4 ,and ,cain said to ,abel his brother3 ,let us go forth abroad4 ,and when they were in the field1 ,cain rose up against his brother ,abel1 and slew him4 #d3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,cain3 ,where is thy brother ,abel8 ,and he answered3 ,i know not3 am ,i my brother's keeper8 #d3aj4 ,and he said to him3 ,what hast thou done8 the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth4 #d3aa4 ,now1 therefore1 cursed shalt thou be upon the earth1 which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand4 #d3ab4 ,when thou shalt till it1 it shall not yield to thee its fruit3 a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth4 #d3ac4 ,and ,cain said to the ,lord3 ,my iniquity is greater than that ,i may deserve pardon4 #d3ad4 ,behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth1 and from thy face ,i shall be hid1 and ,i shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth3 every one1 therefore1 that findeth me1 shall kill me4 ,every one that findeth me shall kill me4 4 4,his guilty conscience made him fear his own brothers and nephews2 of whom1 by this time1 there might be a good number upon the earth2 which had now endured near #acj years2 as may be gathered from ,gen4 #e4c1 compared with chap4 #d4be1 though in the compendious account given in the scriptures1 only ,cain and ,abel are mentioned4 #d3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,no1 it shall not so be3 but whosoever shall kill ,cain1 shall be punished sevenfold4 ,and the ,lord set a mark upon ,cain1 that whosoever found him should not kill him4 ,set a mark1 etc4 4 4,the more common opinion of the interpreters of holy writ supposes this mark to have been a trembling of the body2 or a horror and consternation in his countenance4 #d3af4 ,and ,cain went out from the face of the ,lord1 and dwelt as a fugitive on the earth at the east side of ,eden4 #d3ag4 ,and ,cain knew his wife1 and she conceived1 and brought forth ,henoch3 and he built a city1 and called the name thereof by the name of his son ,henoch4 ,his wife4 4 4,she was a daughter of ,adam1 and ,cain's own sister2 ,god dispensing with such marriages in the beginning of the world1 as mankind could not otherwise be propagated4 ,he built a city1 viz4 4 4,in process of time1 when his race was multiplied1 so as to be numerous enough to people it4 ,for in the many hundred years he lived1 his race might be multiplied even to millions4 #d3ah4 ,and ,henoch begot ,irad1 and ,irad begot ,maviael1 and ,maviael begot ,mathusael1 and ,mathusael begot ,lamech1 #d3ai4 ,who took two wives3 the name of the one was ,ada1 and the name of the other ,sella4 #d3bj4 ,and ,ada brought forth ,jabel3 who was the father of such as dwell in tents1 and of herdsmen4 #d3ba4 ,and his brother's name was ,jubal3 he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs4 #d3bb4 ,sella also brought forth ,tubalcain1 who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron4 ,and the sister of ,tubalcain was ,noema4 #d3bc4 ,and ,lamech said to his wives ,ada and ,sella3 ,hear my voice1 ye wives of ,lamech1 hearken to my speech3 for ,i have slain a man to the wounding of myself1 and a stripling to my own bruising4 ,i have slain a man1 etc4 4 4,it is the tradition of the ,hebrews1 that ,lamech in hunting slew ,cain1 mistaking him for a wild beast2 and that having discovered what he had done1 he beat so unmercifully the youth1 by whom he was led into that mistake1 that he died of the blows4 #d3bd4 ,sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for ,cain3 but for ,lamech seventy times sevenfold4 #d3be4 ,adam also knew his wife again3 and she brought forth a son1 and called his name ,seth1 saying3 ,god hath given me another seed for ,abel1 whom ,cain slew4 #d3bf4 ,but to ,seth also was born a son1 whom he called ,enos3 this man began to call upon the name of the ,lord4 ,began to call upon1 etc4 4 4,not that ,adam and ,seth had not called upon ,god1 before the birth of ,enos2 but that ,enos used more solemnity in the worship and invocation of ,god4 ,genesis ,chapter #e ,the genealogy1 age1 and death of the ,patriarchs1 from ,adam to ,noe4 ,the translation of ,henoch4 #e3a4 ,this is the book of the generation of ,adam4 ,in the day that ,god created man1 he made him to the likeness of ,god4 #e3b4 ,he created them male and female2 and blessed them3 and called their name ,adam1 in the day when they were created4 #e3c4 ,and ,adam lived a hundred and thirty years1 and begot a son to his own image and likeness1 and called his name ,seth4 #e3d4 ,and the days of ,adam1 after he begot ,seth1 were eight hundred years3 and he begot sons and daughters4 #e3e4 ,and all the time that ,adam lived1 came to nine hundred and thirty years1 and he died4 #e3f4 ,seth also lived a hundred and five years1 and begot ,enos4 #e3g4 ,and ,seth lived after he begot ,enos1 eight hundred and seven years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3h4 ,and all the days of ,seth were nine hundred and twelve years1 and he died4 #e3i4 ,and ,enos lived ninety years1 and begot ,cainan4 #e3aj4 ,after whose birth he lived eight hundred and fifteen years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3aa4 ,and all the days of ,enos were nine hundred and five years1 and he died4 #e3ab4 ,and ,cainan lived seventy years1 and begot ,malaleel4 #e3ac4 ,and ,cainan lived after he begot ,malaleel1 eight hundred and forty years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ad4 ,and all the days of ,cainan were nine hundred and ten years1 and he died4 #e3ae4 ,and ,malaleel lived sixty-five years and begot ,jared4 #e3af4 ,and ,malaleel lived after he begot ,jared1 eight hundred and thirty years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ag4 ,and all the days of ,malaleel were eight hundred and ninety-five years1 and he died4 #e3ah4 ,and ,jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years1 and begot ,henoch4 #e3ai4 ,and ,jared lived after he begot ,henoch1 eight hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bj4 ,and all the days of ,jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years1 and he died4 #e3ba4 ,and ,henoch lived sixty-five years1 and begot ,mathusala4 #e3bb4 ,and ,henoch walked with ,god3 and lived after he begot ,mathusala1 three hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bc4 ,and all the days of ,henoch were three hundred and sixty-five years4 #e3bd4 ,and he walked with ,god1 and was seen no more3 because ,god took him4 #e3be4 ,and ,mathusala lived a hundred and eighty-seven years1 and begot ,lamech4 #e3bf4 ,and ,mathlusala lived after he begot ,lamech1 seven hundred and eighty-two years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3bg4 ,and all the days of ,mathusala were nine hundred and sixty-nine years1 and he died4 #e3bh4 ,and ,lamech lived a hundred and eighty-two years1 and begot a son4 #e3bi4 ,and he called his name ,noe1 saying3 ,this same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth1 which the ,lord hath cursed4 #e3cj4 ,and ,lamech lived after he begot ,noe1 five hundred and ninety-five years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #e3ca4 ,and all the days of ,lamech came to seven hundred and seventy-seven years1 and he died4 ,and ,noe1 when he was five hundred years old1 begot ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth4 ,genesis ,chapter #f ,man's sin is the cause of the deluge4 ,noe is commanded to build the ark4 #f3a4 ,and after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth1 and daughters were born to them1 #f3b4 ,the sons of ,god seeing the daughters of men1 that they were fair1 took to themselves wives of all which they chose4 ,the sons of ,god4 4 4,the descendants of ,seth and ,enos are here called sons of ,god from their religion and piety3 whereas the ungodly race of ,cain1 who by their carnal affections lay grovelling upon the earth1 are called the children of men4 ,the unhappy consequence of the former marrying with the latter1 ought to be a warning to ,christians to be very circumspect in their marriages2 and not to suffer themselves to be determined in their choice by their carnal passion1 to the prejudice of virtue or religion4 #f3c4 ,and ,god said3 ,my spirit shall not remain in man for ever1 because he is flesh1 and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years4 ,his days shall be1 etc4 4 4,the meaning is1 that man's days1 which before the flood were usually #ijj years1 should now be reduced to #abj years4 ,or rather1 that ,god would allow men this term of #abj years1 for their repentance and conversion1 before he would send the deluge4 #f3d4 ,now giants were upon the earth in those days4 ,for after the sons of ,god went in to the daughters of men1 and they brought forth children1 these are the mighty men of old1 men of renown4 ,giants4 4 4,it is likely the generality of men before the flood were of a gigantic stature in comparison with what men now are4 ,but these here spoken of are called giants1 as being not only tall in stature1 but violent and savage in their dispositions1 and mere monsters of cruelty and lust4 #f3e4 ,and ,god seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth1 and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times1 #f3f4 ,it repented him that he had made man on the earth4 ,and being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart1 ,it repented him1 etc4 4 4,god1 who is unchangeable1 is not capable of repentance1 grief1 or any other passion4 ,but these expressions are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men1 which was so provoking as to determine their ,creator to destroy these his creatures1 whom before he had so much favoured4 #f3g4 ,he said3 ,i will destroy man1 whom ,i have created1 from the face of the earth1 from man even to beasts1 from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air1 for it repenteth me that ,i have made them4 #f3h4 ,but ,noe found grace before the ,lord4 #f3i4 ,these are the generations of ,noe3 ,noe was a just and perfect man in his generations1 he walked with ,god4 #f3aj4 ,and he begot three sons1 ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth4 #f3aa4 ,and the earth was corrupted before ,god1 and was filled with iniquity4 #f3ab4 ,and when ,god had seen that the earth was corrupted 7for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth71 #f3ac4 ,he said to ,noe3 ,the end of all flesh is come before me1 the earth is filled with iniquity through them1 and ,i will destroy them with the earth4 #f3ad4 ,make thee an ark of timber planks3 thou shalt make little rooms in the ark1 and thou shalt pitch it within and without4 #f3ae4 ,and thus shalt thou make it4 ,the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits3 the breadth of it fifty cubits1 and the height of it thirty cubits4 ,three hundred cubits1 etc4 4 4,the ark1 according to the dimensions here set down1 contained four hundred and fifty thousand square cubits2 which was more than enough to contain all the kinds of living creatures1 with all necessary provisions3 even supposing the cubits here spoken of to have been only a foot and a half each1 which was the least kind of cubits4 #f3af4 ,thou shalt make a window in the ark1 and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it3 and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side3 with lower1 middle chambers1 and third stories shalt thou make it4 #f3ag4 ,behold1 ,i will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth1 to destroy all flesh1 wherein is the breath of life under heaven4 ,all things that are in the earth shall be consumed4 #f3ah4 ,and ,i will establish my covenant with thee1 and thou shalt enter into the ark1 thou and thy sons1 and thy wife1 and the wives of thy sons with thee4 #f3ai4 ,and of every living creature of all flesh1 thou shalt bring two of a sort into the ark1 that they may live with thee3 of the male sex1 and the female4 #f3bj4 ,of fowls according to their kind1 and of beasts in their kind1 and of every thing that creepeth on the earth according to its kind3 two of every sort shall go in with thee1 that they may live4 #f3ba4 ,thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten1 and thou shalt lay it up with thee3 and it shall be food for thee and them4 #f3bb4 ,and ,noe did all things which ,god commanded him4 ,genesis ,chapter #g ,noe with his family go into the ark4 ,the deluge overflows the earth4 #g3a4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go in1 thou and all thy house1 into the ark3 for thee ,i have seen just before me in this generation4 #g3b4 ,of all clean beasts take seven and seven1 the male and the female4 ,of all clean4 4 4,the distinction of clean and unclean beasts appears to have been made before the law of ,moses1 which was not promulgated till the year of the world #bead4 #g3c4 ,but of the beasts that are unclean two and two1 the male and the female4 ,of the fowls also of the air seven and seven1 the male and the female3 that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth4 #g3d4 ,for yet a while1 and after seven days1 ,i will rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights3 and ,i will destroy every substance that ,i have made1 from the face of the earth4 #g3e4 ,and ,noe did all things which the ,lord had commanded him4 #g3f4 ,and he was six hundred years old1 when the waters of the flood overflowed the earth4 #g3g4 ,and ,noe went in and his sons1 his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark1 because of the waters of the flood4 #g3h4 ,and of beasts clean and unclean1 and of fowls1 and of every thing that moveth upon the earth1 #g3i4 ,two and two went in to ,noe into the ark1 male and female1 as the ,lord had commanded ,noe4 #g3aj4 ,and after the seven days were passed1 the waters of the flood overflowed the earth4 #g3aa4 ,in the six hundredth year of the life of ,noe1 in the second month1 in the seventeenth day of the month1 all the fountains of the great deep were broken up1 and the floodgates of heaven were opened3 #g3ab4 ,and the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights4 #g3ac4 ,in the selfsame day ,noe1 and ,sem1 and ,cham1 and ,japheth1 his sons3 his wife1 and the three wives of his sons with them1 went into the ark4 #g3ad4 ,they and every beast according to its kind1 and all the cattle in their kind1 and every thing that moveth upon the earth1 according to its kind1 and every fowl according to its kind1 all birds1 and all that fly1 #g3ae4 ,went in to ,noe into the ark1 two and two of all flesh1 wherein was the breath of life4 #g3af4 ,and they that went in1 went in male and female of all flesh1 as ,god had commanded him3 and the ,lord shut him in on the outside4 #g3ag4 ,and the flood was forty days upon the earth3 and the waters increased1 and lifted up the ark on high from the earth4 #g3ah4 ,for they overflowed exceedingly3 and filled all on the face of the earth3 and the ark was carried upon the waters4 #g3ai4 ,and the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth3 and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered4 #g3bj4 ,the water was fifteen cubits higher than the mountains which it covered4 #g3ba4 ,and all flesh was destroyed that moved upon the earth1 both of fowl and of cattle1 and of beasts1 and of all creeping things that creep upon the earth3 and all men4 #g3bb4 ,and all things wherein there is the breath of life on the earth1 died4 #g3bc4 ,and he destroyed all the substance that was upon the earth1 from man even to beast1 and the creeping things and fowls of the air3 and they were destroyed from the earth3 and ,noe only remained1 and they that were with him in the ark4 #g3bd4 ,and the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days4 ,genesis ,chapter #h ,the deluge ceaseth4 ,noe goeth out of the ark1 and offereth a sacrifice4 ,god's covenant to him4 #h3a4 ,and ,god remembered ,noe1 and all the living creatures1 and all the cattle which were with him in the ark1 and brought a wind upon the earth1 and the waters were abated3 #h3b4 ,the fountains also of the deep1 and the floodgates of heaven1 were shut up1 and the rain from heaven was restrained4 #h3c4 ,and the waters returned from off the earth going and coming3 and they began to be abated after a hundred and fifty days4 #h3d4 ,and the ark rested in the seventh month1 the seven and twentieth day of the month1 upon the mountains of ,armenia4 #h3e4 ,and the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month3 for in the tenth month1 the first day of the month1 the tops of the mountains appeared4 #h3f4 ,and after that forty days were passed1 ,noe opening the window of the ark1 which he had made1 sent forth a raven3 #h3g4 ,which went forth and did not return1 till the waters were dried up upon the earth4 ,did not return4 4 4,the raven did not return into the ark2 but 7as it may be gathered from the ,hebrew7 went to and fro2 sometimes going to the mountains1 where it found carcasses to feed on3 and other times returning1 to rest upon the top of the ark4 #h3h4 ,he sent forth also a dove after him1 to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth4 #h3i4 ,but she not finding where her foot might rest1 returned to him into the ark3 for the waters were upon the whole earth3 and he put forth his hand1 and caught her1 and brought her into the ark4 #h3aj4 ,and having waited yet seven other days1 he again sent forth the dove out of the ark4 #h3aa4 ,and she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree1 with green leaves1 in her mouth4 ,noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth4 #h3ab4 ,and he stayed yet other seven days3 and he sent forth the dove1 which returned not any more unto him4 #h3ac4 ,therefore in the six hundredth and first year1 the first month1 the first day of the month1 the waters were lessened upon the earth1 and ,noe opening the covering of the ark1 looked1 and saw that the face of the earth was dried4 #h3ad4 ,in the second month1 the seven and twentieth day of the month1 the earth was dried4 #h3ae4 ,and ,god spoke to ,noe1 saying3 #h3af4 ,go out of the ark1 thou and thy wife1 thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee4 #h3ag4 ,all living things that are with thee of all flesh1 as well in fowls as in beasts1 and all creeping things that creep upon the earth1 bring out with thee1 and go ye upon the earth3 increase and multiply upon it4 #h3ah4 ,so ,noe went out1 he and his sons3 his wife1 and the wives of his sons with him4 #h3ai4 ,and all living things1 and cattle1 and creeping things that creep upon the earth1 according to their kinds went out of the ark4 #h3bj4 ,and ,noe built an altar unto the ,lord3 and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean1 offered holocausts upon the altar4 ,holocausts14 4 4or whole burnt offerings4 ,in which the whole victim was consumed by fire upon ,god's altar1 and no part was reserved for the use of priest or people4 #h3ba4 ,and the ,lord smelled a sweet savour1 and said3 ,i will no more curse the earth for the sake of man3 for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth3 therefore ,i will no more destroy every living soul as ,i have done4 ,smelled1 etc4 4 4,a figurative expression1 denoting that ,god was well pleased with the sacrifices which his servant offered4 #h3bb4 ,all the days of the earth1 seedtime and harvest1 cold and heat1 summer and winter1 night and day1 shall not cease4 ,genesis ,chapter #i ,god blesseth ,noe3 forbiddeth blood1 and promiseth never more to destroy the world by water4 ,the blessing of ,sem and ,japheth4 #i3a4 ,and ,god blessed ,noe and his sons4 ,and he said to them3 ,increase1 and multiply1 and fill the earth4 #i3b4 ,and let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth1 and upon all the fowls of the air1 and all that move upon the earth3 all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand4 #i3c4 ,and every thing that moveth1 and liveth shall be meat for you3 even as the green herbs have ,i delivered them all to you3 #i3d4 ,saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat4 #i3e4 ,for ,i will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast1 and at the hand of man1 at the hand of every man1 and of his brother1 will ,i require the life of man4 #i3f4 ,whosoever shall shed man's blood1 his blood shall be shed3 for man was made to the image of ,god4 #i3g4 ,but increase you and multiply1 and go upon the earth and fill it4 #i3h4 ,thus also said ,god to ,noe1 and to his sons with him3 #i3i4 ,behold ,i will establish my covenant with you1 and with your seed after you3 #i3aj4 ,and with every living soul that is with you1 as well in all birds1 as in cattle and beasts of the earth1 that are come forth out of the ark1 and in all the beasts of the earth4 #i3aa4 ,i will establish my covenant with you1 and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood1 neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth4 #i3ab4 ,and ,god said3 ,this is the sign of the covenant which ,i give between me and you1 and to every living soul that is with you1 for perpetual generations4 #i3ac4 ,i will set my bow in the clouds1 and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth4 #i3ad4 ,and when ,i shall cover the sky with clouds1 my bow shall appear in the clouds3 #i3ae4 ,and ,i will remember my covenant with you1 and with every living soul that beareth flesh3 and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh4 #i3af4 ,and the bow shall be in the clouds1 and ,i shall see it1 and shall remember the everlasting covenant1 that was made between ,god and every living soul of all flesh which is upon the earth4 #i3ag4 ,and ,god said to ,noe3 ,this shall be the sign of the covenant1 which ,i have established1 between me and all flesh upon the earth4 #i3ah4 ,and the sons of ,noe1 who came out of the ark1 were ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth3 and ,cham is the father of ,chanaan4 #i3ai4 ,these three are the sons of ,noe3 and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth4 #i3bj4 ,and ,noe a husbandman began to till the ground1 and planted a vineyard4 #i3ba4 ,and drinking of the wine was made drunk1 and was uncovered in his tent4 ,drunk4 4 4,noe by the judgment of the fathers was not guilty of sin1 in being overcome by wine3 because he knew not the strength of it4 #i3bb4 ,which when ,cham the father of ,chanaan had seen1 to wit1 that his father's nakedness was uncovered1 he told it to his two brethren without4 #i3bc4 ,but ,sem and ,japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders1 and going backward1 covered the nakedness of their father3 and their faces were turned away1 and they saw not their father's nakedness4 ,covered the nakedness4 4 4,thus1 as ,st4 ,gregory takes notice ,l4 #ce2 ,moral4 c4 #bb1 we ought to cover the nakedness1 that is1 the sins1 of our spiritual parents and superiors4 #i3bd4 ,and ,noe awaking from the wine1 when he had learned what his younger son had done to him1 #i3be4 ,he said3 ,cursed be ,chanaan1 a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren4 ,cursed be ,chanaan4 4 4,the curses1 as well as the blessings1 of the patriarchs1 were prophetical3 ,and this in particular is here recorded by ,moses1 for the children of ,israel1 who were to possess the land of ,chanaan4 ,but why should ,chanaan be cursed for his father's faults8 ,the ,hebrews answer1 that he being then a boy1 was the first that saw his grandfather's nakedness1 and told his father ,cham of it2 and joined with him in laughing at it3 which drew upon him1 rather than upon the rest of the children of ,cham1 this prophetical curse4 #i3bf4 ,and he said3 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of ,sem1 be ,chanaan his servant4 #i3bg4 ,may ,god enlarge ,japheth1 and may he dwell in the tents of ,sem1 and ,chanaan be his servant4 #i3bh4 ,and ,noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years4 #i3bi4 ,and all his days were in the whole nine hundred and fifty years3 and he died4 ,genesis ,chapter #aj ,the genealogy of the children of ,noe1 by whom the world was peopled after the flood4 #aj3a4 ,these are the generations of the sons of ,noe3 ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth3 and unto them sons were born after the flood4 #aj3b4 ,the sons of ,japheth3 ,gomer1 and ,magog1 and ,madai1 and ,javan1 and ,thubal1 and ,mosoch1 and ,thiras4 #aj3c4 ,and the sons of ,gomer3 ,ascenez and ,riphath and ,thogorma4 #aj3d4 ,and the sons of ,javan3 ,elisa and ,tharsis1 ,cetthim and ,dodanim4 #aj3e4 ,by these were divided the islands of the ,gentiles in their lands1 every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations4 ,the islands4 4 4,so the ,hebrews called all the remote countries1 to which they went by ships from ,judea1 to ,greece1 ,italy1 ,spain1 etc4 #aj3f4 ,and the ,sons of ,cham3 ,chus1 and ,mesram1 and ,phuth1 and ,chanaan4 #aj3g4 ,and the sons of ,chus3 ,saba1 and ,hevila1 and ,sabatha1 and ,regma1 and ,sabatacha4 ,the sons of ,regma3 ,saba1 and ,dadan4 #aj3h4 ,now ,chus begot ,nemrod3 he began to be mighty on the earth4 #aj3i4 ,and he was a stout hunter before the ,lord4 ,hence came a proverb3 ,even as ,nemrod the stout hunter before the ,lord4 ,a stout hunter4 4 4,not of beasts but of men3 whom by violence and tyranny he brought under his dominion4 ,and such he was1 not only in the opinion of men1 but before the ,lord1 that is1 in his sight who cannot be deceived4 #aj3aj4 ,and the beginning of his kingdom was ,babylon1 and ,arach1 and ,achad1 and ,chalanne in the land of ,sennaar4 #aj3aa4 ,out of that land came forth ,assur1 and built ,ninive1 and the streets of the city1 and ,chale4 #aj3ab4 ,resen also between ,ninive and ,chale3 this is the great city4 #aj3ac4 ,and ,mesraim begot ,ludim1 and ,anamim and ,laabim1 ,nephthuim4 #aj3ad4 ,and ,phetrusim1 and ,chasluim2 of whom came forth the ,philistines1 and the ,capthorim4 #aj3ae4 ,and ,chanaan begot ,sidon his firstborn1 the ,hethite1 #aj3af4 ,and the ,jebusite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,gergesite4 #aj3ag4 ,the ,hevite and ,aracite3 the ,sinite1 #aj3ah4 ,and the ,aradian1 the ,samarite1 and the ,hamathite3 and afterwards the families of the ,chanaanites were spread abroad4 #aj3ai4 ,and the limits of ,chanaan were from ,sidon as one comes to ,gerara even to ,gaza1 until thou enter ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and ,adama1 and ,seboim even to ,lesa4 #aj3bj4 ,these are the children of ,cham in their kindreds and tongues1 and generations1 and lands1 and nations4 #aj3ba4 ,of ,sem also the father of all the children of ,heber1 the elder brother of ,japheth1 sons were born4 #aj3bb4 ,the sons of ,sem3 ,elam and ,assur1 and ,arphaxad1 and ,lud1 and ,aram4 #aj3bc4 ,the sons of ,aram3 ,us1 and ,hull1 and ,gether2 and ,mes4 #aj3bd4 ,but ,arphaxad begot ,sale1 of whom was born ,heber4 #aj3be4 ,and to ,heber were born two sons3 the name of the one was ,phaleg1 because in his days was the earth divided3 and his brother's name ,jectan4 #aj3bf4 ,which ,jectan begot ,elmodad1 and ,saleph1 and ,asarmoth1 ,jare1 #aj3bg4 ,and ,aduram1 and ,uzal1 and ,decla1 #aj3bh4 ,and ,ebal1 and ,abimael1 ,saba1 #aj3bi4 ,and ,ophir1 and ,hevila1 and ,jobab4 ,all these were the sons of ,jectan4 #aj3cj4 ,and their dwelling was from ,messa as we go on as far as ,sephar1 a mountain in the east4 #aj3ca4 ,these are the children of ,sem according to their kindreds and tongues1 and countries in their nations4 #aj3cb4 ,these are the families of ,noe1 according to their people and nations4 ,by these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood4 ,genesis ,chapter #aa ,the tower of ,babel4 ,the confusion of tongues4 ,the genealogy of ,sem down to ,abram4 #aa3a4 ,and the earth was of one tongue1 and of the same speech4 #aa3b4 ,and when they removed from the east1 they found a plain in the land of ,sennaar1 and dwelt in it4 #aa3c4 ,and each one said to his neighbour3 ,come let us make brick1 and bake them with fire4 ,and they had brick instead of stones1 and slime instead of mortar3 #aa3d4 ,and they said3 ,come1 let us make a city and a tower1 the top whereof may reach to heaven2 and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands4 #aa3e4 ,and the ,lord came down to see the city and the tower1 which the children of ,adam were building4 #aa3f4 ,and he said3 ,behold1 it is one people1 and all have one tongue3 and they have begun to do this1 neither will they leave off from their designs1 till they accomplish them in deed4 #aa3g4 ,come ye1 therefore1 let us go down1 and there confound their tongue1 that they may not understand one another's speech4 #aa3h4 ,and so the ,lord scattered them from that place into all lands1 and they ceased to build the city4 #aa3i4 ,and therefore the name thereof was called ,babel1 because there the language of the whole earth was confounded3 and from thence the ,lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries4 ,babel4 4 4,that is1 confusion4 #aa3aj4 ,these are the generations of ,sem3 ,sem was a hundred years old when he begot ,arphaxad1 two years after the flood4 #aa3aa4 ,and ,sem lived after he begot ,arphaxad1 five hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ab4 ,and ,arphaxad lived thirty-five years1 and begot ,sale4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,arphaxad lived after he begot ,sale1 three hundred and three years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ad4 ,sale also lived thirty years1 and begot ,heber4 #aa3ae4 ,and ,sale lived after he begot ,heber1 four hundred and three years3 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3af4 ,and ,heber lived thirty-four years1 and begot ,phaleg4 #aa3ag4 ,and ,heber lived after he begot ,phaleg1 four hundred and thirty years3 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3ah4 ,phaleg also lived thirty years1 and begot ,reu4 #aa3ai4 ,and ,phaleg lived after he begot ,reu1 two hundred and nine years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bj4 ,and ,reu lived thirty-two years1 and begot ,sarug4 #aa3ba4 ,and ,reu lived after he begot ,sarug1 two hundred and seven years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bb4 ,and ,sarug lived thirty years1 and begot ,nachor4 #aa3bc4 ,and ,sarug lived after he begot ,nachor1 two hundred years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bd4 ,and ,nachor lived nine and twenty years1 and begot ,thare4 #aa3be4 ,and ,nachor lived after he begot ,thare1 a hundred and nineteen years1 and begot sons and daughters4 #aa3bf4 ,and ,thare lived seventy years1 and begot ,abram1 and ,nachor1 and ,aran4 #aa3bg4 ,and these are the generations of ,thare3 ,thare begot ,abram1 ,nachor1 and ,aran4 ,and ,aran begot ,lot4 #aa3bh4 ,and ,aran died before ,thare his father1 in the land of his nativity in ,ur of the ,chaldees4 #aa3bi4 ,and ,abram and ,nachor married wives3 the name of ,abram's wife was ,sarai3 and the name of ,nachor's wife1 ,melcha1 the daughter of ,aran1 father of ,melcha and father of ,jescha4 #aa3cj4 ,and ,sarai was barren1 and had no children4 #aa3ca4 ,and ,thare took ,abram his son1 and ,lot the son of ,aran1 his son's son1 and ,sarai his daughter in law1 the wife of ,abram his son1 and brought them out of ,ur of the ,chaldees1 to go into the land of ,chanaan3 and they came as far as ,haran1 and dwelt there4 #aa3cb4 ,and the days of ,thare were two hundred and five years1 and he died in ,haran4 ,genesis ,chapter #ab ,the call of ,abram1 and the promise made to him4 ,he sojourneth in ,chanaan1 and then by occasion of a famine1 goeth down to ,egypt4 #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abram3 ,go forth out of thy country1 and from thy kindred1 and out of thy father's house1 and come into the land which ,i shall shew thee4 #ab3b4 ,and ,i will make of thee a great nation1 and ,i will bless thee1 and magnify thy name1 and thou shalt be blessed4 #ab3c4 ,i will bless them that bless thee1 and curse them that curse thee1 and ,,in ,,thee shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed4 #ab3d4 ,so ,abram went out as the ,lord had commanded him1 and ,lot went with him3 ,abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from ,haran4 #ab3e4 ,and he took ,sarai his wife1 and ,lot his brother's son1 and all the substance which they had gathered1 and the souls which they had gotten in ,haran3 and they went out to go into the land of ,chanaan4 ,and when they were come into it1 #ab3f4 ,abram passed through the country unto the place of ,sichem1 as far as the noble vale3 now the ,chanaanite was at that time in the land4 #ab3g4 ,and the ,lord appeared to ,abram1 and said to him3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land4 ,and he built there an altar to the ,lord1 who had appeared to him4 #ab3h4 ,and passing on from thence to a mountain1 that was on the east side of ,bethel1 he there pitched his tent1 having ,bethel on the west1 and ,hai on the east3 he built there also an altar to the ,lord1 and called upon his name4 #ab3i4 ,and ,abram went forward1 going and proceeding on to the south4 #ab3aj4 ,and there came a famine in the country3 and ,abram went down into ,egypt1 to sojourn there3 for the famine was very grievous in the land4 #ab3aa4 ,and when he was near to enter into ,egypt1 he said to ,sarai his wife3 ,i know that thou art a beautiful woman3 #ab3ab4 ,and that when the ,egyptians shall see thee1 they will say3 ,she is his wife3 and they will kill me1 and keep thee4 #ab3ac4 ,say1 therefore1 ,i pray thee1 that thou art my sister3 that ,i may be well used for thee1 and that my soul may live for thy sake4 ,my sister4 4 4,this was no lie2 because she was his niece1 being daughter to his brother ,aran1 and therefore1 in the style of the ,hebrews1 she might truly be called his sister1 as ,lot is called ,abram's brother1 ,gen4 #ad4ad4 ,see ,gen4 #bj4ab4 #ab3ad4 ,and when ,abram was come into ,egypt1 the ,egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful4 #ab3ae4 ,and the princes told ,pharao1 and praised her before him3 and the woman was taken into the house of ,pharao4 #ab3af4 ,and they used ,abram well for her sake4 ,and he had sheep and oxen and he asses1 and men servants1 and maid servants1 and she asses1 and camels4 #ab3ag4 ,but the ,lord scourged ,pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for ,sarai1 ,abram's wife4 #ab3ah4 ,and ,pharao called ,abram1 and said to him3 ,what is this that thou hast done to me8 ,why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife8 #ab3ai4 ,for what cause didst thou say1 she was thy sister1 that ,i might take her to my wife8 ,now therefore there is thy wife1 take her1 and go thy way4 #ab3bj4 ,and ,pharao gave his men orders concerning ,abram3 and they led him away and his wife1 and all that he had4 ,genesis ,chapter #ac ,abram and ,lot part from each other4 ,god's promise to ,abram4 #ac3a4 ,and ,abram went up out of ,egypt1 he and his wife1 and all that he had1 and ,lot with him into the south4 #ac3b4 ,and he was very rich in possession of gold and silver4 #ac3c4 ,and he returned by the way1 that he came1 from the south to ,bethel1 to the place where before he had pitched his tent between ,bethel and ,hai1 #ac3d4 ,in the place of the altar which he had made before1 and there he called upon the name of the ,lord4 #ac3e4 ,but ,lot also1 who was with ,abram1 had flocks of sheep1 and herds of beasts1 and tents4 #ac3f4 ,neither was the land able to bear them1 that they might dwell together3 for their substance was great1 and they could not dwell together4 #ac3g4 ,whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of ,abram and of ,lot4 ,and at that time the ,chanaanite and the ,pherezite dwelled in that country4 #ac3h4 ,abram therefore said to ,lot3 ,let there be no quarrel1 ,i beseech thee1 between me and thee1 and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen3 for we are brethren4 #ac3i4 ,behold the whole land is before thee3 depart from me1 ,i pray thee3 if thou wilt go to the left hand1 ,i will take the right3 if thou choose the right hand1 ,i will pass to the left4 #ac3aj4 ,and ,lot lifting up his eyes1 saw all the country about the ,jordan1 which was watered throughout1 before the ,lord destroyed ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 as the paradise of the ,lord1 and like ,egypt as one comes to ,segor4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,lot chose to himself the country about the ,jordan1 and he departed from the east3 and they were separated one brother from the other4 #ac3ab4 ,abram dwelt in the land of ,chanaan3 and ,lot abode in the towns1 that were about the ,jordan1 and dwelt in ,sodom4 #ac3ac4 ,and the men of ,sodom were very wicked1 and sinners before the face of the ,lord beyond measure4 #ac3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abram1 after ,lot was separated from him3 ,lift up thy eyes1 and look from the place wherein thou now art1 to the north and to the south1 to the east and to the west4 #ac3ae4 ,all the land which thou seest1 ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed for ever4 #ac3af4 ,and ,i will make thy seed as the dust of the earth3 if any man be able to number the dust of the earth1 he shall be able to number thy seed also4 #ac3ag4 ,arise and walk through the land in the length1 and the breadth thereof3 for ,i will give it to thee4 #ac3ah4 ,so ,abram removing his tent1 came1 and dwelt by the vale of ,mambre1 which is in ,hebron3 and he built there an altar to the ,lord4 ,genesis ,chapter #ad ,the expedition of the four kings2 the victory of ,abram2 he is blessed by ,melchisedech4 #ad3a4 ,and it came to pass at that time1 that ,amraphel1 king of ,sennaar1 and ,arioch1 king of ,pontus1 and ,chodorlahomor1 king of the ,elamites1 and ,thadal1 king of nations1 #ad3b4 ,made war against ,bara1 king of ,sodom1 and against ,bersa1 king of ,gomorrha1 and against ,sennaab1 king of ,adama1 and against ,semeber1 king of ,seboim1 and against the king of ,bala1 which is ,segor4 #ad3c4 ,all these came together into the woodland vale1 which now is the salt sea4 #ad3d4 ,for they had served ,chodorlahomor twelve years1 and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him4 #ad3e4 ,and in the fourteenth year came ,chodorlahomor1 and the kings that were with him3 and they smote the ,raphaim in ,astarothcarnaim1 and the ,zuzim with them1 and the ,emim in ,save of ,cariathaim4 #ad3f4 ,and the ,chorreans in the mountains of ,seir1 even to the plains of ,pharan1 which is in the wilderness4 #ad3g4 ,and they returned1 and came to the fountain of ,misphat1 the same is ,cades3 and they smote all the country of the ,amalecites1 and the ,amorrhean that dwelt in ,asasonthamar4 #ad3h4 ,and the king of ,sodom1 and the king of ,gomorrha1 and the king of ,adama1 and the king of ,seboim1 and the king of ,bala1 which is ,segor1 went out3 and they set themselves against them in battle array1 in the woodland vale3 #ad3i4 ,to wit1 against ,chodorlahomor king of the ,elamites1 and ,thadal king of nations1 and ,amraphel king of ,sennaar1 and ,arioch king of ,pontus3 four kings against five4 #ad3aj4 ,now the woodland vale had many pits of slime4 ,and the king of ,sodom1 and the king of ,gomorrha turned their backs1 and were overthrown there3 and they that remained1 fled to the mountain4 ,of slime4 ,bituminis4 4 4,this was a kind of pitch1 which served for mortar in the building of ,babel1 ,gen4 #aa4c1 and was used by ,noe in pitching the ark4 #ad3aa4 ,and they took all the substance of the ,sodomites1 and ,gomorrhites1 and all their victuals1 and went their way3 #ad3ab4 ,and ,lot also1 the son of ,abram's brother1 who dwelt in ,sodom1 and his substance4 #ad3ac4 ,and behold one1 that had escaped1 told ,abram the ,hebrew1 who dwelt in the vale of ,mambre the ,amorrhite1 the brother of ,escol1 and the brother of ,aner3 for these had made a league with ,abram4 #ad3ad4 ,which when ,abram had heard1 to wit1 that his brother ,lot was taken1 he numbered of the servants born in his house1 three hundred and eighteen1 well appointed3 and pursued them to ,dan4 #ad3ae4 ,and dividing his company1 he rushed upon them in the night1 and defeated them3 and pursued them as far as ,hoba1 which is on the left hand of ,damascus4 #ad3af4 ,and he brought back all the substance1 and ,lot his brother1 with his substance1 the women also1 and the people4 #ad3ag4 ,and the king of ,sodom went out to meet him1 after he returned from the slaughter of ,chodorlahomor1 and of the kings that were with him in the vale of ,save1 which is the king's vale4 #ad3ah4 ,but ,melchisedech1 the king of ,salem1 bringing forth bread and wine1 for he was the priest of the most high ,god1 #ad3ai4 ,blessed him1 and said3 ,blessed be ,abram by the most high ,god1 who created heaven and earth4 #ad3bj4 ,and blessed be the most high ,god1 by whose protection1 the enemies are in thy hands4 ,and he gave him the tithes of all4 #ad3ba4 ,and the king of ,sodom said to ,abram3 ,give me the persons1 and the rest take to thyself4 #ad3bb4 ,and he answered him3 ,i lift up my hand to the ,lord ,god the most high1 the possessor of heaven and earth1 #ad3bc4 ,that from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet1 ,i will not take of any things that are thine1 lest thou say3 ,i have enriched ,abram4 #ad3bd4 ,except such things as the young men have eaten1 and the shares of the men that came with me1 ,aner1 ,escol1 and ,mambre3 these shall take their shares4 ,genesis ,chapter #ae ,god promiseth seed to ,abram4 ,his faith1 sacrifice and vision4 #ae3a4 ,now when these things were done1 the word of the ,lord came to ,abram by a vision1 saying3 ,fear not1 ,abram1 ,i am thy protector1 and thy reward exceeding great4 #ae3b4 ,and ,abram said3 ,lord ,god1 what wilt thou give me8 ,i shall go without children3 and the son of the steward of my house is this ,damascus ,eliezer4 #ae3c4 ,and ,abram added3 ,but to me thou hast not given seed3 and lo my servant born in my house1 shall be my heir4 #ae3d4 ,and immediately the word of the ,lord came to him1 saying 3 ,he shall not be thy heir3 but he that shall come out of thy bowels1 him shalt thou have for thy heir4 #ae3e4 ,and he brought him forth abroad1 and said to him3 ,look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst4 ,and he said to him3 ,so shall thy seed be4 #ae3f4 ,abram believed ,god1 and it was reputed to him unto justice4 #ae3g4 ,and he said to him3 ,i am the ,lord who brought thee out from ,ur of the ,chaldees1 to give thee this land1 and that thou mightest possess it4 #ae3h4 ,but he said3 ,lord ,god1 whereby may ,i know that ,i shall possess it8 #ae3i4 ,and the ,lord answered1 and said3 ,take me a cow of three years old1 and a she-goat of three years4 and a ram of three years1 a turtle also1 and a pigeon4 #ae3aj4 ,and he took all these1 and divided them in the midst1 and laid the two pieces of each one against the other3 but the birds he divided not4 #ae3aa4 ,and the fowls came down upon the carcasses1 and ,abram drove them away4 #ae3ab4 ,and when the sun was setting1 a deep sleep fell upon ,abram1 and a great and darksome horror seized upon him4 #ae3ac4 ,and it was said unto him3 ,know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own1 and they shall bring them under bondage1 and afflict them four hundred years4 #ae3ad4 ,but ,i will judge the nation which they shall serve1 and after this they shall come out with great substance4 #ae3ae4 ,and thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace1 and be buried in a good old age4 #ae3af4 ,but in the fourth generation they shall return hither3 for as yet the iniquities of the ,amorrhites are not at the full until this present time4 #ae3ag4 ,and when the sun was set1 there arose a dark mist1 and there appeared a smoking furnace1 and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions4 #ae3ah4 ,that day ,god made a covenant with ,abram1 saying3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land1 from the river to ,egypt even to the great river ,euphrates4 #ae3ai4 ,the ,cineans1 and ,cenezites1 the ,cedmonites1 #ae3bj4 ,and the ,hethites1 and the ,pherezites1 the ,raphaim also1 #ae3ba4 ,and the ,amorrhites1 and the ,chanaanites1 and the ,gergesites1 and the ,jebusites4 ,genesis ,chapter #af ,abram marrieth ,agar1 who bringeth forth ,ismael4 #af3a4 ,now ,sarai1 the wife of ,abram1 had brought forth no children3 but having a handmaid1 an ,egyptian1 named ,agar1 #af3b4 ,she said to her husband3 ,behold1 the ,lord hath restrained me from bearing3 go in unto my handmaid1 it may be ,i may have children of her at least4 ,and when he agreed to her request1 #af3c4 ,she took ,agar the ,egyptian her handmaid1 ten years after they first dwelt in the land of ,chanaan1 and gave her to her husband to wife4 ,to wife4 4 4,plurality of wives1 though contrary to the primitive institution of marriage1 ,gen4 #b4bd1 was by divine dispensation allowed to the patriarchs3 which allowance seems to have continued during the time of the law of ,moses4 ,but ,christ our ,lord reduced marriage to its primitive institution4 ,matt4 #ai4 #af3d4 ,and he went in to her4 ,but she perceiving that she was with child1 despised her mistress4 #af3e4 ,and ,sarai said to ,abram3 ,thou dost unjustly with me3 ,i gave my handmaid into thy bosom1 and she perceiving herself to be with child1 despiseth me4 ,the ,lord judge between me and thee4 #af3f4 ,and ,abram made answer1 and said to her3 ,behold thy handmaid is in thy own hand1 use her as it pleaseth thee4 ,and when ,sarai afflicted her1 she ran away4 #af3g4 ,and the angel of the ,lord having found her1 by a fountain of water in the wilderness1 which is in the way to ,sur in the desert1 #af3h4 ,he said to her3 ,agar1 handmaid of ,sarai1 whence comest thou8 and whither goest thou8 ,and she answered3 ,i flee from the face of ,sarai1 my mistress4 #af3i4 ,and the angel of the ,lord said to her3 ,return to thy mistress1 and humble thyself under her hand4 #af3aj4 ,and again he said3 ,i will multiply thy seed exceedingly1 and it shall not be numbered for multitude4 #af3aa4 ,and again3 ,behold1 said he1 thou art with child1 and thou shalt bring forth a son3 and thou shalt call his name ,ismael1 because the ,lord hath heard thy affliction4 #af3ab4 ,he shall be a wild man3 his hand will be against all men1 and all men's hands against him3 and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren4 #af3ac4 ,and she called the name of the ,lord that spoke unto her3 ,thou the ,god who hast seen me4 ,for she said3 ,verily1 here have ,i seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me4 #af3ad4 ,therefore she called that well1 the well of him that liveth and seeth me4 ,the same is between ,cades and ,barad4 #af3ae4 ,and ,agar brought forth a son to ,abram3 who called his name ,ismael4 #af3af4 ,abram was four score and six years old when ,agar brought him forth ,ismael4 ,genesis ,chapter #ag ,the ,covenant of circumcision4 #ag3a4 ,and after he began to be ninety and nine years old1 the ,lord appeared to him3 and said unto him3 ,i am the ,almighty ,god3 walk before me1 and be perfect4 #ag3b4 ,and ,i will make my covenant between me and thee3 and ,i will multiply thee exceedingly4 #ag3c4 ,abram fell flat on his face4 #ag3d4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,i am1 and my covenant is with thee1 and thou shalt be a father of many nations4 #ag3e4 ,neither shall thy name be called any more ,abram3 but thou shalt be called ,abraham3 because ,i have made thee a father of many nations4 ,abram4 4 4in the ,hebrew1 signifies a high father3 but ,abraham1 the father of the multitude2 ,sarai signifies my ,lady1 but ,sara absolutely ,lady4 #ag3f4 ,and ,i will make thee increase exceedingly1 and ,i will make nations of thee1 and kings shall come out of thee4 #ag3g4 ,and ,i will establish my covenant between me and thee1 and between thy seed after thee in their generations1 by a perpetual covenant3 to be a ,god to thee1 and to thy seed after thee4 #ag3h4 ,and ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed1 the land of thy sojournment1 all the land of ,chanaan1 for a perpetual possession1 and ,i will be their ,god4 #ag3i4 ,again ,god said to ,abraham3 ,and thou therefore shalt keep my covenant1 and thy seed after thee in their generations4 #ag3aj4 ,this is my covenant which you shall observe between me and you1 and thy seed after thee3 ,all the male-kind of you shall be circumcised4 #ag3aa4 ,and you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin1 that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you4 #ag3ab4 ,an infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you1 every manchild in your generations3 he that is born in the house1 as well as the bought servant1 shall be circumcised1 and whosoever is not of your stock3 #ag3ac4 ,and my covenant shall be in your flesh for a perpetual covenant4 #ag3ad4 ,the male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised1 that soul shall be destroyed out of his people3 because he hath broken my covenant4 #ag3ae4 ,god said also to ,abraham3 ,sarai thy wife thou shalt not call ,sarai1 but ,sara4 #ag3af4 ,and ,i will bless her1 and of her ,i will give thee a son1 whom ,i will bless1 and he shall become nations1 and kings of people shall spring from him4 #ag3ag4 ,abraham fell upon his face1 and laughed1 saying in his heart3 ,shall a son1 thinkest thou1 be born to him that is a hundred years old8 and shall ,sara that is ninety years old bring forth8 #ag3ah4 ,and he said to ,god3 ,o that ,ismael may live before thee4 #ag3ai4 ,and ,god said to ,abraham3 ,sara thy wife shall bear thee a son1 and thou shalt call his name ,isaac1 and ,i will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant1 and with his seed after him4 #ag3bj4 ,and as for ,ismael ,i have also heard thee4 ,behold1 ,i will bless him1 and increase1 and multiply him exceedingly3 he shall beget twelve chiefs1 and ,i will make him a great nation4 #ag3ba4 ,but my covenant ,i will establish with ,isaac1 whom ,sara shall bring forth to thee at this time in the next year4 #ag3bb4 ,and when he had left off speaking with him1 ,god went up from ,abraham4 #ag3bc4 ,and ,abraham took ,ismael his son1 and all that were born in his house3 and all whom he had bought1 every male among the men of his house3 and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day1 as ,god had commanded him4 #ag3bd4 ,abraham was ninety and nine years old1 when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin4 #ag3be4 ,and ,ismael his son was full thirteen years old at the time of his circumcision4 #ag3bf4 ,the self-same day was ,abraham circumcised and ,ismael his son4 #ag3bg4 ,and all the men of his house1 as well they that were born in his house1 as the bought servants and strangers1 were circumcised with him4 ,genesis ,chapter #ah ,angels are entertained by ,abraham4 ,they foretell the birth of ,isaac4 ,abraham's prayer for the men of ,sodom4 #ah3a4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him in the vale of ,mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent1 in the very heat of the day4 #ah3b4 ,and when he had lifted up his eyes1 there appeared to him three men standing near to him3 and as soon as he saw them1 he ran to meet them from the door of his tent1 and adored down to the ground4 #ah3c4 ,and he said3 ,lord1 if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 pass not away from thy servant4 #ah3d4 ,but ,i will fetch a little water1 and wash ye your feet1 and rest ye under the tree4 #ah3e4 ,and ,i will set a morsel of bread1 and strengthen ye your heart1 afterwards you shall pass on3 for therefore are you come aside to your servant4 ,and they said3 ,do as thou hast spoken4 #ah3f4 ,abraham made haste into the tent to ,sara1 and said to her3 ,make haste1 temper together three measures of flour1 and make cakes upon the hearth4 #ah3g4 ,and he himself ran to the herd1 and took from thence a calf1 very tender and very good1 and gave it to a young man1 who made haste and boiled it4 #ah3h4 ,he took also butter and milk1 and the calf which he had boiled1 and set before them3 but he stood by them under the tree4 #ah3i4 ,and when they had eaten1 they said to him3 ,where is ,sara thy wife8 ,he answered3 ,lo she is in the tent4 #ah3aj4 ,and he said to him3 ,i will return and come to thee at this time1 life accompanying1 and ,sara1 thy wife1 shall have a son4 ,which when ,sara heard1 she laughed behind the door of the tent4 #ah3aa4 ,now they were both old1 and far advanced in years1 and it had ceased to be with ,sara after the manner of women4 #ah3ab4 ,and she laughed secretly1 saying3 ,after ,i am grown old1 and my lord is an old man1 shall ,i give myself to pleasure8 #ah3ac4 ,and the ,lord said to ,abraham3 ,why did ,sara laugh1 saying3 ,shall ,i1 who am an old woman1 bear a child indeed8 #ah3ad4 ,is there any thing hard to ,god8 ,according to appointment ,i will return to thee at this same time1 life accompanying1 and ,sara shall have a son4 #ah3ae4 ,sara denied1 saying3 ,i did not laugh3 for she was afraid4 ,but the ,lord said3 ,nay2 but thou didst laugh4 #ah3af4 ,and when the men rose up from thence1 they turned their eyes towards ,sodom3 and ,abraham walked with them1 bringing them on the way4 #ah3ag4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,can ,i hide from ,abraham what ,i am about to do3 #ah3ah4 ,seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation1 and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed8 #ah3ai4 ,for ,i know that he will command his children1 and his household after him1 to keep the way of the ,lord1 and do judgment and justice3 that for ,abraham's sake1 the ,lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him4 #ah3bj4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,the cry of ,sodom and ,gomorrha is multiplied1 and their sin is become exceedingly grievous4 #ah3ba4 ,i will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me2 or whether it be not so1 that ,i may know4 ,i will go down1 etc4 4 4,the ,lord here accommodates his discourse to the way of speaking and acting amongst men2 for he knoweth all things1 and needeth not to go anywhere for information4 ,note here1 that two of the three angels went away immediately for ,sodom2 whilst the third1 who represented the ,lord1 remained with ,abraham4 #ah3bb4 ,and they turned themselves from thence1 and went their way to ,sodom3 but ,abraham as yet stood before the ,lord4 #ah3bc4 ,and drawing nigh1 he said3 ,wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked8 #ah3bd4 ,if there be fifty just men in the city1 shall they perish withal8 and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just1 if they be therein8 #ah3be4 ,far be it from thee to do this thing1 and to slay the just with the wicked1 and for the just to be in like case as the wicked2 this is not beseeming thee3 thou who judgest all the earth1 wilt not make this judgment4 #ah3bf4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,if ,i find in ,sodom fifty just within the city1 ,i will spare the whole place for their sake4 #ah3bg4 ,and ,abraham answered1 and said3 ,seeing ,i have once begun1 ,i will speak to my ,lord1 whereas ,i am dust and ashes4 #ah3bh4 ,what if there be five less than fifty just persons8 wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city3 ,and he said3 ,i will not destroy it1 if ,i find five and forty4 #ah3bi4 ,and again he said to him3 ,but if forty be found there1 what wilt thou do8 ,he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of forty4 #ah3cj4 ,lord1 saith he1 be not angry1 ,i beseech thee1 if ,i speak3 ,what if thirty shall be found there8 ,he answered3 ,i will not do it1 if ,i find thirty there4 #ah3ca4 ,seeing1 saith he1 ,i have once begun1 ,i will speak to my ,lord3 ,what if twenty be found there8 ,he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of twenty4 #ah3cb4 ,i beseech thee1 saith he1 be not angry1 ,lord1 if ,i speak yet once more3 ,what if ten shall be found there8 ,and he said3 ,i will not destroy it for the sake of ten4 #ah3cc4 ,and the ,lord departed1 after he had left speaking to ,abraham3 and ,abraham returned to his place4 ,genesis ,chapter #ai ,lot1 entertaining ,angels in his house1 is delivered from ,sodom1 which is destroyed3 his wife for looking back is turned into a statue of salt4 #ai3a4 ,and the two angels came to ,sodom in the evening1 and ,lot was sitting in the gate of the city4 ,and seeing them1 he rose up and went to meet them3 and worshipped prostrate to the ground4 #ai3b4 ,and said3 ,i beseech you1 my lords1 turn in to the house of your servant1 and lodge there3 wash your feet1 and in the morning you shall go on your way4 ,and they said3 ,no1 but we will abide in the street4 #ai3c4 ,he pressed them very much to turn in unto him3 and when they were come into his house1 he made them a feast1 and baked unleavened bread1 and they ate3 #ai3d4 ,but before they went to bed1 the men of the city beset the house1 both young and old1 all the people together4 #ai3e4 ,and they called ,lot1 and said to him3 ,where are the men that came in to thee at night8 bring them out hither1 that we may know them3 #ai3f4 ,lot went out to them1 and shut the door after him1 and said3 #ai3g4 ,do not so1 ,i beseech you1 my brethren1 do not commit this evil4 #ai3h4 ,i have two daughters who1 as yet1 have not known man2 ,i will bring them out to you1 and abuse you them as it shall please you1 so that you do no evil to these men1 because they are come in under the shadow of my roof4 #ai3i4 ,but they said3 ,get thee back thither4 ,and again3 ,thou camest in1 said they1 as a stranger1 was it to be a judge8 therefore we will afflict thee more than them4 ,and they pressed very violently upon ,lot3 and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors4 #ai3aj4 ,and behold the men put out their hand1 and drew in ,lot unto them1 and shut the door4 #ai3aa4 ,and them1 that were without1 they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest1 so that they could not find the door4 #ai3ab4 ,and they said to ,lot3 ,hast thou here any of thine8 son in law1 or sons1 or daughters1 all that are thine bring them out of this city3 #ai3ac4 ,for we will destroy this place1 because their cry is grown loud before the ,lord1 who hath sent us to destroy them4 #ai3ad4 ,so ,lot went out1 and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters1 and said3 ,arise3 get you out of this place1 because the ,lord will destroy this city4 ,and he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest4 #ai3ae4 ,and when it was morning1 the angels pressed him1 saying3 ,arise1 take thy wife1 and the two daughters that thou hast3 lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city4 #ai3af4 ,and as he lingered1 they took his hand1 and the hand of his wife1 and of his two daughters1 because the ,lord spared him4 #ai3ag4 ,and they brought him forth1 and set him without the city3 and there they spoke to him1 saying3 ,save thy life3 look not back1 neither stay thou in all the country about3 but save thy self in the mountain1 lest thou be also consumed4 #ai3ah4 ,and ,lot said to them3 ,i beseech thee1 my ,lord1 #ai3ai4 ,because thy servant hath found grace before thee1 and thou hast magnified thy mercy1 which thou hast shewn to me1 in saving my life1 and ,i cannot escape to the mountain1 lest some evil seize me1 and ,i die4 #ai3bj4 ,there is this city here at hand1 to which ,i may flee1 it is a little one1 and ,i shall be saved in it3 is it not a little one1 and my soul shall live8 #ai3ba4 ,and he said to him3 ,behold also in this1 ,i have heard thy prayers1 not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken4 #ai3bb4 ,make haste1 and be saved there3 because ,i cannot do any thing till thou go in thither4 ,therefore the name of that city was called ,segor4 ,segor4 4 4,that is1 a little one4 #ai3bc4 ,the sun was risen upon the earth1 and ,lot entered into ,segor4 #ai3bd4 ,and the ,lord rained upon ,sodom and ,gomorrha brimstone and fire from the ,lord out of heaven4 #ai3be4 ,and he destroyed these cities1 and all the country about1 all the inhabitants of the cities1 and all things that spring from the earth4 #ai3bf4 ,and his wife looking behind her1 was turned into a statue of salt4 ,and his wife4 4 4,as a standing memorial to the servants of ,god to proceed in virtue1 and not to look back to vice or its allurements4 #ai3bg4 ,and ,abraham got up early in the morning1 and in the place where he had stood before with the ,lord3 #ai3bh4 ,he looked towards ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and the whole land of that country3 and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace4 #ai3bi4 ,now when ,god destroyed the cities of that country1 remembering ,abraham1 he delivered ,lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt4 #ai3cj4 ,and ,lot went up out of ,segor1 and abode in the mountain1 and his two daughters with him 7for he was afraid to stay in ,segor7 and he dwelt in a cave1 he and his two daughters with him4 #ai3ca4 ,and the elder said to the younger3 ,our father is old1 and there is no man left on the earth1 to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth4 #ai3cb4 ,come1 let us make him drunk with wine1 and let us lie with him1 that we may preserve seed of our father4 #ai3cc4 ,and they made their father drink wine that night3 and the elder went in1 and lay with her father3 but he perceived not1 neither when his daughter lay down1 nor when she rose up4 #ai3cd4 ,and the next day the elder said to the younger3 ,behold ,i lay last night with my father1 let us make him drink wine also to night1 and thou shalt lie with him1 that we may save seed of our father4 #ai3ce4 ,they made their father drink wine that night also1 and the younger daughter went in1 and lay with him3 and neither then did he perceive when she lay down1 nor when she rose up4 #ai3cf4 ,so the two daughters of ,lot were with child by their father4 #ai3cg4 ,and the elder bore a son1 and she called his name ,moab3 he is the father of the ,moabites unto this day4 #ai3ch4 ,the younger also bore a son1 and she called his name ,ammon2 that is1 the son of my people3 he is the father of the ,ammonites unto this day4 ,genesis ,chapter #bj ,abraham sojourned in ,gerara3 ,sara is taken into king ,abimelech's house1 but by ,god's commandment is restored untouched4 #bj3a4 ,abraham removed from thence to the south country1 and dwelt between ,cades and ,sur1 and sojourned in ,gerara4 #bj3b4 ,and he said of ,sara his wife3 ,she is my sister4 ,so ,abimelech the king of ,gerara sent1 and took her4 #bj3c4 ,and ,god came to ,abimelech in a dream by night1 and he said to him3 ,lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken3 for she hath a husband4 #bj3d4 ,now ,abimelech had not touched her1 and he said3 ,lord1 wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just8 #bj3e4 ,did not he say to me3 ,she is my sister3 and she say1 ,he is my brother8 in the simplicity of my heart1 and cleanness of my hands have ,i done this4 #bj3f4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,and ,i know that thou didst it with a sincere heart3 and therefore ,i withheld thee from sinning against me1 and ,i suffered thee not to touch her4 #bj3g4 ,now therefore restore the man his wife1 for he is a prophet3 and he shall pray for thee1 and thou shalt live3 but if thou wilt not restore her1 know that thou shalt surely die1 thou and all that are thine4 #bj3h4 ,and ,abimelech forthwith rising up in the night1 called all his servants3 and spoke all these words in their hearing1 and all the men were exceedingly afraid4 #bj3i4 ,and ,abimelech called also for ,abraham1 and said to him3 ,what hast thou done to us8 what have we offended thee in1 that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin8 thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do4 #bj3aj4 ,and again he expostulated with him1 and said3 ,what sawest thou1 that thou hast done this8 #bj3aa4 ,abraham answered3 ,i thought with myself1 saying3 ,perhaps there is not the fear of ,god in this place3 and they will kill me for the sake of my wife3 #bj3ab4 ,howbeit1 otherwise also she is truly my sister1 the daughter of my father1 and not the daughter of my mother1 and ,i took her to wife4 #bj3ac4 ,and after ,god brought me out of my father's house1 ,i said to her3 ,thou shalt do me this kindness3 ,in every place1 to which we shall come1 thou shalt say that ,i am thy brother4 #bj3ad4 ,and ,abimelech took sheep and oxen1 and servants and handmaids1 and gave to ,abraham3 and restored to him ,sara his wife1 #bj3ae4 ,and said3 ,the land is before you1 dwell wheresoever it shall please thee4 #bj3af4 ,and to ,sara he said3 ,behold ,i have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver1 this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee1 and whithersoever thou shalt go3 and remember thou wast taken4 #bj3ag4 ,and when ,abraham prayed1 ,god healed ,abimelech and his wife1 and his handmaids1 and they bore children3 #bj3ah4 ,for the ,lord had closed up every womb of the house of ,abimelech1 on account of ,sara1 ,abraham's wife4 ,genesis ,chapter #ba ,isaac is born4 ,agar and ,ismael are cast forth4 #ba3a4 ,and the ,lord visited ,sara1 as he had promised3 and fulfilled what he had spoken4 #ba3b4 ,and she conceived and bore a son in her old age1 at the time that ,god had foretold her4 #ba3c4 ,and ,abraham called the name of his son1 whom ,sara bore him1 ,isaac4 ,isaac4 4 4,this word signifies laughter4 #ba3d4 ,and he circumcised him the eighth day1 as ,god had commanded him1 #ba3e4 ,when he was a hundred years old3 for at this age of his father1 was ,isaac born4 #ba3f4 ,and ,sara said3 ,god hath made a laughter for me3 whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me4 #ba3g4 ,and again she said3 ,who would believe that ,abraham should hear that ,sara gave suck to a son1 whom she bore to him in his old age8 #ba3h4 ,and the child grew1 and was weaned3 and ,abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning4 #ba3i4 ,and when ,sara had seen the son of ,agar1 the ,egyptian1 playing with ,isaac1 her son1 she said to ,abraham3 #ba3aj4 ,cast out this bondwoman and her son2 for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son ,isaac4 #ba3aa4 ,abraham took this grievously for his son4 #ba3ab4 ,and ,god said to him3 ,let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy1 and for thy bondwoman3 in all that ,sara hath said to thee1 hearken to her voice3 for in ,isaac shall thy seed be called4 #ba3ac4 ,but ,i will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation1 because he is thy seed4 #ba3ad4 ,so ,abraham rose up in the morning1 and taking bread and a bottle of water1 put it upon her shoulder1 and delivered the boy1 and sent her away4 ,and she departed1 and wandered in the wilderness of ,bersabee4 #ba3ae4 ,and when the water in the bottle was spent1 she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there4 #ba3af4 ,and she went her way1 and sat over against him a great way off1 as far as a bow can carry1 for she said3 ,i will not see the boy die3 and sitting over against1 she lifted up her voice and wept4 #ba3ag4 ,and ,god heard the voice of the boy3 and an angel of ,god called to ,agar from heaven1 saying3 ,what art thou doing1 ,agar8 fear not2 for ,god hath heard the voice of the boy1 from the place wherein he is4 #ba3ah4 ,arise1 take up the boy1 and hold him by the hand1 for ,i will make him a great nation4 #ba3ai4 ,and ,god opened her eyes3 and she saw a well of water1 and went and filled the bottle1 and gave the boy to drink4 #ba3bj4 ,and ,god was with him3 and he grew1 and dwelt in the wilderness1 and became a young man1 an archer4 #ba3ba4 ,and he dwelt in the wilderness of ,pharan1 and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of ,egypt4 #ba3bb4 ,at the same time ,abimelech1 and ,phicol the general of his army1 said to ,abraham3 ,god is with thee in all that thou dost4 #ba3bc4 ,swear therefore by ,god1 that thou wilt not hurt me1 nor my posterity1 nor my stock3 but according to the kindness that ,i have done to thee1 thou shalt do to me1 and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger4 #ba3bd4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,i will swear4 #ba3be4 ,and he reproved ,abimelech for a well of water1 which his servants had taken away by force4 #ba3bf4 ,and ,abimelech answered3 ,i knew not who did this thing3 and thou didst not tell me1 and ,i heard not of it till today4 #ba3bg4 ,then ,abraham took sheep and oxen1 and gave them to ,abimelech3 and both of them made a league4 #ba3bh4 ,and ,abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock4 #ba3bi4 ,and ,abimelech said to him3 ,what mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart8 #ba3cj4 ,but he said3 ,thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand3 that they may be a testimony for me1 that ,i dug this well4 #ba3ca4 ,therefore that place was called ,bersabee2 because there both of them did swear4 ,bersabee4 4 4,that is1 the well of oath4 #ba3cb4 ,and they made a league for the well of oath4 #ba3cc4 ,and ,abimelech and ,phicol1 the general of his army1 arose and returned to the land of the ,palestines4 ,but ,abraham planted a grove in ,bersabee1 and there called upon the name of the ,lord ,god eternal4 #ba3cd4 ,and he was a sojourner in the land of the ,palestines many days4 ,genesis ,chapter #bb ,the faith and obedience of ,abraham is proved in his readiness to sacrifice his son ,isaac4 ,he is stayed from the act by an angel4 ,former promises are renewed to him4 ,his brother ,nachor's issue4 #bb3a4 ,after these things1 ,god tempted ,abraham1 and said to him3 ,abraham1 ,abraham4 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 ,god tempted1 etc4 4 4,god tempteth no man to evil1 ,james #a4ac2 but by trial and experiment maketh known to the world1 and to ourselves1 what we are1 as here by this trial the singular faith and obedience of ,abraham was made manifest4 #bb3b4 ,he said to him3 ,take thy only begotten son ,isaac1 whom thou lovest1 and go into the land of vision2 and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which ,i will shew thee4 #bb3c4 ,so ,abraham rising up in the night1 saddled his ass1 and took with him two young men1 and ,isaac his son3 and when he had cut wood for the holocaust1 he went his way to the place which ,god had commanded him4 #bb3d4 ,and on the third day1 lifting up his eyes1 he saw the place afar off4 #bb3e4 ,and he said to his young men3 ,stay you here with the ass2 ,i and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder1 and after we have worshipped1 will return to you4 #bb3f4 ,and he took the wood for the holocaust1 and laid it upon ,isaac his son2 and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword4 ,and as they two went on together1 #bb3g4 ,isaac said to his father3 ,my father4 ,and he answered3 ,what wilt thou1 son8 ,behold1 saith he1 fire and wood3 where is the victim for the holocaust8 #bb3h4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,god will provide himself a victim for an holocaust1 my son4 ,so they went on together4 #bb3i4 ,and they came to the place which ,god had shewn him1 where he built an altar1 and laid the wood in order upon it2 and when he had bound ,isaac his son1 he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood4 #bb3aj4 ,and he put forth his hand1 and took the sword1 to sacrifice his son4 #bb3aa4 ,and behold1 an angel of the ,lord from heaven called to him1 saying3 ,abraham1 ,abraham4 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 #bb3ab4 ,and he said to him3 ,lay not thy hand upon the boy1 neither do thou any thing to him3 now ,i know that thou fearest ,god1 and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake4 #bb3ac4 ,abraham lifted up his eyes1 and saw behind his back a ram1 amongst the briers1 sticking fast by the horns1 which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son4 #bb3ad4 ,and he called the name of that place1 ,the ,lord seeth4 ,whereupon1 even to this day1 it is said3 ,in the mountain the ,lord will see4 #bb3ae4 ,and the angel of the ,lord called to ,abraham a second time from heaven1 saying3 #bb3af4 ,by my own self have ,i sworn1 saith the ,lord3 because thou hast done this thing1 and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake3 #bb3ag4 ,i will bless thee1 and ,i will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven1 and as the sand that is by the sea shore2 thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies4 #bb3ah4 ,and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed1 because thou hast obeyed my voice4 #bb3ai4 ,abraham returned to his young men1 and they went to ,bersabee together1 and he dwelt there4 #bb3bj4 ,after these things1 it was told ,abraham1 that ,melcha also had borne children to ,nachor his brother4 #bb3ba4 ,hus1 the firstborn1 and ,buz1 his brother1 and ,camuel the father of the ,syrians1 #bb3bb4 ,and ,cased1 and ,azau1 and ,pheldas1 and ,jedlaph1 #bb3bc4 ,and ,bathuel1 of whom was born ,rebecca3 these eight did ,melcha bear to ,nachor1 ,abraham's brother4 #bb3bd4 ,and his concubine1 named ,roma1 bore ,tabee1 and ,gaham1 and ,tahas1 and ,maacha4 ,genesis ,chapter #bc ,sara's death and burial in the field bought of ,ephron4 #bc3a4 ,and ,sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years4 #bc3b4 ,and she died in the city of ,arbee which is ,hebron1 in the land of ,chanaan3 and ,abraham came to mourn and weep for her4 #bc3c4 ,and after he rose up from the funeral obsequies1 he spoke to the children of ,heth1 saying3 #bc3d4 ,i am a stranger and sojourner among you3 give me the right of a burying place with you1 that ,i may bury my dead4 #bc3e4 ,the children of ,heth answered1 saying3 #bc3f4 ,my lord1 hear us1 thou art a prince of ,god among us3 bury thy dead in our principal sepulchres3 and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulchre4 #bc3g4 ,abraham rose up1 and bowed down to the people of the land1 to wit1 the children of ,heth3 ,bowed down to the people4 4 4,adoravit1 literally adored4 ,but this word here1 as well as in many other places in the ,latin scriptures1 is used to signify only an inferior honour and reverence paid to men1 expressed by a bowing down of the body4 #bc3h4 ,and said to them3 ,if it please your soul that ,i should bury my dead1 hear me1 and intercede for me to ,ephron the son of ,seor4 #bc3i4 ,that he may give me the double cave1 which he hath in the end of his field3 ,for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you1 for a possession of a burying place4 #bc3aj4 ,now ,ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of ,heth4 ,and ,ephron made answer to ,abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city1 saying3 #bc3aa4 ,let it not be so1 my lord1 but do thou rather hearken to what ,i say3 ,the field ,i deliver to thee1 and the cave that is therein2 in the presence of the children of my people1 bury thy dead4 #bc3ab4 ,abraham bowed down before the people of the land4 #bc3ac4 ,and he spoke to ,ephron1 in the presence of the people3 ,i beseech thee to hear me3 ,i will give money for the field2 take it1 and so will ,i bury my dead in it4 #bc3ad4 ,and ,ephron answered3 #bc3ae4 ,my lord1 hear me4 ,the ground which thou desirest1 is worth four hundred sicles of silver3 this is the price between me and thee3 but what is this8 bury thy dead4 #bc3af4 ,and when ,abraham had heard this1 he weighed out the money that ,ephron had asked1 in the hearing of the children of ,heth1 four hundred sicles of silver1 of common current money4 #bc3ag4 ,and the field that before was ,ephron's1 wherein was the double cave1 looking towards ,mambre1 both it and the cave1 and all the trees thereof1 in all its limits round about1 #bc3ah4 ,was made sure to ,abraham for a possession1 in the sight of the children of ,heth1 and of all that went in at the gate of his city4 #bc3ai4 ,and so ,abraham buried ,sara1 his wife1 in the double cave of the field1 that looked towards ,mambre1 this is ,hebron in the land of ,chanaan4 #bc3bj4 ,and the field was made sure to ,abraham1 and the cave that was in it1 for a possession to bury in1 by the children of ,heth4 ,genesis ,chapter #bd ,abraham's servant1 sent by him into ,mesopotamia1 bringeth from thence ,rebecca1 who is married to ,isaac4 #bd3a4 ,now ,abraham was old1 and advanced in age2 and the ,lord had blessed him in all things4 #bd3b4 ,and he said to the elder servant of his house1 who was ruler over all he had3 ,put thy hand under my thigh1 #bd3c4 ,that ,i may make thee swear by the ,lord1 the ,god of heaven and earth1 that thou take not a wife for my son1 of the daughters of the ,chanaanites1 among whom ,i dwell3 #bd3d4 ,but that thou go to my own country and kindred1 and take a wife from thence for my son ,isaac4 #bd3e4 ,the servant answered3 ,if the woman will not come with me into this land1 must ,i bring thy son back again to the place from whence thou camest out8 #bd3f4 ,and ,abraham said3 ,beware thou never bring my son back again thither4 #bd3g4 ,the ,lord ,god of heaven1 who took me out of my father's house1 and out of my native country1 who spoke to me1 and swore to me1 saying3 ,to thy seed will ,i give this land3 he will send his angel before thee1 and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son4 ,he will send his angel before thee4 4 4,this shows that the ,hebrews believed that ,god gave them guardian angels for their protection4 #bd3h4 ,but if the woman will not follow thee1 thou shalt not be bound by the oath3 only bring not my son back thither again4 #bd3i4 ,the servant1 therefore1 put his hand under the thigh of ,abraham1 his lord1 and swore to him upon his word4 #bd3aj4 ,and he took ten camels of his master's herd1 and departed1 carrying something of all his goods with him1 and he set forward and went on to ,mesopotamia1 to the city of ,nachor4 #bd3aa4 ,and when he had made the camels lie down without the town1 near a well of water1 in the evening1 at the time when women are wont to come out to draw water1 he said3 #bd3ab4 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 meet me today1 ,i beseech thee1 and shew kindness to my master1 ,abraham4 #bd3ac4 ,behold1 ,i stand nigh the spring of water1 and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water3 #bd3ad4 ,now1 therefore1 the maid to whom ,i shall say3 ,let down thy pitcher that ,i may drink3 and she shall answer1 ,drink1 and ,i will give thy camels drink also3 let it be the same whom thou hast provided for thy servant ,isaac3 and by this1 ,i shall understand that thou hast shewn kindness to my master4 #bd3ae4 ,he had not yet ended these words within himself1 and behold ,rebecca came out1 the daughter of ,bathuel1 son of ,melcha1 wife to ,nachor the brother of ,abraham1 having a pitcher on her shoulder3 #bd3af4 ,an exceeding comely maid1 and a most beautiful virgin1 and not known to man3 and she went down to the spring1 and filled her pitcher1 and was coming back4 #bd3ag4 ,and the servant ran to meet her1 and said3 ,give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher4 #bd3ah4 ,and she answered3 ,drink1 my lord4 ,and quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm1 and gave him drink4 #bd3ai4 ,and when he had drunk1 she said3 ,i will draw water for thy camels also1 till they all drink4 #bd3bj4 ,and pouring out the pitcher into the troughs1 she ran back to the well to draw water2 and having drawn1 she gave to all the camels4 #bd3ba4 ,but he musing1 beheld her with silence1 desirous to know whether the ,lord had made his journey prosperous or not4 #bd3bb4 ,and after that the camels had drunk1 the man took out golden earrings1 weighing two sicles2 and as many bracelets1 of ten sicles weight4 #bd3bc4 ,and he said to her3 ,whose daughter art thou8 tell me3 is there any place in thy father's house to lodge8 #bd3bd4 ,and she answered3 ,i am the daughter of ,bathuel1 the son of ,melcha1 whom she bore to ,nachor4 #bd3be4 ,and she said1 moreover1 to him3 ,we have good store of both straw and hay1 and a large place to lodge in4 #bd3bf4 ,the man bowed himself down1 and adored the ,lord1 #bd3bg4 ,saying3 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of my master ,abraham1 who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from my master1 and hath brought me the straight way into the house of my master's brother4 #bd3bh4 ,then the maid ran1 and told in her mother's house all that she had heard4 #bd3bi4 ,and ,rebecca had a brother1 named ,laban1 who went out in haste to the man1 to the well4 #bd3cj4 ,and when he had seen the earrings and bracelets in his sister's hands1 and had heard all that she related1 saying1 ,thus and thus the man spoke to me3 he came to the man who stood by the camels1 and near to the spring of water1 #bd3ca4 ,and said to him3 ,come in1 thou blessed of the ,lord2 why standest thou without8 ,i have prepared the house1 and a place for the camels4 #bd3cb4 ,and he brought him into his lodging2 and he unharnessed the camels1 and gave straw and hay1 and water to wash his feet1 and the feet of the men that were come with him4 #bd3cc4 ,and bread was set before him4 ,but he said3 ,i will not eat1 till ,i tell my message4 ,he answered him3 ,speak4 #bd3cd4 ,and he said3 ,i am the servant of ,abraham3 #bd3ce4 ,and the ,lord hath blessed my master wonderfully1 and he is become great3 and he hath given him sheep and oxen1 silver and gold1 men servants and women servants1 camels and asses4 #bd3cf4 ,and ,sara1 my master's wife1 hath borne my master a son in her old age1 and he hath given him all that he had4 #bd3cg4 ,and my master made me swear1 saying3 ,thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the ,chanaanites1 in whose land ,i dwell3 #bd3ch4 ,but thou shalt go to my father's house1 and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son3 #bd3ci4 ,but ,i answered my master3 ,what if the woman will not come with me8 #bd3dj4 ,the ,lord1 said he1 in whose sight ,i walk1 will send his angel with thee1 and will direct thy way3 and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my own kindred1 and of my father's house4 #bd3da4 ,but thou shalt be clear from my curse1 when thou shalt come to my kindred1 if they will not give thee one4 #bd3db4 ,and ,i came today to the well of water1 and said3 ,o ,lord ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 if thou hast prospered my way1 wherein ,i now walk1 #bd3dc4 ,behold1 ,i stand by the well of water1 and the virgin1 that shall come out to draw water1 who shall hear me say3 ,give me a little water to drink of thy pitcher3 #bd3dd4 ,and shall say to me3 ,both drink thou1 and ,i will also draw for thy camels3 let the same be the woman1 whom the ,lord hath prepared for my master's son4 #bd3de4 ,and whilst ,i pondered these things secretly with myself1 ,rebecca appeared1 coming with a pitcher1 which she carried on her shoulder3 and she went down to the well and drew water4 ,and ,i said to her3 ,give me a little to drink4 #bd3df4 ,and she speedily let down the pitcher from her shoulder1 and said to me3 ,both drink thou1 and to thy camels ,i will give drink4 ,i drank1 and she watered the camels4 #bd3dg4 ,and ,i asked her1 and said3 ,whose daughter art thou8 ,and she answered3 ,i am the daughter of ,bathuel1 the son of ,nachor1 whom ,melcha bore to him4 ,so ,i put earrings on her to adorn her face1 and ,i put bracelets on her hands4 #bd3dh4 ,and falling down1 ,i adored the ,lord1 blessing the ,lord ,god of my master1 ,abraham1 who hath brought me the straight way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son4 #bd3di4 ,wherefore1 if you do according to mercy and truth with my master1 tell me3 but if it please you otherwise1 tell me that also1 that ,i may go to the right hand1 or to the left4 #bd3ej4 ,and ,laban and ,bathuel answered3 ,the word hath proceeded from the ,lord3 we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure4 #bd3ea4 ,behold1 ,rebecca is before thee1 take her and go thy way1 and let her be the wife of thy master's son1 as the ,lord hath spoken4 #bd3eb4 ,which when ,abraham's servant heard1 falling down to the ground1 he adored the ,lord4 #bd3ec4 ,and bringing forth vessels of silver and gold1 and garments1 he gave them to ,rebecca1 for a present4 ,he offered gifts also to her brothers1 and to her mother4 #bd3ed4 ,and a banquet was made1 and they ate and drank together1 and lodged there4 ,and in the morning1 the servant arose1 and said3 ,let me depart1 that ,i may go to my master4 #bd3ee4 ,and her brother and mother answered3 ,let the maid stay1 at least1 ten days with us1 and afterwards she shall depart4 #bd3ef4 ,stay me not1 said he1 because the ,lord hath prospered my way3 send me away1 that ,i may go to my master4 #bd3eg4 ,and they said3 ,let us call the maid1 and ask her will4 ,let us call the maid1 and ask her will4 4 4,not as to her marriage1 as she had already consented1 but of her quitting her parents and going to her husband4 #bd3eh4 ,and they called her1 and when she was come1 they asked3 ,wilt thou go with this man8 ,she said3 ,i will go4 #bd3ei4 ,so they sent her away1 and her nurse1 and ,abraham's servant1 and his company4 #bd3fj4 ,wishing prosperity to their sister1 and saying3 ,thou art our sister1 mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands2 and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies4 #bd3fa4 ,so ,rebecca and her maids1 being set upon camels1 followed the man3 who with speed returned to his master4 #bd3fb4 ,at the same time1 ,isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called ,of the living and the seeing3 for he dwelt in the south country3 #bd3fc4 ,and he was gone forth to meditate in the field1 the day being now well spent3 and when he had lifted up his eyes1 he saw camels coming afar off4 #bd3fd4 ,rebecca also1 when she saw ,isaac1 lighted off the camel1 #bd3fe4 ,and said to the servant3 ,who is that man who cometh towards us along the field8 ,and he said to her3 ,that man is my master4 ,but she quickly took her cloak1 and covered herself4 #bd3ff4 ,and the servant told ,isaac all that he had done4 #bd3fg4 ,who brought her into the tent of ,sara his mother1 and took her to wife3 and he loved her so much1 that it moderated the sorrow which was occasioned by his mother's death4 ,genesis ,chapter #be ,abraham's children by ,cetura2 his death and that of ,ismael4 ,isaac hath ,esau and ,jacob twins4 ,esau selleth his first birthright to ,jacob4 #be3a4 ,and ,abraham married another wife named ,cetura3 #be3b4 ,who bore him ,zamram1 and ,jecsan1 and ,madan1 and ,madian1 and ,jesboc1 and ,sue4 #be3c4 ,jecsan also begot ,saba1 and ,dadan4 ,the children of ,dadan were ,assurim1 and ,latusim1 and ,loomim4 #be3d4 ,but of ,madian was born ,epha1 and ,opher1 and ,henoch1 and ,abida1 and ,eldaa3 all these were the children of ,cetura4 #be3e4 ,and ,abraham gave all his possessions to ,isaac3 #be3f4 ,and to the children of the concubines he gave gifts1 and separated them from ,isaac his son1 while he yet lived1 to the east country4 ,concubines4 4 4,agar and ,cetura are here called concubines1 7though they were lawful wives1 and in other places are so called17 because they were of an inferior degree1 and such in scripture are usually called concubines4 #be3g4 ,and the days of ,abraham's life were a hundred and seventy-five years4 #be3h4 ,and decaying he died in a good old age1 and having lived a long time1 and being full of days3 and was gathered to his people4 #be3i4 ,and ,isaac and ,ismael his sons buried him in the double cave1 which was situated in the field of ,ephron the son of ,seor the ,hethite1 over against ,mambre1 #be3aj4 ,which he had bought of the children of ,heth3 there was he buried1 and ,sara his wife4 #be3aa4 ,and after his death1 ,god blessed ,isaac his son1 who dwelt by the well named ,of the living and seeing4 #be3ab4 ,these are the generations of ,ismael the son of ,abraham1 whom ,agar the ,egyptian1 ,sara's servant1 bore unto him3 #be3ac4 ,and these are the names of his children according to their calling and generations4 ,the firstborn of ,ismael was ,nabajoth1 then ,cedar1 and ,adbeel1 and ,mabsam1 #be3ad4 ,and ,masma1 and ,duma1 and ,massa1 #be3ae4 ,hadar1 and ,thema1 and ,jethur1 and ,naphis1 and ,cedma4 #be3af4 ,these are the sons of ,ismael3 and these are their names by their castles and towns1 twelve princes of their tribes4 #be3ag4 ,and the years of ,ismael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven1 and decaying he died1 and was gathered unto his people4 #be3ah4 ,and he dwelt from ,hevila as far as ,sur1 which looketh towards ,egypt1 to them that go towards the ,assyrians4 ,he died in the presence of all his brethren4 #be3ai4 ,these also are the generations of ,isaac the son of ,abraham3 ,abraham begot ,isaac3 #be3bj4 ,who when he was forty years old1 took to wife ,rebecca the daughter of ,bathuel the ,syrian of ,mesopotamia1 sister to ,laban4 #be3ba4 ,and ,isaac besought the ,lord for his wife1 because she was barren3 and he heard him1 and made ,rebecca to conceive4 #be3bb4 ,but the children struggled in her womb1 and she said3 ,if it were to be so with me1 what need was there to conceive8 ,and she went to consult the ,lord4 #be3bc4 ,and he answering1 said3 ,two nations are in thy womb1 and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb1 and one people shall overcome the other1 and the elder shall serve the younger4 #be3bd4 ,and when her time was come to be delivered1 behold twins were found in her womb4 #be3be4 ,he that came forth first was red1 and hairy like a skin3 and his name was called ,esau4 ,immediately the other coming forth1 held his brother's foot in his hand3 and therefore he was called ,jacob4 #be3bf4 ,isaac was threescore years old when the children were born unto him4 #be3bg4 ,and when they were grown up1 ,esau became a skilful hunter1 and a husbandman3 but ,jacob1 a plain man1 dwelt in tents4 #be3bh4 ,isaac loved ,esau1 because he ate of his hunting3 and ,rebecca loved ,jacob4 #be3bi4 ,and ,jacob boiled pottage3 to whom ,esau1 coming faint out of the field1 #be3cj4 ,said3 ,give me of this red pottage1 for ,i am exceeding faint4 ,for which reason his name was called ,edom4 #be3ca4 ,and ,jacob said to him3 ,sell me thy first birthright4 #be3cb4 ,he answered3 ,lo ,i die1 what will the first birthright avail me8 #be3cc4 ,jacob said3 ,swear therefore to me4 ,esau swore to him1 and sold his first birthright4 #be3cd4 ,and so taking bread and the pottage of lentils1 he ate1 and drank1 and went on his way2 making little account of having sold his first birthright4 ,genesis ,chapter #bf ,isaac sojourneth in ,gerara1 where ,god reneweth to him the promise made to ,abraham4 ,king ,abimelech maketh league with him4 #bf3a4 ,and when a famine came in the land1 after that barrenness which had happened in the days of ,abraham1 ,isaac went to ,abimelech1 king of the ,palestines1 to ,gerara4 #bf3b4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him1 and said3 ,go not down into ,egypt1 but stay in the land that ,i shall tell thee4 #bf3c4 ,and sojourn in it1 and ,i will be with thee1 and will bless thee3 for to thee and to thy seed ,i will give all these countries1 to fulfil the oath which ,i swore to ,abraham thy father4 #bf3d4 ,and ,i will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven3 and ,i will give to thy posterity all these countries3 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed4 #bf3e4 ,because ,abraham obeyed my voice1 and kept my precepts and commandments1 and observed my ceremonies and laws4 #bf3f4 ,so ,isaac abode in ,gerara4 #bf3g4 ,and when he was asked by the men of that place1 concerning his wife1 he answered3 ,she is my sister3 for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife1 thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty4 #bf3h4 ,and when very many days were passed1 and he abode there1 ,abimelech1 king of the ,palestines1 looking out through a window1 saw him playing with ,rebecca1 his wife4 #bf3i4 ,and calling for him1 he said3 ,it is evident she is thy wife3 why didst thou feign her to be thy sister8 ,he answered3 ,i feared lest ,i should die for her sake4 #bf3aj4 ,and ,abimelech said3 ,why hast thou deceived us8 ,some man of the people might have lain with thy wife1 and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin4 ,and he commanded all the people1 saying3 #bf3aa4 ,he that shall touch this man's wife1 shall surely be put to death4 #bf3ab4 ,and ,isaac sowed in that land1 and he found that same year a hundredfold3 and the ,lord blessed him4 #bf3ac4 ,and the man was enriched1 and he went on prospering and increasing1 till he became exceeding great4 #bf3ad4 ,and he had possessions of sheep and of herds1 and a very great family4 ,wherefore the ,palestines envying him1 #bf3ae4 ,stopped up at that time all the wells1 that the servants of his father1 ,abraham1 had digged1 filling them up with earth3 #bf3af4 ,insomuch that ,abimelech himself said to ,isaac3 ,depart from us1 for thou art become much mightier than we4 #bf3ag4 ,so he departed1 and came to the torrent of ,gerara1 to dwell there3 #bf3ah4 ,and he digged again other wells1 which the servants of his father1 ,abraham1 had digged1 and which1 after his death1 the ,philistines had of old stopped up3 and he called them by the same names1 by which his father before had called them4 #bf3ai4 ,and they digged in the torrent1 and found living water3 ,torrent4 4 4,that is1 a channel where sometimes a torrent or violent stream had run4 #bf3bj4 ,but there also the herdsmen of ,gerara strove against the herdsmen of ,isaac1 saying3 ,it is our water4 ,wherefore he called the name of the well1 on occasion of that which had happened1 ,calumny4 #bf3ba4 ,and they digged also another2 and for that they quarrelled likewise1 and he called the name of it1 ,enmity4 #bf3bb4 ,going forward from thence1 he digged another well1 for which they contended not2 therefore he called the name thereof1 ,latitude1 saying3 ,now hath the ,lord given us room1 and made us to increase upon the earth4 ,latitude4 4 4,that is1 wideness1 or room4 #bf3bc4 ,and he went up from that place to ,bersabee1 #bf3bd4 ,where the ,lord appeared to him that same night1 saying3 ,i am the ,god of ,abraham thy father1 do not fear1 for ,i am with thee3 ,i will bless thee1 and multiply thy seed for my servant ,abraham's sake4 #bf3be4 ,and he built there an altar3 and called upon the name of the ,lord1 and pitched his tent2 and commanded his servants to dig a well4 #bf3bf4 ,to which place when ,abimelech1 and ,ochozath his friend1 and ,phicol chief captain of his soldiers1 came from ,gerara1 #bf3bg4 ,isaac said to them3 ,why are ye come to me1 a man whom you hate1 and have thrust out from you8 #bf3bh4 ,and they answered3 ,we saw that the ,lord is with thee1 and therefore we said3 ,let there be an oath between us1 and let us make a covenant1 #bf3bi4 ,that thou do us no harm1 as we on our part have touched nothing of thine1 nor have done any thing to hurt thee2 but with peace have sent thee away1 increased with the blessing of the ,lord4 #bf3cj4 ,and he made them a feast1 and after they had eaten and drunk3 #bf3ca4 ,arising in the morning1 they swore one to another3 and ,isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home4 #bf3cb4 ,and behold1 the same day the servants of ,isaac came1 telling him of a well which they had digged1 and saying3 ,we have found water4 #bf3cc4 ,whereupon he called it ,abundance3 and the name of the city was called ,bersabee1 even to this day4 #bf3cd4 ,and ,esau being forty years old1 married wives1 ,judith1 the daughter of ,beeri1 the ,hethite1 and ,basemath1 the daughter of ,elon1 of the same place4 #bf3ce4 ,and they both offended the mind of ,isaac and ,rebecca4 ,genesis ,chapter #bg ,jacob1 by him mother's counsel1 obtaineth his father's blessing instead of ,esau4 ,and by her is advised to fly to his uncle ,laban4 #bg3a4 ,now ,isaac was old1 and his eyes were dim1 and he could not see3 and he called ,esau1 his elder son1 and said to him3 ,my son8 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 #bg3b4 ,and his father said to him1 ,thou seest that ,i am old1 and know not the day of my death4 #bg3c4 ,take thy arms1 thy quiver1 and bow1 and go abroad2 and when thou hast taken something by hunting1 #bg3d4 ,make me a savoury meat thereof1 as thou knowest ,i like1 and bring it that ,i may eat3 and my soul may bless thee1 before ,i die4 #bg3e4 ,and when ,rebecca had heard this1 and he was gone into the field to fulfil his father's commandment1 #bg3f4 ,she said to her son ,jacob3 ,i heard thy father talking with ,esau1 thy brother1 and saying to him3 #bg3g4 ,bring me of thy hunting1 and make me meats that ,i may eat1 and bless thee in the sight of the ,lord1 before ,i die4 #bg3h4 ,now therefore1 my son1 follow my counsel3 #bg3i4 ,and go thy way to the flock1 bring me two kids of the best1 that ,i may make of them meat for thy father1 such as he gladly eateth4 #bg3aj4 ,which when thou hast brought in1 and he hath eaten1 he may bless thee before he die4 #bg3aa4 ,and he answered her3 ,thou knowest that ,esau1 my brother1 is a hairy man1 and ,i am smooth3 #bg3ab4 ,if my father should feel me1 and perceive it1 ,i fear lest he will think ,i would have mocked him1 and ,i shall bring upon me a curse instead of a blessing4 #bg3ac4 ,and his mother said to him3 ,upon me be this curse1 my son3 only hear thou my voice1 and go1 fetch me the things which ,i have said4 #bg3ad4 ,he went1 and brought1 and gave them to his mother4 ,she dressed meats1 such as she knew his father liked4 #bg3ae4 ,and she put on him very good garments of ,esau1 which she had at home with her3 #bg3af4 ,and the little skins of the kids she put about his hands1 and covered the bare of his neck4 #bg3ag4 ,and she gave him the savoury meat1 and delivered him bread that she had baked4 #bg3ah4 ,which when he had carried in1 he said3 ,my father8 ,but he answered3 ,i hear4 ,who art thou1 my son8 #bg3ai4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,i am ,esau1 thy firstborn3 ,i have done as thou didst command me3 arise1 sit and eat of my venison1 that thy soul may bless me4 ,i am ,esau thy firstborn4 4 4,st4 ,augustine 7,l4 ,contra mendacium1 c4 #aj71 treating at large upon this place1 excuseth ,jacob from a lie1 because this whole passage was mysterious1 as relating to the preference which was afterwards to be given to the ,gentiles before the carnal ,jews1 which ,jacob by prophetic light might understand4 ,so far is certain1 that the first birthright1 both by divine election and by ,esau's free cession belonged to ,jacob3 so that if there were any lie in the case1 it could be no more than an officious and venial one4 #bg3bj4 ,and ,isaac said to his son3 ,how couldst thou find it so quickly1 my son8 ,he answered3 ,it was the will of ,god1 that what ,i sought came quickly in my way3 #bg3ba4 ,and ,isaac said3 ,come hither1 that ,i may feel thee1 my son1 and may prove whether thou be my son ,esau1 or no4 #bg3bb4 ,he came near to his father1 and when he had felt him1 ,isaac said3 ,the voice indeed is the voice of ,jacob2 but the hands1 are the hands of ,esau4 #bg3bc4 ,and he knew him not1 because his hairy hands made him like to the elder4 ,then blessing him1 #bg3bd4 ,he said3 ,art thou my son ,esau8 ,he answered3 ,i am4 #bg3be4 ,then he said3 ,bring me the meats of thy hunting1 my son1 that my soul may bless thee4 ,and when they were brought1 and he had eaten1 he offered him wine also1 which after he had drunk1 #bg3bf4 ,he said to him3 ,come near me1 and give me a kiss1 my son4 #bg3bg4 ,he came near1 and kissed him4 ,and immediately as he smelled the fragrant smell of his garments1 blessing him1 he said3 ,behold1 the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful field1 which the ,lord hath blessed4 #bg3bh4 ,god give thee of the dew of heaven1 and of the fatness of the earth1 abundance of corn and wine4 #bg3bi4 ,and let peoples serve thee1 and tribes worship thee3 be thou lord of thy brethren1 and let thy mother's children bow down before thee4 ,cursed be he that curseth thee3 and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings4 #bg3cj4 ,isaac had scarce ended his words1 when1 ,jacob being now gone out abroad1 ,esau came1 #bg3ca4 ,and brought in to his father meats1 made of what he had taken in hunting1 saying3 ,arise1 my father1 and eat of thy son's venison2 that thy soul may bless me4 #bg3cb4 ,and ,isaac said to him3 ,why6 who art thou8 ,he answered3 ,i am thy firstborn son1 ,esau4 #bg3cc4 ,isaac was struck with fear1 and astonished exceedingly2 and wondering beyond what can be believed1 said3 ,who is he then that even now brought me venison that he had taken1 and ,i ate of all before thou camest8 and ,i have blessed him1 and he shall be blessed4 #bg3cd4 ,esau having heard his father's words1 roared out with a great cry2 and1 being in a consternation1 said3 ,bless me also1 my father4 #bg3ce4 ,and he said3 ,thy brother came deceitfully and got thy blessing4 #bg3cf4 ,but he said again3 ,rightly is his name called ,jacob2 for he hath supplanted me lo this second time3 ,my birthright he took away before1 and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing4 ,and again he said to his father3 ,hast thou not reserved me also a blessing8 ,jacob4 4 4,that is1 a supplanter4 #bg3cg4 ,isaac answered3 ,i have appointed him thy lord1 and have made all his brethren his servants3 ,i have established him with corn and wine1 and after this1 what shall ,i do more for thee1 my son8 #bg3ch4 ,and ,esau said to him3 ,hast thou only one blessing1 father8 ,i beseech thee bless me also4 ,and when he wept with a loud cry1 #bg3ci4 ,isaac being moved1 said to him3 ,in the fat of the earth1 and in the dew of heaven from above1 #bg3dj4 ,shall thy blessing be4 ,thou shalt live by the sword1 and shalt serve thy brother3 and the time shall come1 when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck4 #bg3da4 ,esau therefore always hated ,jacob1 for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him2 and he said in his heart3 ,the days will come of the mourning for my father1 and ,i will kill my brother ,jacob4 #bg3db4 ,these things were told to ,rebecca3 and she sent and called ,jacob1 her son1 and said to him3 ,behold ,esau1 thy brother1 threateneth to kill thee4 #bg3dc4 ,now therefore1 my son1 hear my voice1 arise and flee to ,laban1 my brother1 to ,haran3 #bg3dd4 ,and thou shalt dwell with him a few days1 till the wrath of thy brother be assuaged1 #bg3de4 ,and his indignation cease1 and he forget the things thou hast done to him3 afterwards ,i will send1 and bring thee from thence hither4 ,why shall ,i be deprived of both my sons in one day8 #bg3df4 ,and ,rebecca said to ,isaac3 ,i am weary of my life1 because of the daughters of ,heth3 if ,jacob take a wife of the stock of this land1 ,i choose not to live4 ,genesis ,chapter #bh ,jacob's journey to ,mesopotamia3 his vision and vow4 #bh3a4 ,and ,isaac called ,jacob1 and blessed him1 and charged him1 saying3 ,take not a wife of the stock of ,chanaan3 #bh3b4 ,but go1 and take a journey to ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to the house of ,bathuel1 thy mother's father1 and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of ,laban1 thy uncle4 #bh3c4 ,and ,god almighty bless thee1 and make thee to increase and multiply thee3 that thou mayst be a multitude of people4 #bh3d4 ,and give the blessings of ,araham to thee1 and to thy seed after thee3 that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment1 which he promised to thy grandfather4 #bh3e4 ,and when ,isaac had sent him away1 he took his journey and went to ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to ,laban1 the son of ,bathuel1 the ,syrian1 brother to ,rebecca1 his mother4 #bh3f4 ,and ,esau seeing that his father had blessed ,jacob1 and had sent him into ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 to marry a wife thence2 and that after the blessing he had charged him1 saying3 ,thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of ,chanaan3 #bh3g4 ,and that ,jacob obeying his parents1 was gone into ,syria3 #bh3h4 ,experiencing also1 that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of ,chanaan3 #bh3i4 ,he went to ,ismael1 and took to wife1 besides them he had before1 ,maheleth1 the daughter of ,ismael1 ,abraham's son1 the sister of ,nabajoth4 #bh3aj4 ,but ,jacob being departed from ,bersabee1 went on to ,haran4 #bh3aa4 ,and when he was come to a certain place1 and would rest in it after sunset1 he took of the stones that lay there1 and putting under his head1 slept in the same place4 #bh3ab4 ,and he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth1 and the top thereof touching heaven3 the angels also of ,god ascending and descending by it4 #bh3ac4 ,and the ,lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him3 ,i am the ,lord ,god of ,abraham thy father1 and the ,god of ,isaac3 ,the land1 wherein thou sleepest1 ,i will give to thee and to thy seed4 #bh3ad4 ,and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth3 thou shalt spread abroad to the west1 and to the east1 and to the north1 and to the south3 and ,,in ,,thee and thy seed1 all the tribes of the earth ,,shall ,,be ,,blessed4 #bh3ae4 ,and ,i will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest1 and will bring thee back into this land3 neither will ,i leave thee1 till ,i shall have accomplished all that ,i have said4 #bh3af4 ,and when ,jacob awaked out of sleep1 he said3 ,indeed the ,lord is in this place1 and ,i knew it not4 #bh3ag4 ,and trembling1 he said3 ,how terrible is this place8 this is no other but the house of ,god1 and the gate of heaven4 #bh3ah4 ,and ,jacob arising in the morning1 took the stone which he had laid under his head1 and set it up for a title1 pouring oil upon the top of it4 #bh3ai4 ,and he called the name of the city ,bethel1 which before was called ,luza4 ,bethel4 4 4,this name signifies the house of ,god4 #bh3bj4 ,and he made a vow1 saying3 ,if ,god shall be with me1 and shall keep me in the way1 by which ,i walk1 and shall give me bread to eat1 and raiment to put on1 #bh3ba4 ,and ,i shall return prosperously to my father's house3 the ,lord shall be my ,god3 #bh3bb4 ,and this stone1 which ,i have set up for a title1 shall be called the house of ,god3 and of all things that thou shalt give to me1 ,i will offer tithes to thee4 ,genesis ,chapter #bi ,jacob serveth ,laban seven years for ,rachel3 but is deceived with ,lia3 he afterwards marrieth ,rachel4 ,lia bears him four sons4 #bi3a4 ,then ,jacob went on in his journey1 and came into the east country4 #bi3b4 ,and he saw a well in the field1 and three flocks of sheep lying by it3 for the beasts were watered out of it1 and the mouth thereof was closed with a great stone4 #bi3c4 ,and the custom was1 when all the sheep were gathered together1 to roll away the stone1 and after the sheep were watered1 to put it on the mouth of the well again4 #bi3d4 ,and he said to the shepherds3 ,brethren1 whence are you8 ,they answered3 ,of ,haran4 #bi3e4 ,and he asked them1 saying3 ,know you ,laban1 the son of ,nachor8 ,they said3 ,we know him4 #bi3f4 ,he said3 ,is he in health8 ,he is in health1 say they3 and behold1 ,rachel1 his daughter1 cometh with his flock4 #bi3g4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,there is yet much day remaining1 neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again3 first give the sheep drink1 and so lead them back to feed4 #bi3h4 ,they answered3 ,we cannot1 till all the cattle be gathered together1 and we remove the stone from the well's mouth1 that we may water the flocks4 #bi3i4 ,they were yet speaking1 and behold ,rachel came with her father's sheep2 for she fed the flock4 #bi3aj4 ,and when ,jacob saw her1 and knew her to be his cousin german1 and that they were the sheep of ,laban1 his uncle3 he removed the stone wherewith the well was closed4 #bi3aa4 ,and having watered the flock1 he kissed her3 and lifting up his voice wept4 #bi3ab4 ,and he told her that he was her father's brother1 and the son of ,rebecca3 but she went in haste and told her father4 #bi3ac4 ,who1 when he heard that ,jacob his sister's son was come1 ran forth to meet him3 and embracing him1 and heartily kissing him1 brought him into his house4 ,and when he had heard the causes of his journey1 #bi3ad4 ,he answered3 ,thou art my bone and my flesh4 ,and after the days of one month were expired1 #bi3ae4 ,he said to him3 ,because thou art my brother1 shalt thou serve me without wages8 ,tell me what wages thou wilt have4 #bi3af4 ,now he had two daughters1 the name of the elder was ,lia2 and the younger was called ,rachel4 #bi3ag4 ,but ,lia was blear-eyed3 ,rachel was well favoured1 and of a beautiful countenance4 #bi3ah4 ,and ,jacob being in love with her1 said3 ,i will serve thee seven years for ,rachel1 thy younger daughter4 #bi3ai4 ,laban answered3 ,it is better that ,i give her to thee than to another man2 stay with me4 #bi3bj4 ,so ,jacob served seven years for ,rachel3 and they seemed but a few days1 because of the greatness of his love4 #bi3ba4 ,and he said to ,laban3 ,give me my wife2 for now the time is fulfilled1 that ,i may go in unto her4 #bi3bb4 ,and he1 having invited a great number of his friends to the feast1 made the marriage4 #bi3bc4 ,and at night he brought in ,lia1 his daughter1 to him1 #bi3bd4 ,giving his daughter a handmaid1 named ,zelpha4 ,now when ,jacob had gone in to her according to custom1 when morning was come he saw it was ,lia4 #bi3be4 ,and he said to his father-in-law3 ,what is it that thou didst mean to do8 did not ,i serve thee for ,rachel8 why hast thou deceived me8 #bi3bf4 ,laban answered3 ,it is not the custom in this place1 to give the younger in marriage first4 #bi3bg4 ,make up the week of days of this match3 and ,i will give thee her also1 for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years4 #bi3bh4 ,he yielded to his pleasure3 and after the week was past1 he married ,rachel3 #bi3bi4 ,to whom her father gave ,bala1 for her servant4 #bi3cj4 ,and having at length obtained the marriage he wished for1 he preferred the love of the latter before the former1 and served with him other seven years4 #bi3ca4 ,and the ,lord seeing that he despised ,lia1 opened her womb1 but her sister remained barren4 #bi3cb4 ,and she conceived and bore a son1 and called his name ,ruben1 saying3 ,the ,lord saw my affliction3 now my husband will love me4 #bi3cc4 ,and again she conceived and bore a son1 and said3 ,because the ,lord heard that ,i was despised1 he hath given this also to me3 and she called his name ,simeon4 #bi3cd4 ,and she conceived the third time1 and bore another son1 and said3 ,now also my husband will be joined to me1 because ,i have borne him three sons3 and therefore she called his name ,levi4 #bi3ce4 ,the fourth time she conceived and bore a son1 and said3 ,now will ,i praise the ,lord3 and for this she called him ,juda4 ,and she left bearing4 ,genesis ,chapter #cj ,rachel1 being barren1 delivereth her handmaid to ,jacob2 she beareth two sons4 ,lia ceasing to bear1 giveth also her handmaid1 and she beareth two more4 ,then ,lia beareth other two sons and one daughter4 ,rachel beareth ,joseph4 ,jacob1 desirous to return home1 is hired to stay for a certain part of the flock's increase1 whereby he becometh exceeding rich4 #cj3a4 ,and ,rachel seeing herself without children1 envied her sister1 and said to her husband3 ,give me children1 otherwise ,i shall die4 #cj3b4 ,and ,jacob being angry with her1 answered3 ,am ,i as ,god1 who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb8 #cj3c4 ,but she said3 ,i have here my servant ,bala3 go in unto her1 that she may bear upon my knees1 and ,i may have children by her4 #cj3d4 ,and she gave him ,bala in marriage3 who1 #cj3e4 ,when her husband had gone in unto her1 conceived and bore a son4 #cj3f4 ,and ,rachel said3 ,the ,lord hath judged for me1 and hath heard my voice1 giving me a son2 and therefore she called his name ,dan4 #cj3g4 ,and again ,bala conceived1 and bore another1 #cj3h4 ,for whom ,rachel said3 ,god hath compared me with my sister1 and ,i have prevailed3 and she called him ,nephthali4 #cj3i4 ,lia perceiving that she had left of bearing1 gave ,zelpha1 her handmaid1 to her husband4 #cj3aj4 ,and when she had conceived1 and brought forth a son1 #cj3aa4 ,she said3 ,happily4 ,and therefore called his name ,gad4 #cj3ab4 ,zelpha also bore another4 #cj3ac4 ,and ,lia said3 ,this is for my happiness3 for women will call me blessed4 ,therefore she called him ,aser4 #cj3ad4 ,and ,ruben going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field1 found mandrakes3 which he brought to his mother ,lia4 ,and ,rachel said3 ,give me part of thy son's mandrakes4 #cj3ae4 ,she answered3 ,dost thou think it a small matter1 that thou hast taken my husband from me1 unless thou take also my son's mandrakes8 ,rachel said3 ,he shall sleep with thee this night1 for thy son's mandrakes4 #cj3af4 ,and when ,jacob returned at even from the field1 ,lia went out to meet him1 and said3 ,thou shalt come in unto me1 because ,i have hired thee for my son's mandrakes4 ,and he slept with her that night4 #cj3ag4 ,and ,god heard her prayers2 and she conceived3 and bore a fifth son3 #cj3ah4 ,and said3 ,god hath given me a reward1 because ,i gave my handmaid to my husband4 ,and she called his name ,issachar4 #cj3ai4 ,and ,lia conceived again1 and bore the sixth son1 #cj3bj4 ,and said3 ,god hath endowed me with a good dowry2 this turn also my husband will be with me1 because ,i have borne him six sons3 and therefore she called his name ,zabulon4 #cj3ba4 ,after whom she bore a daughter1 named ,dina4 #cj3bb4 ,the ,lord also remembering ,rachel1 heard her1 and opened her womb4 #cj3bc4 ,and she conceived1 and bore a son1 saying3 ,god hath taken away my reproach4 #cj3bd4 ,and she called his name ,joseph3 saying3 ,the ,lord give me also another son4 #cj3be4 ,and when ,joseph was born1 ,jacob said to his father-in-law3 ,send me away1 that ,i may return into my country1 and to my land4 #cj3bf4 ,give me my wives1 and my children1 for whom ,i have served thee1 that ,i may depart3 thou knowest the service that ,i have rendered thee4 #cj3bg4 ,laban said to him3 ,let me find favour in thy sight3 ,i have learned1 by experience1 that ,god hath blessed me for thy sake4 #cj3bh4 ,appoint thy wages which ,i shall give thee4 #cj3bi4 ,but he answered3 ,thou knowest how ,i have served thee1 and how great thy possession hath been in my hands4 #cj3cj4 ,thou hadst but little before ,i came to thee1 and now thou art become rich3 and the ,lord hath blessed thee at my coming4 ,it is reasonable1 therefore1 that ,i should now provide also for my own house4 #cj3ca4 ,and ,laban said3 ,what shall ,i give thee8 ,but he said3 ,i require nothing2 but if thou wilt do what ,i demand1 ,i will feed and keep thy sheep again4 #cj3cb4 ,go round through all thy flocks1 and separate all the sheep of divers colours1 and speckled2 and all that is brown and spotted1 and of divers colours1 as well among the sheep as among the goats1 shall be my wages4 #cj3cc4 ,and my justice shall answer for me tomorrow before thee1 when the time of the bargain shall come2 and all that is not of divers colours1 and spotted1 and brown1 as well among the sheep as among the goats1 shall accuse me of theft4 #cj3cd4 ,and ,laban said3 ,i like well what thou demandest4 #cj3ce4 ,and he separated the same day the she-goats1 and the sheep1 and the he-goats1 and the rams of divers colours1 and spotted2 and all the flock of one colour1 that is1 of white and black fleece1 he delivered into the hands of his sons4 #cj3cf4 ,and he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law1 who fed the rest of his flock4 #cj3cg4 ,and ,jacob took green rods of poplar1 and of almond1 and of plane-trees1 and pilled them in part3 so when the bark was taken off1 in the parts that were pilled1 there appeared whiteness3 but the parts that were whole1 remained green3 and by this means the colour was divers4 #cj3ch4 ,and he put them in the troughs1 where the water was poured out2 that when the flocks should come to drink1 they might have the rods before their eyes1 and in the sight of them might conceive4 #cj3ci4 ,and it came to pass1 that in the very heat of coition1 the sheep beheld the rods1 and brought forth spotted1 and of divers colours1 and speckled4 #cj3dj4 ,and ,jacob separated the flock1 and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams2 and all the white and the black were ,laban's1 and the rest were ,jacob's1 when the flocks were separated one from the other4 #cj3da4 ,so when the ewes went first to ram1 ,jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams1 and of the ewes1 that they might conceive while they were looking upon them4 #cj3db4 ,but when the later coming was1 and the last conceiving1 he did not put them4 ,and those that were lateward1 became ,laban's2 and they of the first time1 ,jacob's4 #cj3dc4 ,and the man was enriched exceedingly1 and he had many flocks1 maid-servants and men-servants1 camels and asses4 ,genesis ,chapter #ca ,jacob's departure3 he is pursued and overtaken by ,laban4 ,they make a covenant4 #ca3a4 ,but after that he had heard the words of the sons of ,laban1 saying3 ,jacob hath taken away all that was our father's1 and being enriched by his substance is become great4 #ca3b4 ,and perceiving also1 that ,laban's countenance was not towards him as yesterday and the other day4 #ca3c4 ,especially the ,lord saying to him3 ,return into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred1 and ,i will be with thee4 #ca3d4 ,he sent1 and called ,rachel and ,lia into the field1 where he fed the flocks1 #ca3e4 ,and said to them3 ,i see your father's countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day3 but the ,god of my father hath been with me4 #ca3f4 ,and you know that ,i have served your father to the uttermost of my power4 #ca3g4 ,yea your father hath also overreached me1 and hath changed my wages ten times3 and yet ,god hath not suffered him to hurt me4 #ca3h4 ,if at any time1 he said3 ,the speckled shall be thy wages3 all the sheep brought forth speckled3 but when he said on the contrary3 ,thou shalt take all the white one for thy wages3 all the flocks brought forth white ones4 #ca3i4 ,and ,god hath taken your father's substance1 and given it to me4 #ca3aj4 ,for after the time came of the ewes conceiving1 ,i lifted up my eyes1 and saw in my sleep1 that the males which leaped upon the females were of divers colours1 and spotted1 and speckled4 #ca3aa4 ,and the angel of ,god said to me in my sleep3 ,jacob4 ,and ,i answered3 ,here ,i am4 #ca3ab4 ,and he said3 ,lift up thy eyes1 and see that all the males leaping upon the females1 are of divers colours1 spotted and speckled4 ,for ,i have seen all that ,laban hath done to thee4 #ca3ac4 ,i am the ,god of ,bethel1 where thou didst anoint the stone1 and make a vow to me4 ,now therefore arise1 and go out of this land1 and return into thy native country4 #ca3ad4 ,and ,rachel and ,lia answered3 ,have we any thing left among the goods and inheritance of our father's house8 #ca3ae4 ,hath he not counted us as strangers1 and sold us1 and eaten up the price of us8 #ca3af4 ,but ,god hath taken our father's riches1 and delivered them to us1 and to our children3 wherefore1 do all that ,god hath commanded thee4 #ca3ag4 ,then ,jacob rose up1 and having set his children and wives upon camels1 went his way4 #ca3ah4 ,and he took all his substance1 and flocks1 and whatsoever he had gotten in ,mesopotamia1 and went forward to ,isaac1 his father1 to the land of ,chanaan4 #ca3ai4 ,at that time ,laban was gone to shear his sheep1 and ,rachel stole away her father's idols4 ,her father's idols4 4 4,by this it appears that ,laban was an idolater2 and some of the fathers are of opinion that ,rachel stole away these idols to withdraw him from idolatry1 removing the occasion of his sin4 #ca3bj4 ,and ,jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away4 #ca3ba4 ,and when he was gone1 together with all that belonged to him1 and having passed the river1 was going on towards mount ,galaad1 #ca3bb4 ,it was told ,laban on the third day1 that ,jacob fled4 #ca3bc4 ,and he took his brethren with him1 and pursued after him seven days2 and overtook him in the mount of ,galaad4 #ca3bd4 ,and he saw in a dream ,god1 saying to him3 ,take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against ,jacob4 #ca3be4 ,now ,jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain3 and when he1 with his brethren1 had overtaken him1 he pitched his tent in the same mount of ,galaad4 #ca3bf4 ,and he said to ,jacob3 ,why hast thou done thus1 to carry away1 without my knowledge1 my daughters as captives taken with the sword8 #ca3bg4 ,why wouldst thou run away privately1 and not acquaint me1 that ,i might have brought thee on the way with joy1 and with songs1 and with timbrels1 and with harps8 #ca3bh4 ,thou hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and daughters2 thou hast done foolishly2 and now indeed1 #ca3bi4 ,it is in my power to return thee evil2 but the ,god of your father said to me yesterday3 ,take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against ,jacob4 #ca3cj4 ,suppose thou didst desire to go to thy friends1 and hadst a longing after thy father's house3 why hast thou stolen away my gods8 #ca3ca4 ,jacob answered3 ,that ,i departed unknown to thee1 it was for fear lest thou wouldst take away thy daughters by force4 #ca3cb4 ,but1 whereas1 thou chargest me with theft3 with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods1 let him be slain before our brethren4 ,search1 and if thou find any of thy things with me1 take them away4 ,now when he said this1 he knew not that ,rachel had stolen the idols4 #ca3cc4 ,so ,laban went into the tent of ,jacob1 and of ,lia1 and of both the handmaids1 and found them not4 ,and when he was entered into ,rachel's tent1 #ca3cd4 ,she1 in haste1 hid the idols under the camel's furniture1 and sat upon them3 and when he had searched all the tent1 and found nothing1 #ca3ce4 ,she said3 ,let not my lord be angry that ,i cannot rise up before thee1 because it has now happened to me according to the custom of women4 ,so his careful search was in vain4 #ca3cf4 ,and ,jacob being angry1 said in a chiding manner3 ,for what fault of mine1 and for what offence on my part hast thou so hotly pursued me1 #ca3cg4 ,and searched all my household stuff8 ,what hast thou found of all the substance of thy house8 lay it here before my brethren1 and thy brethren1 and let them judge between me and thee4 #ca3ch4 ,have ,i1 therefore1 been with thee twenty years8 thy ewes and goats were not barren1 the rams of thy flocks ,i did not eat3 #ca3ci4 ,neither did ,i shew thee that which the beast had torn2 ,i made good all the damage3 whatsoever was lost by theft1 thou didst exact it of me3 #ca3dj4 ,day and night was ,i parched with heat1 and with frost1 and sleep departed from my eyes4 #ca3da4 ,and in this manner have ,i served thee in thy house twenty years1 fourteen for thy daughters1 and six for thy flocks3 thou hast changed also my wages ten times4 #ca3db4 ,unless the ,god of my father1 ,abraham1 and the fear of ,isaac1 had stood by me1 peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked3 ,god beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands1 and rebuked thee yesterday4 #ca3dc4 ,laban answered him3 ,the daughters are mine1 and the children1 and thy flocks1 and all things that thou seest are mine3 what can ,i do to my children1 and grandchildren8 #ca3dd4 ,come1 therefore1 let us enter into a league2 that it may be for a testimony between me and thee4 #ca3de4 ,and ,jacob took a stone1 and set it up for a title4 #ca3df4 ,and he said to his brethren3 ,bring hither stones4 ,and they1 gathering stones together1 made a heap1 and they ate upon it4 #ca3dg4 ,and ,laban called it1 ,the witness heap2 and ,jacob1 ,the hillock of testimony3 each of them according to the propriety of his language4 #ca3dh4 ,and ,laban said3 ,this heap shall be a witness between me and thee this day1 and therefore the name thereof was called ,galaad1 that is1 ,the witness heap4 #ca3di4 ,the ,lord behold and judge between us1 when we shall be gone one from the other4 #ca3ej4 ,if thou afflict my daughters1 and if thou bring in other wives over them3 none is witness of our speech but ,god1 who is present and beholdeth4 #ca3ea4 ,and he said again to ,jacob3 ,behold this heap1 and the stone which ,i have set up between me and thee1 #ca3eb4 ,shall be a witness3 this heap1 ,i say1 and the stone1 be they for a testimony1 if either ,i shall pass beyond it going towards thee1 or thou shalt pass beyond it thinking harm to me4 #ca3ec4 ,the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,nachor1 the ,god of their father1 judge between us4 ,and ,jacob swore by the fear of his father ,isaac3 #ca3ed4 ,and after he had offered sacrifices in the mountain1 he called his brethren to eat bread4 ,and when they had eaten1 they lodged there3 #ca3ee4 ,but ,laban arose in the night1 and kissed his sons and daughters1 and blessed them3 and returned to his place4 ,genesis ,chapter #cb ,jacob's vision of angels2 his message and presents to ,esau2 his wrestling with an angel4 #cb3a4 ,jacob also went on the journey he had begun3 and the angels of ,god met him4 #cb3b4 ,and when he saw them1 he said3 ,these are the camps of ,god1 and he called the name of that place ,mahanaim1 that is1 ,camps4 #cb3c4 ,and he sent messengers before him to ,esau1 his brother1 to the land of ,seir1 to the country of ,edom3 #cb3d4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,thus shall ye speak to my lord ,esau3 ,thus saith thy brother ,jacob3 ,i have sojourned with ,laban1 and have been with him until this day3 #cb3e4 ,i have oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 and menservants1 and womenservants3 and now ,i send a message to my lord1 that ,i may find favour in thy sight4 #cb3f4 ,and the messengers returned to ,jacob1 saying3 ,we came to ,esau1 thy brother1 and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men4 #cb3g4 ,then ,jacob was greatly afraid2 and in his fear divided the people that was with him1 and the flocks1 and the sheep1 and the oxen1 and the camels1 into two companies1 #cb3h4 ,saying3 ,if ,esau come to one company1 and destroy it1 the other company that is left1 shall escape4 #cb3i4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,o ,god of my father ,abraham1 and ,god of my father ,isaac3 ,o ,lord who saidst to me1 ,return to thy land1 and to the place of thy birth1 and ,i will do well for thee4 #cb3aj4 ,i am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies1 and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant4 ,with my staff ,i passed over this ,jordan2 and now ,i return with two companies4 #cb3aa4 ,deliver me from the hand of my brother ,esau1 for ,i am greatly afraid of him2 lest perhaps he come1 and kill the mother with the children4 #cb3ab4 ,thou didst say1 that thou wouldst do well by me1 and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea1 which cannot be numbered for multitude4 #cb3ac4 ,and when he had slept there that night1 he set apart1 of the things which he had1 presents for his brother ,esau1 #cb3ad4 ,two hundred she-goats1 twenty he-goats1 two hundred ewes1 and twenty rams1 #cb3ae4 ,thirty milch camels with their colts1 forty kine1 and twenty bulls1 twenty she-asses1 and ten of their foals4 #cb3af4 ,and he sent them by the hands of his servants1 every drove by itself1 and he said to his servants3 ,go before me1 and let there be a space between drove and drove4 #cb3ag4 ,and he commanded the first1 saying3 ,if thou meet my brother ,esau1 and he ask thee3 ,whose art thou8 or whither goest thou8 or whose are these before thee8 #cb3ah4 ,thou shalt answer3 ,thy servant ,jacob's3 he hath sent them as a present to my lord ,esau2 and he cometh after us4 #cb3ai4 ,in like manner he commanded the second1 and the third1 and all that followed the droves1 saying3 ,speak ye the same words to ,esau1 when ye find him4 #cb3bj4 ,and ye shall add3 ,thy servant ,jacob himself also followeth after us2 for he said3 ,i will appease him with the presents that go before1 and afterwards ,i will see him1 perhaps he will be gracious to me4 #cb3ba4 ,so the presents went before him1 but himself lodged that night in the camp4 #cb3bb4 ,and rising early1 he took his two wives and his two handmaids1 with his eleven sons1 and passed over the ford of ,jaboc4 #cb3bc4 ,and when all things were brought over that belonged to him1 #cb3bd4 ,he remained alone2 and behold1 a man wrestled with him till morning4 ,a man1 etc4 4 4,this was an angel in human shape1 as we learn from ,osee #ab4d4 ,he is called ,god1 ver4 #bh and #cj1 because he represented the person of the ,son of ,god4 ,this wrestling1 in which ,jacob1 assisted by ,god1 was a match for an angel1 was so ordered 7ver4 #bh17 that he might learn by this experiment of the divine assistance1 that neither ,esau1 nor any other man1 should have power to hurt him4--,it was also spiritual1 as appeareth by his earnest prayer1 urging and at last obtaining the angel's blessing4 #cb3be4 ,and when he saw that he could not overcome him1 he touched the sinew of his thigh1 and forthwith it shrank4 #cb3bf4 ,and he said to him3 ,let me go1 for it is break of day4 ,he answered3 ,i will not let thee go1 except thou bless me4 #cb3bg4 ,and he said3 ,what is thy name8 ,he answered3 ,jacob4 #cb3bh4 ,but he said3 ,thy name shall not be called ,jacob1 but ,israel2 for if thou hast been strong against ,god1 how much more shalt thou prevail against men8 #cb3bi4 ,jacob asked him3 ,tell me by what name art thou called8 ,he answered3 ,why dost thou ask my name8 ,and he blessed him in the same place4 #cb3cj4 ,and ,jacob called the name of the place ,phanuel1 saying3 ,i have seen ,god face to face1 and my soul has been saved4 ,phanuel4 4 4,this word signifies the face of ,god1 or the sight1 or seeing of ,god4 #cb3ca4 ,and immediately the sun rose upon him1 after he was past ,phanuel2 but he halted on his foot4 #cb3cb4 ,therefore the children of ,israel1 unto this day1 eat not the sinew1 that shrank in ,jacob's thigh3 because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank4 ,genesis ,chapter #cc ,jacob and ,esau meet3 ,jacob goeth to ,salem1 where he raiseth an altar4 #cc3a4 ,and ,jacob lifting up his eyes1 saw ,esau coming1 and with him four hundred men3 and he divided the children of ,lia and of ,rachel1 and of the two handmaids4 #cc3b4 ,and he put both the handmaids and their children foremost3 and ,lia and her children in the second place3 and ,rachel and ,joseph last4 #cc3c4 ,and he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times1 until his brother came near4 #cc3d4 ,then ,esau ran to meet his brother1 and embraced him3 and clasping him fast about the neck1 and kissing him1 wept4 #cc3e4 ,and lifting up his eyes1 he saw the women and their children1 and said3 ,what mean these8 ,and do they belong to thee8 ,he answered3 ,they are the children which ,god hath given to me1 thy servant4 #cc3f4 ,then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves4 #cc3g4 ,lia also1 with her children1 came near and bowed down in like manner2 and last of all1 ,joseph and ,rachel bowed down4 #cc3h4 ,and ,esau said3 ,what are the droves that ,i met8 ,he answered3 ,that ,i might find favour before my lord4 #cc3i4 ,but he said3 ,i have plenty1 my brother1 keep what is thine for thyself4 #cc3aj4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,do not so ,i beseech thee1 but if ,i have found favour in thy eyes1 receive a little present at my hands3 for ,i have seen thy face1 as if ,i should have seen the countenance of ,god3 be gracious to me1 #cc3aa4 ,and take the blessing which ,i have brought thee1 and which ,god hath given me1 who giveth all things4 ,he took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him1 #cc3ab4 ,and said3 ,let us go on together1 and ,i will accompany thee in thy journey4 #cc3ac4 ,and ,jacob said3 ,my lord1 thou knowest that ,i have with me tender children1 and sheep1 and kine with young3 which if ,i should cause to be overdriven1 in one day all the flocks will die4 #cc3ad4 ,may it please my lord to go before his servant3 and ,i will follow softly after him1 as ,i shall see my children to be able1 until ,i come to my lord in ,seir4 #cc3ae4 ,esau answered3 ,i beseech thee1 that some of the people1 at least1 who are with me1 may stay to accompany thee in the way4 ,and he said3 ,there is no necessity3 ,i want nothing else but only to find favour1 my lord1 in thy sight4 #cc3af4 ,so ,esau returned that day1 the way that he came1 to ,seir4 #cc3ag4 ,and ,jacob came to ,socoth3 where having built a house1 and pitched tents1 he called the name of the place ,socoth1 that is1 ,tents4 #cc3ah4 ,and he passed over to ,salem1 a city of the ,sichemites1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 after he returned from ,mesopotamia of ,syria3 and he dwelt by the town4 #cc3ai4 ,and he bought that part of the field1 in which he pitched his tents1 of the children of ,hemor1 the father of ,sichem1 for a hundred lambs4 #cc3bj4 ,and raising an altar there1 he invoked upon it the most mighty ,god of ,israel4 ,genesis ,chapter #cd ,dina is ravished1 for which the ,sichemites are destroyed4 #cd3a4 ,and ,dina the daughter of ,lia went out to see the women of that country4 #cd3b4 ,and when ,sichem the son of ,hemor the ,hevite1 the prince of that land1 saw her1 he was in love with her3 and took her away1 and lay with her1 ravishing the virgin4 #cd3c4 ,and his soul was fast knit unto her2 and whereas she was sad1 he comforted her with sweet words4 #cd3d4 ,and going to ,hemor his father1 he said3 ,get me this damsel to wife4 #cd3e4 ,but when ,jacob had heard this1 his sons being absent1 and employed in feeding the cattle1 he held his peace till they came back4 #cd3f4 ,and when ,hemor the father of ,sichem was come out to speak to ,jacob1 #cd3g4 ,behold his sons came from the field3 and hearing what had passed1 they were exceeding angry1 because he had done a foul thing in ,israel1 and committed an unlawful act1 in ravishing ,jacob's daughter4 #cd3h4 ,and ,hemor spoke to them3 ,the soul of my son ,sichem has a longing for your daughter3 give her him to wife3 #cd3i4 ,and let us contract marriages one with another3 give us your daughters1 and take you our daughters4 #cd3aj4 ,and dwell with us3 the land is at your command1 till1 trade1 and possess it4 #cd3aa4 ,sichem also said to her father and to her brethren3 ,let me find favour in your sight1 and whatsoever you shall appoint ,i will give3 #cd3ab4 ,raise the dowry1 and ask gifts1 and ,i will gladly give what you shall demand3 only give me this damsel to wife4 #cd3ac4 ,the sons of ,jacob answered ,sichem and his father deceitfully1 being enraged at the deflowering of their sister3 ,deceitfully4 4 4,the sons of ,jacob1 on this occasion1 were guilty of a grievous sin1 as well by falsely pretending religion1 as by excess of revenge3 though otherwise their zeal against so foul a crime was commendable4 #cd3ad4 ,we cannot do what you demand1 nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised2 which with us is unlawful and abominable4 #cd3ae4 ,but in this we may be allied with you1 if you will be like us1 and all the male sex among you be circumcised3 #cd3af4 ,then will we mutually give and take your daughters1 and ours2 and we will dwell with you1 and will be one people3 #cd3ag4 ,but if you will not be circumcised1 we will take our daughter and depart4 #cd3ah4 ,their offer pleased ,hemor1 and ,sichem1 his son3 #cd3ai4 ,and the young man made no delay1 but forthwith fulfilled what was required3 for he loved the damsel exceedingly1 and he was the greatest man in all his father's house4 #cd3bj4 ,and going into the gate of the city1 they spoke to the people3 #cd3ba4 ,these men are peaceable1 and are willing to dwell with us3 let them trade in the land1 and till it1 which being large and wide wanteth men to till it3 we shall take their daughters for wives1 and we will give them ours4 #cd3bb4 ,one thing there is for which so great a good is deferred3 ,we must circumcise every male among us1 following the manner of the nation4 #cd3bc4 ,and their substance1 and cattle1 and all that they possess1 shall be ours2 only in this let us condescend1 and by dwelling together1 we shall make one people4 #cd3bd4 ,and they all agreed1 and circumcised all the males4 #cd3be4 ,and behold the third day1 when the pain of the wound was greatest3 two of the sons of ,jacob1 ,simeon and ,levi1 the brothers of ,dina1 taking their swords1 entered boldly into the city and slew all the men4 #cd3bf4 ,and they killed also ,hemor and ,sichem1 and took away their sister ,dina out of ,sichem's house4 #cd3bg4 ,and when they were gone out1 the other sons of ,jacob came upon the slain2 and plundered the city in revenge of the rape4 #cd3bh4 ,and they took their sheep1 and their herds1 and their asses1 wasting all they had in their houses and in their fields4 #cd3bi4 ,and their children and wives they took captive4 #cd3cj4 ,and when they had boldly perpetrated these things1 ,jacob said to ,simeon and ,levi3 ,you have troubled me1 and made me hateful to the ,chanaanites and ,pherezites1 the inhabitants of this land4 ,we are few3 they will gather themselves together and kill me2 and both ,i1 and my house shall be destroyed4 #cd3ca4 ,they answered3 ,should they abuse our sister as a strumpet8 ,genesis ,chapter #ce ,jacob purgeth his family from idols3 goeth by ,god's commandment to ,bethel1 and there buildeth an altar4 ,god appearing again to ,jacob blesseth him1 and changeth his name into ,israel4 ,rachel dieth in childbirth4 ,isaac also dieth4 #ce3a4 ,in the mean time ,god said to ,jacob3 ,arise and go up to ,bethel1 and dwell there1 and make there an altar to ,god1 who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from ,esau1 thy brother4 #ce3b4 ,and ,jacob having called together all his household1 said3 ,cast away the strange gods that are among you1 and be cleansed1 and change your garments4 #ce3c4 ,arise1 and let us go up to ,bethel1 that we may make there an altar to ,god2 who heard me in the day of my affliction1 and accompained me in my journey4 #ce3d4 ,so they gave him all the strange gods they had1 and the earrings which were in their ears3 and he buried them under the turpentine tree1 that is behind the city of ,sichem4 #ce3e4 ,and when they were departed1 the terror of ,god fell upon all the cities round about1 and they durst not pursue after them as they went away4 #ce3f4 ,and ,jacob came to ,luza1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 surnamed ,bethel3 he and all the people that were with him4 #ce3g4 ,and he built there an altar1 and called the name of that place1 ,the house of ,god3 for there ,god appeared to him when he fled from his brother4 #ce3h4 ,at the same time ,debora1 the nurse of ,rebecca1 died1 and was buried at the foot of ,bethel1 under an oak1 and the name of that place was called1 ,the oak of weeping4 #ce3i4 ,and ,god appeared again to ,jacob1 after he returned from ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 and he blessed him1 #ce3aj4 ,saying3 ,thou shalt not be called any more ,jacob1 but ,israel shall be thy name4 ,and he called him ,israel4 ,israel4 4 4,this name signifieth one that prevaileth with ,god4 #ce3aa4 ,and said to him3 ,i am ,god almighty1 increase thou and be multiplied4 ,nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee1 and kings shall come out of thy loins4 #ce3ab4 ,and the land which ,i gave to ,abraham and ,isaac1 ,i will give to thee1 and to thy seed after thee4 #ce3ac4 ,and he departed from him4 #ce3ad4 ,but he set up a monument of stone1 in the place where ,god had spoken to him3 pouring drink-offerings upon it1 and pouring oil thereon3 #ce3ae4 ,and calling the name of that place ,bethel4 #ce3af4 ,and going forth from thence1 he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to ,ephrata3 wherein when ,rachel was in travail1 #ce3ag4 ,by reason of her hard labour1 she began to be in danger1 and the midwife said to her3 ,fear not1 for thou shalt have this son also4 #ce3ah4 ,and when her soul was departing for pain1 and death was now at hand1 she called the name of her son ,benoni1 that is1 the son of my pain3 but his father called him ,benjamin1 that is1 the son of the right hand4 #ce3ai4 ,so ,rachel died1 and was buried in the highway that leadeth to ,ephrata1 this is ,bethlehem4 #ce3bj4 ,and ,jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre3 this is the pillar of ,rachel's monument1 to this day4 #ce3ba4 ,departing thence1 he pitched his tent beyond the ,flock tower4 #ce3bb4 ,and when he dwelt in that country1 ,ruben went1 and slept with ,bala the concubine of his father3 which he was not ignorant of4 ,now the sons of ,jacob were twelve4 ,the concubine4 4 4,she was his lawful wife2 but1 according to the style of the ,hebrews1 is called concubine1 because of her servile extraction4 #ce3bc4 ,the sons of ,lia3 ,ruben the first born1 and ,simeon1 and ,levi1 and ,juda1 and ,issachar1 and ,zabulon4 #ce3bd4 ,the sons of ,rachel3 ,joseph and ,benjamin4 #ce3be4 ,the sons of ,bala1 ,rachel's handmaid3 ,dan and ,nephthali4 #ce3bf4 ,the sons of ,zelpha1 ,lia's handmaid3 ,gad and ,aser3 these are the sons of ,jacob1 that were born to him in ,mesopotamia of ,syria4 #ce3bg4 ,and he came to ,isaac his father in ,mambre1 the city of ,arbee1 this is ,hebron3 wherein ,abraham and ,isaac sojourned4 #ce3bh4 ,and the days of ,isaac were a hundred and eighty years4 #ce3bi4 ,and being spent with age he died1 and was gathered to his people1 being old and full of days3 and his sons ,esau and ,jacob buried him4 ,genesis ,chapter #cf ,esau with his wives and children parteth from ,jacob4 ,an account of his descendants1 and of the first kings of ,edom4 #cf3a4 ,and these are the generations of ,esau1 the same is ,edom4 #cf3b4 ,esau took wives of the daughters of ,chanaan3 ,ada the daughter of ,elon the ,hethite1 and ,oolibama the daughter of ,ana1 the daughter of ,sebeon the ,hevite3 ,ada4 4 4,these wives of ,esau are called by other names1 ,gen4 #bf4 ,but it was very common amongst the ancients for the same persons to have two names1 as ,esau himself was also called ,edom4 #cf3c4 ,and ,basemath1 the daughter of ,ismael1 sister of ,nabajoth4 #cf3d4 ,and ,ada bore ,eliphaz3 ,basemath bore ,rahuel4 #cf3e4 ,oolibama bore ,jehus1 and ,ihelon1 and ,core4 ,these are the sons of ,esau1 that were born to him in the land of ,chanaan4 #cf3f4 ,and ,esau took his wives1 and his sons and daughters1 and every soul of his house1 and his substance1 and cattle1 and all that he was able to acquire in the land of ,chanaan3 and went into another country1 and departed from his brother ,jacob4 #cf3g4 ,for they were exceeding rich1 and could not dwell together3 neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them1 for the multitude of their flocks4 #cf3h4 ,and ,esau dwelt in mount ,seir3 he is ,edom4 #cf3i4 ,and these are the generations of ,esau1 the father of ,edom1 in mount ,seir4 #cf3aj4 ,and these the names of his sons3 ,eliphaz the son of ,ada1 the wife of ,esau3 and ,rahuel1 the son of ,basemath1 his wife4 #cf3aa4 ,and ,eliphaz had sons3 ,theman1 ,omar1 ,sepho1 and ,gatham and ,cenez4 #cf3ab4 ,and ,thamna was the concubine of ,eliphaz1 the son of ,esau3 and she bore him ,amalech4 ,these are the sons of ,ada1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ac4 ,and the sons of ,rahuel were ,nahath and ,zara1 ,samma and ,meza4 ,these were the sons of ,basemath1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ad4 ,and these were the sons of ,oolibama1 the daughter of ,ana1 the daughter of ,sebeon1 the wife of ,esau1 whom she bore to him1 ,jehus1 and ,ihelon1 and ,core4 #cf3ae4 ,these were dukes of the sons of ,esau3 the sons of ,eliphaz1 the firstborn of ,esau3 duke ,theman1 duke ,omar1 duke ,sepho1 duke ,cenez1 #cf3af4 ,duke ,core1 duke ,gatham1 duke ,amalech3 these are the sons of ,eliphaz1 in the land of ,edom1 and these the sons of ,ada4 #cf3ag4 ,and these were the sons of ,rahuel1 the son of ,esau3 duke ,nahath1 duke ,zara1 duke ,samma1 duke ,meza4 ,and these are the dukes of ,rahuel1 in the land of ,edom3 these the sons of ,basemath1 the wife of ,esau4 #cf3ah4 ,and these the sons of ,oolibama1 the wife of ,esau3 duke ,jehus1 duke ,ihelon1 duke ,core4 ,these are the dukes of ,oolibama1 the daughter of ,ana1 and wife of ,esau4 #cf3ai4 ,these are the sons of ,esau1 and these the dukes of them3 the same is ,edom4 #cf3bj4 ,these are the sons of ,seir1 the ,horrite1 the inhabitants of the land3 ,lotan1 and ,sobal1 and ,sebeon1 and ,ana1 #cf3ba4 ,and ,dison1 and ,eser1 and ,disan4 ,these are dukes of the ,horrites1 the sons of ,seir1 in the land of ,edom4 #cf3bb4 ,and ,lotan had sons3 ,hori and ,heman4 ,and the sister of ,lotan was ,thamna4 #cf3bc4 ,and these the sons of ,sobal3 ,alvan1 and ,manahat1 and ,ebal1 and ,sepho1 and ,onam4 #cf3bd4 ,and these the sons of ,sebeon3 ,aia and ,ana4 ,this is ,ana that found the hot waters in the wilderness1 when he fed the asses of ,sebeon1 his father3 #cf3be4 ,and he had a son ,dison1 and a daughter ,oolibama4 #cf3bf4 ,and these were the sons of ,dison3 ,hamdan1 and ,eseban1 and ,jethram1 and ,charan4 #cf3bg4 ,these also were the sons of ,eser3 ,balaan1 and ,zavan1 and ,acan4 #cf3bh4 ,and ,dison had sons3 ,hus and ,aram4 #cf3bi4 ,these were dukes of the ,horrites3 duke ,lotan1 duke ,sobal1 duke ,sebeon1 duke ,ana1 #cf3cj4 ,duke ,dison1 duke ,eser1 duke ,disan3 these were dukes of the ,horrites that ruled in the land of ,seir4 #cf3ca4 ,and the kings that ruled in the land of ,edom1 before the children of ,israel had a king1 were these3 #cf3cb4 ,bela the son of ,beor1 and the name of his city ,denaba4 #cf3cc4 ,and ,bela died1 and ,jobab1 the son of ,zara1 of ,bosra1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3cd4 ,and when ,jobab was dead1 ,husam1 of the land of the ,themanites1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3ce4 ,and after his death1 ,adad1 the son of ,badad1 reigned in his stead1 who defeated the ,madianites in the country of ,boab2 and the name of his city was ,avith4 #cf3cf4 ,and when ,adad was dead1 there reigned in his stead1 ,semla1 of ,masreca4 #cf3cg4 ,and he being dead1 ,saul1 of the river ,rohoboth1 reigned in his stead4 #cf3ch4 ,and when he also was dead1 ,balanan1 the son of ,achobor1 succeeded to the kingdom4 #cf3ci4 ,this man also being dead1 ,adar reigned in his place2 and the name of his city was ,phau3 and his wife was called ,meetabel1 the daughter of ,matred1 daughter of ,mezaab4 #cf3dj4 ,and these are the names of the dukes of ,esau in their kindreds1 and places1 and callings3 duke ,thamna1 duke ,alva1 duke ,jetheth1 #cf3da4 ,duke ,oolibama1 duke ,ela1 duke ,phinon1 #cf3db4 ,duke ,cenez1 duke ,theman1 duke ,mabsar1 #cf3dc4 ,duke ,magdiel1 duke ,hiram3 these are the dukes of ,edom dwelling in the land of their government2 the same is ,esau1 the father of the ,edomites4 ,genesis ,chapter #cg ,joseph's dreams3 he is sold by his brethren1 and carried into ,egypt4 #cg3a4 ,and ,jacob dwelt in the land of ,chanaan1 wherein his father sojourned4 #cg3b4 ,and these are his generations3 ,joseph1 when he was sixteen years old1 was feeding the flock with his brethren1 being but a boy3 and he was with the sons of ,bala and of ,zelpha his father's wives3 and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime4 #cg3c4 ,now ,israel loved ,joseph above all his sons1 because he had him in his old age3 and he made him a coat of divers colours4 #cg3d4 ,and his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father1 more than all his sons1 hated hem1 and could not speak peaceably to him4 #cg3e4 ,now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream1 that he had dreamed3 which occasioned them to hate him the more4 ,a dream4 4 4,these dreams of ,joseph were prophetical1 and sent from ,god2 as were also those which he interpreted1 ,gen4 #dj4 and #da42 otherwise generally speaking1 the observing of dreams is condemned in the ,scripture1 as superstitious and sinful4 ,see ,deut4 #ah4aj2 ,eccli4 #cd4b1c4 #cg3f4 ,and he said to them3 ,hear my dream which ,i dreamed4 #cg3g4 ,i thought we were binding sheaves in the field3 and my sheaf arose as it were1 and stood1 and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf4 #cg3h4 ,his brethren answered3 ,shalt thou be our king8 or shall we be subject to thy dominion8 ,therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred4 #cg3i4 ,he dreamed also another dream1 which he told his brethren1 saying3 ,i saw in a dream1 as it were the sun1 and the moon1 and eleven stars worshipping me4 #cg3aj4 ,and when he had told this to his father1 and brethren1 his father rebuked him and said3 ,what meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed8 shall ,i and thy mother1 and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth8 ,worship4 4 4,this word is not used here to signify divine worship1 but an inferior veneration1 expressed by the bowing of the body1 and that1 according to the manner of the eastern nations1 down to the ground4 #cg3aa4 ,his brethren therefore envied him3 but his father considered the thing with himself4 #cg3ab4 ,and when his brethren abode in ,sechem1 feeding their father's flocks1 #cg3ac4 ,israel said to him3 ,thy brethren feed the sheep in ,sichem3 come1 ,i will send thee to them4 ,and when he answered3 #cg3ad4 ,i am ready3 he said to him3 ,go1 and see if all things be well with thy brethren1 and the cattle3 and bring me word again what is doing4 ,so being sent from the vale of ,hebron1 he came to ,sichem3 #cg3ae4 ,and a man found him there wandering in the field1 and asked what he sought4 #cg3af4 ,but he answered3 ,i seek my brethren1 tell me where they feed the flocks4 #cg3ag4 ,and the man said to him3 ,they are departed from this place3 for ,i heard them say3 ,let us go to ,dothain4 ,and ,joseph went forward after his brethren1 and found them in ,dothain4 #cg3ah4 ,and when they saw him afar off1 before he came nigh them1 they thought to kill him3 #cg3ai4 ,and said one to another3 ,behold the dreamer cometh4 #cg3bj4 ,come1 let us kill him1 and cast him into some old pit3 and we will say3 ,some evil beast hath devoured him3 and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him3 #cg3ba4 ,and ,ruben hearing this1 endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands1 and said3 #cg3bb4 ,do not take away his life1 nor shed his blood3 but cast him into this pit1 that is in the wilderness1 and keep your hands harmless3 now he said this1 being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father4 #cg3bc4 ,and as soon as he came to his brethren1 they forthwith stript him of his outside coat1 that was of divers colours3 #cg3bd4 ,and cast him into an old pit where there was not water4 #cg3be4 ,and sitting down to eat bread1 they saw some ,ismaelites on their way coming from ,galaad1 with their camels1 carrying spices1 and balm1 and myrrh to ,egypt4 #cg3bf4 ,and ,juda said to his brethren3 ,what will it profit us to kill our brother1 and conceal his blood8 #cg3bg4 ,it is better that he be sold to the ,ismaelites1 and that our hands be not defiled3 for he is our brother and our flesh4 ,his brethren agreed to his words4 #cg3bh4 ,and when the ,madianite merchants passed by1 they drew him out of the pit1 and sold him to the ,ismaelites1 for twenty pieces of silver3 and they led him into ,egypt4 #cg3bi4 ,and ,ruben returning to the pit1 found not the boy3 #cg3cj4 ,and rending his garments he went to his brethren1 and said3 ,the boy doth not appear1 and whither shall ,i go8 #cg3ca4 ,and they took his coat1 and dipped it in the blood of a kid1 which they had killed3 #cg3cb4 ,sending some to carry it to their father1 and to say3 ,this we have found3 see whether it be thy son's coat1 or not4 #cg3cc4 ,and the father acknowledging it1 said3 ,it is my son's coat1 an evil wild beast hath eaten him1 a beast hath devoured ,joseph4 #cg3cd4 ,and tearing his garments1 he put on sackcloth1 mourning for his son a long time4 #cg3ce4 ,and all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow1 he would not receive comfort1 but said3 ,i will go down to my son into hell1 mourning4 ,and whilst he continued weeping1 ,into hell4 4 4,that is1 into limbo1 the place where the souls of the just were received before the death of our ,redeemer4 ,for allowing that the word hell sometimes is taken for the grave1 it cannot be so taken in this place2 since ,jacob did not believe his son to be in the grave1 7whom he supposed to be devoured by a wild beast17 and therefore could not mean to go down to him thither3 but certainly meant the place of rest where he believed his soul to be4 #cg3cf4 ,the ,madianites sold ,joseph in ,egypt to ,putiphar1 an eunuch of ,pharao1 captain of the soldiers4 ,an eunuch4 4 4,this word sometimes signifies a chamberlain1 courtier1 or officer of the king3 and so it is taken in this place4 ,genesis ,chapter #ch ,the sons of ,juda3 the death of ,her and ,onan3 the birth of ,phares and ,zara4 #ch3a4 ,at that time ,juda went down from his brethren1 and turned in to a certain ,odollamite1 named ,hiras4 #ch3b4 ,and he saw there the daughter of a man of ,chanaan1 called ,sue3 and taking her to wife1 he went in unto her4 #ch3c4 ,and she conceived1 and bore a son1 and called his name ,her4 #ch3d4 ,and conceiving again1 she bore a son1 and called him ,onan4 #ch3e4 ,she bore also a third3 whom she called ,sela4 ,after whose birth1 she ceased to bear any more4 #ch3f4 ,and ,juda took a wife for ,her1 his first born1 whose name was ,thamar4 #ch3g4 ,and ,her1 the first born of ,juda1 was wicked in the sight of the ,lord3 and was slain by him4 #ch3h4 ,juda1 therefore1 said to ,onan his son3 ,go in to thy brother's wife and marry her1 that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother4 #ch3i4 ,he knowing that the children should not be his1 when he went in to his brother's wife1 he spilled his seed upon the ground1 lest children should be born in his brother's name4 #ch3aj4 ,and therefore the ,lord slew him1 because he did a detestable thing3 #ch3aa4 ,wherefore ,juda said to ,thamar his daughter-in-law3 ,remain a widow in thy father's house1 till ,sela my son grow up3 for he was afraid lest he also might die1 as his brethren did4 ,she went her way1 and dwelt in her father's house4 #ch3ab4 ,and after many days were past3 the daughter of ,sue the wife of ,juda died3 and when he had taken comfort after his mourning1 he went up to ,thamnas1 to the shearers of his sheep1 he and ,hiras the ,odollamite1 the shepherd of his flock4 #ch3ac4 ,and it was told ,thamar that her father-in-law was come up to ,thamnas to shear his sheep4 #ch3ad4 ,and she put off the garments of her widowhood1 and took a veil3 and changing her dress1 sat in the cross way1 that leadeth to ,thamnas3 because ,sela was grown up1 and she had not been married to him4 #ch3ae4 ,when ,juda saw her1 he thought she was a harlot3 for she had covered her face1 lest she should be known4 #ch3af4 ,and going to her1 he said3 ,suffer me to lie with thee3 for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law4 ,and she answered3 ,what wilt thou give me to enjoy my company8 #ch3ag4 ,he said3 ,i will send thee a kid out of the flock4 ,and when she said again3 ,i will suffer what thou wilt1 if thou give me a pledge1 till thou send what thou promisest4 #ch3ah4 ,juda said3 ,what wilt thou have for a pledge8 ,she answered3 ,thy ring and bracelet1 and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand4 ,the woman therefore at one copulation conceived4 #ch3ai4 ,and she arose and went her way3 and putting off the apparel which she had taken1 put on the garments of her widowhood4 #ch3bj4 ,and ,juda sent a kid by his shepherd1 the ,odollamite1 that he might receive the pledge again1 which he had given to the woman3 but he1 not finding her1 #ch3ba4 ,asked the men of that place3 ,where is the woman that sat in the cross way8 ,and when they all made answer3 ,there was no harlot in this place1 #ch3bb4 ,he returned to ,juda1 and said to him3 ,i have not found her2 moreover1 the men of that place said to me1 that there never sat a harlot there4 #ch3bc4 ,juda said3 ,let her take it to herself1 surely she cannot charge us with a lie1 ,i sent the kid which ,i promised3 and thou didst not find her4 #ch3bd4 ,and behold1 after three months1 they told ,juda1 saying3 ,thamar1 thy daughter-in-law1 hath played the harlot1 and she appeareth to have a big belly4 ,and ,juda said3 ,bring her out that she may be burnt4 #ch3be4 ,but when she was led to execution1 she sent to her father in law1 saying3 ,by the man1 to whom these things belong1 ,i am with child4 ,see whose ring1 and bracelet1 and staff this is4 #ch3bf4 ,but he acknowledging the gifts1 said3 ,she is juster than ,i3 because ,i did not give her to ,sela1 my son4 ,however he knew her no more4 #ch3bg4 ,and when she was ready to be brought to bed1 there appeared twins in her womb3 and in the very delivery of the infants1 one put forth a hand1 whereon the midwife tied a scarlet thread1 saying3 #ch3bh4 ,this shall come forth the first4 #ch3bi4 ,but he drawing back his hand1 the other came forth3 and the woman said3 ,why is the partition divided for thee8 and therefore called his name ,phares4 ,phares4 4 4,that is1 a breach or division4 #ch3cj4 ,afterwards his brother came out1 on whose hand was the scarlet thread3 and she called his name ,zara4 ,genesis ,chapter #ci ,joseph hath charge of his master's house3 rejecteth his mistress's solicitations3 is falsely accused by her1 and cast into prison1 where he hath the charge of all the prisoners4 #ci3a4 ,and ,joseph was brought into ,egypt1 and ,putiphar1 an eunuch of ,pharao1 chief captain of the army1 an ,egyptian1 bought him of the ,ismaelites1 by whom he was brought4 #ci3b4 ,and the ,lord was with him1 and he was a prosperous man in all things3 and he dwelt in his master's house3 #ci3c4 ,who knew very well that the ,lord was with him1 and made all that he did to prosper in his hand4 #ci3d4 ,and ,joseph found favour in the sight of his master1 and ministered to him3 and being set over all by him1 he governed the house committed to him1 and all things that were delivered to him3 #ci3e4 ,and the ,lord blessed the house of the ,egyptian for ,joseph's sake1 and multiplied all his substance1 both at home and in the fields4 #ci3f4 ,neither knew he any other thing1 but the bread which he ate4 ,and ,joseph was of a beautiful countenance1 and comely to behold4 #ci3g4 ,and after many days1 his mistress cast her eyes on ,joseph1 and said3 ,lie with me4 #ci3h4 ,but he in no wise consenting to that wicked act said to her3 ,behold1 my master hath delivered all things to me1 and knoweth not what he hath in his own house3 #ci3i4 ,neither is there any thing which is not in my power1 or that he hath not delivered to me1 but thee1 who art his wife2 how then can ,i do this wicked thing1 and sin against my ,god8 #ci3aj4 ,with such words as these day by day1 both the woman was importunate with the young man1 and he refused the adultery4 #ci3aa4 ,now it happened on a certain day1 that ,joseph went into the house1 and was doing some business1 without any man with him3 #ci3ab4 ,and she catching the skirt of his garment1 said3 ,lie with me4 ,but he leaving the garment in her hand1 fled1 and went out4 #ci3ac4 ,and when the woman saw the garment in her hands1 and herself disregarded1 #ci3ad4 ,she called to her the men of her house1 and said to them3 ,see1 he hath brought in a ,hebrew1 to abuse us3 he came in to me1 to lie with me2 and when ,i cried out1 #ci3ae4 ,and he heard my voice1 he left the garment that ,i held1 and got him out4 #ci3af4 ,for a proof therefore of her fidelity1 she kept the garment1 and shewed it to her husband when he returned home3 ,a proof of her fidelity4 4 4or an argument to gain credit1 argumentum fidei4 #ci3ag4 ,and said3 ,the ,hebrew servant1 whom thou hast brought1 came to me to abuse me4 #ci3ah4 ,and when he heard me cry1 he left the garment which ,i held1 and fled out4 #ci3ai4 ,his master hearing these things1 and giving too much credit to his wife's words1 was very angry1 #ci3bj4 ,and cast ,joseph into the prison1 where the king's prisoners were kept1 and he was there shut up4 #ci3ba4 ,but the ,lord was with ,joseph1 and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison3 #ci3bb4 ,who delivered into his hand all the prisoners that were kept in custody3 and whatsoever was done1 was under him4 #ci3bc4 ,neither did he himself know any thing1 having committed all things to him3 for the ,lord was with him1 and made all that he did to prosper4 ,genesis ,chapter #dj ,joseph interpreteth the dreams of two of ,pharao's servants in prison3 the event declareth the interpretations to be true1 but ,joseph is forgotten4 #dj3a4 ,after this1 it came to pass1 that two eunuchs1 the butler and the baker of the king of ,egypt1 offended their lord4 #dj3b4 ,and ,pharao being angry with them1 7now the one was chief butler1 the other chief baker17 #dj3c4 ,he sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers1 in which ,joseph also was prisoner4 #dj3d4 ,but the keeper of the prison delivered them to ,joseph1 and he served them4 ,some little time passed1 and they were kept in custody4 #dj3e4 ,and they both dreamed a dream the same night1 according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves3 #dj3f4 ,and when ,joseph was come into them in the morning1 and saw them sad1 #dj3g4 ,he asked them1 saying3 ,why is your countenance sadder today than usual8 #dj3h4 ,they answered3 ,we have dreamed a dream1 and there is nobody to interpret it to us4 ,and ,joseph said to them3 ,doth not interpretation belong to ,god8 ,tell me what you have dreamed3 ,doth not interpretation belong to ,god84 4 4,when dreams are from ,god1 as these were1 the interpretation of them is a gift of ,god4 ,but the generality of dreams are not of this sort2 but either proceed from the natural complexions and dispositions of persons1 or the roving of their imaginations in the day on such objects as they are much affected with1 or from their mind being disturbed with cares and troubles1 and oppressed with bodily infirmities3 or they are suggested by evil spirits1 to flatter1 or to terrify weak minds1 in order to gain belief1 and so draw them into error or superstition2 or at least to trouble them in their sleep1 whom they cannot move when they are awake3 so that the general rule1 with regard to dreams1 is not to observe them1 nor to give any credit to them4 #dj3i4 ,the chief butler first told his dream3 ,i saw before me a vine1 #dj3aj4 ,on which were three branches1 which by little and little sent out buds1 and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes3 #dj3aa4 ,and the cup of ,pharao was in my hand3 and ,i took the grapes1 and pressed them into the cup which ,i held1 and ,i gave the cup to ,pharao4 #dj3ab4 ,joseph answered3 ,this is the interpretation of the dream3 ,the three branches1 are yet three days3 #dj3ac4 ,after which ,pharao will remember thy service1 and will restore thee to thy former place3 and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office1 as before thou was wont to do4 #dj3ad4 ,only remember me when it shall be well with thee1 and do me this kindness3 to put ,pharao in mind to take me out of this prison3 #dj3ae4 ,for ,i was stolen away out of the land of the ,hebrews1 and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon4 #dj3af4 ,the chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream1 said3 ,i also dreamed a dream1 ,that ,i had three baskets of meal upon my head3 #dj3ag4 ,and that in one basket which was uppermost1 ,i carried all meats that are made by the art of baking1 and that the birds ate out of it4 #dj3ah4 ,joseph answered3 ,this is the interpretation of the dream3 ,the three baskets1 are yet three days3 #dj3ai4 ,after which ,pharao will take thy head from thee1 and hang thee on a cross1 and the birds shall tear thy flesh4 #dj3bj4 ,the third day after this was the birthday of ,pharao3 and he made a great feast for his servants1 and at the banquet remembered the chief butler1 and the chief baker4 #dj3ba4 ,and he restored the one to his place1 to present him the cup3 #dj3bb4 ,the other he hanged on a gibbet1 that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn4 #dj3bc4 ,but the chief butler1 when things prospered with him1 forgot his interpreter4 ,genesis ,chapter #da ,joseph interpreteth the two dreams of ,pharao3 he is made ruler over all ,egypt4 #da3a4 ,after two years ,pharao had a dream4 ,he thought he stood by the river1 #da3b4 ,out of which came up seven kine1 very beautiful and fat3 and they fed in marshy places4 #da3c4 ,other seven also came up out of the river1 ill-favoured1 and lean fleshed3 and they fed on the very bank of the river1 in green places3 #da3d4 ,and they devoured them1 whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned4 ,so ,pharao awoke4 #da3e4 ,he slept again1 and dreamed another dream3 ,seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair3 #da3f4 ,then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted1 #da3g4 ,and devoured all the beauty of the former4 ,pharao awaked after his rest3 #da3h4 ,and when morning was come1 being struck with fear1 he sent to all the interpreters of ,egypt1 and to all the wise men3 and they being called for1 he told them his dream1 and there was not any one that could interpret it4 #da3i4 ,then at length the chief butler remembering1 said3 ,i confess my sin3 #da3aj4 ,the king being angry with his servants1 commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers4 #da3aa4 ,where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come4 #da3ab4 ,there was there a young man a ,hebrew1 servant to the same captain of the soldiers3 to whom we told our dreams1 #da3ac4 ,and we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so4 ,for ,i was restored to my office3 and he was hanged upon a gibbet4 #da3ad4 ,forthwith at the king's command ,joseph was brought out of the prison1 and they shaved him3 and changing his apparel brought him in to him4 #da3ae4 ,and he said to him3 ,i have dreamed dreams1 and there is no one that can expound them3 ,now ,i have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them3 #da3af4 ,joseph answered3 ,without me1 ,god shall give ,pharao a prosperous answer4 #da3ag4 ,so ,pharao told what he had dreamed3 ,methought ,i stood upon the bank of the river1 #da3ah4 ,and seven kine came up out of the river1 exceeding beautiful and full of flesh3 and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture4 #da3ai4 ,and behold1 there followed these1 other seven kine1 so very ill-favoured and lean1 that ,i never saw the like in the land of ,egypt3 #da3bj4 ,and they devoured and consumed the former1 #da3ba4 ,and yet gave no mark of their being full3 but were as lean and ill-favoured as before4 ,i awoke1 and then fell asleep again1 #da3bb4 ,and dreamed a dream3 ,seven ears of corn grew up upon one stalk1 full and very fair4 #da3bc4 ,other seven also thin and blasted1 sprung of the stalk3 #da3bd4 ,and they devoured the beauty of the former3 ,i told this dream to the conjecturers1 and there is no man that can expound it4 #da3be4 ,joseph answered3 ,the king's dream is one3 ,god hath shewn to ,pharao what he is about to do4 #da3bf4 ,the seven beautiful kine1 and the seven full ears1 are seven years of plenty3 and both contain the same meaning of the dream4 #da3bg4 ,and the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them1 and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind1 are seven years of famine to come3 #da3bh4 ,which shall be fulfilled in this order4 #da3bi4 ,behold1 there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of ,egypt3 #da3cj4 ,after which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity1 that all the abundance before shall be forgotten3 for the famine shall consume all the land1 #da3ca4 ,and the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty4 #da3cb4 ,and for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing3 it is a token of the certainty1 and that the word of ,god cometh to pass1 and is fulfilled speedily4 #da3cc4 ,now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man1 and make him ruler over the land of ,egypt3 #da3cd4 ,that he may appoint overseers over all the countries3 and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits1 during the seven fruitful years1 #da3ce4 ,that shall now presently ensue3 and let all the corn be laid up1 under ,pharao's hands1 and be reserved in the cities4 #da3cf4 ,and let it be in readiness1 against the famine of seven years to come1 which shall oppress ,egypt1 and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity4 #da3cg4 ,the counsel pleased ,pharao1 and all his servants4 #da3ch4 ,and he said to them3 ,can we find such another man1 that is full of the spirit of ,god8 #da3ci4 ,he said therefore to ,joseph3 ,seeing ,god hath shewn thee all that thou hast said1 can ,i find one wiser and one like unto thee8 #da3dj4 ,thou shalt be over my house1 and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey3 only in the kingly throne will ,i be above thee4 #da3da4 ,and again ,pharao said to ,joseph3 ,behold1 ,i have appointed thee over the whole land of ,egypt4 #da3db4 ,and he took his ring from his own hand1 and gave it into his hand3 and he put upon him a robe of silk1 and put a chain of gold about his neck4 #da3dc4 ,and he made him go up into his second chariot1 the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him1 and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of ,egypt4 #da3dd4 ,and the king said to ,joseph3 ,i am ,pharao3 without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of ,egypt4 #da3de4 ,and he turned his name1 and called him in the ,egyptian tongue the saviour of the world4 ,and he gave him to wife ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis4 ,then ,joseph went out to the land of ,egypt4 ,the saviour of the world4 4 4,zaphnah paaneah4 #da3df4 7,now he was thirty years old when he stood before king ,pharao71 and he went round all the countries of ,egypt4 #da3dg4 ,and the fruitfulness of the seven years came3 and the corn being bound up into sheaves1 was gathered together into the barns of ,egypt4 #da3dh4 ,and all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city4 #da3di4 ,and there was so great abundance of wheat1 that it was equal to the sand of the sea1 and the plenty exceeded measure4 #da3ej4 ,and before the famine came1 ,joseph had two sons born3 whom ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis1 bore unto him4 #da3ea4 ,and he called the name of the firstborn ,manasses1 saying3 ,god hath made me to forget all my labours1 and my father's house4 ,manasses4 4 4,that is1 oblivion1 or forgetting4 #da3eb4 ,and he named the second ,ephraim1 saying3 ,god hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty4 ,ephraim4 4 4,that is1 fruitful1 or growing4 #da3ec4 ,now when the seven years of plenty that had been in ,egypt were passed3 #da3ed4 ,the seven years of scarcity1 which ,joseph had foretold1 began to come3 and the famine prevailed in the whole world1 but there was bread in all the land of ,egypt4 #da3ee4 ,and when there also they began to be famished1 the people cried to ,pharao1 for food4 ,and he said to them3 ,go to ,joseph3 and do all that he shall say to you4 #da3ef4 ,and the famine increased daily in all the land3 and ,joseph opened all the barns1 and sold to the ,egyptians3 for the famine had oppressed them also4 #da3eg4 ,and all provinces came into ,egypt1 to buy food1 and to seek some relief of their want4 ,genesis ,chapter #db ,jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in ,egypt4 ,their treatment by ,joseph4 #db3a4 ,and ,jacob hearing that food was sold in ,egypt1 said to his sons3 ,why are ye careless8 #db3b4 ,i have heard that wheat is sold in ,egypt3 ,go ye down1 and buy us necessaries1 that we may live1 and not be consumed with want4 #db3c4 ,so the ten brethren of ,joseph went down1 to buy corn in ,egypt3 #db3d4 ,whilst ,benjamin was kept at home by ,jacob1 who said to his brethren3 ,lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey4 #db3e4 ,and they entered into the land of ,egypt with others that went to buy4 ,for the famine was in the land of ,chanaan4 #db3f4 ,and ,joseph was governor in the land of ,egypt1 and corn was sold by his direction to the people4 ,and when his brethren had bowed down to him1 #db3g4 ,and he knew them1 he spoke as it were to strangers1 somewhat roughly1 asking them3 ,whence came you8 ,they answered3 ,from the land of ,chanaan1 to buy necessaries of life4 #db3h4 ,and though he knew his brethren1 he was not known by them4 #db3i4 ,and remembering the dreams1 which formerly he had dreamed1 he said to them3 ,you are spies4 ,you are come to view the weaker parts of the land4 ,you are spies4 4 4,this he said by way of examining them1 to see what they would answer4 #db3aj4 ,but they said3 ,it is not so1 my lord2 but thy servants are come to buy food4 #db3aa4 ,we are all the sons of one man3 we are come as peaceable men1 neither do thy servants go about any evil4 #db3ab4 ,and he answered them3 ,it is otherwise3 you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land4 #db3ac4 ,but they said3 ,we thy servants are twelve brethren1 the sons of one man in the land of ,chanaan3 the youngest is with our father1 the other is not living4 #db3ad4 ,he saith1 ,this is it that ,i said3 ,you are spies4 #db3ae4 ,i shall now presently try what you are3 by the health of ,pharao1 you shall not depart hence1 until your youngest brother come4 #db3af4 ,send one of you to fetch him3 and you shall be in prison1 till what you have said be proved1 whether it be true or false3 or else by the health of ,pharao you are spies4 ,or else by the health of ,pharao you are spies4 4 4,that is1 if these things you say be proved false1 you are to be held for spies for your lying1 and shall be treated as such4 ,joseph dealt in this manner with his brethren1 to bring them by the means of affliction to a sense of their former sin1 and a sincere repentance for it4 #db3ag4 ,so he put them in prison three days4 #db3ah4 ,and the third day he brought them out of prison1 and said3 ,do as ,i have said1 and you shall live3 for ,i fear ,god4 #db3ai4 ,if you be peaceable men1 let one of your brethren be bound in prison3 and go ye your ways1 and carry the corn that you have bought1 unto your houses4 #db3bj4 ,and bring your youngest brother to me1 that ,i may find your words to be true1 and you may not die4 ,they did as he had said4 #db3ba4 ,and they talked one to another3 ,we deserve to suffer these things1 because we have sinned against our brother1 seeing the anguish of his soul1 when he besought us1 and we would not hear3 therefore is this affliction come upon us4 #db3bb4 ,and ,ruben1 one of them1 said3 ,did not ,i say to you3 ,do not sin against the boy2 and you would not hear me8 ,behold his blood is required4 #db3bc4 ,and they knew not that ,joseph understood1 because he spoke to them by an interpreter4 #db3bd4 ,and he turned himself away a little while1 and wept3 and returning1 he spoke to them4 #db3be4 ,and taking ,simeon1 and binding him in their presence1 he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat1 and to put every man's money again in their sacks1 and to give them besides provisions for the way3 and they did so4 #db3bf4 ,but they having loaded their asses with the corn went their way4 #db3bg4 ,and one of them opening his sack1 to give his beast provender in the inn1 saw the money in the sack's mouth1 #db3bh4 ,and said to his brethren3 ,my money is given me again2 behold it is in the sack4 ,and they were astonished1 and troubled1 and said to one another3 ,what is this that ,god hath done unto us8 #db3bi4 ,and they came to ,jacob their father in the land of ,chanaan1 and they told him all things that had befallen them1 saying3 #db3cj4 ,the lord of the land spoke roughly to us1 and took us to be spies of the country4 #db3ca4 ,and we answered him3 ,we are peaceable men1 and we mean no plot4 #db3cb4 ,we are twelve brethren born of one father3 one is not living1 the youngest is with our father in the land of ,chanaan4 #db3cc4 ,and he said to us3 ,hereby shall ,i know that you are peaceable men3 ,leave one of your brethren with me1 and take ye necessary provision for your houses1 and go your ways1 #db3cd4 ,and bring your youngest brother to me1 that ,i may know you are not spies3 and you may receive this man again1 that is kept in prison3 and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will4 #db3ce4 ,when they had told this1 they poured out their corn1 and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack3 and all being astonished together1 #db3cf4 ,their father ,jacob said3 ,you have made me to be without children3 ,joseph is not living1 ,simeon is kept in bonds1 and ,benjamin you will take away3 all these evils are fallen upon me4 #db3cg4 ,and ,ruben answered him3 ,kill my two sons1 if ,i bring him not again to thee3 deliver him into my hand1 and ,i will restore him to thee4 #db3ch4 ,but he said3 ,my son shall not go down with you3 his brother is dead1 and he is left alone3 if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go1 you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell4 ,to hell4 4 4,that is1 to that place1 where the souls then remained1 as above1 chapter #cg4 ver4 #ce4 ,genesis ,chapter #dc ,the sons of ,jacob go again into ,egypt with ,benjamin4 ,they are entertained by ,joseph4 #dc3a4 ,in the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land4 #dc3b4 ,and when they had eaten up all the corn1 which they had brought out of ,egypt1 ,jacob said to his sons3 ,go again1 and buy us a little food4 #dc3c4 ,juda answered3 ,the man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath1 saying3 ,you shall not see my face1 unless you bring your youngest brother with you4 #dc3d4 ,if therefore thou wilt send him with us1 we will set out together1 and will buy necessaries for thee4 #dc3e4 ,but if thou wilt not1 we will not go3 for the man1 as we have often said1 declared unto us1 saying3 ,you shall not see my face without your youngest brother4 #dc3f4 ,israel said to them3 ,you have done this for my misery1 in that you told him you had also another brother4 #dc3g4 ,but they answered3 ,the man asked us in order concerning our kindred3 if our father lived3 if we had a brother3 and we answered him regularly1 according to what he demanded3 could we know that he would say3 ,bring hither your brother with you8 #dc3h4 ,and ,juda said to his father3 ,send the boy with me1 that we may set forward1 and may live3 lest both we and our children perish4 #dc3i4 ,i take the boy upon me1 require him at my hand3 unless ,i bring him again1 and restore him to thee1 ,i will be guilty of sin against thee for ever4 #dc3aj4 ,if delay had not been made1 we had been here again the second time4 #dc3aa4 ,then ,israel said to them3 ,if it must needs be so1 do what you will3 take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels1 and carry down presents to the man1 a little balm1 and honey1 and storax1 myrrh1 turpentine1 and almonds4 ,balm4 4 4,literally rosin1 resinae2 but here by that name is meant balm4 #dc3ab4 ,and take with you double money1 and carry back what you found in your sacks1 lest perhaps it was done by mistake4 #dc3ac4 ,and take also your brother1 and go to the man4 #dc3ad4 ,and may my almighty ,god make him favourable to you3 and send back with you your brother1 whom he keepeth1 and this ,benjamin3 and as for me ,i shall be desolate without children4 #dc3ae4 ,so the men took the presents1 and double money1 and ,benjamin3 and went down into ,egypt1 and stood before ,joseph4 #dc3af4 ,and when he had seen them1 and ,benjamin with them1 he commanded the steward of his house1 saying3 ,bring in the men into the house1 and kill victims1 and prepare a feast3 because they shall eat with me at noon4 #dc3ag4 ,he did as he was commanded1 and brought the men into the house4 #dc3ah4 ,and they being much afraid1 said there one to another3 ,because of the money1 which we carried back the first time in our sacks1 we are brought in3 that he may bring upon us a false accusation1 and by violence make slaves of us and our asses4 #dc3ai4 ,wherefore1 going up to the steward of the house1 at the door1 #dc3bj4 ,they said3 ,sir1 we desire thee to hear us4 ,we came down once before to buy food3 #dc3ba4 ,and when we had bought1 and were come to the inn1 we opened our sacks1 and found our money in the mouths of the sacks3 which we have now brought again in the same weight4 #dc3bb4 ,and we have brought other money besides1 to buy what we want3 we cannot tell who put it in our bags4 #dc3bc4 ,but he answered3 ,peace be with you1 fear not3 your ,god1 and the ,god of your father1 hath given you treasure in your sacks4 ,for the money1 which you gave me1 ,i have for good4 ,and he brought ,simeon out to them4 #dc3bd4 ,and having brought them into the house1 he fetched water1 and they washed their feet1 and he gave provender to their asses4 #dc3be4 ,but they made ready the presents1 against ,joseph came at noon3 for they had heard that they should eat bread there4 #dc3bf4 ,then ,joseph came in to his house1 and they offered him the presents1 holding them in their hands2 and they bowed down with their face to the ground4 #dc3bg4 ,but he courteously saluting them again1 asked them1 saying3 ,is the old man your father in health1 of whom you told me8 ,is he yet living8 #dc3bh4 ,and they answered3 ,thy servant our father1 is in health2 he is yet living4 ,and bowing themselves1 they made obeisance to him4 #dc3bi4 ,and ,joseph lifting up his eyes1 saw ,benjamin1 his brother by the same mother1 and said3 ,is this your young brother1 of whom you told me8 ,and he said3 ,god be gracious to thee1 my son4 #dc3cj4 ,and he made haste1 because his heart was moved upon his brother1 and tears gushed out3 and going into his chamber1 he wept4 #dc3ca4 ,and when he had washed his face1 coming out again1 he refrained himself1 and said3 ,set bread on the table4 #dc3cb4 ,and when it was set on1 for ,joseph apart1 and for his brethren apart1 for the ,egyptians also that ate with him apart1 7for it is unlawful for the ,egyptians to eat with the ,hebrews1 and they think such a feast profane73 #dc3cc4 ,they sat before him1 the firstborn according to his birthright1 and the youngest according to his age4 ,and they wondered very much2 #dc3cd4 ,taking the messes which they received of him3 and the greater mess came to ,benjamin1 so that it exceeded by five parts4 ,and they drank1 and were merry with him4 ,genesis ,chapter #dd ,joseph's contrivance to stop his brethren4 ,the humble supplication of ,juda4 #dd3a4 ,and ,joseph commanded the steward of his house1 saying3 ,fill their sacks with corn1 as much as they can hold3 and put the money of every one in the top of his sack4 #dd3b4 ,and in the mouth of the younger's sack put my silver cup1 and the price which he gave for the wheat4 ,and it was so done4 #dd3c4 ,and when the morning arose1 they were sent away with their asses4 #dd3d4 ,and when they were now departed out of the city1 and had gone forward a little way3 ,joseph sending for the steward of his house1 said3 ,arise1 and pursue after the men3 and when thou hast overtaken them1 say to them3 ,why have you returned evil for good8 #dd3e4 ,the cup which you have stolen1 is that in which my lord drinketh1 and in which he is wont to divine3 you have done a very evil thing4 #dd3f4 ,he did as he had commanded him4 ,and having overtaken them1 he spoke to them the same words4 #dd3g4 ,and they answered3 ,why doth our lord speak so1 as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact8 #dd3h4 ,the money1 that we found in the top of our sacks1 we brought back to thee from the land of ,chanaan3 how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house1 gold or silver8 #dd3i4 ,with whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest1 let him die1 and we will be the bondmen of my lord4 #dd3aj4 ,and he said to them3 ,let it be according to your sentence3 with whomsoever it shall be found1 let him be my servant1 and you shall be blameless4 #dd3aa4 ,then they speedily took down their sacks to the ground1 and every man opened his sack4 #dd3ab4 ,which when he had searched1 beginning at the eldest1 and ending at the youngest1 he found the cup in ,benjamin's sack4 #dd3ac4 ,then they rent their garments1 and loading their asses again1 returned into the town4 #dd3ad4 ,and ,juda at the head of his brethren went in to ,joseph 7for he was not yet gone out of the place7 and they all together fell down before him on the ground4 #dd3ae4 ,and he said to them3 ,why would you do so8 know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining4 ,the science of divining4 4 4,he speaks of himself according to what he was esteemed in that kingdom4 ,and indeed1 he being truly a prophet1 knew more without comparison than any of the ,egyptian sorcerers4 #dd3af4 ,and ,juda said to him3 ,what shall we answer my lord8 or what shall we say1 or be able justly to allege8 ,god hath found out the iniquity of thy servants3 behold1 we are all bondmen to my lord1 both we1 and he with whom the cup was found4 #dd3ag4 ,joseph answered3 ,god forbid that ,i should do so3 he that stole the cup1 he shall be my bondman3 and go you away free to your father4 #dd3ah4 ,then ,juda coming nearer1 said boldly3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 let thy servant speak a word in thy ears1 and be not angry with thy servant3 for after ,pharao thou art4 #dd3ai4 ,my lord4 ,thou didst ask thy servants the first time3 ,have you a father or a brother4 #dd3bj4 ,and we answered thee1 my lord3 ,we have a father an old man1 and a young boy1 that was born in his old age2 whose brother by the mother is dead2 and he alone is left of his mother1 and his father loveth him tenderly4 #dd3ba4 ,and thou saidst to thy servants3 ,bring him hither to me1 and ,i will set my eyes on him4 #dd3bb4 ,we suggested to my lord3 ,the boy cannot leave his father3 for if he leave him1 he will die4 #dd3bc4 ,and thou saidst to thy servants3 ,except your youngest brother come with you1 you shall see my face no more4 #dd3bd4 ,therefore when we were gone up to thy servant our father1 we told him all that my lord had said4 #dd3be4 ,and our father said3 ,go again1 and buy us a little wheat4 #dd3bf4 ,and we said to him3 ,we cannot go3 if our youngest brother go down with us1 we will set out together3 otherwise1 without him we dare not see the man's face4 #dd3bg4 ,whereunto he answered3 ,you know that my wife bore me two4 #dd3bh4 ,one went out1 and you said3 ,a beast devoured him2 and hitherto he appeareth not4 #dd3bi4 ,if you take this also1 and any thing befall him in the way1 you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hell4 #dd3cj4 ,therefore1 if ,i shall go to thy servant1 our father1 and the boy be wanting1 7whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him17 #dd3ca4 ,and he shall see that he is not with us1 he will die1 and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell4 ,his gray hairs4 4 4,that is1 his person1 now far advanced in years4--,with sorrow unto hell4 4 4,the ,hebrew word for hell is here sheol1 the ,greek hades3 it is not taken for the hell of the damned2 but for that place of souls below where the servants of ,god were kept before the coming of ,christ4 ,which place1 both in the ,scripture and in the creed1 is named hell4 #dd3cb4 ,let me be thy proper servant1 who took him into my trust1 and promised1 saying3 ,if ,i bring him not again1 ,i will be guilty of sin against my father for ever4 #dd3cc4 ,therefore ,i1 thy servant1 will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord1 and let the boy go up with his brethren4 #dd3cd4 ,for ,i cannot return to my father without the boy1 lest ,i be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father4 ,genesis ,chapter #de ,joseph maketh himself known to his brethren3 and sendeth for his father4 #de3a4 ,joseph could no longer refrain himself before many that stood by3 whereupon he commanded that all should go out1 and no stranger be present at their knowing one another4 #de3b4 ,and he lifted up his voice with weeping1 which the ,egyptians1 and all the house of ,pharao heard4 #de3c4 ,and he said to his brethren3 ,i am ,joseph3 ,is my father yet living8 ,his brethren could not answer him1 being struck with exceeding great fear4 #de3d4 ,and he said mildly to them3 ,come nearer to me4 ,and when they were come near him1 he said3 ,i am ,joseph1 your brother1 whom you sold into ,egypt4 #de3e4 ,be not afraid1 and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries3 for ,god sent me before you into ,egypt for your preservation4 #de3f4 ,for it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land1 and five years more remain1 wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping4 #de3g4 ,and ,god sent me before1 that you may be preserved upon the earth1 and may have food to live4 #de3h4 ,not by your counsel was ,i sent hither1 but by the will of ,god3 who hath made me as it were a father to ,pharao1 and lord of his whole house1 and governor in all the land of ,egypt4 #de3i4 ,make haste1 and go ye up to my father1 and say to him3 ,thus saith thy son ,joseph3 ,god hath made me lord of the whole land of ,egypt2 come down to me1 linger not4 #de3aj4 ,and thou shalt dwell in the land of ,gessen3 and thou shalt be near me1 thou and thy sons1 and thy sons' sons1 thy sheep1 and thy herds1 and all things that thou hast4 #de3aa4 ,and there ,i will feed thee1 7for there are yet five years of famine remaining7 lest both thou perish1 and thy house1 and all things that thou hast4 #de3ab4 ,behold1 your eyes1 and the eyes of my brother ,benjamin1 see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you4 #de3ac4 ,you shall tell my father of all my glory1 and all things that you have seen in ,egypt3 make haste and bring him to me4 #de3ad4 ,and falling upon the neck of his brother ,benjamin1 he embraced him and wept3 and ,benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck4 #de3ae4 ,and ,joseph kissed all his brethren1 and wept upon every one of them3 after which they were emboldened to speak to him4 #de3af4 ,and it was heard1 and the fame was spread abroad in the king's court3 ,the brethren of ,joseph are come2 and ,pharao with all his family was glad4 #de3ag4 ,and he spoke to ,joseph that he should give orders to his brethren1 saying3 ,load your beasts1 and go into the land of ,chanaan1 #de3ah4 ,and bring away from thence your father and kindred1 and come to me2 and ,i will give you all the good things of ,egypt1 that you may eat the marrow of the land4 #de3ai4 ,give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of ,egypt1 for the carriage of their children and their wives2 and say3 ,take up your father1 and make haste to come with all speed3 #de3bj4 ,and leave nothing of your household stuff2 for all the riches of ,egypt shall be yours4 #de3ba4 ,and the sons of ,israel did as they were bid4 ,and ,joseph gave them wagons according to ,pharao's commandment3 and provisions for the way4 #de3bb4 ,he ordered also to be brought out for every one of them two robes3 but to ,benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver1 with five robes of the best3 #de3bc4 ,sending to his father as much money and raiment2 adding besides1 ten he-asses1 to carry off all the riches of ,egypt1 and as many she-asses1 carrying wheat and bread for the journey4 #de3bd4 ,so he sent away his brethren1 and at their departing said to them3 ,be not angry in the way4 #de3be4 ,and they went up out of ,egypt1 and came into the land of ,chanaan1 to their father ,jacob4 #de3bf4 ,and they told him1 saying3 ,joseph1 thy son1 is living2 and he is ruler in all the land of ,egypt4 ,which when ,jacob heard1 he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep1 yet did not believe them4 #de3bg4 ,they1 on the other side1 told the whole order of the thing4 ,and when he saw the wagons1 and all that he had sent1 his spirit revived1 #de3bh4 ,and he said3 ,it is enough for me if ,joseph1 my son1 be yet living3 ,i will go and see him before ,i die4 ,genesis ,chapter #df ,israel1 warranted by a vision from ,god1 goeth down into ,egypt with all his family4 #df3a4 ,and ,israel taking his journey1 with all that he had1 came to the well of the oath1 and killing victims there to the ,god of his father ,isaac1 ,the well of the oath4 4 4,bersabee4 #df3b4 ,he heard him1 by a vision in the night1 calling him1 and saying to him3 ,jacob1 ,jacob4 ,and he answered him3 ,lo1 here ,i am4 #df3c4 ,god said to him3 ,i am the most mighty ,god of thy father2 fear not1 go down into ,egypt1 for ,i will make a great nation of thee there4 #df3d4 ,i will go down with thee thither1 and will bring thee back again from thence3 ,joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes4 #df3e4 ,and ,jacob rose up from the well of the oath3 and his sons took him up1 with their children and wives in the wagons1 which ,pharao had sent to carry the old man1 #df3f4 ,and all that he had in the land of ,chanaan3 and he came into ,egypt with all his seed2 #df3g4 ,his sons1 and grandsons1 daughters1 and all his offspring together4 #df3h4 ,and these are the names of the children of ,israel1 that entered into ,egypt1 he and his children4 ,his firstborn ,ruben1 #df3i4 ,the sons of ,ruben3 ,henoch and ,phallu1 and ,hesron and ,charmi4 #df3aj4 ,the sons of ,simeon3 ,jamuel and ,jamin and ,ahod1 and ,jachin and ,sohar1 and ,saul1 the son of a woman of ,chanaan4 #df3aa4 ,the sons of ,levi3 ,gerson and ,caath1 and ,merari4 #df3ab4 ,the sons of ,juda3 ,her and ,onan1 and ,sela1 and ,phares and ,zara4 ,and ,her and ,onan died in the land of ,chanaan4 ,and sons were born to ,phares3 ,hesron and ,hamul4 #df3ac4 ,the sons of ,issachar3 ,thola and ,phua1 and ,job and ,semron4 #df3ad4 ,the sons of ,zabulon3 ,sared1 and ,elon1 and ,jahelel4 #df3ae4 ,these are the sons of ,lia1 whom she bore in ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 with ,dina1 his daughter4 ,all the souls of her sons and daughters1 thirty-three4 #df3af4 ,the sons of ,gad3 ,sephion and ,haggi1 and ,suni and ,esebon1 and ,heri and ,arodi1 and ,areli4 #df3ag4 ,the sons of ,aser3 ,jamne and ,jesua1 and ,jessuri and ,beria1 and ,sara their sister4 ,the sons of ,beria3 ,heber and ,melchiel4 #df3ah4 ,these are the sons of ,zelpha1 whom ,laban gave to ,lia1 his daughter4 ,and these she bore to ,jacob1 sixteen souls4 #df3ai4 ,the sons of ,rachel1 ,jacob's wife3 ,joseph and ,benjamin4 #df3bj4 ,and sons were born to ,joseph1 in the land of ,egypt1 whom ,aseneth1 the daughter of ,putiphare1 priest of ,heliopolis1 bore him3 ,manasses and ,ephraim4 #df3ba4 ,the sons of ,benjamin3 ,bela and ,bechor1 and ,asbel and ,gera1 and ,naaman and ,echi1 and ,ross and ,mophim1 and ,ophim and ,ared4 #df3bb4 ,these are the sons of ,rachel1 whom she bore to ,jacob3 all the souls1 fourteen4 #df3bc4 ,the sons of ,dan3 ,husim4 #df3bd4 ,the sons of ,nephthali3 ,jaziel and ,guni1 and ,jeser and ,sallem4 #df3be4 ,these are the sons of ,bala1 whom ,laban gave to ,rachel1 his daughter3 and these she bore to ,jacob3 all the souls1 seven4 #df3bf4 ,all the souls that went with ,jacob into ,egypt1 and that came out of his thigh1 besides his sons' wives1 sixty-six4 #df3bg4 ,and the sons of ,joseph1 that were born to him in the land of ,egypt1 two souls4 ,all the souls of the house of ,jacob1 that entered into ,egypt1 were seventy4 #df3bh4 ,and he sent ,juda before him to ,joseph1 to tell him2 and that he should meet him in ,gessen4 #df3bi4 ,and when he was come thither1 ,joseph made ready his chariot1 and went up to meet his father in the same place3 and seeing him1 he fell upon his neck1 and embracing him1 wept4 #df3cj4 ,and the father said to ,joseph3 ,now shall ,i die with joy1 because ,i have seen thy face1 and leave thee alive4 #df3ca4 ,and ,joseph said to his brethren1 and to all his father's house3 ,i will go up1 and will tell ,pharao1 and will say to him3 ,my brethren1 and my father's house1 that were in the land of ,chanaan1 are come to me3 #df3cb4 ,and the men are shepherds1 and their occupation is to feed cattle2 their flocks1 and herds1 and all they have1 they have brought with them4 #df3cc4 ,and when he shall call you1 and shall say3 ,what is your occupation8 #df3cd4 ,you shall answer3 ,we1 thy servants1 are shepherds1 from our infancy until now1 both we and our fathers4 ,and this you shall say1 that you may dwell in the land of ,gessen1 because the ,egyptians have all shepherds in abomination4 ,genesis ,chapter #dg ,jacob and his sons are presented before ,pharao3 he giveth them the land of ,gessen4 ,the famine forceth the ,egyptians to sell all their possessions to the king4 #dg3a4 ,then ,joseph went in and told ,pharao1 saying3 ,my father and brethren1 their sheep and their herds1 and all that they possess1 are come out of the land of ,chanaan3 and behold they stay in the land of ,gessen4 #dg3b4 ,five men also1 the last of his brethren1 he presented before the king3 ,the last4 4 4xtremos4 ,some interpret this word of the chiefest1 and most rightly3 but ,joseph seems rather to have chosen out such as had the meanest appearance1 that ,pharao might not think of employing them at court1 with danger of their morals and religion4 #dg3c4 ,and he asked them3 ,what is your occupation8 ,they answered3 ,we1 thy servants1 are shepherds1 both we and our fathers4 #dg3d4 ,we are come to sojourn in thy land1 because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants1 the famine being very grievous in the land of ,chanaan3 and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of ,gessen4 #dg3e4 ,the king therefore said to ,joseph3 ,thy father and thy brethren are come to thee4 #dg3f4 ,the land of ,egypt is before thee3 and make them dwell in the best place1 and give them the land of ,gessen4 ,and if thou knowest that there are industrious men among them1 make them rulers over my cattle4 #dg3g4 ,after this ,joseph brought in his father to the king1 and presented him before him3 and he blessed him4 #dg3h4 ,and being asked by him3 ,how many are the days of the years of thy life8 #dg3i4 ,he answered3 ,the days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years1 few1 and evil1 and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers4 #dg3aj4 ,and blessing the king1 he went out4 #dg3aa4 ,but ,joseph gave a possession to his father and his brethren in ,egypt1 in the best place of the land1 in ,ramesses1 as ,pharao had commanded4 #dg3ab4 ,and he nourished them1 and all his father's house1 allowing food to every one4 #dg3ac4 ,for in the whole world there was want of bread1 and a famine had oppressed the land1 more especially of ,egypt and ,chanaan2 #dg3ad4 ,out of which he gathered up all the money for the corn which they bought1 and brought it in to the king's treasure4 #dg3ae4 ,and when the buyers wanted money1 all ,egypt came to ,joseph1 saying3 ,give us bread3 why should we die in thy presence1 having now no money8 #dg3af4 ,and he answered them3 ,bring me your cattle1 and for them ,i will give you food1 if you have no money4 #dg3ag4 ,and when they had brought them1 he gave them food in exchange for their horses1 and sheep1 and oxen1 and asses3 and he maintained them that year for the exchange of their cattle4 #dg3ah4 ,and they came the second year1 and said to him3 ,we will not hide from our lord1 how that our money is spent1 and our cattle also are gone3 neither art thou ignorant that we have nothing now left but our bodies and our lands4 #dg3ai4 ,why therefore shall we die before thy eyes8 we will be thine1 both we and our lands3 buy us to be the king's servants1 and give us seed1 lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness4 #dg3bj4 ,so ,joseph bought all the land of ,egypt1 every man selling his possessions1 because of the greatness of the famine4 ,and he brought it into ,pharao's hands3 #dg3ba4 ,and all its people from one end of the borders of ,egypt1 even to the other end thereof1 #dg3bb4 ,except the land of the priests1 which had been given them by the king3 to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores1 and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions4 #dg3bc4 ,then ,joseph said to the people3 ,behold1 as you see1 both you and your lands belong to ,pharao2 take seed and sow the fields1 #dg3bd4 ,that you may have corn4 ,the fifth part you shall give to the king2 the other four you shall have for seed1 and for food for your families and children4 #dg3be4 ,and they answered3 our life is in thy hand2 only let my lord look favourably upon us1 and we will gladly serve the king4 #dg3bf4 ,from that time unto this day1 in the whole land of ,egypt1 the fifth part is paid to the kings1 and it is become as a law1 except the land of the priests1 which was free from this covenant4 #dg3bg4 ,so ,israel dwelt in ,egypt1 that is1 in the land of ,gessen1 and possessed it2 and grew1 and was multiplied exceedingly4 #dg3bh4 ,and he lived in it seventeen years3 and all the days of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years4 #dg3bi4 ,and when he saw that the day of his death drew nigh1 he called his son ,joseph1 and said to him3 ,if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 put thy hand under my thigh2 and thou shalt shew me this kindness and truth1 not to bury me in ,egypt4 #dg3cj4 ,but ,i will sleep with my fathers1 and thou shalt take me away out of this land1 and bury me in the burying place of my ancestors4 ,and ,joseph answered him3 ,i will do what thou hast commanded4 #dg3ca4 ,and he said3 ,swear then to me4 ,and as he was swearing1 ,israel adored ,god1 turning to the bed's head4 ,to the bed's head4 4 4,st4 ,paul1 ,heb4 #aa4ba1 following the ,greek translation of the ,septuagint1 reads adored the top of his rod4 ,where note1 that the same word in the ,hebrew1 according to the different pointing of it1 signifies both a bed and a rod4 ,and to verify both these sentences1 we must understand that ,jacob leaning on ,joseph's rod adored1 turning towards the head of his bed3 which adoration1 inasmuch as it was referred to ,god1 was an absolute and sovereign worship3 but inasmuch as it was referred to the rod of ,joseph1 as a figure of the sceptre1 that is1 of the royal dignity of ,christ1 was only an inferior and relative honour4 ,genesis ,chapter #dh ,joseph visiteth his father in his sickness1 who adopteth his two sons ,manasses and ,ephraim1 and blesseth them1 preferring the younger before the elder4 #dh3a4 ,after these things1 it was told ,joseph that his father was sick2 and he set out to go to him1 taking his two sons ,manasses and ,ephraim4 #dh3b4 ,and it was told the old man3 ,behold thy son ,joseph cometh to thee4 ,and being strengthened1 he sat on his bed4 #dh3c4 ,and when ,joseph was come in to him1 he said3 ,god almighty appeared to me at ,luza1 which is in the land of ,chanaan1 and he blessed me1 #dh3d4 ,and said3 ,i will cause thee to increase and multiply1 and ,i will make of thee a multitude of people3 and ,i will give this land to thee1 and to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession4 #dh3e4 ,so thy two sons1 who were born to thee in the land of ,egypt before ,i came hither to thee1 shall be mine3 ,ephraim and ,manasses shall be reputed to me as ,ruben and ,simeon4 #dh3f4 ,but the rest whom thou shalt have after them1 shall be thine1 and shall be called by the name of their brethren in their possessions4 #dh3g4 ,for1 when ,i came out of ,mesopotamia1 ,rachel died from me in the land of ,chanaan in the very journey1 and it was spring time3 and ,i was going to ,ephrata1 and ,i buried her near the way of ,ephrata1 which by another name is called ,bethlehem4 #dh3h4 ,then seeing his sons1 he said to him3 ,who are these8 #dh3i4 ,he answered3 ,they are my sons1 whom ,god hath given me in this place4 ,and he said3 ,bring them to me1 that ,i may bless them4 #dh3aj4 ,for ,israel's eyes were dim by reason of his great age1 and he could not see clearly4 ,and when they were brought to him1 he kissed and embraced them1 #dh3aa4 ,and said to his son3 ,i am not deprived of seeing thee2 moreover ,god hath shewn me thy seed4 #dh3ab4 ,and when ,joseph had taken them from his father's lap1 he bowed down with his face to the ground4 #dh3ac4 ,and he set ,ephraim on his right hand1 that is1 towards the left hand of ,israel2 but ,manasses on his left hand1 to wit1 towards his father's right hand1 and brought them near to him4 #dh3ad4 ,but he1 stretching forth his right hand1 put it upon the head of ,ephraim1 the younger brother2 and the left upon the head of ,manasses1 who was the elder1 changing his hands4 #dh3ae4 ,and ,jacob blessed the sons of ,joseph1 and said3 ,god1 in whose sight my fathers ,abraham and ,isaac walked1 ,god that feedeth me from my youth until this day3 #dh3af4 ,the angel that delivereth me from all evils1 bless these boys3 and let my name be called upon them1 and the names of my fathers ,abraham and ,isaac2 and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth4 #dh3ag4 ,and ,joseph seeing that his father had put his right hand upon the head of ,ephraim1 was much displeased3 and taking his father's hand1 he tried to lift it from ,ephraim's head1 and to remove it to the head of ,manasses4 #dh3ah4 ,and he said to his father3 ,it should not be so1 my father2 for this is the firstborn1 put thy right hand upon his head4 #dh3ai4 ,but he refusing1 said3 ,i know1 my son1 ,i know3 and this also shall become a people1 and shall be multiplied2 but his younger brother shall be greater than he2 and his seed shall grow into nations4 #dh3bj4 ,and he blessed them at that time1 saying3 ,in thee shall ,israel be blessed1 and it shall be said3 ,god do to thee as to ,ephraim1 and as to ,manasses4 ,and he set ,ephraim before ,manasses4 #dh3ba4 ,and he said to ,joseph1 his son3 ,behold ,i die1 and ,god will be with you1 and will bring you back into the land of your fathers4 #dh3bb4 ,i give thee a portion above thy brethren1 which ,i took out of the hand of the ,amorrhite with my sword and bow4 ,genesis ,chapter #di ,jacob's prophetical blessings of his twelve sons3 his death4 #di3a4 ,and ,jacob called his sons1 and said to them3 ,gather yourselves together1 that ,i may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days4 #di3b4 ,gather yourselves together1 and hear1 ,o ye sons of ,jacob1 hearken to ,israel1 your father3 #di3c4 ,ruben1 my firstborn1 thou art my strength1 and the beginning of my sorrow2 excelling in gifts1 greater in command4 ,my strength1 etc4 4 4,he calls him his strength1 as being born whilst his father was in his full strength and vigour3 he calls him the beginning of his sorrow1 because cares and sorrows usually come on with the birth of children4 ,excelling in gifts1 etc41 because the firstborn had a title to a double portion1 and to have the command over his brethren1 which ,ruben forfeited by his sin2 being poured out as water1 that is1 spilt and lost4 #di3d4 ,thou art poured out as water1 grow thou not2 because thou wentest up to thy father's bed1 and didst defile his couch4 ,grow thou not4 4 4,this was not meant by way of a curse or imprecation2 but by way of a prophecy foretelling that the tribe of ,ruben should not inherit the pre-eminences usually annexed to the first birthright1 viz41 the double portion1 the being prince or lord over the other brethren1 and the priesthood3 of which the double portion was given to ,joseph1 the princely office to ,juda1 and the priesthood to ,levi4 #di3e4 ,simeon and ,levi brethren3 vessels of iniquity waging war4 #di3f4 ,let not my soul go into their counsel1 nor my glory be in their assembly3 because in their fury they slew a man1 and in their self-will they undermined a wall4 ,slew a man14 4 4viz41 ,sichem the son of ,hemor1 with all his people1 ,gen4 #cd42 mystically and prophetically it alludes to ,christ1 whom their posterity1 viz41 the priests and the scribes1 put to death4 #di3g4 ,cursed be their fury1 because it was stubborn3 and their wrath1 because it was cruel3 ,i will divide them in ,jacob1 and will scatter them in ,israel4 #di3h4 ,juda1 thee shall thy brethren praise3 thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies2 the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee4 #di3i4 ,juda is a lion's whelp3 to the prey1 my son1 thou art gone up3 resting thou hast couched as a lion1 and as a lioness1 who shall rouse him8 ,a lion's whelp1 etc4 4 4,this blessing of ,juda foretelleth the strength of his tribe1 the fertility of his inheritance2 and principally that the sceptre and legislative power should not be utterly taken away from his race till about the time of the coming of ,christ3 as in effect it never was3 which is a demonstration against the modern ,jews1 that the ,messiah is long since come2 for the sceptre has long since been utterly taken away from ,juda4 #di3aj4 ,the sceptre shall not be taken away from ,juda1 nor a ruler from his thigh1 till he come that is to be sent1 and he shall be the expectation of nations4 #di3aa4 ,tying his foal to the vineyard1 and his ass1 ,o my son1 to the vine4 ,he shall wash his robe in wine1 and his garment in the blood of the grape4 #di3ab4 ,his eyes are more beautiful than wine1 and his teeth whiter than milk4 #di3ac4 ,zabulon shall dwell on the seashore1 and in the road of ships1 reaching as far as ,sidon4 #di3ad4 ,issachar shall be a strong ass1 lying down between the borders4 #di3ae4 ,he saw rest that it was good3 and the land that it was excellent3 and he bowed his shoulder to carry1 and became a servant under tribute4 #di3af4 ,dan shall judge his people like another tribe in ,israel4 ,dan shall judge1 etc4 4 4,this was verified in ,samson1 who was of the tribe of ,dan1 and began to deliver ,israel4 ,judges #ac4e4 ,but as this deliverance was but temporal and very imperfect1 the holy patriarch 7ver4 #ah7 aspires after another kind of deliverer1 saying3 ,i will look for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord4 #di3ag4 ,let ,dan be a snake in the way1 a serpent in the path1 that biteth the horse's heels1 that his rider may fall backward4 #di3ah4 ,i will look for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord4 #di3ai4 ,gad1 being girded1 shall fight before him3 and he himself shall be girded backward4 ,gad being girded1 etc4 4 4,it seems to allude to the tribe of ,gad2 when after they had received for their lot the land of ,galaad1 they marched in arms before the rest of the ,israelites1 to the conquest of the land of ,chanaan3 from whence they afterwards returned loaded with spoils4 ,see ,jos4 #d4 and #ab4 #di3bj4 ,aser1 his bread shall be fat1 and he shall yield dainties to kings4 #di3ba4 ,nephthali1 a hart let loose1 and giving words of beauty4 #di3bb4 ,joseph is a growing son1 a growing son and comely to behold3 the daughters run to and fro upon the wall2 ,run to and fro1 etc4 4 4,to behold his beauty2 whilst his envious brethren turned their darts against him1 etc4 #di3bc4 ,but they that held darts1 provoked him1 and quarrelled with him1 and envied him4 #di3bd4 ,his bow rested upon the strong1 and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed1 by the hands of the mighty one of ,jacob3 thence he came forth a pastor1 the stone of ,israel4 ,his bow rested upon the strong1 etc4 4 4,that is1 upon ,god1 who was his strength3 who also loosed his bands1 and brought him out of prison to be the pastor1 that is1 the feeder and ruler of ,egypt1 and the stone1 that is1 the rock and support of ,israel4 #di3be4 ,the ,god of thy father shall be thy helper1 and the ,almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above1 with the blessings of the deep that lieth beneath1 with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb4 #di3bf4 ,the blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers3 until the desire of the everlasting hills should come3 may they be upon the head of ,joseph1 and upon the crown of the ,nazarite among his brethren4 ,the blessings of thy father1 etc4 4 4,that is1 thy father's blessings are made more prevalent and effectual in thy regard1 by the additional strength they receive from his inheriting the blessings of his progenitors ,abraham and ,isaac4 ,the desire of the everlasting hills1 etc4 4 4,these blessings all looked forward towards ,christ1 called the desire of the everlasting hills1 as being longed for1 as it were1 by the whole creation4 ,mystically1 the patriarchs and prophets are called the everlasting hills1 by reason of the eminence of their wisdom and holiness4 ,the ,nazarite4 4 4,this word signifies one separated2 and agrees to ,joseph1 as being separated from1 and more eminent than1 his brethren4 ,as the ancient ,nazarites were so called from their being set aside for ,god1 and vowed to him4 #di3bg4 ,benjamin a ravenous wolf1 in the morning shall eat the prey1 and in the evening shall divide the spoil4 #di3bh4 ,all these are the twelve tribes of ,israel3 these things their father spoke to them1 and he blessed every one with their proper blessings4 #di3bi4 ,and he charged them1 saying3 ,i am now going to be gathered to my people3 bury me with my fathers in the double cave1 which is in the field of ,ephron the ,hethite1 ,to be gathered to my people4 4 4,that is1 ,i am going to die1 and so to follow my ancestors that are gone before me1 and to join their company in another world4 #di3cj4 ,over against ,mambre1 in the land of ,chanaan1 which ,abraham bought together with the field1 of ,ephron the ,hethite1 for a possession to bury in4 #di3ca4 ,there they buried him1 and ,sara his wife3 there was ,isaac buried with ,rebecca1 his wife3 there also ,lia doth lie buried4 #di3cb4 ,and when he had ended the commandments1 wherewith he instructed his sons1 he drew up his feet upon the bed1 and died3 and he was gathered to his people4 ,genesis ,chapter #ej ,the mourning for ,jacob1 and his interment4 ,joseph's kindness towards his brethren4 ,his death4 #ej3a4 ,and when ,joseph saw this1 he fell upon his father's face1 weeping and kissing him4 #ej3b4 ,and he commanded his servants1 the physicians1 to embalm his father4 #ej3c4 ,and while they were fulfilling his commands1 there passed forty days3 for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed1 and ,egypt mourned for him seventy days4 #ej3d4 ,and the time of the mourning being expired1 ,joseph spoke to the family of ,pharao3 ,if ,i have found favour in your sight1 speak in the ears of ,pharao3 #ej3e4 ,for my father made me swear to him1 saying3 ,behold ,i die2 thou shalt bury me in my sepulchre which ,i have digged for myself in the land of ,chanaan4 ,so ,i will go up and bury my father1 and return4 #ej3f4 ,and ,pharao said to him3 ,go up and bury thy father according as he made thee swear4 #ej3g4 ,so he went up1 and there went with him all the ancients of ,pharao's house1 and all the elders of the land of ,egypt4 #ej3h4 ,and the house of ,joseph with his brethren1 except their children1 and their flocks and herds1 which they left in the land of ,gessen4 #ej3i4 ,he had also in his train chariots and horsemen3 and it was a great company4 #ej3aj4 ,and they came to the threshing floor of ,atad1 which is situated beyond the ,jordan3 where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation1 they spent full seven days4 #ej3aa4 ,and when the inhabitants of ,chanaan saw this1 they said3 ,this is a great mourning to the ,egyptians4 ,and therefore the name of that place was called1 ,the mourning of ,egypt4 #ej3ab4 ,so the sons of ,jacob did as he had commanded them4 #ej3ac4 ,and carrying him into the land of ,chanaan1 they buried him in the double cave1 which ,abraham had bought together with the field for a possession of a burying place1 of ,ehpron1 the ,hethite1 over against ,mambre4 #ej3ad4 ,and ,joseph returned into ,egypt with his brethren1 and all that were in his company1 after he had buried his father4 #ej3ae4 ,now he being dead1 his brethren were afraid1 and talked one with another3 ,lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered1 and requite us all the evil that we did to him4 #ej3af4 ,and they sent a message to him1 saying3 ,thy father commanded us before he died1 #ej3ag4 ,that we should say thus much to thee from him3 ,i beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren1 and the sin and malice they practised against thee3 we also pray thee1 to forgive the servants of the ,god of thy father this wickedness4 ,and when ,joseph heard this1 he wept4 #ej3ah4 ,and his brethren came to him2 and worshipping prostrate on the ground1 they said3 ,we are thy servants4 #ej3ai4 ,and he answered them3 ,fear not3 can we resist the will of ,god8 #ej3bj4 ,you thought evil against me3 but ,god turned it into good1 that he might exalt me1 as at present you see1 and might save many people4 #ej3ba4 ,fear not3 ,i will feed you and your children4 ,and he comforted them1 and spoke gently and mildly4 #ej3bb4 ,and he dwelt in ,egypt with all his father's house2 and lived a hundred and ten years4 ,and he saw the children of ,ephraim to the third generation4 ,the children also of ,machir1 the sons of ,manasses1 were born on ,joseph's knees4 #ej3bc4 ,after which he told his brethren3 ,god will visit you after my death1 and will make you go up out of this land1 to the land which he swore to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #ej3bd4 ,and he made them swear to him1 saying3 ,god will visit you1 carry my bones with you out of this place3 #ej3be4 ,and he died1 being a hundred and ten years old4 ,and being embalmed1 he was laid in a coffin in ,egypt4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,exodus ,the ,second ,book of ,moses is called ,,exodus1 from the ,greek word ,,exodos1 which signifies going out3 because it contains the history of the going out of the children of ,israel out of ,egypt4 ,the ,hebrews1 from the words with which it begins1 call it ,,veelle ,,semoth3 ,these are the names4 ,it contains transactions for #ade years2 that is1 from the death of ,joseph to the erecting of the tabernacle4 ,exodus ,chapter #a ,the ,israelites are multiplied in ,egypt4 ,they are oppressed by a new king1 who commandeth all their male children to be killed4 #a3a4 ,these are the names of the children of ,israel1 that went into ,egypt with ,jacob3 they went in every man with his household3 #a3b4 ,ruben1 ,simeon1 ,levi1 ,juda1 #a3c4 ,issachar1 ,zabulon1 and ,benjamin1 #a3d4 ,dan1 and ,nephthali1 ,gad and ,aser4 #a3e4 ,and all the souls that came out of ,jacob's thigh1 were seventy3 but ,joseph was in ,egypt4 #a3f4 ,after he was dead1 and all his brethren1 and all that generation1 #a3g4 ,the children of ,israel increased1 and sprung up into multitudes1 and growing exceedingly strong they filled the land4 #a3h4 ,in the mean time there arose a new king over ,egypt1 that knew not ,joseph3 #a3i4 ,and he said to his people3 ,behold the people of the children of ,israel are numerous and stronger than we4 #a3aj4 ,come let us wisely oppress them1 lest they multiply3 and if any war shall rise against us1 join with our enemies1 and having overcome us1 depart out of the land4 #a3aa4 ,therefore he set over them masters of the works1 to afflict them with burdens3 and they built for ,pharao cities of tabernacles1 ,phithom1 and ,ramesses4 ,of tabernacles4 4 4,or1 of storehouses4 #a3ab4 ,but the more they oppressed them1 the more they were multiplied and increased4 #a3ac4 ,and the ,egyptians hated the children of ,israel1 and afflicted them and mocked them3 #a3ad4 ,and they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick1 and with all manner of service1 wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth4 #a3ae4 ,and the king of ,egypt spoke to the midwives of the ,hebrews3 of whom one was called ,sephora1 the other ,phua1 #a3af4 ,commanding them3 ,when you shall do the office of midwives to the ,hebrew women1 and the time of delivery is come3 if it be a man child1 kill it3 if a woman1 keep it alive4 #a3ag4 ,but the midwives feared ,god1 and did not do as the king of ,egypt had commanded1 but saved the men children4 #a3ah3 ,and the king called for them and said3 ,what is it that you meant to do1 that you would save the men children8 #a3ai4 ,they answered3 ,the ,hebrew women are not as the ,egyptian women3 for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife2 and they are delivered before we come to them4 #a3bj4 ,therefore ,god dealt well with the midwives3 and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong4 #a3ba4 ,and because the midwives feared ,god1 he built them houses4 ,because the midwives feared ,god1 etc4 4 4,the midwives were rewarded1 not for their lie1 which was a venial sin2 but for their fear of ,god1 and their humanity3 but this reward was only temporal1 in building them houses1 that is1 in establishing and enriching their families4 #a3bb4 ,pharao therefore charged all his people1 saying3 ,whatsoever shall be born of the male sex1 ye shall cast into the river3 whatsoever of the female1 ye shall save alive4 ,exodus ,chapter #b ,moses is born and exposed on the bank of the river2 where he is taken up by the daughter of ,pharao1 and adopted for her son4 ,he killeth an ,egyptian1 and fleeth into ,madian2 where he marrieth a wife4 #b3a4 ,after this there went a man of the house of ,levi2 and took a wife of his own kindred4 #b3b4 ,and she conceived1 and bore a son3 and seeing him a goodly child1 hid him three months4 #b3c4 ,and when she could hide him no longer1 she took a basket made of bulrushes1 and daubed it with slime and pitch3 and put the little babe therein1 and laid him in the sedges by the river's brink1 #b3d4 ,his sister standing afar off1 and taking notice what would be done4 #b3e4 ,and behold the daughter of ,pharao came down to wash herself in the river3 and her maids walked by the river's brink4 ,and when she saw the basket in the sedges she sent one of her maids for it3 and when it was brought1 #b3f4 ,she opened it1 and seeing within it an infant crying1 having compassion on it1 she said3 ,this is one of the babes of the ,hebrews4 #b3g4 ,and the child's sister said to her3 ,shall ,i go1 and call to thee a ,hebrew woman1 to nurse the babe8 #b3h4 ,she answered3 ,go4 ,the maid went and called her mother4 #b3i4 ,and ,pharao's daughter said to her3 ,take this child1 and nurse him for me3 ,i will give thee thy wages4 ,the woman took and nursed the child3 and when he was grown up1 she delivered him to ,pharao's daughter4 #b3aj4 ,and she adopted him for a son1 and called him ,moses1 saying3 ,because ,i took him out of the water4 ,moses4 4 4,or ,moyses1 in the ,egyptian tongue1 signifies one taken or saved out of the water4 #b3aa4 ,in those days1 after ,moses was grown up1 he went out to his brethren3 and saw their affliction1 and an ,egyptian striking one of the ,hebrews1 his brethren4 #b3ab4 ,and when he had looked about this way and that way1 and saw no one there1 he slew the ,egyptian and hid him in the sand4 ,he slew the ,egyptian4 4 4,this he did by a particular inspiration of ,god2 as a prelude to his delivering the people from their oppression and bondage4 ,he thought1 says ,st4 ,stephen1 ,acts #g4be1 that his brethren understood that ,god by his hand would save them4 ,but such particular and extraordinary examples are not to be imitated4 #b3ac4 ,and going out the next day1 he saw two ,hebrews quarrelling3 and he said to him that did the wrong3 ,why strikest thou thy neighbour8 #b3ad4 ,but he answered3 ,who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us8 wilt thou kill me1 as thou didst yesterday kill the ,egyptian8 ,moses feared1 and said3 ,how is this come to be known8 #b3ae4 ,and ,pharao heard of this word1 and sought to kill ,moses3 but he fled from his sight1 and abode in the land of ,madian1 and he sat down by a well4 ,madian4 4 4,a city and country of ,arabia1 which took its name from ,madian the son of ,abraham1 by ,cetura1 and was peopled by his posterity4 #b3af4 ,and the priest of ,madian had seven daughters1 who came to draw water3 and when the troughs were filled1 desired to water their father's flocks4 #b3ag4 ,and the shepherds came and drove them away3 and ,moses arose1 and defending the maids1 watered their sheep4 #b3ah3 ,and when they returned to ,raguel their father1 he said to them3 ,why are ye come sooner than usual8 ,raguel4 4 4,he had two names1 being also called ,jethro1 as appears from the first verse of the following chapter4 #b3ai4 ,they answered3 ,a man of ,egypt delivered us from the hands of the shepherds3 and he drew water also with us1 and gave the sheep to drink4 #b3bj4 ,but he said3 ,where is he8 why have you let the man go8 call him that he may eat bread4 #b3ba4 ,and ,moses swore that he would dwell with him4 ,and he took ,sephora his daughter to wife3 #b3bb4 ,and she bore him a son1 whom he called ,gersam1 saying3 ,i have been a stranger in a foreign country4 ,and she bore another1 whom he called ,eliezer1 saying3 ,for the ,god of my father1 my helper1 hath delivered me out of the hand of ,pharao4 ,gersam4 4 4,or ,gershom4 ,this name signifies a stranger there3 as ,eliezer signifies the help of ,god4 #b3bc4 ,now after a long time the king of ,egypt died3 and the children of ,israel groaning1 cried out because of the works3 and their cry went up unto ,god from the works4 #b3bd4 ,and he heard their groaning1 and remembered the covenant which he made with ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #b3be4 ,and the ,lord looked upon the children of ,israel1 and he knew them4 ,knew them4 4 4,that is1 he had respect to them1 he cast a merciful eye upon them4 ,exodus ,chapter #c ,god appeareth to ,moses in a bush1 and sendeth him to deliver ,israel4 #c3a4 ,now ,moses fed the sheep of ,jethro1 his father in law1 the priest of ,madian3 and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert1 and came to the mountain of ,god1 ,horeb4 #c3b4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush3 and he saw that the bush was on fire1 and was not burnt4 ,the ,lord appeared4 4 4,that is1 an angel representing ,god1 and speaking in his name4 #c3c4 ,and ,moses said3 ,i will go1 and see this great sight1 why the bush is not burnt4 #c3d4 ,and when the ,lord saw that he went forward to see1 he called to him out of the midst of the bush4 and said3 ,moses1 ,moses4 ,and he answered3 ,here ,i am4 #c3e4 ,and he said3 ,come not nigh hither1 put off the shoes from thy feet2 for the place1 whereon thou standest1 is holy ground4 #c3f4 ,and he said3 ,i am the ,god of thy father1 the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob4 ,moses hid his face3 for he durst not look at ,god4 #c3g4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,i have seen the affliction of my people in ,egypt1 and ,i have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works2 #c3h4 ,and knowing their sorrow1 ,i am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the ,egyptians1 and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land1 into a land that floweth with milk and honey1 to the places of the ,chanaanite1 and ,hethite1 and ,amorrhite1 and ,pherezite1 and ,hevite1 and ,jebusite4 #c3i4 ,for the cry of the children of ,israel is come unto me3 and ,i have seen their affliction1 wherewith they are oppressed by the ,egyptians4 #c3aj4 ,but come1 and ,i will send thee to ,pharao1 that thou mayst bring forth my people1 the children of ,israel1 out of ,egypt4 #c3aa4 ,and ,moses said to ,god3 ,who am ,i that ,i should go to ,pharao1 and should bring forth the children of ,israel out of ,egypt8 #c3ab4 ,and he said to him3 ,i will be with thee2 and this thou shalt have for a sign that ,i have sent thee3 ,when thou shalt have brought my people out of ,egypt1 thou shalt offer sacrifice to ,god upon this mountain4 #c3ac4 ,moses said to ,god3 ,lo1 ,i shall go to the children of ,israel1 and say to them3 ,the ,god of your fathers hath sent me to you4 ,if they shall say to me3 ,what is his name8 ,what shall ,i say to them8 #c3ad4 ,god said to ,moses3 ,i ,,am ,,who ,,am4 ,he said3 ,thus shalt thou say to the children of ,israel3 ,,he ,,who ,,is1 hath sent me to you4 ,i am who am4 4 4,that is1 ,i am being itself1 eternal1 self-existent1 independent1 infinite2 without beginning1 end1 or change2 and the source of all other beings4 #c3ae4 ,and ,god said again to ,moses3 ,thus shalt thou say to the children of ,israel3 ,the ,lord ,god of your fathers the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob hath sent me to you2 this is my name for ever1 and this is my memorial unto all generations4 #c3af4 ,go and gather together the ancients of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,the ,lord ,god of your fathers1 the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob1 hath appeared to me1 saying3 ,visiting ,i have visited you2 and ,i have seen all that hath befallen you in ,egypt4 #c3ag4 ,and ,i have said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of ,egypt1 into the land of the ,chanaanite1 and ,hethite1 and ,amorrhite1 and ,pherezite1 and ,hevite1 and ,jebusite1 to a land that floweth with milk and honey4 #c3ah3 ,and they shall hear thy voice2 and thou shalt go in1 thou and the ancients of ,israel1 to the king of ,egypt1 and thou shalt say to him3 ,the ,lord ,god of the ,hebrews hath called us2 we will go three days' journey into the wilderness1 to sacrifice unto the ,lord our ,god4 #c3ai4 ,but ,i know that the king of ,egypt will not let you go1 but by a mighty hand4 #c3bj4 ,for ,i will stretch forth my hand1 and will strike ,egypt with all my wonders which ,i will do in the midst of them3 after these he will let you go4 #c3ba4 ,and ,i will give favour to this people1 in the sight of the ,egyptians3 and when you go forth1 you shall not depart empty3 #c3bb4 ,but every woman shall ask of her neighbour1 and of her that is in her house1 vessels of silver and of gold1 and raiment3 and you shall put them on your sons and daughters1 and shall spoil ,egypt4 ,shall spoil1 etc4 4 4,that is1 you shall strip1 and take away the goods of the ,egyptians4 ,this was not authorizing theft or injustice2 but was a just disposal made by ,him1 who is the great lord and master of all things1 in order to pay the children of ,israel some part of what was due to them from the ,egyptians for their labours4 ,exodus ,chapter #d ,moses is empowered to confirm his mission with miracles3 his brother ,aaron is appointed to assist him4 #d3a4 ,moses answered1 and said3 ,they will not believe me1 nor hear my voice1 but they will say3 ,the ,lord hath not appeared to thee4 #d3b4 ,then he said to him3 ,what is that thou holdest in thy hand8 ,he answered3 ,a rod4 #d3c4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,cast it down upon the ground4 ,he cast it down1 and it was turned into a serpent1 so that ,moses fled from it4 #d3d4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,put out thy hand1 and take it by the tail4 ,he put forth his hand1 and took hold of it1 and it was turned into a rod4 #d3e4 ,that they may believe1 saith he1 that the ,lord ,god of their fathers1 the ,god of ,abraham1 the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob1 hath appeared to thee4 #d3f4 ,and the ,lord said again3 ,put thy hand into thy bosom4 ,and when he had put it into his bosom1 he brought it forth leprous as snow4 #d3g4 ,and he said3 ,put back thy hand into thy bosom4 ,he put it back1 and brought it out again1 and it was like the other flesh4 #d3h4 ,if they will not believe thee1 saith he1 nor hear the voice of the former sign1 they will believe the word of the latter sign4 #d3i4 ,but if they will not even believe these two signs1 nor hear thy voice3 take of the river water1 and pour it out upon the dry land1 and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river1 shall be turned into blood4 #d3aj4 ,moses said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,lord1 ,i am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before2 and since thou hast spoken to thy servant1 ,i have more impediment and slowness of tongue4 #d3aa4 ,the ,lord said to him3 ,who made man's mouth8 or who made the dumb and the deaf1 the seeing and the blind8 did not ,i8 #d3ab4 ,go therefore1 and ,i will be in thy mouth2 and ,i will teach thee what thou shalt speak4 #d3ac4 ,but he said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,lord1 send whom thou wilt send4 #d3ad4 ,the ,lord being angry at ,moses1 said3 ,aaron the ,levite is thy brother1 ,i know that he is eloquent3 behold he cometh forth to meet thee1 and seeing thee1 shall be glad at heart4 #d3ae4 ,speak to him1 and put my words in his mouth3 and ,i will be in thy mouth1 and in his month1 and will shew you what you must do4 #d3af4 ,he shall speak in thy stead to the people1 and shall be thy mouth3 but thou shalt be to him in those things that pertain to ,god4 #d3ag4 ,and take this rod in thy hand4 wherewith thou shalt do the signs4 #d3ah3 ,moses went his way1 and returned to ,jethro his father in law1 and said to him2 ,i will go and return to my brethren into ,egypt1 that ,i may see if they be yet alive4 ,and ,jethro said to him3 ,go in peace4 #d3ai4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses1 in ,madian3 ,go1 and return into ,egypt2 for they are all dead that sought thy life4 #d3bj4 ,moses therefore took his wife1 and his sons1 and set them upon an ass2 and returned into ,egypt1 carrying the rod of ,god in his hand4 #d3ba4 ,and the ,lord said to him as he was returning into ,egypt3 ,see that thou do all the wonders before ,pharao1 which ,i have put in thy hand3 ,i shall harden his heart1 and he will not let the people go4 ,i shall harden1 etc4 4 4,not by being the efficient cause of his sin2 but by withdrawing from him1 for his just punishment1 the dew of grace that might have softened his heart2 and so suffering him to grow harder and harder4 #d3bb4 ,and thou shalt say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,israel is my son1 my firstborn4 #d3bc4 ,i have said to thee3 ,let my son go1 that he may serve me1 and thou wouldst not let him go3 behold ,i will kill thy son1 thy firstborn4 #d3bd4 ,and when he was in his journey1 in the inn1 the ,lord met him1 and would have killed him4 ,the ,lord met him1 and would have killed him4 4 4,this was an angel representing the ,lord1 who treated ,moses in this manner1 for having neglected the circumcision of his younger son2 which his wife understanding1 circumcised her child upon the spot1 upon which the angel let ,moses go4 #d3be4 ,immediately ,sephora took a very sharp stone1 and circumcised the foreskin of her son1 and touched his feet1 and said3 ,a bloody spouse art thou to me4 #d3bf4 ,and he let him go after she had said3 ,a bloody spouse art thou to me1 because of the circumcision4 #d3bg4 ,and the ,lord said to ,aaron3 ,go into the desert to meet ,moses4 ,and he went forth to meet him in the mountain of ,god1 and kissed him4 #d3bh4 ,and ,moses told ,aaron all the words of the ,lord1 by which he had sent him1 and the signs that he had commanded4 #d3bi4 ,and they came together1 and they assembled all the ancients of the children of ,israel4 #d3cj4 ,and ,aaron spoke all the words which the ,lord had said to ,moses3 and he wrought the signs before the people4 #d3ca4 ,and the people believed4 ,and they heard that the ,lord had visited the children of ,israel1 and that he had looked upon their affliction3 and falling down they adored4 ,exodus ,chapter #e ,pharao refuseth to let the people go4 ,they are more oppressed4 #e3a4 ,after these things1 ,moses and ,aaron went in1 and said to ,pharao3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,let my people go1 that they may sacrifice to me in the desert4 #e3b4 ,but he answered3 ,who is the ,lord1 that ,i should hear his voice1 and let ,israel go8 ,i know not the ,lord1 neither will ,i let ,israel go4 #e3c4 ,and they said3 ,the ,god of the ,hebrews hath called us1 to go three days' journey into the wilderness1 and to sacrifice to the ,lord our ,god2 lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us4 #e3d4 ,the king of ,egypt said to them3 ,why do you ,moses and ,aaron draw off the people from their works8 ,get you gone to your burdens4 #e3e4 ,and ,pharao said3 ,the people of the land are numerous2 you see that the multitude is increased2 how much more if you give them rest from their works8 #e3f4 ,therefore he commanded the same day the overseers of the works1 and the task-masters of the people1 saying3 #e3g4 ,you shall give straw no more to the people to make brick1 as before2 but let them go and gather straw4 #e3h4 ,and you shall lay upon them the task of bricks1 which they did before2 neither shall you diminish any thing thereof1 for they are idle1 and therefore they cry4 saying3 ,let us go and sacrifice to our ,god4 #e3i4 ,let them be oppressed with works1 and let them fulfil them2 that they may not regard lying words4 #e3aj4 ,and the overseers of the works1 and the taskmasters1 went out and said to the people3 ,thus saith ,pharao3 ,i allow you no straw2 #e3aa4 ,go1 and gather it where you can find it2 neither shall any thing of your work be diminished4 #e3ab4 ,and the people was scattered through all the land of ,egypt to gather straw4 #e3ac4 ,and the overseers of the works pressed them1 saying3 ,fulfil your work every day1 as before ye were wont to do1 when straw was given you4 #e3ad4 ,and they that were over the works of the children of ,israel1 were scourged by ,pharao's taskmasters1 saying3 ,why have you not made up the task of bricks1 both yesterday and to day1 as before8 #e3ae4 ,and the officers of the children of ,israel came1 and cried out to ,pharao1 saying3 ,why dealest thou so with thy servants8 #e3af4 ,straw is not given us1 and bricks are required of us as before2 behold we1 thy servants1 are beaten with whips1 and thy people is unjustly dealt withal4 #e3ag4 ,and he said3 ,you are idle1 and therefore you say3 ,let us go and sacrifice to the ,lord4 #e3ah3 ,go therefore and work3 straw shall not be given you1 and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks4 #e3ai4 ,and the officers of the children of ,israel saw that they were in evil case1 because it was said to them3 ,there shall not a whit be diminished of the bricks for every day4 #e3bj4 ,and they met ,moses and ,aaron1 who stood over against them as they came out from ,pharao3 #e3ba4 ,and they said to them3 ,the ,lord see and judge1 because you have1 made our savour to stink before ,pharao and his servants1 and you have given him a sword1 to kill us4 #e3bb4 ,and ,moses returned to the ,lord1 and said3 ,lord1 why hast thou afflicted this people8 wherefore hast thou sent me8 #e3bc4 ,for since the time that ,i went in to ,pharao to speak in thy name1 he hath afflicted thy people3 and thou hast not delivered them4 ,exodus ,chapter #f ,god reneweth his promise4 ,the genealogies of ,ruben1 ,simon and ,levi1 down to ,moses and ,aaron4 #f2a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,now thou shalt see what ,i will do to ,pharao3 for by a mighty hand shall he let them go1 and with a strong hand shall he cast them out of his land4 #f3b4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 ,i am the ,lord #f3c4 ,that appeared to ,abraham1 to ,isaac1 and to ,jacob1 by the name of ,god ,almighty3 and my name ,,adonai ,i did not shew them4 ,my name ,adonai4 4 4,the name1 which is in the ,hebrew text1 is that most proper name of ,god1 which signifieth his eternal1 self-existent being1 ,ex4 #c4ad1 which the ,jews out of reverence never pronounce2 but1 instead of it1 whenever it occurs in the ,bible1 they read ,adonai1 which signifies the ,lord2 and1 therefore1 they put the points or vowels1 which belong to the name ,adonai1 to the four letters of that other ineffable name ,jod1 ,he1 ,vau1 ,he4 ,hence some moderns have framed the name ,jehovah1 unknown to all the ancients1 whether ,jews or ,christians2 for the true pronunciation of the name1 which is in the ,hebrew text1 by long disuse1 is now quite lost4 #f3d4 ,and ,i made a covenant with them1 to give them the land of ,chanaan1 the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers4 #f3e4 ,i have heard the groaning of the children of ,israel1 wherewith the ,egyptians have oppressed them3 and ,i have remembered my covenant4 #f3f4 ,therefore say to the children of ,israel3 ,i am the ,lord who will bring you out from the work-prison of the ,egyptians1 and will deliver you from bondage3 and redeem you with a high arm1 and great judgments4 #f3g4 ,and ,i will take you to myself for my people1 ,i will be your ,god3 and you shall know that ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 who brought you out from the work-prison of the ,egyptians3 #f3h4 ,and brought you into the land1 concerning which ,i lifted up my hand to give it to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 and ,i will give it you to possess3 ,i am the ,lord4 #f3i4 ,and ,moses told all this to the children of ,israel3 but they did not hearken to him1 for anguish of spirit1 and most painful work4 #f3aj4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3aa4 ,go in1 and speak to ,pharao king of ,egypt1 that he let the children of ,israel go out of his land4 #f3ab4 ,moses answered before the ,lord3 ,behold the children of ,israel do not hearken to me3 and how will ,pharao hear me1 especially as ,i am of uncircumcised lips8 ,uncircumcised lips4 4 4,so he calls the defect he had in his words1 or utterance4 #f3ac4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 and he gave them a charge unto the children of ,israel1 and unto ,pharao the king of ,egypt1 that they should bring forth the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt4 #f3ad4 ,these are the heads of their houses by their families4 ,the sons of ,ruben the firstborn of ,israel3 ,henoch and ,phallu1 ,hesron and ,charmi4 #f3ae4 ,these are the kindreds of ,ruben4 ,the sons of ,simeon1 ,jamuel and ,jamin1 and ,ahod1 and ,jachin1 and ,soar1 and ,saul the son of a ,chanaanitess3 these are the families of ,simeon4 #f3af4 ,and these are the names of the sons of ,levi by their kindreds3 ,gerson1 and ,caath1 and ,merari4 ,and the years of the life of ,levi were a hundred and thirty-seven4 #f3ag4 ,the sons of ,gerson3 ,lobni and ,semei1 by their kindreds4 #f3ah3 ,the sons of ,caath3 ,amram1 and ,isaar1 and ,hebron and ,oziel4 ,and the years of ,caath's life1 were a hundred and thirty-three4 #f3ai4 ,the sons of ,merari3 ,moholi and ,musi4 ,these are the kindreds of ,levi by their families4 #f3bj4 ,and ,amram took to wife ,jochabed his aunt by the father's side3 and she bore him ,aaron and ,moses4 ,and the years of ,amram's life1 were a hundred and thirty-seven4 #f3ba4 ,the sons also of ,isaar3 ,core1 and ,nepheg1 and ,zechri4 #f3bb4 ,the sons also of ,oziel3 ,mizael1 and ,elizaphan1 and ,sethri4 #f3bc4 ,and ,aaron took to wife ,elizabeth the daughter of ,aminadab1 sister of ,nahason1 who bore him ,nadab1 and ,abiu1 and ,eleazar1 and ,ithamar4 #f3bd4 ,the sons also of ,core3 ,aser1 and ,elcana1 and ,abiasaph4 ,these are the kindreds of the ,corites4 #f3be4 ,but ,eleazar the son of ,aaron took a wife of the daughters of ,phutiel3 and she bore him ,phinees4 ,these are the heads of the ,levitical families by their kindreds4 #f3bf4 ,these are ,aaron and ,moses1 whom the ,lord commanded to bring forth the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt by their companies4 #f3bg4 ,these are they that speak to ,pharao1 king of ,egypt1 in order to bring out the children of ,israel from ,egypt3 these are that ,moses and ,aaron1 #f3bh4 ,in the day when the ,lord spoke to ,moses in the land of ,egypt4 #f3bi4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 ,i am the ,lord2 speak thou to ,pharao1 king of ,egypt1 all that ,i say to thee4 #f3cj4 ,and ,moses said before the ,lord3 ,lo ,i am of uncircumcised lips1 how will ,pharao hear me8 ,exodus ,chapter #g ,moses and ,aaron go into ,pharao3 they turn the rod into a serpent2 and the waters of ,egypt into blood1 which was the first plague4 ,the magicians do the like1 and ,pharao's heart is hardened4 #g3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,behold1 ,i have appointed thee the god of ,pharao2 and ,aaron1 thy brother1 shall be thy prophet4 ,the god of ,pharao4 4 4,viz41 to be his judge2 and to exercise a divine power1 as ,god's instrument1 over him and his people4 #g3b4 ,thou shalt speak to him all that ,i command thee2 and he shall speak to ,pharao1 that he let the children of ,israel go out of his land4 #g3c4 ,but ,i shall harden his heart1 and shall multiply my signs and wonders in the land of ,egypt4 ,i shall harden1 etc4 4 4not by being the efficient cause of his hardness of heart1 but by permitting it2 and by withdrawing grace from him1 in punishment of his malice2 which alone was the proper cause of his being hardened4 #g3d4 ,and he will not hear you3 and ,i will lay my hand upon ,egypt1 and will bring forth my army and my people1 the children of ,israel1 out of the land of ,egypt1 by very great judgments4 #g3e4 ,and the ,egyptians shall know that ,i am the ,lord1 who have stretched forth my hand upon ,egypt1 and have brought forth the children of ,israel out of the midst of them4 #g3f4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron did as the ,lord had commanded2 so did they4 #g3g4 ,and ,moses was eighty years old1 and ,aaron eighty-three1 when they spoke to ,pharao4 #g3h4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses and ,aaron3 #g3i4 ,when ,pharao shall say to you1 ,shew signs2 thou shalt say to ,aaron3 ,take thy rod1 and cast it down before ,pharao1 and it shall be turned into a serpent4 #g3aj4 ,so ,moses and ,aaron went in unto ,pharao1 and did as the ,lord had commanded4 ,and ,aaron took the rod before ,pharao and his servants1 and it was turned into a serpent4 #g3aa4 ,and ,pharao called the wise men and the magicians2 and they also by ,egyptian enchantments and certain secrets1 did in like manner4 ,magicians4 4 4,jannes1 and ,mambres1 or ,jambres1 #b ,tim4 #c4h4 #g3ab4 ,and they every one cast down their rods1 and they were turned into serpents3 but ,aaron's rod devoured their rods4 #g3ac4 ,and ,pharao's heart was hardened1 and he did not hearken to them1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #g3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,pharao's heart is hardened1 he will not let the people go4 #g3ae4 ,go to him in the morning1 behold he will go out to the waters3 and thou shalt stand to meet him on the ' bank of the river3 and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent4 #g3af4 ,and thou shalt say to him3 ,the ,lord ,god of the ,hebrews sent me to thee1 saying3 ,let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert3 and hitherto thou wouldst not hear4 #g3ag4 ,thus therefore saith the ,lord3 ,in this thou shalt know that ,i am the ,lord3 behold ,i will strike with the rod1 that is in my hand1 the water of the river1 and it shall be turned into blood4 #g3ah3 ,and the fishes that are in the river1 shall die1 and the waters shall be corrupted1 and the ,egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river4 #g3ai4 ,the ,lord also said to ,moses3 ,say to ,aaron1 ,take thy rod2 and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of ,egypt1 and upon their rivers1 and streams and pools1 and all the ponds of waters1 that they may be turned into blood3 and let blood be in all the land of ,egypt1 both in vessels of wood and of stone4 #g3bj4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron did as the ,lord had commanded3 and lifting up the rod1 he struck the water of the river before ,pharao and his servants3 and it was turned into blood4 #g3ba4 ,and the fishes that were in the river died2 and the river corrupted1 and the ,egyptians could not drink the water of the river1 and there was blood in all the land of ,egypt4 #g3bb4 ,and the magicians of the ,egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner2 and ,pharao's heart was hardened1 neither did he hear them1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #g3bc4 ,and he turned himself away1 and went into his house1 neither did he set his heart to it this time also4 #g3bd4 ,and all the ,egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink2 for they could not drink of the water of the river4 #g3be4 ,and seven days were fully ended1 after that the ,lord struck the river4 ,exodus ,chapter #h ,the second plague is of frogs3 ,pharao promiseth to let the ,israelites go1 but breaketh his promise4 ,the third plague is of sciniphs4 ,the fourth is of flies4 ,pharao again promiseth to dismiss the people1 but doth it not4 #h3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,go in to ,pharao1 and thou shalt say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,let my people go to sacrifice to me4 #h3b4 ,but if thou wilt not let them go1 behold ,i will strike all thy coasts with frogs4 #h3c4 ,and the river shall bring forth an abundance of frogs2 which shall come up and enter into thy house1 and thy bedchamber1 and upon thy bed1 and into the houses of thy servants1 and to thy people1 and into thy ovens1 and into the remains of thy meats3 #h3d4 ,and the frogs shall come in to thee1 and to thy people1 and to all thy servants4 #h3e4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,say to ,aaron3 ,stretch forth thy hand upon the streams1 and upon the rivers and the pools1 and bring forth frogs upon the land of ,egypt4 #h3f4 ,and ,aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of ,egypt1 and the frogs came up1 and covered the land of ,egypt4 #h3g4 ,and the magicians also1 by their enchantments1 did in like manner1 and they brought forth frogs upon the land of ,egypt4 #h3h4 ,but ,pharao called ,moses and ,aaron1 and said to them3 ,pray ye to the ,lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people2 and ,i will let the people go to sacrifice to the ,lord4 ,pray ye to the ,lord1 etc4 4 4,by this it appears1 that though the magicians1 by the help of the devil1 could bring frogs1 yet they could not take them away3 ,god being pleased to abridge in this the power of ,satan4 ,so we see they could not afterwards produce the lesser insects2 and in this restraint of the power of the devil1 were forced to acknowledge the finger of ,god4 #h3i4 ,and ,moses said to ,pharao3 ,set me a time when ,i shall pray for thee1 and for thy servants1 and for thy people1 that the frogs may be driven away from thee and from thy house1 and from thy servants1 and from thy people2 and may remain only in the river4 #h3aj4 ,and he answered3 ,to morrow4 ,but he said3 ,i will do according to thy word2 that thou mayest know that there is none like to the ,lord our ,god4 #h3aa4 ,and the frogs shall depart from thee1 and from thy house1 and from thy servants1 and from thy people2 and shall remain only in the river4 #h3ab4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron went forth from ,pharao3 and ,moses cried to the ,lord for the promise1 which he had made to ,pharao concerning the frogs4 #h3ac4 ,and the ,lord did according to the word of ,moses3 and the frogs died out of the houses1 and out of the villages1 and out of the fields3 #h3ad4 ,and they gathered them together into immense heaps1 and the land was corrupted4 #h3ae4 ,and ,pharao seeing that rest was given1 hardened his own heart1 and did not hear them1 as the ,lord had commanded4 ,pharao hardened his own heart4 4 4,by this we see that ,pharao was himself the efficient cause of his heart being hardened1 and not ,god4--,see the same repeated in ver4 #cb4 ,pharao hardened his heart at this time also3 likewise chap4 #i4g1 #ce1 and chap4 #ac4ae4 #h3af4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,say to ,aaron3 ,stretch forth thy rod1 and strike the dust of the earth2 and may there be sciniphs in all the land of ,egypt4 ,sciniphs4 4 4,or ,cinifs1 ,hebrew ,chinnim1 small flying insects1 very troublesome both to men and beast4 #h3ag4 ,and they did so4 ,and ,aaron stretched forth his hand1 holding the rod2 and he struck the dust of the earth1 and there came sciniphs on men and on beasts3 all the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphs through all the land of ,egypt4 #h3ah3 ,and the magicians with their enchantments practised in like manner1 to bring forth sciniphs1 and they could not3 and there were sciniphs as well on men as on beasts4 #h3ai4 ,and the magicians said to ,pharao3 ,this is the finger of ,god4 ,and ,pharao's heart was hardened1 and he hearkened not unto them1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #h3bj4 ,the ,lord also said to ,moses3 ,arise early1 and stand before ,pharao2 for he will go forth to the waters3 and thou shalt say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,let my people go to sacrifice to me4 #h3ba4 ,but if thou wilt not let them go1 behold ,i will send in upon thee1 and upon thy servants1 and upon thy houses1 all kind of flies3 and the houses of the ,egyptians shall be filled with flies of divers kinds1 and the whole land wherein they shall be4 #h3bb4 ,and ,i will make the land of ,gessen wonderful in that day1 so that flies shall not be there3 and thou shalt know that ,i am the ,lord in the midst of the earth4 #h3bc4 ,and ,i will put a division between my people and thy people3 to morrow shall this sign be4 #h3bd4 ,and the ,lord did so4 ,and there came a very grievous swarm of flies into the houses of ,pharao and of his servants1 and into all the land of ,egypt3 and the land was corrupted by this kind of flies4 #h3be4 ,and ,pharao called ,moses and ,aaron1 and said to them3 ,go and sacrifice to your ,god in this land4 #h3bf4 ,and ,moses said3 ,it cannot be so3 for we shall sacrifice the abominations of the ,egyptians to the ,lord our ,god3 now if we kill those things which the ,egyptians worship1 in their presence1 they will stone us4 ,the abominations1 etc4 4 4,that is1 the things they worship for ,gods3 oxen1 rams1 etc4 ,it is the usual style of the scriptures to call all idols and false gods1 abominations1 to signify how much the people of ,god ought to detest and abhor them4 #h3bg4 ,we will go three days' journey into the wilderness2 and we will sacrifice to the ,lord our ,god1 as he hath commanded us4 #h3bh4 ,and ,pharao said3 ,i will let you go to sacrifice to the ,lord your ,god in the wilderness1 but go no farther3 pray for me4 #h3bi4 ,and ,moses said3 ,i will go out from thee1 and will pray to the ,lord3 and the flies shall depart from ,pharao1 and from his servants1 and from his people to morrow3 but do not deceive any more1 in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the ,lord4 #h3cj4 ,so ,moses went out from ,pharao1 and prayed to the ,lord4 #h3ca4 ,and he did according to his word3 and he took away the flies from ,pharao1 and from his servants1 and from his people3 there was not left so much as one4 #h3cb4 ,and ,pharao's heart was hardened1 so that neither this time would he let the people go4 ,exodus ,chapter #i ,the fifth plague is a murrain among the cattle4 ,the sixth1 of boils in men and beasts4 ,the seventh1 of hail4 ,pharao promiseth again to let the people go1 and breaketh his word4 #i3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,go in to ,pharao1 and speak to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of the ,hebrews3 ,let my people go to sacrifice to me4 #i3b4 ,but if thou refuse1 and withhold them still3 #i3c4 ,behold my hand shall be upon thy fields2 and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses1 and asses1 and camels1 and oxen1 and sheep4 #i3d4 ,and the ,lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of ,israel and the possessions of the ,egyptians1 that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of ,israel4 #i3e4 ,and the ,lord appointed a time1 saying3 ,to morrow will the ,lord do this thing in the land4 #i3f4 ,the ,lord therefore did this thing the next day3 and all the beasts of the ,egyptians died1 but of the beasts of the children of ,israel there died not one4 ,all the beasts4 4 4,that is1 many of all kinds4 #i3g4 ,and ,pharao sent to see2 and there was not any thing dead of that which ,israel possessed4 ,and ,pharao's heart was hardened1 and he did not let the people go4 #i3h4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses and ,aaron3 ,take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney1 and let ,moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of ,pharao4 #i3i4 ,and be there dust upon all the land of ,egypt3 for there shall be boils and swelling blains both in men and beasts1 in the whole land of ,egypt4 #i3aj4 ,and they took ashes out of the chimney1 and stood before ,pharao1 and ,moses sprinkled it in the air2 and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts4 #i3aa4 ,neither could the magicians stand before ,moses1 for the boils that were upon them1 and in all the land of ,egypt4 #i3ab4 ,and the ,lord hardened ,pharao's heart1 and he hearkened not unto them1 as the ,lord had spoken to ,moses4 ,hardened1 etc4 4 4,see the annotations above1 chap4 #d4ba1 chap4 #g4c1 and chap4 #h4ae4 #i3ac4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,arise in the morning1 and stand before ,pharao1 and thou shalt say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of the ,hebrews3 ,let my people go to sacrifice to me4 #i3ad4 ,for ,i will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart1 and upon thy servants1 and upon thy people2 that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth4 #i3ae4 ,for now ,i will stretch out my hand to strike thee1 and thy people1 with pestilence1 and thou shalt perish from the earth4 #i3af4 ,and therefore have ,i raised thee1 that ,i may shew my power in thee1 and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth4 #i3ag4 ,dost thou yet hold back my people2 and wilt thou not let them go8 #i3ah3 ,behold ,i will cause it to rain to morrow at this same hour1 an exceeding great hail2 such as hath not been in ,egypt from the day that it was founded1 until this present time4 #i3ai4 ,send therefore now presently1 and gather together thy cattle1 and all that thou hast in the field2 for men and beasts1 and all things that shall be found abroad1 and not gathered together out of the fields which the hail shall fall upon1 shall die4 #i3bj4 ,he that feared the word of the ,lord among ,pharao's servants1 made his servants and his cattle flee into houses3 #i3ba4 ,but he that regarded not the word of the ,lord1 left his servants1 and his cattle in the fields4 #i3bb4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,stretch forth thy hand towards heaven1 that there may be hail in the whole land of ,egypt upon men1 and upon beasts1 and upon every herb of the field in the land of ,egypt4 #i3bc4 ,and ,moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven1 and the ,lord sent thunder and hail1 and lightnings running along the ground3 and the ,lord rained hail upon the land of ,egypt4 #i3bd4 ,and the hail and fire mixt with it drove on together3 and it was of so great bigness1 as never before was seen in the whole land of ,egypt since that nation was founded4 #i3be4 ,and the hail destroyed through all the land of ,egypt all things that were in the fields1 both man and beast3 and the hail smote every herb of the field1 and it broke every tree of the country4 #i3bf4 ,only in the land of ,gessen1 where the children of ,israel were1 the hail fell not4 #i3bg4 ,and ,pharao sent and called ,moses and ,aaron1 saying to them3 ,i have sinned this time also1 the ,lord is just3 ,i and my people1 are wicked4 #i3bh4 ,pray ye to the ,lord that the thunderings of ,god and the hail may cease3 that ,i may let you go1 and that ye may stay here no longer4 #i3bi4 ,moses said3 ,as soon as ,i am gone out of the city1 ,i will stretch forth my hands to the ,lord1 and the thunders shall cease1 and the hail shall be no more3 that thou mayst know that the earth is the ,lord's3 #i3cj4 ,but ,i know that neither thou1 nor thy servants do yet fear the ,lord ,god4 #i3ca4 ,the flax therefore1 and the barley were hurt1 because the barley was green1 and the flax was now bolled2 #i3cb4 ,but the wheat1 and other winter corn were not hurt1 because they were lateward4 #i3cc4 ,and when ,moses was gone from ,pharao out of the city1 he stretched forth his hands to the ,lord3 and the thunders and the hail ceased1 neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth4 #i3cd4 ,and ,pharao seeing that the rain1 and the hail1 and the thunders were ceased1 increased his sin3 #i3ce4 ,and his heart was hardened1 and the heart of his servants1 and it was made exceeding hard3 neither did he let the children of ,israel go1 as the ,lord had commanded by the hand of ,moses4 ,exodus ,chapter #aj ,the eighth plague of the locusts4 ,the ninth1 of darkness3 ,pharao is still hardened4 #aj3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,go in to ,pharao2 for ,i have hardened his heart1 and the heart of his servants3 that ,i may work these my signs in him1 #aj3b4 ,and thou mayst tell in the ears of thy sons1 and of thy grandsons1 how often ,i have plagued the ,egyptians1 and wrought my signs amongst them3 and you may know that ,i am the ,lord4 #aj3c4 ,therefore ,moses and ,aaron went in to ,pharao1 and said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of the ,hebrews3 ,how long refusest thou to submit to me8 let my people go1 to sacrifice to me4 #aj3d4 ,but if thou resist1 and wilt not let them go1 behold ,i will bring in to-morrow the locusts into thy coasts2 #aj3e4 ,to cover the face of the earth1 that nothing thereof may appear1 but that which the hail hath left may be eaten3 for they shall feed upon all the trees that spring in the fields4 #aj3f4 ,and they shall fill thy houses1 and the houses of thy servants1 and of all the ,egyptians3 such a number as thy fathers have not seen1 nor thy grandfathers1 from the time they were first upon the earth1 until this present day4 ,and he turned himself away1 and went forth from ,pharao4 #aj3g4 ,and ,pharao's servants said to him3 ,how long shall we endure this scandal8 ,iet the men go to sacrifice to the ,lord their ,god4 ,dost thou not see that ,egypt is undone8 #aj3h4 ,and they called back ,moses1 and ,aaron1 to ,pharao2 and he said to them3 ,go1 sacrifice to the ,lord your ,god3 who are they that shall go8 #aj3i4 ,moses said3 ,we will go with our young and old1 with our sons and daughters1 with our sheep and herds3 for it is the solemnity of the ,lord our ,god4 #aj3aj4 ,and ,pharao answered3 ,so be the ,lord with you1 as ,i shall let you and your children go3 who can doubt but that you intend some great evil8 #aj3aa4 ,it shall not be so4 but go ye men only1 and sacrifice to the ,lord3 for this yourselves also desired4 ,and immediately they were cast out from ,pharao's presence4 #aj3ab4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,stretch forth thy hand upon the land of ,egypt unto the locust1 that it come upon it1 and devour every herb that is left after the hail4 #aj3ac4 ,and ,moses stretched forth his rod upon the land of ,egypt3 and the ,lord brought a burning wind all that day1 and night2 and when it was morning1 the burning wind raised the locusts4 #aj3ad4 ,and they came up over the whole land of ,egypt2 and rested in all the coasts of the ,egyptians1 innumerable1 the like as had not been before that time1 nor shall be hereafter4 #aj3ae4 ,and they covered the whole face of the earth1 wasting all things4 ,and the grass of the earth was devoured1 and what fruits soever were on the trees1 which the hail had left2 and there remained not any thing that was green on the trees1 or in the herbs of the earth1 in all ,egypt4 #aj3af4 ,wherefore ,pharao in haste called ,moses and ,aaron1 and said to them3 ,i have sinned against the ,lord your ,god1 and against you4 #aj3ag4 ,but now forgive me my sin this time also1 and pray to the ,lord your ,god1 that he take away from me this death4 #aj3ah3 ,and ,moses going forth from the presence of ,pharao1 prayed to the ,lord3 #aj3ai4 ,and he made a very strong wind to blow from the west1 and it took the locusts and cast them into the ,red ,sea3 there remained not so much as one in all the coasts of ,egypt4 #aj3bj4 ,and the ,lord hardened ,pharao's heart1 neither did he let the children of ,israel go4 #aj3ba4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,stretch out thy hand towards heaven3 and may there be darkness upon the land of ,egypt so thick that it may be felt4 ,darkness upon the land of ,egypt1 so thick that it may be felt4 4 4,by means of the gross exhalations1 which were to cause and accompany the darkness4 #aj3bb4 ,and ,moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven3 and there came horrible darkness in all the land of ,egypt for three days4 #aj3bc4 ,no man saw his brother1 nor moved himself out of the place where he was3 but wheresoever the children of ,israel dwelt1 there was light4 #aj3bd4 ,and ,pharao called ,moses and ,aaron1 and said to them3 ,go1 sacrifice to the ,lord3 let your sheep only1 and herds remain1 let your children go with you4 #aj3be4 ,moses said3 ,thou shalt give us also sacrifices and burnt-offerings1 to the ,lord our ,god4 #aj3bf4 ,all the flocks shall go with us2 there shall not a hoof remain of them3 for they are necessary for the service of the ,lord our ,god3 especially as we know not what must be offered1 till we come to the very place4 #aj3bg4 ,and the ,lord hardened ,pharao's heart1 and he would not let them go4 #aj3bh4 ,and ,pharao said to ,moses3 ,get thee from me1 and beware thou see not my face any more3 in what day soever thou shalt come in my sight1 thou shalt die4 #aj3bi4 ,moses answered3 ,so shall it be as thou hast spoken1 ,i will not see thy face anymore4 ,exodus ,chapter #aa ,pharao and his people are threatened with the death of their firstborn4 #aa3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,yet one plague more will ,i bring upon ,pharao and ,egypt1 and after that he shall let you go1 and thrust you out4 #aa3b4 ,therefore thou shalt tell all the people1 that every man ask of his friend1 and every woman of her neighbour1 vessels of silver and of gold4 #aa3c4 ,and the ,lord will give favour to his people in the sight of the ,egyptians4 ,and ,moses was a very great man in the land of ,egypt1 in the sight of ,pharao's servants1 and of all the people4 #aa3d4 ,and he said3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,at midnight ,i will enter into ,egypt3 #aa3e4 ,and every firstborn in the land of the ,egyptians shall die1 from the firstborn of ,pharao who sitteth on his throne1 even to the firstborn of the handmaid that is at the mill1 and all the firstborn of beasts4 #aa3f4 ,and there shall be a great cry in all the land of ,egypt1 such as neither hath been before1 nor shall be hereafter4 #aa3g4 ,but with all the children of ,israel there shall not a dog make the least noise1 from man even to beast2 that you may know how wonderful a difference the ,lord maketh between the ,egyptians and ,israel4 #aa3h4 ,and all these thy servants shall come down to me1 and shall worship me1 saying3 ,go forth thou1 and all the people that is under thee3 after that we will go out4 #aa3i4 ,and he went out from ,pharao exceeding angry4 ,but the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,pharao will not hear you1 that many signs may be done in the land of ,egypt4 #aa3aj4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron did all the wonders that are written1 before ,pharao4 ,and the ,lord hardened ,pharao's heart1 neither did he let the children of ,israel go out of his land4 ,the ,lord hardened1 etc4 4 4,see the annotations above1 chap4 #d4ba1 and chap4 #g4c4 ,exodus ,chapter #ab ,the manner of preparing1 and eating the paschal lamb3 the firstborn of ,egypt are all slain3 the ,israelites depart4 #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses and ,aaron in the land of ,egypt3 #ab3b4 ,this month shall be to you the beginning of months2 it shall be the first in the months of the year4 #ab3c4 ,speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of ,israel1 and say to them3 ,on the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses4 #ab3d4 ,but if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb1 he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house1 according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb4 #ab3e4 ,and it shall be a lamb without blemish1 a male1 of one year2 according to which rite also you shall take a kid4 ,a kid4 4 4,the phase might be performed1 either with a lamb or with a kid3 and all the same rites and ceremonies were to be used with the one as with the other4 #ab3f4 ,and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month2 and the whole multitude of the children of ,israel shall sacrifice it in the evening4 #ab3g4 ,and they shall take of the blood thereof1 and put it upon both the side posts1 and on the upper door posts of the houses1 wherein they shall eat it4 #ab3h4 ,and they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire1 and unleavened bread with wild lettuce4 #ab3i4 ,you shall not eat thereof any thing raw1 nor boiled in water1 but only roasted at the fire2 you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof4 #ab3aj4 ,neither shall there remain any thing of it until morning4 ,if there be any thing left1 you shall burn it with fire4 #ab3aa4 ,and thus you shall eat it3 you shall gird your reins1 and you shall have shoes on your feet1 holding staves in your hands1 and you shall eat in haste2 for it is the ,phase 7that is the ,passage7 of the ,lord4 #ab3ab4 ,and ,i will pass through the land of ,egypt that night1 and will kill every firstborn in the land of ,egypt1 both man and beast3 and against all the gods of ,egypt ,i will execute judgments2 ,i am the ,lord4 #ab3ac4 ,and the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be2 and ,i shall see the blood1 and shall pass over you2 and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you1 when ,i shall strike the land of ,egypt4 #ab3ad4 ,and this day shall be for a memorial to you2 and you shall keep it a feast to the ,lord in your generations1 with an everlasting observance4 #ab3ae4 ,seven days shall you eat unleavened bread3 in the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses2 whosoever shall eat any thing leavened1 from the first day until the seventh day1 that soul shall perish out of ,israel4 #ab3af4 ,the first day shall be holy and solemn1 and the seventh day shall be kept with the like solemnity3 you shall do no work in them1 except those things that belong to eating4 #ab3ag4 ,and you shall observe the feast of the unleavened bread3 for in this same day ,i will bring forth your army out of the land of ,egypt1 and you shall keep this day in your generations by a perpetual observance4 #ab3ah3 ,the first month1 the fourteenth day of the month1 in the evening1 you shall eat unleavened bread1 until the one and twentieth day of the same month1 in the evening4 ,unleavened bread4 4 4,by this it appears1 that our ,saviour made use of unleavened bread1 in the institution of the blessed sacrament1 which was on the evening of the paschal solemnity1 at which time there was no leavened bread to be found in ,israel4 #ab3ai4 ,seven days there shall not be found any leaven in your houses3 he that shall eat leavened bread1 his soul shall perish out of the assembly of ,israel1 whether he be a stranger or born in the land4 #ab3bj4 ,you shall not eat any thing leavened3 in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread4 #ab3ba4 ,and ,moses called all the ancients of the children of ,israel1 and said to them3 ,go take a lamb by your families1 and sacrifice the ,phase4 #ab3bb4 ,and dip a bunch of hyssop in the blood that is at the door1 and sprinkle the transom of the door therewith1 and both the door cheeks3 let none of you go out of the door of his house till morning4 ,sprinkle1 etc4 4 4,this sprinkling the doors of the ,israelites with the blood of the paschal lamb1 in order to their being delivered from the sword of the destroying angel1 was a lively figure of our redemption by the blood of ,christ4 #ab3bc4 ,for the ,lord will pass through striking the ,egyptians3 and when he shall see the blood on the transom1 and on both the posts1 he will pass over the door of the house1 and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you4 #ab3bd4 ,thou shalt keep this thing as a law for thee and thy children for ever4 #ab3be4 ,and when you have entered into the land which the ,lord will give you1 as he hath promised1 you shall observe these ceremonies4 #ab3bf4 ,and when your children shall say to you3 ,what is the meaning of this service8 #ab3bg4 ,you shall say to them3 ,it is the victim of the passage of the ,lord1 when he passed over the houses of the children of ,israel in ,egypt1 striking the ,egyptians1 and saving our houses4 ,and the people bowing themselves1 adored4 #ab3bh4 ,and the children of ,israel going forth1 did as the ,lord had commanded ,moses and ,aaron4 #ab3bi4 ,and it came to pass at midnight1 the ,lord slew every firstborn in the land of ,egypt1 from the firstborn of ,pharao1 who sat on his throne1 unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison1 and all the firstborn of cattle4 #ab3cj4 ,and ,pharao arose in the night1 and all his servants1 and all ,egypt3 and there arose a great cry in ,egypt2 for there was not a house wherein there lay not one dead4 #ab3ca4 ,and ,pharao calling ,moses and ,aaron1 in the night1 said3 ,arise and go forth from among my people1 you and the children of ,israel3 go1 sacrifice to the ,lord as you say4 #ab3cb4 ,your sheep and herds take along with you1 as you demanded1 and departing bless me4 #ab3cc4 ,and the ,egyptians pressed the people to go forth out of the land speedily1 saying3 ,we shall all die4 #ab3cd4 ,the people therefore took dough before it was leavened2 and tying it in their cloaks1 put it on their shoulders4 #ab3ce4 ,and the children of ,israel did as ,moses had commanded3 and they asked of the ,egyptians vessels of silver and gold1 and very much raiment4 #ab3cf4 ,and the ,lord gave favour to the people in the sight of the ,egyptians1 so that they lent unto them3 and they stripped the ,egyptians4 #ab3cg4 ,and the children of ,israel set forward from ,ramesse to ,socoth1 being about six hundred thousand men on foot1 beside children4 #ab3ch4 ,and a mixed multitude1 without number1 went up also with them1 sheep and herds1 and beasts of divers kinds1 exceeding many4 #ab3ci4 ,and they baked the meal1 which a little before they had brought out of ,egypt in dough3 and they made hearth cakes unleavened3 for it could not be leavened1 the ,egyptians pressing them to depart1 and not suffering them to make any stay2 neither did they think of preparing any meat4 #ab3dj4 ,and the abode of the children of ,israel that they made in ,egypt1 was four hundred and thirty years4 #ab3da4 ,which being expired1 the same day all the army of the ,lord went forth out of the land of ,egypt4 #ab3db4 ,this is the observable night of the ,lord1 when he brought them forth out of the land of ,egypt3 this night all the children of ,israel must observe in their generations4 #ab3dc4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses and ,aaron3 ,this is the service of the ,phase2 no foreigner shall eat of it4 #ab3dd4 ,but every bought servant shall be circumcised1 and so shall eat4 #ab3de4 ,the stranger and the hireling shall not eat thereof4 #ab3df4 ,in one house shall it be eaten1 neither shall you carry forth of the flesh thereof out of the house1 neither shall you break a bone thereof4 #ab3dg4 ,all the assembly of the children of ,israel shall keep it4 #ab3dh4 ,and if any stranger be willing to dwell among you1 and to keep the ,phase of the ,lord1 all his males shall first be circumcised1 and then shall he celebrate it according to the manner3 and he shall be as he that is born in the land3 but if any man be uncircumcised1 he shall not eat thereof4 #ab3di4 ,the same law shall be to him that is born in the land1 and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you4 #ab3ej4 ,and all the children of ,israel did as the ,lord had commanded ,moses and ,aaron4 #ab3ea4 ,and the same day the ,lord brought forth the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt by their companies4 ,exodus ,chapter #ac ,the paschal solemnity is to be observed2 and the firstborn are to be consecrated to ,god4 ,the people are conducted through the desert by a pillar of fire in the night1 and a cloud in the day4 #ac3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ac3b4 ,sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of ,israel1 as well of men as of beasts3 for they are all mine4 ,sanctify unto me every firstborn4 4 4,sanctification in this place means that the firstborn males of the ,hebrews should be deputed to the ministry in the divine worship2 and the firstborn of beasts to be given for a sacrifice4 #ac3c4 ,and ,moses said to the people3 ,remember this day in which you came forth out of ,egypt1 and out of the house of bondage1 for with a strong hand hath the ,lord brought you forth out of this place3 that you eat no leavened bread4 #ac3d4 ,this day you go forth in the month of new corn4 #ac3e4 ,and when the ,lord shall have brought thee into the land of the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 which he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee1 a land that floweth with milk and honey1 thou shalt celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this month4 #ac3f4 ,seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread3 and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the ,lord4 #ac3g4 ,unleavened bread shall you eat seven days3 there shall not be seen any thing leavened with thee1 nor in all thy coasts4 #ac3h4 ,and thou shalt tell thy son in that day1 saying3 ,this is what the ,lord did to me when ,i came forth out of ,egypt4 #ac3i4 ,and it shall be as a sign in thy hand1 and as a memorial before thy eyes2 and that the law of the ,lord be always in thy mouth1 for with a strong hand the ,lord hath brought thee out of the land of ,egypt4 #ac3aj4 ,thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days4 #ac3aa4 ,and when the ,lord shall have brought thee into the land of the ,chanaanite1 as he swore to thee and thy fathers1 and shall give it thee3 #ac3ab4 ,thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the ,lord1 and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle3 whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex1 thou shalt consecrate to the ,lord4 #ac3ac4 ,the firstborn of an ass thou shalt change for a sheep3 and if thou do not redeem it1 thou shalt kill it4 ,and every firstborn of men thou shalt redeem with a price4 #ac3ad4 ,and when thy son shall ask thee to morrow1 saying3 ,what is this8 thou shalt answer him3 ,with a strong hand did the ,lord bring us forth out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage4 #ac3ae4 ,for when ,pharao was hardened1 and would not let us go1 the ,lord slew every firstborn in the land of ,egypt1 from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts3 therefore ,i sacrifice to the ,lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex1 and all the firstborn of my sons ,i redeem4 #ac3af4 ,and it shall be as a sign in thy hand1 and as a thing hung between thy eyes1 for a remembrance3 because the ,lord hath brought us forth out of ,egypt by a strong hand4 #ac3ag4 ,and when ,pharao had sent out the people1 the ,lord led them not by the way of the land of the ,philistines1 which is near2 thinking lest perhaps they would repent1 if they should see wars arise against them1 and would return into ,egypt4 #ac3ah3 ,but he led them about by the way of the desert1 which is by the ,red ,sea3 and the children of ,israel went up armed out of the land of ,egypt4 #ac3ai4 ,and ,moses took ,joseph's bones with him3 because he had adjured the children of ,israel1 saying3 ,god shall visit you1 carry out my bones from hence with you4 #ac3bj4 ,and marching from ,socoth1 they encamped in ,etham1 in the utmost coasts of the wilderness4 #ac3ba4 ,and the ,lord went before them to shew the way1 by day in a pillar of a cloud1 and by night in a pillar of fire2 that he might be the guide of their journey at both times4 #ac3bb4 ,there never failed the pillar of the cloud by day1 nor the pillar of fire by night1 before the people4 ,exodus ,chapter #ad ,pharao pursueth the children of ,israel4 ,they murmur against ,moses1 but are encouraged by him1 and pass through the ,red ,sea4 ,pharao and his army following them are drowned4 #ad3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ad3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel3 ,let them turn and encamp over against ,phihahiroth1 which is between ,magdal and the sea over against ,beelsephon3 you shall encamp before it upon the sea4 #ad3c4 ,and ,pharao will say of the children of ,israel3 ,they are straitened in the land1 the desert hath shut them in4 #ad3d4 ,and ,i shall harden his heart and he will pursue you3 and ,i shall be glorified in ,pharao1 and in all his army3 and the ,egyptians shall know that ,i am the ,lord4 ,and they did so4 #ad3e4 ,and it was told the king of the ,egyptians that the people was fled3 and the heart of ,pharao and of his servants was changed with regard to the people1 and they said3 ,what meant we to do1 that we let ,israel go from serving us8 #ad3f4 ,so he made ready his chariot1 and took all his people with him4 #ad3g4 ,and he took six hundred chosen chariots1 and all the chariots that were in ,egypt3 and the captains of the whole army4 #ad3h4 ,and the ,lord hardened the heart of ,pharao1 king of ,egypt1 and he pursued the children of ,israel2 but they were gone forth in a mighty hand4 #ad3i4 ,and when the ,egyptians followed the steps of them who were gone before1 they found them encamped at the sea side3 all ,pharao's horse and chariots and the whole army were in ,phihahiroth1 before ,beelsephon4 #ad3aj4 ,and when ,pharao drew near1 the children of ,israel lifting up their eyes1 saw the ,egyptians behind them3 and they feared exceedingly1 and cried to the ,lord4 #ad3aa4 ,and they said to ,moses3 ,perhaps there were no graves in ,egypt1 therefore thou hast brought us to die in the wilderness3 why wouldst thou do this1 to lead us out of ,egypt8 #ad3ab4 ,is not this the word that we spoke to thee in ,egypt1 saying3 ,depart from us1 that we may serve the ,egyptians8 for it was much better to serve them1 than to die in the wilderness4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,moses said to the people3 ,fear not3 stand1 and see the great wonders of the ,lord1 which he will do this day2 for the ,egyptians1 whom you see now1 you shall see no more for ever4 #ad3ad4 ,the ,lord will fight for you1 and you shall hold your peace4 #ad3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,why criest thou to me8 ,speak to the children of ,israel to go forward4 #ad3af4 ,but lift thou up thy rod1 and stretch forth thy hand over the sea1 and divide it3 that the children of ,israel may go through the midst of the sea on dry ground4 #ad3ag4 ,and ,i will harden the heart of the ,egyptians to pursue you3 and ,i will be glorified in ,pharao1 and in all his host1 and in his chariots and in his horsemen4 #ad3ah3 ,and the ,egyptians shall know that ,i am the ,lord1 when ,i shall be glorified in ,pharao1 and in his chariots1 and in his horsemen4 #ad3ai4 ,and the angel of ,god1 who went before the camp of ,israel1 removing1 went behind them3 and together with him the pillar of the cloud1 leaving the forepart1 #ad3bj4 ,stood behind1 between the ,egyptians' camp and the camp of ,israel3 and it was a dark cloud1 and enlightening the night1 so that they could not come at one another all the night4 ,a dark cloud1 and enlightening the night4 4 4,it was a dark cloud to the ,egyptians2 but enlightened the night to the ,israelites by giving them a great light4 #ad3ba4 ,and when ,moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea1 the ,lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night1 and turned it into dry ground3 and the water was divided4 #ad3bb4 ,and the children of ,israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up2 for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left4 #ad3bc4 ,and the ,egyptians pursuing went in after them1 and all ,pharao's horses1 his chariots and horsemen1 through the midst of the sea4 #ad3bd4 ,and now the morning watch was come1 and behold the ,lord looking upon the ,egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of the cloud1 slew their host4 #ad3be4 ,and overthrew the wheels of the chariots1 and they were carried into the deep4 ,and the ,egyptians said3 ,let us flee from ,israel2 for the ,lord fighteth for them against us4 #ad3bf4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,stretch forth thy hand over the sea1 that the waters may come again upon the ,egyptians1 upon their chariots and horsemen4 #ad3bg4 ,and when ,moses had stretched forth his hand towards the sea1 it returned at the first break of day to the former place3 and as the ,egyptians were fleeing away1 the waters came upon them1 and the ,lord shut them up in the middle of the waves4 #ad3bh4 ,and the waters returned1 and covered the chariots and the horsemen of all the army of ,pharao1 who had come into the sea after them1 neither did there so much as one of them remain4 #ad3bi4 ,but the children of ,israel marched through the midst of the sea upon dry land1 and the waters were to them as a wall on the right hand and on the left3 #ad3cj4 ,and the ,lord delivered ,israel in that day out of the hands of the ,egyptians4 #ad3ca4 ,and they saw the ,egyptians dead upon the sea shore1 and the mighty hand that the ,lord had used against them3 and the people feared the ,lord1 and they believed the ,lord1 and ,moses his servant4 ,exodus ,chapter #ae ,the canticle of ,moses4 ,the bitter waters of ,mara are made sweet4 #ae3a4 ,then ,moses and the children of ,israel sung this canticle to the ,lord1 and said3 ,let us sing to the ,lord3 for he is gloriously magnified1 the horse and the rider he hath thrown into the sea4 #ae3b4 ,the ,lord is my strength and my praise1 and he is become salvation to me3 he is my ,god1 and ,i will glorify him3 the ,god of my father1 and ,i will exalt him4 #ae3c4 ,the ,lord is as a man of war1 ,almighty is his name4 #ae3d4 ,pharao's chariots and his army he hath cast into the sea3 his chosen captains are drowned in the ,red ,sea4 #ae3e4 ,the depths have covered them1 they are sunk to the bottom like a stone4 #ae3f4 ,thy right hand1 ,o ,lord1 is magnified in strength3 thy right hand1 ,o ,lord1 hath slain the enemy4 #ae3g4 ,and in the multitude of thy glory thou hast put down thy adversaries3 thou hast sent thy wrath1 which hath devoured them like stubble4 #ae3h4 ,and with the blast of thy anger the waters were gathered together3 the flowing water stood1 the depths were gathered together in the midst of the sea4 #ae3i4 ,the enemy said3 ,i will pursue and overtake1 ,i will divide the spoils1 my soul shall have its fill3 ,i will draw my sword1 my hand shall slay them4 #ae3aj4 ,thy wind blew and the sea covered them3 they sunk as lead in the mighty waters4 #ae3aa4 ,who is like to thee1 among the strong1 ,o ,lord8 who is like to thee1 glorious in holiness1 terrible and praise-worthy1 doing wonders8 #ae3ab4 ,thou stretchedst forth thy hand1 and the earth swallowed them4 #ae3ac4 ,in thy mercy thou hast been a leader to the people which thou hast redeemed3 and in thy strength thou hast carried them to thy holy habitation4 #ae3ad4 ,nations rose up1 and were angry3 sorrows took hold on the inhabitants of ,philisthiim4 #ae3ae4 ,then were the princes of ,edom troubled1 trembling seized on the stout men of ,moab3 all the inhabitants of ,chanaan became stiff4 #ae3af4 ,let fear and dread fall upon them1 in the greatness of thy arm3 let them become immoveable as a stone1 until thy people1 ,o ,lord1 pass by3 until this thy people pass by1 which thou hast possessed4 #ae3ag4 ,thou shalt bring them in1 and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance1 in thy most firm habitation1 which thou hast made1 ,o ,lord2 thy sanctuary1 ,o ,lord1 which thy hands have established4 #ae3ah3 ,the ,lord shall reign for ever and ever4 #ae3ai4 ,for ,pharao went in on horseback with his chariots and horsemen into the sea3 and the ,lord brought back upon them the waters of the sea3 but the children of ,israel walked on dry ground in the midst thereof4 #ae3bj4 ,so ,mary the prophetess1 the sister of ,aaron1 took a timbrel in her hand3 and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances4 #ae3ba4 ,and she began the song to them1 saying3 ,let us sing to the ,lord1 for he is gloriously magnified1 the horse and his rider he hath thrown into the sea4 #ae3bb4 ,and ,moses brought ,israel from the ,red ,sea1 and they went forth into the wilderness of ,sur3 and they marched three days through the wilderness1 and found no water4 #ae3bc4 ,and they came into ,mara1 and they could not drink the waters of ,mara because they were bitter3 whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place1 calling it ,mara1 that is1 bitterness4 #ae3bd4 ,and the people murmured against ,moses1 saying3 ,what shall we drink8 #ae3be4 ,but he cried to the ,lord1 and he shewed him a tree1 which when he had cast into the waters1 they were turned into sweetness4 ,there he appointed him ordinances1 and judgments1 and there he proved him1 #ae3bf4 ,saying3 ,if thou wilt hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 and do what is right before him1 and obey his commandments1 and keep all his precepts1 none of the evils that ,i laid upon ,egypt1 will ,i bring upon thee3 for ,i am the ,lord thy healer4 #ae3bg4 ,and the children of ,israel came into ,elim1 where there were twelve fountains of water1 and seventy palm trees3 and they encamped by the waters4 ,exodus ,chapter #af ,the people murmur for want of meat3 ,god giveth them quails and manna4 #af3a4 ,and they set forward from ,elim1 and all the multitude of the children of ,israel came into the desert of ,sin1 which is between ,elim and ,sinai3 the fifteenth day of the second month1 after they came out of the land of ,egypt4 #af3b4 ,and all the congregation of the children of ,israel murmured against ,moses and ,aaron in the wilderness4 #af3c4 ,and the children of ,israel said to them3 ,would to ,god we had died by the hand of the ,lord in the land of ,egypt1 when we sat over the fleshpots1 and ate bread to the full3 ,why have you brought us into this desert1 that you might destroy all the multitude with famine8 #af3d4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,behold ,i will rain bread from heaven for you2 let the people go forth1 and gather what is sufficient for every day3 that ,i may prove them whether they will walk in my law1 or not4 #af3e4 ,but the sixth day let them provide for to bring in3 and let it be double to that they were wont to gather every day4 #af3f4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron said to the children of ,israel ,in the evening you shall know that the ,lord hath brought you forth out of the land of ,egypt3 #af3g4 ,and in the morning you shall see the glory of the ,lord3 for he hath heard your murmuring against the ,lord3 but as for us1 what are we1 that you mutter against us8 #af3h4 ,and ,moses said3 ,in the evening the ,lord will give you flesh to eat1 and in the morning bread to the full3 for he hath heard your murmurings1 with which you have murmured against him1 for what are we8 your murmuring is not against us1 but against the ,lord4 #af3i4 ,moses also said to ,aaron3 ,say to the whole congregation of the children of ,israel3 ,come before the ,lord2 for he hath heard your murmuring4 #af3aj4 ,and when ,aaron spoke to all the assembly of the children of ,israel1 they looked towards the wilderness2 and behold the glory of the ,lord appeared in a cloud4 #af3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #af3ab4 ,i have heard the murmuring of the children of ,israel1 say to them3 ,in the evening you shall eat flesh1 and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread2 and you shall know that ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #af3ac4 ,so it came to pass in the evening1 that quails coming up1 covered the camp3 and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp4 #af3ad4 ,and when it had covered the face of the earth1 it appeared in the wilderness small1 and as it were beaten with a pestle1 like unto the hoar frost on the ground4 #af3ae4 ,and when the children of ,israel saw it1 they said one to another3 ,manhu6 which signifieth3 ,what is this6 for they knew not what it was4 ,and ,moses said to them3 ,this is the bread which the ,lord hath given you to eat4 #af3af4 ,this is the word that the ,lord hath commanded3 ,let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat2 a gomor for every man1 according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent1 so shall you take of it4 #af3ag4 ,and the children of ,israel did so3 and they gathered1 one more1 another less4 #af3ah3 ,and they measured by the measure of a gomor3 neither had he more that had gathered more2 nor did he find less that had provided less3 but every one had gathered1 according to what they were able to eat4 #af3ai4 ,and ,moses said to them3 ,let no man leave thereof till the morning4 #af3bj4 ,and they hearkened not to him1 but some of them left until the morning1 and it began to be full of worms1 and it putrified1 and ,moses was angry with them4 #af3ba4 ,now every one of them gathered in the morning1 as much as might suffice to eat3 and after the sun grew hot1 it melted4 #af3bb4 ,but on the sixth day they gathered twice as much1 that is1 two gomors every man3 and all the rulers of the multitude came1 and told ,moses4 #af3bc4 ,and he said to them3 ,this is what the ,lord hath spoken3 ,to morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the ,lord4 ,whatsoever work is to be done1 do it2 and the meats that are to be dressed1 dress them2 and whatsoever shall remain1 lay it up until the morning4 #af3bd4 ,and they did so as ,moses had commanded1 and it did not putrify1 neither was there worm found in it4 #af3be4 ,and ,moses said3 ,eat it to day1 because it is the sabbath of the ,lord3 to day it shall not be found in the field4 #af3bf4 ,gather it six days2 but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the ,lord1 therefore it shall not be found4 #af3bg4 ,and the seventh day came2 and some of the people going forth to gather1 found none4 #af3bh4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,how long will you refuse to keep my commandments1 and my law8 #af3bi4 ,see that the ,lord hath given you the sabbath1 and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a double provision3 let each man stay at home1 and let none go forth out of his place the seventh day4 #af3cj4 ,and the people kept the sabbath on the seventh day4 #af3ca4 ,and the house of ,israel called the name thereof ,manna3 and it was like coriander seed1 white1 and the taste thereof like to flour with honey4 #af3cb4 ,and ,moses said3 ,this is the word which the ,lord hath commanded3 ,fill a gomor of it1 and let it be kept unto generations to come hereafter2 that they may know the bread1 wherewith ,i fed you in the wilderness when you were brought forth out of the land of ,egypt4 #af3cc4 ,and ,moses said to ,aaron3 ,take a vessel1 and put manna into it1 as much as a gomor can hold2 and lay it up before the ,lord1 to keep unto your generations1 #af3cd4 ,as the ,lord commanded ,moses4 ,and ,aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept4 #af3ce4 ,and the children of ,israel ate manna forty years1 till they came to a habitable land3 with this meat were they fed1 until they reached the borders of the land of ,chanaan4 #af3cf4 ,now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi4 ,exodus ,chapter #ag ,the people murmur again for want of drink2 the ,lord giveth them water out of a rock4 ,moses lifting up his hand in prayer1 ,amalec is overcome4 #ag3a4 ,then all the multitude of the children of ,israel setting forward from the desert of ,sin1 by their mansions1 according to the word of the ,lord1 encamped in ,raphidim1 where there was no water for the people to drink4 #ag3b4 ,and they chode with ,moses1 and said3 ,give us water1 that we may drink4 ,and ,moses answered them3 ,why chide you with me8 ,wherefore do you tempt the ,lord8 #ag3c4 ,so the people were thirsty there for want of water1 and murmured against ,moses1 saying3 ,why didst thou make us go forth out of ,egypt1 to kill us and our children1 and our beasts with thirst8 #ag3d4 ,and ,moses cried to the ,lord1 saying3 ,what shall ,i do to this people8 ,yet a little more and they will stone me4 #ag3e4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,go before the people1 and take with thee of the ancients of ,israel3 and take in thy hand the rod wherewith thou didst strike the river1 and go4 #ag3f4 ,behold ,i will stand there before thee1 upon the rock ,horeb1 and thou shalt strike the rock1 and water shall come out of it that the people may drink4 ,moses did so before the ancients of ,israel3 #ag3g4 ,and he called the name of that place ,temptation1 because of the chiding of the children of ,israel1 and for that they tempted the ,lord1 saying3 ,is the ,lord amongst us or not8 #ag3h4 ,and ,amalec came1 and fought against ,israel in ,raphidim4 #ag3i4 ,and ,moses said to ,josue3 ,choose out men2 and go out and fight against ,amalec3 tomorrow ,i will stand on the top of the hill1 having the rod of ,god in my hand4 #ag3aj4 ,josue did as ,moses had spoken1 and he fought against ,amalec2 but ,moses1 and ,aaron1 and ,hur1 went up upon the top of the hill4 #ag3aa4 ,and when ,moses lifted up his hands1 ,israel overcame2 but if he let them down a little1 ,amalec overcame4 #ag3ab4 ,and ,moses's hands were heavy3 so they took a stone1 and put under him1 and he sat on it3 and ,aaron and ,hur stayed up his hands on both sides4 ,and it came to pass1 that his hands were not weary until sunset4 #ag3ac4 ,and ,josue put ,amalec and his people to flight1 by the edge of the sword4 #ag3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,write this for a memorial in a book1 and deliver it to the ears of ,josue2 for ,i will destroy the memory of ,amalec from under heaven4 #ag3ae4 ,and ,moses built an altar2 and called the name thereof1 ,the ,lord1 my exaltation1 saying3 #ag3af4 ,because the hand of the throne of the ,lord1 and the war of the ,lord shall be against ,amalec1 from generation to generation4 ,exodus ,chapter #ah ,jethro bringeth to ,moses his wife and children4 ,his counsel4 #ah3a4 ,and when ,jethro the priest of ,madian1 the kinsman of ,moses1 had heard all the things that ,god had done to ,moses1 and to ,israel his people1 and that the ,lord had brought forth ,israel out of ,egypt3 #ah3b4 ,he took ,sephora1 the wife of ,moses1 whom he had sent back3 #ah3c4 ,and her two sons1 of whom one was called ,gersam3 his father saying1 ,i have been a stranger in a foreign country4 #ah3d4 ,and the other ,eliezer3 ,for the ,god of my father1 said he1 is my helper1 and hath delivered me from the sword of ,pharao4 #ah3e4 ,and ,jethro1 the kinsman of ,moses1 came with his sons1 and his wife to ,moses into the desert1 where he was camped by the mountain of ,god4 #ah3f4 ,and he sent word to ,moses1 saying3 ,i ,jethro1 thy kinsman1 come to thee1 and thy wife1 and thy two sons with her4 #ah3g4 ,and he went out to meet his kinsman1 and worshipped and kissed him3 and they saluted one another with words of peace4 ,and when he was come into the tent1 #ah3h4 ,moses told his kinsman all that the ,lord had done to ,pharao1 and the ,egyptians in favour of ,israel3 and all the labour which had befallen them in the journey1 and that the ,lord had delivered them4 #ah3i4 ,and ,jethro rejoiced for all the good things that the ,lord had done to ,israel1 because he had delivered them out of the hands of the ,egyptians4 #ah3aj4 ,and he said3 ,blessed is the ,lord1 who hath delivered his people out of the hand of ,egypt4 #ah3aa4 ,now ,i know1 that the ,lord is great above all gods2 because they dealt proudly against them4 #ah3ab4 ,so ,jethro1 the kinsman of ,moses1 offered holocausts and sacrifices to ,god3 and ,aaron and all the ancients of ,israel came1 to eat bread with him before ,god4 #ah3ac4 ,and the next day ,moses sat to judge the people1 who stood by ,moses from morning until night4 #ah3ad4 ,and when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people1 he said3 ,what is it that thou dost among the people8 ,why sittest thou alone1 and all the people wait from morning till night8 #ah3ae4 ,and ,moses answered him3 ,the people come to me to seek the judgment of ,god8 #ah3af4 ,and when any controversy falleth out among them1 they come to me to judge between them1 and to shew the precepts of ,god1 and his laws4 #ah3ag4 ,but he said3 ,the thing thou dost is not good4 #ah3ah3 ,thou art spent with foolish labour1 both thou1 and this people that is with thee2 the business is above thy strength1 thou alone canst not bear it4 #ah3ai4 ,but hear my words and counsels1 and ,god shall be with thee4 ,be thou to the people in those things that pertain to ,god1 to bring their words to him3 #ah3bj4 ,and to shew the people the ceremonies1 and the manner of worshipping2 and the way wherein they ought to walk1 and the work that they ought to do4 #ah3ba4 ,and provide out of all the people able men1 such as fear ,god1 in whom there is truth1 and that hate avarice1 and appoint of them rulers of thousands1 and of hundreds1 and of fifties1 and of tens1 #ah3bb4 ,who may judge the people at all times3 and when any great matter soever shall fall out1 let them refer it to thee1 and let them judge the lesser matters only3 that so it may be lighter for thee1 the burden being shared out unto others4 #ah3bc4 ,if thou dost this1 thou shalt fulfil the commandment of ,god1 and shalt be able to bear his precepts3 and all this people shall return to their places with peace4 #ah3bd4 ,and when ,moses heard this1 he did all things that he had suggested unto him4 #ah3be4 ,and choosing able men out of all ,israel1 he appointed them rulers of the people1 rulers over thousands1 and over hundreds1 and over fifties1 and over tens4 #ah3bf4 ,and they judged the people at all times3 and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him1 and they judged the easier cases only4 #ah3bg4 ,and he let his kinsman depart3 and he returned and went into his own country4 ,exodus ,chapter #ai ,they come to ,sinai3 the people are commanded to be sanctified4 ,the ,lord1 coming in thunder and lightning1 speaketh with ,moses4 #ai3a4 ,in the third month of the departure of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt1 on this day they came into the wilderness of ,sinai3 #ai3b4 ,for departing out of ,raphidim1 and coming to the desert of ,sinai1 they camped in the same place1 and there ,israel pitched their tents over against the mountain4 #ai3c4 ,and ,moses went up to ,god2 and the ,lord called unto him from the mountain1 and said3 ,thus shalt thou say to the house of ,jacob1 and tell the children of ,israel3 ,and ,moses went up to ,god4 4 4,moses went up to mount ,sinai1 where ,god spoke to him4 #ai3d4 ,you have seen what ,i have done to the ,egyptians1 how ,i have carried you upon the wings of eagles1 and have taken you to myself4 #ai3e4 ,if therefore you will hear my voice1 and keep my covenant1 you shall be my peculiar possession above all people3 for all the earth is mine4 #ai3f4 ,and you shall be to me a priestly kingdom1 and a holy nation4 ,these are the words thou shalt speak to the children of ,israel4 #ai3g4 ,moses came2 and calling together the elders of the people1 he declared all the words which the ,lord had commanded4 #ai3h4 ,and all the people answered together3 ,all that the ,lord hath spoken1 we will do4 ,and when ,moses had related the people's words to the ,lord1 #ai3i4 ,the ,lord said to him3 ,lo1 now will ,i come to thee in the darkness of a cloud1 that the people may hear me speaking to thee1 and may believe thee for ever4 ,and ,moses told the words of the people to the ,lord4 #ai3aj4 ,and he said to him3 ,go to the people1 and sanctify them to day1 and to morrow1 and let them wash their garments4 #ai3aa4 ,and let them be ready against the third day2 for on the third day the ,lord will come down in the sight of all the people1 upon ,mount ,sinai4 #ai3ab4 ,and thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,take heed ye go not up into the mount1 and that ye touch not the borders thereof3 every one that toucheth the mount1 dying he shall die4 #ai3ac4 ,no hands shall touch him1 but he shall be stoned to death1 or he shall be shot through with arrows3 whether it be beast1 or man1 he shall not live4 ,when the trumpet shall begin to sound1 then let them go up into the mount4 #ai3ad4 ,and ,moses came down from the mount to the people1 and sanctified them4 ,and when they had washed their garments1 #ai3ae4 ,he said to them3 ,be ready against the third day1 and come not near your wives4 #ai3af4 ,and now the third day was come1 and the morning appeared3 and behold thunders began to be heard1 and lightning to flash1 and a very thick cloud to cover the mount1 and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud2 and the people that was in the camp1 feared4 #ai3ag4 ,and when ,moses had brought them forth to meet ,god1 from the place of the camp1 they stood at the bottom of the mount4 #ai3ah4 ,and all ,mount ,sinai was on a smoke3 because the ,lord was come down upon it in fire1 and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace3 and all the mount was terrible4 #ai3ai4 ,and the sound of the trumpet grew by degrees louder and louder1 and was drawn out to a greater length3 ,moses spoke1 and ,god answered him4 #ai3bj4 ,and the ,lord came down upon ,mount ,sinai1 in the very top of the mount1 and he called ,moses unto the top thereof4 ,and when he was gone up thither1 #ai3ba4 ,he said unto him3 ,go down1 and charge the people2 lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the ,lord1 and a very great multitude of them should perish4 #ai3bb4 ,the priests also that come to the ,lord1 let them be sanctified1 lest he strike them4 #ai3bc4 ,and ,moses said to the ,lord3 ,the people cannot come up to ,mount ,sinai3 for thou didst charge1 and command1 saying3 ,set limits about the mount1 and sanctify it4 #ai3bd4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go1 get thee down2 and thou shalt come up1 thou and ,aaron with thee3 but let not the priests and the people pass the limits1 nor come up to the ,lord1 lest he kill them4 #ai3be4 ,and ,moses went down to the people and told them all4 ,exodus ,chapter #bj ,the ten commandments4 #bj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke all these words3 #bj3b4 ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage4 #bj3c4 ,thou shalt not have strange gods before me4 #bj3d4 ,thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing1 nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above1 or in the earth beneath1 nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth4 ,a graven thing1 nor the likeness of any thing1 etc4 4 4,all such images1 or likenesses1 are forbidden by this commandment1 as are made to be adored and served2 according to that which immediately follows1 thou shalt not adore them1 nor serve them4 ,that is1 all such as are designed for idols or image-gods1 or are worshipped with divine honour4 ,but otherwise images1 pictures1 or representations1 even in the house of ,god1 and in the very sanctuary so far from being forbidden1 are expressly authorized by the word of ,god4 ,see ,ex4 #be4ae1 and etc42 chap4 #ch4g2 ,num4 #ba4h1 #i2 #a ,chron4 or ,paralip4 #bh4ah1 #ai2 #b ,chron4 or ,paralip4 #c4aj4 #bj3e4 ,thou shalt not adore them1 nor serve them3 ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 mighty1 jealous1 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children1 unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me3 #bj3f4 ,and shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me1 and keep my commandments4 #bj3g4 ,thou shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain3 for the ,lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the ,lord his ,god in vain4 #bj3h4 ,remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day4 #bj3i4 ,six days shalt thou labour1 and shalt do all thy works4 #bj3aj4 ,but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the ,lord thy ,god3 thou shalt do no work on it1 thou nor thy son1 nor thy daughter1 nor thy manservant1 nor thy maidservant1 nor thy beast1 nor the stranger that is within thy gates4 #bj3aa4 ,for in six days the ,lord made heaven and earth1 and the sea1 and all things that are in them1 and rested on the seventh day3 therefore the ,lord blessed the seventh day1 and sanctified it4 #bj3ab4 ,honour thy father and thy mother1 that thou mayst be longlived upon the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee4 #bj3ac4 ,thou shalt not kill4 #bj3ad4 ,thou shalt not commit adultery4 #bj3ae4 ,thou shalt not steal4 #bj3af4 ,thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour4 #bj3ag4 ,thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house2 neither shalt thou desire his wife1 nor his servant1 nor his handmaid1 nor his ox1 nor his ass1 nor any thing that is his4 #bj3ah4 ,and all the people saw the voices and the flames1 and the sound of the trumpet1 and the mount smoking2 and being terrified and struck with fear1 they stood afar off1 #bj3ai4 ,saying to ,moses3 ,speak thou to us1 and we will hear3 let not the ,lord speak to us1 lest we die4 #bj3bj4 ,and ,moses said to the people3 ,fear not2 for ,god is come to prove you1 and that the dread of him might be in you1 and you should not sin4 #bj3ba4 ,and the people stood afar off4 ,but ,moses went to the dark cloud wherein ,god was4 #bj3bb4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,thus shalt thou say to the children of ,israel3 ,you have seen that ,i have spoken to you from heaven4 #bj3bc4 ,you shall not make gods of silver1 nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold4 #bj3bd4 ,you shall make an altar of earth unto me1 and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings1 your sheep and oxen1 in every place where the memory of my name shall be3 ,i will come to thee1 and will bless thee4 #bj3be4 ,and if thou make an altar of stone unto me1 thou shalt not build it of hewn stones2 for if thou lift up a tool upon it1 it shall be defiled4 #bj3bf4 ,thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar1 lest thy nakedness be discovered4 ,exodus ,chapter #ba ,laws relating to ,justice4 #ba3a4 ,these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them4 #ba3b4 ,if thou buy a ,hebrew servant1 six years shall he serve thee2 in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing4 #ba3c4 ,with what raiment he came in1 with the like let him go out3 if having a wife1 his wife also shall go out with him4 #ba3d4 ,but if his master gave him a wife1 and she hath borne sons and daughters2 the woman and her children shall be her master's3 but he himself shall go out with his raiment4 #ba3e4 ,and if the servant shall say3 ,i love my master and my wife and children1 ,i will not go out free3 #ba3f4 ,his master shall bring him to the gods1 and he shall be set to the door and the posts1 and he shall bore his ear through with an awl3 and he shall be his servant for ever4 ,to the gods4 4 4,elohim4 ,that is1 to the judges1 or magistrates1 authorized by ,god4 #ba3g4 ,if any man sell his daughter to be a servant1 she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out4 #ba3h4 ,if she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered1 he shall let her go3 but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation1 if he despise her4 #ba3i4 ,but if he have betrothed her to his son1 he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters4 #ba3aj4 ,and if he take another wife for him1 he shall provide her a marriage1 and raiment1 neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity4 #ba3aa4 ,if he do not these three things1 she shall go out free without money4 #ba3ab4 ,he that striketh a man with a will to kill him1 shall be put to death4 #ba3ac4 ,but he that did not lie in wait for him1 but ,god delivered him into his hands3 ,i will appoint thee a place to which he must flee4 #ba3ad4 ,if a man kill his neighbour on set purpose1 and by lying in wait for him3 thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die4 #ba3ae4 ,he that striketh his father or mother1 shall be put to death4 #ba3af4 ,he that shall steal a man1 and sell him1 being convicted of the guilt1 shall be put to death4 #ba3ag4 ,he that curseth his father or mother1 shall die the death4 #ba3ah4 ,if men quarrel1 and the one strike his neighbour with a stone1 or with his fist1 and he die not1 but keepeth his bed3 #ba3ai4 ,if he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff1 he that struck him shall be quit1 yet so that he make restitution for his work1 and for his expenses upon the physicians4 #ba3bj4 ,he that striketh his bondman1 or bondwoman1 with a rod1 and they die under his hands1 shall be guilty of the crime4 #ba3ba4 ,but if the party remain alive a day or two1 he shall not be subject to the punishment1 because it is his money4 #ba3bb4 ,if men quarrel1 and one strike a woman with child and she miscarry indeed1 but live herself3 he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require1 and as arbiters shall award4 #ba3bc4 ,but if her death ensue thereupon1 he shall render life for life1 #ba3bd4 ,eye for eye1 tooth for tooth1 hand for hand1 foot for foot1 #ba3be4 ,burning for burning1 wound for wound1 stripe for stripe4 #ba3bf4 ,if any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant1 and leave them but one eye1 he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out4 #ba3bg4 ,also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant1 he shall in like manner make them free4 #ba3bh4 ,if an ox gore a man or a woman1 and they die1 he shall be stoned3 and his flesh shall not be eaten1 but the owner of the ox shall be quit4 #ba3bi4 ,but if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday1 and the day before1 and they warned his master1 and he did not shut him up1 and he shall kill a man or a woman3 then the ox shall be stoned1 and his owner also shall be put to death4 #ba3cj4 ,and if they set a price upon him1 he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him4 #ba3ca4 ,if he have gored a son1 or a daughter1 he shall fall under the like sentence4 #ba3cb4 ,if he assault a bondman or bondwoman1 he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master1 and the ox shall be stoned4 #ba3cc4 ,if a man open a pit1 and dig one1 and cover it not1 and an ox or an ass fall into it1 #ba3cd4 ,the owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts3 and that which is dead shall be his own4 #ba3ce4 ,if one man's ox gore another man's ox1 and he die3 they shall sell the live ox1 and shall divide the price1 and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them3 #ba3cf4 ,but if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday1 and the day before1 and his master did not keep him in2 he shall pay ox for ox1 and shall take the whole carcass4 ,exodus ,chapter #bb ,the punishment of theft1 and other trespasses4 ,the law of lending without usury1 of taking pledges of reverences to superiors1 and of paying tithes4 #bb3a4 ,if any man steal an ox or a sheep1 and kill or sell it3 he shall restore five oxen for one ox1 and four sheep for one sheep4 #bb3b4 ,if a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it1 and be wounded so as to die3 he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood4 #bb3c4 ,but if he did this when the sun is risen1 he hath committed murder1 and he shall die4 ,if he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft1 he shall be sold4 #bb3d4 ,if that which he stole be found with him1 alive1 either ox1 or ass1 or sheep3 he shall restore double4 #bb3e4 ,if any man hurt a field or a vineyard1 and put in his beast to feed upon that which is other men's3 he shall restore the best of whatsoever he hath in his own field1 or in his vineyard1 according to the estimation of the damage4 #bb3f4 ,if a fire breaking out light upon thorns1 and catch stacks of corn1 or corn standing in the fields1 he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss4 #bb3g4 ,if a man deliver money1 or any vessel unto his friend to keep1 and they be stolen away from him that received them3 if the thief be found1 he shall restore double3 #bb3h4 ,if the thief be not known1 the master of the house shall be brought to the gods1 and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour's goods1 #bb3i4 ,to do any fraud1 either in ox1 or in ass1 or sheep1 or raiment1 or any thing that may bring damage3 the cause of both parties shall come to the gods3 and if they give judgment1 he shall restore double to his neighbour4 #bb3aj4 ,if a man deliver ass1 ox1 sheep1 or any beast1 to his neighbour's custody1 and it die1 or be hurt1 or be taken by enemies1 and no man saw it3 #bb3aa4 ,there shall be an oath between them1 that he did not put forth his hand to his neighbour's goods3 and the owner shall accept of the oath1 and he shall not be compelled to make restitution4 #bb3ab4 ,but if it were taken away by stealth1 he shall make the loss good to the owner4 #bb3ac4 ,if it were eaten by a beast1 let him bring to him that which was slain1 and he shall not make restitution4 #bb3ad4 ,if a man borrow of his neighbour any of these things1 and it be hurt or die1 the owner not being present1 he shall be obliged to make restitution4 #bb3ae4 ,but if the owner be present1 he shall not make restitution1 especially if it were hired1 and came for the hire of his work4 #bb3af4 ,if a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused1 and lie with her3 he shall endow her1 and have her to wife4 #bb3ag4 ,if the maid's father will not give her to him1 he shall give money according to the dowry1 which virgins are wont to receive4 #bb3ah4 ,wizards thou shalt not suffer to live4 #bb3ai4 ,whosoever copulateth with a beast2 shall be put to death4 #bb3bj4 ,he that sacrificeth to gods1 shall be put to death1 save only to the ,lord4 #bb3ba4 ,thou shalt not molest a stranger1 nor afflict him3 for yourselves also were strangers in the land of ,egypt4 #bb3bb4 ,you shall not hurt a widow or an orphan4 #bb3bc4 ,if you hurt them1 they will cry out to me1 and ,i will hear their cry3 #bb3bd4 ,and my rage shall be enkindled1 and ,i will strike you with the sword1 and your wives shall be widows1 and your children fatherless4 #bb3be4 ,if thou lend money to any of my people that is poor1 that dwelleth with thee1 thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner1 nor oppress them with usuries4 #bb3bf4 ,if thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge1 thou shalt give it him again before sunset4 #bb3bg4 ,for that same is the only thing1 wherewith he is covered1 the clothing of his body1 neither hath he any other to sleep in3 if he cry to me1 ,i will hear him1 because ,i am compassionate4 #bb3bh4 ,thou shalt not speak ill of the gods1 and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse4 #bb3bi4 ,thou shalt not delay to pay thy tithes and thy firstfruits3 thou shalt give the firstborn of thy sons to me4 #bb3cj4 ,thou shalt do the same with the firstborn of thy oxen also and sheep3 seven days let it be with its dam3 the eighth day thou shalt give it to me4 #bb3ca4 ,you shall be holy men to me3 the flesh that beasts have tasted of before1 you shall not eat1 but shall cast it to the dogs4 ,exodus ,chapter #bc ,laws for judges2 the rest of the seventh year1 and day3 three principal feasts to be solemnized every year2 the promise of an angel1 to conduct and protect them3 idols are to be destroyed4 #bc3a4 ,thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie3 neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person4 #bc3b4 ,thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil3 neither shalt thou yield in judgment1 to the opinion of the most part1 to stray from the truth4 #bc3c4 ,neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment4 #bc3d4 ,if thou meet thy enemy's ox or ass going astray1 bring it back to him4 #bc3e4 ,if thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden1 thou shalt not pass by1 but shalt lift him up with him4 #bc3f4 ,thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment4 #bc3g4 ,thou shalt fly lying4 ,the innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death3 because ,i abhor the wicked4 #bc3h4 ,neither shalt thou take bribes1 which even blind the wise1 and pervert the words of the just4 #bc3i4 ,thou shalt not molest a stranger1 for you know the hearts of strangers3 for you also were strangers in the land of ,egypt4 #bc3aj4 ,six years thou shalt sow thy ground1 and shalt gather the corn thereof4 #bc3aa4 ,but the seventh year thou shalt let it alone1 and suffer it to rest1 that the poor of thy people may eat1 and whatsoever shall be left1 let the beasts of the field eat it3 so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard4 #bc3ab4 ,six days thou shalt work3 the seventh day thou shalt cease1 that thy ox and thy ass may rest3 and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed4 #bc3ac4 ,keep all things that ,i have said to you4 ,and by the name of strange gods you shall not swear1 neither shall it be heard out of your mouth4 #bc3ad4 ,three times every year you shall celebrate feasts to me4 #bc3ae4 ,thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread4 ,seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread1 as ,i commanded thee1 in the time of the month of new corn1 when thou didst come forth out of ,egypt3 thou shalt not appear empty before me4 #bc3af4 ,and the feast of the harvest of the firstfruits of thy work1 whatsoever thou hast sown in the field4 ,the feast also in the end of the year1 when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field4 #bc3ag4 ,thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the ,lord thy ,god4 #bc3ah4 ,thou shalt not sacrifice the blood of my victim upon leaven1 neither shall the fat of my solemnity remain until the morning4 #bc3ai4 ,thou shalt carry the first-fruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam4 #bc3bj4 ,behold ,i will send my angel1 who shall go before thee1 and keep thee in thy journey1 and bring thee into the place that ,i have prepared4 #bc3ba4 ,take notice of him1 and hear his voice1 and do not think him one to be contemned3 for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned1 and my name is in him4 #bc3bb4 ,but if thou wilt hear hi voice1 and do all that ,i speak1 ,i will be an enemy to thy enemies1 and will afflict them that afflict thee4 #bc3bc4 ,and my angel shall go before thee1 and shall bring thee in unto the ,amorrhite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,pherexite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebuzite1 whom ,i will destroy4 #bc3bd4 ,thou shalt not adore their gods1 nor serve them4 ,thou shalt not do their works1 but shalt destroy them1 and break their statues4 #bc3be4 ,and you shall serve the ,lord your ,god1 that ,i may bless your bread and your waters1 and may take away sickness from the midst of thee4 #bc3bf4 ,there shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land3 ,i will fill the number of thy days4 #bc3bg4 ,i will send my fear before thee1 and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come3 and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee3 #bc3bh4 ,sending out hornets before1 that shall drive away the ,hevite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 before thou come in4 #bc3bi4 ,i will not cast them out from thy face in one year2 lest the land be brought into a wilderness1 and the beasts multiply against thee4 #bc3cj4 ,by little and little ,i will drive them out from before thee1 till thou be increased1 and dost possess the land4 #bc3ca4 ,and ,i will set thy bounds from the ,red ,sea to the sea of the ,palestines1 and from the desert to the river3 ,i will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands1 and will drive them out from before you4 #bc3cb4 ,thou shalt not enter into league with them1 nor with their gods4 #bc3cc4 ,let them not dwell in thy land1 lest perhaps they make thee sin against me1 if thou serve their gods2 which1 undoubtedly1 will be a scandal to thee4 ,exodus ,chapter #bd ,moses writeth his law2 and after offering sacrifices1 sprinkleth the blood of the testament upon the people3 then goeth up the mountain which ,god covereth with a fiery cloud4 #bd3a4 ,and he said to ,moses3 ,come up to the ,lord1 thou1 and ,aaron1 ,nadab and ,abiu1 and seventy of the ancients of ,israel1 and you shall adore afar off4 #bd3b4 ,and ,moses alone shall come up to the ,lord1 but they shall not come nigh2 neither shall the people come up with him4 #bd3c4 ,so ,moses came and told the people all the words of the ,lord1 and all the judgments3 and all the people answered with one voice3 ,we will do all the words of the ,lord1 which he hath spoken4 #bd3d4 ,and ,moses wrote all the words of the ,lord3 and rising in the morning1 he built an altar at the foot of the mount1 and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of ,israel4 ,titles4 4 4,that is1 pillars4 #bd3e4 ,and he sent young men of the children of ,israel1 and they offered holocausts1 and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the ,lord4 ,holocausts4 4 4,whole burnt offerings1 in which the whole sacrifice was consumed with fire upon the altar4 #bd3f4 ,then ,moses took half of the blood1 and put it into bowls2 and the rest he poured upon the altar4 #bd3g4 ,and taking the book of the covenant1 he read it in the hearing of the people3 and they said3 ,all things that the ,lord hath spoken1 we will do1 we will be obedient4 #bd3h4 ,and he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people1 and he said3 ,this is the blood of the covenant1 which the ,lord hath made with you concerning all these words4 #bd3i4 ,then ,moses and ,aaron1 ,nadab and ,abiu1 and seventy of the ancients of ,israel went up3 #bd3aj4 ,and they saw the ,god of ,israel3 and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone1 and as the heaven1 when clear4 #bd3aa4 ,neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of ,israel1 that retired afar off1 and they saw ,god1 and they did eat and drink4 #bd3ab4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,come up to me into the mount1 and be there2 and ,i will give thee tables of stone1 and the law1 and the commandments which ,i have written2 that thou mayest teach them4 #bd3ac4 ,moses rose up1 and his minister ,josue3 and ,moses going up into the mount of ,god1 #bd3ad4 ,said to the ancients3 ,wait ye here till we return to you4 ,you have ,aaron and ,hur with you3 if any question shall arise1 you shall refer it to them4 #bd3ae4 ,and when ,moses was gone up1 a cloud covered the mount4 #bd3af4 ,and the glory of the ,lord dwelt upon ,sinai1 covering it with a cloud six days3 and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud4 #bd3ag4 ,and the sight of the glory of the ,lord1 was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount1 in the eyes of the children of ,israel4 #bd3ah4 ,and ,moses entering into the midst of the cloud1 went up into the mountain3 ,and he was there forty days and forty nights4 ,exodus ,chapter #be ,offerings prescribed for making the tabernacle1 the ark1 the candlestick1 etc4 #be3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #be3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 that they bring firstfruits to me3 of every man that offereth of his own accord1 you shall take them4 ,firstfruits4 4 4,offerings of some of the best and choicest of their goods4 #be3c4 ,and these are the things you must take3 ,gold1 and silver1 and brass1 #be3d4 ,violet and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine linen1 and goats' hair1 #be3e4 ,and rams' skins dyed red1 and violet skins1 and setim wood3 ,setim wood4 4 4,the wood of a tree that grows in the wilderness1 which is said to be incorruptible4 #be3f4 ,oil to make lights3 spices for ointment1 and for sweetsmelling incense3 #be3g4 ,onyx stones1 and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational4 ,the ephod and the rational4 4 4,the ephod was the high priest's upper vestment2 and the rational his breastplate1 in which were twelve gems1 etc4 #be3h4 ,and they shall make me a sanctuary1 and ,i will dwell in the midst of them3 #be3i4 ,according to all the likeness of the tabernacle which ,i will shew thee1 and of all the vessels for the service thereof3 and thus you shall make it3 #be3aj4 ,frame an ark of setim wood1 the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half2 the breadth1 a cubit and a half2 the height1 likewise1 a cubit and a half4 #be3aa4 ,and thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold1 within and without2 and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about3 #be3ab4 ,and four golden rings1 which thou shalt put at the four corners of the ark3 let two rings be on the one side1 and two on the other4 #be3ac4 ,thou shalt make bars also of setim wood1 and shalt overlay them with gold4 #be3ad4 ,and thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark1 that it may be carried on them3 #be3ae4 ,and they shall be always in the rings1 neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them4 #be3af4 ,and thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which ,i will give thee4 #be3ag4 ,thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold3 the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half1 and the breadth a cubit and a half4 ,a propitiatory4 4 4a covering for the ark3 called a propitiatory1 or mercy seat1 because the ,lord1 who was supposed to sit there upon the wings of the cherubims1 with the ark for his footstool1 from thence shewed mercy4 ,it is also called the oracle1 ver4 #ah and #bj2 because from thence ,god gave his orders and his answers4 #be3ah4 ,thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold1 on the two sides of the oracle4 #be3ai4 ,let one cherub be on the one side1 and the other on the other4 #be3bj4 ,let them cover both sides of the propitiatory1 spreading their wings1 and covering the oracle1 and let them look one towards the other1 their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered4 #be3ba4 ,in which thou shalt put the testimony that ,i will give thee4 #be3bb4 ,thence will ,i give orders1 and will speak to thee over the propitiatory1 and from the midst of the two cherubims1 which shall be upon the ark of the testimony1 all things which ,i will command the children of ,israel by thee4 #be3bc4 ,thou shalt make a table also of setim wood1 of two cubits in length1 and a cubit in breadth1 and a cubit and a half in height4 ,a table4 4 4,on which were to be placed the twelve loaves of proposition3 or1 as they are called in the ,hebrew1 the face bread1 because they were always to stand before the face of the ,lord in his temple3 as a figure of the eucharistic sacrifice and sacrament1 in the church of ,christ4 #be3bd4 ,and thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold3 and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about4 #be3be4 ,and to the ledge itself a polished crown1 four inches high2 and over the same another little golden crown4 #be3bf4 ,thou shalt prepare also four golden rings1 and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table1 over each foot4 #be3bg4 ,under the crown shall the golden rings be1 that the bars may be put through them1 and the table may be carried4 #be3bh4 ,the bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood1 and shalt overlay them with gold1 to bear up the table4 #be3bi4 ,thou shalt prepare also dishes1 and bowls1 censers1 and cups1 wherein the libations are to be offered1 of the purest gold4 ,libations4 4 4,that is1 drink offerings4 #be3cj4 ,and thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always4 #be3ca4 ,thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work1 of the finest gold1 the shaft thereof1 and the branches1 the cups1 and the bowls1 and the lilies going forth from it4 ,a candlestick4 4 4,this candlestick1 with its seven lamps1 which was always to give light in the house of ,god1 was a figure of the light of the ,holy ,ghost1 and his sevenfold grace1 in the sanctuary of the church of ,christ4 #be3cb4 ,six branches shall come out of the sides1 three out of one side1 and three out of the other4 #be3cc4 ,three cups as it were nuts to every branch1 and a bowl withal1 and a lily3 and three cups likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch1 and a bowl withal1 and a lily4 ,such shall be the work of the six branches1 that are to come out from the shaft3 #be3cd4 ,and in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut1 and at every one bowls and lilies4 #be3ce4 ,bowls under two branches in three places1 which together make six1 coming forth out of one shaft4 #be3cf4 ,and both the bowls and the branches shall be of the same beaten work of the purest gold4 #be3cg4 ,thou shalt make also seven lamps1 and shalt set them upon the candlestick1 to give light over against4 #be3ch4 ,the snuffers also1 and where the snuffings shall be put out1 shall be made of the purest gold4 #be3ci4 ,the whole weight of the candlestick1 with all the furniture thereof1 shall be a talent of the purest gold4 #be3dj4 ,look1 and make it according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount4 ,exodus ,chapter #bf ,the form of the tabernacle with its appurtenances4 #bf3a4 ,and thou shalt make the tabernacle in this manner3 ,thou shalt make ten curtains of fine twisted linen1 and violet and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 diversified with embroidery4 #bf3b4 ,the length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits2 the breadth shall be four cubits4 ,all the curtains shall be of one measure4 #bf3c4 ,five curtains shall be joined one to another1 and the other five shall be coupled together in like manner4 #bf3d4 ,thou shalt make loops of violet in the sides and tops of the curtains1 that they may be joined one to another4 #bf3e4 ,every curtain shall have fifty loops on both sides1 so set on1 that one loop may be against another loop1 and one may be fitted to the other4 #bf3f4 ,thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold1 wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined1 that it may be made one tabernacle4 #bf3g4 ,thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats' hair1 to cover the top of the tabernacle4 #bf3h4 ,the length of one hair-curtain shall be thirty cubits2 and the breadth1 four3 the measure of all the curtains shall be equal4 #bf3i4 ,five of which thou shalt couple by themselves1 and the six others thou shalt couple one to another1 so as to double the sixth curtain in the front of the roof4 #bf3aj4 ,thou shalt make also fifty loops in the edge of one curtain1 that it may be joined with the other3 and fifty loops in the edge of the other curtain1 that it may be coupled with its fellow4 #bf3aa4 ,thou shalt make also fifty buckles of brass1 wherewith the loops may be joined1 that of all there may be made one covering4 #bf3ab4 ,and that which shall remain of the curtains1 that are prepared for the roof1 to wit1 one curtain that is over and above1 with the half thereof thou shalt cover the back parts of the tabernacle4 #bf3ac4 ,and there shall hang down a cubit on the one side1 and another on the other side1 which is over and above in the length of the curtains1 fencing both sides of the tabernacle4 #bf3ad4 ,thou shalt make also another cover to the roof of rams' skins dyed red3 and over that again another cover of violet coloured skins4 #bf3ae4 ,thou shalt make also the boards of the tabernacle standing upright of setim wood4 #bf3af4 ,let every one of them be ten cubits in length1 and in breadth one cubit and a half4 #bf3ag4 ,in the sides of the boards shall be made two mortises1 whereby one board may be joined to another board3 and after this manner shall all the boards be prepared4 #bf3ah4 ,of which twenty shall be in the south side southward4 #bf3ai4 ,for which thou shalt cast forty sockets of silver1 that under every board may be put two sockets at the two corners4 #bf3bj4 ,in the second side also of the tabernacle that looketh to the north1 there shall be twenty boards1 #bf3ba4 ,having forty sockets of silver1 two sockets shall be put under each board4 #bf3bb4 ,but on the west side of the tabernacle thou shalt make six boards4 #bf3bc4 ,and again other two which shall be erected in the corners at the back of the tabernacle4 #bf3bd4 ,and they shall be joined together from beneath unto the top1 and one joint shall hold them all4 ,the like joining shall be observed for the two boards also that are to be put in the corners4 #bf3be4 ,and they shall be in all eight boards1 and their silver sockets sixteen1 reckoning two sockets for each board4 #bf3bf4 ,thou shalt make also five bars of setim wood1 to hold together the boards on one side of the tabernacle4 #bf3bg4 ,and five others on the other side1 and as many at the west side3 #bf3bh4 ,and they shall be put along by the midst of the boards1 from one end to the other4 #bf3bi4 ,the boards also themselves thou shalt overlay with gold1 and shalt cast rings of gold to be set upon them1 for places for the bars to hold together the boardwork3 which bars thou shalt cover with plates of gold4 #bf3cj4 ,and thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the pattern that was shewn thee in the mount4 #bf3ca4 ,thou shalt make also a veil of violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen1 wrought with embroidered work and goodly variety3 #bf3cb4 ,and thou shalt hang it up before four pillars of setim wood1 which themselves also shall be overlaid with gold1 and shall have heads of gold1 but sockets of silver4 #bf3cc4 ,and the veil shall be hanged on with rings1 and within it thou shalt put the ark of the testimony1 and the sanctuary and the holy of the holies shall be divided with it4 ,the sanctuary1 etc4 4 4,that part of the tabernacle1 which was without the veil1 into which the priests daily entered1 is here called the sanctuary1 or holy place2 that part which was within the veil1 into which no one but the high priest ever went1 and he but once a year1 is called the holy of holies1 7literally1 the sanctuary of the sanctuaries17 as being the most holy of all holy places4 #bf3cd4 ,and thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the ark of the testimony1 in the holy of holies4 #bf3ce4 ,and the table without the veil1 and over against the table the candlestick in the south side of the tabernacle3 for the table shall stand in the north side4 #bf3cf4 ,thou shalt make also a hanging in the entrance of the tabernacle of violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen with embroidered work4 #bf3cg4 ,and thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars of setim wood1 before which the hanging shall be drawn3 their heads shall be of gold1 and the sockets of brass4 ,exodus ,chapter #bg ,the altar2 and the court of the tabernacle with its hangings and pillars4 ,provision of oil for lamps4 #bg3a4 ,thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood1 which shall be five cubits long1 and as many broad1 that is four square1 and three cubits high4 #bg3b4 ,and there shall be horns at the four corners of the same3 and thou shalt cover it with brass4 #bg3c4 ,and thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes1 and tongs and fleshhooks1 and firepans3 all its vessels thou shalt make of brass4 #bg3d4 ,and a grate of brass in manner of a net2 at the four corners of which1 shall be four rings of brass1 #bg3e4 ,which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar3 and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar4 #bg3f4 ,thou shalt make also two bars for the altar1 of setim wood1 which thou shalt cover with plates of brass3 #bg3g4 ,and thou shalt draw them through rings1 and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it4 #bg3h4 ,thou shalt not make it solid1 but empty and hollow in the inside1 as it was shewn thee in the mount4 #bg3i4 ,thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle1 in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side4 #bg3aj4 ,and twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass1 the heads of which1 with their engraving1 shall be of silver4 #bg3aa4 ,in like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long1 twenty pillars1 and as many sockets of brass1 and their heads with their engraving of silver4 #bg3ab4 ,but in the breadth of the court1 that looketh to the west1 there shall be hangings of fifty cubits1 and ten pillars1 and as many sockets4 #bg3ac4 ,in that breadth also of the court1 which looketh to the east1 there shall be fifty cubits4 #bg3ad4 ,in which there shall be for one side1 hangings of fifteen cubits1 and three pillars1 and as many sockets4 #bg3ae4 ,and in the other side1 there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits1 with three pillars1 and as many sockets4 #bg3af4 ,and in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen1 with embroidered work3 it shall have four pillars1 with as many sockets4 #bg3ag4 ,all the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver1 silver heads1 and sockets of brass4 #bg3ah4 ,in length the court shall take up a hundred cubits1 in breadth fifty1 the height shall be of five cubits1 and it shall be made of fine twisted linen1 and shall have sockets of brass4 #bg3ai4 ,all the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies1 and the pins both of it and of the court1 thou shalt make of brass4 #bg3bj4 ,command the children of ,israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives1 and beaten with a pestle3 that a lamp may burn always1 #bg3ba4 ,in the tabernacle of the testimony1 without the veil that hangs before the testimony4 ,and ,aaron and his sons shall order it1 that it may give light before the ,lord until the morning4 ,it shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of ,israel4 ,exodus ,chapter #bh ,the holy vestments for ,aaron and his sons4 #bh3a4 ,take unto thee also ,aaron thy brother with his sons1 from among the children of ,israel1 that they may minister to me in the priest's office3 ,aaron1 ,nadab1 and ,abiu1 ,eleazar1 and ,ithamar4 #bh3b4 ,and thou shalt make a holy vesture for ,aaron1 thy brother1 for glory and for beauty4 #bh3c4 ,and thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart1 whom ,i have filled with the spirit of wisdom1 that they may make ,aaron's vestments1 in which he being consecrated1 may minister to me4 #bh3d4 ,and these shall be the vestments that they shall make3 ,a rational and an ephod1 a tunic and a strait linen garment1 a mitre and a girdle4 ,they shall make the holy vestments for thy brother ,aaron and his sons1 that they may do the office of priesthood unto me4 #bh3e4 ,and they shall take gold1 and violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine linen4 #bh3f4 ,and they shall make the ephod of gold1 and violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen1 embroidered with divers colours4 #bh3g4 ,it shall have the two edges joined in the top on both sides1 that they may be closed together4 #bh3h4 ,the very workmanship also1 and all the variety of the work1 shall be of gold1 and violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen4 #bh3i4 ,and thou shalt take two onyx stones1 and shalt grave on them the names of the children of ,israel3 #bh3aj4 ,six names on one stone1 and the other six on the other1 according to the order of their birth4 #bh3aa4 ,with the work of an engraver1 and the graving of a jeweller1 thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of ,israel1 set in gold and compassed about3 #bh3ab4 ,and thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod1 a memorial for the children of ,israel4 ,and ,aaron shall bear their names before the ,lord upon both shoulders1 for a remembrance4 #bh3ac4 ,thou shalt make also hooks of gold4 #bh3ad4 ,and two little chains of the purest gold1 linked one to another1 which thou shalt put into the hooks4 #bh3ae4 ,and thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours1 according to the workmanship of the ephod1 of gold1 violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen4 ,the rational of judgment4 4 4,this part of the priest's attire1 which he wore at his breast1 was called the rational of judgment2 partly because it admonished both priest and people of their duty to ,god1 by carrying the names of all their tribes in his presence2 and by the ,urim and the ,thummim1 that is1 doctrine and truth1 which were written upon it2 and partly because it gave divine answers and oracles1 as if it were rational and endowed with judgment4 #bh3af4 ,it shall be four square and doubled3 it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth4 #bh3ag4 ,and thou shalt set in it four rows of stones 4 ,in the first row shall be a sardius stone1 and a topaz1 and an emerald3 #bh3ah4 ,in the second a carbuncle1 a sapphire1 and a jasper3 #bh3ai4 ,in the third a ligurius1 an agate1 and an amethyst3 #bh3bj4 ,in the fourth a chrysolite1 an onyx1 and a beryl4 ,they shall be set in gold by their rows4 #bh3ba4 ,and they shall have the names of the children of ,israel3 with twelve names shall they be engraved1 each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes4 #bh3bb4 ,and thou shalt make on the rational chains1 linked one to another1 of the purest gold3 #bh3bc4 ,and two rings of gold1 which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational4 #bh3bd4 ,and the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings1 that are in the ends thereof4 #bh3be4 ,and the ends of the chains themselves1 thou shalt join together with two hooks1 on both sides of the ephod1 which is towards the rational4 #bh3bf4 ,thou shalt make also two rings of gold1 which thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational1 in the borders that are over against the ephod1 and look towards the back parts thereof4 #bh3bg4 ,moreover also other two rings of gold1 which are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath1 that looketh towards the nether joining1 that the rational may be fitted with the ephod1 #bh3bh4 ,and may be fastened by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet1 that the joining artificially wrought may continue1 and the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one from the other4 #bh3bi4 ,and ,aaron shall bear the names of the children of ,israel in the rational of judgment upon his breast1 when he shall enter into the sanctuary1 a memorial before the ,lord for ever4 #bh3cj4 ,and thou shalt put in the rational of judgment doctrine and truth1 which shall be on ,aaron's breast1 when he shall go in before the ,lord3 and he shall bear the judgment of the children of ,israel on his breast1 in the sight of the ,lord always4 ,doctrine and ,truth4 4 4,hebrew1 ,urim and ,thummim3 illuminations and perfections4 ,these words1 written on the rational1 seem to signify the light of doctrine and the integrity of life1 with which the priests of ,god ought to approach him4 #bh3ca4 ,and thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet1 #bh3cb4 ,in the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head1 and a border round about it woven1 as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments1 that it may not easily be broken4 #bh3cc4 ,and beneath at the feet of the same tunic1 round about1 thou shalt make as it were pomegranates1 of violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 with little bells set between3 #bh3cd4 ,so that there shall be a golden bell and a pomegranate1 and again another golden bell and a pomegranate4 #bh3ce4 ,and ,aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry1 that the sound may be heard1 when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary1 in the sight of the ,lord1 and that he may not die4 #bh3cf4 ,thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold3 wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work1 ,holy to the ,lord4 #bh3cg4 ,and thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet1 and it shall be upon the mitre1 #bh3ch4 ,hanging over the forehead of the high priest4 ,and ,aaron shall bear the iniquities of those things1 which the children of ,israel have offered and sanctified1 in all their gifts and offerings4 ,and the plate shall be always on his forehead1 that the ,lord may be well pleased with them4 #bh3ci4 ,and thou shalt gird the tunic with fine linen1 and thou shalt make a fine linen mitre1 and a girdle of embroidered work4 #bh3dj4 ,moreover1 for the sons of ,aaron thou shalt prepare linen tunics1 and girdles and mitres for glory and beauty3 #bh3da4 ,and with all these things thou shalt vest ,aaron thy brother1 and his sons with him4 ,and thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all1 and shalt sanctify them1 that they may do the office of priesthood unto me4 #bh3db4 ,thou shalt make also linen breeches1 to cover the flesh of their nakedness1 from the reins to the thighs3 #bh3dc4 ,and ,aaron and his sons shall use them when they shall go into the tabernacle of the testimony1 or when they approach to the altar to minister in the sanctuary4 lest being guilty of iniquity they die4 ,it shall be a law for ever to ,aaron1 and to his seed after him4 ,exodus ,chapter #bi ,the manner of consecrating ,aaron and other priests2 the institution of the daily sacrifice of two lambs1 one in the morning1 the other at evening4 #bi3a4 ,and thou shalt also do this1 that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood4 ,take a calf from the herd1 and two rams without blemish1 #bi3b4 ,and unleavened bread1 and a cake without leaven1 tempered with oil1 wafers also unleavened1 anointed with oil3 thou shalt make them all of wheaten flour4 #bi3c4 ,and thou shalt put them in a basket1 and offer them3 and the calf and the two rams4 #bi3d4 ,and thou shalt bring ,aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,and when thou hast washed the father and his sons with water1 #bi3e4 ,thou shalt clothe ,aaron with his vestments1 that is1 with the linen garment and the tunic1 and the ephod and the rational1 which thou shalt gird with the girdle4 #bi3f4 ,and thou shalt put the mitre upon his head1 and the holy plate upon the mitre1 #bi3g4 ,and thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head3 and by this rite shall he be consecrated4 #bi3h4 ,thou shalt bring his sons also1 and shalt put on them the linen tunics1 and gird them with a girdle3 #bi3i4 ,to wit1 ,aaron and his children1 and thou shalt put mitres upon them2 and they shall be priests to me by a perpetual ordinance4 ,after thou shalt have consecrated their hands1 #bi3aj4 ,thou shalt present also the calf before the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,and ,aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon his head1 #bi3aa4 ,and thou shalt kill him in the sight of the ,lord1 beside the door of the tabernacle of the testimony4 #bi3ab4 ,and taking some of the blood of the calf1 thou shalt put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger1 and the rest of the blood thou shalt pour at the bottom thereof4 #bi3ac4 ,thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth the entrails1 and the caul of the liver1 and the two kidneys1 and the fat that is upon them1 and shalt offer a burn offering upon the altar3 #bi3ad4 ,but the flesh of the calf1 and the hide and the dung1 thou shalt burn abroad1 without the camp1 because it is for sin4 #bi3ae4 ,thou shalt take also one ram1 upon the head whereof ,aaron and his sons shall lay their hands4 #bi3af4 ,and when thou hast killed him1 thou shalt take of the blood thereof1 and pour round about the altar4 #bi3ag4 ,and thou shalt cut the ram in pieces1 and having washed his entrails and feet1 thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces1 and upon his head4 #bi3ah4 ,and thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt offering upon the altar3 it is an oblation to the ,lord1 a most sweet savour of the victim of the ,lord4 #bi3ai4 ,thou shalt take also the other ram1 upon whose head ,aaron and his sons shall lay their hands4 #bi3bj4 ,and when thou hast sacrificed him1 thou shalt take of his blood1 and put upon the tip of the right ear of ,aaron and of his sons1 and upon the thumbs and great toes of their right hand and foot1 and thou shalt pour the blood upon the altar round about4 #bi3ba4 ,and when thou hast taken of the blood that is upon the altar1 and of the oil of unction1 thou shalt sprinkle ,aaron and his vesture1 his sons and their vestments4 ,and after they and their vestments are consecrated1 #bi3bb4 ,thou shalt take the fat of the ram1 and the rump1 and the fat that covereth the lungs1 and the caul of the liver1 and the two kidneys1 and the fat that is upon them1 and the right shoulder1 because it is the ram of consecration3 #bi3bc4 ,and one roll of bread1 a cake tempered with oil1 a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread1 which is set in the sight of the ,lord3 #bi3bd4 ,and thou shalt put all upon the hands of ,aaron and of his sons1 and shalt sanctify them elevating before the ,lord4 #bi3be4 ,and thou shalt take all from their hands2 and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust1 a most sweet savour in the sight of the ,lord1 because it is his oblation4 #bi3bf4 ,thou shalt take also the breast of the ram1 wherewith ,aaron was consecrated1 and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the ,lord1 and it shall fall to thy share4 #bi3bg4 ,and thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast1 and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram1 #bi3bh4 ,wherewith ,aaron was consecrated and his sons1 and they shall fall to ,aaron's share1 and his sons'1 by a perpetual right from the children of ,israel3 because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace victims which they offer to the ,lord4 #bi3bi4 ,and the holy vesture1 which ,aaron shall use1 his sons shall have after him1 that they may be anointed1 and their hands consecrated in it4 #bi3cj4 ,he of his sons that shall be appointed high priest in his stead1 and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary1 shall wear it seven days4 #bi3ca4 ,and thou shalt take the ram of the consecration1 and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place3 #bi3cb4 ,and ,aaron and his sons shall eat it4 ,the loaves also1 that are in the basket1 they shall eat in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony1 #bi3cc4 ,that it may be an atoning sacrifice1 and the hands of the offerers may be sanctified4 ,a stranger shall not eat of them1 because they are holy4 #bi3cd4 ,and if there remain of the consecrated flesh1 or of the bread1 till the morning1 thou shalt burn the remainder with fire3 they shall not be eaten1 because they are sanctified4 #bi3ce4 ,all that ,i have commanded thee1 thou shalt do unto ,aaron and his sons4 ,seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands3 #bi3cf4 ,and thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for expiation4 ,and thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation1 and shalt anoint it to sanctify it4 #bi3cg4 ,seven days shalt thou expiate the altar and sanctify it1 and it shall be most holy4 ,every one1 that shall touch it1 shall be holy4 #bi3ch4 ,this is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar3 ,two lambs of a year old every day continually1 #bi3ci4 ,one lamb in the morning1 and another in the evening4 #bi3dj4 ,with one lamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil1 of the fourth part of a hin1 and wine for libation of the same measure4 #bi3da4 ,and the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening1 according to the rite of the morning oblation1 and according to what we have said1 for a savour of sweetness3 #bi3db4 ,it is a sacrifice to the ,lord1 by perpetual oblation unto your generations1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the ,lord1 where ,i will appoint to speak unto thee4 #bi3dc4 ,and there will ,i command the children of ,israel1 and the altar shall be sanctified by my glory4 #bi3dd4 ,i will sanctify also the tabernacle of the testimony with the altar1 and ,aaron with his sons1 to do the office of priesthood unto me4 #bi3de4 ,and ,i will dwell in the midst of the children of ,israel1 and will be their ,god3 #bi3df4 ,and they shall know that ,i am the ,lord their ,god1 who have brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 that ,i might abide among them1 ,i the ,lord their ,god4 ,exodus ,chapter #cj ,the altar of incense3 money to be gathered for the use of the tabernacle3 the brazen laver3 the holy oil of unction1 and the composition of the perfume4 #cj3a4 ,thou shalt make also an altar to burn incense1 of setim wood4 ,an altar to burn incense4 4 4,this burning of incense was an emblem of prayer1 ascending to ,god from an inflamed heart4 ,see ,ps4 #adj4b2 ,apoc4 #e4h1 and #h4d4 #cj3b4 ,it shall be a cubit in length1 and another in breadth1 that is1 four square1 and two in height4 ,horns shall go out of the same4 #cj3c4 ,and thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold1 as well the grate thereof1 as the walls round about1 and the horns4 ,and thou shalt make to it a crown of gold round about1 #cj3d4 ,and two golden rings under the crown on either side1 that the bars may be put into them1 and the altar be carried4 #cj3e4 ,and thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood1 and shalt overlay them with gold4 #cj3f4 ,and thou shalt set the altar over against the veil1 that hangeth before the ark of the testimony before the propitiatory wherewith the testimony is covered1 where ,i will speak to thee4 #cj3g4 ,and ,aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense upon it in the morning4 ,when he shall dress the lamps1 he shall burn it3 #cj3h4 ,and when he shall place them in the evening1 he shall burn an everlasting incense before the ,lord throughout your generations4 #cj3i4 ,you shall not offer upon it incense of another composition1 nor oblation1 and victim1 neither shall you offer libations4 #cj3aj4 ,and ,aaron shall pray upon the horns thereof once a year1 with the blood of that which was offered for sin2 and shall make atonement upon it in your generations4 ,it shall be most holy to the ,lord4 #cj3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #cj3ab4 ,when thou shalt take the sum of the children of ,israel1 according to their number1 every one of them shall give a price for their souls to the ,lord1 and there shall be no scourge among them1 when they shall be reckoned4 #cj3ac4 ,and this shall every one give that passeth at the naming1 half a sicle according to the standard of the temple4 ,a sicle hath twenty obols4 ,half a sicle shall be offered to the ,lord4 ,half a sicle4 4 4,a sicle or shekel of silver1 7which was also called a stater17 according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary1 which was the most just and exact1 was half an ounce of silver1 that is1 about half a crown of ,english money4 ,the obol1 or gerah1 was about three halfpence4 #cj3ad4 ,he that is counted in the number from twenty years and upwards1 shall give the price4 #cj3ae4 ,the rich man shall not add to half a sicle1 and the poor man shall diminish nothing4 #cj3af4 ,and the money received1 which was contributed by the children of ,israel1 thou shalt deliver unto the uses of the tabernacle of the testimony1 that it may be a memorial of them before the ,lord1 and he may be merciful to their souls4 #cj3ag4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #cj3ah4 ,thou shalt make also a brazen laver with its foot to wash in3 and thou shalt set it between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar4 ,and water being put into it3 #cj3ai4 ,aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it3 #cj3bj4 ,when they are going into the tabernacle of the testimony1 and when they are to come to the altar1 to offer on it incense to the ,lord1 #cj3ba4 ,lest perhaps they die4 ,it shall be an everlasting law to him1 and to his seed by successions4 #cj3bb4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 #cj3bc4 ,saying3 ,take spices1 of principal and chosen myrrh five hundred sicles1 and of cinnamon half so much2 that is1 two hundred and fifty sicles1 of calamus in like manner two hundred and fifty1 #cj3bd4 ,and of cassia five hundred sicles by the weight of the sanctuary1 of oil of olives the measure hin3 #cj3be4 ,and thou shalt make the holy oil of unction1 an ointment compounded after the art of the perfumer1 #cj3bf4 ,and therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony1 and the ark of the testament1 #cj3bg4 ,and the table with the vessels thereof1 the candlestick and furniture thereof1 the altars of incense1 #cj3bh4 ,and of holocaust1 and all the furniture that belongeth to the service of them4 #cj3bi4 ,and thou shalt sanctify all1 and they shall be most holy3 he that shall touch them shall be sanctified4 #cj3cj4 ,thou shalt anoint ,aaron and his sons1 and shalt sanctify them1 that they may do the office of priesthood unto me4 #cj3ca4 ,and thou shalt say to the children of ,israel3 ,this oil of unction shall be holy unto me throughout your generations4 #cj3cb4 ,the flesh of man shall not be anointed therewith1 and you shall make none other of the same composition1 because it is sanctified1 and shall be holy unto you4 #cj3cc4 ,what man soever shall compound such1 and shall give thereof to a stranger1 he shall be cut off from his people4 #cj3cd4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,take unto thee spices1 stacte1 and onycha1 galbanum of sweet savour1 and the clearest frankincense1 all shall be of equal weight4 #cj3ce4 ,and thou shalt make incense compounded by the work of the perfumer1 well tempered together1 and pure1 and most worthy of sanctification4 #cj3cf4 ,and when thou hast beaten all into very small powder1 thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of the testimony1 in the place where ,i will appear to thee4 ,most holy shall this incense be unto you4 #cj3cg4 ,you shall not make such a composition for your own uses1 because it is holy to the ,lord4 #cj3ch4 ,what man soever shall make the like1 to enjoy the smell thereof1 he shall perish out of his people4 ,exodus ,chapter #ca ,beseleel and ,ooliab are appointed by the ,lord to make the tabernacle1 and the things belonging thereto4 ,the observation of the sabbath day is again commanded4 ,and the ,lord delivereth to ,moses two tables written with the finger of ,god4 #ca3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ca3b4 ,behold1 ,i have called by name ,beseleel the son of ,uri1 the son of ,hur1 of the tribe of ,juda1 #ca3c4 ,and ,i have filled him with the spirit of ,god1 with wisdom and understanding1 and knowledge in all manner of work1 #ca3d4 ,to devise whatsoever may be artificially made of gold1 and silver1 and brass1 #ca3e4 ,of marble1 and precious stones1 and variety of wood4 #ca3f4 ,and ,i have given him for his companion ,ooliab1 the son of ,achisamech1 of the tribe of ,dan4 ,and ,i have put wisdom in the heart of every skilful man1 that they may make all things which ,i have commanded thee1 #ca3g4 ,the tabernacle of the covenant1 and the ark of the testimony1 and the propitiatory1 that is over it1 and all the vessels of the tabernacle1 #ca3h4 ,and the table and the vessels thereof1 the most pure candlestick with the vessels thereof1 and the altars of incense1 #ca3i4 ,and of holocaust1 and all their vessels1 the laver with its foot1 #ca3aj4 ,the holy vestments in the ministry for ,aaron the priest1 and for his sons1 that they may execute their office1 about the sacred things3 #ca3aa4 ,the oil of unction1 and the incense of spices in the sanctuary1 all things which ,i have commanded thee1 shall they make4 #ca3ab4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ca3ac4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,see that you keep my sabbath2 because it is a sign between me and you in your generations that you may know that ,i am the ,lord1 who sanctify you4 #ca3ad4 keep you my sabbath3 for it is holy unto you3 he that shall profane it1 shall be put to death3 he that shall do any work in it1 his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people4 #ca3ae4 ,six days shall you do work3 in the seventh day is the sabbath1 the rest holy to the ,lord4 ,every one that shall do any work on this day1 shall die4 #ca3af4 ,let the children of ,israel keep the sabbath1 and celebrate it in their generations4 ,it is an everlasting covenant #ca3ag4 ,between me and the children of ,israel1 and a perpetual sign4 ,for in six days the ,lord made heaven and earth1 and in the seventh he ceased from work4 #ca3ah4 ,and the ,lord1 when he had ended these words in ,mount ,sinai1 gave to ,moses two stone tables of testimony1 written with the finger of ,god4 ,exodus ,chapter #cb ,the people fall into idolatry4 ,moses prayeth for them4 ,he breaketh the tables3 destroyeth the idol3 blameth ,aaron1 and causeth many of the idolaters to be slain4 #cb3a4 ,and the people seeing that ,moses delayed to come down from the mount1 gathering together against ,aaron1 said3 ,arise1 make us gods1 that may go before us3 ,for as to this ,moses1 the man that brought us out of the land of ,egypt1 we know not what has befallen him4 #cb3b4 ,and ,aaron said to them3 ,take the golden earrings from the ears of your wives1 and your sons and daughters1 and bring them to me4 #cb3c4 ,and the people did what he had commanded1 bringing the earrings to ,aaron4 #cb3d4 ,and when he had received them1 he fashioned them by founders' work1 and made of them a molten calf4 ,and they said3 ,these are thy gods1 ,o ,israel1 that have brought thee out of the land of ,egypt4 #cb3e4 ,and when ,aaron saw this1 he built an altar before it1 and made proclamation by a crier's voice1 saying ,to morrow is the solemnity of the ,lord4 #cb3f4 ,and rising in the morning1 they offered holocausts1 and peace victims1 and the people sat down to eat and drink1 and they rose up to play4 #cb3g4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 ,go1 get thee down3 thy people1 which thou hast brought out of the land of ,egypt1 hath sinned4 #cb3h4 ,they have quickly strayed from the way which thou didst shew them3 and they have made to themselves a molten calf1 and have adored it1 and sacrificing victims to it1 have said3 ,these are thy gods1 ,o ,israel1 that have brought thee out of the land of ,egypt4 #cb3i4 ,and again the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,i see that this people is stiffnecked3 #cb3aj4 ,let me alone1 that my wrath may be kindled against them1 and that ,i may destroy them1 and ,i will make of thee a great nation4 #cb3aa4 ,but ,moses besought the ,lord his ,god1 saying3 ,why1 ,o ,lord1 is thy indignation enkindled against thy people1 whom thou hast brought out of the land of ,egypt1 with great power1 and with a mighty hand8 #cb3ab4 ,let not the ,egyptians say1 ,i beseech thee3 ,he craftily brought them out1 that he might kill them in the mountains1 and destroy them from the earth3 let thy anger cease1 and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people4 #cb3ac4 ,remember ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,israel1 thy servants1 to whom thou sworest by thy own self1 saying3 ,i will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven3 and this whole land that ,i have spoken of1 ,i will give to your seed1 and you shall possess it for ever3 #cb3ad4 ,and the ,lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people4 #cb3ae4 ,and ,moses returned from the mount1 carrying the two tables of the testimony in his hand1 written on both sides1 #cb3af4 ,and made by the work of ,god2 the writing also of ,god was graven in the tables4 #cb3ag4 ,and ,josue hearing the noise of the people shouting1 said to ,moses3 ,the noise of battle is heard in the camp4 #cb3ah4 ,but he answered3 ,it is not the cry of men encouraging to fight1 nor the shout of men compelling to flee3 but ,i hear the voice of singers4 #cb3ai4 ,and when he came nigh to the camp1 he saw the calf1 and the dances3 and being very angry1 he threw the tables out of his hand1 and broke them at the foot of the mount3 #cb3bj4 ,and laying hold of the calf which they had made1 he burnt it1 and beat it to powder1 which he strewed into water1 and gave thereof to the children of ,israel to drink4 #cb3ba4 ,and he said to ,aaron3 ,what has this people done to thee1 that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin8 #cb3bb4 ,and he answered him3 ,let not my lord be offended2 for thou knowest this people1 that they are prone to evil4 #cb3bc4 ,they said to me3 make us gods1 that may go before us2 for as to this ,moses1 who brought us forth out of the land of ,egypt1 we know not what is befallen him4 #cb3bd4 ,and ,i said to them3 ,which of you hath any gold8 and they took and brought it to me2 and ,i cast it into the fire1 and this calf came out4 #cb3be4 ,and when ,moses saw that the people were naked1 7for ,aaron had stripped them by occasion of the shame of the filth1 and had set them naked among their enemies7 ,naked4 4 4,having lost not only their gold1 and their honour1 but what was worst of all1 being stripped also of the grace of ,god1 and having lost him4--,the shame of the filth4 4 4,that is1 of the idol1 which they had taken for their god4 ,it is the usual phrase of the scripture to call idols filth and abominations4 #cb3bf4 ,then standing in the gate of the camp1 he said3 ,if any man be on the ,lord's side1 let him join with me4 ,and all the sons of ,levi gathered themselves together unto him3 #cb3bg4 ,and he said to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,put every man his sword upon his thigh3 go1 and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp1 and let every man kill his brother1 and friend1 and neighbour4 #cb3bh4 ,and the sons of ,levi did according to the words of ,moses1 and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men4 #cb3bi4 ,and ,moses said3 ,you have consecrated your hands this day to the ,lord1 every man in his son and in his brother1 that a blessing may be given to you4 #cb3cj4 ,and when the next day was come1 ,moses spoke to the people3 ,you have sinned a very great sin3 ,i will go up to the ,lord1 if by any means ,i may be able to entreat him for your crime4 #cb3ca4 ,and returning to the ,lord1 he said3 ,i beseech thee3 this people hath sinned a heinous sin1 and they have made to themselves gods of gold3 either forgive them this trespass1 #cb3cb4 ,or if thou do not1 strike me out of the book that thou hast written4 #cb3cc4 ,and the ,lord answered him3 ,he that hath sinned against me1 him will ,i strike out of my book3 #cb3cd4 ,but go thou1 and lead this people whither ,i have told thee3 my angel shall go before thee4 ,and ,i in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs4 #cb3ce4 ,the ,lord therefore struck the people for the guilt1 on occasion of the calf which ,aaron had made4 ,exodus ,chapter #cc ,the people mourn for their sin4 ,moses pitcheth the tabernacle without the camp4 ,he converseth familiarly with ,god4 ,desireth to see his glory4 #cc3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 ,go1 get thee up from this place1 thou and thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of ,egypt1 into the land concerning which ,i swore to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 saying3 ,to thy seed ,i will give it3 #cc3b4 ,and ,i will send an angel before thee1 that ,i may cast out the ,chanaanite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 #cc3c4 ,that thou mayst enter into the land that floweth with milk and honey4 ,for ,i will not go up with thee1 because thou art a stiffnecked people2 lest ,i destroy thee in the way4 #cc3d4 ,and the people hearing these very bad tidings1 mourned3 and no man put on his ornaments according to custom4 #cc3e4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,thou art a stiffnecked people1 once ,i shall come up in the midst of thee1 and shall destroy thee4 ,now presently lay aside thy ornaments1 that ,i may know what to do to thee4 #cc3f4 ,so the children of ,israel laid aside their ornaments by ,mount ,horeb4 #cc3g4 ,moses also taking the tabernacle1 pitched it without the camp afar off1 and called the name thereof1 ,the tabernacle of the covenant4 ,and all the people1 that had any question1 went forth to the tabernacle of the covenant1 without the camp4 #cc3h4 ,and when ,moses went forth to the tabernacle1 all the people rose up1 and every one stood in the door of his pavilion1 and they beheld the back of ,moses1 till he went into the tabernacle4 #cc3i4 ,and when he was gone into the tabernacle of the covenant1 the pillar of the cloud came down1 and stood at the door1 and he spoke with ,moses4 #cc3aj4 ,and all saw that the pillar of the cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle4 ,and they stood and worshipped at the doors of their tent4 #cc3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses face to face1 as a man is wont to speak to his friend4 ,and when he returned into the camp1 his servant ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 a young man1 departed not from the tabernacle4 ,face to face4 4 4,that is1 in a most familiar manner4 ,though as we learn from this very chapter1 ,moses could not see the face of the ,lord4 #cc3ab4 ,and ,moses said to the ,lord3 ,thou commandest me to lead forth this people2 and thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me1 especially whereas thou hast said3 ,i know thee by name1 and thou hast found favour in my sight4 ,i know thee by name4 4 4,in the language of the scriptures1 ,god is said to know such as he approves and loves3 and to know by name1 those whom he favours in a most singular manner1 as he did his servant ,moses4 #cc3ac4 ,if therefore ,i have found favour in thy sight1 shew me thy face1 that ,i may know thee1 and may find grace before thy eyes3 look upon thy people this nation4 #cc3ad4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,my face shall go before thee1 and ,i will give thee rest4 #cc3ae4 ,and ,moses said3 ,if thou thyself dost not go before1 bring us not out of this place4 #cc3af4 ,for how shall we be able to know1 ,i and thy people1 that we have found grace in thy sight1 unless thou walk with us1 that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth8 #cc3ag4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,this word also1 which thou hast spoken1 will ,i do2 for thou hast found grace before me1 and thee ,i have known by name4 #cc3ah4 ,and he said3 ,shew me thy glory4 #cc3ai4 ,he answered3 ,i will shew thee all good1 and ,i will proclaim in the name of the ,lord before thee3 and ,i will have mercy on whom ,i will1 and ,i will be merciful to whom it shall please me4 #cc3bj4 ,and again he said3 ,thou canst not see my face3 for man shall not see me1 and live4 #cc3ba4 ,and again he said3 ,behold there is a place with me1 and thou shalt stand upon the rock4 #cc3bb4 ,and when my glory shall pass1 ,i will set thee in a hole of the rock1 and protect thee with my righthand till ,i pass3 #cc3bc4 ,and ,i will take away my hand1 and thou shalt see my back parts3 but my face thou canst not see4 ,see my back parts4 4 4,the ,lord by his angel1 usually spoke to ,moses in the pillar of the cloud2 so that he could not see the glory of him that spoke familiarly with him4 ,in the vision here mentioned he was allowed to see something of him1 in an assumed corporeal form3 not in the face1 the rays of which were too bright for mortal eye to bear1 but to view him as it were behind1 when his face was turned from him4 ,exodus ,chapter #cd ,the tables are renewed3 all society with the ,chanaanites is forbid3 some precepts concerning the firstborn1 the sabbath1 and other feasts3 after forty days' fast1 ,moses returneth to the people with the commandments1 and his face appearing horned with rays of light1 he covereth it1 whensoever he speaketh to the people4 #cd3a4 ,and after this he said3 ,hew thee two tables of stone like unto the former1 and ,i will write upon them the words1 which were in the tables1 which thou brokest4 #cd3b4 ,be ready in the morning1 that thou mayst forthwith go up into ,mount ,sinai1 and thou shalt stand with me upon the top of the mount4 #cd3c4 ,let no man go up with thee1 and let not any man be seen throughout all the mount2 neither let the oxen nor the sheep feed over against it4 #cd3d4 ,then he cut out two tables of stone1 such as had been before2 and rising very early he went up into the ,mount ,sinai1 as the ,lord had commanded him1 carrying with him the tables4 #cd3e4 ,and when the ,lord was come down in a cloud1 ,moses stood with him1 calling upon the name of the ,lord4 #cd3f4 ,and when he passed before him1 he said3 ,o the ,lord1 the ,lord ,god1 merciful and gracious1 patient and of much compassion1 and true1 #cd3g4 ,who keepest mercy unto thousands3 who takest away iniquity1 and wickedness1 and sin1 and no man of himself is innocent before thee4 ,who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children1 and to the grandchildren unto the third and fourth generation4 #cd3h4 ,and ,moses making haste1 bowed down prostrate unto the earth1 and adoring1 #cd3i4 ,said3 ,if ,i have found grace in thy sight1 ,o ,lord1 ,i beseech thee that thou wilt go with us1 7for it is a stiffnecked people7 and take away our iniquities and sin1 and possess us4 #cd3aj4 ,the ,lord answered3 ,i will make a covenant in the sight of all1 ,i will do signs such as were never seen upon the earth1 nor in any nations2 that this people1 in the midst of whom thou art1 may see the terrible work of the ,lord which ,i will do4 #cd3aa4 ,observe all things which this day ,i command thee3 ,i myself will drive out before thy face the ,amorrhite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite4 #cd3ab4 ,beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land1 which may be thy ruin3 #cd3ac4 ,but destroy their altars1 break their statues and cut down their groves3 #cd3ad4 ,adore not any strange god4 ,the ,lord his name is jealous1 he is a jealous ,god4 #cd3ae4 ,make no covenant with the men of those countries2 lest1 when they have committed fornication with their gods1 and have adored their idols1 some one call thee to eat of the things sacrificed4 #cd3af4 ,neither shalt thou take of their daughters a wife for thy son1 lest after they themselves have committed fornication1 they make thy sons also to commit fornication with their gods4 #cd3ag4 ,thou shalt not make to thyself any molten gods4 #cd3ah3 ,thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread4 ,seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread1 as ,i commanded thee in the time of the month of the new corn3 for in the month of the spring time thou camest out from ,egypt4 #cd3ai4 ,all of the male kind that openeth the womb1 shall be mine4 ,of all beasts2 both of oxen and of sheep1 it shall be mine4 #cd3bj4 ,the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep3 but if thou wilt not give a price for it1 it shall be slain4 ,the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem3 neither shalt thou appear before me empty4 #cd3ba4 ,six days shalt thou work1 the seventh day thou shalt cease to plough and to reap4 #cd3bb4 ,thou shalt keep the feast of weeks with the firstfruits of the corn of thy wheat harvest1 and the feast when the time of the year returneth that all things are laid in4 #cd3bc4 ,three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the sight of the almighty ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #cd3bd4 ,for when ,i shall have taken away the nations from thy face1 and shall have enlarged thy borders1 no man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou shalt go up1 and appear in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god thrice in a year4 #cd3be4 ,thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice upon leaven2 neither shall there remain in the morning any thing of the victim of the solemnity of the ,phase4 #cd3bf4 ,the first of the fruits of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam4 #cd3bg4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,write thee these words1 by which ,i have made a covenant both with thee and with ,israel4 #cd3bh4 ,and he was there with the ,lord forty days and forty nights3 he neither ate bread nor drank water1 and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant4 #cd3bi4 ,and when ,moses came down from the ,mount ,sinai1 he held the two tables of the testimony1 and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the ,lord4 ,horned4 4 4,that is1 shining1 and sending forth rays of light like horns4 #cd3cj4 ,and ,aaron and the children of ,israel seeing the face of ,moses horned1 were afraid to come near4 #cd3ca4 ,and being called by him1 they returned1 both ,aaron and the rulers of the congregation4 ,and after that he spoke to them1 #cd3cb4 ,and all the children of ,israel came to him3 and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the ,lord on ,mount ,sinai4 #cd3cc4 ,and having done speaking1 he put a veil upon his face4 #cd3cd4 ,but when he went in to the ,lord1 and spoke with him1 he took it away until he came forth1 and then he spoke to the children of ,israel all things that had been commanded him4 #cd3ce4 ,and they saw that the face of ,moses when he came out was horned1 but he covered his face again1 if at any time he spoke to them4 ,exodus ,chapter #ce ,the sabbath4 ,offerings for making the tabernacle4 ,beseleel and ,ooliab are called to the work4 #ce3a4 ,and all the multitude of the children of ,israel being gathered together1 he said to them3 ,these are the things which the ,lord hath commanded to be done3 #ce3b4 ,six days you shall do work2 the seventh day shall be holy unto you1 the sabbath and the rest of the ,lord3 he that shall do any work on it1 shall be put to death4 #ce3c4 ,you shall kindle no fire in any of your habitations on the sabbath day4 #ce3d4 ,and ,moses said to all the assembly of the children of ,israel3 ,this is the word the ,lord hath commanded1 saying3 #ce3e4 ,set aside with you firstfruits to the ,lord4 ,let every one that is willing and hath a ready heart1 offer them to the ,lord3 gold1 and silver1 and brass1 #ce3f4 ,violet and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine linen1 goats' hair1 #ce3g4 ,and rams' skins dyed red1 and violet coloured skins1 setim wood1 #ce3h4 ,and oil to maintain lights1 and to make ointment1 and most sweet incense1 #ce3i4 ,onyx stones1 and precious stones1 for the adorning of the ephod and the rational4 #ce3aj4 ,whosoever of you is wise1 let him come1 and make that which the ,lord hath commanded3 #ce3aa4 ,to wit1 the tabernacle1 and the roof thereof1 and the cover1 the rings1 and the board-work with the bars1 the pillars and the sockets3 #ce3ab4 ,the ark and the staves1 the propitiatory1 and the veil that is drawn before it3 #ce3ac4 ,the table with the bars and the vessels1 and the loaves of proposition3 #ce3ad4 ,the candlestick to bear up the lights1 the vessels thereof and the lamps1 and the oil for the nourishing of fires3 #ce3ae4 ,the altar of incense1 and the bars1 and the oil of unction1 and the incense of spices3 the hanging at the door of the tabernacle3 #ce3af4 ,the altar of holocaust1 and its grate of brass1 with the bars and vessels thereof3 the laver and its foot3 #ce3ag4 ,the curtains of the court1 with the pillars and the sockets1 the hanging in the doors of the entry4 #ce3ah4 ,the pins of the tabernacle1 and of the court1 with their little cords3 #ce3ai4 ,the vestments that are to be used in the ministry of the sanctuary1 the vesture of ,aaron the high priest1 and of his sons1 to do the office of priesthood to me4 #ce3bj4 ,and all the multitude of the children of ,israel going out from the presence of ,moses1 #ce3ba4 ,offered firstfruits to the ,lord with a most ready and devout mind1 to make the work of the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,whatever was necessary to the service and to the holy vestments1 #ce3bb4 ,both men and women gave bracelets and earrings1 rings and tablets3 every vessel of gold was set aside to be offered to the ,lord4 #ce3bc4 ,if any man had violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 fine linen and goats' hair1 ramskins dyed red1 and violet coloured skins1 #ce3bd4 ,metal of silver and brass1 they offered it to the ,lord1 and setim wood for divers uses4 #ce3be4 ,the skilful women also gave such things as they had spun1 violet1 purple1 and scarlet1 and fine linen1 #ce3bf4 ,and goats' hair1 giving all of their own accord4 #ce3bg4 ,but the princes offered onyx stones1 and precious stones1 for the ephod and the rational1 #ce3bh4 ,and spices and oil for the lights1 and for the preparing of ointment1 and to make the incense of most sweet savour4 #ce3bi4 ,all1 both men and women1 with devout mind offered gifts1 that the works might be done which the ,lord had commanded by the hand of ,moses4 ,all the children of ,israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the ,lord4 #ce3cj4 ,and ,moses said to the children of ,israel3 ,behold1 the ,lord hath called by name ,beseleel1 the son of ,uri1 the son of ,hur1 of the tribe of ,juda1 #ce3ca4 ,and hath filled him with the spirit of ,god1 with wisdom and understanding1 and knowledge1 and all learning1 #ce3cb4 ,to devise and to work in gold and silver and brass1 #ce3cc4 ,and in engraving stones1 and in carpenters' work4 ,whatsoever can be devised artificially1 #ce3cd4 ,he hath given in his heart3 ,ooliab also1 the son of ,achisamech1 of the tribe of ,dan3 #ce3ce4 ,both of them hath he instructed with wisdom1 to do carpenters' work1 and tapestry1 and embroidery in blue and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine linen1 and to weave all things1 and to invent all new things4 ,exodus ,chapter #cf ,the offerings are delivered to the workmen1 the curtains1 coverings1 boards1 bars1 veil1 pillars1 and hanging are made4 #cf3a4 ,beseleel therefore1 and ,ooliab1 and every wise man1 to whom the ,lord gave wisdom and understanding1 to know how to work artificially1 made the things that are necessary for the uses of the sanctuary1 and which the ,lord commanded4 #cf3b4 ,and when ,moses had called them1 and every skilful man1 to whom the ,lord had given wisdom1 and such as of their own accord had offered themselves to the making of the work1 #cf3c4 ,he delivered all the offerings of the children of ,israel unto them4 ,and while they were earnest about the work1 the people daily in the morning offered their vows4 #cf3d4 ,whereupon the workmen being constrained to come1 #cf3e4 ,said to ,moses3 ,the people offereth more than is necessary4 #cf3f4 ,moses therefore commanded proclamation to be made by the crier's voice3 ,let neither man nor woman offer any more for the work of the sanctuary4 ,and so they ceased from offering gifts1 #cf3g4 ,because the things that were offered did suffice1 and were too much4 #cf3h4 ,and all the men that were wise of heart1 to accomplish the work of the tabernacle1 made ten curtains of twisted fine linen1 and violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 with varied work1 and the art of embroidering3 #cf3i4 ,the length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits1 and the breadth four3 all the curtains were of the same size4 #cf3aj4 ,and he joined five curtains1 one to another1 and the other five he coupled one to another4 #cf3aa4 ,he made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides1 and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner1 #cf3ab4 ,that the loops might meet one against another1 and might be joined each with the other4 #cf3ac4 ,whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold1 that might catch the loops of the curtains1 and they might be made one tabernacle4 #cf3ad4 ,he made also eleven curtains of goats' hair1 to cover the roof of the tabernacle3 #cf3ae4 ,one curtain was thirty cubits long1 and four cubits broad3 all the curtains were of one measure4 #cf3af4 ,five of which he joined apart1 and the other six apart4 #cf3ag4 ,and he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain1 and fifty in the edge of another curtain1 that they might be joined one to another4 #cf3ah4 ,and fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together1 that of all the curtains there might be made one covering4 #cf3ai4 ,he made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red2 and another cover over that of violet skins4 #cf3bj4 ,he made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing4 #cf3ba4 ,the length of one board was ten cubits2 and the breadth was one cubit and a half4 #cf3bb4 ,there were two mortises throughout every board1 that one might be joined to the other4 ,and in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle4 #cf3bc4 ,of which twenty were at the south side southward1 #cf3bd4 ,with forty sockets of silver1 two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners1 where the mortises of the sides end in the corners4 #cf3be4 ,at that side also of the tabernacle1 that looketh towards the north1 he made twenty boards1 #cf3bf4 ,with forty sockets of silver1 two sockets for every board4 #cf3bg4 ,but against the west1 to wit1 at that side of the tabernacle1 which looketh to the sea1 he made six boards1 #cf3bh4 ,and two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind3 #cf3bi4 ,which were also joined from beneath unto the top1 and went together into one joint4 ,thus he did on both sides at the corners3 #cf3cj4 ,so there were in all eight boards1 and they had sixteen sockets of silver1 to wit1 two sockets under every board4 #cf3ca4 ,he made also bars of setim wood1 five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle1 #cf3cb4 ,and five others to join together the boards of the other side2 and besides these1 five other bars at the west side of the tabernacle towards the sea4 #cf3cc4 ,he made also another bar1 that might come by the midst of the boards from corner to corner4 #cf3cd4 ,and the boards themselves he overlaid with gold casting for them sockets of silver4 ,and their rings he made of gold1 through which the bars might be drawn3 and he covered the bars themselves with plates of gold4 #cf3ce4 ,he made also a veil of violet1 and purple1 scarlet and fine twisted linen1 varied and distinguished with embroidery3 #cf3cf4 ,and four pillars of setim wood1 which with their heads he overlaid with gold1 casting for them sockets of silver4 #cf3cg4 ,he made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet1 purple1 scarlet1 and fine twisted linen1 with the work of an embroiderer4 #cf3ch4 ,and five pillars with their heads1 which he covered with gold1 and their sockets he cast of brass4 ,exodus ,chapter #cg ,beseleel maketh the ark3 the propitiatory1 and cherubims1 the table1 the candlestick1 the lamps1 and the altar of incense1 and compoundeth the incense4 #cg3a4 ,and ,beseleel made also1 the ark of setim wood3 it was two cubits and a half in length1 and a cubit and a half in breadth1 and the height was of one cubit and a half3 and he overlaid it with the purest gold within and without4 #cg3b4 ,and he made to it a crown of gold round about1 #cg3c4 ,casting four rings of gold at the four corners thereof3 two rings in one side1 and two in the other4 #cg3d4 ,and he made bars of setim wood1 which he overlaid with gold1 #cg3e4 ,and he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it4 #cg3f4 ,he made also the propitiatory1 that is1 the oracle1 of the purest gold1 two cubits and a half in length1 and a cubit and a half in breadth4 #cg3g4 ,two cherubims also of beaten gold1 which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory3 #cg3h4 ,one cherub in the top of one side1 and the other cherub in the top of the other side3 two cherubims at the two ends of the propitiatory1 #cg3i4 ,spreading their wings1 and covering the propitiatory1 and looking one towards the other1 and towards it4 #cg3aj4 ,he made also the table of setim wood1 in length two cubits1 and in breadth one cubit1 and in height it was a cubit and a half4 #cg3aa4 ,and he overlaid it with the finest gold1 and he made to it a golden ledge round about1 #cg3ab4 ,and to the ledge itself he made a polished crown of gold1 of four fingers breadth1 and upon the same another golden crown4 #cg3ac4 ,and he cast four rings of gold1 which he put in the four corners at each foot of the table1 #cg3ad4 ,over against the crown3 and he put the bars into them1 that the table might be carried4 #cg3ae4 ,the bars also themselves he made of setim wood1 and overlaid them with gold4 #cg3af4 ,and the vessels for the divers uses of the table1 dishes1 bowls1 and cups1 and censers of pure gold1 wherein the libations are to be offered4 #cg3ag4 ,he made also the candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold4 ,from the shaft whereof its branches1 its cups1 and bowls1 and lilies came out3 #cg3ah3 ,six on the two sides3 three branches on one side1 and three on the other4 #cg3ai4 ,three cups in manner of a nut on each branch1 and bowls withal and lilies3 and three cups of the fashion of a nut in another branch1 and bowls withal and lilies4 ,the work of the six branches1 that went out from the shaft of the candlestick was equal4 #cg3bj4 ,and in the shaft itself were four cups after the manner of a nut1 and bowls withal at every one1 and lilies3 #cg3ba4 ,and bowls under two branches in three places1 which together made six branches going out from one shaft4 #cg3bb4 ,so both the bowls1 and the branches were of the same1 all beaten work of the purest gold4 #cg3bc4 ,he made also the seven lamps with their snuffers1 and the vessels where the snuffings were to be put out1 of the purest gold4 #cg3bd4 ,the candlestick with all the vessels thereof weighed a talent of gold4 #cg3be4 ,he made also the alter of incense of setim wood1 being a cubit on every side foursquare1 and in height two cubits3 from the corners of which went out horns4 #cg3bf4 ,and he overlaid it with the purest gold1 with its grate1 and the sides1 and the horns4 #cg3bg4 ,and he made to it a crown of gold round about1 and two golden rings under the crown at each side1 that the bars might be put into them1 and the altar be carried4 #cg3bh4 ,and the bars themselves he made also of setim wood1 and overlaid them with plates of gold4 #cg3bi4 ,he compounded also the oil for the ointment of sanctification1 and incense of the purest spices1 according to the work of a perfumer4 ,exodus ,chapter #ch ,he maketh the altar of holocaust4 ,the brazen laver4 ,the court with its pillars and hangings4 ,the sum of what the people offered4 #ch3a4 ,he made also the altar of holocaust of setim wood1 five cubits square1 and three in height3 #ch3b4 ,the horns whereof went out from the corners1 and he overlaid it with plates of brass4 #ch3c4 ,and for the uses thereof1 he prepared divers vessels of brass1 cauldrons1 tongs1 fleshhooks1 pothooks and firepans4 #ch3d4 ,and he made the grate thereof of brass1 in manner of a net1 and under it in the midst of the altar a hearth1 #ch3e4 ,casting four rings at the four ends of the net at the top1 to put in bars to carry it3 #ch3f4 ,and he made the bars of setim wood1 and overlaid them with plates of brass3 #ch3g4 ,and he drew them through the rings that stood out in the sides of the altar4 ,and the altar itself was not solid1 but hollow1 of boards1 and empty within4 #ch3h4 ,he made also the laver of brass1 with the foot thereof1 of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle4 #ch3i4 ,he made also the court1 in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits4 #ch3aj4 ,twenty pillars of brass with their sockets1 the beads of the pillars1 and the whole graving of the work1 of silver4 #ch3aa4 ,in like manner at the north side the hangings1 the pillars1 and the sockets and heads of the pillars were of the same measure1 and work and metal4 #ch3ab4 ,but on that side that looketh to the west1 there were hangings of fifty cubits1 ten pillars of brass with their sockets1 and the heads of the pillars1 and all the graving of the work1 of silver4 #ch3ac4 ,moreover1 towards the east he prepared hangings of fifty cubits3 #ch3ad4 ,fifteen cubits of which1 were on one side with three pillars1 and their sockets3 #ch3ae4 ,and on the other side 7for between the two he made the entry of the tabernacle7 there were hangings equally of fifteen cubits1 and three pillars1 and as many sockets4 #ch3af4 ,all the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen4 #ch3ag4 ,the sockets of the pillars were of brass1 and their heads with all their gravings of silver3 and he overlaid the pillars of the court also with silver4 #ch3ah4 ,and he made in the entry thereof an embroidered hanging of violet1 purple1 scarlet1 and fine twisted linen1 that was twenty cubits long1 and five cubits high1 according to the measure of all the hangings of the court4 #ch3ai4 ,and the pillars in the entry were four1 with sockets of brass1 and their heads and gravings of silver4 #ch3bj4 ,the pins also of the tabernacle and of the court round about he made of brass4 #ch3ba4 ,these are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony1 which were counted according to the commandment of ,moses1 in the ceremonies of the ,levites1 by the hand of ,ithamar1 son of ,aaron the priest3 #ch3bb4 ,which ,beseleel1 the son of ,uri1 the son of ,hur of the tribe of ,juda1 had made1 as the ,lord commanded by ,moses4 #ch3bc4 ,having for his companion ,ooliab1 the son of ,achisamech1 of the tribe of ,dan3 who also was an excellent artificer in wood1 and worker in tapestry and embroidery in violet1 purple1 scarlet1 and fine linen4 #ch3bd4 ,all the gold that was spent in the work of the sanctuary1 and that was offered in gifts1 was nine and twenty talents1 and seven hundred and thirty sicles according to the standard of the sanctuary4 #ch3be4 ,and it was offered by them that went to be numbered1 from twenty years old and upwards1 of six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms4 #ch3bf4 ,there were moreover a hundred talents of silver1 whereof were cast the sockets of the sanctuary1 and of the entry where the veil hangeth4 #ch3bg4 ,a hundred sockets were made of a hundred talents1 one talent being reckoned for every socket4 #ch3bh4 ,and of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five he made the heads of the pillars1 which also he overlaid with silver4 #ch3bi4 ,and there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents1 and four hundred sicles besides1 #ch3cj4 ,of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony1 and the altar of brass with the grate thereof1 and also the vessels that belong to the use thereof4 #ch3ca4 ,and the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof1 and the pins of the tabernacle1 and of the court round about4 ,exodus ,chapter #ci ,all the ornaments of ,aaron and his sons are made4 ,and the whole work of the tabernacle is finished4 #ci3a4 ,and he made1 of violet and purple1 scarlet and fine linen1 the vestments for ,aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places1 as the ,lord commanded ,moses4 #ci3b4 ,so he made an ephod of gold1 violet1 and purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen1 #ci3c4 ,with embroidered work1 and he cut thin plates of gold1 and drew them small into threads1 that they might be twisted with the woof of the foresaid colours1 #ci3d4 ,and two borders coupled one to the other in the top on either side1 #ci3e4 ,and a girdle of the same colours1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3f4 ,he prepared also two onyx stones1 fast set and closed in gold1 and graven1 by the art of a lapidary1 with the names of the children of ,israel3 #ci3g4 ,and he set them in the sides of the ephod1 for a memorial of the children of ,israel1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3h4 ,he made also a rational with embroidered work1 according to the work of the ephod1 of gold1 violet1 purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and fine twisted linen3 #ci3i4 ,foursquare1 double1 of the measure of a span4 #ci3aj4 ,and he set four rows of precious stones in it4 ,in the first row was a sardius1 a topaz1 an emerald4 #ci3aa4 ,in the second1 a carbuncle1 a sapphire1 and a jasper4 #ci3ab4 ,in the third1 a ligurius1 an agate1 and an amethyst4 #ci3ac4 ,in the fourth1 a chrysolite1 an onyx1 and a beryl1 set and enclosed in gold by their rows4 #ci3ad4 ,and the twelve stones1 were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of ,israel1 each one with its several name4 #ci3ae4 ,they made also in the rational little chains1 linked one to another1 of the purest gold1 #ci3af4 ,and two hooks1 and as many rings of gold4 ,and they set the rings on either side of the rational1 #ci3ag4 ,on which rings the two golden chains should hang1 which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod4 #ci3ah4 ,these both before and behind so answered one another1 that the ephod and the rational were bound together1 #ci3ai4 ,being fastened to the girdle1 and strongly coupled with rings1 which a violet fillet joined1 lest they should flag loose1 and be moved one from the other1 as the ,lord commanded ,moses4 #ci3bj4 ,they made also the tunic of the ephod all of violet1 #ci3ba4 ,and a hole for the head in the upper part at the middle1 and a woven border round about the hole3 #ci3bb4 ,and beneath at the feet pomegranates of violet1 purple1 scarlet1 and fine twisted linen3 #ci3bc4 ,and little bells of the purest gold1 which they put between the pomegranates at the bottom of the tunic round about3 #ci3bd4 ,to wit1 a bell of gold1 and a pomegranate1 wherewith the high priest went adorned1 when he discharged his ministry1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3be4 ,they made also fine linen tunics with woven work for ,aaron and his sons3 #ci3bf4 ,and mitres with their little crowns of fine linen3 #ci3bg4 ,and linen breeches of fine linen3 #ci3bh4 ,and a girdle of fine twisted linen1 violet1 purple1 and scarlet twice dyed1 of embroidery work1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3bi4 ,they made also the plate of sacred veneration of the purest gold1 and they wrote on it with the engraving of a lapidary3 ,the ,holy of the ,lord3 #ci3cj4 ,and they fastened it to the mitre with a violet fillet1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3ca4 ,so all the work of the tabernacle and of the roof of the testimony was finished3 and the children of ,israel did all things which the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #ci3cb4 ,and they offered the tabernacle1 and the roof1 and the whole furniture1 the rings1 the boards1 the bars1 the pillars and their sockets1 #ci3cc4 ,the cover of rams' skins dyed red1 and the other cover of violet skins1 #ci3cd4 ,the veil1 the ark1 the bars1 the propitiatory1 #ci3ce4 ,the table1 with the vessels thereof1 and the loaves of proposition3 #ci3cf4 ,the candlestick1 the lamps1 and the furniture of them1 with the oil3 #ci3cg4 ,the altar of gold1 and the ointment1 and the incense of spices3 #ci3ch4 ,and the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle3 #ci3ci4 ,the altar of brass1 the grate1 the bars1 and all the vessels thereof3 the laver1 with the foot thereof3 the hangings of the court1 and the pillars1 with their sockets3 #ci3dj4 ,the hanging in the entry of the court1 and the little cords1 and the pins thereof4 ,nothing was wanting of the vessels1 that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle1 and for the roof of the covenant4 #ci3da4 ,the vestments also1 which the priests1 to wit1 ,aaron and his sons1 use in the sanctuary1 #ci3db4 ,the children of ,israel offered1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #ci3dc4 ,and when ,moses saw all things finished1 he blessed them4 ,exodus ,chapter #dj ,the tabernacle is commanded to be set up and anointed4 ,god filleth it with his majesty4 #dj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #dj3b4 ,the first month1 the first day of the month1 thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony1 #dj3c4 ,and shalt put the ark in it1 and shalt let down the veil before it3 #dj3d4 ,and thou shalt bring in the table1 and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite4 ,the candlestick shall stand with its lamps1 #dj3e4 ,and the altar of gold1 whereon the incense is burnt before the ark of the testimony4 ,thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle1 #dj3f4 ,and before it the altar of holocaust4 #dj3g4 ,the laver between the altar and the tabernacle1 and thou shalt fill it with water4 #dj3h4 ,and thou shalt encompass the court with hangings1 and the entry thereof4 #dj3i4 ,and thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels1 that they may be sanctified3 #dj3aj4 ,the altar of holocaust and all its vessels3 #dj3aa4 ,the laver with its foot3 thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction1 that they may be most holy4 #dj3ab4 ,and thou shalt bring ,aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 and having washed them with water1 #dj3ac4 ,thou shalt put on them the holy vestments1 that they may minister to me1 and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood4 #dj3ad4 ,and ,moses did all that the ,lord had commanded4 #dj3ae4 ,so in the first month of the second year1 the first day of the month1 the tabernacle was set up4 #dj3af4 ,and ,moses reared it up1 and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars1 and set up the pillars1 #dj3ag4 ,and spread the roof over the tabernacle1 putting over it a cover1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #dj3ah4 ,and he put the testimony in the ark1 thrusting bars underneath1 and the oracle above4 #dj3ai4 ,and when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle1 he drew the veil before it to fulfil the commandment of the ,lord4 #dj3bj4 ,and he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony1 at the north side1 without the veil1 #dj3ba4 ,setting there in order the loaves of proposition1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #dj3bb4 ,he set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony1 over against the table on the south side1 #dj3bc4 ,placing the lamps in order1 according to the precept of the ,lord4 #dj3bd4 ,he set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony1 over against the veil1 #dj3be4 ,and burnt upon it the incense of spices1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #dj3bf4 ,and he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony1 #dj3bg4 ,and the altar of holocaust in the entry of the testimony1 offering the holocaust1 and the sacrifices upon it1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #dj3bh4 ,and he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar1 filling it with water4 #dj3bi4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron1 and his sons1 washed their hands and feet1 #dj3cj4 ,when they went into the tabernacle of the covenant1 and went to the altar1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #dj3ca4 ,he set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar1 drawing the hanging in the entry thereof4 ,after all things were perfected1 #dj3cb4 ,the cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony1 and the glory of the ,lord filled it4 #dj3cc4 ,neither could ,moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant1 the cloud covering all things1 and the majesty of the ,lord shining1 for the cloud had covered all4 #dj3cd4 ,if at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle1 the children of ,israel went forward by their troops3 #dj3ce4 ,if it hung over1 they remained in the same place4 #dj3cf4 ,for the cloud of the ,lord hung over the tabernacle by day1 and a fire by night1 in the sight of all the children of ,israel throughout all their mansions4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,leviticus ,this ,book is called ,,leviticus1 because it treats of the ,offices1 ,ministries1 ,rites and ,ceremonies of the ,priests and ,levites4 ,the ,hebrews call it ,,vaicra1 from the word with which it begins4 ,leviticus ,chapter #a ,of holocausts or burnt offerings4 #a3a4 ,and the ,lord called ,moses1 and spoke to him from the tabernacle of the testimony1 saying3 #a3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,the man among you that shall offer to the ,lord a sacrifice of the cattle1 that is1 offering victims of oxen and sheep3 #a3c4 ,if his offering be a holocaust1 and of the herd1 he shall offer a male without blemish1 at the door of the testimony1 to make the ,lord favourable to him4 ,a holocaust4 4 4,that is1 a whole burnt offering 7olokauston71 so called1 because the whole victim was consumed with fire2 and given in such manner to ,god as wholly to evaporate1 as it were1 for his honour and glory2 without having any part of it reserved for the use of man4 ,the other sacrifices in the ,old ,testament were either offerings for sin1 or peace offerings3 and these latter again were either offered in thanksgiving for blessings received2 or by way of prayer for new favours or graces4 ,so that sacrifices were then offered to ,god for four different ends or intentions1 answerable to the different obligations which man has to ,god3 #a4 ,by way of adoration1 homage1 praise1 and glory due to his divine majesty4 #b4 ,by way of thanksgiving for all benefits received from him4 #c4 ,by way of confessing and craving pardon for sins4 #d4 ,by way of prayer and petition for grace and relief in all necessities4 ,in the ,new ,law we have but one sacrifice1 viz41 that of the body and blood of ,christ3 but this one sacrifice of the ,new ,testament perfectly answers all these four ends2 and both priest and people1 as often as it is celebrated1 ought to join in offering it up for these four ends4 #a3d4 ,and he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim3 and it shall be acceptable1 and help to its expiation4 #a3e4 ,and he shall immolate the calf before the ,lord3 and the priests the sons of ,aaron shall offer the blood thereof1 pouring it round about the altar1 which is before the door of the tabernacle4 #a3f4 ,and when they have flayed the victim1 they shall cut the joints into pieces3 #a3g4 ,and shall put fire on the altar1 having before laid in order a pile of wood4 #a3h4 ,and they shall lay the parts that are cut out in order thereupon3 to wit1 the head1 and all things that cleave to the liver2 #a3i4 ,the entrails and feet being washed with water4 ,and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust1 and a sweet savour to the ,lord4 #a3aj4 ,and if the offering be of the flocks1 a holocaust of sheep or of goats1 he shall offer a male without blemish4 #a3aa4 ,and he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north1 before the ,lord3 but the sons of ,aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about4 #a3ab4 ,and they shall divide the joints1 the head1 and all that cleave to the liver3 and shall lay them upon the wood1 under which the fire is to be put4 #a3ac4 ,but the entrails and the feet they shall wash with water4 ,and the priest shall offer it all and burn it all upon the altar for a holocaust1 and most sweet savour to the ,lord4 #a3ad4 ,but if the oblation of a holocaust to the ,lord be of birds1 of turtles1 or of young pigeons3 #a3ae4 ,the priest shall offer it at the altar3 and twisting back the neck1 and breaking the place of the wound1 he shall make the blood run down upon the brim of the altar4 #a3af4 ,but the crop of the throat1 and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side1 in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out4 #a3ag4 ,and he shall break the pinions thereof1 and shall not cut1 nor divide it with a knife3 and shall burn it upon the altar1 putting fire under the wood4 ,it is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the ,lord4 ,leviticus ,chapter #b ,of offerings of flour1 and firstfruits4 #b3a4 ,when any one shall offer an oblation of sacrifice to the ,lord1 his offering shall be of fine flour3 and he shall pour oil upon it1 and put frankincense1 #b3b4 ,and shall bring it to the sons of ,aaron the priests4 ,and one of them shall take a handful of the flour and oil1 and all the frankincense2 and shall put it a memorial upon the altar for a most sweet savour to the ,lord4 #b3c4 ,and the remnant of the sacrifice shall be ,aaron's1 and his sons'1 holy of holies of the offerings of the ,lord4 ,holy of holies4 4 4,that is1 most holy1 as being dedicated to ,god1 and set aside by his ordinance for the use of his priests4 #b3d4 ,but when thou offerest a sacrifice baked in the oven of flour1 to wit1 loaves without leaven1 tempered with oil1 and unleavened wafers1 anointed with oil3 #b3e4 ,if thy oblation be from the fryingpan1 of flour tempered with oil1 and without leaven3 #b3f4 ,thou shalt divide it into little pieces1 and shalt pour oil upon it4 #b3g4 ,and if the sacrifice be from the gridiron1 in like manner the flour shall be tempered with oil4 #b3h4 ,and when thou offerest it to the ,lord1 thou shalt deliver it to the hands of the priest4 #b3i4 ,and when he hath offered it1 he shall take a memorial out of the sacrifice1 and burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour to the ,lord4 #b3aj4 ,and whatsoever is left1 shall be ,aaron's1 and his sons'3 holy of holies of the offerings of the ,lord4 #b3aa4 ,every oblation that is offered to the ,lord shall be made without leaven3 neither shall any leaven or honey be burnt in the sacrifice to the ,lord4 ,without leaven or honey4 4 4,no leaven nor honey was to be used in the sacrifice offered to ,god2 to signify that we are to exclude from the pure worship of the gospel1 all double dealing and affection to carnal pleasures4 #b3ab4 ,you shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts3 but they shall not be put upon the altar1 for a savour of sweetness4 #b3ac4 ,whatsoever sacrifice thou offerest1 thou shalt season it with salt3 neither shalt thou take away the salt of the covenant of thy ,god from thy sacrifice4 ,in all thy oblations thou shalt offer salt4 ,salt4 4 4,in every sacrifice salt was to be used1 which is an emblem of wisdom and discretion1 without which none of our performances are agreeable to ,god4 #b3ad4 ,but if thou offer a gift of the firstfruits of thy corn to the ,lord1 of the ears yet green1 thou shalt dry it at the fire1 and break it small like meal2 and so shalt thou offer thy firstfruits to the ,lord3 #b3ae4 ,pouring oil upon it and putting on frankincense1 because it is the oblation of the ,lord4 #b3af4 ,whereof the priest shall burn for a memorial of the gift1 part of the corn broken small and of the oil1 and all the frankincense4 ,leviticus ,chapter #c ,of peace offerings4 #c3a4 ,and if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offerings1 and he will offer of the herd1 whether male or female3 he shall offer them without blemish before the ,lord4 ,peace offerings4 4 4,peace1 in the scripture language1 signifies happiness1 welfare or prosperity2 in a word1 all kind of blessings4--,such sacrifices1 therefore1 as were offered either on occasion of blessings received1 or to obtain new favours1 were called pacific or peace offerings4 ,in these1 some part of the victim was consumed with fire on the altar of ,god2 other parts were eaten by the priests and by the persons for whom the sacrifice was offered4 #c3b4 ,and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim1 which shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony3 and the sons of ,aaron the priests shall pour the blood round about upon the altar4 #c3c4 ,and they shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings1 for an oblation to the ,lord3 the fat that covereth the entrails1 and all the fat that is within1 #c3d4 ,the two kidneys with the fat wherewith the flanks are covered1 and the caul of the liver with the two little kidneys4 #c3e4 ,and they shall burn them upon the altar1 for a holocaust1 putting fire under the wood3 for an oblation of most sweet savour to the ,lord4 #c3f4 ,but if his oblation and the sacrifice of peace offering be of the flock1 whether he offer male or female1 they shall be without blemish4 #c3g4 ,if he offer a lamb before the ,lord3 #c3h4 ,he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim4 ,and it shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony3 and the sons of ,aaron shall pour the blood thereof round about upon the altar4 #c3i4 ,and they shall offer of the victim of peace offerings1 a sacrifice to the ,lord3 the fat and the whole rump1 #c3aj4 ,with the kidneys1 and the fat that covereth the belly and all the vitals and both the little kidneys1 with the fat that is about the flanks1 and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys4 #c3aa4 ,and the priest shall burn them upon the altar1 for the food of the fire1 and of the oblation of the ,lord4 #c3ab4 ,if his offering be a goat1 and he offer it to the ,lord3 #c3ac4 ,he shall put his hand upon the head thereof3 and shall immolate it in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,and the sons of ,aaron shall pour the blood thereof round about upon the altar4 #c3ad4 ,and they shall take of it for the food of the ,lord's fire1 the fat that covereth the belly1 and that covereth all the vital parts3 #c3ae4 ,the two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them which is by the flanks1 and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys4 #c3af4 ,and the priest shall burn them upon the altar1 for the food of the fire1 and of a most sweet savour4 ,all the fat shall be the ,lord's4 #c3ag4 ,by a perpetual law for your generations1 and in all your habitations3 neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all4 ,fat4 4 4,it is meant of the fat1 which by the prescription of the law was to be offered on ,god's altar2 not of the fat of meat1 such as we commonly eat4 ,leviticus ,chapter #d ,of offerings for sins of ignorance4 #d3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #d3b4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,the soul that sinneth through ignorance1 and doth any thing concerning any of the commandments of the ,lord1 which he commanded not to be done3 ,ignorance4 4 4,to be ignorant of what we are bound to know is sinful2 and for such culpable ignorance1 these sacrifices1 prescribed in this and the following chapter1 were appointed4 #d3c4 ,if the priest that is anointed shall sin1 making the people to offend1 he shall offer to the ,lord for his sin a calf without blemish4 #d3d4 ,and he shall bring it to the door of the testimony before the ,lord3 and shall put his hand upon the head thereof1 and shall sacrifice it to the ,lord4 #d3e4 ,he shall take also of the blood of the calf3 and carry it into the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,the blood4 4 4,as the figure of the blood of ,christ shed for the remission of our sins1 and carried by him into the sanctuary of heaven4 #d3f4 ,and having dipped his finger in the blood1 he shall sprinkle with it seven times before the ,lord1 before the veil of the sanctuary4 #d3g4 ,and he shall put some of the same blood upon the horns of the altar of the sweet incense most acceptable to the ,lord1 which is in the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,and he shall pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar of holocaust in the entry of the tabernacle4 #d3h4 ,and he shall take off the fat of the calf for the sin offering1 as well that which covereth the entrails1 as all the inwards3 #d3i4 ,the two little kidneys1 and the caul that is upon them1 which is by the flanks1 and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys3 #d3aj4 ,as it is taken off from the calf of the sacrifice of peace offerings4 ,and he shall burn them upon the altar of holocaust4 #d3aa4 ,but the skin and all the flesh with the head and the feet and the bowels and the dung3 #d3ab4 ,and the rest of the body1 he shall carry forth without the camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be poured out3 and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood4 ,they shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are poured out4 #d3ac4 ,and if all the multitude of ,israel shall be ignorant1 and through ignorance shall do that which is against the commandment of the ,lord1 #d3ad4 ,and afterwards shall understand their sin3 they shall offer for their sin a calf1 and shall bring it to the door of the tabernacle4 #d3ae4 ,and the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the ,lord4 ,and the calf being immolated in the sight of the ,lord3 #d3af4 ,the priest that is anointed shall carry of the blood into the tabernacle of the testimony4 #d3ag4 ,and shall dip his finger in it and sprinkle it seven times before the veil4 #d3ah4 ,and he shall put of the same blood on the horns of the altar that is before the ,lord1 in the tabernacle of the testimony4 ,and the rest of the blood he shall pour at the foot of the altar of holocaust1 which is at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony4 #d3ai4 ,and all the fat thereof he shall take off1 and shall burn it upon the altar3 #d3bj4 ,doing so with this calf1 as he did also with that before4 ,and the priest praying for them1 the ,lord will be merciful unto them4 #d3ba4 ,but the calf itself he shall carry forth without the camp1 and shall burn it as he did the former calf3 because it is for the sin of the multitude4 #d3bb4 ,if a prince shall sin1 and through ignorance do any one of the things that the law of the ,lord forbiddeth1 #d3bc4 ,and afterwards shall come to know his sin3 he shall offer a buck goat without blemish1 a sacrifice to the ,lord4 #d3bd4 ,and he shall put his hand upon the head thereof3 and when he hath immolated it in the place where the holocaust is wont to be slain before the ,lord1 because it is for sin1 #d3be4 ,the priest shall dip his finger in the blood of the victim for sin1 touching therewith the horns of the altar of holocaust1 and pouring out the rest at the foot thereof4 #d3bf4 ,but the fat he shall burn upon it1 as is wont to be done with the victims of peace offerings4 ,and the priest shall pray for him1 and for his sin3 and it shall be forgiven him4 #d3bg4 ,and if any one of the people of the land shall sin through ignorance1 doing any of those things that by the law of the ,lord are forbidden1 and offending1 #d3bh4 ,and shall come to know his sin3 he shall offer a she goat without blemish4 #d3bi4 ,and he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim that is for sin3 and shall immolate it in the place of the holocaust4 #d3cj4 ,and the priest shall take of the blood with his finger1 and shall touch the horns of the altar of holocaust3 and shall pour out the rest at the foot thereof4 #d3ca4 ,but taking off all the fat1 as is wont to be taken away of the victims of peace offerings1 he shall burn it upon the altar1 for a sweet savour to the ,lord3 and he shall pray for him1 and it shall be forgiven him4 #d3cb4 ,but if he offer of the flock a victim for his sin1 to wit1 an ewe without blemish3 #d3cc4 ,he shall put his hand upon the head thereof1 and shall immolate it in the place where the victims of holocausts are wont to be slain4 #d3cd4 ,and the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger1 and shall touch the horns of the altar of holocaust3 and the rest he shall pour out at the foot thereof4 #d3ce4 ,all the fat also he shall take off1 as the fat of the ram that is offered for peace offerings is wont to be taken away3 and shall burn it upon the altar1 for a burnt sacrifice of the ,lord4 ,and he shall pray for him and his sin1 and it shall be forgiven him4 ,leviticus ,chapter #e ,of other sacrifices for sins4 #e3a4 ,if any one sin1 and hear the voice of one swearing1 and is a witness either because he himself hath seen1 or is privy to it3 if he do not utter it1 he shall bear his iniquity4 #e3b4 ,whosoever toucheth any unclean thing1 either that which hath been killed by a beast1 or died of itself1 or any other creeping thing3 and forgetteth his uncleanness1 he is guilty1 and hath offended4 #e3c4 ,and if he touch any thing of the uncleanness of man1 according to any uncleanness wherewith he is wont to be defiled3 and having forgotten it1 come afterwards to know it1 he shall be guilty of an offence4 #e3d4 ,the person that sweareth1 and uttereth with his lips1 that he would do either evil or good1 and bindeth the same with an oath1 and his word3 and having forgotten it afterwards understandeth his offence1 #e3e4 ,let him do penance for his sin3 #e3f4 ,and offer of the flocks an ewe lamb1 or a she goat1 and the priest shall pray for him and for his sin4 #e3g4 ,but if he be not able to offer a beast1 let him offer two turtles1 or two young pigeons to the ,lord1 one for sin1 and the other for a holocaust1 #e3h4 ,and he shall give them to the priest3 who shall offer the first for sin1 and twist back the head of it to the little pinions1 so that it stick to the neck1 and be not altogether broken off4 #e3i4 ,and of its blood he shall sprinkle the side of the altar3 and whatever is left1 he shall let it drop at the bottom thereof1 because it is for sin4 #e3aj4 ,and the other he shall burn for a holocaust1 as is wont to be done4 ,and the priest shall pray for him1 and for his sin1 and it shall be forgiven him4 #e3aa4 ,and if his hand be not able to offer two turtles1 or two young pigeons1 he shall offer for his sin the tenth part of an ephi of flour4 ,he shall not put oil upon it1 nor put any frankincense thereon1 because it is for sin4 #e3ab4 ,and he shall deliver it to the priest1 who shall take a handful thereof1 and shall burn it upon the altar for a memorial of him that offered it3 #e3ac4 ,praying for him and making atonement4 ,but the part that is left1 he himself shall have for a gift4 #e3ad4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #e3ae4 ,if any one shall sin through mistake1 transgressing the ceremonies in those things that are sacrificed to the ,lord1 he shall offer for his offence a ram without blemish out of the flocks1 that may be bought for two sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary4 #e3af4 ,and he shall make good the damage itself which he hath done1 and shall add the fifth part besides1 delivering it to the priest1 who shall pray for him1 offering the ram3 and it shall be forgiven him4 #e3ag4 ,if any one sin through ignorance1 and do one of those things which by the law of the ,lord are forbidden1 and being guilty of sin1 understand his iniquity3 #e3ah4 ,he shall offer of the flocks a ram without blemish to the priest1 according to the measure and estimation of the sin4 ,and the priest shall pray for him1 because he did it ignorantly3 ,and it shall be forgiven him1 #e3ai4 ,because by mistake he trespassed against the ,lord4 ,leviticus ,chapter #f ,oblation for sins of injustice3 ordinances concerning the holocausts and the perpetual fire3 the sacrifices of the priests1 and the sin offerings4 #f3a4 ,the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3b4 ,whosoever shall sin1 and despising the ,lord1 shall deny to his neighbour the thing delivered to his keeping1 which was committed to his trust2 or shall by force extort any thing1 or commit oppression2 #f3c4 ,or shall find a thing lost1 and denying it1 shall also swear falsely1 or shall do any other of the many things1 wherein men are wont to sin3 #f3d4 ,being convicted of the offence1 he shall restore #f3e4 ,all that he would have gotten by fraud1 in the principal1 and the fifth part besides1 to the owner1 whom he wronged4 #f3f4 ,moreover for his sin he shall offer a ram without blemish out of the flock3 and shall give it to the priest1 according to the estimation and measure of the offence4 #f3g4 ,and he shall pray for him before the ,lord3 and he shall have forgiveness for every thing in doing of which he bath sinned4 #f3h4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3i4 ,command ,aaron and his sons3 ,this is the law of a holocaust4 ,it shall be burnt upon the altar1 all night until morning3 the fire shall be of the same altar4 #f3aj4 ,the priest shall be vested with the tunick and the linen breeches2 and he shall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire hath burnt3 and putting them beside the altar1 #f3aa4 ,shall put off his former vestments1 and being clothed with others1 shall carry them forth without the camp1 and shall cause them to be consumed to dust in a very clean place4 #f3ab4 ,and the fire on the altar shall always burn1 and the priest shall feed it1 putting wood on it every day in the morning3 and laying on the holocaust1 shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace offerings4 #f3ac4 ,this is the perpetual fire which shall never go out on the altar4 ,the perpetual fire4 4 4,this fire came from heaven1 7infra4 chap4 #i4bd17 and was always kept burning on the altar1 as a figure of the heavenly fire of divine love1 which ought to be always burning in the heart of a ,christian4 #f3ad4 ,this is the law of the sacrifice and libations1 which the children of ,aaron shall offer before the ,lord1 and before the altar4 #f3ae4 ,the priest shall take a handful of the flour that is tempered with oil1 and all the frankincense that is put upon the flour3 and he shall burn on the altar for a memorial of most sweet odour to the ,lord4 #f3af4 ,and the part of the flour that is left1 ,aaron and his sons shall eat1 without leaven3 and he shall eat it in the holy place of the court of the tabernacle4 #f3ag4 ,and therefore it shall not be leavened1 because part thereof is offered for the burnt sacrifice of the ,lord4 ,it shall be most holy1 as that which is offered for sin and for trespass4 #f3ah4 ,the males only of the race of ,aaron shall eat it4 ,it shall be an ordinance everlasting in your generations concerning the sacrifices of the ,lord3 ,every one that toucheth them shall be sanctified4 #f3ai4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3bj4 ,this is the oblation of ,aaron1 and of his sons1 which they must offer to the ,lord1 in the day of their anointing4 ,they shall offer the tenth part of an ephi of flour for a perpetual sacrifice1 half of it in the morning1 and half of it in the evening4 #f3ba4 ,it shall be tempered with oil1 and shall be fried in a fryingpan4 #f3bb4 ,and the priest that rightfully succeedeth his father1 shall offer it hot1 for a most sweet odour to the ,lord3 and it shall he wholly burnt on the altar4 #f3bc4 ,for every sacrifice of the priest shall be consumed with fire3 neither shall any man eat thereof4 #f3bd4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses4 saying3 #f3be4 ,say to ,aaron and his sons3 ,this is the law of the victim for sin4 ,in the place where the holocaust is offered1 it shall be immolated before the ,lord4 ,it is holy of holies4 #f3bf4 ,the priest that offereth it1 shall eat it in a holy place1 in the court of the tabernacle4 #f3bg4 ,whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof1 shall be sanctified4 ,if a garment be sprinkled with the blood thereof1 it shall be washed in a holy place4 #f3bh4 ,and the earthen vessel1 wherein it was sodden1 shall be broken3 but if the vessel be of brass1 it shall be scoured1 and washed with water4 #f3bi4 ,every male of the priestly race shall eat of the flesh thereof1 because it is holy of holies4 #f3cj4 ,for the victim that is slain for sin1 the blood of which is carried into the tabernacle of the testimony to make atonement in the sanctuary1 shall not be eaten1 but shall be burnt with fire4 ,leviticus ,chapter #g ,of sacrifices for trespasses and thanks offerings4 ,no fat nor blood is to be eaten4 #g3a4 ,this also is the law of the sacrifice for a trespass3 it is most holy4 ,trespass4 4 4,trespasses1 for which these offerings were to be made1 were lesser offences than those for which the sin offerings were appointed4 #g3b4 ,therefore where the holocaust is immolated1 the victim also for a trespass shall be slain3 the blood thereof shall be poured round about the altar4 #g3c4 ,they shall offer thereof the rump and the fat that covereth the entrails3 #g3d4 ,the two little kidneys1 and the fat which is by the flanks1 and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys4 #g3e4 ,and the priest shall burn them upon the altar3 it is the burnt sacrifice of the ,lord for a trespass4 #g3f4 ,every male of the priestly race1 shall eat this flesh in a holy place1 because it is most holy4 #g3g4 ,as the sacrifice for sin is offered1 so is also that for a trespass3 the same shall be the law of both these sacrifices4 ,it shall belong to the priest that offereth it4 #g3h4 ,the priest that offereth the victim of holocaust1 shall have the skin thereof4 #g3i4 ,and every sacrifice of flour that is baked in the oven1 and whatsoever is dressed on the gridiron1 or in the fryingpan1 shall be the priest's that offereth it4 #g3aj4 ,whether they be tempered with oil1 or dry1 all the sons of ,aaron shall have one as much as another4 #g3aa4 ,this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that is offered to the ,lord4 #g3ab4 ,if the oblation be for thanksgiving1 they shall offer loaves without leaven tempered with oil1 and unleavened wafers anointed with oil1 and fine flour fried1 and cakes tempered and mingled with oil4 #g3ac4 ,moreover loaves of leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanks1 which is offered for peace offerings3 #g3ad4 ,of which one shall be offered to the ,lord for firstfruits1 and shall be the priest's that shall pour out the blood of the victim4 #g3ae4 ,and the flesh of it shall be eaten the same day3 neither shall any of it remain until the morning4 #g3af4 ,if any man by vow1 or of his own accord offer a sacrifice1 it shall in like manner be eaten the same day4 ,and if any of it remain until the morrow1 it is lawful to eat it4 #g3ag4 ,but whatsoever shall be found on the third day shall be consumed with fire4 #g3ah4 ,if any man eat of the flesh of the victim of peace offerings on the third day1 the oblation shall be of no effect3 neither shall it profit the offerer4 ,yea rather1 whatsoever soul shall defile itself with such meat1 shall be guilty of transgression4 #g3ai4 ,the flesh that hath touched any unclean thing1 shall not be eaten3 but shall be burnt with fire4 ,he that is clean shall eat of it4 #g3bj4 ,if any one that is defiled shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings1 which is offered to the ,lord1 he shall be cut off from his people4 #g3ba4 ,and he that hath touched the uncleanness of man1 or of beast1 or of any thing that can defile1 and shall eat of such kind of flesh3 shall be cut off from his people4 #g3bb4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #g3bc4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,the fat of a sheep1 and of an ox1 and of a goat you shall not eat4 #g3bd4 ,the fat of a carcass that hath died of itself1 and of a beast that was caught by another beast1 you shall have for divers uses4 #g3be4 ,if any man eat the fat that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of the ,lord1 he shall perish out of his people4 #g3bf4 ,moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever1 whether of birds or beasts4 #g3bg4 ,every one that eateth blood1 shall perish from among the people4 #g3bh4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #g3bi4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 saying3 ,he that offereth a victim of peace offerings to the ,lord1 let him offer therewith a sacrifice also1 that is1 the libations thereof4 #g3cj4 ,he shall hold in his hands the fat of the victim1 and the breast4 ,and when he hath offered and consecrated both to the ,lord1 he shall deliver them to the priest1 #g3ca4 ,who shall burn the fat upon the altar4 ,but the breast shall be ,aaron's and his sons'4 #g3cb4 ,the right shoulder also of the victim1 of peace offerings shall fall to the priest for firstfruits4 #g3cc4 ,he among the sons of ,aaron1 that offereth the blood1 and the fat3 he shall have the right shoulder also for his portion4 #g3cd4 ,for the breast that is elevated and the shoulder that is separated ,i have taken of the children of ,israel1 from off their victims of peace offerings3 and have given them to ,aaron the priest1 and to his sons1 by a law for ever1 from all the people of ,israel4 #g3ce4 ,this is the anointing of ,aaron and his sons1 in the ceremonies of the ,lord1 in the day when ,moses offered them1 that they might do the office of priesthood1 #g3cf4 ,and the things that the ,lord commanded to be given them by the children of ,israel1 by a perpetual observance in their generations4 #g3cg4 ,this is the law of holocaust1 and of the sacrifice for sin1 and for trespass1 and for consecration1 and the victims of peace offerings3 #g3ch4 ,which the ,lord appointed to ,moses in mount ,sinai1 when he commanded the children of ,israel1 that they should offer their oblations to the ,lord in the desert of ,sinai4 ,leviticus ,chapter #h ,moses consecrateth ,aaron and his sons4 #h3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #h3b4 ,take ,aaron with his sons1 their vestments1 and the oil of unction3 a calf for sin1 two rams1 a basket with unleavened bread4 #h3c4 ,and thou shalt gather together all the congregation to the door of the tabernacle4 #h3d4 ,and ,moses did as the ,lord had commanded4 ,and all the multitude being gathered together before the door of the tabernacle3 #h3e4 ,he said3 ,this is the word that the ,lord hath commanded to be done4 #h3f4 ,and immediately1 he offered ,aaron and his sons4 ,and when he had washed them1 #h3g4 ,he vested the high priest with the strait linen garment1 girding him with the girdle1 and putting on him the violet tunick3 and over it he put the ephod4 #h3h4 ,and binding it with the girdle1 he fitted it to the rational1 on which was ,doctrine and ,truth4 #h3i4 ,he put also the mitre upon his head3 and upon the mitre over the forehead1 he put the plate of gold1 consecrated with sanctification1 as the ,lord had commanded him4 #h3aj4 ,he took also the oil of unction1 with which he anointed the tabernacle1 with all the furniture thereof4 #h3aa4 ,and when he had sanctified and sprinkled the altar seven times1 he anointed it1 and all the vessels thereof3 and the laver with the foot thereof1 he sanctified with the oil4 #h3ab4 ,and he poured it upon ,aaron's head3 and he anointed and consecrated him4 #h3ac4 ,and after he had offered his sons1 he vested them with linen tunicks1 and girded them with girdles3 and put mitres on them as the ,lord had commanded4 #h3ad4 ,he offered also the calf for sin3 and when ,aaron and his sons had put their hands upon the head thereof1 #h3ae4 ,he immolated it3 and took the blood1 and dipping his finger in it1 he touched the horns of the altar round about4 ,which being expiated1 and sanctified1 he poured the rest of the blood at the bottom thereof4 #h3af4 ,but the fat that was upon the entrails1 and the caul of the liver1 and the two little kidneys1 with their fat1 he burnt upon the altar4 #h3ag4 ,and the calf with the skin1 and the flesh and the dung1 he burnt without the camp1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #h3ah4 ,he offered also a ram for holocaust4 ,and when ,aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head3 #h3ai4 ,he immolated it1 and poured the blood thereof round about the altar4 #h3bj4 ,and cutting the ram into pieces1 the head thereof1 and the joints1 and the fat he burnt in the fire4 #h3ba4 ,having first washed the entrails1 and the feet1 and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar3 because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to the ,lord1 as he had commanded him4 #h3bb4 ,he offered also the second ram1 in the consecration of priests3 and ,aaron1 and his sons put their hands upon the head thereof4 #h3bc4 ,and when ,moses had immolated it1 he took of the blood thereof1 and touched the tip of ,aaron's right ear1 and the thumb of his right hand1 and in like manner also the great toe of his right foot4 #h3bd4 ,he offered also the sons of ,aaron3 and when with the blood of the ram that was immolated1 he had touched the tip of the right ear of every one of them1 and the thumbs of their right hands1 and the great toes of their right feet1 the rest he poured on the altar round about4 #h3be4 ,but the fat1 and the rump1 and all the fat that covereth the entrails1 and the caul of the liver1 and the two kidneys with their fat1 and with the right shoulder1 he separated4 #h3bf4 ,and taking out of the basket of unleavened bread1 which was before the ,lord1 a loaf without leaven1 and a cake tempered with oil and a wafer1 he put them upon the fat1 and the right shoulder3 #h3bg4 ,delivering all to ,aaron1 and to his sons4 ,who having lifted them up before the ,lord1 #h3bh4 ,he took them again from their hands1 and burnt them upon the altar of holocaust3 because it was the oblation of consecration1 for a sweet odour of sacrifice to the ,lord4 #h3bi4 ,and he took of the ram of consecration1 the breast for his portion1 elevating it before the ,lord1 as the ,lord had commanded him4 #h3cj4 ,and taking the ointment1 and the blood that was upon the altar1 he sprinkled ,aaron1 and his vestments1 and his sons1 and their vestments with it4 #h3ca4 ,and when he had sanctified them in their vestments1 he commanded them1 saying3 ,boil the flesh before the door of the tabernacle1 and there eat it4 ,eat ye also the loaves of consecration1 that are laid in the basket1 as the ,lord commanded me1 saying3 ,aaron and his sons shall eat them4 #h3cb4 ,and whatsoever shall be left of the flesh and the loaves1 shall be consumed with fire4 #h3cc4 ,and you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle for seven days1 until the day wherein the time of your consecration shall be expired4 ,for in seven days the consecration is finished3 #h3cd4 ,as at this present it hath been done1 that the rite of the sacrifice might be accomplished4 #h3ce4 ,day and night shall you remain in the tabernacle observing the watches of the ,lord1 lest you die4 ,for so it hath been commanded me4 #h3cf4 ,and ,aaron and his sons did all things which the ,lord spoke by the hand of ,moses4 ,leviticus ,chapter #i ,aaron offereth sacrifice for himself and the people4 ,fire cometh from the ,lord upon the altar4 #i3a4 ,and when the eighth day was come1 ,moses called ,aaron and his sons1 and the ancients of ,israel1 and said to ,aaron3 #i3b4 ,take of the herd a calf for sin1 and a ram for a holocaust1 both without blemish1 and offer them before the ,lord4 #i3c4 ,and to the children of ,israel thou shalt say3 ,take ye a he goat for sin1 and a calf1 and a lamb1 both of a year old1 and without blemish for a holocaust4 #i3d4 ,also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings4 ,and immolate them before the ,lord1 offering for the sacrifice of every one of them flour tempered with oil3 for to day the ,lord will appear to you4 #i3e4 ,they brought therefore all things that ,moses had commanded before the door of the tabernacle3 where when all the multitude stood1 #i3f4 ,moses said3 ,this is the word1 which the ,lord hath commanded4 ,do it1 and his glory will appear to you4 #i3g4 ,and he said to ,aaron3 ,approach to the altar1 and offer sacrifice for thy sin4 ,offer the holocaust1 and pray for thyself and for the people3 and when thou hast slain the people's victim1 pray for them1 as the ,lord hath commanded4 #i3h4 ,and forthwith ,aaron1 approaching to the altar1 immolated the calf for his sin4 #i3i4 ,and his sons brought him the blood of it3 and he dipped his finger therein1 and touched the horns of the altar1 and poured the rest at the foot thereof4 #i3aj4 ,and the fat1 and the little kidneys1 and the caul of the liver1 which are for sin1 he burnt upon the altar1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #i3aa4 ,but the flesh and skins thereof he burnt with fire without the camp4 #i3ab4 ,he immolated also the victim of holocaust3 and his sons brought him the blood thereof1 which he poured round about on the altar4 #i3ac4 ,and the victim being cut into pieces1 they brought to him the head and all the members3 all which he burnt with fire upon the altar4 #i3ad4 ,having first washed the entrails and the feet with water4 #i3ae4 ,then offering for the sin of the people1 he slew the he goat3 and expiating the altar1 #i3af4 ,he offered the holocaust4 #i3ag4 ,adding in the sacrifice the libations1 which are offered withal1 and burning them upon the altar1 besides the ceremonies of the morning holocaust4 #i3ah4 ,he immolated also the bullock and the ram1 and peace offerings of the people3 and his sons brought him the blood1 which he poured upon the altar round about4 #i3ai4 ,the fat also of the bullock1 and the rump of the ram1 and the two little kidneys with their fat1 and the caul of the liver1 #i3bj4 ,they put upon the breasts4 ,and after the fat was burnt upon the altar1 #i3ba4 ,aaron separated their breasts1 and the right shoulders1 elevating them before the ,lord1 as ,moses had commanded4 #i3bb4 ,and stretching forth his hands to the people1 he blessed them4 ,and so the victims for sin1 and the holocausts1 and the peace offerings being finished1 he came down4 #i3bc4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron went into the tabernacle of the testimony1 and afterwards came forth and blessed the people4 ,and the glory of the ,lord appeared to all the multitude4 #i3bd4 ,and1 behold1 a fire1 coming forth from the ,lord1 devoured the holocaust1 and the fat that was upon the altar3 which when the multitude saw1 they praised the ,lord1 falling on their faces4 ,leviticus ,chapter #aj ,nadab and ,abiu for offering strange fire1 are burnt by fire4 ,priests are forbidden to drink wine1 when they enter into the tabernacle4 ,the law of eating the holy things4 #aj3a4 ,and ,nadab and ,abiu1 the sons of ,aaron1 taking their censers1 put fire therein1 and incense on it1 offering before the ,lord strange fire3 which was not commanded them4 #aj3b4 ,and fire coming out from the ,lord destroyed them3 and they died before the ,lord4 #aj3c4 ,and ,moses said to ,aaron3 ,this is what the ,lord hath spoken4 ,i will be sanctified in them that approach to me3 and ,i will be glorified in the sight of all the people4 ,and when ,aaron heard this1 he held his peace4 #aj3d4 ,and ,moses called ,misael and ,elisaphan1 the sons of ,oziel1 the uncle of ,aaron1 and said to them3 ,go and take away your brethren from before the sanctuary1 and carry them without the camp4 #aj3e4 ,and they went forthwith and took them as they lay1 vested with linen tunicks1 and cast them forth1 as had been commanded them4 #aj3f4 ,and ,moses said to ,aaron1 and to ,eleazar and ,ithamar1 his sons3 ,uncover not your heads1 and rend not your garments1 lest perhaps you die1 and indignation come upon all the congregation4 ,let your brethren1 and all the house of ,israel1 bewail the burning which the ,lord has kindled4 #aj3g4 ,but you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle3 otherwise you shall perish1 for the oil of the holy unction is on you4 ,and they did all things according to the precept of ,moses4 #aj3h4 ,the ,lord also said to ,aaron3 #aj3i4 ,you shall not drink wine nor any thing that may make drunk1 thou nor thy sons1 when you enter into the tabernacle of the testimony1 lest you die4 ,because it is an everlasting precept2 through your generations3 #aj3aj4 ,and that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy1 between unclean and clean3 #aj3aa4 ,and may teach the children of ,israel all my ordinances which the ,lord hath spoken to them by the hand of ,moses4 #aj3ab4 ,and ,moses spoke to ,aaron1 and to ,eleazar and ,ithamar1 his sons that were left3 ,take the sacrifice that is remaining of the oblation of the ,lord1 and eat it without leaven beside the altar1 because it is holy of holies4 #aj3ac4 ,and you shall eat it in a holy place3 which is given to thee and thy sons of the oblations of the ,lord1 as it hath been commanded me4 #aj3ad4 ,the breast also that is offered1 and the shoulder that is separated1 you shall eat in a most clean place1 thou and thy sons1 and thy daughters with thee4 ,for they are set aside for thee and thy children1 of the victims of peace offerings of the children of ,israel4 #aj3ae4 ,because they have elevated before the ,lord the shoulder and the breast1 and the fat that is burnt on the altar3 and they belong to thee and to thy sons by a perpetual law1 as the ,lord hath commanded4 #aj3af4 ,while these things were a doing1 when ,moses sought for the buck goat1 that had been offered for sin1 he found it burnt4 ,and being angry with ,eleazar and ,ithamar1 the sons of ,aaron that were left1 he said3 #aj3ag4 ,why did you not eat in the holy place the sacrifice for sin1 which is most holy1 and given to you1 that you may bear the iniquity of the people1 and may pray for them in the sight of the ,lord4 #aj3ah4 ,especially1 whereas none of the blood thereof hath been carried within the holy places3 and you ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary1 as was commanded me8 #aj3ai4 ,aaron answered3 ,this day hath been offered the victim for sin1 and the holocaust before the ,lord3 and to me what thou seest has happened4 ,how could ,i eat it1 or please the ,lord in the ceremonies1 having a sorrowful heart8 #aj3bj4 ,which when ,moses had heard he was satisfied4 ,leviticus ,chapter #aa ,the distinction of clean and unclean animals4 #aa3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #aa3b4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,these are the animals which you are to eat of all the living things of the earth4 ,animals which you are to eat1 etc4 4 4,the prohibition of so many kinds of beasts1 birds1 and fishes1 in the law1 was ordered1 #ast1 to exercise the people in obedience1 and temperance2 #bndly1 to restrain them from the vices of which these animals were symbols2 #crdly1 because the things here forbidden were for the most part unwholesome1 and not proper to be eaten2 #dthly1 that the people of ,god1 by being obliged to abstain from things corporally unclean1 might be trained up to seek a spiritual cleanness4 #aa3c4 ,whatsoever hath the hoof divided1 and cheweth the cud among the beasts1 you shall eat4 ,hoof divided1 and cheweth the cud4 4 4,the dividing of the hoof and chewing of the cud1 signify discretion between good and evil1 and meditating on the law of ,god2 and where either of these is wanting a man is unclean4 ,in like manner fishes were reputed unclean that had not fins and scales3 that is1 souls that did not raise themselves up by prayer and cover themselves with the scales of virtue4 #aa3d4 ,but whatsoever cheweth indeed the cud1 and hath a hoof1 but divideth it not1 as the camel1 and others3 that you shall not eat1 but shall reckon it among the unclean4 #aa3e4 ,the cherogrillus which cheweth the cud1 but divideth not the hoof1 is unclean4 ,the cherogrillus4 4 4,some suppose it to be the rabbit1 others the hedgehog4 ,st4 ,jerome intimates that it is another kind of animal common in ,palestine1 which lives in the holes of rocks or in the earth4 ,we choose here1 as also in the names of several other creatures that follow 7which are little known in this part of the world17 to keep the ,greek or ,latin names4 #aa3f4 ,the hare also3 for that too cheweth the cud1 but divideth not the hoof4 #aa3g4 ,and the swine1 which1 though it divideth the hoof1 cheweth not the cud4 #aa3h4 ,the flesh of these you shall not eat1 nor shall you touch their carcasses1 because they are unclean to you4 #aa3i4 ,these are the things that breed in the waters1 and which it is lawful to eat4 ,all that hath fins1 and scales1 as well in the sea1 as in the rivers1 and the pools1 you shall eat4 #aa3aj4 ,but whatsoever hath not fins and scales1 of those things that move and live in the waters1 shall be an abomination to you1 #aa3aa4 ,and detestable4 ,their flesh you shall not eat3 and their carcasses you shall avoid4 #aa3ab4 ,all that have not fins and scales1 in the waters1 shall be unclean4 #aa3ac4 ,of birds these are they which you must not eat1 and which are to be avoided by you3 ,the eagle1 and the griffon1 and the osprey4 ,the griffon4 4 4,not the monster which the painter represent1 which hath no being upon earth2 but a bird of the eagle kind1 larger than the common4 #aa3ad4 ,and the kite1 and the vulture1 according to their kind4 #aa3ae4 ,and all that is of the raven kind1 according to their likeness4 #aa3af4 ,the ostrich1 and the owl1 and the larus1 and the hawk according to its kind4 #aa3ag4 ,the screech owl1 and the cormorant1 and the ibis4 #aa3ah4 ,and the swan1 and the bittern1 and the porphyrion4 #aa3ai4 ,the heron1 and the charadroin according to its kind1 the houp also1 and the bat4 #aa3bj4 ,of things that fly1 whatsoever goeth upon four feet1 shall be abominable to you4 #aa3ba4 ,but whatsoever walketh upon four feet1 but hath the legs behind longer1 wherewith it hoppeth upon the earth1 #aa3bb4 ,that you shall eat3 as the bruchus in its kind1 the attacus1 and ophimachus1 and the locust1 every1 one according to their kind4 #aa3bc4 ,but of flying things whatsoever hath four feet only1 shall be an abomination to you4 #aa3bd4 ,and whosoever shall touch the carcasses of them1 shall be defiled3 and shall be unclean until the evening3 #aa3be4 ,and if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead3 he shall wash his clothes1 and shall be unclean until the sun set4 #aa3bf4 ,every beast that hath a hoof1 but divideth it not1 nor cheweth the cud shall be unclean3 and he that toucheth it1 shall be defiled4 #aa3bg4 ,that which walketh upon hands of all animals which go on all four1 shall be unclean3 he that shall touch their carcasses shall be defiled until evening4 #aa3bh4 ,and he that shall carry such carcasses1 shall wash his clothes1 and shall be unclean until evening3 because all these things are unclean to you4 #aa3bi4 ,these also shall be reckoned among unclean things1 of all that move upon the earth4 ,the weasel1 and the mouse1 and the crocodile1 every one according to their kind3 #aa3cj4 ,the shrew1 and the chameleon1 and the stellio1 and the lizard1 and the mole4 #aa3ca4 ,all these are unclean4 ,he that toucheth their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening4 #aa3cb4 ,and upon what thing soever any of their carcasses shall fall1 it shall be defiled1 whether it be a vessel of wood1 or a garment1 or skins or haircloths3 or any thing in which work is done4 ,they shall be dipped in water1 and shall be unclean until the evening1 and so afterwards shall be clean4 #aa3cc4 ,but an earthen vessel1 into which any of these shall fall1 shall be defiled3 and therefore is to be broken4 #aa3cd4 ,any meat which you eat1 if water from such a vessel be poured upon it1 shall be unclean2 and every liquor that is drunk out of any such vessel1 shall be unclean4 #aa3ce4 ,and upon whatsoever thing any of these dead beasts shall fall1 it shall be unclean4 ,whether it be oven1 or pots with feet1 they shall be destroyed1 and shall be unclean4 #aa3cf4 ,but fountains and cisterns1 and all gatherings together of waters shall be clean4 ,he that toucheth their carcasses shall be defiled4 #aa3cg4 ,if it fall upon seed corn1 it shall not defile it4 #aa3ch4 ,but if any man pour water upon the seed1 and afterwards it be touched by the carcasses1 it shall be forthwith defiled4 #aa3ci4 ,if any beast die1 of which it is lawful for you to eat1 he that toucheth the carcass thereof1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #aa3dj4 ,and he that eateth or carrieth any thing thereof1 shall wash his clothes1 and shall be unclean until the evening4 #aa3da4 ,all that creepeth upon the earth shall be abominable3 neither shall it be taken for meat4 #aa3db4 ,whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet1 or hath many feet1 or traileth on the earth1 you shall not eat1 because it is abominable4 #aa3dc4 ,do not defile your souls1 nor touch aught thereof1 lest you be unclean1 #aa3dd4 ,for ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 ,be holy because ,i am holy4 ,defile not your souls by any creeping thing1 that moveth upon the earth4 #aa3de4 ,for ,i am the ,lord1 who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 that ,i might be your ,god4 #aa3df4 ,you shall be holy1 because ,i am holy4 ,this is the law of beasts and fowls1 and of every living creature that moveth in the waters1 and creepeth on the earth3 #aa3dg4 ,that you may know the differences of the clean1 and unclean1 and know what you ought to eat1 and what to refuse4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ab ,the purification of women after childbirth4 #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ab3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,if a woman having received seed shall bear a man child1 she shall be unclean seven days1 according to the days of separation of her flowers4 #ab3c4 ,and on the eighth day the infant shall be circumcised3 #ab3d4 ,but she shall remain three and thirty days in the blood of her purification4 ,she shall touch no holy thing3 neither shall she enter into the sanctuary1 until the days of her purification1 be fulfilled4 #ab3e4 ,but if she shall bear a maid child1 she shall be unclean two weeks1 according to the custom of her monthly courses4 ,and she shall remain in the blood of her purification sixty-six days4 #ab3f4 ,and when the days of her purification are expired1 for a son1 or for a daughter1 she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 a lamb of a year old for a holocaust1 and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin3 and shall deliver them to the priest4 #ab3g4 ,who shall offer them before the ,lord1 and shall pray for her3 and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood4 ,this is the law for her that beareth a man child or a maid child4 #ab3h4 ,and if her hand find not sufficiency1 and she is not able to offer a lamb1 she shall take two turtles1 or two young pigeons1 one for a holocaust1 and another for sin3 and the priest shall pray for her1 and so she shall be cleansed4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ac ,the law concerning leprosy in men1 and in garments4 #ac3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ac3b4 ,the man in whose skin or flesh shall arise a different colour or a blister1 or as it were something shining1 that is the stroke of the leprosy1 shall be brought to ,aaron the priest1 or any or of his sons4 #ac3c4 ,and if he see the leprosy in his skin1 and the hair turned white and the place where the leprosy appears lower than the skin and the rest of the flesh3 it is the stroke of the leprosy1 and upon his judgment he shall be separated4 #ac3d4 ,but if there be a shining whiteness in the skin1 and not lower than the other flesh1 and the hair be of the former colour1 the priest shall shut him up seven days4 #ac3e4 ,and the seventh day he shall look on him3 and if the leprosy be grown no farther1 and hath not spread itself in the skin1 he shall shut him up again other seven days4 #ac3f4 ,and on the seventh day1 he shall look on him4 ,if the leprosy be somewhat obscure1 and not spread in the skin1 he shall declare him clean1 because it is but a scab3 and the man shall wash his clothes1 and shall be clean4 #ac3g4 ,but1 if the leprosy grow again1 after he was seen by the priest and restored to cleanness1 he shall be brought to him3 #ac3h4 ,and shall be condemned of uncleanness4 #ac3i4 ,if the stroke of the leprosy be in a man1 he shall be brought to the priest3 #ac3aj4 ,and he shall view him4 ,and when there shall be a white colour in the skin1 and it shall have changed the look of the hair1 and the living flesh itself shall appear3 #ac3aa4 ,it shall be judged an inveterate leprosy1 and grown into the skin4 ,the priest therefore shall declare him unclean3 and shall not shut him up1 because he is evidently unclean4 #ac3ab4 ,but if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin1 and cover all the skin from the head to the feet1 whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes3 #ac3ac4 ,the priest shall view him1 and shall judge that the leprosy which he has is very clean3 because it is all turned into whiteness1 and therefore the man shall be clean4 #ac3ad4 ,but when the live flesh shall appear in him3 #ac3ae4 ,then by the judgment of the priest he shall be defiled1 and shall be reckoned among the unclean4 ,for live flesh1 if it be spotted with leprosy1 is unclean4 #ac3af4 ,and if again it be turned into whiteness1 and cover all the man3 #ac3ag4 ,the priest shall view him1 and shall judge him to be clean4 #ac3ah4 ,when also there has been an ulcer in the flesh and the skin1 and it has been healed3 #ac3ai4 ,and in the place of the ulcer1 there appeareth a white scar1 or somewhat red1 the man shall be brought to the priest4 #ac3bj4 ,and when he shall see the place of the leprosy lower than the other flesh1 and the hair turned white3 he shall declare him unclean1 for the plague of leprosy is broken out in the ulcer4 #ac3ba4 ,but if the hair be of the former colour1 and the scar somewhat obscure1 and be not lower than the flesh that is near it3 he shall shut him up seven days4 #ac3bb4 ,and if it spread1 he shall judge him to have the leprosy3 #ac3bc4 ,but if it stay in its place1 it is but the scar of an ulcer3 and the man shall be clean4 #ac3bd4 ,the flesh also and skin that hath been burnt1 and after it is healed hath a white or a red scar3 #ac3be4 ,the priest shall view it1 and if he see it turned white1 and the place thereof is lower than the other skin3 he shall declare him unclean1 because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar4 #ac3bf4 ,but if the colour of the hair be not changed1 nor the blemish lower than the other flesh1 and the appearance of the leprosy be somewhat obscure3 he shall shut him up seven days1 #ac3bg4 ,and on the seventh day he shall view him4 ,if the leprosy be grown farther in the skin1 he shall declare him unclean4 #ac3bh4 ,but if the whiteness stay in its place1 and be not very clear1 it is the sore of a burning3 and therefore he shall be cleansed1 because it is only the scar of a burning4 #ac3bi4 ,if the leprosy break out in the head or the beard of a man or woman1 the priest shall see them1 #ac3cj4 ,and if the place be lower than the other flesh1 and the hair yellow1 and thinner than usual3 he shall declare them unclean1 because it is the leprosy of the head and the beard2 #ac3ca4 ,but if he perceive the place of the spot is equal with the flesh that is near it1 and the hair black3 he shall shut him up seven days1 #ac3cb4 ,and on the seventh day he shall look upon it4 ,if the spot be not grown1 and the hair keep its colour1 and the place of the blemish be even with the other flesh3 #ac3cc4 ,the man shall be shaven all but the place of the spot3 and he shall be shut up other seven days4 #ac3cd4 ,if on the seventh day the evil seem to have stayed in its place1 and not lower than the other flesh1 he shall cleanse him3 and his clothes being washed he shall be clean4 #ac3ce4 ,but if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the skin3 #ac3cf4 ,he shall seek no more whether the hair be turned yellow1 because he is evidently unclean4 #ac3cg4 ,but if the spot be stayed1 and the hair be black1 let him know that the man is healed3 and let him confidently pronounce him clean4 #ac3ch4 ,if a whiteness appear in the skin of a man or a woman1 #ac3ci4 ,the priest shall view them4 ,if he find that a darkish whiteness shineth in the skin1 let him know that it is not the leprosy1 but a white blemish1 and that the man is clean4 #ac3dj4 ,the man whose hair falleth off from his head1 he is bald and clean3 #ac3da4 ,and if the hair fall from his forehead1 he is bald before and clean4 #ac3db4 ,but if in the bald head or in the bald forehead there be risen a white or reddish colour3 #ac3dc4 ,and the priest perceive this1 he shall condemn him undoubtedly of leprosy which is risen in the bald part4 #ac3dd4 ,now whosoever shall be defiled with the leprosy1 and is separated by the judgment of the priest3 #ac3de4 ,shall have his clothes hanging loose1 his head bare1 his mouth covered with a cloth3 and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean4 #ac3df4 ,all the time that he is a leper and unclean he shall dwell alone without the camp4 #ac3dg4 ,a woollen or linen garment that shall have the leprosy #ac3dh4 ,in the warp1 and the woof3 or skin1 or whatsoever is made of a skin3 #ac3di4 ,if it be infected with a white or red spot1 it shall be accounted the leprosy1 and shall be shewn to the priest4 #ac3ej4 ,and he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days4 #ac3ea4 ,and on the seventh day when he looketh on it again1 if he find that it is grown1 it is a fixed leprosy4 ,he shall judge the garment unclean1 and every thing wherein it shall be found4 #ac3eb4 ,and therefore it shall be burnt with fire4 #ac3ec4 ,but if he see that it is not grown1 #ac3ed4 ,he shall give orders1 and they shall wash that part wherein the leprosy is3 and he shall shut it up other seven days4 #ac3ee4 ,and when he shall see that the former colour is not returned1 nor yet the leprosy spread1 he shall judge it unclean3 and shall burn it with fire1 for the leprosy has taken hold of the outside of the garment1 or through the whole4 #ac3ef4 ,but if the place of the leprosy be somewhat dark1 after the garment is washed1 he shall tear it off1 and divide it from that which is sound4 #ac3eg4 ,and if after this there appear in those places that before were without spot1 a flying and wandering leprosy3 it must be burnt with fire4 #ac3eh4 ,if it cease1 he shall wash with water the parts that are pure1 the second time3 and they shall be clean4 #ac3ei4 ,this is the law touching the leprosy of any woollen or linen garment1 either in the warp or woof1 or any thing of skins3 how it ought to be cleaned1 or pronounced unclean4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ad ,the rites of sacrifices in cleansing the leprosy4 ,leprosy in houses4 #ad3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ad3b4 ,this is the rite of a leper1 when he is to be cleansed4 ,he shall be brought to the priest3 #ad3c4 ,who going out of the camp1 when he shall find that the leprosy is cleansed1 #ad3d4 ,shall command him that is to be purified1 to offer for himself two living sparrows1 which it is lawful to eat1 and cedar wood1 and scarlet1 and hyssop4 #ad3e4 ,and he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters4 ,living waters4 4 4,that is1 waters taken from a spring1 brook1 or river4 #ad3f4 ,but the other that is alive1 he shall dip1 with the cedar wood1 and the scarlet and the hyssop1 in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated3 #ad3g4 ,wherewith he shall sprinkle him that is to be cleansed seven times1 that he may be rightly purified4 ,and he shall let go the living sparrow1 that it may fly into the field4 #ad3h4 ,and when the man hath washed his clothes1 he shall shave all the hair of his body1 and shall be washed with water3 and being purified he shall enter into the camp1 yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days4 #ad3i4 ,and on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head1 and his beard and his eyebrows1 and the hair of all his body4 ,and having washed again his clothes1 and his body1 #ad3aj4 ,on the eighth day1 he shall take two lambs without blemish1 and an ewe of a year old without blemish1 and three tenths of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice1 and a sextary of oil apart4 ,a sextary4 4 4,heb4 log3 a measure of liquids1 which was the twelfth part of a hin2 and held about as much as six eggs4 #ad3aa4 ,and when the priest that purifieth the man1 hath presented him1 and all these things before the ,lord1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony3 #ad3ab4 ,he shall take a lamb1 and offer it for a trespass offering with the sextary of oil4 ,and having offered all before the ,lord1 #ad3ac4 ,he shall immolate the lamb1 where the victim for sin is wont to be immolated1 and the holocaust1 that is1 in the holy place4 ,for as that which is for sin1 so also the victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest3 it is holy of holies4 #ad3ad4 ,and the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was immolated for trespass1 shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed1 and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot4 ,taking of the blood1 etc4 4 4,these ceremonies used in the cleansing of a leper1 were mysterious and very significative4 ,the sprinkling seven times with the blood of the little bird1 the washing himself and his clothes1 the shaving his hair and his beard1 signify the means which are to be used in the reconciliation of a sinner1 and the steps by which he is to return to ,god1 viz41 by the repeated application of the blood of ,christ3 the washing his conscience with the waters of compunction3 and retrenching all vanities and superfluities1 by employing all that is over and above what is necessary in alms deeds4 ,the sin offering1 and the holocaust or burnt offering1 which he was to offer at his cleansing1 signify the sacrifice of a contrite and humble heart1 and that of adoration in spirit and truth1 with gratitude and thankfulness1 for the forgiveness of sins1 with which we are ever to appear before the ,almighty4 ,the touching the right ear1 the thumb of the right hand1 and the great toe of the right foot1 first with the blood of the victim1 and then with the remainder of the oil1 which had been sprinkled seven times before the ,lord1 signify the application of the blood of ,christ1 and the unction of the sevenfold grace of the ,holy ,ghost2 to the sinner's right ear1 that he may duly hearken to and obey the law of ,god2 and to his right hand and foot1 that the works of his hands1 and all the steps or affections of his soul1 signified by the feet1 may be rightly directed to ,god4 #ad3ae4 ,and he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left hand1 #ad3af4 ,and shall dip his right finger in it1 and sprinkle it before the ,lord seven times4 #ad3ag4 ,and the rest of the oil in his left hand1 he shall pour upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed1 and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot1 and upon the blood that was shed for trespass3 #ad3ah4 ,and upon his head4 #ad3ai4 ,and he shall pray for him before the ,lord1 and shall offer the sacrifice for sin4 ,then shall he immolate the holocaust4 #ad3bj4 ,and put it on the altar with the libations thereof3 and the man shall be rightly cleansed4 #ad3ba4 ,but if he be poor1 and his hand cannot find the things aforesaid3 he shall take a lamb for an offering for trespass1 that the priest may pray for him1 and a tenth part of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice1 and a sextary of oil3 #ad3bb4 ,and two turtles or two young pigeons1 of which one may be for sin1 and the other for a holocaust4 #ad3bc4 ,and he shall offer them on the eighth day of his purification to the priest1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the ,lord4 #ad3bd4 ,and the priest receiving the lamb for trespass1 and the sextary of oil1 shall elevate them together4 #ad3be4 ,and the lamb being immolated1 he shall put of the blood thereof upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed1 and upon the thumb of his right hand1 and the great toe of his right foot4 #ad3bf4 ,but he shall pour part of the oil into his own left hand1 #ad3bg4 ,and dipping the finger of his right hand in it1 he shall sprinkle it seven times before the ,lord4 #ad3bh4 ,and he shall touch the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed1 and the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot1 in the place of the blood that was shed for trespass4 #ad3bi4 ,and the other part of the oil that is in his left hand1 he shall pour upon the head of the purified person1 that he may appease the ,lord for him4 #ad3cj4 ,and he shall offer a turtle1 or young pigeon3 #ad3ca4 ,one for trespass1 and the other for a holocaust1 with their libations4 #ad3cb4 ,this is the sacrifice of a leper1 that is not able to have all things that appertain to his cleansing4 #ad3cc4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ad3cd4 ,when you shall come into the land of ,chanaan1 which ,i will give you for a possession1 if there be the plague or leprosy in a house3 #ad3ce4 ,he whose house it is1 shall go and tell the priest1 saying3 ,it seemeth to me1 that there is the plague of leprosy in my house1 #ad3cf4 ,and he shall command1 that they carry forth all things out of the house1 before he go into it1 and see whether it have the leprosy1 let all things become unclean that are in the house4 ,and afterwards he shall go in to view the leprosy of the house4 #ad3cg4 ,and if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints1 disfigured with paleness or redness1 and lower than all he rest3 #ad3ch4 ,he shall go out of the door of the house1 and forthwith shut it up seven days1 #ad3ci4 ,and returning on the seventh day1 he shall look upon it4 ,if he find that the leprosy is spread1 #ad3dj4 ,he shall command1 that the stones wherein the leprosy is1 be taken out1 and cast without the city into an unclean place3 #ad3da4 ,and that the house be scraped on the inside round about1 and the dust of the scrapings be scattered without the city into an unclean place3 #ad3db4 ,and that other stones be laid in the place of them that were taken away1 and the house be plastered with other mortar4 #ad3dc4 ,but if after the stones be taken out1 and the dust scraped off1 and it be plastered with other earth4 #ad3dd4 ,the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is returned1 and the walls full of spots1 it is a lasting leprosy1 and the house is unclean4 #ad3de4 ,and they shall destroy it forthwith1 and shall cast the stones and timber thereof1 and all the dust without the town into an unclean place4 #ad3df4 ,he that entereth into the house when it is shut1 shall be unclean until evening1 #ad3dg4 ,and he that sleepeth in it1 and eateth any thing1 shall wash his clothes4 #ad3dh4 ,but if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house1 after it was plastered again1 he shall purify it1 it being cured4 #ad3di4 ,and for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows1 and cedar wood1 and scarlet1 and hyssop4 #ad3ej4 ,and having immolated one sparrow in an earthen vessel1 over living waters1 #ad3ea4 ,he shall take the cedar wood1 and the hyssop1 and the scarlet1 and the living sparrow1 and shall dip all in the blood of the sparrow that is immolated1 and in the living water3 and he shall sprinkle the house seven times4 #ad3eb4 ,and shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow1 as with the living water1 and with the living sparrow1 and with the cedar wood1 and the hyssop1 and the scarlet4 #ad3ec4 ,and when he hath let go the sparrow to fly freely away into the field1 he shall pray for the house3 and it shall be rightly cleansed4 #ad3ed4 ,this is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke4 #ad3ee4 ,of the leprosy of garments and houses1 #ad3ef4 ,of a scar and of blisters breaking out of a shining spot1 and when the colours are diversely changed3 #ad3eg4 ,that it may be known when a thing is clean or unclean4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ae ,other legal uncleannesses4 #ae3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ae3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and say to them3 ,the man that hath an issue of seed1 shall be unclean4 ,issue of seed shall be unclean4 4 4,these legal uncleannesses were instituted in order to give the people a horror of carnal impurities4 #ae3c4 ,and then shall he be judged subject to this evil1 when a filthy humour1 at every moment1 cleaveth to his flesh1 and gathereth there4 #ae3d4 ,every bed on which he sleepeth1 shall be unclean1 and every place on which he sitteth4 #ae3e4 ,if any man touch his bed1 he shall wash his clothes and being washed with water1 he shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3f4 ,if a man sit where that man hath sitten1 he also shall wash his clothes3 and being washed with water1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3g4 ,he that toucheth his flesh1 shall wash his clothes3 and being himself washed with water shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3h4 ,if such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean1 he shall wash his clothes3 and being washed with water1 he shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3i4 ,the saddle on which he hath sitten shall be unclean4 #ae3aj4 ,and whatsoever has been under him that hath the issue of seed1 shall be unclean until the evening4 ,he that carrieth any of these things1 shall wash his clothes3 and being washed with water1 he shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3aa4 ,every person whom such a one shall touch1 not having washed his hands before1 shall wash his clothes3 and being washed with water1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3ab4 ,if he touch a vessel of earth1 it shall be broken3 but if a vessel of wood1 it shall be washed with water4 #ae3ac4 ,if he who suffereth this disease be healed1 he shall number seven days after his cleansing3 and having washed his clothes1 and all his body in living water1 he shall be clean4 #ae3ad4 ,and on the eighth day he shall take two turtles1 or two young pigeons1 and he shall come before the ,lord1 to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 and shall give them to the priest4 #ae3ae4 ,who shall offer one for sin1 and the other for a holocaust3 and he shall pray for him before the ,lord1 that he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed4 #ae3af4 ,the man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out1 shall wash all his body with water3 and he shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3ag4 ,the garment or skin that he weareth1 he shall wash with water3 and it shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3ah4 ,the woman1 with whom he copulateth1 shall be washed with water3 and shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3ai4 ,the woman1 who at the return of the month1 hath her issue of blood1 shall be separated seven days4 #ae3bj4 ,every one that toucheth her1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3ba4 ,and every thing that she sleepeth on1 or that she sitteth on in the days of her separation1 shall be defiled4 #ae3bb4 ,he that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes3 and being himself washed with water1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3bc4 ,whosoever shall touch any vessel on which she sitteth1 shall wash his clothes3 and himself being washed with water1 shall be defiled until the evening4 #ae3bd4 ,if a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers1 he shall be unclean seven days3 and every bed on which he shall sleep1 shall be defiled4 #ae3be4 ,the woman that hath still issue of blood many days out of her ordinary time1 or that ceaseth not to flow after the monthly courses1 as long as she is subject to this disease1 shall be unclean1 in the same manner as if she were in her flowers4 #ae3bf4 ,every bed on which she sleepeth1 and every vessel on which she sitteth1 shall be defiled4 #ae3bg4 ,whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes3 and himself being washed with water1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ae3bh4 ,if the blood stop and cease to run1 she shall count seven days of her purification3 #ae3bi4 ,and on the eighth day she shall offer for herself to the priest1 two turtles1 or two young pigeons1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony3 #ae3cj4 ,and he shall offer one for sin1 and the other for a holocaust1 and he shall pray for her before the ,lord1 and for the issue of her uncleanness4 #ae3ca4 ,you shall teach therefore the children of ,israel to take heed of uncleanness1 that they may not die in their filth1 when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among them4 #ae3cb4 ,this is the law of him that hath the issue of seed1 and that is defiled by copulation4 #ae3cc4 ,and of the woman that is separated in her monthly times1 or that hath a continual issue of blood1 and of the man that sleepeth with her4 ,leviticus ,chapter #af ,when and how the high priest must enter into the sanctuary4 ,the feast of expiation4 #af3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 after the death of the two sons of ,aaron when they were slain upon their offering strange fire3 #af3b4 ,and he commanded him1 saying3 ,speak to ,aaron thy brother1 that he enter not at all into the sanctuary1 which is within the veil before the propitiatory1 with which the ark is covered1 lest he die1 7for ,i will appear in a cloud over the oracle71 ,enter not4 4 4,no one but the high priest1 and he but once a year1 could enter into the sanctuary2 to signify that no one could enter into the sanctuary of heaven1 till ,christ our high priest opened it by his passion4 ,heb4 #aj4h4 #af3c4 ,unless he first do these things4 ,he shall offer a calf for sin1 and a ram for a holocaust4 #af3d4 ,he shall be vested with a linen tunick3 he shall cover his nakedness with linen breeches3 he shall be girded with a linen girdle1 and he shall put a linen mitre upon his head4 ,for these are holy vestments3 all which he shall put on1 after he is washed4 #af3e4 ,and he shall receive from the whole multitude of the children of ,israel two buck goats for sin1 and one ram for a holocaust4 #af3f4 ,and when he hath offered the cattle and prayed for himself and for his own house3 #af3g4 ,he shall make the two buck goats to stand before the ,lord in the door of the tabernacle of the testimony4 #af3h4 ,and casting lots upon them both1 one to be offered to the ,lord1 and the other to be the emissary goat3 #af3i4 ,that whose lot fell to be offered to the ,lord1 he shall offer for sin4 #af3aj4 ,but that whose lot was to be the emissary goat1 he shall present before the ,lord1 that he may pour prayers upon him1 and let him go into the wilderness4 #af3aa4 ,after these things are duly celebrated1 he shall offer the calf3 and praying for himself and for his own house1 he shall immolate it4 #af3ab4 ,and taking the censer1 which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar1 and taking up with his hands the compounded perfume for incense1 he shall go in within the veil into the holy place3 #af3ac4 ,that when the perfumes are put upon the fire1 the cloud and vapour thereof may cover the oracle1 which is over the testimony1 and he may not die4 #af3ad4 ,he shall take also of the blood of the calf1 and sprinkle with his finger seven times towards the propitiatory to the east4 #af3ae4 ,and when he hath killed the buck goat for the sin of the people1 he shall carry in the blood thereof within the veil1 as he was commanded to do with the blood of the calf1 that he may sprinkle it over against the oracle3 #af3af4 ,and may expiate the sanctuary from the uncleanness of the children of ,israel1 and from their transgressions1 and all their sins4 ,according to this rite shall he do to the tabernacle of the testimony1 which is fixed among them in the midst of the filth of their habitation4 #af3ag4 ,let no man be in the tabernacle when the high priest goeth into the sanctuary1 to pray for himself and his house1 and for the whole congregation of ,israel1 until he come out4 #af3ah4 ,and when he is come out to the altar that is before the ,lord1 let him pray for himself3 and taking the blood of the calf1 and of the buck goat1 let him pour it upon the horns thereof round about4 #af3ai4 ,and sprinkling with his finger seven times1 let him expiate1 and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of ,israel4 #af3bj4 ,after he hath cleaned the sanctuary1 and the tabernacle1 and the altar1 then let him offer the living goat4 #af3ba4 ,and putting both hands upon his head1 let him confess all the iniquities of the children of ,israel1 and all their offences and sins4 ,and praying that they may light on its head1 he shall turn him out by a man ready for it1 into the desert4 #af3bb4 ,and when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land1 and shall be let go into the desert3 #af3bc4 ,aaron shall return into the tabernacle of the testimony1 and putting off the vestments1 which he had on him before when he entered into the sanctuary1 and leaving them there1 #af3bd4 ,he shall wash his flesh in the holy place1 and shall put on his own garments4 ,and after that he is come out and hath offered his own holocaust1 and that of the people1 he shall pray both for himself1 and for the people4 #af3be4 ,and the fat that is offered for sins1 he shall burn on the altar4 #af3bf4 ,but he that hath let go the emissary goat1 shall wash his clothes1 and his body with water1 and so shall enter into the camp4 #af3bg4 ,but the calf and the buck goat1 that were sacrificed for sin1 and whose blood was carried into the sanctuary1 to accomplish the atonement1 they shall carry forth without the camp1 and shall burn with fire3 their skins and their flesh1 and their dung4 #af3bh4 ,and whosoever burneth them shall wash his clothes1 and flesh with water3 and so shall enter into the camp4 #af3bi4 ,and this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance4 ,the seventh month1 the tenth day of the month1 you shall afflict your souls1 and shall do no work1 whether it be one of your own country1 or a stranger that sojourneth among you4 #af3cj4 ,upon this day shall be the expiation for you1 and the cleansing from all your sins4 ,you shall be cleansed before the ,lord4 #af3ca4 ,for it is a sabbath of rest3 and you shall afflict your souls by a perpetual religion4 #af3cb4 ,and the priest that is anointed1 and whose hands are consecrated to do the office of the priesthood in his father's stead1 shall make atonement4 ,and he shall be vested with the linen robe and the holy vestments4 #af3cc4 ,and he shall expiate the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar3 the priest also and all the people4 #af3cd4 ,and this shall be an ordinance for ever1 that you pray for the children of ,israel1 and for all their sins once a year4 ,he did therefore as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ag ,no sacrifices to be offered but at the door of the tabernacle3 a prohibition of blood4 #ag3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ag3b4 ,speak to ,aaron and his sons1 and to all the children of ,israel1 saying to them3 ,this is the word1 which the ,lord hath commanded1 saying3 #ag3c4 ,any man whosoever of the house of ,israel1 if he kill an ox1 or a sheep1 or a goat in the camp1 or without the camp1 ,if he kill1 etc4 4 4,that is1 in order to sacrifice4 ,the law of ,god forbids sacrifices to be offered in any other place but at the tabernacle or temple of the ,lord2 to signify that no sacrifice would be acceptable to ,god1 out of his true temple1 the one holy1 catholic1 apostolic church4 #ag3d4 ,and offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the ,lord1 shall be guilty of blood4 ,as if he had shed blood1 so shall he perish from the midst of his people4 #ag3e4 ,therefore the children of ,israel shall bring to the priest their victims1 which they kill in the field1 that they may be sanctified to the ,lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony3 and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the ,lord4 #ag3f4 ,and the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the ,lord1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony3 and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the ,lord4 #ag3g4 ,and they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils1 with whom they have committed fornication4 ,it shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity4 #ag3h4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,the man of the house of ,israel1 and of the strangers who sojourn among you1 that offereth a holocaust or a victim1 #ag3i4 ,and bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 that it may be offered to the ,lord1 shall perish from among his people4 #ag3aj4 ,if any man whosoever of the house of ,israel1 and of the strangers that sojourn among them1 eat blood1 ,i will set my face against his soul1 and will cut him off from among his people4 ,eat blood4 4 4,to eat blood was forbidden in the law2 partly1 because ,god reserved it to himself1 to be offered in sacrifices on the altar1 as to the ,lord of life and death2 and as a figure of the blood of ,christ2 and partly1 to give men a horror of shedding blood4 ,gen4 #i4d1 #e1 #f4 #ag3aa4 ,because the life of the flesh is in the blood3 and ,i have given it to you1 that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls1 and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul4 #ag3ab4 ,therefore ,i have said to the children of ,israel3 ,no soul of you1 nor of the strangers that sojourn among you1 shall eat blood4 #ag3ac4 ,any man whosoever of the children of ,israel1 and of the strangers that sojourn among you1 if by hunting or fowling1 he take a wild beast or a bird1 which is lawful to eat1 let him pour out its blood1 and cover it with earth4 #ag3ad4 ,for the life of all flesh is in the blood4 ,therefore ,i said to the children of ,israel3 you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all1 because the life of the flesh is in the blood1 and whosoever eateth it1 shall be cut off4 #ag3ae4 ,the soul that eateth that which died of itself1 or has been caught by a beast1 whether he be one of your own country or a stranger1 shall wash his clothes and himself with water1 and shall be defiled until the evening3 and in this manner he shall be made clean4 #ag3af4 ,but if he do not wash his clothes1 and his body1 he shall bear his iniquity4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ah ,marriage is prohibited in certain degrees of kindred3 ,anda all unnatural lusts4 #ah3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ah3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ah3c4 ,you shall not do according to the custom of the land of ,egypt1 in which you dwelt3 neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of ,chanaan1 into which ,i will bring you4 ,nor shall you walk in their ordinances4 #ah3d4 ,you shall do my judgments1 and shall observe my precepts1 and shall walk in them4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ah3e4 ,keep my laws and my judgments3 which if a man do1 he shall live in them1 ,i am the ,lord4 #ah3f4 ,no man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him1 to uncover her nakedness4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ah3g4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father1 or the nakedness of thy mother3 she is thy mother1 thou shalt not uncover her nakedness4 #ah3h4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife3 for it is the nakedness of thy father4 #ah3i4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother3 whether born at home or abroad4 #ah3aj4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son's daughter1 or thy daughter's daughter3 because it is thy own nakedness4 #ah3aa4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter1 whom she bore to thy father3 and who is thy sister4 #ah3ab4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister3 because she is the flesh of thy father4 #ah3ac4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister3 because she is thy mother's flesh4 #ah3ad4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother3 neither shalt thou approach to his wife1 who is joined to thee by affinity4 #ah3ae4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law3 because she is thy son's wife1 neither shalt thou discover her shame4 #ah3af4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife3 because it is the nakedness of thy brother4 #ah3ag4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter4 ,thou shalt not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter1 to discover her shame3 because they are her flesh1 and such copulation is incest4 #ah3ah4 ,thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot1 to rival her3 neither shalt thou discover her nakedness1 while she is yet living4 #ah3ai4 ,thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers3 neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness4 #ah3bj4 ,thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife3 nor be defiled with mingling of seed4 #ah3ba4 ,thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol ,moloch1 nor defile the name of thy ,god4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ah3bb4 ,thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind3 because it is an abomination4 #ah3bc4 ,thou shalt not copulate with any beast3 neither shalt thou be defiled with it4 ,a woman shall not lie down to a beast1 nor copulate with it3 because it is a heinous crime4 ,because it is a heinous crime4 4 4,in ,hebrew1 this word heinous crime is expressed by the word confusion1 signifying the shamefulness and baseness of this abominable sin4 #ah3bd4 ,defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled1 which ,i will cast out before you1 #ah3be4 ,and with which the land is defiled3 the abominations of which ,i will visit1 that it may vomit out its inhabitants4 #ah3bf4 ,keep ye my ordinances and my judgments3 and do not any of these abominations4 ,neither any of your own nation1 nor any stranger that sojourneth among you4 #ah3bg4 ,for all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done1 that were before you1 and have defiled it4 #ah3bh4 ,beware then1 lest in like manner1 it vomit you also out1 if you do the like things3 as it vomited out the nation that was before you4 #ah3bi4 ,every soul that shall commit any of these abominations1 shall perish from the midst of his people4 #ah3cj4 ,keep my commandments4 ,do not the things which they have done1 that have been before you3 and be not defiled therein4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ai ,divers ordinances1 partly moral1 partly ceremonial or judicial4 #ai3a4 ,the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ai3b4 ,speak to all the congregation of the children of ,israel4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,be ye holy1 because ,i the ,lord your ,god am holy4 #ai3c4 ,let every one fear his father1 and his mother4 ,keep my sabbaths4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3d4 ,turn ye not to idols3 nor make to yourselves molten gods4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3e4 ,if ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the ,lord1 that he may be favourable3 #ai3f4 ,you shall eat it on the same day it was offered1 and the next day4 ,and whatsoever shall be left until the third day1 you shall burn with fire4 #ai3g4 ,if after two days any man eat thereof1 he shall be profane and guilty of impiety3 #ai3h4 ,and shall bear his iniquity1 because he hath defiled the holy thing of the ,lord4 ,and that soul shall perish from among his people4 #ai3i4 ,when thou reapest the corn of thy land1 thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground3 nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain4 #ai3aj4 ,neither shalt thou gather the bunches and grapes that fall down in thy vineyard3 but shalt leave them to the poor and the strangers to take4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3aa4 ,you shall not steal4 ,you shall not lie3 neither shall any man deceive his neighbour4 #ai3ab4 ,thou shalt not swear falsely by my name1 nor profane the name of thy ,god4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3ac4 ,thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour1 nor oppress him by violence4 ,the wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning4 #ai3ad4 ,thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf1 nor put a stumbling block before the blind3 but thou shalt fear the ,lord thy ,god1 because ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3ae4 ,thou shalt not do that which is unjust1 nor judge unjustly4 ,respect not the person of the poor3 nor honour the countenance of the mighty4 ,but judge thy neighbour according to justice4 #ai3af4 ,thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people4 ,thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3ag4 ,thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart3 ,but reprove him openly1 lest thou incur sin through him4 #ai3ah4 ,seek not revenge1 nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens4 ,thou shalt love thy friend as thyself4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3ai4 ,keep ye my laws4 ,thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind4 ,thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds4 ,thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts4 ,different seeds1 etc4 4 4,this law tends to recommend simplicity and plain dealing in all things1 and to teach the people not to join any false worship or heresy with the worship of the true ,god4 #ai3bj4 ,if a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable1 and yet not redeemed with a price1 nor made free3 they both shall be scourged3 and they shall not be put to death1 because she was not a free woman4 #ai3ba4 ,and for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the ,lord1 at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony4 #ai3bb4 ,and the priest shall pray for him3 and for his sin before the ,lord3 and he shall have mercy on him1 and the sin shall be forgiven4 #ai3bc4 ,when you shall be come into the land1 and shall have planted in it fruit trees1 you shall take away the firstfruits of them4 ,the fruit that comes forth shall be unclean to you3 neither shall you eat of them4 ,firstfruits4 4 4,proeputia1 literally1 their foreskins2 it alludes to circumcision1 and signifies that for the first three years the trees were to be as uncircumcised1 and their fruit unclean3 till in the fourth year their increase was sanctified and given to the ,lord1 that is1 to the priests4 #ai3bd4 ,but in the fourth year1 all their fruit shall be sanctified1 to the praise of the ,lord4 #ai3be4 ,and in the fifth year you shall eat the fruits thereof1 gathering the increase thereof4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3bf4 ,you shall not eat with blood4 ,you shall not divine nor observe dreams4 #ai3bg4 ,nor shall you cut your hair roundwise3 nor shave your beard4 #ai3bh4 ,you shall not make any cuttings in your flesh1 for the dead3 neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3bi4 ,make not thy daughter a common strumpet1 lest the land be defiled1 and filled with wickedness4 #ai3cj4 ,keep ye my sabbaths1 and reverence my sanctuary4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3ca4 ,go not aside after wizards3 neither ask any thing of soothsayers1 to be defiled by them4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3cb4 ,rise up before the hoary head1 and honour the person of the aged man3 and fear the ,lord thy ,god4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ai3cc4 ,if a stranger dwell in your land1 and abide among you1 do not upbraid hin3 #ai3cd4 ,but let him be among you as one of the same country4 ,and you shall love him as yourselves3 for you were strangers in the land of ,egypt4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #ai3ce4 ,do not any unjust thing in judgment1 in rule1 in weight1 or in measure4 #ai3cf4 ,let the balance be just and the weights equal1 the bushel just1 and the sextary equal4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 that brought you out of the land of ,egypt4 #ai3cg4 ,keep all my precepts1 and all my judgments3 and do them4 ,i am the ,lord4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bj ,divers crimes to be punished with death4 #bj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bj3b4 ,thus shalt thou say to the children of ,israel3 ,if any man of the children ,israel1 or of the strangers that dwell in ,israel1 give of his seed to the idol ,moloch1 dying let him die4 ,the people of the land shall stone him4 #bj3c4 ,and ,i will set my face against him3 and ,i will cut him off from the midst of his people1 because he hath given of his seed to ,moloch1 and hath defiled my sanctuary1 and profaned my holy name4 #bj3d4 ,and if the people of the land neglecting1 and as it were little regarding my commandment1 let alone the man that hath given of his seed to ,moloch1 and will not kill him3 #bj3e4 ,i will set my face against that man1 and his kindred1 and will cut off both him and all that consented with him1 to commit fornication with ,moloch1 out of the midst of their people4 #bj3f4 ,the soul that shall go aside after magicians1 and soothsayers1 and shall commit fornication with them3 ,i will set my face against that soul1 and destroy it out of the midst of its people4 #bj3g4 ,sanctify yourselves1 and be ye holy3 because ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bj3h4 ,keep my precepts1 and do them4 ,i am the ,lord that sanctify you4 #bj3i4 ,he that curseth his father1 or mother1 dying let him die4 ,he hath cursed his father1 and mother3 let his blood be upon him4 #bj3aj4 ,if any man commit adultery with the wife of another1 and defile his neighbour's wife3 let them be put to death1 both the adulterer and the adulteress4 #bj3aa4 ,if a man lie with his stepmother1 and discover the nakedness of his father1 let them both be put to death3 their blood be upon them4 #bj3ab4 ,if any man lie with his daughter in law3 let both die1 because they have done a heinous crime4 ,their blood be upon them4 #bj3ac4 ,if any one lie with a man as with a woman1 both have committed an abomination3 let them be put to death4 ,their blood be upon them4 #bj3ad4 ,if any man after marrying the daughter1 marry her mother1 he hath done a heinous crime4 ,he shall be burnt alive with them3 neither shall so great an abomination remain in the midst of you4 #bj3ae4 ,he that shall copulate with any beast or cattle1 dying let him die3 the beast also ye shall kill4 ,the beast also ye shall kill4 4 4,the killing of the beast was for the greater horror of the crime1 and to prevent the remembrance of such abomination4 #bj3af4 ,the woman that shall lie under any beast1 shall be killed together with the same4 ,their blood be upon them4 #bj3ag4 ,if any man take his sister1 the daughter of his father1 or the daughter of his mother1 and see her nakedness1 and she behold her brother's shame3 they have committed a crime4 ,they shall be slain1 in the sight of their people1 because they have discovered one another's nakedness4 ,and they shall bear their iniquity4 #bj3ah4 ,if any man lie with a woman in her flowers1 and uncover her nakedness1 and she open the fountain of her blood3 both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people4 #bj3ai4 ,thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother1 and of thy aunt by thy father4 ,he that doth this1 hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh3 both shall bear their iniquity4 #bj3bj4 ,if any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father1 or of his uncle by the mother1 and uncover the shame of his near akin1 both shall bear their sin4 ,they shall die without children4 #bj3ba4 ,he that marrieth his brother's wife1 doth an unlawful thing3 he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness4 ,they shall be without children4 #bj3bb4 ,keep my laws and my judgments1 and do them3 lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein1 vomit you also out4 #bj3bc4 ,walk not after the laws of the nations1 which ,i will cast out before you4 ,for they have done all these things3 and therefore ,i abhorred them4 #bj3bd4 ,but to you ,i say3 ,possess their land which ,i will give you for an inheritance1 a land flowing with milk and honey4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 who have separated you from other people4 #bj3be4 ,therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean1 and the clean fowl from the unclean4 ,defile not your souls with beasts1 or birds1 or any things that move on the earth1 and which ,i have shewn you to be unclean3 #bj3bf4 ,you shall be holy unto me1 because ,i the ,lord am holy3 and ,i have separated you from other people1 that you should be mine4 #bj3bg4 ,a man1 or woman1 in whom there is a pythonical or divining spirit1 dying let them die4 ,they shall stone them4 ,their blood be upon them4 ,leviticus ,chapter #ba ,ordinances relating to the priests4 #ba3a4 ,the ,lord said also to ,moses3 ,speak to the priests the sons of ,aaron1 and thou shalt say for them3 ,let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens4 ,an uncleanness4 4 4,viz41 such as was contracted in laying out the dead body1 or touching it2 or in going into the house1 or assisting at the funeral1 etc4 #ba3b4 ,but only for his kin1 such as are near in blood3 that is to say1 for his father and for his mother1 and for his son1 and for his daughter1 for his brother also3 #ba3c4 ,and for a maiden sister1 who hath had no husband4 #ba3d4 ,but not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean4 #ba3e4 ,neither shall they shave their head1 nor their beard1 nor make incisions in their flesh4 #ba3f4 ,they shall be holy to their ,god1 and shall not profane his name4 ,for they offer the burnt offering of the ,lord1 and the bread of their ,god3 and therefore they shall be holy4 #ba3g4 ,they shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute1 nor one that has been put away from her husband3 because they are consecrated to their ,god1 #ba3h4 ,and offer the loaves of proposition4 ,let them therefore be holy because ,i also am holy3 the ,lord1 who sanctify them4 #ba3i4 ,if the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom and dishonour the name of her father1 she shall be burnt with fire4 #ba3aj4 ,the high priest1 that is to say1 the priest who is the greatest among his brethren1 upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured2 and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood2 and who hath been vested with the holy vestments4 ,he shall not uncover his head3 he shall not rend his garments4 #ba3aa4 ,nor shall he go in at all to any dead person3 not even for his father1 or his mother1 shall he be defiled4 #ba3ab4 ,neither shall he go out of the holy places1 lest he defile the sanctuary of the ,lord3 because the oil of the holy unction of his ,god is upon him4 ,i am the ,lord4 #ba3ac4 ,he shall take a virgin unto his wife4 #ba3ad4 ,but a widow or one that is divorced1 or defied1 or a harlot1 he shall not take3 but a maid of his own people4 #ba3ae4 ,he shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation3 for ,i am the ,lord who sanctify him4 #ba3af4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ba3ag4 ,say to ,aaron3 ,whosoever of thy seed throughout their families1 hath a blemish1 he shall not offer bread to his ,god4 #ba3ah4 ,neither shall he approach to minister to him3 ,if he be blind2 if he be lame2 if he have a little1 or a great1 or a crooked nose2 #ba3ai4 ,if his foot1 or if his hand be broken2 #ba3bj4 ,if he be crookbacked2 or blear eyed2 or have a pearl in his eye1 or a continual scab1 or a dry scurf in his body1 or a rupture4 #ba3ba4 ,whosoever of the seed of ,aaron the priest hath a blemish3 he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the ,lord1 nor bread to his ,god4 #ba3bb4 ,he shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary4 #ba3bc4 ,yet so that he enter not within the veil1 nor approach to the altar3 because he hath a blemish1 and he must not defile my sanctuary4 ,i am the ,lord who sanctify them4 #ba3bd4 ,moses1 therefore spoke to ,aaron1 and to his sons and to all ,israel1 all the things that had been commanded him4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bb ,who may eat the holy things3 and what things may be offered4 #bb3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses saying3 #bb3b4 ,speak to ,aaron and to his sons1 that they beware of those things that are consecrated of the children of ,israel3 and defile not the name of the things sanctified to me1 which they offer4 ,i am the ,lord4 #bb3c4 ,say to them and to their posterity3 ,every man of your race1 that approacheth to those things that are consecrated1 and which the children of ,israel have offered to the ,lord1 in whom there is uncleanness1 shall perish before the ,lord4 ,i am the ,lord4 ,approacheth1 etc4 4 4,this is to give us to understand1 with what purity of soul we are to approach to the blessed sacrament of which these meats that had been offered in sacrifice were a figure4 #bb3d4 ,the man of the seed of ,aaron1 that is a leper1 or that suffereth a running of the seed1 shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me1 until he be healed4 ,he that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead3 and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation3 #bb3e4 ,and he that toucheth a creeping thing1 or any unclean thing1 the touching of which is defiling3 #bb3f4 ,shall be unclean until the evening1 and shall not eat those things that are sanctified4 ,but when he hath washed his flesh with water1 #bb3g4 ,and the sun is down1 then being purified1 he shall eat of the sanctified things1 because it is his meat4 #bb3h4 ,that which dieth of itself1 and that which was taken by a beast1 they shall not eat1 nor be defiled therewith4 ,i am the ,lord4 #bb3i4 ,let them keep my precepts1 that they may not fall into sin1 and die in the sanctuary1 when they shall have defiled it4 ,i am the ,lord who sanctify them4 #bb3aj4 ,no stranger shall eat of the sanctified things3 a sojourner of the priests1 or a hired servant1 shall not eat of them4 #bb3aa4 ,but he whom the priest hath bought1 and he that is his servant1 born in his house1 these shall eat of them4 #bb3ab4 ,if the daughter of a priest be married to any of the people1 she shall not eat of those things that are sanctified nor of the firstfruits4 #bb3ac4 ,but if she be a widow1 or divorced1 and having no children return to her father's house1 she shall eat of her father's meats1 as she was wont to do when she was a maid4 ,no stranger hath leave to eat of them4 #bb3ad4 ,he that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance1 shall add the fifth part with that which he ate1 and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary4 #bb3ae4 ,and they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of ,israel1 which they offer to the ,lord3 #bb3af4 ,lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their trespass1 when they shall have eaten the sanctified things4 ,i am the ,lord who sanctify them4 #bb3ag4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bb3ah4 ,speak to ,aaron1 and to his sons1 and to all the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,the man of the house of ,israel1 and of the strangers who dwell with you1 that offereth his oblation1 either paying his vows1 or offering of his own accord1 whatsoever it be which he presenteth for a holocaust of the ,lord1 #bb3ai4 ,to be offered by you3 it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves1 or of the sheep1 or of the goats4 #bb3bj4 ,if it have a blemish you shall not offer it3 neither shall it be acceptable4 #bb3ba4 ,the man that offereth a victim of peace offerings to the ,lord1 either paying his vows1 or offering of his own accord1 whether of beeves or of sheep1 shall offer it without blemish1 that it may be acceptable4 ,there shall be no blemish in it4 #bb3bb4 ,if it be blind1 or broken1 or have a scar or blisters1 or a scab1 or a dry scurf3 you shall not offer them to the ,lord1 nor burn any thing of them upon the ,lord's altar4 #bb3bc4 ,an ox or a sheep1 that hath the ear and the tail cut off1 thou mayst offer voluntarily3 but a vow may not be paid with them4 #bb3bd4 you shall not offer to the ,lord any beast that hath the testicles bruised1 or crushed1 or cut and taken away3 neither shall you do any such things in your land4 #bb3be4 you shall not offer bread to your ,god1 from the hand of a stranger1 nor any other thing that he would give3 because they are all corrupted1 and defiled4 ,you shall not receive them4 #bb3bf4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bb3bg4 ,when a bullock1 or a sheep1 or a goat1 is brought forth1 they shall be seven days under the udder of their dam3 but the eighth day1 and thenceforth1 they may be offered to the ,lord4 #bb3bh4 ,whether it be a cow1 or a sheep1 they shall not be sacrificed the same day with their young ones4 #bb3bi4 ,if you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to the ,lord1 that he may be favourable1 #bb3cj4 ,you shall eat it the same day4 ,there shall not any of it remain until the morning of the next day4 ,i am the ,lord4 #bb3ca4 ,keep my commandments1 and do them4 ,i am the ,lord4 #bb3cb4 ,profane not my holy name1 that ,i may be sanctified in the midst of the children of ,israel4 ,i am the ,lord who sanctify you3 #bb3cc4 ,and who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 that ,i might be your ,god4 ,i am the ,lord4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bc ,holy days to be kept4 #bc3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bc3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,these are the feasts of the ,lord1 which you shall call holy4 #bc3c4 ,six days shall ye do work3 the seventh day1 because it is the rest of the sabbath1 shall be called holy4 ,you shall do no work on that day3 it is the sabbath of the ,lord in all your habitations4 #bc3d4 ,these also are the holy days of the ,lord1 which you must celebrate in their seasons4 #bc3e4 ,the first month1 the fourteenth day of the month at evening1 is the phase of the ,lord4 #bc3f4 ,and the fifteenth day of the same month is the solemnity of the unleavened bread of the ,lord4 ,seven days shall you eat unleavened bread4 #bc3g4 ,the first day shall be most solemn unto you1 and holy3 you shall do no servile work therein4 #bc3h4 ,but you shall offer sacrifice in fire to the ,lord seven days4 ,and the seventh day shall be more solemn1 and more holy3 and you shall do no servile work therein4 #bc3i4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bc3aj4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,when you shall have entered into the land which ,i will give you1 and shall reap your corn1 you shall bring sheaves of ears1 the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest4 #bc3aa4 ,who shall lift up the sheaf before the ,lord1 the next day after the sabbath1 that it may be acceptable for you1 and shall sanctify it4 #bc3ab4 ,and on the same day that the sheaf is consecrated1 a lamb without blemish of the first year shall be killed for a holocaust of the ,lord4 #bc3ac4 ,and the libations shall be offered with it3 two tenths of flour tempered with oil1 for a burnt offering of the ,lord1 and a most sweet odour4 ,libations also of wine1 the fourth part of a hin4 #bc3ad4 ,you shall not eat either bread1 or parched corn1 or frumenty or the harvest1 until the day that you shall offer thereof to your ,god4 ,it is a precept for ever throughout your generations1 and all your dwellings4 #bc3ae4 ,you shall count therefore from the morrow after the sabbath1 wherein you offered the sheaf of firstfruits1 seven full weeks4 #bc3af4 ,even unto the morrow after the seventh week be expired1 that is to say1 fifty days3 and so you shall offer a new sacrifice to the ,lord4 #bc3ag4 ,out of all your dwellings1 two loaves of the firstfruits1 of two tenths of flour leavened1 which you shall bake for the firstfruits of the ,lord4 #bc3ah4 ,and you shall offer with the loaves seven lambs without blemish of the first year1 and one calf from the herd1 and they shall be for a holocaust with their two rams3 and they shall be for a holocaust with their libations for a most sweet odour to the ,lord4 #bc3ai4 ,you shall offer also a buck goat for sin1 and two lambs of the first year for sacrifices of peace offerings4 #bc3bj4 ,and when the priest hath lifted them up with the loaves of the firstfruits before the ,lord1 they shall fall to his use4 #bc3ba4 ,and you shall call this day most solemn1 and most holy4 ,you shall do no servile work therein4 ,it shall be an everlasting ordinance in all your dwellings and generations4 #bc3bb4 ,and when you reap the corn of your land1 you shall not cut it to the very ground3 neither shall you gather the ears that remain4 ,but you shall leave them for the poor and for the strangers4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bc3bc4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bc3bd4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,the seventh month1 on the first day of the month1 you shall keep a sabbath1 a memorial1 with the sound of trumpets1 and it shall be called holy4 #bc3be4 ,you shall do no servile work therein1 and you shall offer a holocaust to the ,lord4 #bc3bf4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bc3bg4 ,upon the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the day of atonement4 ,it shall be most solemn1 and shall be called holy3 and you shall await your souls on that day1 and shall offer a holocaust to the ,lord4 #bc3bh4 ,you shall do no servile work in the time of this day3 because it is a day of propitiation1 that the ,lord your ,god may be merciful unto you4 #bc3bi4 ,every soul that is not afflicted on this day1 shall perish from among his people4 #bc3cj4 ,and every soul that shall do any work1 the same will ,i destroy from among his people4 #bc3ca4 ,you shall do no work therefore on that day3 it shall be an everlasting ordinance unto you in all your generations1 and dwellings4 #bc3cb4 ,it is a sabbath of rest1 and you shall afflict your souls beginning on the ninth day of the month4 ,from evening until evening you shall celebrate your sabbaths4 #bc3cc4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bc3cd4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,from the fifteenth day of this same seventh month1 shall be kept the feast of tabernacles1 seven days to the ,lord4 #bc3ce4 ,the first day shall be called most solemn and most holy3 you shall do no servile work therein4 ,and seven days you shall offer holocausts to the ,lord4 #bc3cf4 ,the eighth day also shall be most solemn and most holy3 and you shall offer holocausts to the ,lord4 ,for it is the day of assembly and congregation4 ,you shall do no servile work therein4 #bc3cg4 ,these are the feasts of the ,lord which you shall call most solemn and most holy1 and shall offer on them oblations to the ,lord3 holocausts and libations according to the rite of every day4 #bc3ch4 ,besides the sabbaths of the ,lord1 and your gifts1 and those things that you offer by vow1 or which you shall give to the ,lord voluntarily4 #bc3ci4 ,so from the fifteenth day of the seventh month1 when you shall have gathered in all the fruits of your land1 you shall celebrate the feast of the ,lord seven days4 ,on the first day and the eighth shall be a sabbath3 that is a day of rest4 #bc3dj4 ,and you shall take to you on the first day the fruits of the fairest tree1 and branches of palm trees1 and boughs of thick trees1 and willows of the brook3 ,and you shall rejoice before the ,lord your ,god4 #bc3da4 ,and you shall keep the solemnity thereof seven days in the year4 ,it shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations4 ,in the seventh month shall you celebrate this feast4 #bc3db4 ,and you shall dwell in bowers seven days4 ,every one that is of the race of ,israel1 shall dwell in tabernacles3 #bc3dc4 ,that your posterity may know1 that ,i made the children of ,israel to dwell in tabernacles1 when ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bc3dd4 ,and ,moses spoke concerning the feasts of the ,lord to the children of ,israel4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bd ,the oil for the lamps4 ,the loaves of proposition4 ,the punishment of blasphemy4 #bd3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bd3b4 ,command the children of ,israel1 that they bring unto thee the finest and clearest oil of olives1 to furnish the lamps continually1 #bd3c4 ,without the veil of the testimony in the tabernacle of the covenant4 ,and ,aaron shall set them from evening until morning before the ,lord1 by a perpetual service and rite in your generations4 #bd3d4 ,they shall be set upon the most pure candlestick before the ,lord continually4 #bd3e4 ,thou shalt take also fine flour1 and shalt bake twelve loaves thereof1 two tenths shall be in every loaf4 #bd3f4 ,and thou shalt set them six and six1 one against another1 upon the most clean table before the ,lord4 #bd3g4 ,and thou shalt put upon them the clearest frankincense1 that the bread may be for a memorial of the oblation of the ,lord4 #bd3h4 ,every sabbath they shall be changed before the ,lord3 being received of the children of ,israel by an everlasting covenant4 #bd3i4 ,and they shall be ,aaron's and his sons'1 that they may eat them in the holy place3 because it is most holy of the sacrifices of the ,lord by a perpetual right4 #bd3aj4 ,and behold there went out the son of a woman of ,israel1 whom she had of an ,egyptian1 among the children of ,israel3 and fell at words in the camp with a man of ,israel4 #bd3aa4 ,and when he had blasphemed the name1 and had cursed it1 he was brought to ,moses4 7,now his mother was called ,salumith1 the daughter of ,dabri1 of the tribe of ,dan47 #bd3ab4 ,and they put him into prison1 till they might know what the ,lord would command4 #bd3ac4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 #bd3ad4 ,saying3 ,bring forth the blasphemer without the camp3 and let them that heard him1 put their hands upon his head3 and let all the people stone him4 #bd3ae4 ,and thou shalt speak to the children of ,israel3 ,the man that curseth his ,god1 shall bear his sin3 #bd3af4 ,and he that blasphemeth the name of the ,lord1 dying let him die4 ,all the multitude shall stone him1 whether he be a native or a stranger4 ,he that blasphemeth the name of the ,lord1 dying let him die4 #bd3ag4 ,he that striketh and killeth a man3 dying let him die4 #bd3ah4 ,he that killeth a beast1 shall make it good that is to say1 shall give beast for beast4 #bd3ai4 ,he that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours3 as he hath done1 so shall it be done to him3 #bd3bj4 ,breach for breach1 eye for ere1 tooth for tooth1 shall he restore4 ,what blemish he gave1 the like shall he be compelled to suffer4 #bd3ba4 ,he that striketh a beast1 shall render another4 ,he that striketh a man shall be punished4 #bd3bb4 ,let there be equal judgment among you1 whether he be a stranger1 or a native that offends3 because ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bd3bc4 ,and ,moses spoke to the children of ,israel4 ,and they brought forth him that had blasphemed1 without the camp3 and they stoned him4 ,and the children of ,israel did as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,leviticus ,chapter #be ,the law of the seventh and of the fiftieth year of jubilee4 #be3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses in mount ,sinai1 saying3 #be3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,when you shall have entered into the land which ,i will give you1 observe the rest of the sabbath of the ,lord4 #be3c4 ,six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard1 and shalt gather the fruits thereof4 #be3d4 ,but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land1 of the resting of the ,lord4 ,thou shalt not sow thy field1 nor prune thy vineyard4 #be3e4 ,what the ground shall bring forth of itself1 thou shalt not reap3 neither shalt thou gather the grapes or the firstfruits as a vintage4 ,for it is a year of rest to the land4 #be3f4 ,but they shall be unto you for meat1 to thee and to thy manservant1 to thy maidservant and thy hireling1 and to the strangers that sojourn with thee4 #be3g4 ,all things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle4 #be3h4 ,thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years3 that is to say1 seven times seven1 which together make forty-nine years4 #be3i4 ,and thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month1 the tenth day of the month1 in the time of the expiation in all your land4 #be3aj4 ,and thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year1 and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land3 for it is the year of jubilee4 ,every man shall return to his possession1 and every one shall go back to his former family3 ,remission4 4 4,that is1 a general release and discharge from debts and bondage1 and a reinstating of every man in his former possessions4 #be3aa4 ,because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year4 ,you shall not sow1 nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord1 neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines1 #be3ab4 ,because of the sanctification of the jubilee4 ,but as they grow you shall presently eat them4 #be3ac4 ,in the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions4 #be3ad4 ,when thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour1 or shalt buy of him3 grieve not thy brother4 ,but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee4 #be3ae4 ,and he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits4 #be3af4 ,the more years remain after the jubilee1 the more shall the price increase3 and the less time is counted1 so much the less shall the purchase cost4 ,for he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits4 #be3ag4 ,do not afflict your countrymen3 but let every one fear his ,god4 ,because ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #be3ah4 ,do my precepts1 and keep my judgments1 and fulfil them3 that you may dwell in the land without any fear4 #be3ai4 ,and the ground may yield you its fruits1 of which you may eat your fill1 fearing no man's invasion4 #be3bj4 ,but if you say3 ,what shall we eat the seventh year1 if we sow not1 nor gather our fruits8 #be3ba4 ,i will give you my blessing the sixth year3 and it shall yield the fruits of three years4 #be3bb4 ,and the eighth year you shall sow1 and shall eat of the old fruits1 until the ninth year3 till new grow up1 you shall eat the old store4 #be3bc4 ,the land also shall not be sold for ever3 because it is mine1 and you are strangers and sojourners with me4 #be3bd4 ,for which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption4 #be3be4 ,if thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession1 and his kinsman will3 he may redeem what he had sold4 #be3bf4 ,but if he have no kinsman1 and he himself can find the price to redeem it3 #be3bg4 ,the value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it4 ,and the overplus he shall restore to the buyer1 and so shall receive his possession again4 #be3bh4 ,but if his hands find not the means to repay the price1 the buyer shall have what he bought1 until the year of the jubilee4 ,for in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner1 and to the ancient possessor4 #be3bi4 ,he that selleth a house within the walls of a city1 shall have the liberty to redeem it1 until one year be expired4 #be3cj4 ,if he redeem it not1 and the whole year be fully out1 the buyer shall possess it1 and his posterity for ever1 and it cannot be redeemed1 not even in the jubilee4 #be3ca4 ,but if the house be in a village1 that hath no walls1 it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields4 ,if it be not redeemed before1 in the jubilee it shall return to the owner4 #be3cb4 ,the houses of ,levites1 which are in cities1 may always be redeemed4 #be3cc4 ,if they be not redeemed1 in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners3 because the houses of the cities of the ,levites are for their possessions among the children of ,israel4 #be3cd4 ,but let not their suburbs be sold1 because it is a perpetual possession4 #be3ce4 ,if thy brother be impoverished1 and weak of hand1 and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner1 and he live with thee3 #be3cf4 ,take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest4 ,fear thy ,god1 that thy brother may live with thee4 #be3cg4 ,thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury3 nor exact of him any increase of fruits4 #be3ch4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 that ,i might give you the land of ,chanaan1 and might be your ,god4 #be3ci4 ,if thy brother constrained by poverty1 sell himself to thee3 thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants4 #be3dj4 ,but he shall be as a hireling1 and a sojourner3 he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee4 #be3da4 ,and afterwards he shall go out with his children3 and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers4 #be3db4 ,for they are my servants1 and ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt3 let them not be sold as bondmen4 #be3dc4 ,afflict him not by might3 but fear thy ,god4 #be3dd4 ,let your bondmen1 and your bondwomen1 be of the nations that are round about you3 #be3de4 ,and of the strangers that sojourn among you1 or that were born of them in your land4 ,these you shall have for servants3 #be3df4 ,and by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity1 and shall possess them for ever4 ,but oppress not your brethren the children of ,israel by might4 #be3dg4 ,if the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you1 and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him1 or to any of his race3 #be3dh4 ,after the sale he may be redeemed4 ,he that will of his brethren shall redeem him3 #be3di4 ,either his uncle1 or his uncle's son1 or his kinsman1 by blood1 or by affinity4 ,but if he himself be able also1 he shall redeem himself3 #be3ej4 ,counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee3 and counting the money that he was sold for1 according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant4 #be3ea4 ,if there be many years that remain until the jubilee1 according to them shall he also repay the price4 #be3eb4 ,if few1 he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years3 and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years4 #be3ec4 ,his wages being allowed for which he served before3 he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight4 #be3ed4 ,and if by these means he cannot be redeemed1 in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children4 #be3ee4 ,for the children of ,israel are my servants1 whom ,i brought forth out of the land of ,egypt4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bf ,god's promises to them that keep his commandments4 ,and the many punishments with which he threatens transgressors4 #bf3a4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 ,you shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing3 neither shall you erect pillars1 nor set up a remarkable stone in your land1 to adore it4 ,for ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bf3b4 ,keep my sabbaths1 and reverence my sanctuary4 ,i am the ,lord4 #bf3c4 ,if you walk in my precepts1 and keep my commandments1 and do them1 ,i will give you rain in due seasons4 #bf3d4 ,and the ground shall bring forth its increase3 and the trees shall be filled with fruit4 #bf3e4 ,the threshing of your harvest shall reach unto the vintage1 and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time3 and you shall eat your bread to the full1 and dwell in your land without fear4 #bf3f4 ,i will give peace in your coasts3 you shall sleep1 and there shall be none to make you afraid4 ,i will take away evil beasts3 and the sword shall not pass through your quarters4 #bf3g4 ,you shall pursue your enemies3 and they shall fall before you4 #bf3h4 ,five of yours shall pursue a hundred others3 and a hundred of you ten thousand4 ,your enemies shall fall before you by the sword4 #bf3i4 ,i will look on you1 and make you increase3 you shall be multiplied1 and ,i will establish my covenant with you4 #bf3aj4 ,you shall eat the oldest of the old store3 and1 new coming on1 you shall cast away the old4 #bf3aa4 ,i will set my tabernacle in the midst of you3 and my soul shall not cast you off4 #bf3ab4 ,i will walk among you1 and will be your ,god3 and you shall be my people4 #bf3ac4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god3 who have brought you out of the land of the ,egyptians1 that you should not serve them3 and who have broken the chains of your necks1 that you might go upright4 #bf3ad4 ,but if you will not hear me1 nor do all my commandments3 #bf3ae4 ,if you despise my laws1 and contemn my judgments so as not to do those things which are appointed by me1 and to make void my covenant3 #bf3af4 ,i also will do these things to you4 ,i will quickly visit you with poverty1 and burning heat1 which shall waste your eyes1 and consume your lives4 ,you shall sow your seed in vain1 which shall be devoured by your enemies4 #bf3ag4 ,i will set my face against you1 and you shall fall down before your enemies3 and shall be made subject to them that hate you4 ,you shall flee when no man pursueth you4 #bf3ah4 ,but if you will not yet for all this obey me3 ,i will chastise you seven times more for your sins4 #bf3ai4 ,and ,i will break the pride of your stubbornness3 and ,i will make to you the heaven above as iron1 and the earth as brass4 #bf3bj4 ,your labour shall be spent in vain3 the ground shall not bring forth her increase3 nor the trees yield their fruit4 #bf3ba4 ,if you walk contrary to me1 and will not hearken to me1 ,i will bring seven times more plagues upon you for your sins4 #bf3bb4 ,and ,i will send in upon you the beasts of the field1 to destroy you and your cattle1 and make you few in number3 and that your highways may be desolate4 #bf3bc4 ,and if even so you will not amend1 but will walk contrary to me3 #bf3bd4 ,i also will walk contrary to you1 and will strike you seven times for your sins4 #bf3be4 ,and ,i will bring in upon you the sword that shall avenge my covenant4 ,and when you shall flee into the cities1 ,i will send the pestilence in the midst of you4 ,and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies1 #bf3bf4 ,after ,i shall have broken the staff of your bread3 so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven1 and give it out by weight3 and you shall eat1 and shall not be filled1 #bf3bg4 ,but if you will not for all this hearken to me1 but will walk against me #bf3bh4 ,i will also go against you with opposite fury3 and ,i will chastise you with seven plagues for your sins1 #bf3bi4 ,so that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters4 #bf3cj4 ,i will destroy your high places1 and break your idols4 ,you shall fall among the ruins of your idols1 and my soul shall abhor you4 #bf3ca4 ,insomuch that ,i will bring your cities to be a wilderness3 and ,i will make your sanctuaries desolate3 and will receive no more your sweet odours4 #bf3cb4 ,and ,i will destroy your land3 and your enemies shall be astonished at it1 when they shall be the inhabitants thereof4 #bf3cc4 ,and ,i will scatter you among the ,gentiles3 and ,i will draw out the sword after you4 ,and your land shall be desert1 and your cities destroyed4 #bf3cd4 ,then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation4 ,when you shall be #bf3ce4 ,in the enemy's land1 she shall keep a sabbath1 and rest in the sabbaths of her desolation3 because she did not rest in your sabbaths1 when you dwelt therein4 #bf3cf4 ,and as to them that shall remain of you ,i will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies4 ,the sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them3 and they shall flee as it were from the sword4 ,they shall fall1 when no man pursueth them4 #bf3cg4 ,and they shall every one fall upon their brethren as fleeing from wars3 none of you shall dare to resist your enemies4 #bf3ch4 ,you shall perish among the ,gentiles3 and an enemy's land shall consume you4 #bf3ci4 ,and if of them also some remain1 they shall pine away in their iniquities1 in the land of their enemies3 and they shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers1 and their own4 #bf3dj4 ,until they confess their iniquities1 and the iniquities of their ancestors1 whereby they have transgressed against me1 and walked contrary unto me4 #bf3da4 ,therefore ,i also will walk against them1 and bring them into their enemies' land until their uncircumcised mind be ashamed4 ,then shall they pray for their sins4 #bf3db4 ,and ,i will remember my covenant1 that ,i made with ,jacob1 and ,isaac1 and ,abraham4 ,i will remember also the land3 #bf3dc4 ,which when she shall be left by them1 shall enjoy her sabbaths1 being desolate for them4 ,but they shall pray for their sins1 because they rejected my judgments1 and despised my laws4 #bf3dd4 ,and yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies1 ,i did not cast them off altogether4 ,neither did ,i so despise them that they should be quite consumed3 and ,i should make void my covenant with them4 ,for ,i am the ,lord their ,god4 #bf3de4 ,and ,i will remember my former covenant1 when ,i brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 in the sight of the ,gentiles1 to be their ,god4 ,i am the ,lord4 ,these are the judgments1 and precepts1 and laws1 which the ,lord gave between him and the children of ,israel1 in mount ,sinai1 by the hand of ,moses4 ,leviticus ,chapter #bg ,of vows and tithes4 #bg3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bg3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,the man that shall have made a vow1 and promised his soul to ,god1 shall give the price according to estimation4 #bg3c4 ,if it be a man from twenty years old unto sixty years old1 he shall give fifty sicles of silver1 after the weight of the sanctuary3 #bg3d4 ,if a woman1 thirty4 #bg3e4 ,but from the fifth year until the twentieth1 a man shall give twenty sicles3 a woman ten4 #bg3f4 ,from one month until the fifth year1 for a male shall be given five sicles3 for a female three4 #bg3g4 ,a man that is sixty years old or upward1 shall give fifteen sicles3 a woman ten4 #bg3h4 ,if he be poor1 and not able to pay the estimation1 he shall stand before the priest3 and as much as he shall value him at1 and see him able to pay1 so much shall he give4 #bg3i4 ,but a beast that may be sacrificed to the ,lord1 if any one shall vow1 shall be holy1 #bg3aj4 ,and cannot be changed3 that is to say1 neither a better for a worse1 nor a worse for a better4 ,and if he shall change it3 both that which was changed1 and that for which it was changed1 shall be consecrated to the ,lord4 #bg3aa4 ,an unclean beast1 which cannot be sacrificed to the ,lord1 if any man shall vow1 shall be brought before the priest3 #bg3ab4 ,who judging whether it be good or bad1 shall set the price4 #bg3ac4 ,which1 if he that offereth it will give1 he shall add above the estimation the fifth part4 #bg3ad4 ,if a man shall vow his house1 and sanctify it to the ,lord1 the priest shall consider it1 whether it be good or bad3 and it shall be sold according to the price1 which he shall appoint4 #bg3ae4 ,but if he that vowed1 will redeem it1 he shall give the fifth part of the estimation over and above3 and shall have the house4 #bg3af4 ,and if he vow the field of his possession1 and consecrate it to the ,lord1 the price shall be rated according to the measure of the seed4 ,if the ground be sown with thirty bushels of barley1 let it be sold for fifty sicles of silver4 #bg3ag4 ,if he vow his field immediately from the year of jubilee that is beginning3 as much as it may be worth1 at so much it shall be rated4 #bg3ah4 ,but if some time after1 the priest shall reckon the money according to the number of years that remain until the jubilee1 and the price shall be abated4 #bg3ai4 ,and if he that had vowed1 will redeem his field1 he shall add the fifth part of the money of the estimation1 and shall possess it4 #bg3bj4 ,and if he will not redeem it1 but it be sold to any other man1 he that vowed it1 may not redeem it any more4 #bg3ba4 ,for when the day of jubilee cometh1 it shall be sanctified to the ,lord1 and as a possession consecrated1 pertaineth to the right of the priest4 #bg3bb4 ,if a field that was bought1 and not of a man's ancestors' possession1 be sanctified to the ,lord3 #bg3bc4 ,the priest shall reckon the price according to the number of years1 unto the jubilee4 ,and he that had vowed1 shall give that to the ,lord4 #bg3bd4 ,but in the jubilee1 it shall return to the former owner1 who had sold it1 and had it in the lot of his possession4 #bg3be4 ,all estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary4 ,a sicle hath twenty obols4 #bg3bf4 ,the firstborn1 which belong to the ,lord1 no man may sanctify and vow3 whether it be bullock1 or sheep1 they are the ,lord's4 #bg3bg4 ,and if it be an unclean beast1 he that offereth it shall redeem it1 according to thy estimation1 and shall add the fifth part of the price4 ,if he will not redeem it1 it shall be sold to another for how much soever it was estimated by thee4 #bg3bh4 ,any thing that is devoted to the ,lord1 whether it be man1 or beast1 or field1 shall not be sold3 neither may it be redeemed4 ,whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the ,lord4 #bg3bi4 ,and any consecration that is offered by man1 shall not be redeemed1 but dying shall die4 #bg3cj4 ,all tithes of the land1 whether of corn1 or of the fruits of trees1 are the ,lord's1 and are sanctified to him4 #bg3ca4 ,and if any man will redeem his tithes1 he shall add the fifth part of them4 #bg3cb4 ,of all the tithes of oxen1 and sheep1 and goats1 that pass under the shepherd's rod1 every tenth that cometh shall be sanctified to the ,lord4 #bg3cc4 ,it shall not be chosen neither good nor bad1 neither shall it be changed for another4 ,if any man change it3 both that which was changed1 and that for which it was changed1 shall be sanctified to the ,lord1 and shall not be redeemed4 #bg3cd4 ,these are the precepts which the ,lord commanded ,moses for the children of ,israel in mount ,sinai4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,numbers ,this fourth ,book of ,moses is called ,,numbers1 because it begins with the numbering of the people4 ,the ,hebrews1 from its first words1 call it ,,vaiedabber4 ,it contains the transactions of the ,israelites from the second month of the second year after their going out of ,egypt1 until the beginning of the eleventh month of the fortieth year2 that is1 a history almost of thirty-nine years4 ,numbers ,chapter #a ,the children of ,israel are numbered3 the ,levites are designed to serve the tabernacle4 #a3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses in the desert of ,sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant1 the first day of the second month1 the second year of their going out of ,egypt1 saying3 #a3b4 ,take the sum of all the congregation of the children of ,israel by their families1 and houses1 and the names of every one1 as many as are of the male sex1 #a3c4 ,from twenty years old and upwards1 of all the men of ,israel fit for war1 and you shall number them by their troops1 thou and ,aaron4 #a3d4 ,and there shall be with you the princes of the tribes1 and of the houses in their kindreds1 #a3e4 ,whose names are these3 ,of ,ruben1 ,elisur the son of ,sedeur4 #a3f4 ,of ,simeon1 ,salamiel the son of ,surisaddai4 #a3g4 ,of ,juda1 ,nahasson the son of ,aminadab4 #a3h4 ,of ,issachar1 ,nathanael the son of ,suar4 #a3i4 ,of ,zabulon1 ,eliab the son of ,helon4 #a3aj4 ,and of the sons of ,joseph3 of ,ephraim1 ,elisama the son of ,ammiud3 of ,manasses1 ,gamaliel the son of ,phadassur4 #a3aa4 ,of ,benjamin1 ,abidan the son of ,gedeon4 #a3ab4 ,of ,dan1 ,ahiezer the son of ,ammisaddai4 #a3ac4 ,of ,aser1 ,phegiel the son of ,ochran4 #a3ad4 ,of ,gad1 ,eliasaph the son of ,duel4 #a3ae4 ,of ,nephtali1 ,ahira the son of ,enan4 #a3af4 ,these are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds1 and the chiefs of the army of ,israel3 #a3ag4 ,whom ,moses and ,aaron took with all the multitude of the common people3 #a3ah4 ,and assembled them on the first day of the second month1 reckoning them up by the kindreds1 and houses1 and families1 and heads1 and names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 #a3ai4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,and they were numbered in the desert of ,sinai4 #a3bj4 ,of ,ruben the eldest son of ,israel1 by their generations and families and houses and names of every head1 all that were of the male sex1 from twenty years old and upward1 that were able to go forth to war1 #a3ba4 ,were forty-six thousand five hundred4 #a3bb4 ,of the sons of ,simeon by their generations and families1 and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one1 all that were of the male sex1 from twenty years old and upward1 that were able to go forth to war1 #a3bc4 ,fifty-nine thousand three hundred4 #a3bd4 ,of the sons of ,gad1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3be4 ,forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty4 #a3bf4 ,of the sons of ,juda1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3bg4 ,were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred4 #a3bh4 ,of the sons of ,issachar1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that could go forth to war1 #a3bi4 ,were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred4 #a3cj4 ,of the sons of ,zabulon1 by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3ca4 ,fifty-seven thousand four hundred4 #a3cb4 ,of the sons of ,joseph1 namely1 of the sons of ,ephraim1 by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one1 from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3cc4 ,forty thousand five hundred4 #a3cd4 ,moreover of the sons of ,manasses1 by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that could go forth to war1 #a3ce4 ,thirty-two thousand two hundred4 #a3cf4 ,of the sons of ,benjamin1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3cg4 ,thirty-five thousand four hundred4 #a3ch4 ,of the sons of ,dan1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3ci4 ,sixty-two thousand seven hundred4 #a3dj4 ,of the sons of ,aser1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 all that were able to go forth to war1 #a3da4 ,forty-one thousand and five hundred4 #a3db4 ,of the sons of ,nephtali1 by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds1 were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward1 were able to go forth to war1 #a3dc4 ,fifty-three thousand four hundred4 #a3dd4 ,these are they who were numbered by ,moses and ,aaron1 and the twelve princes of ,israel1 every one by the houses of their kindreds4 #a3de4 ,and the whole number of the children of ,israel by their houses and families1 from twenty years old and upward1 that were able to go to war1 #a3df4 ,were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men4 #a3dg4 ,but the ,levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them4 #a3dh4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #a3di4 ,number not the tribe of ,levi1 neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of ,israel3 #a3ej4 ,but appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony1 and all the vessels thereof1 and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies4 ,they shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof3 and they shall minister1 and shall encamp round about the tabernacle4 #a3ea4 ,when you are to go forward1 the ,levites shall take down the tabernacle3 when you are to camp1 they shall set it up4 ,what stranger soever cometh to it1 shall be slain4 #a3eb4 ,and the children of ,israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army4 #a3ec4 ,but the ,levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle1 lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of ,israel1 and they shall keep watch1 and guard the tabernacle of the testimony4 #a3ed4 ,and the children of ,israel did according to all things which the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,numbers ,chapter #b ,the order of the tribes in their camp4 #b3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #b3b4 ,all the children of ,israel shall camp by their troops1 ensigns1 and standards1 and the houses of their kindreds1 round about the tabernacle of the covenant4 #b3c4 ,on the east ,juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army3 and the prince of his sons2 shall be ,nahasson the son of ,aminadab4 #b3d4 ,and the whole sum of the fighting men of his stock1 were seventy-four thousand six hundred4 #b3e4 ,next unto him they of the tribe of ,issachar encamped1 whose prince was ,nathanael1 the son of ,suar4 #b3f4 ,and the whole number of his fighting men were fifty-four thousand four hundred4 #b3g4 ,in the tribe of ,zabulon the prince was ,eliab the son of ,helon4 #b3h4 ,and all the army of fighting men of his stock1 were fifty-seven thousand four hundred4 #b3i4 ,all that were numbered in the camp of ,juda1 were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred3 and they by their troops shall march first4 #b3aj4 ,in the camp of the sons of ,ruben1 on the south side1 the prince shall be ,elisur the son of ,sedeur3 #b3aa4 ,and the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were forty-six thousand five hundred4 #b3ab4 ,beside him camped they of the tribe of ,simeon3 whose prince was ,salamiel the son of ,surisaddai4 #b3ac4 ,and the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were fifty-nine thousand three hundred4 #b3ad4 ,in the tribe of ,gad the prince was ,eliasaph the son of ,duel4 #b3ae4 ,and the whole army of his righting men that were numbered1 were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty4 #b3af4 ,all that were reckoned up in the camp of ,ruben1 were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty1 by their troops3 they shall march in the second place4 #b3ag4 ,and the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the ,levites and their troops4 ,as it shall be set up1 so shall it be taken down4 ,every one shall march according to their places1 and ranks4 #b3ah4 ,on the west side shall be the camp of the sons of ,ephraim1 whose prince was ,elisama the son of ,ammiud4 #b3ai4 ,the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were forty thousand five hundred4 #b3bj4 ,and with them the tribe of the sons of ,manasses1 whose prince was ,gamaliel the son of ,phadassur4 #b3ba4 ,and the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were thirty-two thousand two hundred4 #b3bb4 ,in the tribe of the sons of ,benjamin the prince was ,abidan the son of ,gedeon4 #b3bc4 ,and the whole army of fighting men1 that were reckoned up1 were thirty-five thousand four hundred4 #b3bd4 ,all that were numbered in the camp of ,ephraim1 were a hundred and eight-thousand one hundred by their troops3 they shall march in the third place4 #b3be4 ,on the north side camped the sons of ,dan3 whose prince was ,ahiezar the son of ,ammisaddai4 #b3bf4 ,the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were sixty-two thousand seven hundred4 #b3bg4 ,beside him they of the tribe of ,aser pitched their tents3 whose prince was ,phegiel the son of ,ochran4 #b3bh4 ,the whole army of his fighting men1 that were numbered1 were forty-one thousand five hundred4 #b3bi4 ,of the tribe of the sons of ,nephtali the prince was ,ahira the son of ,enan4 #b3cj4 ,the whole army of his fighting men1 were fifty-three thousand four hundred4 #b3ca4 ,all that were numbered in the camp of ,dan1 were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred3 and they shall march last4 #b3cb4 ,this is the number of the children of ,israel1 of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops1 six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty4 #b3cc4 ,and the ,levites were not numbered among the children of ,israel3 for so the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #b3cd4 ,and the children of ,israel did according to all things that the ,lord had commanded4 ,they camped by their troops1 and marched by the families and houses of their fathers4 ,numbers ,chapter #c ,the ,levites are numbered and their offices distinguished4 ,they are taken in the place of the firstborn of the children of ,israel4 #c3a4 ,these are the generations of ,aaron and ,moses in the day that the ,lord spoke to ,moses in mount ,sinai4 #c3b4 ,and these the names of the sons of ,aaron3 his firstborn ,nadab1 then ,abiu1 and ,eleazar1 and ,ithamar4 #c3c4 ,these the names of the sons of ,aaron the priests that were anointed1 and whose hands were filled and consecrated1 to do the functions of priesthood4 #c3d4 ,now ,nadab and ,abiu died1 without children1 when they offered strange fire before the ,lord1 in the desert of ,sinai3 and ,eleazar and ,ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of ,aaron their father4 #c3e4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #c3f4 ,bring the tribe of ,levi1 and make them stand in the sight of ,aaron the priest to minister to him1 and let them watch1 #c3g4 ,and observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony1 #c3h4 ,and let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle1 serving in the ministry thereof4 #c3i4 ,and thou shalt give the ,levites for a gift1 #c3aj4 ,to ,aaron and to his sons1 to whom they are delivered by the children of ,israel4 ,but thou shalt appoint ,aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood4 ,the stranger that approacheth to minister1 shall be put to death4 #c3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #c3ab4 ,i have taken the ,levites from the children of ,israel1 for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of ,israel1 and the ,levites shall be mine4 #c3ac4 ,for every firstborn is mine3 since ,i struck the firstborn in the land of ,egypt3 ,i have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in ,israel both of man and beast1 they are mine3 ,i am the ,lord4 #c3ad4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses in the desert of ,sinai1 saying3 #c3ae4 ,number the sons of ,levi by the houses of their fathers and their families1 every male from one month and upward4 #c3af4 ,moses numbered them as the ,lord had commanded4 #c3ag4 ,and there were found sons of ,levi by their names1 ,gerson and ,caath ,merari4 #c3ah4 ,the sons of ,gerson3 ,lebni and ,semei4 #c3ai4 ,the sons of ,caath3 ,amram1 and ,jesaar1 ,hebron and ,oziel3 #c3bj4 ,the sons of ,merari1 ,moholi and ,musi4 #c3ba4 ,of ,gerson were two families1 the ,lebnites1 and the ,semeites3 #c3bb4 ,of which were numbered1 people of the male sex from one month and upward1 seven thousand five hundred4 #c3bc4 ,these shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west1 #c3bd4 ,under their prince ,eliasaph the son of ,lael4 #c3be4 ,and their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant3 #c3bf4 ,the tabernacle itself and the cover thereof1 the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant1 and the curtains of the court3 the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle1 and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the altar1 the cords of the tabernacle1 and all the furniture thereof4 #c3bg4 ,of the kindred of ,caath come the families of the ,amramites and ,jesaarites and ,hebronites and ,ozielites4 ,these are the families of the ,caathites reckoned up by their names3 #c3bh4 ,all of the male sex from one month and upward1 eight thousand six hundred3 they shall have the guard of the sanctuary1 #c3bi4 ,and shall camp on the south side4 #c3cj4 ,and their prince shall be ,elisaphan the son of ,oziel3 #c3ca4 ,and they shall keep the ark1 and the table and the candlestick1 the altars1 and the vessels of the sanctuary1 wherewith they minister1 and the veil1 and all the furniture of this kind4 #c3cb4 ,and the prince of the princes of the ,levites1 ,eleazar1 the son of ,aaron the priest1 shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary4 #c3cc4 ,and of ,merari are the families of the ,moholites1 and ,musites1 reckoned up by their names3 #c3cd4 ,all of the male kind from one month and upward1 six thousand two hundred4 #c3ce4 ,their prince ,suriel the son of ,abihaiel3 their shall camp on the north side4 #c3cf4 ,under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle1 and the bars1 and the pillars and their sockets1 and all things that pertain to this kind of service3 #c3cg4 ,and the pillars of the court round about with their sockets1 and the pins with their cords4 #c3ch4 ,before the tabernacle of the covenant1 that is to say on the east side shall ,moses and ,aaron camp1 with their sons1 having the custody of the sanctuary1 in the midst of the children of ,israel4 ,what stranger soever cometh unto it1 shall be put to death4 #c3ci4 ,all the ,levites1 that ,i ,moses and ,aaron numbered according to the precept of the ,lord1 by their f families1 of the male kind from one month and upward1 were twenty-two thousand4 #c3dj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of ,israel1 from one month and upward1 and thou shalt take the sum of them4 #c3da4 ,and thou shalt take the ,levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of ,israel1 ,i am the ,lord3 and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of ,israel3 #c3db4 ,moses reckoned up1 as the ,lord had commanded1 the firstborn of the children of ,israel3 #c3dc4 ,and the males by their names1 from one month and upward1 were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three4 #c3dd4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #c3de4 ,take the ,levites for the firstborn of the children of ,israel1 and the cattle of the ,levites for their cattle1 and the ,levites shall be mine4 ,i am the ,lord4 #c3df4 ,but for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three1 of the firstborn of the children of ,israel1 that exceed the number of the ,levites1 #c3dg4 ,thou shalt take five sicles for every bead1 according to the weight of the sanctuary4 ,a sicle hath twenty obols4 #c3dh4 ,and thou shalt give the money to ,aaron and his sons1 the price of them that are above4 #c3di4 ,moses therefore took the money of them that were above1 and whom they had redeemed from the ,levites1 #c3ej4 ,for the firstborn of the children of ,israel1 one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 #c3ea4 ,and gave it to ,aaron and his sons according to the word that the ,lord had commanded him4 ,numbers ,chapter #d ,the age and time of the ,levites' service3 their offices and burdens4 #d3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 and ,aaron1 saying3 #d3b4 ,take the sum of the sons of ,caath from the midst of the ,levites1 by their houses and families4 #d3c4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 to fifty years old1 of all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant4 #d3d4 ,this is the service of the sons of ,caath3 #d3e4 ,when the camp is2 to set forward1 ,aaron and his sons shall go into the tabernacle of the covenant1 and the holy of holies1 and shall take down the veil that hangeth before the door1 and shall wrap up the ark of the testimony in it1 #d3f4 ,and shall cover it again with a cover of violet skins1 and shall spread over it a cloth all of violet1 and shall put in the bars4 #d3g4 ,they shall wrap up also the table of proposition in a cloth of violet1 and shall put with it the censers and little mortars1 the cups and bowls to pour out the libations3 the loaves shall be always on it3 #d3h4 ,and they shall spread over it a cloth of scarlet1 which again they shall cover with a covering of violet skins1 and shall put in the bars4 #d3i4 ,they shall take also a cloth of violet wherewith they shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and tongs thereof and the snuffers and all the oil vessels1 which are necessary for the dressing of the lamps3 #d3aj4 ,and over all they shall put a cover of violet skins and put in the bars4 #d3aa4 ,and they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of violet1 and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins1 and put in the bars4 #d3ab4 ,all the vessels wherewith they minister in the sanctuary1 they shall wrap up in a cloth of violet1 and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins1 and put in the bars4 #d3ac4 ,they shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes1 and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth1 #d3ad4 ,and shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof1 that is to say1 firepans1 fleshhooks and forks1 pothooks and shovels4 ,they shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins1 and shall put in the bars4 #d3ae4 ,and when ,aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp1 then shall the sons of ,caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up3 and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary1 lest they die4 ,these are the burdens of the sons of ,caath3 in the tabernacle of the covenant3 #d3af4 ,and over them shall be ,eleazar the son of ,aaron the priest1 to whose charge pertaineth the oil to dress the lamps1 and the sweet incense1 and the sacrifice1 that is always offered1 and the oil of unction1 and whatsoever pertaineth to the service of the tabernacle1 and of all the vessels that are in the sanctuary4 #d3ag4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #d3ah4 ,destroy not the people of ,caath from the midst of the ,levites3 #d3ai4 ,but do this to them1 that they may live1 and not die1 by touching the holies of holies4 ,aaron and his sons shall go in1 and they shall appoint every man his work1 and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry4 #d3bj4 ,let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up1 otherwise they shall die4 #d3ba4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #d3bb4 ,take the sum of the sons of ,gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds4 #d3bc4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 unto fifty years old4 ,number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant4 #d3bd4 ,this is the office of the family of the ,gersonites3 #d3be4 ,to carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of the covenant1 the other covering1 and the violet covering over all1 and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the covenant1 #d3bf4 ,the curtains of the court1 and the veil in the entry that is before tabernacle4 ,all things that pertain to the altar1 the cords and the vessels of the ministry1 #d3bg4 ,the sons of ,gerson shall carry1 by the commandment of ,aaron and his sons3 and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned4 #d3bh4 ,this is the service of the family of the ,gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant1 and they shall be under the hand of ,ithamar the son of ,aaron the priest4 #d3bi4 ,thou shalt reckon up the sons of ,merari also by the families and houses of their fathers1 #d3cj4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 unto fifty years old1 all that go in to the office of their ministry1 and to the service of the covenant of the testimony4 #d3ca4 ,these are their burdens3 ,they shall carry the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof1 the pillars and their sockets1 #d3cb4 ,the pillars also of the court round about1 with their sockets and pins and cords4 ,they shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture1 and so shall carry them4 #d3cc4 ,this is the office of the family of the ,merarites1 and their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant3 and they shall be under the hand of ,ithamar the son of ,aaron the priest4 #d3cd4 ,so ,moses and ,aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckoned up the sons of ,caath1 by their kindreds and the houses of their fathers1 #d3ce4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 unto fifty years old1 all that go in to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant3 #d3cf4 ,and they were found two thousand seven hundred and fifty4 #d3cg4 ,this is the number of the people of ,caath that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant3 these did ,moses and ,aaron number according to the word of the ,lord by the hand of ,moses4 #d3ch4 ,the sons of ,gerson also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers1 #d3ci4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 unto fifty years old1 all that go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant3 #d3dj4 ,and they were found two thousand six hundred and thirty4 #d3da4 ,this is the people of the ,gersonites1 whom ,moses and ,aaron numbered according to the word of the ,lord4 #d3db4 ,the sons of ,merari also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers1 #d3dc4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 unto fifty years old1 all that go in to fulfil the rites of the tabernacle of the covenant3 #d3dd4 ,and they were found three thousand two hundred4 #d3de4 ,this is the number of the sons of ,merari1 whom ,moses and ,aaron reckoned up according to the commandment of the ,lord by the hand of ,moses4 #d3df4 ,all that were reckoned up of the ,levites1 and whom ,moses and ,aaron and the princes of ,israel took by name1 by the kindreds and houses of their fathers1 #d3dg4 ,from thirty years old and upward1 until fifty years old1 that go into the ministry of the tabernacle1 and to carry the burdens1 #d3dh4 ,were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty4 #d3di4 ,moses reckoned them up according to the word of the ,lord1 every one according to their office and burdens1 as the ,lord had commanded him4 ,numbers ,chapter #e ,the unclean are removed out of the camp3 confession of sins1 and satisfaction3 firstfruits and oblations belonging to the priests3 trial of jealousy4 #e3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #e3b4 ,command the children of ,israel1 that they cast out of the camp every leper1 and whosoever hath an issue of seed1 or is defiled by the dead3 #e3c4 ,whether it be man or woman1 cast ye them out of the camp1 lest they defile it when ,i shall dwell with you1 #e3d4 ,and the children of ,israel did so1 and they cast them forth without the camp1 as the ,lord had spoken to ,moses4 #e3e4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #e3f4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,when a man or woman shall have committed any of all the sins that men are wont to commit1 and by negligence shall have transgressed the commandment of the ,lord1 and offended1 #e3g4 ,they shall confess their sin1 and restore the principal itself1 and the fifth part over and above1 to him against whom they have sinned4 ,shall confess4 4 4,this confession and satisfaction1 ordained in the ,old ,law1 was a figure of the sacrament of penance4 #e3h4 ,but if there be no one to receive it1 they shall give it to the ,lord1 and it shall be the priest's1 besides the ram that is offered for expiation1 to be an atoning sacrifice4 #e3i4 ,all the firstfruits also1 which the children of ,israel offer1 belong to the priest3 #e3aj4 ,and whatsoever is offered into the sanctuary by every one1 and is delivered into the hands of the priest1 it shall be his4 #e3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #e3ab4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,the man whose wife shall have gone astray1 and contemning her husband1 #e3ac4 ,shall have slept with another man1 and her husband cannot discover it1 but the adultery is secret1 and cannot be proved by witnesses1 because she was not found in the adultery3 #e3ad4 ,if the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife1 who either is defiled1 or is charged with false suspicion1 ,the spirit of jealousy1 etc4 4 4,this ordinance was designed to clear the innocent1 and to prevent jealous husbands from doing mischief to their wives3 as likewise to give all a horror of adultery1 by punishing it in so remarkable a manner4 #e3ae4 ,he shall bring her to the priest1 and shall offer an oblation for her1 the tenth part of a measure of barley meal3 he shall not pour oil thereon1 nor put frankincense upon it3 because it is a sacrifice of jealousy1 and an oblation searching out adultery4 #e3af4 ,the priest therefore shall offer it1 and set it before the ,lord4 #e3ag4 ,and he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel1 and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the tabernacle into it4 #e3ah4 ,and when the woman shall stand before the ,lord1 he shall uncover her head1 and shall put on her hands the sacrifice of remembrance1 and the oblation of jealousy3 and he himself shall hold the most bitter waters1 whereon he hath heaped curses with execration4 #e3ai4 ,and he shall adjure her1 and shall say3 ,if another man hath not slept with thee1 and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed1 these most bitter waters1 on which ,i have heaped curses1 shall not hurt thee4 #e3bj4 ,but if thou hast gone aside from thy husband1 and art defiled1 and hast lain with another man3 #e3ba4 ,these curses shall light upon thee3 ,the ,lord make thee a curse1 and an example for all among his people3 may he make thy thigh to rot1 and may thy belly swell and burst asunder4 #e3bb4 ,let the cursed waters enter into thy belly1 and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot4 ,and the woman shall answer1 ,amen1 amen4 #e3bc4 ,and the priest shall write these curses in a book1 and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters1 upon which he hath heaped the curses1 #e3bd4 ,and he shall give them her to drink4 ,and when she hath drunk them up1 #e3be4 ,the priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy1 and shall elevate it before the ,lord1 and shall put it upon the altar3 yet so as first1 #e3bf4 ,to take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is offered1 and burn it upon the altar3 and so give the most bitter waters to the woman to drink4 #e3bg4 ,and when she hath drunk them1 if she be defiled1 and having despised her husband be guilty of adultery1 the malediction shall go through her1 and her belly swelling1 her thigh shall rot3 and the woman shall be a curse1 and an example to all the people4 #e3bh4 ,but if she be not defiled1 she shall not be hurt1 and shall bear children4 #e3bi4 ,this is the law of jealousy4 ,if a woman hath gone aside from her husband1 and be defiled1 #e3cj4 ,and the husband stirred up by the spirit of jealousy bring her before the ,lord1 and the priest do to her according to all things that are here written3 #e3ca4 ,the husband shall be blameless1 and she shall bear her iniquity4 ,numbers ,chapter #f ,the law of the ,nazarites3 the form of blessing the people4 #f3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,when a man1 or woman1 shall make a vow to be sanctified1 and will consecrate themselves to the ,lord3 #f3c4 ,they shall abstain from wine1 and from every thing that may make a man drunk4 ,they shall not drink vinegar of wine1 or of any other drink1 nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape3 nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried4 #f3d4 ,all the days that they are consecrated to the ,lord by vow3 they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard1 from the raisin even to the kernel4 #f3e4 ,all the time of his separation no razor shall pass over his head1 until the day be fulfilled of his consecration to the ,lord4 ,he shall be holy1 and shall let the hair of his head grow4 #f3f4 ,all the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead1 #f3g4 ,neither shall he make himself unclean1 even for his father1 or for his mother1 or for his brother1 or for his sister1 when they die1 because the consecration of his ,god is upon his head4 #f3h4 ,all the days of his separation he shall be holy to the ,lord4 #f3i4 ,but if any man die suddenly before him3 the head of his consecration shall be defiled3 and he shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his purification1 and again on the seventh day4 #f3aj4 ,and on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles1 or two young pigeons to the priest in the entry of the covenant of the testimony4 #f3aa4 ,and the priest shall offer one for sin1 and the other for a holocaust1 and shall pray for him1 for that he hath sinned by the dead3 and he shall sanctify his head that day3 #f3ab4 ,and shall consecrate to the ,lord the days of his separation1 offering a lamb of one year for sin3 yet so that the former days be made void1 because his sanctification was profaned4 #f3ac4 ,this is the law of consecration4 ,when the days which he had determined by vow shall be expired1 he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant1 #f3ad4 ,and shall offer his oblation to the ,lord3 one he lamb of a year old without blemish for a holocaust1 and one ewe lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering1 and one ram without blemish for a victim of peace offering1 #f3ae4 ,a basket also of unleavened bread1 tempered with oil1 and wafers without leaven anointed with oil1 and the libations of each3 #f3af4 ,and the priest shall present them before the ,lord1 and shall offer both the sin offering and the holocaust4 #f3ag4 ,but the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice of peace offering to the ,lord1 offering at the same time the basket of unleavened bread1 and the libations that are due by custom4 #f3ah4 ,then shall the hair of the consecration of the ,nazarite1 be shaved off before the door of the tabernacle of the covenant3 and he shall take his hair1 and lay it upon the fire1 which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings4 #f3ai4 ,and shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram1 and one unleavened cake out of the basket1 and one unleavened wafer1 and he shall deliver them into the hands of the ,nazarite1 after his head is shaven4 #f3bj4 ,and receiving them again from him1 he shall elevate them in the sight of the ,lord3 and they being sanctified shall belong to the priest1 as the breast1 which was commanded to be separated1 and the shoulder4 ,after this the ,nazarite may drink wine4 #f3ba4 ,this is the law of the ,nazarite1 when he hath vowed his oblation to the ,lord in the time of his consecration1 besides those things which his hand shall find1 according to that which he had vowed in his mind1 so shall he do for the fulfilling of his sanctification4 #f3bb4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #f3bc4 ,say to ,aaron and his sons3 ,thus shall you bless the children of ,israel1 and you shall say to them3 #f3bd4 ,the ,lord bless thee1 and keep thee4 #f3be4 ,the ,lord shew his face to thee1 and have mercy on thee4 #f3bf4 ,the ,lord turn his countenance to thee1 and give thee peace4 #f3bg4 ,and they shall invoke my name upon the children of ,israel1 and ,i will bless them4 ,numbers ,chapter #g ,the offerings of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle4 ,god speaketh to ,moses from the propitiatory4 #g3a4 ,and it came to pass in the day that ,moses had finished the tabernacle1 and set it up1 and had anointed and sanctified it with all its vessels1 the altar likewise and all the vessels thereof1 #g3b4 ,the princes of ,israel and the heads of the families1 in every tribe1 who were the rulers of them who had been numbered1 offered #g3c4 ,their gifts before the ,lord1 six wagons covered1 and twelve oxen4 ,two princes offered one wagon1 and each one an ox1 and they offered them before the tabernacle4 #g3d4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #g3e4 ,receive them from them to serve in the ministry of the tabernacle1 and thou shalt deliver them to the ,levites according to the order of their ministry4 #g3f4 ,moses therefore receiving the wagons and the oxen1 delivered them to the ,levites4 #g3g4 ,two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of ,gerson1 according to their necessity4 #g3h4 ,the other four wagons1 and eight oxen he gave to the sons of ,merari1 according to their offices and service1 under the hand of ,ithamar the son of ,aaron the priest4 #g3i4 ,but to the sons of ,caath he gave no wagons or oxen3 because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders4 #g3aj4 ,and the princes offered for the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed1 their oblation before the altar4 #g3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,let each of the princes one day after another offer their gifts for the dedication of the altar4 #g3ab4 ,the first day ,nahasson the son of ,aminadab of the tribe of ,juda offered his offering3 #g3ac4 ,and his offering was a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3ad4 ,a little mortar of ten sicles of gold full of incense3 #g3ae4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3af4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3ag4 ,and for the sacrifice of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five he goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,nahasson the son of ,aminadab4 #g3ah4 ,the second day ,nathanael the son of ,suar1 prince of the tribe of ,issachar1 made his offering1 #g3ai4 ,a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3bj4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3ba4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3bb4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3bc4 ,and for the sacrifice of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,nathanael the son of ,suar4 #g3bd4 ,the third day the prince of the sons of ,zabulon1 ,eliab the son of ,helon1 #g3be4 ,offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles by the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3bf4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3bg4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3bh4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3bi4 ,and for the sacrifice of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this is the oblation of ,eliab the son of ,helon4 #g3cj4 ,the fourth day the prince of the sons of ,ruben1 ,elisur the son of ,sedeur1 #g3ca4 ,offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3cb4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3cc4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old1 for a holocaust3 #g3cd4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3ce4 ,and for victims of peace offerings two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,elisur the son of ,sedeur4 #g3cf4 ,the fifth day the prince of the sons of ,simeon1 ,salamiel the son of ,surisaddai1 #g3cg4 ,offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles after the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3ch4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3ci4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3dj4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3da4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,salamiel the son of ,surisaddai4 #g3db4 ,the sixth day the prince of the sons of ,gad1 ,eliasaph the son of ,duel1 #g3dc4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles by the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3dd4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3de4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3df4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3dg4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,eliasaph the son of ,duel4 #g3dh4 ,the seventh day the prince of the sons of ,ephraim1 ,elisama the son of ,ammiud1 #g3di4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3ej4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3ea4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3eb4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3ec4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,elisama the son of ,ammiud4 #g3ed4 ,the eighth day the prince of the sons of ,manasses1 ,gamaliel the son of ,phadassur1 #g3ee4 ,offered a silver dish1 weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3ef4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3eg4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3eh4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3ei4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,gamaliel the son of ,phadassur4 #g3fj4 ,the ninth day the prince of the sons of ,benjamin1 ,abidan the son of ,gedeon1 #g3fa4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles by the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3fb4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3fc4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3fd4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3fe4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,abidan the son of ,gedeon4 #g3ff4 ,the tenth day the princes of the sons of ,dan1 ,ahiezer the son of ,ammisaddai1 #g3fg4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3fh4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3fi4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3gj4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3ga4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,ahiezer the son of ,ammisaddai4 #g3gb4 ,the eleventh day the prince of the sons of ,aser1 ,phegiel the son of ,ochran1 #g3gc4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3gd4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3ge4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3gf4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3gg4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,phegiel the son of ,ochran4 #g3gh4 ,the twelfth day the prince of the sons of ,nephtali1 ,ahira the son of ,enan1 #g3gi4 ,offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles1 a silver bowl of seventy sicles1 according to the weight of the sanctuary1 both full of flour tempered with oil for a sacrifice3 #g3hj4 ,a little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of incense3 #g3ha4 ,an ox of the herd1 and a ram1 and a lamb of a year old for a holocaust3 #g3hb4 ,and a buck goat for sin3 #g3hc4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 two oxen1 five rams1 five buck goats1 five lambs of a year old4 ,this was the offering of ,ahira the son of ,enan4 #g3hd4 ,these were the offerings made by the princes of ,israel in the dedication of the altar1 in the day wherein it was consecrated4 ,twelve dishes of silver3 twelve silver bowls3 twelve little mortars of gold3 #g3he4 ,each dish weighing a hundred and thirty sicles of silver1 and each bowl seventy sicles3 that is1 putting all the vessels of silver together1 two thousand four hundred sicles1 by the weight of the sanctuary4 #g3hf4 ,twelve little mortars of gold full of incense1 weighing ten sicles apiece1 by the weight of the sanctuary3 that is1 in all a hundred and twenty sicles of gold4 #g3hg4 ,twelve oxen out of the herd for a holocaust1 twelve rams1 twelve lambs of a year old1 and their libations3 twelve buck goats for sin4 #g3hh4 ,and for sacrifices of peace offerings1 oxen twenty-four1 rams sixty1 buck goats sixty1 lambs of a year old sixty4 ,these things were offered in the dedication of the altar1 when it was anointed4 #g3hi4 ,and when ,moses entered into the tabernacle of the covenant1 to consult the oracle1 he heard the voice of one speaking to him from the propitiatory1 that is over the ark between the two cherubims1 and from this place he spoke to him4 ,numbers ,chapter #h ,the seven lamps are placed on the golden candlestick1 to shine towards the loaves of proposition3 the ordination of the ,levites3 and to what age they shall serve in the tabernacle4 #h3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #h3b4 ,speak to ,aaron1 and thou shalt say to him3 ,when thou shalt place the seven lamps1 let the candlestick be set up on the south side4 ,give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north1 towards the table of the loaves of proposition1 over against that part shall they give light1 towards which the candlestick looketh4 #h3c4 ,and ,aaron did so1 and he put the lamps upon the candlestick1 as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #h3d4 ,now this was the work of the candlestick1 it was of beaten gold1 both the shaft in the middle1 and all that came out of both sides of the branches3 according to the pattern which the ,lord had shewn to ,moses1 so he made the candlestick4 #h3e4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #h3f4 ,take the ,levites out of the midst of the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt purify them1 #h3g4 ,according to this rite3 ,let them be sprinkled with the water of purification1 and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh4 ,and when they shall have washed their garments1 and are cleansed1 ,let them be sprinkled with the water of purification4 4 4,this was the holy water mixed with the ashes of the red cow1 ,num4 #ai41 appointed for purifying all that were unclean4 ,it was a figure of the blood of ,christ1 applied to our souls by his holy sacraments4 #h3h4 ,they shall take an ox of the herd1 and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil3 and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering3 #h3i4 ,and thou shalt bring the ,levites before the tabernacle of the covenant1 calling together all the multitude of the children of ,israel3 #h3aj4 ,and when the ,levites are before the ,lord1 the children of ,israel shall put their hands upon them3 #h3aa4 ,and ,aaron shall offer the ,levites1 as a gift in the sight of the ,lord from the children of ,israel1 that they may serve in his ministry4 #h3ab4 ,the ,levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen1 of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin1 and the other for a holocaust to the ,lord1 to pray for them4 #h3ac4 ,and thou shalt set the ,levites in the sight of ,aaron and of his1 and shalt consecrate them being offered to the ,lord1 #h3ad4 ,and shalt separate them from the midst of the children of ,israel1 to be mine4 #h3ae4 ,and afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant1 to serve me4 ,and thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the ,lord3 for as a gift they were given me by the children of ,israel4 #h3af4 ,i have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in ,israel1 #h3ag4 ,for all the firstborn of the children of ,israel1 both of men and of beasts1 are mine4 ,from the day that ,i slew every firstborn in the land of ,egypt1 have ,i sanctified them to myself3 #h3ah4 ,and ,i have taken the ,levites for all the firstborn of the children of ,israel3 #h3ai4 ,and have delivered them for a gift to ,aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people1 to serve me for ,israel in the tabernacle of the covenant1 and to pray for them1 lest there should be a plague among the people1 if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary4 #h3bj4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron and all the multitude of the children of ,israel did with the ,levites all that the ,lord had commanded ,moses #h3ba4 ,and they were purified1 and washed their garments4 ,and ,aaron lifted them up in the sight of the ,lord1 and prayed for them1 #h3bb4 ,that being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before ,aaron and his sons4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses touching the ,levites1 so was it done4 #h3bc4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #h3bd4 ,this is the law of the ,levites3 ,from twenty-five years old and upwards1 they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant4 #h3be4 ,and when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age1 they shall cease to serve3 #h3bf4 ,and they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant1 to keep the things that are committed to their care1 but not to do the works4 ,thus shalt thou order the ,levites touching their charge4 ,numbers ,chapter #i ,the precept of the pasch is renewed3 the unclean and travellers are to observe it the second month3 the camp is guided by the pillar of the cloud4 #i3a4 ,the ,lord spoke to ,moses in the desert of ,sinai1 the second year after they were come out of the land of ,egypt1 in the first month1 saying3 #i3b4 ,let the children of ,israel make the phase in its due time1 ,make the phase4 4 4,that is1 keep the paschal solemnity1 and eat the paschal lamb4 #i3c4 ,the fourteenth day of this month in the evening1 according to all the ceremonies and justifications thereof4 #i3d4 ,and ,moses commanded the children of ,israel that they should make the phase4 #i3e4 ,and they made it in its proper time3 the fourteenth day of the month at evening1 in mount ,sinai4 ,the children of ,israel did according to all things that the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #i3f4 ,but behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul of a man1 who could not make the phase on that day1 coming to ,moses and ,aaron1 ,behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul of a man1 etc4 4 4,that is1 by having touched or come near a dead body1 out of which the soul was departed4 #i3g4 ,said to them3 ,we are unclean by occasion of the soul of a man4 ,why are we kept back that we may not offer in its season the offering to the ,lord among the children of ,israel8 #i3h4 ,and ,moses answered them3 ,stay that ,i may consult the ,lord what he will ordain concerning you4 #i3i4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #i3aj4 ,say to the children of ,israel3 ,the man that shall be unclean by occasion of one that is dead1 or shall be in a journey afar off in your nation1 let him make the phase to the ,lord4 #i3aa4 ,in the second month1 on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening1 they shall eat it with unleavened bread and wild lettuce3 #i3ab4 ,they shall not leave any thing thereof until morning1 nor break a bone thereof1 they shall observe all the ceremonies of the phase4 #i3ac4 ,but if any man is clean1 and was not on a journey1 and did not make the phase1 that soul shall be cut off from among his people1 because he offered not sacrifice to the ,lord in due season3 he shall bear his sin4 #i3ad4 ,the sojourner also and the stranger if they be among you1 shall make the phase to the ,lord according to the ceremonies and justifications thereof4 ,the same ordinances shall be with you both for the stranger1 and for him that was born in the land4 #i3ae4 ,now on the day that the tabernacle was reared up1 a cloud covered it4 ,but from the evening there was over the tabernacle1 as it were1 the appearance of fire until the morning4 #i3af4 ,so it was always3 by day the cloud covered it1 and by night as it were the appearance of fire4 #i3ag4 ,and when the cloud that covered the tabernacle was taken up1 then the children of ,israel marched forward3 and in the place where the cloud stood still1 there they camped4 #i3ah4 ,at the commandment of the ,lord they marched1 and at his commandment they pitched the tabernacle4 ,all the days that the cloud abode over the tabernacle1 they remained in the same place3 #i3ai4 ,and if it was so that it continued over it a long time1 the children of ,israel kept the watches of the ,lord1 and marched not1 #i3bj4 ,for as many days soever as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle4 ,at the commandment of the ,lord they pitched their tents1 and at his commandment they took them down4 #i3ba4 ,if the cloud tarried from evening until morning1 and immediately at break of day left the tabernacle1 they marched forward3 and if it departed after a day and a night1 they took down their tents4 #i3bb4 ,but if it remained over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a longer time1 the children of ,israel remained in the same place1 and marched not3 but immediately as soon as it departed1 they removed the camp4 #i3bc4 ,by the word of the ,lord they pitched their tents1 and by his word they marched3 and kept the watches of the ,lord according to his commandment by the hand of ,moses4 ,numbers ,chapter #aj ,the silver trumpets and their use4 ,they march from ,sinai4 #aj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #aj3b4 ,make thee two trumpets of beaten silver1 wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed4 #aj3c4 ,and when thou shalt sound the trumpets1 all the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant4 #aj3d4 ,if thou sound but once1 the princes and the heads of the multitude of ,israel shall come to thee4 #aj3e4 ,but if the sound of the trumpets be longer1 and with interruptions1 they that are on the east side1 shall first go forward4 #aj3f4 ,and at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet1 they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents4 ,and after this manner shall the rest do1 when the trumpets shall sound for a march4 #aj3g4 ,but when the people is to be gathered together1 the sound of the trumpets shall be plain1 and they shall not make a broken sound4 #aj3h4 ,and the sons of ,aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets3 and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations4 #aj3i4 ,if you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fight against you1 you shall sound aloud with the trumpets1 and there shall be a remembrance of you before the ,lord your ,god1 that you may be delivered out of the hands of your enemies4 #aj3aj4 ,if at any time you shall have a banquet1 and on your festival days1 and on the first days of your months1 you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts1 and the sacrifices of peace offerings1 that they may be to you for a remembrance of your ,god4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #aj3aa4 ,the second year1 in the second month1 the twentieth day of the month1 the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant4 #aj3ab4 ,and the children of ,israel marched by their troops from the desert of ,sinai1 and the cloud rested in the wilderness of ,pharan4 #aj3ac4 ,and the first went forward according to the commandment of the ,lord by the hand of ,moses4 #aj3ad4 ,the sons of ,juda by their troops3 whose prince was ,nahasson the son of ,aminadab4 #aj3ae4 ,in the tribe of the sons of ,issachar1 the prince was ,nathanael the son of ,suar4 #aj3af4 ,in the tribe of ,zabulon1 the prince was ,eliab the son of ,helon4 #aj3ag4 ,and the tabernacle was taken down1 and the sons of ,gerson and ,merari set forward1 bearing it4 #aj3ah4 ,and the sons of ,ruben also marched1 by their troops and ranks1 whose prince was ,helisur the son of ,sedeur4 #aj3ai4 ,and in the tribe of ,simeon1 the prince was ,salamiel the son of ,surisaddai4 #aj3bj4 ,and in the tribe of ,gad1 the prince was ,eliasaph the son of ,duel4 #aj3ba4 ,then the ,caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary4 ,so long was the tabernacle carried1 till they came to the place of setting it up4 #aj3bb4 ,the sons of ,ephraim also moved their camp by their troops1 in whose army the prince was ,elisama the son of ,ammiud4 #aj3bc4 ,and in the tribe of the sons of ,manasses1 the prince was ,gamaliel the son of ,phadassur4 #aj3bd4 ,and in the tribe of ,benjamin1 the prince was ,abidan the son of ,gedeon4 #aj3be4 ,the last of all the camp marched the sons of ,dan by their troops1 in whose army the prince was ,ahiezer the son of ,ammisaddai4 #aj3bf4 ,and in the tribe of the sons of ,aser1 the prince was ,phegiel the son of ,ochran4 #aj3bg4 ,and in the tribe of the sons of ,nephtali1 the prince was ,ahira the son of ,enan4 #aj3bh4 ,this was the order of the camps1 and marches of the children of ,israel by their troops1 when they set forward4 #aj3bi4 ,and ,moses said to ,hobab the son of ,raguel the ,madianite1 his kinsman3 ,we are going towards the place which the ,lord will give us3 come with us1 that we may do thee good3 for the ,lord hath promised good things to ,israel4 #aj3cj4 ,but he answered him3 ,i will not go with thee1 but ,i will return to my country1 wherein ,i was born4 #aj3ca4 ,and he said3 ,do not leave us3 for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness1 and thou shalt be our guide4 #aj3cb4 ,and if thou comest with us1 we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the ,lord shall deliver to us4 #aj3cc4 ,so they marched from the mount of the ,lord three days' journey1 and the ark of the covenant of the ,lord went before them1 for three days providing a place for the camp4 #aj3cd4 ,the cloud also of the ,lord was over them by day when they marched4 #aj3ce4 ,and when the ark was lifted up1 ,moses said3 ,arise1 ,o ,lord1 and let thy enemies be scattered1 and let them that hate thee1 flee from before thy face4 #aj3cf4 ,and when it was set down1 he said3 ,return1 ,o ,lord1 to the multitude of the host of ,israel4 ,numbers ,chapter #aa ,the people murmur and are punished with fire4 ,god appointeth seventy ancients for assistants to ,moses4 ,they prophesy4 ,the people have their fill of flesh1 but forthwith many die of the plague4 #aa3a4 ,in the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people against the ,lord1 as it were repining at their fatigue4 ,and when the ,lord heard it he was angry4 ,and the fire of the ,lord being kindled against them1 devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp4 #aa3b4 ,and when the people cried to ,moses1 ,moses prayed to the ,lord1 and the fire was swallowed up4 #aa3c4 ,and he called the name of that place1 ,the burning3 for that the fire of the ,lord had been kindled against them4 ,the burning4 4 4,hebrew1 ,taberah4 #aa3d4 ,for a mixt multitude of people1 that came up with them1 burned with desire1 sitting and weeping1 the children of ,israel also being joined with them1 and said3 ,who shall give us flesh to eat8 ,a mixt multitude4 4 4,these were people that came with them out of ,egypt1 who were not of the race of ,israel2 who1 by their murmuring1 drew also the children of ,israel to murmur3 this should teach us the danger of associating ourselves with the children of ,egypt1 that is1 with the lovers and admirers of this wicked world4 #aa3e4 ,we remember the fish that we ate in ,egypt free cost3 the cucumbers come into our mind1 and the melons1 and the leeks1 and the onions1 and the garlic4 #aa3f4 ,our soul is dry1 our eyes behold nothing else but manna4 #aa3g4 ,now the manna was like coriander seed1 of the colour of bdellium4 ,bdellium4 4 4,bdellium1 according to ,pliny1 #a4ba1 c4 #i4 was of the colour of a man's nail1 white and bright4 #aa3h4 ,and the people went about1 and gathering it1 ground it in a mill1 or beat it in a mortar1 and boiled it in a pot1 and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with oil4 #aa3i4 ,and when the dew fell in the night upon the camp1 the manna also fell with it4 #aa3aj4 ,now ,moses heard the people weeping by their families1 every one at the door of his tent4 ,and the wrath of the ,lord was exceedingly enkindled3 to ,moses also the thing seemed insupportable4 #aa3aa4 ,and he said to the ,lord3 ,why hast thou afflicted thy servant8 ,wherefore do ,i not find favour before thee8 ,and why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me8 #aa3ab4 ,have ,i conceived all this multitude1 or begotten them1 that thou shouldst say to me3 ,carry them in thy bosom as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant1 and bear them into the land1 for which thou hast sworn to their fathers8 #aa3ac4 ,whence should ,i have flesh to give to so great a multitude8 ,they weep against me1 saying3 ,give us flesh that we may eat4 #aa3ad4 ,i am not able alone to bear all this people1 because it is too heavy for me4 #aa3ae4 ,but if it seem unto thee otherwise1 ,i beseech thee to kill me1 and let me find grace in thy eyes1 that ,i be not afflicted with so great evils4 #aa3af4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of ,israel1 whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people3 and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant1 and shalt make them stand there with thee1 ,seventy men4 4 4,this was the first institution of the council or senate1 called the ,sanhedrin1 consisting of seventy or seventy-two senators or counsellors4 #aa3ag4 ,that ,i may come down and speak with thee3 and ,i will take of thy spirit1 and will give to them1 that they may bear with thee the burden of the people1 and thou mayest not be burthened alone4 #aa3ah4 ,and thou shalt say to the people3 ,be ye sanctified3 to morrow you shall eat flesh3 for ,i have heard you say3 ,who will give us flesh to eat8 ,it was well with us in ,egypt4 ,that the ,lord may give you flesh1 and you may eat3 #aa3ai4 ,not for one day1 nor two1 nor five1 nor ten1 no nor for twenty4 #aa3bj4 ,but even for a month of days1 till it come out at your nostrils1 and become loathsome to you1 because you have cast off the ,lord1 who is in the midst of you1 and have wept before him1 saying3 ,why came we out of ,egypt8 #aa3ba4 ,and ,moses said3 ,there are six hundred thousand footmen of this people1 and sayest thou3 ,i will give them flesh to eat a whole month8 #aa3bb4 ,shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed1 that it may suffice for their food8 or shall the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill them8 #aa3bc4 ,and the ,lord answered him3 ,is the hand of the ,lord unable8 ,thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no4 #aa3bd4 ,moses therefore came1 and told the people the words of the ,lord1 and assembled seventy men of the ancients of ,israel1 and made them to stand about the tabernacle4 #aa3be4 ,and the ,lord came down in a cloud1 and spoke to him1 taking away of the spirit that was in ,moses1 and giving to the seventy men4 ,and when the spirit had rested on them they prophesied1 nor did they cease afterwards4 #aa3bf4 ,now there remained in the camp two of the men1 of whom one was called ,eldad1 and the other ,medad1 upon whom the spirit rested2 for they also had been enrolled1 but were not gone forth to the tabernacle4 #aa3bg4 ,and when they prophesied in the camp1 there ran a young man1 and told ,moses1 saying3 ,eldad and ,medad prophesy in the camp4 #aa3bh4 ,forthwith ,josue the son of ,nun1 the minister of ,moses1 and chosen out of many1 said3 ,my lord ,moses forbid them4 #aa3bi4 ,but he said3 ,why hast thou emulation for me8 ,o that all the people might prophesy1 and that the ,lord would give them his spirit6 #aa3cj4 ,and ,moses returned1 with the ancients of ,israel1 into the camp4 #aa3ca4 ,and a wind going out from the ,lord1 taking quails up beyond the sea brought them1 and cast them into the camp for the space of one day's journey1 on every side of the camp round about1 and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground4 #aa3cb4 ,the people therefore rising up all that day1 and night1 and the next day1 gathered together of quails1 he that did least1 ten cores3 and they dried them round about the camp4 #aa3cc4 ,as yet the flesh was between their teeth1 neither had that kind of meat failed3 when behold the wrath of the ,lord being provoked against the people1 struck them with an exceeding great plague4 #aa3cd4 ,and that place was called1 ,the graves of lust3 for there they buried the people that had lusted4 ,and departing from the graves of lust1 they came unto ,haseroth1 and abode there4 ,the graves of lust4 4 4,or1 the sepulchres of concupiscence3 so called from their irregular desire of flesh4 ,in ,hebrew1 ,kibroth4 ,hattaavah4 ,numbers ,chapter #ab ,mary and ,aaron murmur against ,moses1 whom ,god praiseth above other prophets4 ,mary being struck with leprosy1 ,aaron confesseth his fault4 ,moses prayeth for her1 and after seven days' separation from the camp1 she is restored4 #ab3a4 ,and ,mary and ,aaron spoke against ,moses1 because of his wife the ,ethiopian1 ,ethiopian4 4 4,sephora the wife of ,moses was of ,madian1 which bordered upon the land of ,chus or ,ethiopia3 where note1 that the ,ethiopia here spoken of is not that of ,africa but that of ,arabia4 #ab3b4 ,and they said3 ,hath the ,lord spoken by ,moses only8 ,hath he not also spoken to us in like manner8 ,and when the ,lord heard this1 #ab3c4 7,for ,moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that dwelt upon earth7 ,exceeding meek4 4 4,moses being the meekest of men1 would not contend for himself2 therefore1 ,god inspired him to write here his own defence3 and the ,holy ,spirit1 whose dictate he wrote1 obliged him to declare the truth1 though it was so much to his own praise4 #ab3d4 ,immediately he spoke to him1 and to ,aaron and ,mary3 ,come out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant4 ,and when they were come out1 #ab3e4 ,the ,lord came down in a pillar of the cloud1 and stood in the entry of the tabernacle calling to ,aaron and ,mary4 ,and when they were come1 #ab3f4 ,he said to them3 ,hear my words3 if there be among you a prophet of the ,lord1 ,i will appear to him in a vision1 or ,i will speak to him in a dream4 #ab3g4 ,but it is not so with my servant ,moses who is most faithful in all my house3 #ab3h4 ,for ,i speak to him mouth to mouth3 and plainly1 and not by riddles and figures doth he see the ,lord4 ,why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant ,moses8 #ab3i4 ,and being angry with them he went away3 #ab3aj4 ,the cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed3 and behold ,mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy4 ,and when ,aaron had looked on her1 and saw her all covered with leprosy1 #ab3aa4 ,he said to ,moses3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 lay not upon us this sin1 which we have foolishly committed3 #ab3ab4 ,let her not be as one dead1 and as an abortive that is cast forth from the mother's womb4 ,lo1 now one half of her flesh is consumed with the leprosy4 #ab3ac4 ,and ,moses cried to the ,lord1 saying ,o ,god1 ,i beseech thee heal her4 #ab3ad4 ,and the ,lord answered him3 ,if her father had spitten upon her face1 ought she not to have been ashamed for seven days at least8 ,let her be separated seven days without the camp1 and afterwards she shall be called again4 #ab3ae4 ,mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days3 and the people moved not from that place until ,mary was called again4 ,numbers ,chapter #ac ,the twelve spies are sent to view the land4 ,the relation they make of it4 #ac3a4 ,and the people marched from ,haseroth1 and pitched their tents in the desert of ,pharan4 #ac3b4 ,and there the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying4 #ac3c4 ,send men to view the land of ,chanaan1 which ,i will give to the children of ,israel1 one of every tribe1 of the rulers4 #ac3d4 ,moses did what the ,lord had commanded1 sending from the desert of ,pharan1 principal men1 whose names are these3 #ac3e4 ,of the tribe of ,ruben1 ,sammua the son of ,zechur4 #ac3f4 ,of the tribe of ,simeon1 ,saphat the son of ,huri4 #ac3g4 ,of the tribe of ,juda1 ,caleb the son of ,jephone4 #ac3h4 ,of the tribe of ,issachar1 ,igal the son of ,joseph4 #ac3i4 ,of the tribe of ,ephraim1 ,osee the son of ,nun4 #ac3aj4 ,of the tribe of ,benjamin1 ,phalti the son of ,raphu4 #ac3aa4 ,of the tribe of ,zabulon1 ,geddiel the son of ,sodi4 #ac3ab4 ,of the tribe of ,joseph1 of the sceptre of ,manasses1 ,gaddi the son of ,susi4 #ac3ac4 ,of the tribe of ,dan1 ,ammiel the son of ,gemalli4 #ac3ad4 ,of the tribe of ,aser1 ,sthur the son of ,michael4 #ac3ae4 ,of the tribe of ,nephtali1 ,nahabi the son of ,vapsi4 #ac3af4 ,of the tribe of ,gad1 ,guel the son of ,machi4 #ac3ag4 ,these are the names of the men1 whom ,moses sent to view the land3 and he called ,osee the son of ,nun1 ,josue4 #ac3ah4 ,and ,moses sent them to view the land of ,chanaan1 and said to them3 ,go you up by the south side4 ,and when you shall come to the mountains1 #ac3ai4 ,view the land1 of what sort it is1 and the people that are the inhabitants thereof1 whether they be strong or weak3 few in number or many3 #ac3bj4 ,the land itself1 whether it be good or bad3 what manner of cities1 walled or without walls3 #ac3ba4 ,the ground1 fat or barren1 woody or without trees4 ,be of good courage1 and bring us of the fruits of the land4 ,now it was the time when the firstripe grapes are fit to be eaten4 #ac3bb4 ,and when they were gone up1 they viewed the land from the desert of ,sin1 unto ,rohob as you enter into ,emath4 #ac3bc4 ,and they went up at the south side1 and came to ,hebron1 where were ,achiman and ,sisai and ,tholmai the sons of ,enac4 ,for ,hebron was built seven years before ,tanis the city of ,egypt4 #ac3bd4 ,and forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of grapes1 they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes1 which two men carried upon a lever4 ,they took also of the pomegranates and of the figs of that place3 #ac3be4 ,which was called ,nehelescol1 that is to say1 the torrent of the cluster of grapes1 because from thence the children of ,israel had carried a cluster of grapes4 #ac3bf4 ,and they that went to spy out the land returned after forty days1 having gone round all the country1 #ac3bg4 ,and came to ,moses and ,aaron and to all the assembly of the children of ,israel to the desert of ,pharan1 which is in ,cades4 ,and speaking to them and to all the multitude1 they shewed them the fruits of the land3 #ac3bh4 ,and they related and said3 ,we came into the land to which thou sentest us1 which in very deed floweth with milk and honey as may be known by these fruits3 #ac3bi4 ,but it hath very strong inhabitants1 and the cities are great and walled4 ,we saw there the race of ,enac4 #ac3cj4 ,amalec dwelleth in the south1 the ,hethite and the ,jebusite and the ,amorrhite in the mountains3 but the ,chanaanite abideth by the sea and near the streams of the ,jordan4 #ac3ca4 ,in the mean time ,caleb1 to still the murmuring of the people that rose against ,moses1 said3 ,let us go up and possess the land1 for we shall be able to conquer it4 #ac3cb4 ,but the others1 that had been with him1 said3 ,no1 we are not able to go up to this people1 because they are stronger than we4 #ac3cc4 ,and they spoke ill of the land1 which they had viewed1 before the children of ,israel1 saying3 ,the land which we have viewed1 devoureth its inhabitants3 the people1 that we beheld are of a tall stature4 ,spoke ill1 etc4 4 4,these men1 who by their misrepresentations of the land of promise1 discouraged the ,israelites from attempting the conquest of it1 were a figure of worldlings1 who1 by decrying or misrepresenting true devotion1 discourage ,christians from seeking in earnest and acquiring so great a good1 and thereby securing to themselves a happy eternity4 #ac3cd4 ,there we saw certain monsters of the sons of ,enac1 of the giant kind3 in comparison of whom1 we seemed like locusts4 ,numbers ,chapter #ad ,the people murmur4 ,god threateneth to destroy them4 ,he is appeased by ,moses1 yet so as to exclude the murmurers from entering the promised land4 ,the authors of the sedition are struck dead4 ,the rest going to fight against the will of ,god are beaten4 #ad3a4 ,therefore the whole multitude crying wept that night4 #ad3b4 ,and all the children of ,israel murmured against ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ad3c4 ,would ,god that we had died in ,egypt3 and would ,god we may die in this vast wilderness1 and that the ,lord may not bring us into this land1 lest we fall by the sword1 and our wives and children be led away captives4 ,is it not better to return into ,egypt8 #ad3d4 ,and they said one to another3 ,let us appoint a captain1 and let us return into ,egypt4 #ad3e4 ,and when ,moses and ,aaron heard this1 they fell down flat upon the ground before the multitude of the children of ,israel4 #ad3f4 ,but ,josue the son of ,nun1 and ,caleb the son of ,jephone1 who themselves also had viewed the land1 rent their garments1 #ad3g4 ,and said to all the multitude of the children of ,israel3 ,the land which we have gone round is very good3 #ad3h4 ,if the ,lord be favourable1 he will bring us into it1 and give us a land flowing with milk and honey4 #ad3i4 ,be not rebellious against the ,lord3 and fear ye not the people of this land1 for we are able to eat them up as bread4 ,all aid is gone from them3 the ,lord is with us1 fear ye not4 #ad3aj4 ,and when all the multitude cried out1 and would have stoned them1 the glory of the ,lord appeared over the tabernacle of the covenant to all the children of ,israel4 #ad3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,how long will this people detract me8 how long will they not believe me for all the signs that ,i have wrought before them8 #ad3ab4 ,i will strike them therefore with pestilence1 and will consume them3 but thee ,i will make a ruler over a great nation1 and a mightier than this is4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,moses said to the ,lord3 ,that the ,egyptians1 from the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people1 #ad3ad4 ,and the inhabitants of this land1 7who have heard that thou1 ,o ,lord1 art among this people1 and art seen face to face1 and thy cloud protecteth them1 and thou goest before them in a pillar of a cloud by day1 and in a pillar of fire by night17 #ad3ae4 ,may hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say3 #ad3af4 ,he could not bring the people into the land for which he had sworn1 therefore did he kill them in the wilderness4 #ad3ag4 ,let then the strength of the ,lord be magnified1 as thou hast sworn1 saying3 #ad3ah4 ,the ,lord is patient and full of mercy1 by taking away iniquity and wickedness1 and leaving no man clear1 who visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation4 ,clear4 4 4i4 e41 who deserves punishment4 #ad3ai4 ,forgive1 ,i beseech thee1 the sins of this people1 according to the greatness of thy mercy1 as thou hast been merciful to them from their going out of ,egypt unto this place4 #ad3bj4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,i have forgiven according to thy word4 #ad3ba4 ,as ,i live3 and the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the ,lord4 #ad3bb4 ,but yet all the men that have seen my majesty1 and the signs that ,i have done in ,egypt1 and in the wilderness1 and have tempted me now ten times1 and have not obeyed my voice1 #ad3bc4 ,shall not see the land for which ,i swore to their fathers1 neither shall any one of them that hath detracted me behold it4 #ad3bd4 ,my servant ,caleb1 who being full of another spirit hath followed me1 ,i will bring into this land which he hath gone round3 and his seed shall possess it4 #ad3be4 ,for the ,amalecite and the ,chanaanite dwell in the valleys4 ,to morrow remove the camp1 and return into the wilderness by the way of the ,red ,sea4 #ad3bf4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ad3bg4 ,how long doth this wicked multitude murmur against me8 ,i have heard the murmurings of the children of ,israel4 #ad3bh4 ,say therefore to them3 ,as ,i live1 saith the ,lord3 ,according as you have spoken in my hearing1 so will ,i do to you4 #ad3bi4 ,in the wilderness shall your carcasses lie4 ,all you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward1 and have murmured against me1 #ad3cj4 ,shall not enter into the land1 over which ,i lifted up my hand to make you dwell therein1 except ,caleb the son of ,jephone1 and ,josue the son of ,nun4 #ad3ca4 ,but your children1 of whom you said1 that they should be a prey to the enemies1 will ,i bring in3 that they may see the land which you have despised4 #ad3cb4 ,your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness4 #ad3cc4 ,your children shall wander in the desert forty years1 and shall bear your fornication1 until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in the desert1 ,shall bear your fornication4 4 4,that is1 shall bear the punishment of your disloyalty to ,god1 which in the scripture language is here called a fornication1 in a spiritual sense4 #ad3cd4 ,according to the number of the forty days1 wherein you viewed the land3 a year shall be counted for a day4 ,and forty years you shall receive your iniquities1 and shall know my revenge3 #ad3ce4 ,for as ,i have spoken1 so will ,i do to all this wicked multitude1 that hath risen up together against me3 in this wilderness shall it faint away and die4 #ad3cf4 ,therefore all the men1 whom ,moses had sent to view the land1 and who at their return had made the whole multitude to murmur against him1 speaking ill of the land that it was naught1 #ad3cg4 ,died and were struck in the sight of the ,lord4 #ad3ch4 ,but ,josue the son of ,nun1 and ,caleb had gone to view the land4 #ad3ci4 ,and ,moses spoke all these words to all the children of ,israel1 and the people mourned exceedingly4 #ad3dj4 ,and behold rising up very early in the morning1 they went up to the top of the mountain1 and said3 ,we are ready to go up to the place1 of which the ,lord hath spoken3 for we have sinned4 #ad3da4 ,and ,moses said to them3 ,why transgress you the word of the ,lord1 which shall not succeed prosperously with you8 #ad3db4 ,go not up1 for the ,lord is not with you3 lest you fall before your enemies4 #ad3dc4 ,the ,amalecite and the ,chanaanite are before you1 and by their sword you shall fall1 because you would not consent to the ,lord1 neither will the ,lord be with you4 #ad3dd4 ,but they being blinded went up to the top of the mountain4 ,but the ark of the testament of the ,lord and ,moses departed not from the camp4 #ad3de4 ,and the ,amalecite came down1 and the ,chanaanite that dwelt in the mountain3 and smiting and slaying them pursued them as far as ,horma4 ,numbers ,chapter #ae ,certain laws concerning sacrifices4 ,sabbath breaking is punished with death4 ,the law of fringes on their garments4 #ae3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ae3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel and thou shalt say to them3 ,when you shall be come unto the land of your habitation1 which ,i will give you1 #ae3c4 ,and shall make an offering to the ,lord1 for a holocaust1 or a victim1 paying your vows1 or voluntarily offering gifts1 or in your solemnities burning a sweet savour unto the ,lord1 of oxen or of sheep3 #ae3d4 ,whosoever immolateth the victim1 shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour1 the tenth part of an ephi1 tempered with the fourth part of a hin of oil3 #ae3e4 ,and he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim4 ,for every lamb1 #ae3f4 ,and for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of flour of two tenths1 which shall be tempered with the third part of a hin of oil3 #ae3g4 ,and he shall offer the third part the same measure of wine for the libation1 for a sweet savour to the ,lord4 #ae3h4 ,but when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice of oxen1 to fulfil thy vow or for victims of peace offerings1 #ae3i4 ,thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of flour tempered with half a hin of oil1 #ae3aj4 ,and wine for libations of the same measure1 for an offering of most sweet savour to the ,lord4 #ae3aa4 ,thus shalt thou do #ae3ab4 ,for every ox and ram and lamb and kid4 #ae3ac4 ,both they that are born in the land1 and the strangers #ae3ad4 ,shall offer sacrifices after the same rite4 #ae3ae4 ,there shall be all one law and judgment both for you and for them who are strangers in the land4 #ae3af4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ae3ag4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 #ae3ah4 ,when you are come into the land which ,i will give you1 #ae3ai4 ,and shall eat of the bread of that country1 you shall separate firstfruits to the ,lord1 #ae3bj4 ,of the things you eat4 ,as you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors3 #ae3ba4 ,so also shall you give firstfruits of your dough to the ,lord4 #ae3bb4 ,and if through ignorance you omit any of these things1 which the ,lord hath spoken to ,moses1 #ae3bc4 ,and by him hath commanded you from the day that he began to command and thenceforward1 #ae3bd4 ,and the multitude have forgotten to do it3 they shall offer a calf out of the herd1 a holocaust for a most sweet savour to the ,lord1 and the sacrifice and libations thereof1 as the ceremonies require1 and a buck goat for sin3 #ae3be4 ,and the priest shall pray for all the multitude of the children of ,israel3 and it shall be forgiven them1 because they sinned ignorantly1 offering notwithstanding a burnt offering to the ,lord for themselves and for their sin and their ,ignorance3 #ae3bf4 ,and it shall be forgiven all the people of the children of ,israel3 and the strangers that sojourn among them3 because it is the fault of all the people through ignorance4 #ae3bg4 ,but if one soul shall sin ignorantly1 he shall offer a she goat of a year old for his sin4 #ae3bh4 ,and the priest shall pray for him1 because he sinned ignorantly before the ,lord3 and he shall obtain his pardon1 and it shall be forgiven him4 #ae3bi4 ,the same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance1 whether they be natives or strangers4 #ae3cj4 ,but the soul that committeth any thing through pride1 whether he be born in the land or a stranger 7because he hath been rebellious against the ,lord7 shall be cut off from among his people3 #ae3ca4 ,for he hath contemned the word of the ,lord1 and made void his precept3 therefore shall he be destroyed1 and shall bear his iniquity4 #ae3cb4 ,and it came to pass1 when the children of ,israel were in the wilderness1 and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day1 #ae3cc4 ,that they brought him to ,moses and ,aaron and the whole multitude4 #ae3cd4 ,and they put him into prison1 not knowing what they should do with him4 #ae3ce4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,let that man die1 let all the multitude stone him without the camp4 #ae3cf4 ,and when they had brought him out1 they stoned him1 and he died as the ,lord had commanded4 #ae3cg4 ,the ,lord also said to ,moses3 #ae3ch4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt tell them to make to themselves fringes in the corners of their garments1 putting in them ribands of blue3 ,fringes4 4 4,the ,pharisees enlarged these fringes through hypocrisy1 ,matt4 #bc4e1 to appear more zealous than other men for the law of ,god4 #ae3ci4 ,that when they shall see them1 they may remember all the commandments of the ,lord1 and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things1 #ae3dj4 ,but rather being mindful of the precepts of the ,lord1 may do them and be holy to their ,god4 #ae3da4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 that ,i might be your ,god4 ,numbers ,chapter #af ,the schism of ,core and his adherents3 their punishment4 #af3a4 ,and behold ,core the son of ,isaar1 the son of ,caath1 the son of ,levi1 and ,dathan and ,abiron the sons of ,eliab1 and ,hon the son of ,pheleth of the children of ,ruben1 #af3b4 ,rose up against ,moses1 and with them two hundred and fifty others of the children of ,israel1 leading men of the synagogue1 and who in the time of assembly were called by name4 ,rose up4 4 4,the crime of these men1 which was punished in so remarkable a manner1 was that of schism1 and of rebellion against the authority established by ,god in the church2 and their pretending to the priesthood without being lawfully called and sent3 the same is the case of all modern sectaries4 #af3c4 ,and when they had stood up against ,moses and ,aaron1 they said3 ,let it be enough for you1 that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones1 and the ,lord is among them3 ,why lift you up yourselves above the people of the ,lord8 #af3d4 ,when ,moses heard this1 he fell flat on his face3 #af3e4 ,and speaking to ,core and all the multitude1 he said3 ,in the morning the ,lord will make known who belong to him1 and the holy he will join to himself3 and whom he shall choose1 they shall approach to him4 #af3f4 ,do this therefore3 ,take every man of you your censers1 thou ,core1 and all thy company4 #af3g4 ,and putting fire in them to morrow1 put incense upon it before the ,lord3 and whomsoever he shall choose1 the same shall be holy3 you take too much upon you1 ye sons of ,levi4 #af3h4 ,and he said again to ,core3 ,hear ye sons of ,levi4 #af3i4 ,is it a small thing unto you1 that the ,god of ,israel hath spared you from all the people1 and joined you to himself1 that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle1 and should stand before the congregation of the people1 and should minister to him8 #af3aj4 ,did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of ,levi to approach unto him1 that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also1 #af3aa4 ,and that all thy company should stand against the ,lord8 for what is ,aaron that you murmur against him8 #af3ab4 ,then ,moses sent to call ,dathan and ,abiron the sons of ,eliab4 ,but they answered3 ,we will not come4 #af3ac4 ,is it a small matter to thee1 that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey1 to kill us in the desert1 except thou rule also like a lord over us8 #af3ad4 ,thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey1 and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards2 wilt thou also pull out our eyes8 ,we will not come4 #af3ae4 ,moses therefore being very angry1 said to the ,lord3 ,respect not their sacrifices3 thou knowest that ,i have not taken of them so much as a young ass at any time1 nor have injured any of them4 ,very angry4 4 4,this anger was a zeal against sin2 and an indignation at the affront offered to ,god2 like that which the same holy prophet conceived upon the sight of the golden calf1 ,ex4 #cb4ai4 #af3af4 ,and he said to ,core3 ,do thou and thy congregation stand apart before the ,lord to morrow1 and ,aaron apart4 #af3ag4 ,take every one of you censers1 and put incense upon them1 offering to the ,lord two hundred and fifty censers3 let ,aaron also hold his censer4 #af3ah4 ,when they had done this1 ,moses and ,aaron standing1 #af3ai4 ,and had drawn up all the multitude against them to the door of the tabernacle1 the glory of the ,lord appeared to them all4 #af3bj4 ,and the ,lord speaking to ,moses and ,aaron1 said3 #af3ba4 ,separate yourselves from among this congregation1 that ,i may presently destroy them4 #af3bb4 ,they fell flat on their face1 and said3 ,o most mighty1 the ,god of the spirits of all flesh1 for one man's sin shall thy wrath rage against all8 #af3bc4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #af3bd4 ,command the whole people to separate themselves from the tents of ,core and ,dathan and ,abiron4 #af3be4 ,and ,moses arose1 and went to ,dathan and ,abiron3 and the ancients of ,israel following him1 #af3bf4 ,he said to the multitude3 ,depart from the tents of these wicked men1 and touch nothing of theirs1 lest you be involved in their sins4 #af3bg4 ,and when they were departed from their tents round about1 ,dathan and ,abiron coming out stood in the entry of their pavilions with their wives and children1 and all the people4 #af3bh4 ,and ,moses said3 ,by this you shall know that the ,lord hath sent me to do all things that you see1 and that ,i have not forged them of my own head3 #af3bi4 ,if these men die the common death of men1 and if they be visited with a plague1 wherewith others also are wont to be visited1 the ,lord did not send me4 #af3cj4 ,but if the ,lord do a new thing1 and the earth opening her mouth swallow them down1 and all things that belong to them1 and they go down alive into hell1 you shall know that they have blasphemed the ,lord4 #af3ca4 ,and immediately as he had made an end of speaking1 the earth broke asunder under their feet3 #af3cb4 ,and opening her mouth1 devoured them with their tents and all their substance4 #af3cc4 ,and they went down alive into hell1 the ground closing upon them1 and they perished from among the people4 #af3cd4 ,but all ,israel1 that was standing round about1 fled at the cry of them that were perishing3 saying3 ,lest perhaps the earth swallow us up also4 #af3ce4 ,and a fire coming out from the ,lord1 destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense4 #af3cf4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #af3cg4 ,command ,eleazar the son of ,aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning1 and to scatter the fire of one side and the other3 because they are sanctified #af3ch4 ,in the deaths of the sinners3 and let him beat them into plates1 and fasten them to the altar1 because incense hath been offered in them to the ,lord1 and they are sanctified1 that the children of ,israel may see them for a sign and a memorial4 #af3ci4 ,then ,eleazar the priest took the brazen censers1 wherein they had offered1 whom the burning fire had devoured1 and beat them into plates1 fastening them to the altar3 #af3dj4 ,that the children of ,israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished1 that no stranger or any one that is not of the seed of ,aaron should come near to offer incense to the ,lord1 lest he should suffer as ,core suffered1 and all his congregation1 according as the ,lord spoke to ,moses4 #af3da4 ,the following day all the multitude of the children of ,israel murmured against ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 ,you have killed the people of the ,lord4 #af3db4 ,and when there arose a sedition1 and the tumult increased1 #af3dc4 ,moses and ,aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant4 ,and when they were gone into it1 the cloud covered it1 and the glory of the ,lord appeared4 #af3dd4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #af3de4 ,get you out from the midst of this multitude1 this moment will ,i destroy them4 ,and as they were lying on the ground1 #af3df4 ,moses said to ,aaron3 ,take the censer1 and putting fire in it from the altar1 put incense upon it1 and go quickly to the people to pray for them3 for already wrath is gone out from the ,lord1 and the plague rageth4 #af3dg4 ,when ,aaron had done this1 and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying1 he offered the incense3 #af3dh4 ,and standing between the dead and the living1 he prayed for the people1 and the plague ceased4 #af3di4 ,and the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men1 besides them that had perished in the sedition of ,core4 #af3ej4 ,and ,aaron returned to ,moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over4 ,numbers ,chapter #ag ,the priesthood is confirmed to ,aaron by the miracle of the blooming of his rod1 which is kept for a monument in the tabernacle4 #ag3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ag3b4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and take of every one of them a rod by their kindreds1 of all the princes of the tribes1 twelve rods1 and write the name of every man upon his rod4 #ag3c4 ,and the name of ,aaron shall be for the tribe of ,levi1 and one rod shall contain all their families3 #ag3d4 ,and thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the covenant before the testimony1 where ,i will speak to thee4 #ag3e4 ,whomsoever of these ,i shall choose1 his rod shall blossom3 and ,i will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of ,israel1 wherewith they murmur against you4 #ag3f4 ,and ,moses spoke to the children of ,israel3 and all the princes gave him rods one for every tribe3 and there were twelve rods besides the rod of ,aaron4 #ag3g4 ,and when ,moses had ,laid them up before the ,lord in the tabernacle of the testimony3 #ag3h4 ,he returned on the following day1 and found that the rod of ,aaron for the house of ,levi1 was budded3 and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms1 which spreading the leaves1 were formed into almonds4 ,the rod of ,aaron for the house of ,levi1 was budded1 etc4 4 4,this rod of ,aaron which thus miraculously brought forth fruit1 was a figure of the blessed ,virgin conceiving and bringing forth her ,son without any prejudice to her virginity4 #ag3i4 ,moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the ,lord to all the children of ,israel3 and they saw1 and every one received their rods4 #ag3aj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,carry back the rod of ,aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony1 that it may be kept there for a token of the rebellious children of ,israel1 and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die4 #ag3aa4 ,and ,moses did as the ,lord had commanded4 #ag3ab4 ,and the children of ,israel said to ,moses3 ,behold we are consumed1 we all perish4 #ag3ac4 ,whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the ,lord1 he dieth4 ,are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed8 ,numbers ,chapter #ah ,the charge of the priests and of the ,levites1 and their portion4 #ah3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,aaron3 ,thou1 and thy sons1 and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary3 and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood4 ,thou1 and thy father's house with thee1 shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary4 4 4,that is1 you shall be punished if1 through negligence or want of due attention1 you err in the discharge of the sacred functions for which you were ordained4 #ah3b4 ,and take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of ,levi1 and the sceptre of thy father1 and let them be ready in hand1 and minister to thee3 but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony4 #ah3c4 ,and the ,levites shall watch to do thy commands1 and about all the works of the tabernacle3 only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar1 lest both they die1 and you also perish with them4 #ah3d4 ,but let them be with thee1 and watch in the charge of the tabernacle1 and in all the ceremonies thereof4 ,a stranger shall not join himself with you4 #ah3e4 ,watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary1 and in the ministry of the altar3 lest indignation rise upon the children of ,israel4 #ah3f4 ,i have given you your brethren the ,levites from among the children of ,israel1 and have delivered them for a gift to the ,lord1 to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle4 #ah3g4 ,but thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood3 and all things that pertain to the service of the altar1 and that are within the veil1 shall be executed by the priests4 ,if any stranger shall approach1 he shall be slain4 #ah3h4 ,and the ,lord said to ,aaron3 ,behold ,i have given thee the charge of my firstfruits4 ,all things that are sanctified by the children of ,israel1 ,i have delivered to thee and to thy sons for the priestly office1 by everlasting ordinances4 #ah3i4 ,these therefore shalt thou take of the things that are sanctified1 and are offered to the ,lord4 ,every offering1 and sacrifice1 and whatsoever is rendered to me for sin and for trespass1 and becometh holy of holies1 shall be for thee and thy sons4 #ah3aj4 ,thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary3 the males only shall eat thereof1 because it is a consecrated thing to thee4 #ah3aa4 ,but the firstfruits1 which the children of ,israel shall vow and offer1 ,i have given to thee1 and to thy sons1 and to thy daughters1 by a perpetual law4 ,he that is clean in thy house1 shall eat them4 #ah3ab4 ,all the best of the oil1 and of the wine1 and of the corn1 whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the ,lord1 ,i have given them to thee4 #ah3ac4 ,all the firstripe of the fruits1 that the ground bringeth forth1 and which are brought to the ,lord1 shall be for thy use3 he that is clean in thy house1 shall eat them4 #ah3ad4 ,every thing that the children of ,israel shall give by vow1 shall be thine4 #ah3ae4 ,whatsoever is firstborn of all flesh1 which they offer to the ,lord1 whether it be of men1 or of beasts1 shall belong to thee3 only for the firstborn of man thou shalt take a price1 and every beast that is unclean thou shalt cause to be redeemed1 #ah3af4 ,and the redemption of it shall be after one month1 for five sicles of silver1 by the weight of the sanctuary4 ,a sicle hath twenty obols4 #ah3ag4 ,but the firstling of a cow1 and of a sheep and of a goat thou shalt not cause to be redeemed1 because they are sanctified to the ,lord4 ,their blood only thou shalt pour upon the altar1 and their fat thou shalt burn for a most sweet odour to the ,lord4 #ah3ah4 ,but the flesh shall fall to thy use1 as the consecrated breast1 and the right shoulder shall be thine4 #ah3ai4 ,all the firstfruits of the sanctuary which the children of ,israel offer to the ,lord1 ,i have given to thee and to thy sons and daughters1 by a perpetual ordinance4 ,it is a covenant of salt for ever before the ,lord1 to thee and to thy sons4 ,a covenant of salt4 4 4,it is a proverbial expression1 signifying a covenant not to be altered or corrupted2 as salt is used to keep things from corruption2 a covenant perpetual1 like that by which it was appointed1 that salt should be used in every sacrifice4 ,lev4 #b4 #ah3bj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,aaron3 ,you shall possess nothing in their land1 neither shall you have a portion among them3 ,i am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the children of ,israel4 #ah3ba4 ,and ,i have given to the sons of ,levi all the tithes of ,israel for a possession1 for the ministry wherewith they serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant3 #ah3bb4 ,that the children of ,israel may not approach any more to the tabernacle1 nor commit deadly sin1 ,deadly sin4 4 4,that is1 sin which will bring death after it4 #ah3bc4 ,but only the sons of ,levi may serve me in the tabernacle1 and bear the sins of the people4 ,it shall be an everlasting ordinance in your generations4 ,they shall not possess any other thing1 #ah3bd4 ,but be content with the oblation or tithes1 which ,i have separated for their uses and necessities4 #ah3be4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ah3bf4 ,command the ,levites1 and declare unto them3 ,when you shall receive of the children of ,israel the tithes1 which ,i have given you1 offer the firstfruits of them to the ,lord1 that is to say1 the tenth part of the tenth3 #ah3bg4 ,that it may be reckoned to you as an oblation of firstfruits1 as well of the barnfloors as of the winepresses3 #ah3bh4 ,and of all the things of which you receive tithes1 offer the firstfruits to the ,lord1 and give them to ,aaron the priest4 #ah3bi4 ,all the things that you shall offer of the tithes1 and shall separate for the gifts of the ,lord1 shall be the best and choicest things4 #ah3cj4 ,and thou shalt say to them3 ,if you offer all the goodly and the better things of the tithes1 it shall be reckoned to you as if you had given the firstfruits of the barnfloor and the winepress3 #ah3ca4 ,and you shall eat them in all your places1 both you and your families3 because it is your reward for the ministry1 wherewith you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony4 #ah3cb4 ,and you shall not sin in this point1 by reserving the choicest and fat things to yourselves1 lest you profane the oblations of the children of ,israel1 and die4 ,numbers ,chapter #ai ,the law of the sacrifice of the red cow1 and the water of expiation4 #ai3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses and ,aaron1 saying3 #ai3b4 ,this is the observance of the victim1 which the ,lord hath ordained4 ,command the children of ,israel1 that they bring unto thee a red cow of full age1 in which there is no blemish1 and which hath not carried the yoke3 ,a red cow1 etc4 4 4,this red cow1 offered in sacrifice for sin1 and consumed with fire without the camp1 with the ashes of which1 mingled with water1 the unclean were to be expiated and purified2 was a figure of the passion of ,christ1 by whose precious blood applied to our souls in the holy sacraments1 we are cleansed from our sins4 #ai3c4 ,and you shall deliver her to ,eleazar the priest1 who shall bring her forth without the camp1 and shall immolate her in the sight of all3 #ai3d4 ,and dipping his finger in her blood1 shall sprinkle it over against the door of the tabernacle seven times1 #ai3e4 ,and shall burn her in the sight of all delivering up to the fire her skin1 and her flesh1 and her blood1 and her dung4 #ai3f4 ,the priest shall also take cedar wood1 and hyssop1 and scarlet twice dyed1 and cast it into the flame1 with which the cow is consumed4 #ai3g4 ,and then after washing his garments1 and body1 he shall enter into the camp1 and shall be unclean until the evening4 #ai3h4 ,he also that hath burned her1 shall wash his garments1 and his body1 and shall be unclean until the evening4 #ai3i4 ,and a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the cow1 and shall pour them forth without the camp in a most clean place1 that they may be reserved for the multitude of the children of ,israel1 and for a water of aspersion3 because the cow was burnt for sin4 #ai3aj4 ,and when he that carried the ashes of the cow1 hath washed his garments1 he shall be unclean until the evening4 ,the children of ,israel1 and the strangers that dwell among them1 shall observe this for a holy thing by a perpetual ordinance4 #ai3aa4 ,he that toucheth the corpse of a man1 and is therefore unclean seven days1 #ai3ab4 ,shall be sprinkled with this water on the third day1 and on the seventh1 and so shall be cleansed4 ,if he were not sprinkled on the third day1 he cannot be cleansed on the seventh4 #ai3ac4 ,every one that toucheth the corpse of a man1 and is not sprinkled with this mixture1 shall profane the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and shall perish out of ,israel3 because he was not sprinkled with the water of expiation1 he shall be unclean1 and his uncleanness shall remain upon him4 #ai3ad4 ,this is the law of a man that dieth in a tent3 ,all that go into his tent and all the vessels that are there1 shall be unclean seven days4 #ai3ae4 ,the vessel that hath no cover1 nor binding over it1 shall be unclean4 #ai3af4 ,if any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain1 or that died of himself1 or his bone1 or his grave1 he shall be unclean seven days4 #ai3ag4 ,and they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the sin offering1 and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel4 #ai3ah4 ,and a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in them1 and shall sprinkle therewith all the tent1 and all the furniture1 and the men that are defiled with touching any such thing3 #ai3ai4 ,and in this manner he that is clean shall purify the unclean on the third and on the seventh day4 ,and being expiated the seventh day1 he shall wash both himself and his garments1 and be unclean until the evening4 #ai3bj4 ,if any man be not expiated after this rite1 his soul shall perish out of the midst of the church3 because he hath profaned the sanctuary of the ,lord1 and was not sprinkled with the water of purification4 #ai3ba4 ,this precept shall be an ordinance for ever4 ,he also that sprinkled the water1 shall wash his garments4 ,every one that shall touch the waters of expiation1 shall be unclean until the evening4 #ai3bb4 ,whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean1 he shall make it unclean3 and the person that toucheth any of these things1 shall be unclean until the evening4 ,numbers ,chapter #bj ,the death of ,mary the sister of ,moses4 ,the people murmur for want of water3 ,god giveth it them from the rock4 ,the death of ,aaron4 #bj3a4 ,and the children of ,israel1 and all the multitude came into the desert of ,sin1 in the first month3 and the people abode in ,cades4 ,and ,mary died there1 and was buried in the same place4 #bj3b4 ,and the people wanting water1 came together against ,moses and ,aaron3 #bj3c4 ,and making a sedition1 they said3 ,would ,god we had perished among our brethren before the ,lord4 #bj3d4 ,why have you brought out the church of the ,lord into the wilderness1 that both we and our cattle should die8 #bj3e4 ,why have you made us come up out of ,egypt1 and have brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed1 nor bringeth forth figs1 nor vines1 nor pomegranates1 neither is there any water to drink8 #bj3f4 ,and ,moses and ,aaron leaving the multitude1 went into the tabernacle of the covenant1 and fell flat upon the ground1 and cried to the ,lord1 and said4 ,o ,lord ,god1 hear the cry of this people1 and open to them thy treasure1 a fountain of living water1 that being satisfied1 they may cease to murmur4 ,and the glory of the ,lord appeared over them4 #bj3g4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bj3h4 ,take the rod1 and assemble the people together1 thou and ,aaron thy brother1 and speak to the rock before them1 and it shall yield waters4 ,and when thou hast brought forth water out of the rock1 all the multitude and their cattle shall drink4 #bj3i4 ,moses therefore took the rod1 which was before the ,lord1 as he had commanded him1 #bj3aj4 ,and having gathered together the multitude before the rock1 he said to them3 ,hear1 ye rebellious and incredulous3 ,can we bring you forth water out of this rock8 #bj3aa4 ,and when ,moses bad lifted up his hand1 and struck the rock twice with the rod1 there came forth water in great abundance1 so that the people and their cattle drank1 ,the rock4 4 4,this rock was a figure of ,christ1 and the water that issued out from the rock1 of his precious blood1 the source of all our good4 #bj3ab4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses and ,aaron3 ,because you have not believed me1 to sanctify me before the children of ,israel1 you shall not bring these people into the land1 which ,i will give them4 ,you have not believed1 etc4 4 4,the fault of ,moses and ,aaron1 on this occasion1 was a certain diffidence and weakness of faith2 not doubting of ,god's power or veracity2 but apprehending the unworthiness of that rebellious and incredulous people1 and therefore speaking with some ambiguity4 #bj3ac4 ,this is the ,water of contradiction1 where the children of ,israel strove with words against the ,lord1 and he was sanctified in them4 ,the ,water of contradiction4 4 4,or strife4 ,hebrew1 ,meribah4 #bj3ad4 ,in the mean time ,moses sent messengers from ,cades to the king of ,edom1 to say3 ,thus saith thy brother ,israel3 ,thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us3 #bj3ae4 ,in what manner our fathers went down into ,egypt1 and there we dwelt a long time1 and the ,egyptians afflicted us and our fathers4 #bj3af4 ,and how we cried to the ,lord1 and he heard us1 and sent an angel1 who hath brought us out of ,egypt4 ,lo1 we are now in the city of ,cades1 which is in the uttermost of thy borders1 #bj3ag4 ,and we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country4 ,we will not go through the fields1 nor through the vineyards1 we will not drink the waters of thy wells1 but we will go by the common highway1 neither turning aside to the right hand1 nor to the left1 till we are past thy borders4 #bj3ah4 ,and ,edom answered them3 ,thou shalt not pass by me3 if thou dost ,i will come out armed against thee4 #bj3ai4 ,and the children of ,israel said3 ,we will go by the beaten way3 and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters1 we will give thee what is just3 there shall be no difficulty in the price1 only let us pass speedily4 #bj3bj4 ,but he answered3 ,thou shalt not pass4 ,and immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude1 and a strong hand1 #bj3ba4 ,neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders4 ,wherefore ,israel turned another way from him4 #bj3bb4 ,and when they had removed the camp from ,cades1 they came to mount ,hor1 which is in the borders of the land of ,edom3 #bj3bc4 ,where the ,lord spoke to ,moses3 #bj3bd4 ,let ,aaron1 saith he1 go to his people3 for he shall not go into the land which ,i have given the children of ,israel1 because he was incredulous to my words1 at the waters of contradiction4 #bj3be4 ,take ,aaron and his son with him1 and bring them up into mount ,hor3 #bj3bf4 ,and when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture1 thou shalt vest therewith ,eleazar his son3 ,aaron shall be gathered to his people1 and die there4 #bj3bg4 ,moses did as the ,lord had commanded3 and they went up into mount ,hor before all the multitude4 #bj3bh4 ,and when he had stripped ,aaron of his vestments1 he vested ,eleazar his son with them4 #bj3bi4 ,and ,aaron being dead in the top of the mountain1 he came down with ,eleazar4 #bj3cj4 ,and all the multitude seeing that ,aaron was dead1 mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families4 ,numbers ,chapter #ba ,king ,arad is overcome4 ,the people murmur and are punished with fiery serpents3 they are healed by the brazen serpent4 ,they conquer the kings ,sehon and ,og4 #ba3a4 ,and when king ,arad the ,chanaanite1 who dwelt towards the south1 had heard this1 to wit1 that ,israel was come by the way of the spies1 he fought against them1 and overcoming them carried off their spoils4 #ba3b4 ,but ,israel binding himself by vow to the ,lord1 said3 ,if thou wilt deliver thus people into my hand1 ,i will utterly destroy their cities4 #ba3c4 ,and the ,lord heard the prayers of ,israel1 and delivered up the ,chanaanite1 and they cut them off and destroyed their cities3 and they called the name of that place ,horma1 that is to say1 ,anathema4 ,anathema4 4 4,that is1 a thing devoted to utter destruction4 #ba3d4 ,and they marched from mount ,hor1 by the way that leadeth to the ,red ,sea1 to compass the land of ,edom4 ,and the people began to be weary of their journey and labour3 #ba3e4 ,and speaking against ,god and ,moses1 they said3 ,why didst thou bring us out of ,egypt1 to die in the wilderness8 ,there is no bread1 nor have we any waters3 our soul now loatheth this very light food4 ,very light food4 4 4,so they call the heavenly manna3 thus worldlings loathe the things of heaven1 for which they have no relish4 #ba3f4 ,wherefore the ,lord sent among the people fiery serpents1 which bit them and killed many of them4 ,fiery serpents4 4 4,they are so called1 because they that were bitten by them were burnt with a violent heat4 #ba3g4 ,upon which they came to ,moses1 and said2 ,we have sinned1 because we have spoken against the ,lord and thee3 pray that he may take away these serpents from us4 ,and ,moses prayed for the people4 #ba3h4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,make a brazen serpent1 and set it up for a sign3 whosoever being struck shall look on it1 shall live4 #ba3i4 ,moses therefore made a brazen serpent1 and set it up for a sign3 which when they that were bitten looked upon1 they were healed4 ,a brazen serpent4 4 4,this was a figure of ,christ crucified1 and of the efficacy of a lively faith in him1 against the bites of the hellish serpent4 ,john #c4ad4 #ba3aj4 ,and the children of ,israel setting forwards camped in ,oboth4 #ba3aa4 ,and departing thence they pitched their tents in ,jeabarim1 in the wilderness1 that faceth ,moab toward the east4 #ba3ab4 ,and removing from thence1 they came to the torrent ,zared3 #ba3ac4 ,which they left and encamped over against ,arnon1 which is in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the ,amorrhite4 ,for ,arnon is the border of ,moab1 dividing the ,moabites and the ,amorrhites4 #ba3ad4 ,wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the ,lord3 ,as he did in the ,red ,sea1 so will he do in the streams of ,arnon4 ,the book of the wars1 etc4 4 4,an ancient book1 which1 like several others quoted in scripture1 has been lost4 #ba3ae4 ,the rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might rest in ,ar1 and lie down in the borders of the ,moabites4 #ba3af4 ,when they went from that place1 the well appeared whereof the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,gather the people together1 and ,i will give them water4 #ba3ag4 ,then ,israel sung this song3 ,let the well spring up4 ,they sung thereto3 #ba3ah4 ,the well1 which the princes dug1 and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver1 and with their staves4 ,and they marched from the wilderness to ,mathana4 #ba3ai4 ,from ,mathana unto ,nahaliel3 from ,nahaliel unto ,bamoth4 #ba3bj4 ,from ,bamoth1 is a valley in the country of ,moab1 to the top of ,phasga1 which looked towards the desert4 #ba3ba4 ,and ,israel sent messengers to ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 saying3 #ba3bb4 ,i beseech thee that ,i may have leave to pass through thy land3 we will not go aside into the fields or the vineyards1 we will not drink waters of the wells1 we will go the king's highway1 till we be past thy borders4 #ba3bc4 ,and he would not grant that ,israel should pass by his borders3 but rather gathering an army1 went forth to meet them in the desert1 and came to ,jasa and fought against them4 #ba3bd4 ,and he was slain by them with the edge of the sword1 and they possessed his land from the ,arnon unto the ,jeboc1 and to the confines of the children of ,ammon3 for the borders of the ,ammonites1 were kept with a strong garrison4 #ba3be4 ,so ,israel took all his cities1 and dwelt in the cities of the ,amorrhite1 to wit1 in ,hesebon1 and in the villages thereof4 #ba3bf4 ,hesebon was the city of ,sehon the king of the ,amorrhites1 who fought against the king of ,moab3 and took all the land1 that had been of his dominion1 as far as the ,arnon4 #ba3bg4 ,therefore it is said in the proverb3 ,come into ,hesebon1 let the city of ,sehon be built and set up3 #ba3bh4 ,a fire is gone out of ,hesebon1 a flame from the city of ,sehon1 and hath consumed ,ar of the ,moabites1 and the inhabitants of the high places of the ,arnon4 #ba3bi4 ,woe to thee ,moab3 thou art undone1 ,o people of ,chamos4 ,he hath given his sons to flight1 and his daughters into captivity to ,sehon the king of the ,amorrhites4 #ba3cj4 ,their yoke is perished from ,hesebon unto ,dibon1 they came weary to ,nophe1 and unto ,medaba4 #ba3ca4 ,so ,israel dwelt in the land of the ,amorrhite4 #ba3cb4 ,and ,moses sent some to take a view of ,jazer3 and they took the villages of it1 and conquered the inhabitants4 #ba3cc4 ,and they turned themselves1 and went up by the way of ,basan1 and ,og the king of ,basan came against them with all his people1 to fight in ,edrai4 #ba3cd4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,fear him not1 for ,i have delivered him and all his people1 and his country into thy hand3 and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to ,sehon the king of the ,amorrhites1 the inhabitant of ,hesebon4 #ba3ce4 ,so they slew him also with his sons1 and all his people1 not letting any one escape1 and they possessed his land4 ,numbers ,chapter #bb ,balac1 king of ,moab1 sendeth twice for ,balaam to curse ,israel4 ,in his way ,balaam is rebuked by an angel4 #bb3a4 ,and they went forward and encamped in the plains of ,moab1 over against where ,jericho is situate beyond the ,jordan4 #bb3b4 ,and ,balac the son of ,sephor1 seeing all that ,israel had done to the ,amorrhite1 #bb3c4 ,and that the ,moabites were in great fear of him1 and were not able to sustain his assault1 #bb3d4 ,he said to the elders of ,madian3 ,so will this people destroy all that dwell in our borders1 as the ox is wont to eat the grass to the very roots4 ,now he was at that time king in ,moab4 #bb3e4 ,he sent therefore messengers to ,balaam the son of ,beor1 a soothsayer1 who dwelt by the river of the land of the children of ,ammon1 to call him1 and to say3 ,behold a people is come out of ,egypt1 that hath covered the face of the earth1 sitting over against me4 #bb3f4 ,come therefore1 and curse this people1 because it is mightier than ,i3 if by any means ,i may beat them and drive them out of my land3 for ,i know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed1 and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed4 #bb3g4 ,and the ancients of ,moab1 and the elders of ,madian1 went with the price of divination in their hands4 ,and where they were come to ,balaam1 and had told him all the words of ,balac3 #bb3h4 ,he answered3 ,tarry here this night and ,i will answer whatsoever the ,lord shall say to me4 ,and while they stayed with ,balaam1 ,god came and said to him3 #bb3i4 ,what mean these men that are with thee8 #bb3aj4 ,he answered3 ,balac the son of ,sephor king of the ,moabites hath sent to me1 #bb3aa4 ,saying3 ,behold a people that is come out of ,egypt1 hath covered the face of the land3 come and curse them1 if by any means ,i may fight with them and drive them away4 #bb3ab4 ,and ,god said to ,balaam3 ,thou shalt not go with them1 nor shalt thou curse the people3 because it is blessed4 #bb3ac4 ,and he rose in the morning and said to the princes3 ,go into your country1 because the ,lord hath forbid me to come with you4 #bb3ad4 ,the princes returning1 said to ,balac3 ,balaam would not come with us4 #bb3ae4 ,then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent before3 #bb3af4 ,who1 when they were come to ,balaam1 said3 ,thus saith ,balac the son of ,sephor1 ,delay not to come to me3 #bb3ag4 ,for ,i am ready to honour thee1 and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt3 come and curse this people4 #bb3ah4 ,balaam answered3 ,if ,balac would give me his house full of silver and gold1 ,i cannot alter the word of the ,lord my ,god1 to speak either more or less4 #bb3ai4 ,i pray you to stay here this night also1 that ,i may know what the ,lord will answer me once more4 ,to stay4 4 4,his desiring them to stay1 after he had been fully informed already that it was not ,god's will he should go1 came from the inclination he had to gratify ,balac1 for the sake of worldly gain4 ,and this perverse disposition ,god punished by permitting him to go 7though not to curse the people as he would willingly have done71 and suffering him to fall still deeper and deeper into sin1 till he came at last to give that abominable counsel against the people of ,god1 which ended in his own destruction4 ,so sad a thing it is to indulge a passion for money4 #bb3bj4 ,god therefore came to ,balaam in the night1 and said to him3 ,if these men be come to call thee1 arise and go with them3 yet so1 that thou do what ,i shall command thee4 #bb3ba4 ,balaam arose in the morning1 and saddling his ass went with them4 #bb3bb4 ,and ,god was angry4 ,and an angel of the ,lord stood in the way against ,balaam1 who sat on the ass1 and had two servants with him4 #bb3bc4 ,the ass seeing the angel standing in the way1 with a drawn sword1 turned herself out of the way1 and went into the field4 ,and when ,balaam beat her1 and had a mind to bring her again to the way1 #bb3bd4 ,the angel stood in a narrow place between two walls1 wherewith the vineyards were enclosed4 #bb3be4 ,and the ass seeing him1 thrust herself close to the wall1 and bruised the foot of the rider4 ,but he beat her again3 #bb3bf4 ,and nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place1 where there was no way to turn aside either to the right hand or to the left1 stood to meet him4 #bb3bg4 ,and when the ass saw the angel standing1 she fell under the feet of the rider3 who being angry beat her sides more vehemently with a staff4 #bb3bh4 ,and the ,lord opened the mouth of the ass1 and she said3 ,what have ,i done to thee8 ,why strikest thou me1 lo1 now this third time8 ,opened the mouth1 etc4 4 4,the angel moved the tongue of the ass1 to utter these speeches1 to rebuke1 by the mouth of a brute beast1 the brutal fury and folly of ,balaam4 #bb3bi4 ,balaam answered3 ,because thou hast deserved it1 and hast served me ill3 ,i would ,i had a sword that ,i might kill thee4 #bb3cj4 ,the ass said3 ,am not ,i thy beast1 on which thou hast been always accustomed to ride until this present day8 tell me if ,i ever did the like thing to thee4 ,but he said3 ,never4 #bb3ca4 ,forthwith the ,lord opened the eyes of ,balaam1 and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword1 and he worshipped him falling flat on the ground4 #bb3cb4 ,and the angel said to him3 ,why beatest thou thy ass these three times8 ,i am come to withstand thee1 because thy way is perverse1 and contrary to me3 ,perverse4 4 4,because thy inclinations are wicked in being willing for the sake of gain to curse the people of whom ,i am the guardian4 #bb3cc4 ,and unless the ass had turned out of the way1 giving place to me who stood against thee1 ,i had slain thee1 and she should have lived4 #bb3cd4 ,balaam said3 ,i have sinned1 not knowing that thou didst stand against me3 and now if it displease thee that ,i go1 ,i will return4 #bb3ce4 ,the angel said3 ,go with these men1 and see thou speak no other thing than what ,i shall command thee4 ,he went therefore with the princes4 #bb3cf4 ,and when ,balac heard it he came forth to meet him in a town of the ,moabites1 that is situate in the uttermost borders of ,arnon4 #bb3cg4 ,and he said to ,balaam3 ,i sent messengers to call thee1 why didst thou not come immediately to me8 was it because ,i am not able to reward thy coming8 #bb3ch4 ,he answered him3 ,lo1 here ,i am3 shall ,i have power to speak any other thing but that which ,god shall put in my mouth8 #bb3ci4 ,so they went on together1 and came into a city1 that was in the uttermost borders of his kingdom4 #bb3dj4 ,and when ,balac had killed oxen and sheep1 he sent presents to ,balaam1 and to the princes that were with him4 #bb3da4 ,and when morning was come1 he brought him to the high places of ,baal1 and he beheld the uttermost part of the people4 ,numbers ,chapter #bc ,balaam1 instead of cursing ,israel1 is obliged to bless them1 and prophesy good things of them4 #bc3a4 ,and ,balaam said to ,balac3 ,build me here seven altars1 and prepare as many calves1 and the same number of rams4 #bc3b4 ,and when he had done according to the word of ,balaam1 they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar4 #bc3c4 ,and ,balaam said to ,balac3 ,stand a while by thy burnt offering1 until ,i go1 to see if perhaps the ,lord will meet me1 and whatsoever he shall command1 ,i will speak to thee4 #bc3d4 ,and when he was gone with speed1 ,god met him4 ,and ,balaam speaking to him1 said3 ,i have erected seven altars1 and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram4 #bc3e4 ,and the ,lord put the word in his mouth1 and said3 ,return to ,balac1 and thus shalt thou speak4 #bc3f4 ,returning he found ,balac standing by his burnt offering1 with all the princes of the ,moabites3 #bc3g4 ,and taking up his parable1 he said3 ,balac king of the ,moabites hath brought me from ,aram1 from the mountains of the east3 ,come1 said he1 and curse ,jacob3 make haste and detest ,israel4 #bc3h4 ,how shall ,i curse him1 whom ,god hath not cursed8 ,by what means should ,i detest him1 whom the ,lord detesteth not8 #bc3i4 ,i shall see him from the tops of the rocks1 and shall consider him from the hills4 ,this people shall dwell alone1 and shall not be reckoned among the nations4 #bc3aj4 ,who can count the dust of ,jacob1 and know the number of the stock of ,israel8 ,let my soul die the death of the just1 and my last end be like to them4 #bc3aa4 ,and ,balac said to ,balaam3 ,what is this that thou dost8 ,i sent for thee to curse my enemies3 and thou contrariwise blessest them4 #bc3ab4 ,he answered him3 ,can ,i speak any thing else but what the ,lord commandeth8 #bc3ac4 ,balac therefore said3 ,come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of ,israel1 and canst not see them all3 curse them from thence4 #bc3ad4 ,and when he had brought him to a high place1 upon the top of mount ,phasga1 ,balaam built seven altars1 and laying on every one a calf and a ram1 #bc3ae4 ,he said to ,balac3 ,stand here by thy burnt offering while ,i go to meet him4 #bc3af4 ,and when the ,lord had met him1 and had put the word in his mouth1 he said3 ,return to ,balac1 and thus shalt thou say to him4 #bc3ag4 ,returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice1 and the princes of the ,moabites with him4 ,and ,balac said to him3 ,what hath the ,lord spoken8 #bc3ah4 ,but he taking up his parable1 said3 ,stand1 ,o ,balac1 and give ear3 hear1 thou son of ,sephor3 #bc3ai4 ,god is not a man1 that he should lie1 nor is the son of man1 that he should be changed4 ,hath he said then1 and will he not do8 hath he spoken1 and will he not fulfil8 #bc3bj4 ,i was brought to bless1 the blessing ,i am not able to hinder4 #bc3ba4 ,there is no idol in ,jacob1 neither is there an image god to be seen in ,israel4 ,the ,lord his ,god is with him1 and the sound of the victory of the king in him4 #bc3bb4 ,god hath brought him out of ,egypt1 whose strength is like to the rhinoceros4 #bc3bc4 ,there is no soothsaying in ,jacob1 nor divination in ,israel4 ,in their times it shall be told to ,jacob and to ,israel what ,god hath wrought4 #bc3bd4 ,behold the people shall rise up as a lioness1 and shall lift itself up as a lion3 it shall not lie down till it devour the prey1 and drink the blood of the slain4 #bc3be4 ,and ,balac said to ,balaam3 ,neither curse1 nor bless him4 #bc3bf4 ,and he said3 ,did ,i not tell thee1 that whatsoever ,god should command me1 that ,i would do8 #bc3bg4 ,and ,balac said to him3 ,come and ,i will bring thee to another place2 if peradventure it please ,god that thou mayest curse them from thence4 #bc3bh4 ,and when he had brought him upon the top of mount ,phogor1 which looketh towards the wilderness1 #bc3bi4 ,balaam said to him3 ,build me here seven altars1 and prepare as many calves1 and the same number of rams4 #bc3cj4 ,balac did as ,balaam had said3 and he laid on every altar1 a calf and a ram4 ,numbers ,chapter #bd ,balaam still continues to prophesy good things in favour of ,israel4 #bd3a4 ,and when ,balaam saw that it pleased the ,lord that he should bless ,israel1 he went not as he had gone before1 to seek divination3 but setting his face towards the desert1 #bd3b4 ,and lifting up his eyes1 he saw ,israel abiding in their tents by their tribes3 and the spirit of ,god rushing upon him1 #bd3c4 ,he took up his parable and said3 ,balaam the son of ,beor hath said3 ,the man hath said1 whose eye is stopped up3 #bd3d4 ,the bearer of the words of ,god hath said1 he that hath beheld the vision of the ,almighty1 he that falleth1 and so his eyes are opened3 #bd3e4 ,how beautiful are thy tabernacles ,o ,jacob1 and thy tents1 ,o ,israel6 #bd3f4 ,as woody valleys1 as watered gardens near the rivers1 as tabernacles which the ,lord hath pitched1 as cedars by the waterside4 #bd3g4 ,water shall flow out of his bucket1 and his seed shall be in many waters4 ,for ,agag his king shall be removed1 and his kingdom shall be taken away4 #bd3h4 ,god hath brought him out of ,egypt1 whose strength is like to the rhinoceros4 ,they shall devour the nations that are his enemies1 and break their bones1 and pierce them with arrows4 #bd3i4 ,lying down he hath slept as a lion1 and as a lioness1 whom none shall dare to rouse4 ,he that blesseth thee1 shall also himself be blessed3 he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed4 #bd3aj4 ,and ,balac being angry against ,balaam1 clapped his hands together and said3 ,i called thee to curse my enemies1 and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times4 #bd3aa4 ,return to thy place4 ,i had determined indeed greatly to honour thee1 but the ,lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee4 #bd3ab4 ,balaam made answer to ,balac3 ,did ,i not say to thy messengers1 whom thou sentest to me3 #bd3ac4 ,if ,balac would give me his house full of silver and gold1 ,i cannot go beyond the word of the ,lord my ,god1 to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil3 but whatsoever the ,lord shall say1 that ,i will speak8 #bd3ad4 ,but yet going to my people1 ,i will give thee counsel1 what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days4 #bd3ae4 ,therefore taking up his parable1 again he said3 ,balaam the son of ,beor hath said3 ,the man whose eye is stopped up1 hath said3 #bd3af4 ,the hearer of the words of ,god hath said1 who knoweth the doctrine of the ,highest1 and seeth the visions of the ,almighty1 who falling hath his eyes opened3 #bd3ag4 ,i shall see him1 but not now3 ,i shall behold him1 but not near4 ,a ,,star ,,shall ,,rise out of ,jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from ,israel3 and shall strike the chiefs of ,moab1 and shall waste all the children of ,seth #bd3ah4 ,and he shall possess ,idumea3 the inheritance of ,seir shall come to their enemies1 but ,israel shall do manfully4 #bd3ai4 ,out of ,jacob shall he come that shall rule1 and shall destroy the remains of the city4 #bd3bj4 ,and when he saw ,amalec1 he took up his parable1 and said3 ,amalec the beginning of nations1 whose latter ends shall be destroyed4 #bd3ba4 ,he saw also the ,cinite3 and took up his parable1 and said3 ,thy habitation indeed is strong3 but though thou build thy nest in a rock1 #bd3bb4 ,and thou be chosen of the stock of ,cin1 how long shalt thou be able to continue8 ,for ,assur shall take thee captive4 #bd3bc4 ,and taking up his parable1 again he said3 ,alas1 who shall live when ,god shall do these things8 #bd3bd4 ,they shall come in galleys from ,italy1 they shall overcome the ,assyrians1 and shall waste the ,hebrews1 and at the last they themselves also shall perish4 #bd3be4 ,and ,balaam rose1 and returned to his place3 ,balac also returned the way that he came4 ,numbers ,chapter #be ,the people fall into fornication and idolatry2 for which twenty-four thousand are slain4 ,the zeal of ,phinees4 #be3a4 ,and ,israel at that time abode in ,settim1 and the people committed fornication with the daughters of ,moab1 #be3b4 ,who called them to their sacrifices4 ,and they ate of them1 and adored their gods4 #be3c4 ,and ,israel was initiated to ,beelphegor3 upon which the ,lord being angry1 ,initiated to ,beelphegor4 4 4,that is1 they took to the worship of ,beelphegor1 an obscene idol of the ,moabites1 and were consecrated1 as it were1 to him4 #be3d4 ,said to ,moses3 ,take all the princes of the people1 and hang them up on gibbets against the sun3 that my fury may be turned away from ,israel4 #be3e4 ,and ,moses said to the judges of ,israel3 ,let every man kill his neighbours1 that have been initiated to ,beelphegor4 #be3f4 ,and behold one of the children of ,israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of ,madian1 in the sight of ,moses and of all the children of ,israel1 who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle4 #be3g4 ,and when ,phinees the son of ,eleazar the son of ,aaron the priest saw it1 he rose up from the midst of the multitude1 and taking a dagger1 #be3h4 ,went in after the ,israelite into the brothel house1 and thrust both of them through together1 to wit1 the man and the woman in the genital parts4 ,and the scourge ceased from the children of ,israel4 #be3i4 ,and there were slain four and twenty thousand men4 #be3aj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #be3aa4 ,phinees the son of ,eleazar the son of ,aaron the priest1 hath turned away my wrath from the children of ,israel3 because he was moved with my zeal against them1 that ,i myself might not destroy the children of ,israel in my zeal4 #be3ab4 ,therefore say to him3 behold ,i give him the peace of my covenant1 #be3ac4 ,and the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both to him and his seed1 because he hath been zealous for his ,god1 and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of ,israel4 #be3ad4 ,and the name of the ,israelite1 that was slain with the woman of ,madian1 was ,zambri the son of ,salu1 a prince of the kindred and tribe of ,simeon4 #be3ae4 ,and the ,madianite woman1 that was slain with him1 was called ,cozbi the daughter of ,sur1 a most noble prince among the ,madianites4 #be3af4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #be3ag4 ,let the ,madianites find you their enemies1 and slay you them3 #be3ah4 ,because they also have acted like enemies against you1 and have guilefully deceived you by the idol ,phogor1 and ,cozbi their sister1 a daughter of a prince of ,madian1 who was slain in the day of the plague for the sacrilege of ,phogor4 ,numbers ,chapter #bf ,the people are again numbered by their tribes and families4 #bf3a4 ,after the blood of the guilty was shed1 the ,lord said to ,moses and to ,eleazar the son of ,aaron1 the priest3 #bf3b4 ,number the whole sum of the children of ,israel from twenty years old and upward1 by their houses and kindreds1 all that are able to go forth to war4 #bf3c4 ,moses therefore and ,eleazar the priest1 being in the plains of ,moab upon the ,jordan over against ,jericho1 spoke to them that were #bf3d4 ,from twenty years old and upward1 as the ,lord had commanded3 and this is the number of them3 #bf3e4 ,ruben the firstborn of ,israel4 ,his sons were ,henoch1 of whom is the family of the ,henochites3 and ,phallu1 of whom is the family of the ,phalluites3 #bf3f4 ,and ,hesron1 of whom is the family of the ,hesronites3 and ,charmi1 of whom is the family of the ,charmites4 #bf3g4 ,these are the families of the stock of ,ruben3 whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty4 #bf3h4 ,the son of ,phallu was ,eliab4 #bf3i4 ,his sons1 were ,namuel and ,dathan and ,abiron4 ,these are ,dathan and ,abiron the princes of the people1 that rose against ,moses and ,aaron in the sedition of ,core1 when they rebelled against the ,lord3 #bf3aj4 ,and the earth opening her mouth swallowed up ,core1 many others dying1 when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men4 ,and there was a great miracle wrought1 #bf3aa4 ,that when ,core perished1 his sons did not perish4 #bf3ab4 ,the sons of ,simeon by their kindreds3 ,namuel1 of him is the family of the ,namuelites3 ,jamin1 of him is the family of the ,jaminites3 ,jachim1 of him is the family of the ,jachimites3 #bf3ac4 ,zare1 of him is the family of the ,zarites3 ,saul1 of him is the family of the ,saulites4 #bf3ad4 ,these are the families of the stock of ,simeon1 of which the whole number was twenty-two thousand two hundred4 #bf3ae4 ,the sons of ,gad by their kindreds3 ,sephon1 of him is the family of the ,sephonites3 ,aggi1 of him is the family of the ,aggites3 ,suni1 of him is the family of the ,sunites3 #bf3af4 ,ozni1 of him is the family of the ,oznites3 ,her1 of him is the family of the ,herites3 #bf3ag4 ,arod1 of him is the family of the ,arodites3 ,ariel1 of him is the family of the ,arielites4 #bf3ah4 ,these are the families of ,gad1 of which the whole number was forty thousand five hundred4 #bf3ai4 ,the sons of ,juda1 ,her and ,onan1 who both died in the land of ,chanaan4 #bf3bj4 ,and the sons of ,juda by their kindreds were3 ,sela1 of whom is the family of the ,selaites3 ,phares1 of whom is the family of the ,pharesites3 ,zare1 of whom is the family of the ,zarites4 #bf3ba4 ,moreover the sons of ,phares were3 ,hesron1 of whom is the family of the ,hesronites3 and ,hamul1 of whom is the family of the ,hamulites4 #bf3bb4 ,these are the families of ,juda1 of which the whole number was seventy-six thousand five hundred4 #bf3bc4 ,the sons of ,issachar1 by their kindreds3 ,thola of whom is the family of the ,tholaites3 ,phua1 of whom is the family of the ,phuaites3 #bf3bd4 ,jasub1 of whom is the family of the ,jasubites3 ,semran1 of whom is the family of the ,semranites4 #bf3be4 ,these are the kindreds of ,issachar1 whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred4 #bf3bf4 ,the sons of ,zabulon by their kindreds3 ,sared1 of whom is the family of the ,saredites3 ,elon1 of whom is the family of the ,elonites3 ,jalel1 of whom is the family of the ,jalelites4 #bf3bg4 ,these are the kindreds of ,zabulon1 whose number was sixty thousand five hundred4 #bf3bh4 ,the sons of ,joseph by their kindred1 ,manasses and ,ephraim4 #bf3bi4 ,of ,manasses was born ,machir1 of whom is the family of the ,machirites4 ,machir begot ,galaad1 of whom is the family of the ,galaadites4 #bf3cj4 ,galaad had sons3 ,jezer1 of whom is the family of the ,jezerites3 and ,helec1 of whom is the family of the ,helecites3 #bf3ca4 ,and ,asriel1 of whom is the family of the ,asrielites3 and ,sechem1 of whom is the family of the ,sechemites3 #bf3cb4 ,and ,semida1 of whom is the family of the ,semidaites3 and ,hepher1 of whom is the family of the ,hepherites4 #bf3cc4 ,and ,hepher was the father of ,salphaad1 who had no sons1 but only daughters1 whose names are these3 ,maala1 and ,noa1 and ,hegla1 and ,melcha1 and ,thersa4 #bf3cd4 ,these are the families of ,manasses1 and the number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred4 #bf3ce4 ,and the sons of ,ephraim by their kindreds were these3 ,suthala1 of whom is the family of the ,suthalaites3 ,becher1 of whom is the family of the ,becherites3 ,thehen1 of whom is the family of the ,thehenites4 #bf3cf4 ,now the son of ,suthala was ,heran1 of whom is the family of the ,heranites4 #bf3cg4 ,these are the kindreds of the sons of ,ephraim3 whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred4 #bf3ch4 ,these are the sons of ,joseph by their families4 ,the sons of ,benjamin in their kindreds3 ,bela1 of whom is the family of the ,belaites3 ,asbel1 of whom is the family of the ,asbelites3 ,ahiram1 of whom is the family of the ,ahiramites3 #bf3ci4 ,supham1 of whom is the family of the ,suphamites3 ,hupham1 of whom is the family of the ,huphamites4 #bf3dj4 ,the sons of ,bela3 ,hered1 and ,noeman4 ,of ,hered1 is the family of the ,heredites3 of ,noeman1 the family of the ,noemanites4 #bf3da4 ,these are the sons of ,benjamin by their kindreds1 whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred4 #bf3db4 ,the sons of ,dan by their kindreds3 ,suham1 of whom is the family of the ,suhamites3 ,these are the kindreds of ,dan by their families4 #bf3dc4 ,all were ,suhamites1 whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred4 #bf3dd4 ,the sons of ,aser by their kindreds3 ,jemna1 of whom is the family of the ,jemnaites3 ,jessui1 of whom is the family of the ,jessuites3 ,brie1 of whom is the family of the ,brieites4 #bf3de4 ,the sons of ,brie3 ,heber1 of whom is the family of the ,heberites3 and ,melchiel1 of whom is the family of the ,melchielites4 #bf3df4 ,and the name of the daughter of ,aser1 was ,sara4 #bf3dg4 ,these are the kindreds of the sons of ,aser1 and their number fifty-three thousand four hundred4 #bf3dh4 ,the sons of ,nephtali by their kindreds3 ,jesiel1 of whom is the family of the ,jesielites3 ,guni1 of whom is the family of the ,gunites3 #bf3di4 ,jeser1 of whom is the family of the ,jeserites3 ,sellem1 of whom is the family of the ,sellemites4 #bf3ej4 ,these are the kindreds of the sons of ,nephtali by their families3 whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred4 #bf3ea4 ,this is the sum of the children of ,israel1 that were reckoned up1 six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty4 #bf3eb4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #bf3ec4 ,to these shall the land be divided for their possessions according to the number of names4 #bf3ed4 ,to the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion1 and to the fewer a less3 to every one1 as they have now been reckoned up1 shall a possession be delivered3 #bf3ee4 ,yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families4 #bf3ef4 ,whatsoever shall fall by lot1 that shall be taken by the more1 or the fewer4 #bf3eg4 ,this also is the number of the sons of ,levi by their families3 ,gerson1 of whom is the family of the ,gersonites3 ,caath1 of whom is the family of the ,caathites3 ,merari1 of whom is the family of the ,merarites4 #bf3eh4 ,these are the families of ,levi3 ,the family of ,lobni1 the family of ,hebroni1 the family of ,core4 ,now ,caath begot ,amram3 #bf3ei4 ,who had to wife ,jochabed the daughter of ,levi1 who was born to him in ,egypt4 ,she bore to her husband ,amram sons1 ,aaron and ,moses1 and ,mary their sister4 #bf3fj4 ,of ,aaron were born ,nadab and ,abiu1 and ,eleazar and ,ithamar3 #bf3fa4 ,of whom ,nadab and ,abiu died1 when they had offered the strange fire before the ,lord4 #bf3fb4 ,and all that were numbered1 were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward3 for they were not reckoned up among the children of ,israel1 neither was a possession given to them with the rest4 #bf3fc4 ,this is the number of the children of ,israel1 that were enrolled by ,moses and ,eleazar the priest1 in the plains of ,moab upon the ,jordan1 over against ,jericho4 #bf3fd4 ,among whom there was not one of them that were numbered before by ,moses and ,aaron in the desert of ,sinai4 #bf3fe4 ,for the ,lord had foretold that they should die in the wilderness4 ,and none remained of them1 but ,caleb the son of ,jephone1 and ,josue the son of ,nun4 ,numbers ,chapter #bg ,the law of inheritance4 ,josue is appointed to succeed ,moses4 #bg3a4 ,then came the daughters of ,salphaad1 the son of ,hepher1 the son of ,galaad1 the son of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses1 who was the son of ,joseph3 and their names are ,maala1 and ,noa1 and ,hegla1 and ,melcha1 and ,thersa4 #bg3b4 ,and they stood before ,moses and ,eleazar the priest1 and all the princes of the people at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant1 and said3 #bg3c4 ,our father died in the desert1 and was not in the sedition1 that was raised against the ,lord under ,core1 but he died in his own sin3 and he had no male children4 ,why is his name taken away out of his family1 because he had no son8 ,give us a possession among the kinsmen of our father4 #bg3d4 ,and ,moses referred their cause to the judgment of the ,lord4 #bg3e4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 #bg3f4 ,the daughters of ,salphaad demand a just thing3 ,give them a possession among their father's kindred1 and let them succeed him in his inheritance4 #bg3g4 ,and to the children of ,israel thou shalt speak these things3 #bg3h4 ,when a man dieth without a son1 his inheritance shall pass to his daughter4 #bg3i4 ,if he have no daughter1 his brethren shall succeed him4 #bg3aj4 ,and if he have no brethren1 you shall give the inheritance to his father's brethren4 #bg3aa4 ,but if he have no uncles by the father1 the inheritance shall be given to them that are the next akin4 ,and this shall be to the children of ,israel sacred by a perpetual law1 as the ,lord hath commanded ,moses4 #bg3ab4 ,the ,lord also said to ,moses3 ,go up into this mountain ,abarim1 and view from thence the land which ,i will give to the children of ,israel4 #bg3ac4 ,and when thou shalt have seen it1 thou also shalt go to thy people1 as thy brother ,aaron is gone3 #bg3ad4 ,because you offended me in the desert of ,sin in the contradiction of the multitude1 neither would you sanctify me before them at the waters4 ,these are the waters of contradiction in ,cades of the desert of ,sin4 #bg3ae4 ,and ,moses answered him3 #bg3af4 ,may the ,lord the ,god of the spirits of all flesh provide a man1 that may be over this multitude3 #bg3ag4 ,and may go out and in before them1 and may lead them out1 or bring them in3 lest the people of the ,lord be as sheep without a shepherd4 #bg3ah4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 take ,josue the son of ,nun1 a man in whom is the ,spirit1 and put thy hand upon him4 #bg3ai4 ,and he shall stand before ,eleazar the priest and all the multitude3 #bg3bj4 ,and thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all1 and part of thy glory1 that all the congregation of the children of ,israel may hear him4 #bg3ba4 ,if any thing be to be done1 ,eleazar the priest shall consult the ,lord for him4 ,he and all the children of ,israel with him1 and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word4 #bg3bb4 ,moses did as the ,lord had commanded4 ,and1 when he had taken ,josue1 he set him before ,eleazar the priest1 and all the assembly of the people1 #bg3bc4 ,and laying his hands on his head1 he repeated all things that the ,lord had commanded4 ,numbers ,chapter #bh ,sacrifices are appointed as well for every day as for sabbaths1 and other festivals4 #bh3a4 ,the ,lord also said to ,moses3 #bh3b4 ,command the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,offer ye my oblation and my bread1 and burnt sacrifice of most sweet odour1 in their due seasons4 #bh3c4 ,these are the sacrifices which you shall offer3 ,two lambs of a year old without blemish every day for the perpetual holocaust3 #bh3d4 ,one you shall offer in the mornings1 and the other in the evening3 #bh3e4 ,and the tenth part of an ephi of flour1 which shall be tempered with the1 purest oil1 of the measure of the fourth part of a hin4 #bh3f4 ,it is the continual holocaust which you offered in mount ,sinai for a most sweet odour of a sacrifice by fire to the ,lord4 #bh3g4 ,and for a libation you shall offer of wine the fourth part of a hin for every lamb in the sanctuary of the ,lord4 #bh3h4 ,and you shall offer the other lamb in like manner in the evening according to all the rites of the morning sacrifice1 and of the libations thereof1 an oblation of most sweet odour to the ,lord4 #bh3i4 ,and on the sabbath day you shall offer two lambs of a year old without blemish1 and two tenths of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice1 and the libations1 #bh3aj4 ,which regularly are poured out every sabbath for the perpetual holocaust4 #bh3aa4 ,and on the first day of the month you shall offer a holocaust to the ,lord1 two calves of the herd1 one ram1 and seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish1 #bh3ab4 ,and three tenths of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice for every calf3 and two tenths of flour tempered with oil for every ram3 #bh3ac4 ,and the tenth of a tenth of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice for every lamb4 ,it is a holocaust of most sweet odour and an offering by fire to the ,lord4 #bh3ad4 ,and these shall be the libations of wine that are to be poured out for every victim3 ,half a hin for every calf1 a third for a ram1 and a fourth for a lamb4 ,this shall be the holocaust for every month1 as they succeed one another in the course of the year4 #bh3ae4 ,a buck goat also shall be offered to the ,lord for a sin offering over and above the perpetual holocaust with its libations4 #bh3af4 ,and in the first month1 on the four tenth day of the month1 shall be the phase of the ,lord1 #bh3ag4 ,and on the fifteenth day the solemn feast3 seven days shall they eat unleavened bread4 #bh3ah4 ,and the first day of them shall be venerable and holy3 you shall not do any servile work therein4 #bh3ai4 ,and you shall offer a burnt sacrifice a holocaust to the ,lord1 two calves of the herd1 one ram1 seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bh3bj4 ,and for the sacrifice of every one three tenths of flour which shall be tempered with oil to every calf1 and two tenths to every ram1 #bh3ba4 ,and the tenth of a tenth1 to every lamb1 that is to say1 to all the seven lambs3 #bh3bb4 ,and one buck goat for sin1 to make atonement for you1 #bh3bc4 ,besides the morning holocaust which you shall always offer4 #bh3bd4 ,so shall you do every day of the seven days for the food of the fire1 and for a most sweet odour to the ,lord1 which shall rise from the holocaust1 and from the libations of each4 #bh3be4 ,the seventh day also shall be most solemn and holy unto you1 you shall do no servile work therein4 #bh3bf4 ,the day also of firstfruits1 when after the weeks are accomplished1 you shall offer new fruits to the ,lord1 shall be venerable and holy3 you shall do no servile work therein4 #bh3bg4 ,and you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the ,lord1 two calves of the herd1 one ram1 and seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bh3bh4 ,and in the sacrifices of them three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf1 two to every ram1 #bh3bi4 ,the tenth of a tenth to every lamb1 which in all are seven lambs3 a buck goat also1 #bh3cj4 ,which is slain for expiation3 besides the perpetual holocaust and the libations thereof4 #bh3ca4 ,you shall offer them all without blemish with their libations4 ,numbers ,chapter #bi ,sacrifices for the festivals of the seventh month4 #bi3a4 ,the first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable and holy unto you2 you shall do no servile work therein1 because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets4 #bi3b4 ,and you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the ,lord1 one calf of the herd1 one ram and seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish4 #bi3c4 ,and for their sacrifices1 three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf1 two tenths to a ram1 #bi3d4 ,one tenth to a lamb1 which in all are seven lambs3 #bi3e4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 which is offered for the expiation of the people1 #bi3f4 ,besides the holocaust of the first day of the month with the sacrifices thereof1 and the perpetual holocaust with the accustomed libations4 ,with the same ceremonies you shall offer a burnt sacrifice for a most sweet odour to the ,lord4 #bi3g4 ,the tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you1 and you shall afflict your souls2 you shall do no servile work therein4 #bi3h4 ,and you shall offer a holocaust to the ,lord for a most sweet odour1 one calf of the herd1 one ram1 and seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3i4 ,and for their sacrifices1 three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf1 two tenths to a ram1 #bi3aj4 ,the tenth of a tenth to every lamb1 which are in all seven lambs3 #bi3aa4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the things that are wont to be offered for sin1 for expiation1 and for the perpetual holocaust with their sacrifice and libations4 #bi3ab4 ,and on the fifteenth day of the seventh month1 which shall be unto you holy and venerable1 you shall do no servile work1 but shall celebrate a solemnity to the ,lord seven days4 #bi3ac4 ,and you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the ,lord1 thirteen calves of the herd1 two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3ad4 ,and for their libations three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf1 being in all thirteen calves3 and two tenths to each ram1 being two rams1 #bi3ae4 ,and the tenth of a tenth to every lamb1 being in all fourteen lambs3 #bi3af4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3ag4 ,on the second day you shall offer twelve calves of the herd1 two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3ah4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations for every one1 for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall duly celebrate3 #bi3ai4 ,and a buck goat for a sin offering besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3bj4 ,the third day you shall offer eleven calves1 two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3ba4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall offer according to the rite3 #bi3bb4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice1 and the libation thereof4 #bi3bc4 ,the fourth day you shall offer ten calves1 two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3bd4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate in right manner3 #bi3be4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3bf4 ,the fifth day you shall offer nine calves1 two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3bg4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite3 #bi3bh4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3bi4 ,the sixth day you shall offer eight calves1 two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3cj4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite3 #bi3ca4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3cb4 ,the seventh day you shall offer seven calves and two rams1 and fourteen lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3cc4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite3 #bi3cd4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3ce4 ,on the eighth day1 which is most solemn1 you shall do no servile work3 #bi3cf4 ,but you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the ,lord1 one calf1 one ram1 and seven lambs of a year old1 without blemish3 #bi3cg4 ,and the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall celebrate according to the rite3 #bi3ch4 ,and a buck goat for sin1 besides the perpetual holocaust1 and the sacrifice and the libation thereof4 #bi3ci4 ,these things shall you offer to the ,lord in your solemnities3 besides your vows and voluntary oblations for holocaust1 for sacrifice1 for libation1 and for victims of peace offerings4 ,numbers ,chapter #cj ,of vows and oaths3 and their obligation4 #cj3a4 ,and ,moses told the children of ,israel all that the ,lord had commanded him3 #cj3b4 ,and he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of ,israel3 ,this is the word that the ,lord hath commanded3 #cj3c4 ,if any man make a vow to the ,lord1 or bind himself by an oath3 he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised4 #cj3d4 ,if a woman vow any thing1 and bind herself by an oath1 being in her father's house1 and but yet a girl in age3 if her father knew the vow that she hath promised1 and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul1 and held his peace1 she shall be bound by the vow3 #cj3e4 ,whatsoever she promised and swore1 she shall fulfil in deed4 #cj3f4 ,but if her father1 immediately as soon as he heard it1 gainsaid it1 both her vows and her oaths shall be void1 neither shall she be bound to what she promised1 because her father hath gainsaid it4 #cj3g4 ,if she have a husband1 and shall vow any thing1 and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath1 #cj3h4 ,the day that her husband shall hear it1 and not gainsay it1 she shall be bound to the vow1 and shall give whatsoever she promised4 #cj3i4 ,but if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it1 and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect3 the ,lord will forgive her4 #cj3aj4 ,the widow1 and she that is divorced1 shall fulfil whatsoever they vow4 #cj3aa4 ,if the wife in the house of her husband1 hath bound herself by vow and by oath1 #cj3ab4 ,if her husband hear1 and hold his peace1 and doth not disallow the promise1 she shall accomplish whatsoever she had promised4 #cj3ac4 ,but if forthwith he gainsay it1 she shall not be bound by the promise3 because her husband gainsaid it1 and the ,lord will be merciful to her4 #cj3ad4 ,if she vow and bind herself by oath1 to afflict her soul by fasting1 or abstinence from other things1 it shall depend on the will of her husband1 whether she shall do it1 or not do it4 #cj3ae4 ,but if the husband hearing it hold his peace1 and defer the declaring his mind till another day3 whatsoever she had vowed and promised1 she shall fulfil3 because immediately as he heard it1 he held his peace4 #cj3af4 ,but if he gainsay it after that he knew it1 he shall bear her iniquity4 #cj3ag4 ,these are the laws which the ,lord appointed to ,moses between the husband and the wife1 between the father and the daughter that is as yet but a girl in age1 or that abideth in her father's house4 ,numbers ,chapter #ca ,the ,madianites are slain for having drawn the people of ,israel into sin4 ,the dividing of the booty4 #ca3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #ca3b4 ,revenge first the children of ,israel on the ,madianites1 and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people4 #ca3c4 ,and ,moses forthwith said3 ,arm of you men to fight1 who may take the revenge of the ,lord on the ,madianites4 #ca3d4 ,let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of ,israel to be sent to the war4 #ca3e4 ,and they gave a thousand of every tribe1 that is to say1 twelve thousand men well appointed for battle4 #ca3f4 ,and ,moses sent them with ,phinees the son of ,eleazar the priest1 and he delivered to him the holy vessels1 and the trumpets to sound4 #ca3g4 ,and when they had fought against the ,madianites and had overcome them1 they slew all the men4 #ca3h4 ,and their kings ,evi1 and ,recem1 and ,sur1 and ,hur1 and ,rebe1 five princes of the nation3 ,balaam also the son of ,beor they killed with the sword4 #ca3i4 ,and they took their women1 and their children captives1 and all their cattle1 and all their goods3 and all their possessions they plundered3 #ca3aj4 ,and all their cities1 and their villages1 and castles1 they burned4 #ca3aa4 ,and they carried away the booty1 and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts4 #ca3ab4 ,and they brought them to ,moses1 and ,eleazar the priest1 and to all the multitude of the children of ,israel4 ,but the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of ,moab1 beside the ,jordan over against ,jericho4 #ca3ac4 ,and ,moses and ,eleazar the priest and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp4 #ca3ad4 ,and ,moses being angry with the chief officers of the army1 the tribunes1 and the centurions that were come from the battle1 #ca3ae4 ,said3 ,why have you saved the women8 #ca3af4 ,are not these they1 that deceived the children of ,israel by the counsel of ,balaam1 and made you transgress against the ,lord by the sin of ,phogor1 for which also the people was punished8 ,the sin of ,phogor4 4 4,the sin committed in the worship of ,beelphegor4 #ca3ag4 ,therefore kill all that are of the male sex1 even of the children3 and put to death the women1 that have carnally known men4 ,of children4 4 4,women and children1 ordinarily speaking1 were not to be killed in war1 ,deut4 #bj4ad4 ,but the great ,lord of life and death was pleased to order it otherwise in the present case1 in detestation of the wickedness of this people1 who by the counsel of ,balaam1 had sent their women among the ,israelites on purpose to draw them from ,god4 #ca3ah4 ,but the girls1 and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves3 #ca3ai4 ,and stay without the camp seven days4 ,he that hath killed a man1 or touched one that is killed1 shall be purified the third day and the seventh day4 #ca3bj4 ,and of all the spoil1 every garment1 or vessel1 or any thing made for use1 of the skins1 or hair of goats1 or of wood1 shall be purified4 #ca3ba4 ,eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army1 that had fought1 in this manner3 ,this is the ordinance of the law1 which the ,lord hath commanded ,moses3 #ca3bb4 ,gold1 and silver1 and brass1 and iron1 and lead1 and tin1 #ca3bc4 ,and all that may pass through the fire1 shall be purified by fire1 but whatsoever cannot abide the fire1 shall be sanctified with the water of expiation3 #ca3bd4 ,and you shall wash your garments the seventh day1 and being purified1 you shall afterwards enter into the camp4 #ca3be4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #ca3bf4 ,take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast1 thou and ,eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude3 #ca3bg4 ,and thou shalt divide the spoil equally1 between them that fought and went out to the war1 and between the rest of the multitude4 #ca3bh4 ,and thou shalt separate a portion to the ,lord from them that fought and were in the battle1 one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep4 #ca3bi4 ,and thou shalt give it to ,eleazar the priest1 because they are the firstfruits of the ,lord4 #ca3cj4 ,out of the moiety also of the children of ,israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons1 and of oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 and of all beasts1 and thou shalt give them to the ,levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the ,lord4 #ca3ca4 ,and ,moses and ,eleazar did as the ,lord had commanded4 #ca3cb4 ,and the spoil which the army had taken1 was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep1 #ca3cc4 ,seventy-two thousand oxen1 #ca3cd4 ,sixty-one thousand asses3 #ca3ce4 ,and thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex1 that had not known men4 #ca3cf4 ,and one half was given to them that had been in the battle1 to wit1 three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep3 #ca3cg4 ,out of which1 for the portion of the ,lord1 were reckoned six hundred seventy five sheep4 #ca3ch4 ,and out of the thirty-six thousand oxen1 seventy-two oxen3 #ca3ci4 ,out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses1 sixty-one asses3 #ca3dj4 ,out of the sixteen thousand persons1 there fell to the portion of the ,lord1 thirty-two souls4 #ca3da4 ,and ,moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the ,lord to ,eleazar the priest1 as had been commanded him1 #ca3db4 ,out of the half of the children of ,israel1 which he had separated for them that had been in the battle4 #ca3dc4 ,but out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude1 that is to say1 out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep1 #ca3dd4 ,and out of the thirty-six thousand oxen1 #ca3de4 ,and out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses1 #ca3df4 ,and out of the sixteen thousand persons1 #ca3dg4 ,moses took the fiftieth head1 and gave it to the ,levites that watched in the tabernacle of the ,lord1 as the ,lord had commanded4 #ca3dh4 ,and when the commanders of the army1 and the tribunes and centurions were come to ,moses1 they said3 #ca3di4 ,we thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men1 whom we had under our hand1 and not so much as one was wanting4 #ca3ej4 ,therefore we offer as gifts to the ,lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty1 in garters and tablets1 rings and bracelets1 and chains1 that thou mayst pray to the ,lord for us4 #ca3ea4 ,and ,moses and ,eleazar the priest received all the gold in divers kinds1 #ca3eb4 ,in weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles1 from the tribunes and from the centurions4 #ca3ec4 ,for that which every one had taken in the booty was his own4 #ca3ed4 ,and that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony1 for a memorial of the children of ,israel before the ,lord4 ,numbers ,chapter #cb ,the tribes of ,ruben and ,gad1 and half of the tribe of ,manasses1 receive their inheritance on the east side of ,jordan1 upon conditions approved of by ,moses4 #cb3a4 ,and the sons of ,ruben and ,gad had many flocks of cattle1 and their substance in beasts was infinite4 ,and when they saw the lands of ,jazer and ,galaad fit for feeding cattle1 #cb3b4 ,they came to ,moses and ,eleazar the priest1 and the princes of the multitude1 and said3 #cb3c4 ,ataroth1 and ,dibon1 and ,jazer1 and ,nemra1 ,hesebon1 and ,eleale1 and ,saban1 and ,nebo1 and ,beon1 #cb3d4 ,the land1 which the ,lord hath conquered in the sight of the children of ,israel1 is a very fertile soil for the feeding of beasts3 and we thy servants have very much cattle3 #cb3e4 ,and we pray thee1 if we have found favour in thy sight1 that thou give it to us thy servants in possession1 and make us not pass over the ,jordan4 #cb3f4 ,and ,moses answered them3 ,what1 shall your brethren go to fight1 and will you sit here8 #cb3g4 ,why do ye overturn the minds of the children of ,israel1 that they may not dare to pass into the place which the ,lord hath given them8 #cb3h4 ,was it not thus your fathers did1 when ,i sent from ,cadesbarne to view the land8 #cb3i4 ,and when they were come as far as the valley of the cluster1 having viewed all the country1 they overturned the hearts of the children of ,israel1 that they should not enter into the coasts1 which the ,lord gave them4 #cb3aj4 ,and he swore in his anger1 saying3 #cb3aa4 ,if these men1 that came up out of ,egypt1 from twenty years old and upward1 shall see the land1 which ,i promised with an oath to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 because they would not follow me1 #cb3ab4 ,except ,caleb the son of ,jephone the ,cenezite1 and ,josue the son of ,nun3 these have fulfilled my will4 #cb3ac4 ,and the ,lord being angry against ,israel1 led them about through the desert forty years1 until the whole generation1 that had done evil in his sight1 was consumed4 #cb3ad4 ,and behold1 said he1 you are risen up instead of your fathers1 the increase and offspring of sinful men1 to augment the fury of the ,lord against ,israel4 #cb3ae4 ,for if you will not follow him1 he will leave the people in the wilderness1 and you shall be the cause of the destruction of all4 #cb3af4 ,but they coming near1 said3 ,we will make sheepfolds1 and stalls for our cattle1 and strong cities for our children3 #cb3ag4 ,and we ourselves will go armed and ready for battle before the children of ,israel1 until we bring them in unto their places4 ,our little ones1 and all we have1 shall be in walled cities1 for fear of the ambushes of the inhabitants4 #cb3ah4 ,we will not return into our houses until the children of ,israel possess their inheritance3 #cb3ai4 ,neither will we seek any thing beyond the ,jordan1 because we have already our possession on the east side thereof1 #cb3bj4 ,and ,moses said to them3 ,if you do what you promise1 go on well appointed for war before the ,lord3 #cb3ba4 ,and let every fighting man pass over the ,jordan1 until the ,lord overthrow his enemies3 #cb3bb4 ,and all the land be brought under him1 then shall you be blameless before the ,lord and before ,israel1 and you shall obtain the countries that you desire1 before the ,lord4 #cb3bc4 ,but if you do not what you say1 no man can doubt but you sin against ,god3 and know ye1 that your sin shall overtake you4 #cb3bd4 ,build therefore cities for your children1 and folds and stalls for your sheep and beasts1 and accomplish what you have promised4 #cb3be4 ,and the children of ,gad and ,ruben said to ,moses3 ,we are thy servants1 we will do what my lord commandeth4 #cb3bf4 ,we will leave our children1 and our wives and sheep and cattle1 in the cities of ,galaad3 #cb3bg4 ,and we thy servants all well appointed will march on to the war1 as thou1 my lord1 speakest4 #cb3bh4 ,moses therefore commanded ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 and the princes of the families of all the tribes of ,israel1 and said to them3 #cb3bi4 ,if the children of ,gad1 and the children of ,ruben pass with you over the ,jordan1 all armed for war before the ,lord1 and the land be made subject to you3 give them ,galaad in possession4 #cb3cj4 ,but if they will not pass armed with you into the land of ,chanaan1 let them receive places to dwell in among you4 #cb3ca4 ,and the children of ,gad1 and the children of ,ruben answered3 ,as the ,lord hath spoken to his servants1 so will we do3 #cb3cb4 ,we will go armed before the ,lord into the land of ,chanaan1 and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the ,jordan4 #cb3cc4 ,moses therefore gave to the children of ,gad and of ,ruben1 and to the half tribe of ,manasses the son of ,joseph1 the kingdom of ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 and the kingdom of ,og king of ,basan1 and their land and the cities thereof round about4 #cb3cd4 ,and the sons of ,gad built ,dibon1 and ,ataroth1 and ,aroer1 #cb3ce4 ,and ,etroth1 and ,sophan1 and ,jazer1 and ,jegbaa1 #cb3cf4 ,and ,bethnemra1 and ,betharan1 fenced cities1 and folds for their cattle4 #cb3cg4 ,but the children of ,ruben built ,hesebon1 and ,eleale1 and ,cariathaim1 #cb3ch4 ,and ,nabo1 and ,baalmeon 7their names being changed7 and ,sabama3 giving names to the cities which they had built4 #cb3ci4 ,moreover the children of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses1 went into ,galaad1 and wasted it1 cutting off the ,amorrhites1 the inhabitants thereof4 #cb3dj4 ,and ,moses gave the land of ,galaad to ,machir the son of ,manasses1 and he dwelt in it4 #cb3da4 ,and ,jair the son of ,manasses went1 and took the villages thereof1 and he called them ,havoth ,jair1 that is to say1 the villages of ,jair4 #cb3db4 ,nobe also went1 and took ,canath with the villages thereof3 and he called it by his own name1 ,nobe4 ,numbers ,chapter #cc ,the mansions or journeys of the children of ,israel towards the land of promise4 #cc3a4 ,these are the mansions of the children of ,israel1 who went out of ,egypt by their troops under the conduct of ,moses and ,aaron1 ,the mansions4 4 4,these mansions1 or journeys of the children of ,israel from ,egypt to the land of promise1 were figures1 according to the fathers1 of the steps and degrees by which ,christians leaving sin are to advance from virtue to virtue1 till they come to the heavenly mansions1 after this life1 to see and enjoy ,god4 #cc3b4 ,which ,moses wrote down according to the places of their encamping1 which they changed by the commandment of the ,lord4 #cc3c4 ,now the children of ,israel departed from ,ramesses the first month1 on the fifteenth day of the first month1 the day after the phase1 with a mighty hand1 in the sight of all the ,egyptians1 #cc3d4 ,who were burying their firstborn1 whom the ,lord had slain 7upon their gods also he had executed vengeance17 #cc3e4 ,and they camped in ,soccoth4 #cc3f4 ,and from ,soccoth they came into ,etham1 which is in the uttermost borders of the wilderness4 #cc3g4 ,departing from thence they came over against ,phihahiroth1 which looketh towards ,beelsephon1 and they camped before ,magdalum4 #cc3h4 ,and departing from ,phihahiroth1 they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness3 and having marched three days through the desert of ,etham1 they camped in ,mara4 #cc3i4 ,and departing from ,mara1 they came into ,elim1 where there were twelve fountains of waters1 and seventy palm trees3 and there they camped4 #cc3aj4 ,but departing from thence also1 they pitched their tents by the ,red ,sea4 ,and departing from the ,red ,sea1 #cc3aa4 ,they camped in the desert of ,sin4 #cc3ab4 ,and they removed from thence1 and came to ,daphca4 #cc3ac4 ,and departing from ,daphca1 they camped in ,alus4 #cc3ad4 ,and departing from ,alus1 they pitched their tents in ,raphidim1 where the people wanted water to drink4 #cc3ae4 ,and departing from ,raphidim1 they camped in the desert of ,sinai4 #cc3af4 ,but departing also from the desert of ,sinai1 they came to the graves of lust4 #cc3ag4 ,and departing from the graves of lust1 they camped in ,haseroth4 #cc3ah4 ,and from ,haseroth they came to ,rethma4 #cc3ai4 ,and departing from ,rethma1 they camped in ,remmomphares4 #cc3bj4 ,and they departed from thence and came to ,lebna4 #cc3ba4 ,removing from ,lebna they camped in ,ressa4 #cc3bb4 ,and departing from ,ressa1 they came to ,ceelatha4 #cc3bc4 ,and they removed from thence and camped in the mountain ,sepher4 #cc3bd4 ,departing from the mountain ,sepher1 they came to ,arada1 #cc3be4 ,from thence they went and camped in ,maceloth4 #cc3bf4 ,and departing from ,maceloth1 they came to ,thahath4 #cc3bg4 ,removing from ,thahath they camped in ,thare4 #cc3bh4 ,and they departed from thence1 and pitched their tents in ,methca4 #cc3bi4 ,and removing from ,methca1 they camped in ,hesmona4 #cc3cj4 ,and departing from ,hesmona1 they came to ,moseroth4 #cc3ca4 ,and removing from ,moseroth1 they camped in ,benejaacan4 #cc3cb4 ,and departing from ,benejaacan1 they came to mount ,gadgad4 #cc3cc4 ,from thence they went and camped in ,jetebatha4 #cc3cd4 ,and from ,jetebatha they came to ,hebrona4 #cc3ce4 ,and departing from ,hebrona1 they camped in ,asiongaber4 #cc3cf4 ,they removed from thence and came into the desert of ,sin1 which is ,cades4 #cc3cg4 ,and departing from ,cades1 they camped in mount ,hor1 in the uttermost borders of the land of ,edom4 #cc3ch4 ,and ,aaron the priest went up into mount ,hor at the commandment of the ,lord3 and there he died in the fortieth year of the coming forth of the children of ,israel out of ,egypt1 the fifth month1 the first day of the month1 #cc3ci4 ,when he was a hundred and twenty-three years old4 #cc3dj4 ,and king ,arad the ,chanaanite1 who dwelt towards the south1 heard that the children of ,israel were come to the land of ,chanaan4 #cc3da4 ,and they departed from mount ,hor1 and camped in ,salmona4 #cc3db4 ,from whence they removed and came to ,phunon4 #cc3dc4 ,and departing from ,phunon1 they camped in ,oboth4 #cc3dd4 ,and from ,oboth they came to ,ijeabarim1 which is in the borders of the ,moabites4 #cc3de4 ,and departing from ,ijeabarim they pitched their tents in ,dibongab4 #cc3df4 ,from thence they went and camped in ,helmondeblathaim4 #cc3dg4 ,and departing from ,helmondeblathaim1 they came to the mountains of ,abarim over against ,nabo4 #cc3dh4 ,and departing from the mountains of ,abarim1 they passed to the plains of ,moab1 by the ,jordan1 over against ,jericho4 #cc3di4 ,and there they camped from ,bethsimoth even to ,ablesatim in the plains of the ,moabites1 #cc3ej4 ,where the ,lord said to ,moses3 #cc3ea4 ,command the children of ,israel1 and say to them3 ,when you shall have passed over the ,jordan1 entering into the land of ,chanaan1 #cc3eb4 ,destroy all the inhabitants of that land3 ,beat down their pillars1 and break in pieces their statues1 and waste all their high places1 #cc3ec4 ,cleansing the land1 and dwelling in it4 ,for ,i have given it you for a possession4 #cc3ed4 ,and you shall divide it among you by lot4 ,to the more you shall give a larger part1 and to the fewer a lesser4 ,to every one as the lot shall fall1 so shall the inheritance be given4 ,the possession shall be divided by the tribes and the families4 #cc3ee4 ,but if you will not kill the inhabitants of the land3 they that remain1 shall be unto you as nails in your eyes1 and spears in your sides1 and they shall be your adversaries in the land of your habitation4 #cc3ef4 ,and whatsoever ,i had thought to do to them1 ,i will do to you4 ,numbers ,chapter #cd ,the limits of ,chanaan2 with the names of the men that make the division of it4 #cd3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 saying3 #cd3b4 ,command the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,when you are entered into the land of ,chanaan1 and it shall be fallen into your possession by lot1 it shall be bounded by these limits3 #cd3c4 ,the south side shall begin from the wilderness of ,sin1 which is by ,edom3 and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward3 ,the most salt sea4 4 4,the lake of ,sodom1 otherwise called the ,dead ,sea4 #cd3d4 ,which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the ,scorpion and so into ,senna1 and reach toward the south as far as ,cadesbarne1 from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called ,adar1 and shall reach as far as ,asemona4 ,the ,scorpion4 4 4,a mountain so called from having a great number of scorpions4 #cd3e4 ,and the limits shall fetch a compass from ,asemona to the torrent of ,egypt1 and shall end in the shore of the great sea4 ,the great sea4 4 4,the ,mediterranean4 #cd3f4 ,and the west side shall begin from the great sea1 and the same shall be the end thereof4 #cd3g4 ,but toward the north side the borders shall begin from the great sea1 reaching to the most high mountain1 ,the most high mountain4 4 4,libanus4 #cd3h4 ,from which they shall come to ,emath1 as far as the borders of ,sedada3 #cd3i4 ,and the limits shall go as far as ,zephrona1 and the village of ,enan4 ,these shall be the borders on the north side4 #cd3aj4 ,from thence they shall mark out the grounds towards the east side from the village of ,enan unto ,sephama4 #cd3aa4 ,and from ,sephama the bounds shall go down to ,rebla over against the fountain of ,daphnis3 from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of ,cenereth1 ,sea of ,cenereth4 4 4,this is the sea of ,galilee1 illustrated by the miracles of our ,lord4 #cd3ab4 ,and shall reach as far as the ,jordan1 and at the last shall be closed in by the most salt sea4 ,this shall be your land with its borders round about4 #cd3ac4 ,and ,moses commanded the children of ,israel1 saying3 ,this shall be the land which you shall possess by lot1 and which the ,lord hath commanded to be given to the nine tribes1 and to the half tribe4 #cd3ad4 ,for the tribe of the children of ,ruben by their families1 and the tribe of the children of ,gad according to the number of their kindreds1 and half of the tribe of ,manasses1 #cd3ae4 ,that is1 two tribes and a half1 have received their portion beyond the ,jordan over against ,jericho at the east side4 #cd3af4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 #cd3ag4 ,these are the names of the men1 that shall divide the land unto you3 ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 #cd3ah4 ,and one prince of every tribe1 #cd3ai4 ,whose names are these3 ,of the tribe of ,juda1 ,caleb the son of ,jephone4 #cd3bj4 ,of the tribe of ,simeon1 ,samuel the son of ,ammiud4 #cd3ba4 ,of the tribe of ,benjamin1 ,elidad the son of ,chaselon4 #cd3bb4 ,of the tribe of the children of ,dan1 ,bocci the son of ,jogli4 #cd3bc4 ,of the children of ,joseph of the tribe of ,manasses1 ,hanniel the son of ,ephod4 #cd3bd4 ,of the tribe of ,ephraim1 ,camuel the son of ,sephtan4 #cd3be4 ,of the tribe of ,zabulon1 ,elisaphan the son of ,pharnach4 #cd3bf4 ,of the tribe of ,issachar1 ,phaltiel the prince1 the son of ,ozan4 #cd3bg4 ,of the tribe of ,aser1 ,ahiud the son of ,salomi4 #cd3bh4 ,of the tribe of ,nephtali3 ,phedael the son of ,ammiud4 #cd3bi4 ,these are they ,whom the ,lord hath commanded to divide the land of ,chanaan to the children of ,israel4 ,numbers ,chapter #ce ,cities are appointed for the ,levites4 ,of which six are to be the cities of refuge4 #ce3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke these things also to ,moses in the plains of ,moab by the ,jordan1 over against ,jericho3 #ce3b4 ,command the children of ,israel that they give to the ,levites out of their possessions1 #ce3c4 ,cities to dwell in1 and their suburbs round about3 that they may abide in the towns1 and the suburbs may be for them cattle and beasts3 #ce3d4 ,which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward1 a thousand paces on every side3 #ce3e4 ,toward the east shall be two thousand cubits3 and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits3 toward the sea also1 which looketh to the west1 shall be the same extent3 and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits4 ,and the cities shall be in the midst1 and the suburbs without4 #ce3f4 ,and among the cities1 which you shall give to the ,levites1 six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives1 that he who hath shed blood may flee to them3 and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities1 #ce3g4 ,that is1 in all forty-eight with their suburbs4 #ce3h4 ,and of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of ,israel1 from them that have more1 more shall be taken3 and from them that have less1 fewer4 ,each shall give towns to the ,levites according to the extent of their inheritance4 #ce3i4 ,the ,lord said to ,moses3 #ce3aj4 ,speak to the children of ,israel1 and thou shalt say to them3 ,when you shall have passed over the ,jordan into the land of ,chanaan1 #ce3aa4 ,determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives1 who have shed blood against their will4 #ce3ab4 ,and when the fugitive shall be in them1 the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him1 until he stand before the multitude1 and his cause be judged4 #ce3ac4 ,and of those cities1 that are separated for the refuge of fugitives1 #ce3ad4 ,three shall be beyond the ,jordan1 and three in the land of ,chanaan1 #ce3ae4 ,as well for the children of ,israel as for strangers and sojourners1 that he may flee to them1 who hath shed blood against his will4 #ce3af4 ,if any man strike with iron1 and he die that was struck3 he shall be guilty of murder1 and he himself shall die4 #ce3ag4 ,if he throw a stone1 and he that is struck die3 he shall be punished in the same manner4 #ce3ah4 ,if he that is struck with wood die3 he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him4 #ce3ai4 ,the kinsman of him that was slain1 shall kill the murderer3 as soon as he apprehendeth him1 he shall kill him4 #ce3bj4 ,if through hatred any one push a man1 or fling any thing at him with ill design3 #ce3ba4 ,or being his enemy1 strike him with his hand1 and he die3 the striker shall be guilty of murder3 the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him1 shall kill him4 #ce3bb4 ,but if by chance medley1 and without hatred1 #ce3bc4 ,and enmity1 he do any of these things1 #ce3bd4 ,and this be proved in the hearing of the people1 and the cause be debated between him that struck1 and the next of kin3 #ce3be4 ,the innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger1 and shall be brought back by sentence into the city1 to which he had fled1 and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest1 that is anointed with the holy oil4 ,until the death1 etc4 4 4,this mystically signified that our deliverance was to be effected by the death of ,christ1 the high priest and the anointed of ,god4 #ce3bf4 ,if the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished1 #ce3bg4 ,and be struck by him that is the avenger of blood3 he shall not be guilty that killed him4 #ce3bh4 ,for the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest3 and after he is dead1 then shall the manslayer return to his own country4 #ce3bi4 ,these things shall be perpetual1 and for an ordinance in all your dwellings4 #ce3cj4 ,the murderer shall be punished by witnesses3 none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man4 #ce3ca4 ,you shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood1 but he shall die forthwith4 #ce3cb4 ,the banished and fugitives before the death of the high priest may by no means return into their own cities4 #ce3cc4 ,defile not the land of your habitation1 which is stained with the blood of the innocent3 neither can it otherwise be expiated1 but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another4 #ce3cd4 ,and thus shall your possession be cleansed1 myself abiding with you4 ,for ,i am the ,lord that dwell among the children of ,israel4 ,numbers ,chapter #cf ,that the inheritances may not be alienated from one tribe to another1 all are to marry within their own tribes4 #cf3a4 ,and the princes of the families of ,galaad1 the son of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses1 of the stock of the children of ,joseph1 came and spoke to ,moses before the princes of ,israel1 and said3 #cf3b4 ,the ,lord hath commanded thee1 my lord1 that thou shouldst divide the land by lot to the children of ,israel1 and that thou shouldst give to the daughters of ,salphaad our brother the possession due to their father3 #cf3c4 ,now if men of another tribe take them to wives1 their possession will follow them1 and being transferred to another tribe1 will be a diminishing of our inheritance4 #cf3d4 ,and so it shall come to pass1 that when the jubilee1 the is1 the fiftieth year of remission1 is come1 the distribution made by the lots shall be confounded1 and the possession of the one shall pass to the others4 #cf3e4 ,moses answered the children of ,israel1 and said by the command of the ,lord3 ,the tribe of the children of ,joseph hath spoken rightly4 #cf3f4 ,and this is the law promulgated by the ,lord touching the daughters of ,salphaad3 ,let them marry to whom they will1 only so that it be to men of their own tribe4 #cf3g4 ,lest the possession of the children of ,israel be mingled from tribe to tribe4 ,for all men shall marry wives of their own tribe and kindred3 #cf3h4 ,and all women shall take husbands of the same tribe3 that the inheritance may remain in the families4 #cf3i4 ,and that the tribes be not mingled one with another1 but remain so #cf3aj4 ,as they were separated by the ,lord4 ,and the daughters of ,salphaad did as was commanded3 #cf3aa4 ,and ,maala1 and ,thersa1 and ,hegla1 and ,melcha1 and ,noa were married to the sons of their uncle by their father #cf3ab4 ,of the family of ,manasses1 who was the son of ,joseph3 and the possession that had been allotted to them1 remained in the tribe and family of their father4 #cf3ac4 ,these are the commandments and judgment1 which the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses to the children of ,israel1 in the plains of ,moab upon the ,jordan over against ,jericho4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,deuteronomy ,this ,book is called ,,deuteronomy1 which signifies a ,,second ,,law1 because it repeats and inculcates the ordinances formerly given on mount ,sinai1 with other precepts not expressed before4 ,the ,hebrews1 from the first words in the book1 call it ,,elle ,,haddebarim4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #a ,a repetition of what passed at ,sinai and ,cadesbarne3 and of the people's murmuring and their punishment4 #a3a4 ,these are the words1 which ,moses spoke to all ,israel beyond the ,jordan1 in the plain wilderness1 over against the ,red ,sea1 between ,pharan and ,thophel and ,laban and ,haseroth1 where there is very much gold4 #a3b4 ,eleven days' journey from ,horeb by the way of mount ,seir to ,cadesbarne4 #a3c4 ,in the fortieth year1 the eleventh month1 the first day of the month1 ,moses spoke to the children of ,israel all that the ,lord had commanded him to say to them3 #a3d4 ,after that he had slain ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt in ,hesebon3 and ,og king of ,basan who abode in ,astaroth1 and in ,edrai1 #a3e4 ,beyond the ,jordan in the land of ,moab4 ,and ,moses began to expound the law1 and to say3 #a3f4 ,the ,lord our ,god spoke to us in ,horeb1 saying3 ,you have stayed long enough in this mountain3 #a3g4 ,turn you1 and come to the mountain of the ,amorrhites1 and to the other places that are next to it1 the plains and the hills and the vales towards the south1 and by the sea shore1 the land of the ,chanaanites1 and of ,libanus1 as far as the great river ,euphrates4 #a3h4 ,behold1 said he1 ,i have delivered it to you3 go in and possess it1 concerning which the ,lord swore to your fathers ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 that he would give it to them1 and to their seed after them4 #a3i4 ,and ,i said to you at that time3 #a3aj4 ,i alone am not able to bear you3 for the ,lord your ,god hath multiplied you1 and you are this day as the stars of heaven1 for multitude4 #a3aa4 7,the ,lord ,god of your fathers add to this number many thousands1 and bless you as he hath spoken47 #a3ab4 ,i alone am not able to bear your business1 and the charge of you and your differences4 #a3ac4 ,let me have from among you wise and understanding men1 and such whose conversation is approved among your tribes1 that ,i may appoint them your rulers4 #a3ad4 ,then you answered me3 ,the thing is good which thou meanest to do4 #a3ae4 ,and ,i took out of your tribes men wise and honourable1 and appointed them rulers1 tribunes1 and centurions1 and officers over fifties1 and over tens1 who might teach you all things4 #a3af4 ,and ,i commanded them1 saying3 ,hear them1 and judge that which is just3 whether he be one of your country1 or a stranger4 #a3ag4 ,there shall be no difference of persons1 you shall hear the little as well as the great3 neither shall you respect any man's person1 because it is the judgment of ,god4 ,and if any thing seem hard to you1 refer it to me1 and ,i will hear it4 #a3ah4 ,and ,i commanded you all things that you were to do4 #a3ai4 ,and departing from ,horeb1 we passed through the terrible and vast wilderness1 which you saw1 by the way of the mountain of the ,amorrhite1 as the ,lord our ,god had commanded us4 ,and when we were come into ,cadesbarne1 #a3bj4 ,i said to you3 ,you are come to the mountain of the ,amorrhite1 which the ,lord our ,god will give to us4 #a3ba4 ,see the land which the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee3 go up and possess it1 as the ,lord our ,god hath spoken to thy fathers3 fear not1 nor be any way discouraged4 #a3bb4 ,and you came all to me1 and said3 ,let us send men who may view the land1 and bring us word what way we shall go up1 and to what cities we shall go4 #a3bc4 ,and because the saying pleased me1 ,i sent of you twelve men1 one of every tribe3 #a3bd4 ,who1 when they had set forward and had gone up to the mountains1 came as far as the valley of the cluster3 and having viewed the land1 #a3be4 ,taking of the fruits thereof1 to shew its fertility1 they brought them to us1 and said3 ,the land is good1 which the ,lord our ,god will give us4 #a3bf4 ,and you would not go up1 but being incredulous to the word of the ,lord our ,god1 #a3bg4 ,you murmured in your tents1 and said3 ,the ,lord hateth us1 and therefore he hath brought us out of the land of ,egypt1 that he might deliver us into the hand of the ,amorrhite1 and destroy us4 #a3bh4 ,whither shall we go up8 the messengers have terrified our hearts1 saying3 ,the multitude is very great1 and taller than we3 the cities are great1 and walled up to the sky1 we have seen the sons of the ,enacims there4 ,walled up to the sky4 4 4,a figurative expression1 signifying the walls to be very high4 #a3bi4 ,and ,i said to you3 ,fear not1 neither be ye afraid of them3 #a3cj4 ,the ,lord ,god1 who is your leader1 himself will fight for you1 as he did in ,egypt in the sight of all4 #a3ca4 ,and in the wilderness 7as thou hast seen7 the ,lord thy ,god hath carried thee1 as a man is wont to carry his little son1 all the way that you have come1 until you came to this place4 #a3cb4 ,and yet for all this you did not believe the ,lord your ,god1 #a3cc4 ,who went before you in the way1 and marked out the place1 wherein you should pitch your tents1 in the night shewing you the way by fire1 and in the day by the pillar of a cloud4 #a3cd4 ,and when the ,lord had heard the voice of your words1 he was angry and swore1 and said3 #a3ce4 ,not one of the men of this wicked generation shall see the good land1 which ,i promised with an oath to your fathers3 #a3cf4 ,except ,caleb the son of ,jephone3 for he shall see it1 and to him ,i will give the land that he hath trodden upon1 and to his children1 because he hath followed the ,lord4 #a3cg4 ,neither is his indignation against the people to be wondered at1 since the ,lord was angry with me also on your account1 and said3 ,neither shalt thou go in thither4 #a3ch4 ,but ,josue the son of ,nun1 thy minister1 he shall go in for thee3 exhort and encourage him1 and he shall divide the land by lot to ,israel4 #a3ci4 ,your children1 of whom you said that they should be led away captives1 and your sons who know not this day the difference of good and evil1 they shall go in3 and to them ,i will give the land1 and they shall possess it4 #a3dj4 ,but return you and go into the wilderness by the way of the ,red ,sea4 #a3da4 ,and you answered me3 ,we have sinned against the ,lord3 we will go up and fight1 as the ,lord our ,god hath commanded4 ,and when you went ready armed unto the mountain1 #a3db4 ,the ,lord said to me3 ,say to them3 ,go not up1 and fight not1 for ,i am not with you3 lest you fall before your enemies4 #a3dc4 ,i spoke1 and you hearkened not3 but resisting the commandment of the ,lord1 and swelling with pride1 you went up into the mountain4 #a3dd4 ,and the ,amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out1 and meeting you1 chased you1 as bees do3 and made slaughter of you from ,seir as far as ,horma4 #a3de4 ,and when you returned and wept before the ,lord1 he heard you not1 neither would he yield to your voice4 #a3df4 ,so you abode in ,cadesbarne a long time4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #b ,they are forbid to fight against the ,edomites1 ,moabites1 and ,ammonites4 ,their victory over ,sehon king of ,hesebon4 #b3a4 ,and departing from thence we came into the wilderness that leadeth to the ,red ,sea1 as the ,lord had spoken to me3 and we compassed mount ,seir a long time4 #b3b4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 #b3c4 ,you have compassed this mountain long enough3 go toward the north3 #b3d4 ,and command thou the people1 saying3 ,you shall pass by the borders of your brethren the children of ,esau1 who dwell in ,seir1 and they will be afraid of you4 #b3e4 ,take ye then good heed that you stir not against them4 ,for ,i will not give you of their land so much as the step of one foot can tread upon1 because ,i have given mount ,seir to ,esau1 for a possession4 #b3f4 ,you shall buy meats of them for money and shall eat3 you shall draw waters for money1 and shall drink4 #b3g4 ,the ,lord thy ,god hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands3 the ,lord thy ,god dwelling with thee1 knoweth thy journey1 how thou hast passed through this great wilderness1 for forty years1 and thou hast wanted nothing4 #b3h4 ,and when we had passed by our brethren the children of ,esau1 that dwelt in ,seir1 by the way of the plain from ,elath and from ,asiongaber1 we came to the way that leadeth to the desert of ,moab4 #b3i4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,fight not against the ,moabites1 neither go to battle against them3 for ,i will not give thee any of their land1 because ,i have given ,ar to the children of ,lot in possession4 #b3aj4 ,the ,emims first were the inhabitants thereof1 a people great1 and strong1 and so tall1 that like the race of the ,enacims1 #b3aa4 ,they were esteemed as giants1 and were like the sons of the ,enacims4 ,but the ,moabites call them ,emims4 #b3ab4 ,the ,horrhites also formerly dwelt in ,seir3 who being driven out and destroyed1 the children of ,esau dwelt there1 as ,israel did in the land of his possession1 which the ,lord gave him4 #b3ac4 ,then rising up to pass the torrent ,zared1 we came to it4 #b3ad4 ,and the time that we journeyed from ,cadesbarne till we passed over the torrent ,zared1 was thirty-eight years3 until all the generation of the men that were fit for war was consumed out of the camp1 as the ,lord had sworn3 #b3ae4 ,for his hand was against them1 that they should perish from the midst of the camp4 #b3af4 ,and after all the fighting men were dead1 #b3ag4 ,the ,lord spoke to me1 saying3 #b3ah4 ,thou shalt pass this day the borders of ,moab1 the city named ,ar3 #b3ai4 ,and when thou comest nigh the frontiers of the children of ,ammon1 take heed thou fight not against them1 nor once move to battle3 for ,i will not give thee of the land of the children of ,ammon1 because ,i have given it to the children of ,lot for a possession4 #b3bj4 ,it was accounted a land of giants3 and giants formerly dwelt in it1 whom the ,ammonites call ,zomzommims1 #b3ba4 ,a people great and many1 and of tall stature1 like the ,enacims whom the ,lord destroyed before their face3 and he made them to dwell in their stead1 #b3bb4 ,as he had done in favour of the children of ,esau1 that dwell in ,seir1 destroying the ,horrhites1 and delivering their land to them1 which they possess to this day4 #b3bc4 ,the ,hevites also1 that dwelt in ,haserim as far as ,gaza1 were expelled by the ,cappadocians3 who came out of ,cappadocia1 and destroyed them and dwelt in their stead4 #b3bd4 ,arise ye1 and pass the torrent ,arnon3 ,behold ,i have delivered into thy hand ,sehon king of ,hesebon the ,amorrhite1 and begin thou to possess his land and make war against him4 #b3be4 ,this day will ,i begin to send the dread and fear of thee upon the nations that dwell under the whole heaven3 that when they hear thy name they may fear and tremble1 and be in pain like women in travail4 #b3bf4 ,so ,i sent messengers from the wilderness of ,cademoth to ,sehon the king of ,hesebon with peaceable words1 saying3 #b3bg4 ,we will pass through thy land1 we will go along by the highway3 we will not turn aside neither to the right hand nor to the left4 #b3bh4 ,sell us meat for money1 that we may eat3 give us water for money and so we will drink4 ,we only ask that thou wilt let us pass through1 #b3bi4 ,as the children of ,esau have done1 that dwell in ,seir1 and the ,moabites1 that abide in ,ar3 until we come to the ,jordan1 and pass to the land which the ,lord our ,god will give us4 #b3cj4 ,and ,sehon the king of ,hesebon would not let us pass3 because the ,lord thy ,god had hardened his spirit1 and fixed his heart1 that he might be delivered into thy hands1 as now thou seest4 ,hardened1 etc4 4 4,that is1 in punishment of his past sins he left him to his own stubborn and perverse disposition1 which drew him to his ruin4 ,see the note on ,ex4 #g4c4 #b3ca4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,behold ,i have begun to deliver unto thee ,sehon and his land1 begin to possess it4 #b3cb4 ,and ,sehon came out to meet us with all his people to fight at ,jasa4 #b3cc4 ,and the ,lord our ,god delivered him to us3 and we slew him with his sons and all his people4 #b3cd4 ,and we took all his cities at that time1 killing the inhabitants of them1 men and women and children4 ,we left nothing of them3 #b3ce4 ,except the cattle which came to the share of them that took them3 and the spoils of the cities1 which we took3 #b3cf4 ,from ,aroer1 which is upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 a town that is situate in a valley1 as far as ,galaad4 ,there was not a village or city1 that escaped our hands3 the ,lord our ,god delivered all unto us3 #b3cg4 ,except the land of the children of ,ammon1 to which we approached not3 and all that border upon the torrent ,jeboc1 and the cities in the mountains1 and all the places which the ,lord our ,god forbade us4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #c ,the victory over ,og king of ,basan4 ,ruben1 ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses receive their possession on the other side of ,jordan4 #c3a4 ,then we turned and went by the way of ,basan3 and ,og the king of ,basan came out to meet us with his people to fight in ,edrai4 #c3b4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,fear him not3 because he is delivered into thy hand1 with all his people and his land3 and thou shalt do to him as thou hast done to ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 that dwelt in ,hesebon4 #c3c4 ,so the ,lord our ,god delivered into our hands1 ,og also1 the king of ,basan1 and all his people3 and we utterly destroyed them1 #c3d4 ,wasting all his cities at one time1 there was not a town that escaped us3 sixty cities1 all the country of ,argob the kingdom of ,og in ,basan4 #c3e4 ,all the cities were fenced with very high walls1 and with gates and bars1 besides innumerable towns that had no walls4 #c3f4 ,and we utterly destroyed them1 as we had done to ,sehon the king of ,hesebon1 destroying every city1 men and women and children3 #c3g4 ,but the cattle and the spoils of the cities we took for our prey4 #c3h4 ,and we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 that were beyond the ,jordan3 from the torrent ,arnon unto the mount ,hermon1 #c3i4 ,which the ,sidonians call ,sarion1 and the ,amorrhites ,sanir3 #c3aj4 ,all the cities that are situate in the plain1 and all the land of ,galaad and ,basan as far as ,selcha and ,edrai1 cities of the kingdom of ,og in ,basan4 #c3aa4 ,for only ,og king of ,basan remained of the race of the giants4 ,his bed of iron is shewn1 which is in ,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 being nine cubits long1 and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man's hand4 #c3ab4 ,and we possessed the land at that time from ,aroer1 which is upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 unto the half of mount ,galaad3 and ,i gave the cities thereof to ,ruben and ,gad4 #c3ac4 ,and ,i delivered the other part of ,galaad1 and all ,basan the kingdom of ,og to the half tribe of ,manasses1 all the country of ,argob3 and all ,basan is called the ,land of giants4 #c3ad4 ,jair the son of ,manasses possessed all the country of ,argob unto the borders of ,gessuri1 and ,machati4 ,and he called ,basan by his own name1 ,havoth ,jair1 that is to say1 the towns of ,jair1 until this present day4 #c3ae4 ,to ,machir also ,i gave ,galaad4 #c3af4 ,and to the tribes of ,ruben and ,gad ,i gave of the land of ,galaad as far as the torrent ,arnon1 half the torrent1 and the confines even unto the torrent ,jeboc1 which is the border of the children of ,ammon3 #c3ag4 ,and the plain of the wilderness1 and the ,jordan1 and the borders of ,cenereth unto the sea of the desert1 which is the most salt sea1 to the foot of mount ,phasga eastward4 #c3ah4 ,and ,i commanded you at that time1 saying3 ,the ,lord your ,god giveth you this land for an inheritance1 go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of ,israel1 all the strong men of you4 #c3ai4 ,leaving your wives and children and cattle4 ,for ,i know you have much cattle1 and they must remain in the cities1 which ,i have delivered to you4 #c3bj4 ,until the ,lord give rest to your brethren1 as he hath given to you3 and they also possess the land1 which he will give them beyond the ,jordan3 then shall every man return to his possession1 which ,i have given you4 #c3ba4 ,i commanded ,josue also at that time1 saying3 ,thy eyes have seen what the ,lord your ,god hath done to these two kings3 so will he do to all the kingdoms to which thou shalt pass4 #c3bb4 ,fear them not3 for the ,lord your ,god will fight for you4 #c3bc4 ,and ,i besought the ,lord at that time1 saying3 #c3bd4 ,lord ,god1 thou hast begun to shew unto thy servant thy greatness1 and most mighty hand1 for there is no other ,god either in heaven or earth1 that is able to do thy works1 or to be compared to thy strength4 #c3be4 ,i will pass over therefore1 and will see this excellent land beyond the ,jordan1 and this goodly mountain1 and ,libanus4 #c3bf4 ,and the ,lord was angry with me on your account and heard me not1 but said to me3 ,it is enough3 speak no more to me of this matter4 #c3bg4 ,go up to the top of ,phasga1 and cast thy eyes round about to the west1 and to the north1 and to the south1 and to the east1 and behold it1 for thou shalt not pass this ,jordan4 #c3bh4 ,command ,josue1 and encourage and strengthen him3 for he shall go before this people1 and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see4 #c3bi4 ,and we abode in the valley over against the temple of ,phogor4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #d ,moses exhorteth the people to keep ,god's commandments3 particularly to fly idolatry4 ,appointeth three cities of refuge1 on that side of the ,jordan4 #d3a4 ,and now1 ,o ,israel1 hear the commandments and judgments which ,i teach thee3 that doing them1 thou mayst live1 and entering in mayst possess the land which the ,lord the ,god of your fathers will give you4 #d3b4 ,you shall not add to the word that ,i speak to you1 neither shall you take away from it3 keep the commandments of the ,lord your ,god which ,i command you4 #d3c4 ,your eyes have seen all that the ,lord hath done against ,beelphegor1 how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you4 #d3d4 ,but you that adhere to the ,lord your ,god1 are all alive until this present day4 #d3e4 ,you know that ,i have taught you statutes and justices1 as the ,lord my ,god hath commanded me3 so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess3 #d3f4 ,and you shall observe1 and fulfil them in practice4 ,for this is your wisdom1 and understanding in the sight of nations1 that hearing all these precepts1 they may say3 ,behold a wise and understanding people1 a great nation4 #d3g4 ,neither is there any other nation so great1 that hath gods so nigh them1 as our ,god is present to all our petitions4 #d3h4 ,for what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies1 and just judgments1 and all the law1 which ,i will set forth this day before our eyes8 #d3i4 ,keep thyself therefore1 and thy soul carefully4 ,forget not the words that thy eyes have seen1 and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life4 ,thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons1 #d3aj4 ,from the day in which thou didst stand before the ,lord thy ,god in ,horeb1 when the ,lord spoke to me1 saying3 ,call together the people unto me1 that they may hear my words1 and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth1 and may teach their children4 #d3aa4 ,and you came to the foot of the mount1 which burned even unto heaven3 and there was darkness1 and a cloud and obscurity in it4 #d3ab4 ,and the ,lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire4 ,you heard the voice of his words1 but you saw not any form at all4 #d3ac4 ,and he shewed you his covenant1 which he commanded you to do1 and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone4 #d3ad4 ,and he commanded me at that time that ,i should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shall do in the land1 that you shall possess4 #d3ae4 ,keep therefore your souls carefully4 ,you saw not any similitude in the day that the ,lord ,god spoke to you in ,horeb from the midst of the fire3 #d3af4 ,lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude1 or image of male or female1 #d3ag4 ,the similitude of any beasts1 that are upon the earth1 or of birds1 that fly under heaven1 #d3ah4 ,or of creeping things1 that move on the earth1 or of fishes1 that abide in the waters under the earth3 #d3ai4 ,lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven1 thou see the sun and the moon1 and all the stars of heaven1 and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them1 which the ,lord thy ,god created for the service of all the nations1 that are under heaven4 #d3bj4 ,but the ,lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnaces of ,egypt1 to make you his people of inheritance1 as it is this present day4 #d3ba4 ,and the ,lord was angry with me for your words1 and he swore that ,i should not pass over the ,jordan1 nor enter into the excellent land1 which he will give you4 #d3bb4 ,behold ,i die in this land1 ,i shall not pass over the ,jordan3 you shall pass1 and possess the goodly land4 #d3bc4 ,beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the ,lord thy ,god1 which he hath made with thee3 and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things which the ,lord hath forbid to be made3 #d3bd4 ,because the ,lord thy ,god is a consuming fire1 a jealous ,god4 #d3be4 ,if you shall beget sons and grandsons1 and abide in the land1 and being deceived1 make to yourselves any similitude1 committing evil before the ,lord your ,god1 to provoke him to wrath3 #d3bf4 ,i call this day heaven and earth to witness1 that you shall quickly perish out of the land1 which1 when you have passed over the ,jordan1 you shall possess4 ,you shall not dwell therein long1 but the ,lord will destroy you1 #d3bg4 ,and scatter you among all nations1 and you shall remain a few among the nations1 to which the ,lord shall lead you4 #d3bh4 ,and there you shall serve gods1 that were framed with men's hands3 wood and stone1 that neither see1 nor hear1 nor eat1 nor smell4 #d3bi4 ,and when thou shalt seek there the ,lord thy ,god1 thou shalt find him3 yet so1 if thou seek him with all thy heart1 and all the affliction of thy soul4 #d3cj4 ,after all the things aforesaid shall find thee1 in the latter time thou shalt return to the ,lord thy ,god1 and shalt hear his voice4 #d3ca4 ,because the ,lord thy ,god is a merciful ,god3 he will not leave thee1 nor altogether destroy thee1 nor forget the covenant1 by which he swore to thy fathers4 #d3cb4 ,ask of the days of old1 that have been before thy time from the day that ,god created man upon the earth1 from one end of heaven to the other end thereof1 if ever there was done the like thing1 or it hath been known at any time1 #d3cc4 ,that a people should hear the voice of ,god speaking out of the midst of fire1 as thou hast heard1 and lived3 #d3cd4 ,if ,god ever did so as to go1 and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations1 signs1 and wonders1 by fight1 and a strong hand1 and stretched out arm1 and horrible visions according to all the things that the ,lord your ,god did for you in ,egypt1 before thy eyes4 #d3ce4 ,that thou mightest know that the ,lord he is ,god1 and there is no other besides him4 #d3cf4 ,from heaven he made thee to hear his voice1 that he might teach thee4 ,and upon earth he shewed thee his exceeding great fire1 and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the fire1 #d3cg4 ,because he loved thy fathers1 and chose their seed after them4 ,and he brought thee out of ,egypt1 going before thee with his great power1 #d3ch4 ,to destroy at thy coming very great nations1 and stronger than thou art1 and to bring thee in1 and give thee their land for a possession1 as thou seest at this present day4 #d3ci4 ,know therefore this day1 and think in thy heart that the ,lord he is ,god in heaven above1 and in the earth beneath1 and there is no other4 #d3dj4 ,keep his precepts and commandments1 which ,i command thee3 that it may be well with thee1 and thy children after thee1 and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee4 #d3da4 ,then ,moses set aside three cities beyond the ,jordan at the east side1 #d3db4 ,that any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly1 and was not his enemy a day or two before1 and that he might escape to some one of these cities3 #d3dc4 ,bosor in the wilderness1 which is situate in the plains of the tribe of ,ruben3 and ,ramoth in ,galaad1 which is in the tribe of ,gad3 and ,golan in ,basan1 which is in the tribe of ,manasses4 #d3dd4 ,this is the law1 that ,moses set before the children of ,israel1 #d3de4 ,and these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments1 which he spoke to the children of ,israel1 when they came out of ,egypt1 #d3df4 ,beyond the ,jordan in the valley over against the temple of ,phogor1 in the land of ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 that dwelt in ,hesebon1 whom ,moses slew4 ,and the children of ,israel coming out of ,egypt1 #d3dg4 ,possessed his land1 and the land of ,og king of ,basan1 of the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 who were beyond the ,jordan towards the rising of the sun3 #d3dh4 ,from ,aroer1 which is situate upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 unto mount ,sion1 which is also called ,hermon1 #d3di4 ,all the plain beyond the ,jordan at the east side1 unto the sea of the wilderness1 and unto the foot of mount ,phasga4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #e ,the ten commandments are repeated and explained4 #e3a4 ,and ,moses called all ,israel1 and said to them3 ,hear1 ,o ,israel1 the ceremonies and judgments1 which ,i speak in your ears this day3 learn them1 and fulfil them in work4 #e3b4 ,the ,lord our ,god made a covenant with us in ,horeb4 #e3c4 ,he made not the covenant with our fathers1 but with us1 who are now present and living4 #e3d4 ,he spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire4 #e3e4 ,i was the mediator and stood between the ,lord and you at that time1 to shew you his words1 for you feared the fire1 and went not up into the mountain1 and he said3 #e3f4 ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage4 #e3g4 ,thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight4 #e3h4 ,thou shalt not make to thy self a graven thing1 nor the likeness of any things1 that are in heaven above1 or that are in the earth beneath1 or that abide in the waters under the earth4 #e3i4 ,thou shalt not adore them1 and thou shalt not serve them4 ,for ,i am the ,lord thy ,god1 a jealous ,god1 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation1 to them that hate me1 #e3aj4 ,and shewing mercy unto many thousands1 to them that love me1 and keep my commandments4 #e3aa4 ,thou shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain3 for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing4 #e3ab4 ,observe the day of the sabbath1 to sanctify it1 as the ,lord thy ,god hath commanded thee4 #e3ac4 ,six days shalt thou labour1 and shalt do all thy works4 #e3ad4 ,the seventh is the day of the sabbath1 that is1 the rest of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,thou shalt not do any work therein1 thou nor thy son nor thy daughter1 nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant1 nor thy ox1 nor thy ass1 nor any of thy beasts1 nor the stranger that is within thy gates3 that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest1 even as thyself4 #e3ae4 ,remember that thou also didst serve in ,egypt1 and the ,lord thy ,god brought thee out from thence with a strong hand1 and a stretched out arm4 ,therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day4 #e3af4 ,honour thy father and mother1 as the ,lord thy ,god hath commanded thee1 that thou mayst live a long time1 and it may be well with thee in the land1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee4 #e3ag4 ,thou shalt not kill4 #e3ah4 ,neither shalt thou commit adultery4 #e3ai4 ,and thou shalt not steal4 #e3bj4 ,neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour4 #e3ba4 ,thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife3 nor his house1 nor his field1 nor his manservant1 nor his maidservant1 nor his ox1 nor his ass1 nor any thing that is his4 #e3bb4 ,these words the ,lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain1 out of the midst of the fire and the cloud1 and the darkness1 with a loud voice1 adding nothing more3 and he wrote them in two tables of stone1 which he delivered unto me4 #e3bc4 ,but you1 after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness1 and saw the mountain burn1 came to me1 all the princes of the tribes and the elders1 and you said3 #e3bd4 ,behold the ,lord our ,god hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness1 we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire1 and have proved this day that ,god speaking with man1 man hath lived4 #e3be4 ,why shall we die therefore1 and why shall this exceeding great fire comsume us3 for if we hear the voice of the ,lord our ,god any more1 we shall die4 #e3bf4 ,what is all flesh1 that it should hear the voice of the living ,god1 who speaketh out of the midst of the fire1 as we have heard1 and be able to live8 #e3bg4 ,approach thou rather3 and hear all things that the ,lord our ,god shall say to thee1 and thou shalt speak to us1 and we will hear and will do them4 #e3bh4 ,and when the ,lord had heard this1 he said to me3 ,i have heard the voice of the words of this people1 which they spoke to thee3 they have spoken all things well4 #e3bi4 ,who shall give them to have such a mind1 to fear me1 and to keep all my commandments at all times1 that it may be well with them and with their children for ever8 #e3cj4 ,go and say to them3 ,return into your tents4 #e3ca4 ,but stand thou here with me1 and ,i will speak to thee all my commandments1 and ceremonies and judgments3 which thou shalt teach them1 that they may do them in the land1 which ,i will give them for a possession4 #e3cb4 ,keep therefore and do the things which the ,lord ,god hath commanded you3 you shall not go aside neither to the right hand1 nor to the left4 #e3cc4 ,but you shall walk in the way that the ,lord your ,god hath commanded1 that you may live1 and it may be well with you1 and your days may be long in the land of your possession4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #f ,an exhortation to the love of ,god1 and obedience to his law4 #f3a4 ,these are the precepts1 and ceremonies1 and judgments1 which the ,lord your ,god commanded that ,i should teach you1 and that you should do them in the land into which you pass over to possess it3 #f3b4 ,that thou mayst fear the ,lord thy ,god1 and keep all his commandments and precepts1 which ,i command thee1 and thy sons1 and thy grandsons1 all the days of thy life1 that thy days may be prolonged4 #f3c4 ,hear1 ,o ,israel1 and observe to do the things which the ,lord hath commanded thee1 that it may be well with thee1 and thou mayst be greatly multiplied1 as the ,lord the ,god of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowing with milk and honey4 #f3d4 ,hear1 ,o ,israel1 the ,lord our ,god is one ,lord4 #f3e4 ,thou shalt love the ,lord thy ,god with thy whole heart1 and with thy whole soul1 and with thy whole strength4 #f3f4 ,and these words which ,i command thee this day1 shall be in thy heart3 #f3g4 ,and thou shalt tell them to thy children1 and thou shalt meditate upon them sitting in thy house1 and walking on thy journey1 sleeping and rising4 #f3h4 ,and thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand1 and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes4 #f3i4 ,and thou shalt write them in the entry1 and on the doors of thy house4 #f3aj4 ,and when the ,lord thy ,god shall have brought thee into the land1 for which he swore to thy fathers ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 and shall have given thee great and goodly cities1 which thou didst not build1 #f3aa4 ,houses full of riches1 which thou didst not set up1 cisterns which thou didst not dig1 vineyards and oliveyards1 which thou didst not plant1 #f3ab4 ,and thou shalt have eaten and be full3 #f3ac4 ,take heed diligently lest thou forget the ,lord1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage4 ,thou shalt fear the ,lord thy ,god1 and shalt serve him only1 and thou shalt swear by his name4 #f3ad4 ,you shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations1 that are round about you3 #f3ae4 ,because the ,lord thy ,god is a jealous ,god in the midst of thee3 lest at any time the wrath of the ,lord thy ,god be kindled against thee1 and take thee away from the face of the earth4 #f3af4 ,thou shalt not tempt the ,lord thy ,god1 as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation4 #f3ag4 ,keep the precepts of the ,lord thy ,god1 and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee4 #f3ah4 ,and do that which is pleasing and good in the sight of the ,lord1 that it may be well with thee3 and going in thou mayst possess the goodly land1 concerning which the ,lord swore to thy fathers1 #f3ai4 ,that he would destroy all thy enemies before thee1 as he hath spoken4 #f3bj4 ,and when thy son shall ask thee to morrow1 saying3 ,what mean these testimonies1 and ceremonies and judgments1 which the ,lord our ,god hath commanded us8 #f3ba4 ,thou shalt say to him3 ,we were bondmen of ,pharao in ,egypt1 and the ,lord brought us out of ,egypt with a strong hand4 #f3bb4 ,and he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in ,egypt against ,pharao1 and all his house1 in our sight1 #f3bc4 ,and he brought us out from thence1 that he might bring us in and give us the land1 concerning which he swore to our fathers4 #f3bd4 ,and the ,lord commanded that we should do all these ordinances1 and should fear the ,lord our ,god1 that it might be well with us all the days of our life1 as it is at this day4 #f3be4 ,and he will be merciful to us1 if we keep and do all his precepts before the ,lord our ,god1 as he hath commanded us4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #g ,no league nor fellowship to be made with the ,chanaanites3 ,god promiseth his people his blessing and assistance1 if they keep his commandments4 #g3a4 ,when the ,lord thy ,god shall have brought thee into the land1 which thou art going in to possess1 and shall have destroyed many nations before thee1 the ,hethite1 and the ,gergezite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 seven nations much more numerous than thou art1 and stronger than thou3 #g3b4 ,and the ,lord thy ,god shall have delivered them to thee1 thou shalt utterly destroy them4 ,thou shalt make no league with them1 nor shew mercy to them3 #g3c4 ,neither shalt thou make marriages with them4 ,thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son1 nor take his daughter for thy son3 #g3d4 ,for she will turn away thy son from following me1 that he may rather serve strange gods1 and the wrath of the ,lord will be kindled1 and will quickly destroy thee4 #g3e4 ,but thus rather shall you deal with them3 ,destroy their altars1 and break their statues1 and cut down their groves1 and burn their graven things4 #g3f4 ,because thou art a holy people to the ,lord thy ,god4 ,the ,lord thy ,god hath chosen thee1 to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth4 #g3g4 ,not because you surpass all nations in number1 is the ,lord joined unto you1 and hath chosen you1 for you are the fewest of any people3 #g3h4 ,but because the ,lord hath loved you1 and hath kept his oath1 which he swore to your fathers3 and hath brought you out with a strong hand1 and redeemed you from the house of bondage1 out of the hand of ,pharao the king of ,egypt4 #g3i4 ,and thou shalt know that the ,lord thy ,god1 he is a strong and faithful ,god1 keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him1 and to them that keep his commandments1 unto a thousand generations3 #g3aj4 ,and repaying forthwith them that hate him1 so as to destroy them1 without further delay immediately rendering to them what they deserve4 #g3aa4 ,keep therefore the precepts and ceremonies and judgments1 which ,i command thee this day to do4 #g3ab4 ,if after thou hast heard these judgments1 thou keep and do them1 the ,lord thy ,god will also keep his covenant to thee1 and the mercy which he swore to thy fathers3 #g3ac4 ,and he will love thee and multiply thee1 and will bless the fruit of thy womb1 and the fruit of thy land1 thy corn1 and thy vintage1 thy oil1 and thy herds1 and the flocks of thy sheep upon the land1 for which he swore to thy fathers that he would give it thee4 #g3ad4 ,blessed shalt thou be among all people4 ,no one shall be barren among you of either sex1 neither of men nor cattle4 #g3ae4 ,the ,lord will take away from thee all sickness3 and the grievous infirmities of ,egypt1 which thou knowest1 he will not bring upon thee1 but upon thy enemies4 #g3af4 ,thou shalt consume all the people1 which the ,lord thy ,god will deliver to thee4 ,thy eye shall not spare them1 neither shalt thou serve their gods1 lest they be thy ruin4 #g3ag4 ,if thou say in thy heart3 ,these nations are more than ,i1 how shall ,i be able to destroy them8 #g3ah4 ,fear not1 but remember what the ,lord thy ,god did to ,pharao and to all the ,egyptians1 #g3ai4 ,the exceeding great plagues1 which thy eyes saw1 and the signs and wonders1 and the strong hand1 and the stretched out arm1 with which the ,lord thy ,god brought thee out3 so will he do to all the people1 whom thou fearest4 #g3bj4 ,moreover the ,lord thy ,god will send also hornets among them1 until he destroy and consume all that have escaped thee1 and could hide themselves4 #g3ba4 ,thou shalt not fear them1 because the ,lord thy ,god is in the midst of thee1 a ,god mighty and terrible3 #g3bb4 ,he will consume these nations in thy sight by little and little and by degrees4 ,thou wilt not be able to destroy them altogether3 lest perhaps the beasts of the earth should increase upon thee4 #g3bc4 ,but the ,lord thy ,god shall deliver them in thy sight3 and shall slay them until they be utterly destroyed4 #g3bd4 ,and he shall deliver their kings into thy hands1 and thou shalt destroy their names from under ,heaven3 no man shall be able to resist thee1 until thou destroy them4 #g3be4 ,their graven things thou shalt burn with fire3 thou shalt not covet the silver and gold of which they are made1 neither shalt thou take to thee any thing thereof1 lest thou offend1 because it is an abomination to the ,lord thy ,god4 ,graven things4 4 4,idols1 so called by contempt4 #g3bf4 ,neither shalt thou bring any thing of the idol into thy house1 lest thou become an anathema1 like it4 ,thou shalt detest it as dung1 and shalt utterly abhor it as uncleanness and filth1 because it is an anathema4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #h ,the people is put in mind of ,god's dealings with them1 to the end that they may love him and serve him4 #h3a4 ,all the commandments1 that ,i command thee this day1 take great care to observe3 that you may live1 and be multiplied1 and going in may possess the land1 for which the ,lord swore to your fathers4 #h3b4 ,and thou shalt remember all the way through which the ,lord thy ,god hath brought thee for forty years through the desert1 to afflict thee and to prove thee1 and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known1 whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no4 #h3c4 ,he afflicted thee with want1 and gave thee manna for thy food1 which neither thou nor thy fathers knew3 to shew that not in bread alone doth man live1 but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of ,god4 ,not in bread alone1 etc4 4 4,that is1 that ,god is able to make food of what he pleases for the support of man4 #h3d4 ,thy raiment1 with which thou wast covered1 hath not decayed for age1 and thy foot is not worn1 lo this is the fortieth year1 #h3e4 ,that thou mayst consider in thy heart1 that as a man traineth up his son1 so the ,lord thy ,god hath trained thee up4 #h3f4 ,that thou shouldst keep the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in his ways1 and fear him4 #h3g4 ,for the ,lord thy ,god will bring thee into a good land1 of brooks and of waters1 and of fountains3 in the plains of which and the hills deep rivers break out3 #h3h4 ,a land of wheat1 and barley1 and vineyards1 wherein fig trees and pomegranates1 and oliveyards grow3 a land of oil and honey4 #h3i4 ,where without any want thou shalt eat thy bread1 and enjoy abundance of all things3 where the stones are iron1 and out of its hills are dug mines of brass3 #h3aj4 ,that when thou hast eaten1 and art full1 thou mayst bless the ,lord thy ,god for the excellent land which he hath given thee4 #h3aa4 ,take heed1 and beware lest at any time thou forget the ,lord thy ,god1 and neglect his commandments and judgments and ceremonies1 which ,i command thee this day3 #h3ab4 ,lest after thou hast eaten and art filled1 hast built goodly houses1 and dwelt in them1 #h3ac4 ,and shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of sheep1 and plenty of gold and of silver1 and of all things1 #h3ad4 ,thy heart be lifted up1 and thou remember not the ,lord thy ,god1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage3 #h3ae4 ,and was thy leader in the great and terrible wilderness1 wherein there was the serpent burning with his breath1 and the scorpion and the dipsas1 and no waters at all3 who brought forth streams out of the hardest rock1 ,the ,dipsas4 4 4,a serpent whose bite causeth a violent thirst2 from whence it has its name1 for in ,greek dipsa signifies thirst4 #h3af4 ,and fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not4 ,and after he had afflicted and proved thee1 at the last he had mercy on thee1 #h3ag4 ,lest thou shouldst say in thy heart3 ,my own might1 and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me4 #h3ah4 ,but remember the ,lord thy ,god1 that he hath given thee strength1 that he might fulfil his covenant1 concerning which he swore to thy fathers1 as this present day sheweth4 #h3ai4 ,but if thou forget the ,lord thy ,god1 and follow strange gods1 and serve and adore them3 behold now ,i foretell thee that thou shalt utterly perish4 #h3bj4 ,as the nations1 which the ,lord destroyed at thy entrance1 so shall you also perish1 if you be disobedient to the voice of the ,lord your ,god4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #i ,lest they should impute their victories to their own merits1 they are put in mind of their manifold rebellions and other sins1 for which they should have been destroyed1 but ,god spared them for his promise made to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #i3a4 ,hear1 ,o ,israel3 ,thou shalt go over the ,jordan this day2 to possess nations very great1 and stronger than thyself1 cities great1 and walled up to the sky1 #i3b4 ,a people great and tall1 the sons of the ,enacims1 whom thou hast seen1 and heard of1 against whom no man is able to stand4 #i3c4 ,thou shalt know therefore this day that the ,lord thy ,god himself will pass over before thee1 a devouring and consuming fire1 to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly1 as he hath spoken to thee4 #i3d4 ,say not in thy heart1 when the ,lord thy ,god shall have destroyed them in thy sight3 ,for my justice hath the ,lord brought me in to possess this land1 whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness4 #i3e4 ,for it is not for thy justices1 and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands3 but because they have done wickedly1 they are destroyed at thy coming in3 and that the ,lord might accomplish his word1 which he promised by oath to thy fathers ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #i3f4 ,know therefore that the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices1 for thou art a very stiffnecked people4 #i3g4 ,remember1 and forget not how thou provokedst the ,lord thy ,god to wrath in the wilderness4 ,from the day that thou camest out of ,egypt unto this place1 thou hast always strove against the ,lord4 #i3h4 ,for in ,horeb1 also thou didst provoke him1 and he was angry1 and would have destroyed thee1 #i3i4 ,when ,i went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone1 the tables of the covenant which the ,lord made with you3 and ,i continued in the mount forty days and nights1 neither eating bread1 nor drinking water4 #i3aj4 ,and the ,lord gave me two tables of stone written with the finger of ,god1 and containing all the words that he spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire1 when the people were assembled together4 #i3aa4 ,and when forty days were passed1 and as many nights1 the ,lord gave me the two tables of stone1 the tables of the covenant1 #i3ab4 ,and said to me3 ,arise1 and go down from hence quickly3 for thy people1 which thou hast brought out of ,egypt1 have quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewn them1 and have made to themselves a molten idol4 #i3ac4 ,and again the ,lord said to me3 ,i see that this people is stiffnecked3 #i3ad4 ,let me alone that ,i may destroy them1 and abolish their name from under heaven1 and set thee over a nation1 that is greater and stronger than this4 #i3ae4 ,and when ,i came down from the burning mount1 and held the two tables of the covenant with both hands1 #i3af4 ,and saw that you had sinned against the ,lord your ,god1 and had made to yourselves a molten calf1 and had quickly forsaken his way1 which he had shewn you3 #i3ag4 ,i cast the tables out of my hands1 and broke them in your sight4 #i3ah4 ,and ,i fell down before the ,lord as before1 forty days and nights neither eating bread1 nor drinking water1 for all your sins1 which you had committed against the ,lord1 and had provoked him to wrath3 #i3ai4 ,for ,i feared his indignation and anger1 wherewith being moved against you1 he would have destroyed you4 ,and the ,lord heard me this time also4 #i3bj4 ,and he was exceeding angry against ,aaron also1 and would have destroyed him1 and ,i prayed in like manner for him4 #i3ba4 ,and your sin that you had committed1 that is1 the calf1 ,i took1 and burned it with fire1 and breaking it into pieces1 until it was as small as dust1 ,i threw it into the torrent1 which cometh down from the mountain4 #i3bb4 ,at the burning also1 and at the place of temptation1 and at the graves of lust you provoked the ,lord3 #i3bc4 ,and when he sent you from ,cadesbarne1 saying3 ,go up1 and possess the land that ,i have given you1 and you slighted the commandment of the ,lord your ,god1 and did not believe him1 neither would you hearken to his voice3 #i3bd4 ,but were always rebellious from the day that ,i began to know you4 #i3be4 ,and ,i lay prostrate before the ,lord forty days and nights1 in which ,i humbly besought him1 that he would not destroy you as he had threatened3 #i3bf4 ,and praying1 ,i said3 ,o ,lord ,god1 destroy not thy people1 and thy inheritance1 which thou hast redeemed in thy greatness1 whom thou hast brought out of ,egypt with a strong hand4 #i3bg4 ,remember thy servants ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 look not on the stubbornness of this people1 nor on their wickedness and sin3 #i3bh4 ,lest perhaps the inhabitants of the land1 out of which thou hast brought us1 say3 ,the ,lord could not bring them into the land that he promised them1 and he hated them3 therefore he brought them out1 that he might kill them in the wilderness1 #i3bi4 ,who are thy people and thy inheritance1 whom thou hast brought out by thy great strength1 and in thy stretched out arm4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #aj ,god giveth the second tables of the law3 a further exhortation to fear and serve the ,lord4 #aj3a4 ,at that time the ,lord said to me3 ,hew thee two tables of stone like the former1 and come up to me into the mount3 and thou shalt make an ark of wood1 #aj3b4 ,and ,i will write on the tables the words that were in them1 which thou brokest before1 and thou shalt put them in the ark4 #aj3c4 ,and ,i made an ark of setim wood4 ,and when ,i had hewn two tables of stone like the former1 ,i went up into the mount1 having them in my hands4 #aj3d4 ,and he wrote in the tables1 according as he had written before1 the ten words1 which the ,lord spoke to you in the mount from the midst of the fire1 when the people were assembled3 and he gave them to me4 #aj3e4 ,and returning from the mount1 ,i came down1 and put the tables into the ark1 that ,i had made1 and they are there till this present1 as the ,lord commanded me4 #aj3f4 ,and the children of ,israel removed their camp from ,beroth1 of the children of ,jacan into ,mosera1 where ,aaron died and was buried1 and ,eleazar his son succeeded him in the priestly office4 ,mosera4 4 4,by mount ,hor1 for there ,aaron died1 ,num4 #bj4 ,this and the following verses seem to be inserted by way of parenthesis4 #aj3g4 ,from thence they came to ,gadgad1 from which place they departed1 and camped in ,jetebatha1 in a land of waters and torrents4 #aj3h4 ,at that time he separated the tribe of ,levi1 to carry the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 and to stand before him in the ministry1 and to bless in his name until this present day4 #aj3i4 ,wherefore ,levi hath no part nor possession with his brethren3 because the ,lord himself is his possession1 as the ,lord thy ,god promised him4 #aj3aj4 ,and ,i stood in the mount1 as before1 forty days and nights3 and the ,lord heard me this time also1 and would not destroy thee4 #aj3aa4 ,and he said to me3 ,go1 and walk before the people1 that they may enter1 and possess the land1 which ,i swore to their fathers that ,i would give them4 #aj3ab4 ,and now1 ,israel1 what doth the ,lord thy ,god require of thee1 but that thou fear the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in his ways1 and love him1 and serve the ,lord thy ,god1 with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul3 #aj3ac4 ,and keep the commandments of the ,lord1 and his ceremonies1 which ,i command thee this day1 that it may be well with thee8 #aj3ad4 ,behold heaven is the ,lord's thy ,god1 and the heaven of heaven1 the earth and all things that are therein4 #aj3ae4 ,and yet the ,lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers1 and loved them and chose their seed after them1 that is to say1 you1 out of all nations1 as this day it is proved4 #aj3af4 ,circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart1 and stiffen your neck no more4 #aj3ag4 ,because the ,lord your ,god he is the ,god of gods1 and the ,lord of lords1 a great ,god and mighty and terrible1 who accepteth no person nor taketh bribes4 #aj3ah4 ,he doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow1 loveth the stranger1 and giveth him food and raiment4 #aj3ai4 ,and do you therefore love strangers1 because you also were strangers in the land of ,egypt4 #aj3bj4 ,thou shalt fear the ,lord thy ,god1 and serve him only3 to him thou shalt adhere1 and shalt swear by his name4 #aj3ba4 ,he is thy praise1 and thy ,god1 that hath done for thee these great and terrible things1 which thy eyes have seen4 #aj3bb4 ,in seventy souls thy fathers went down into ,egypt3 and behold now the ,lord thy ,god hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #aa ,the love and service of ,god are still inculcated1 with a blessing to them that serve him1 and threats of punishment if they forsake his law4 #aa3a4 ,therefore love the ,lord thy ,god and observe his precepts and ceremonies1 his judgments and commandments at all times4 #aa3b4 ,know this day the things that your children know not1 who saw not the chastisements of the ,lord your ,god1 his great doings and strong hand1 and stretched out arm1 #aa3c4 ,the signs and works which he did in the midst of ,egypt to king ,pharao1 and to all his land1 #aa3d4 ,and to all the host of the ,egyptians1 and to their horses and chariots3 how the waters of the ,red ,sea covered them1 when they pursued you1 and how the ,lord destroyed them until this present day3 #aa3e4 ,and what he hath done to you in the wilderness1 til you came to this place3 #aa3f4 ,and to ,dathan and ,abiron the sons of ,eliab1 who was the son of ,ruben3 whom the earth1 opening her mouth swallowed up with their households and tents1 and all their substance1 which they had in the midst of ,israel4 #aa3g4 ,your eyes have seen all the great works of the ,lord1 that he hath done1 #aa3h4 ,that you may keep all his commandments1 which ,i command you this day1 and may go in1 and possess the land1 to which you are entering1 #aa3i4 ,and may live in it a long time3 which the ,lord promised by oath to your fathers1 and to their seed1 a land which floweth with milk and honey4 #aa3aj4 ,for the land1 which thou goest to possess1 is not like the land of ,egypt1 from whence thou camest out1 where1 when the seed is sown1 waters are brought in to water it after the manner of gardens4 #aa3aa4 ,but it is a land of hills and plains1 expecting rain from heaven4 #aa3ab4 ,and the ,lord thy ,god doth always visit it1 and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the year unto the end thereof4 #aa3ac4 ,if then you obey my commandments1 which ,i command you this day1 that you love the ,lord your ,god1 and serve him with all your heart1 and with all your soul3 #aa3ad4 ,he will give to your land the early rain and the latter rain1 that you may gather in your corn1 and your wine1 and your oil1 #aa3ae4 ,and your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle1 and that you may eat and be filled4 #aa3af4 ,beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived1 and you depart from the ,lord1 and serve strange gods1 and adore them3 #aa3ag4 ,and the ,lord being angry shut up heaven1 that the rain come not down1 nor the earth yield her fruit1 and you perish quickly from the excellent land1 which the ,lord will give you4 #aa3ah4 ,lay up these words in your hearts and minds1 and hang them for a sign on your hands1 and place them between your eyes4 #aa3ai4 ,teach your children that they meditate on them1 when thou sittest in thy house1 and when thou walkest on the way1 and when thou liest down and risest up4 #aa3bj4 ,thou shalt write them upon the posts and the doors of thy house3 #aa3ba4 ,that thy days may be multiplied1 and the days of thy children in the land which the ,lord swore to thy fathers1 that he would give them as long as the heaven hangeth over the earth4 #aa3bb4 ,for if you keep the commandments which ,i command you1 and do them1 to love the ,lord your ,god1 and walk in all his ways1 cleaving unto him1 #aa3bc4 ,the ,lord will destroy all these nations before your face1 and you shall possess them1 which are greater and stronger than you4 #aa3bd4 ,every place1 that your foot shall tread upon1 shall be yours4 ,from the desert1 and from ,libanus1 from the great river ,euphrates unto the western sea shall be your borders4 #aa3be4 ,none shall stand against you3 the ,lord your ,god shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon1 as he hath spoken to you4 #aa3bf4 ,behold ,i set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse3 #aa3bg4 ,a blessing1 if you obey the commandments of the ,lord your ,god1 which ,i command you this day3 #aa3bh4 ,a curse1 if you obey not the commandments of the ,lord your ,god1 but revolt from the way which now ,i shew you1 and walk after strange gods which you know not4 #aa3bi4 ,and when the ,lord thy ,god shall have brought thee into the land1 whither thou goest to dwell1 thou shalt put the blessing upon mount ,garizim1 the curse upon mount ,hebal3 ,put the blessing1 et4 4 4,see ,deut4 #bg4ab1 etc4 and ,josue #h4cc1 etc4 #aa3cj4 ,which are beyond the ,jordan1 behind the way that goeth to the setting of the sun1 in the land of the ,chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain country over against ,galgala1 which is near the valley that reacheth and entereth far4 #aa3ca4 ,for you shall pass over the ,jordan1 to possess the land1 which the ,lord your ,god will give you1 that you may have it and possess it4 #aa3cb4 ,see therefore that you fulfil the ceremonies and judgments1 which ,i shall set this day before you4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ab ,all idolatry must be extirpated3 sacrifices1 tithes1 and firstfruits must be offered in one only place3 all eating of blood is prohibited4 #ab3a4 ,these are the precepts and judgments1 that you must do in the land1 which the ,lord the ,god of thy fathers will give thee1 to possess it all the days that thou shalt walk upon the earth4 #ab3b4 ,destroy all the places in which the nations1 that you shall possess1 worshipped their gods upon high mountains1 and hills1 and under every shady tree3 #ab3c4 ,overthrow their altars1 and break down their statues1 burn their groves with fire1 and break their idols in pieces3 destroy their names out of those places4 #ab3d4 ,you shall not do so to the ,lord your ,god3 #ab3e4 ,but you shall come to the place1 which the ,lord your ,god shall choose out of all your tribes1 to put his name there1 and to dwell in it3 #ab3f4 ,and you shall offer in that place your holocausts and victims1 the tithes and firstfruits of your hands and your vows and gifts1 the firstborn of your herds and your sheep4 #ab3g4 ,and you shall eat there in the sight of the ,lord your ,god3 and you shall rejoice in all things1 whereunto you shall put your hand1 you and your houses wherein the ,lord your ,god hath blessed you4 #ab3h4 ,you shall not do there the things we do here this day1 every man that which seemeth good to himself4 #ab3i4 ,for until this present time you are not come to rest1 and to the possession1 which the ,lord your ,god will give you4 #ab3aj4 ,you shall pass over the ,jordan1 and shall dwell in the land which the ,lord your ,god will give you1 that you may have rest from all enemies round about3 and may dwell without any fear1 #ab3aa4 ,in the place1 which the ,lord your ,god shall choose1 that his name may be therein4 ,thither shall you bring all the things that ,i command you1 holocausts1 and victims1 and tithes1 and the firstfruits of your hands3 and whatsoever is the choicest in the gifts which you shall vow to the ,lord4 #ab3ab4 ,there shall you feast before the ,lord your ,god1 you and your sons and your daughters1 your menservants and maidservants1 and the ,levite that dwelleth in your cities4 ,for he hath no other part and possession among you4 #ab3ac4 ,beware lest thou offer thy holocausts in every place that thou shalt see3 #ab3ad4 ,but in the place which the ,lord shall choose in one of thy tribes shalt thou offer sacrifices1 and shalt do all that ,i command thee4 #ab3ae4 ,but if thou desirest to eat1 and the eating of flesh delight thee1 kill1 and eat according to the blessing of the ,lord thy ,god1 which he hath given thee1 in thy cities3 whether it be unclean1 that is to say1 having blemish or defect3 or clean1 that is to say1 sound and without blemish1 such as may be offered1 as the roe1 and the hart1 shalt thou eat it3 #ab3af4 ,only the blood thou shalt not eat1 but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water4 #ab3ag4 ,thou mayst not eat in thy towns the tithes of thy corn1 and thy wine1 and thy oil1 the firstborn of thy herds and thy cattle1 nor any thing that thou vowest1 and that thou wilt offer voluntarily1 and the firstfruits of thy hands3 #ab3ah4 ,but thou shalt eat them before the ,lord thy ,god in the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 thou and thy son and thy daughter1 and thy manservant1 and maidservant1 and the ,levite that dwelleth in thy cities3 and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the ,lord thy ,god in all things1 whereunto thou shalt put thy hand4 #ab3ai4 ,take heed thou forsake not the ,levite all the time that thou livest in the land4 #ab3bj4 ,when the ,lord thy ,god shall have enlarged thy borders1 as he hath spoken to thee1 and thou wilt eat the flesh that thy soul desireth3 #ab3ba4 ,and if the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 that his name should be there1 be far off1 thou shalt kill of thy herds and of thy flocks1 as ,i have commanded thee1 and shalt eat in thy towns1 as it pleaseth thee4 #ab3bb4 ,even as the roe and the hart is eaten1 so shalt thou eat them3 both the clean and unclean shall eat of them alike4 #ab3bc4 ,only beware of this1 that thou eat not the blood1 for the blood is for the soul3 and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh3 #ab3bd4 ,but thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water1 #ab3be4 ,that it may be well with thee and thy children after thee1 when thou shalt do that which is pleasing in the sight of the ,lord4 #ab3bf4 ,but the things which thou hast sanctified and vowed to the ,lord1 thou shalt take1 and shalt come to the place which the ,lord shall choose3 #ab3bg4 ,and shalt offer thy oblations1 the flesh and the blood upon the altar of the ,lord thy ,god3 the blood of thy victims thou shalt pour on the altar3 and the flesh thou thyself shalt eat4 #ab3bh4 ,observe and hear all the things that ,i command thee1 that it may be well with thee and thy children after thee for ever1 when thou shalt do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god4 #ab3bi4 ,when the ,lord thy ,god shall have destroyed before thy face the nations1 which thou shalt go in to possess1 and when thou shalt possess them1 and dwell in their land3 #ab3cj4 ,beware lest thou imitate them1 after they are destroyed at thy coming in1 and lest thou seek after their ceremonies1 saying3 ,as these nations have worshipped their gods1 so will ,i also worship4 #ab3ca4 ,thou shalt not do in like manner to the ,lord thy ,god4 ,for they have done to their gods all the abominations which the ,lord abhorreth1 offering their sons and daughters1 and burning them with fire4 #ab3cb4 ,what ,i command thee1 that only do thou to the ,lord3 neither add any thing1 nor diminish4 ,that only do thou1 etc4 4 4,they are forbid here to follow the ceremonies of the heathens2 or to make any alterations in the divine ordinances4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ac ,false prophets must be slain1 and idolatrous cities destroyed4 #ac3a4 ,if there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream1 and he foretell a sign and a wonder1 #ac3b4 ,and that come to pass which he spoke1 and he say to thee3 ,let us go and follow strange gods1 which thou knowest not1 and let us serve them3 #ac3c4 ,thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer3 for the ,lord your ,god trieth you1 that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart1 and with all your soul1 or not4 #ac3d4 ,follow the ,lord your ,god1 and fear him1 and keep his commandments1 and hear his voice3 him you shall serve1 and to him you shall cleave4 #ac3e4 ,and that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain3 because he spoke to draw you away from the ,lord your ,god1 who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 and redeemed you from the house of bondage3 to make thee go out of the way1 which the ,lord thy ,god commanded thee3 and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee4 #ac3f4 ,if thy brother the son of thy mother1 or thy son1 or daughter1 or thy wife that is in thy bosom1 or thy friend1 whom thou lovest as thy own soul1 would persuade thee secretly1 saying3 ,let us go1 and serve strange gods1 which thou knowest not1 nor thy fathers1 #ac3g4 ,of all the nations round about1 that are near or afar off1 from one end of the earth to the other1 #ac3h4 ,consent not to him1 hear him not1 neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him1 #ac3i4 ,but thou shalt presently put him to death4 ,let thy hand be first upon him1 and afterwards the hands of all the people4 ,presently put him to death4 4 4,not by killing him by private authority1 but by informing the magistrate1 and proceeding by order of justice4 #ac3aj4 ,with stones shall he be stoned to death3 because he would have withdrawn thee from the ,lord thy ,god1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt1 from the house of bondage3 #ac3aa4 ,that all ,israel hearing may fear1 and may do no more any thing like this4 #ac3ab4 ,if in one of thy cities1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee to dwell in1 thou hear some say3 #ac3ac4 ,children of ,belial are gone out of the midst of thee1 and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city1 and have said3 ,let us go1 and serve strange gods which you know not3 ,belial4 4 4,that is1 without yoke4 ,hence the wicked1 who refuse to be subject to the divine law1 are called in scripture the children of ,belial4 #ac3ad4 ,inquire carefully and diligently1 the truth of the thing by looking well into it1 and if thou find that which is said to be certain1 and that this abomination hath been really committed1 #ac3ae4 ,thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword1 and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it1 even the cattle4 #ac3af4 ,and all the household goods that are there1 thou shalt gather together in the midst of the streets thereof1 and shall burn them with the city itself1 so as to comsume all for the ,lord thy ,god1 and that it be a heap for ever3 it shall be built no more4 #ac3ag4 ,and there shall nothing of that anathema stick to thy hand3 that the ,lord may turn from the wrath of his fury1 and may have mercy on thee1 and multiply thee as he swore to thy fathers1 #ac3ah4 ,when thou shalt hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 keeping all his precepts1 which ,i command thee this day1 that thou mayst do what is pleasing in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ad ,in mourning for the dead they are not to follow the ways of the ,gentiles3 the distinction of clean and unclean meats3 ordinances concerning tithes1 and firstfruits4 #ad3a4 ,be ye children of the ,lord your ,god3 you shall not cut yourselves1 nor make any baldness for the dead2 #ad3b4 ,because thou art a holy people to the ,lord thy ,god3 and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth4 #ad3c4 ,eat not the things that are unclean4 ,unclean4 4 4,see the annotations on ,lev4 #aa4 #ad3d4 ,these are the beasts that you shall eat1 the ox1 and the sheep1 and the goat1 #ad3e4 ,the hart and the roe1 the buffle1 the chamois1 the pygarg1 the wild goat1 the camelopardalus4 #ad3f4 ,every beast that divideth the hoof in two parts1 and cheweth the cud1 you shall eat4 #ad3g4 ,but of them that chew the cud1 but divide not the hoof1 you shall not eat1 such as the camel1 the hare1 and the cherogril3 because they chew the cud1 but divide not the hoof1 they shall be unclean to you4 #ad3h4 ,the swine also1 because it divideth the hoof1 but cheweth not the cud1 shall be unclean1 their flesh you shall not eat1 and their carcasses you shall not touch4 #ad3i4 ,these shall you eat of all that abide in the waters3 ,all that have fins and scales1 you shall eat4 #ad3aj4 ,such as are without fins and scales1 you shall not eat1 because they are unclean4 #ad3aa4 ,all birds that are clean you shall eat4 #ad3ab4 ,the unclean eat not3 to wit1 the eagle1 and the grype1 and the osprey1 #ad3ac4 ,the ringtail1 and the vulture1 and the kite according to their kind3 #ad3ad4 ,and all of the raven's kind3 #ad3ae4 ,and the ostrich1 and the owl1 and the larus1 and the hawk according to its kind3 #ad3af4 ,the heron1 and the swan1 and the stork1 #ad3ag4 ,and the cormorant1 the porphirion1 and the night crow1 #ad3ah4 ,the bittern1 and the charadrion1 every one in their kind3 the houp also and the bat4 #ad3ai4 ,every thing that creepeth1 and hath little wings1 shall be unclean1 and shall not be eaten4 #ad3bj4 ,all that is clean1 you shall eat4 #ad3ba4 ,but whatsoever is dead of itself1 eat not thereof4 ,give it to the stranger1 that is within thy gates1 to eat1 or sell it to him3 because thou art the holy people of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam4 #ad3bb4 ,every year thou shalt set aside the tithes of all thy fruits that the earth bringeth forth1 #ad3bc4 ,and thou shalt eat before the ,lord thy ,god in the place which he shall choose1 that his name may be called upon therein1 the tithe of thy corn1 and thy wine1 and thy oil1 and the firstborn of thy herds and thy sheep3 that thou mayst learn to fear the ,lord thy ,god at all times4 #ad3bd4 ,but when the way and the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 are far off1 and he hath blessed thee1 and thou canst not carry all these things thither1 #ad3be4 ,thou shalt sell them all1 and turn them into money1 and shalt carry it in thy hand1 and shalt go to the place which the ,lord shall choose3 #ad3bf4 ,and thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoever pleaseth thee1 either of the herds or of sheep1 wine also and strong drink1 and all that thy soul desireth3 and thou shalt eat before the ,lord thy ,god1 and shalt feast1 thou and thy house3 #ad3bg4 ,and the ,levite that is within thy gates1 beware thou forsake him not1 because he hath no other part in thy possession4 #ad3bh4 ,the third year thou shalt separate another tithe of all things that grow to thee at that time1 and shalt lay it up within thy gates4 #ad3bi4 ,and the ,levite that hath no other part nor possession with thee1 and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow1 that are within thy gates1 shall come and shall eat and be filled3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee in all the works of thy hands that thou shalt do4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ae ,the law of the seventh year of remission4 ,the firstlings of cattle are to be sanctified to the ,lord4 #ae3a4 ,in the seventh year thou shalt make a remission1 #ae3b4 ,which shall be celebrated in this order4 ,he to whom any thing is owing from his friend or neighbour or brother1 cannot demand it again1 because it is the year of remission of the ,lord4 #ae3c4 ,of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact it3 of thy countryman and neighbour thou shalt not have power to demand it again4 #ae3d4 ,and there shall be no poor nor beggar among you3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee in the land which he will give thee in possession4 ,there shall be no poor1 etc4 4 4,it is not to be understood as a promise1 that there should be no poor in ,israel1 as appears from ver4 #aa1 where we learn that ,god's people would never be at a loss to find objects for their charity3 but it is an ordinance that all should do their best endeavours to prevent any of their brethren from suffering the hardships of poverty and want4 #ae3e4 ,yet so if thou hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 and keep all things that he hath ordained1 and which ,i command thee this day1 he will bless thee1 as he hath promised4 #ae3f4 ,thou shalt lend to many nations1 and thou shalt borrow of no man4 ,thou shalt have dominion over very many nations1 and no one shall have dominion over thee4 #ae3g4 ,if one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee1 come to poverty3 thou shalt not harden thy heart1 nor close thy hand1 #ae3h4 ,but shalt open it to the poor man1 thou shalt lend him1 that which thou perceivest he hath need of4 #ae3i4 ,beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee1 and thou say in thy heart3 ,the seventh year of remission draweth nigh2 and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother1 denying to lend him that which he asketh3 lest he cry against thee to the ,lord1 and it become a sin unto thee4 #ae3aj4 ,but thou shalt give to him3 neither shalt thou do any thing craftily in relieving his necessities3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee at all times1 and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand4 #ae3aa4 ,there will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation3 therefore ,i command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother1 that liveth in the land4 #ae3ab4 ,when thy brother a ,hebrew man1 or ,hebrew woman is sold to thee1 and hath served thee six years1 in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free3 #ae3ac4 ,and when thou sendest him out free1 thou shalt not let him go away empty3 #ae3ad4 ,but shall give him for his way out of thy flocks1 and out of thy barnfloor1 and thy winepress1 wherewith the ,lord thy ,god shall bless thee4 #ae3ae4 ,remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of ,egypt1 and the ,lord thy ,god made thee free1 and therefore ,i now command thee this4 #ae3af4 ,but if he say3 ,i will not depart3 because he loveth thee1 and thy house1 and findeth that he is well with thee3 #ae3ag4 ,thou shalt take an awl1 and bore through his ear in the door of thy house1 and he shall serve thee for ever3 thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also4 #ae3ah4 ,turn not away thy eyes from them when thou makest them free3 because he hath served thee six years according to the wages of a hireling3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee in all the works that thou dost4 #ae3ai4 ,of the firstlings1 that come of thy herds and thy sheep1 thou shalt sanctify to the ,lord thy ,god whatsoever is of the male sex4 ,thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock1 and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep4 #ae3bj4 ,in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god shalt thou eat them every year1 in the place that the ,lord shall choose1 thou and thy house4 #ae3ba4 ,but if it have a blemish1 or be lame1 or blind1 or in any part disfigured or feeble1 it shall not be sacrificed to the ,lord thy ,god4 #ae3bb4 ,but thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city3 the clean and the unclean shall eat them alike1 as the roe and as the hart4 #ae3bc4 ,only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood1 but pour it out on the earth as water4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #af ,the three principal solemnities to be observed3 just judges to be appointed in every city3 all occasions of idolatry to be avoided4 #af3a4 ,observe the month of new corn1 which is the first of the spring1 that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the ,lord thy ,god3 because in this month the ,lord thy ,god brought thee out of ,egypt by night4 #af3b4 ,and thou shalt sacrifice the phase to the ,lord thy ,god1 of sheep1 and of oxen1 in the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 that his name may dwell there4 #af3c4 ,thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread3 seven days shalt thou eat without leaven1 the bread of affliction1 because thou camest out of ,egypt in fear3 that thou mayst remember the day of thy coming out of ,egypt1 all the days of thy life4 #af3d4 ,no leaven shall be seen in all thy coasts for seven days1 neither shall any of the flesh of that which was sacrificed the first day in the evening remain until morning4 #af3e4 ,thou mayst not immolate the phase in any one of thy cities1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee3 #af3f4 ,but in the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 that his name may dwell there3 thou shalt immolate the phase in the evening1 at the going down of the sun1 at which time thou camest out of ,egypt4 #af3g4 ,and thou shalt dress1 and eat it in the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 and in the morning rising up thou shalt go into thy dwellings4 #af3h4 ,six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread3 and on the seventh day1 because it is the assembly of the ,lord thy ,god1 thou shalt do no work4 #af3i4 ,thou shalt number unto thee seven weeks from that day1 wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corn4 #af3aj4 ,and thou shalt celebrate the festival of weeks to the ,lord thy ,god1 a voluntary oblation of thy hand1 which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of the ,lord thy ,god4 #af3aa4 ,and thou shalt feast before the ,lord thy ,god1 thou1 and thy son1 and thy daughter1 and thy manservant1 and thy maidservant1 and the ,levite that is within thy gates1 and the stranger and the fatherless1 and the widow1 who abide with you3 in the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 that his name may dwell there3 #af3ab4 ,and thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in ,egypt3 and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded4 #af3ac4 ,thou shalt celebrate the solemnity also of tabernacles seven days1 when thou hast gathered in thy fruit of the barnfloor and of the winepress4 #af3ad4 ,and thou shalt make merry in thy festival time1 thou1 thy son1 and thy daughter1 thy manservant1 and thy maidservant1 the ,levite also and the stranger1 and the fatherless and the widow that are within thy gates4 #af3ae4 ,seven days shalt thou celebrate feasts to the ,lord thy ,god in the place which the ,lord shall choose3 and the ,lord thy ,god will bless thee in all thy fruits1 and in every work of thy hands1 and thou shalt be in joy4 #af3af4 ,three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the ,lord thy ,god in the place which he shall choose3 in the feast of unleavened bread1 in the feast of weeks1 and in the feast of tabernacles4 ,no one shall appear with his hands empty before the ,lord3 #af3ag4 ,but every one shall offer according to what he hath1 according to the blessing of the ,lord his ,god1 which he shall give him4 #af3ah4 ,thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee1 in all thy tribes3 that they may judge the people with just judgment1 #af3ai4 ,and not go aside to either part4 ,thou shalt not accept person nor gifts3 for gifts blind the eyes of the wise1 and change the words of the just4 #af3bj4 ,thou shalt follow justly after that which is just3 that thou mayst live and possess the land1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee4 #af3ba4 ,thou shalt plant no grove1 nor any tree near the altar of the ,lord thy ,god3 #af3bb4 ,neither shalt thou make nor set up to thyself a statue3 which things the ,lord thy ,god hateth4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ag ,victims must be without blemish4 ,idolaters are to be slain4 ,controversies are to be decided by the high priest and council1 whose sentence must be obeyed under pain of death4 ,the duty of a king1 who is to receive the law of ,god at the priest's hands4 #ag3a4 ,thou shalt not sacrifice to the ,lord thy ,god a sheep1 or an ox1 wherein there is blemish1 or any fault3 for that is an abomination to the ,lord thy ,god4 #ag3b4 ,when there shall be found among you within any of thy gates1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee1 man or woman that do evil in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god1 and transgress his covenant1 #ag3c4 ,so as to go and serve strange gods1 and adore them1 the sun and the moon1 and all the host of heaven1 which ,i have not commanded3 ,the host of heaven4 4 4,that is1 the stars4 #ag3d4 ,and this is told thee1 and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently1 and found it to be true1 and that the abomination is committed in ,israel3 #ag3e4 ,thou shalt bring forth the man or the woman1 who have committed that most wicked thing1 to the gates of thy city1 and they shall be stoned4 #ag3f4 ,by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he die that is to be slain4 ,let no man be put to death1 when only one beareth witness against him4 #ag3g4 ,the hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him1 and afterwards the hands of the rest of the people3 that thou mayst take away the evil out of the midst of thee4 #ag3h4 ,if thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood1 cause and cause1 leprosy and leprosy3 and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary3 arise1 and go up to the place1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose4 ,if thou perceive1 etc4 4 4,here we see what authority ,god was pleased to give to the church guides of the ,old ,testament1 in deciding1 without appeal1 all controversies relating to the law2 promising that they should not err therein2 and surely he has not done less for the church guides of the ,new ,testament4 #ag3i4 ,and thou shalt come to the priests of the ,levitical race1 and to the judge1 that shall be at that time3 and thou shalt ask of them1 and they shall shew thee the truth of the judgment4 #ag3aj4 ,and thou shalt do whatsoever they shall say1 that preside in the place1 which the ,lord shall choose1 and what they shall teach thee1 #ag3aa4 ,according to his law2 and thou shalt follow their sentence3 neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand4 #ag3ab4 ,but he that will be proud1 and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest1 who ministereth at that time to the ,lord thy ,god1 and the decree of the judge1 that man shall die1 and thou shalt take away the evil from ,israel3 #ag3ac4 ,and all the people hearing it shall fear1 that no one afterwards swell with pride4 #ag3ad4 ,when thou art come into the land1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee1 and possessest it1 and shalt say3 ,i will set a king over me1 as all nations have that are round about3 #ag3ae4 ,thou shalt set him whom the ,lord thy ,god shall choose out of the number of thy brethren4 ,thou mayst not make a man of another nation king1 that is not thy brother4 #ag3af4 ,and when he is made king1 he shall not multiply horses to himself1 nor lead back the people into ,egypt1 being lifted up with the number of his horsemen1 especially since the ,lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way4 #ag3ag4 ,he shall not have many wives1 that may allure his mind1 nor immense sums of silver and gold4 #ag3ah4 ,but after he is raised to the throne of his kingdom1 he shall copy out to himself the ,deuteronomy of this law in a volume1 taking the copy of the priests of the ,levitical tribe1 #ag3ai4 ,and he shall have it with him1 and shall read it all the days of his life1 that he may learn to fear the ,lord his ,god1 and keep his words and ceremonies1 that are commanded in the law2 #ag3bj4 ,and that his heart be not lifted up with pride over his brethren1 nor decline to the right or to the left1 that he and his sons may reign a long time over ,israel4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ah ,the ,lord is the inheritance of the priests and ,levites4 ,heathenish abominations are to be avoided4 ,the great ,,prophet ,,christ is promised4 ,false prophets must be slain4 #ah3a4 ,the priests and ,levites1 and all that are of the same tribe1 shall have no part nor inheritance with the rest of ,israel1 because they shall eat the sacrifices of the ,lord1 and his oblations1 #ah3b4 ,and they shall receive nothing else of the possession of their brethren3 for the ,lord himself is their inheritance1 as he hath said to them4 #ah3c4 ,this shall be the priest's due from the people1 and from them that offer victims3 whether they sacrifice an ox1 or a sheep1 they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast3 #ah3d4 ,the firstfruits also of corn1 of wine1 and of oil1 and a part of the wool from the shearing of their sheep4 #ah3e4 ,for the ,lord thy ,god hath chosen him of all thy tribes1 to stand and to minister to the name of the ,lord1 him and his sons for ever4 #ah3f4 ,if a ,levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all ,israel1 in which he dwelleth1 and have a longing mind to come to the place which the ,lord shall choose1 #ah3g4 ,he shall minister in the name of the ,lord his ,god1 as all his brethren the ,levites do1 that shall stand at that time before the ,lord4 #ah3h4 ,he shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do3 besides that which is due to him in his own city1 by succession from his fathers4 #ah3i4 ,when thou art come into the land which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee1 beware lest thou have a mind to imitate the abominations of those nations4 #ah3aj4 ,neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter1 making them to pass through the fire3 or that consulteth soothsayers1 or observeth dreams and omens1 neither let there be any wizard1 #ah3aa4 ,nor charmer1 nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits1 or fortune tellers1 or that seeketh the truth from the dead4 #ah3ab4 ,for the ,lord abhorreth all these things1 and for these abominations he will destroy them at thy coming4 #ah3ac4 ,thou shalt be perfect1 and without spot before the ,lord thy ,god4 #ah3ad4 ,these nations1 whose land thou shalt possess1 hearken to soothsayers and diviners3 but thou art otherwise instructed by the ,lord thy ,god4 #ah3ae4 ,the ,lord thy ,god will raise up to thee a ,,prophet of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me3 him thou shalt hear3 #ah3af4 ,as thou desiredst of the ,lord thy ,god in ,horeb1 when the assembly was gathered together1 and saidst3 ,let me not hear any more the voice of the ,lord my ,god1 neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire1 lest ,i die4 #ah3ag4 ,and the ,lord said to me3 ,they have spoken all things well4 #ah3ah4 ,i will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee3 and ,i will put my words in his mouth1 and he shall speak to them all that ,i shall command him4 #ah3ai4 ,and he that will not hear his words1 which he shall speak in my name1 ,i will be the revenger4 #ah3bj4 ,but the prophet1 who being corrupted with pride1 shall speak in my name things that ,i did not command him to say1 or in the name of strange gods1 shall be slain4 #ah3ba4 ,and if in silent thought thou answer3 ,how shall ,i know the word that the ,lord hath not spoken8 #ah3bb4 ,thou shalt have this sign3 ,whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the ,lord1 and it cometh not to pass3 that thing the ,lord hath not spoken1 but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind3 and therefore thou shalt not fear him4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ai ,the cities of refuge4 ,wilful murder1 and false witnesses must be punished4 #ai3a4 ,when the ,lord thy ,god hath destroyed the nations1 whose land he will deliver to thee1 and thou shalt possess it1 and shalt dwell in the cities and houses thereof3 #ai3b4 ,thou shalt separate to thee three cities in the midst of the land1 which the ,lord will give thee in possession1 #ai3c4 ,paving diligently the way3 and thou shalt divide the whole province of thy land equally into three parts3 that he who is forced to flee for manslaughter1 may have near at hand whither to escape4 #ai3d4 ,this shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth1 whose life is to be saved3 ,he that killeth his neighbor ignorantly1 and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before3 #ai3e4 ,but to have gone with him to the wood to hew wood1 and in cutting down the tree the axe slipped out of his hand1 and the iron slipping from the handle struck his friend1 and killed him3 he shall flee to one of the cities aforesaid1 and live3 #ai3f4 ,lest perhaps the next kinsman of him whose blood was shed1 pushed on by his grief should pursue1 and apprehend him1 if the way be too long1 and take away the life of him who is not guilty of death1 because he is proved to have had no hatred before against him that was slain4 #ai3g4 ,therefore ,i command thee1 that thou separate three cities at equal distance one from another4 #ai3h4 ,and when the ,lord thy ,god shall have enlarged thy borders1 as he swore to the fathers1 and shall give thee all the land that he promised them1 #ai3i4 7,yet so1 if thou keep his commandments1 and do the things which ,i command thee this day1 that thou love the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in his ways at all times7 thou shalt add to thee other three cities1 and shalt double the number of the three cities aforesaid3 #ai3aj4 ,that innocent blood may not be shed in the midst of the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee to possess1 lest thou be guilty of blood4 #ai3aa4 ,but if any man hating his neighbour1 lie in wait for his life1 and rise and strike him1 and he die1 and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid1 #ai3ab4 ,the ancients of his city shall send1 and take him out of the place of refuge1 and shall deliver him into the hand of the kinsman of him whose blood was shed1 and he shall die4 #ai3ac4 ,thou shalt not pity him1 and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of ,israel1 that it may be well with thee4 #ai3ad4 ,thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour's landmark1 which thy predecessors have set in thy possession1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess4 #ai3ae4 ,one witness shall not rise up against any man1 whatsoever the sin or wickedness be3 but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand4 #ai3af4 ,if a lying witness stand against a man1 accusing him of transgression1 #ai3ag4 ,both of them1 between whom the controversy is1 shall stand before the ,lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days4 #ai3ah4 ,and when after most diligent inquisition1 they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother3 #ai3ai4 ,they shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother1 and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee3 #ai3bj4 ,that others hearing may fear1 and may not dare to do such things4 #ai3ba4 ,thou shalt not pity him1 but shalt require life for life1 eye for eye1 tooth for tooth1 hand for hand1 foot for foot4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bj ,laws relating to war4 #bj3a4 ,if thou go out to war against thy enemies1 and see horsemen and chariots1 and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine1 thou shalt not fear them3 because the ,lord thy ,god is with thee1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt4 #bj3b4 ,and when the battle is now at hand1 the priest shall stand before the army1 and shall speak to the people in this manner3 #bj3c4 ,hear1 ,o ,israel1 you join battle this day against your enemies1 let not your heart be dismayed1 be not afraid1 do not give back1 fear ye them not3 #bj3d4 ,because the ,lord your ,god is in the midst of you1 and will fight for you against your enemies1 to deliver you from danger4 #bj3e4 ,and the captains shall proclaim through every band in the hearing of the army3 ,what man is there1 that hath built a new house1 and hath not dedicated it8 let him go and return to his house1 lest he die in the battle1 and another man dedicate it4 #bj3f4 ,what man is there1 that hath planted a vineyard1 and hath not as yet made it to be common1 whereof all men may eat8 let him go1 and return to his house1 lest he die in the battle1 and another man execute his office4 #bj3g4 ,what man is there1 that hath espoused a wife1 and not taken her8 let him go1 and return to his house1 lest he die in the war1 and another man take her4 #bj3h4 ,after these things are declared they shall add the rest1 and shall speak to the people3 ,what man is there that is fearful1 and faint hearted8 let him go1 and return to his house1 lest he make the hearts of his brethren to fear1 as he himself is possessed with fear4 #bj3i4 ,and when the captains of the army shall hold their peace1 and have made an end of speaking1 every man shall prepare their bands to fight4 #bj3aj4 ,if at any time thou come to fight against a city1 thou shalt first offer it peace4 #bj3aa4 ,if they receive it1 and open the gates to thee1 all the people that are therein1 shall be saved1 and shall serve thee paying tribute4 #bj3ab4 ,but if they will not make peace1 and shall begin war against thee1 thou shalt besiege it4 #bj3ac4 ,and when the ,lord thy ,god shall deliver it into thy hands1 thou shalt slay all that are therein of the male sex1 with the edge of the sword1 #bj3ad4 ,excepting women and children1 cattle and other things1 that are in the city4 ,and thou shalt divide all the prey to the army1 and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee4 #bj3ae4 ,so shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee1 and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession4 #bj3af4 ,but of those cities that shall be given thee1 thou shalt suffer none at all to live3 #bj3ag4 ,but shalt kill them with the edge of the sword1 to wit1 the ,hethite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,chanaanite1 the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 as the ,lord thy ,god hath commanded thee3 #bj3ah4 ,lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods3 and you should sin against the ,lord your ,god4 #bj3ai4 ,when thou hast besieged a city a long time1 and hath compassed it with bulwarks1 to take it1 thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten of1 neither shalt thou spoil the country round about with axes3 for it is a tree1 and not a man1 neither can it increase the number of them that fight against thee4 #bj3bj4 ,but if there be any trees that are not fruitful1 but wild1 and fit for other uses1 cut them down1 and make engines1 until thou take the city1 which fighteth against thee4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ba ,the expiation of a secret murder4 ,the marrying a captive4 ,the eldest son must not be deprived of his birthright for hatred of his mother4 ,a stubborn son is to be stoned to death4 ,when one is hanged on a gibbet1 he must be taken down the same day and buried4 #ba3a4 ,when there shall be found in the land1 which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee1 the corpse of a man slain1 and it is not known who is guilty of the murder1 #ba3b4 ,thy ancients and judges shall go out1 and shall measure from the place where the body lieth the distance of every city round about3 #ba3c4 ,and the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest1 shall take a heifer of the herd1 that hath not drawn in the yoke1 nor ploughed the ground1 #ba3d4 ,and they shall bring her into a rough and stony valley1 that never was ploughed1 nor sown3 and there they shall strike off the head of the heifer3 #ba3e4 ,and the priests the sons of ,levi shall come1 whom the ,lord thy ,god hath chosen to minister to him1 and to bless in his name1 and that by their word every matter should be decided1 and whatsoever is clean or unclean should be judged4 #ba3f4 ,and the ancients of that city shall come to the person slain1 and shall wash their hands over the heifer that was killed in the valley1 #ba3g4 ,and shall say3 ,our hands did not shed this blood1 nor did our eyes see it4 #ba3h4 ,be merciful to thy people ,israel1 whom thou hast redeemed1 ,o ,lord1 and lay not innocent blood to their charge1 in the midst of thy people ,israel4 ,and the guilt of blood shall be taken from them3 #ba3i4 ,and thou shalt be free from the innocent's blood1 that was shed1 when thou shalt have done what the ,lord hath commanded thee4 #ba3aj4 ,if thou go out to fight against thy enemies1 and the ,lord thy ,god deliver them into thy hand1 and thou lead them away captives1 #ba3aa4 ,and seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman1 and lovest her1 and wilt have her to wife1 #ba3ab4 ,thou shalt bring her into thy house3 and she shall shave her hair1 and pare her nails1 #ba3ac4 ,and shall put off the raiment1 wherein she was taken3 and shall remain in thy house1 and mourn for her father and mother one month3 and after that thou shalt go in unto her1 and shalt sleep with her1 and she shall be thy wife4 #ba3ad4 ,but if afterwards she please thee not1 thou shalt let her go free1 but thou mayst not sell her for money nor oppress her by might because thou hast humbled her4 #ba3ae4 ,if a man have two wives1 one beloved1 and the other hated1 and they have had children by him1 and the son of the hated be the firstborn1 #ba3af4 ,and he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons3 he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn1 and prefer him before the son of the hated4 #ba3ag4 ,but he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn1 and shall give him a double portion of all he hath3 for this is the first of his children1 and to him are due the first birthrights4 #ba3ah4 ,if a man have a stubborn and unruly son1 who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother1 and being corrected1 slighteth obedience3 #ba3ai4 ,they shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city1 and to the gate of judgment1 #ba3bj4 ,and shall say to them3 ,this our son is rebellious and stubborn1 he slighteth hearing our admonitions1 he giveth himself to revelling1 and to debauchery and banquetings3 #ba3ba4 ,the people of the city shall stone him3 and he shall die1 that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you1 and all ,israel hearing it may be afraid4 #ba3bb4 ,when a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death1 and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet3 #ba3bc4 ,his body shall not remain upon the tree1 but shall be buried the same day3 for he is accursed of ,god that hangeth on a tree3 and thou shalt not defile thy land1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee in possession4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bb ,humanity towards neighbours4 ,neither sex may use the apparel of the other4 ,cruelty to be avoided even to birds4 ,battlements about the roof of a house4 ,things of divers kinds not to be mixed4 ,the punishment of him that slandereth his wife1 as also of adultery and rape4 #bb3a4 ,thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox1 or his sheep go astray3 but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother4 #bb3b4 ,and if thy brother be not nigh1 or thou know him not3 thou shalt bring them to thy house1 and they shall be with thee until thy brother seek them1 and receive them4 #bb3c4 ,thou shalt do in like manner with his ass1 and with his raiment1 and with every thing that is thy brother's1 which is lost3 if thou find it1 neglect it not as pertaining to another4 #bb3d4 ,if thou see thy brother's ass or his ox to be fallen down in the way1 thou shalt not slight it1 but shalt lift it up with him4 #bb3e4 ,a woman shall not be clothed with man's apparel1 neither shall a man use woman's apparel3 for he that doth these things is abominable before ,god4 #bb3f4 ,if thou find as thou walkest by the way1 a bird's nest in a tree1 or on the ground1 and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs3 thou shalt not take her with her young3 ,thou shalt not take1 etc4 ,this was to shew them to exercise a certain mercy even to irrational creatures2 and by that means to train them up to a horror of cruelty2 and to the exercise of humanity and mutual charity one to another4 #bb3g4 ,but shalt let her go1 keeping the young which thou hast caught3 that it may be well with thee1 and thou mayst live a long time4 #bb3h4 ,when thou buildest a new house1 thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about3 lest blood be shed in thy house1 and thou be guilty1 if any one slip1 and fall down headlong4 ,battlement4 4 4,this precaution was necessary1 because all their houses had flat tops1 and it was usual to walk and to converse together upon them4 #bb3i4 ,thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds3 lest both the seed which thou hast sown1 and the fruit of the vineyard1 be sanctified together4 #bb3aj4 ,thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together4 #bb3aa4 ,thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together4 #bb3ab4 ,thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak1 wherewith thou shalt be covered4 #bb3ac4 ,if a man marry a wife1 and afterwards hate her1 #bb3ad4 ,and seek occasions to put her away1 laying to her charge a very ill name1 and say3 ,i took this woman to wife1 and going in to her1 ,i found her not a virgin3 #bb3ae4 ,her father and mother shall take her1 and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate3 #bb3af4 ,and the father shall say3 ,i gave my daughter unto this man to wife3 and because he hateth her1 #bb3ag4 ,he layeth to her charge a very ill name1 so as to say3 ,i found not thy daughter a virgin3 and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity4 ,and they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city3 #bb3ah4 ,and the ancients of that city shall take that man1 and beat him1 #bb3ai4 ,condemning him besides in a hundred sicles of silver1 which he shall give to the damsel's father1 because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin of ,israel3 and he shall have her to wife1 and may not put her away all the days of his life4 #bb3bj4 ,but if what he charged her with be true1 and virginity be not found in the damsel3 #bb3ba4 ,they shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house1 and the men of the city shall stone her to death1 and she shall die3 because she hath done a wicked thing in ,israel1 to play the whore in her father's house3 and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee4 #bb3bb4 ,if a man lie with another man's wife1 they shall both die1 that is to say1 the adulterer and the adulteress3 and thou shalt take away the evil out of ,israel4 #bb3bc4 ,if a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin1 and some one find her in the city1 and lie with her1 #bb3bd4 ,thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city1 and they shall be stoned3 the damsel1 because she cried not out1 being in the city3 the man1 because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife4 ,and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee4 #bb3be4 ,but if a man find a damsel that is betrothed1 in the field1 and taking hold of her1 lie with her1 he alone shall die3 #bb3bf4 ,the damsel shall suffer nothing1 neither is she guilty of death3 for as a robber riseth against his brother1 and taketh away his life1 so also did the damsel suffer3 #bb3bg4 ,she was alone in the field3 she cried1 and there was no man to help her4 #bb3bh4 ,if a man find a damsel that is a virgin1 who is not espoused1 and taking her1 lie with her1 and the matter come to judgment3 #bb3bi4 ,he that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver1 and shall have her to wife1 because he hath humbled her3 he may not put her away all the days of his life4 #bb3cj4 ,no man shall take his father's wife1 nor remove his covering4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bc ,who may and who may not enter into the church3 uncleanness to be avoided3 other precepts concerning fugitives1 fornication1 usury1 vows1 and eating other men's grapes and corn4 #bc3a4 ,an eunuch1 whose testicles are broken or cut away1 or yard cut off1 shall not enter into the church of the ,lord4 ,eunuch4 4 4,by these are meant1 in the spiritual sense1 such as are barren in good works4 ,ibid4 ,into the church4 4 4,that is1 into the assembly or congregation of ,israel1 so as to have the privilege of an ,israelite1 or to be capable of any place or office among the people of ,god4 #bc3b4 ,a mamzer1 that is to say1 one born of a prostitute1 shall not enter into the church of the ,lord1 until the tenth generation4 #bc3c4 ,the ,ammonite and the ,moabite1 even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the ,lord for ever3 #bc3d4 ,because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way1 when you came out of ,egypt3 and because they hired against thee ,balaam1 the son of ,beor1 from ,mesopotamia in ,syria1 to curse thee4 #bc3e4 ,and the ,lord thy ,god would not hear ,balaam1 and he turned his cursing into thy blessing1 because he loved thee4 #bc3f4 ,thou shalt not make peace with them1 neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever4 #bc3g4 ,thou shalt not abhor the ,edomite1 because he is thy brother3 nor the ,egyptian1 because thou wast a stranger in his land4 #bc3h4 ,they that are born of them1 in the third generation shall enter into the church of the ,lord4 #bc3i4 ,when thou goest out to war against thy enemies1 thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing4 #bc3aj4 ,if there be among you any man1 that is defiled in a dream by night1 he shall go forth out of the camp1 #bc3aa4 ,and shall not return1 before he be washed with water in the evening3 and after sunset he shall return into the camp4 #bc3ab4 ,thou shalt have a place without the camp1 to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature1 #bc3ac4 ,carrying a paddle at thy girdle4 ,and when thou sittest down1 thou shalt dig round about1 and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt cover #bc3ad4 ,that which thou art eased of3 7for the ,lord thy ,god walketh in the midst of thy camp1 to deliver thee1 and to give up thy enemies to thee37 and let thy camp be holy1 and let no uncleanness appear therein1 lest he go away from thee4 ,no uncleanness4 4 4,this caution against suffering any filth in the camp1 was to teach them to fly the filth of sin1 which driveth ,god away from the soul4 #bc3ae4 ,thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee4 #bc3af4 ,he shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him1 and shall rest in one of thy cities3 give him no trouble4 #bc3ag4 ,there shall be no whore among the daughters of ,israel1 nor whoremonger among the sons of ,israel4 #bc3ah4 ,thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet1 nor the price of a dog1 in the house of the ,lord thy ,god1 whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed3 because both these are an abomination to the ,lord thy ,god4 #bc3ai4 ,thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury1 nor corn1 nor any other thing3 #bc3bj4 ,but to the stranger4 ,to thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanteth1 without usury3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee in all thy works in the land1 which thou shalt go in to possess4 ,to the stranger4 4 4,this was a dispensation granted by ,god to his people1 who being the ,lord of all things1 can give a right and title to one upon the goods of another4 ,otherwise the scripture everywhere condemns usury1 as contrary to the law of ,god1 and a crying sin4 ,see ,ex4 #bb4be2 ,lev4 #be4cf1 #cg2 #b ,esd4 #e4g2 ,ps4 #ad4e2 ,ezech4 #ah4h1 #ac1 etc4 #bc3ba4 ,when thou hast made a vow to the ,lord thy ,god1 thou shalt not delay to pay it3 because the ,lord thy ,god will require it4 ,and if thou delay1 it shall be imputed to thee for a sin4 #bc3bb4 ,if thou wilt not promise1 that shalt be without sin4 #bc3bc4 ,but that which is once gone out of thy lips1 thou shalt observe1 and shalt do as thou hast promised to the ,lord thy ,god1 and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth4 #bc3bd4 ,going into thy neighbour's vineyard1 thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest3 but must carry none out with thee3 #bc3be4 ,if thou go into thy friend's corn1 thou mayst break the ears1 and rub them in thy hand3 but not reap them with a sickle4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bd ,divorce permitted to avoid greater evil3 the newly married must not go to war3 of men stealers1 of leprosy1 of pledges1 of labourers' hire1 of justice1 and of charity to the poor4 #bd3a4 ,if a man take a wife1 and have her1 and she find not favour in his eyes1 for some uncleanness3 he shall write a bill of divorce1 and shall give it in her hand1 and send her out of his house4 #bd3b4 ,and when she is departed1 and marrieth another husband1 #bd3c4 ,and he also hateth her1 and hath given her a bill of divorce1 and hath sent her out of his house or is dead3 #bd3d4 ,the former husband cannot take her again to wife3 because she is defiled1 and is become abominable before the ,lord3 lest thou cause thy land to sin1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee to possess4 #bd3e4 ,when a man hath lately taken a wife1 he shall not go out to war1 neither shall any public business be enjoined him1 but he shall be free at home without fault1 that for one year he may rejoice with his wife4 #bd3f4 ,thou shalt not take the nether1 nor the upper millstone to pledge3 for he hath pledged his life to thee4 #bd3g4 ,if any man be found soliciting his brother of the children of ,israel1 and selling him shall take a price1 he shall be put to death1 and thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee4 #bd3h4 ,observe diligently that thou incur not the stroke of the leprosy1 but thou shalt do whatsoever the priests of the ,levitical race shall teach thee1 according to what ,i have commanded them1 and fulfil thou it carefully4 #bd3i4 ,remember what the ,lord your ,god did to ,mary1 in the way when you came out of ,egypt4 #bd3aj4 ,when thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing that he oweth thee1 thou shalt not go into his house to take away a pledge3 #bd3aa4 ,but thou shalt stand without1 and he shall bring out to thee what he hath4 #bd3ab4 ,but if he be poor1 the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night1 #bd3ac4 ,but thou shalt restore it to him presently before the going down of the sun3 that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee1 and thou mayst have justice before the ,lord thy ,god4 #bd3ad4 ,thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy1 and the poor1 whether he be thy brother1 or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land1 and is within thy gates3 #bd3ae4 ,but thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day1 before the going down of the sun1 because he is poor1 and with it maintaineth his life3 lest he cry against thee to the ,lord1 and it be reputed to thee for a sin4 #bd3af4 ,the fathers shall not be put to death for the children1 nor the children for the fathers1 but every one shall die for his own sin1 #bd3ag4 ,thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless1 neither shalt thou take away the widow's raiment for a pledge4 #bd3ah4 ,remember that thou wast a slave in ,egypt1 and the ,lord thy ,god delivered thee from thence4 ,therefore ,i command thee to do this thing4 #bd3ai4 ,when thou hast reaped the corn in thy field1 and hast forgot and left a sheaf1 thou shalt not return to take it away3 but thou shalt suffer the stranger1 and the fatherless and the widow to take it away3 that the ,lord thy ,god may bless thee in all the works of thy hands4 #bd3bj4 ,if thou have gathered the fruit of thy olive trees1 thou shalt not return to gather whatsoever remaineth on the trees3 but shalt leave it for the stranger1 for the fatherless1 and the widow4 #bd3ba4 ,if thou make the vintage of thy vineyard1 thou shalt not gather the clusters that remain1 but they shall be for the stranger1 the fatherless1 and the widow4 #bd3bb4 ,remember that thou also wast a bondman in ,egypt1 and therefore ,i command thee to do this thing4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #be ,stripes must not exceed forty4 ,the ox is not to be muzzled4 ,of raising seed to the brother4 ,of the immodest woman4 ,of unjust weight4 ,of destroying the ,amalecites4 #be3a4 ,if there be a controversy between men1 and they call upon the judges3 they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just3 and him whom they find to be wicked1 they shall condemn of wickedness4 #be3b4 ,and if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes3 they shall lay him down1 and shall cause him to be beaten before them4 ,according to the measure of the sin shall the measure also of the stripes be3 #be3c4 ,yet so1 that they exceed not the number of forty3 lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes4 #be3d4 ,thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor4 ,not muzzle1 etc4 4 4,st4 ,paul understands this of the spiritual labourer in the church of ,god1 who is not to be denied his maintenance4 #a ,cor4 #i4h1 #i1 #aj4 #be3e4 ,when brethren dwell together1 and one of them dieth without children1 the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another3 but his brother shall take her1 and raise up seed for his brother3 #be3f4 ,and the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name1 that his name be not abolished out of ,israel4 #be3g4 ,but if he will not take his brother's wife1 who by law belongeth to him1 the woman shall go to the gate of the city1 and call upon the ancients1 and say3 ,my husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in ,israel3 and will not take me to wife4 #be3h4 ,and they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith1 and shall ask him4 ,if he answer3 ,i will not take her to wife3 #be3i4 ,the woman shall come to him before the ancients1 and shall take off his shoe from his foot1 and spit in his face1 and say3 ,so shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house3 #be3aj4 ,and his name shall be called in ,israel1 the house of the unshod4 #be3aa4 ,if two men have words together1 and one begin to fight against the other1 and the other's wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger1 shall put forth her hand1 and take him by the secrets1 #be3ab4 ,thou shalt cut off her hand1 neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard4 #be3ac4 ,thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag1 a greater and a less3 #be3ad4 ,neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less4 #be3ae4 ,thou shalt have a just and a true weight1 and thy bushel shall be equal and true3 that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee4 #be3af4 ,for the ,lord thy ,god abhorreth him that doth these things1 and he hateth all injustice4 #be3ag4 ,remember what ,amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of ,egypt3 ,amalec4 4 4,this order for destroying the ,amalecites1 in the mystical sense1 sheweth how hateful they are to ,god1 and what punishments they are to look for from his justice1 who attack and discourage his servants when they are but just come out1 as it were1 of the ,egypt of this wicked world and being yet weak and fainthearted1 are but beginning their journey to the land of promise4 #be3ah4 ,how he met thee3 and slew the hindmost of the army1 who sat down1 being weary1 when thou wast spent with hunger and labour1 and he feared not ,god4 #be3ai4 ,therefore when the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee rest1 and shall have subdued all the nations round about in the land which he hath promised thee3 thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven4 ,see thou forget it not4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bf ,the form of words with which the firstfruits and tithes are to be offered4 ,god's covenant4 #bf3a4 ,and when thou art come into the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee to possess1 and hast conquered it1 and dwellest in it3 #bf3b4 ,thou shalt take the first of all thy fruits1 and put them in a basket1 and shalt go to the place which the ,lord thy ,god shall choose1 that his name may be invocated there3 #bf3c4 ,and thou shalt go to the priest that shall be in those days1 and say to him3 ,i profess this day before the ,lord thy ,god1 that ,i am come into the land1 for which he swore to our fathers1 that he would give it us4 #bf3d4 ,and the priest taking the basket at thy hand1 shall set it before the altar of the ,lord thy ,god3 #bf3e4 ,and thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god3 ,the ,syrian pursued my father1 who went down into ,egypt1 and sojourned there in a very small number1 and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude4 ,the ,syrian4 4 4,laban4 ,see ,gen4 #bg4 #bf3f4 ,and the ,egyptians afflicted us1 and persecuted us1 laying on us most grievous burdens3 #bf3g4 ,and we cried to the ,lord ,god of our fathers3 who heard us1 and looked down upon our affliction1 and labour1 and distress3 #bf3h4 ,and brought us out of ,egypt with a strong hand1 and a stretched out arm1 with great terror1 with signs and wonders3 #bf3i4 ,and brought us into this place1 and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey4 #bf3aj4 ,and therefore now ,i offer the firstfruits of the land which the ,lord hath given me4 ,and thou shalt leave them in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god1 adoring the ,lord thy ,god4 #bf3aa4 ,and thou shalt feast in all the good things which the ,lord thy ,god hath given thee1 and thy house1 thou and the ,levite1 and the stranger that is with thee4 #bf3ab4 ,when thou hast made an end of tithing all thy fruits1 in the third year of tithes thou shalt give it to the ,levite1 and to the stranger1 and to the fatherless1 and to the widow1 that they may eat within thy gates1 and be filled3 #bf3ac4 ,and thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god3 ,i have taken that which was sanctified out of my house1 and ,i have given it to the ,levite1 and to the stranger1 and to the fatherless1 and to the widow1 as thou hast commanded me3 ,i have not transgressed thy commandments nor forgotten thy precepts4 #bf3ad4 ,i have not eaten of them in my mourning1 nor separated them for any uncleanness1 nor spent any thing of them in funerals4 ,i have obeyed the voice of the ,lord my ,god1 and have done all things as thou hast commanded me4 #bf3ae4 ,look from thy sanctuary1 and thy high habitation of heaven1 and bless thy people ,israel1 and the land which thou hast given us1 as thou didst swear to our fathers1 a land flowing with milk and honey4 #bf3af4 ,this day the ,lord thy ,god hath commanded thee to do these commandments and judgments3 and to keep and fulfil them with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul4 #bf3ag4 ,thou hast chosen the ,lord this day to be thy ,god1 and to walk in his ways and keep his ceremonies1 and precepts1 and judgments1 and obey his command4 #bf3ah4 ,and the ,lord hath chosen thee this day1 to be his peculiar people1 as he hath spoken to thee1 and to keep all his commandments3 #bf3ai4 ,and to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created1 to his own praise1 and name1 and glory3 that thou mayst be a holy people of the ,lord thy ,god1 as he hath spoken4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bg ,the commandments must be written on stones3 and an altar erected1 and sacrifices offered4 ,the observers of the commandments are to be blessed1 and the transgressors cursed4 #bg3a4 ,and ,moses with the ancients of ,israel commanded the people1 saying3 ,keep every commandment that ,i command you this day4 #bg3b4 ,and when you are passed over the ,jordan into the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee1 thou shalt set up great stones1 and shalt plaster them over with plaster1 #bg3c4 ,that thou mayst write on them all the words of this law1 when thou art passed over the ,jordan3 that thou mayst enter into the land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee1 a land flowing with milk and honey1 as he swore to thy fathers4 #bg3d4 ,therefore when you are passed over the ,jordan1 set up the stones which ,i command you this day1 in mount ,hebal1 and thou shalt plaster them with plaster3 #bg3e4 ,and thou shalt build there an altar to the ,lord thy ,god1 of stones which iron hath not touched1 #bg3f4 ,and of stones not fashioned nor polished3 and thou shalt offer upon it holocausts to the ,lord thy ,god3 #bg3g4 ,and shalt immolate peace victims1 and eat there1 and feast before the ,lord thy ,god4 #bg3h4 ,and thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law plainly and clearly4 #bg3i4 ,and ,moses and the priests of the race of ,levi said to all ,israel3 ,attend1 and hear1 ,o ,israel3 ,this day thou art made the people of the ,lord thy ,god3 #bg3aj4 ,thou shalt hear his voice1 and do the commandments and justices which ,i command thee4 #bg3aa4 ,and ,moses commanded the people in that day1 saying3 #bg3ab4 ,these shall stand upon mount ,garizim to bless the people1 when you are passed the ,jordan3 ,simeon1 ,levi1 ,juda1 ,issachar1 ,joseph1 and ,benjamin4 #bg3ac4 ,and over against them shall stand on mount ,hebal to curse3 ,ruben1 ,gad1 and ,aser1 and ,zabulon1 ,dan1 and ,nephtali4 #bg3ad4 ,and the ,levites shall pronounce1 and say to all the men of ,israel with a loud voice3 #bg3ae4 ,cursed be the man that maketh a graven and molten thing1 the abomination of the ,lord1 the work of the hands of artificers1 and shall put it in a secret place3 and all the people shall answer and say3 ,amen4 #bg3af4 ,cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3ag4 ,cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmarks3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3ah4 ,cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3ai4 ,cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger1 of the fatherless and the widow3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3bj4 ,cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife1 and uncovereth his bed3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3ba4 ,cursed be he that lieth with any beast3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3bb4 ,cursed be he that lieth with his sister1 the daughter of his father1 or of his mother3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3bc4 ,cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3bd4 ,cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3be4 ,cursed be he that taketh gifts1 to slay an innocent person3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 #bg3bf4 ,cursed be he that abideth not in the words of this law1 and fulfilleth them not in work3 and all the people shall say3 ,amen4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bh ,many blessings are promised to observers of ,god's commandments3 and curses threatened to transgressors4 #bh3a4 ,now if thou wilt hear the voice of all his commandments1 which ,i command thee this day1 the ,lord thy ,god will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth4 #bh3b4 ,and all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee3 yet so if thou hear his precepts4 ,all these blessings1 etc4 4 4,in the ,old ,testament1 ,god promised temporal blessings to the keepers of his law1 heaven not being opened as yet2 and that gross and sensual people being more moved with present and sensible things4 ,but in the ,new ,testament the goods that are promised us are spiritual and eternal2 and temporal evils are turned into blessings4 #bh3c4 ,blessed shalt thou be in the city1 and blessed in the field4 #bh3d4 ,blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb1 and the fruit of thy ground1 and the fruit of thy cattle1 the droves of thy herds1 and the folds of thy sheep4 #bh3e4 ,blessed shall be thy barns and blessed thy stores4 #bh3f4 ,blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out4 #bh3g4 ,the ,lord shall cause thy enemies1 that rise up against thee1 to fall down before thy face3 one way shall they come out against thee1 and seven ways shall they flee before thee4 #bh3h4 ,the ,lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses1 and upon all the works of thy hands3 and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive4 #bh3i4 ,the ,lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself1 as he swore to thee3 if thou keep the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in his ways4 #bh3aj4 ,and all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the ,lord is invocated upon thee1 and they shall fear thee4 #bh3aa4 ,the ,lord will make thee abound with all goods1 with the fruit of thy womb1 and the fruit of thy cattle1 with the fruit of thy land1 which the ,lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee4 #bh3ab4 ,the ,lord will open his excellent treasure1 the heaven1 that it may give rain in due season3 and he will bless all the works of thy hands4 ,and thou shalt lend to many nations1 and shalt not borrow of any one4 #bh3ac4 ,and the ,lord shall make thee the head and not the tail3 and thou shalt be always above1 and not beneath3 yet so if thou wilt hear the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god which ,i command thee this day1 and keep and do them1 #bh3ad4 ,and turn not away from them neither to the right hand1 nor to the left1 nor follow strange gods1 nor worship them4 #bh3ae4 ,but if thou wilt not hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies1 which ,i command thee this day1 all these curses shall come upon thee1 and overtake thee4 ,all these curses1 etc4 4 4,thus ,god dealt with the transgressors of his law in the ,old ,testament3 but now he often suffers sinners to prosper in this world1 rewarding them for some little good they have done1 and reserving their punishment for the other world4 #bh3af4 ,cursed shalt thou be in the city1 cursed in the field4 #bh3ag4 ,cursed shall be thy barn1 and cursed thy stores4 #bh3ah4 ,cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb1 and the fruit of thy ground1 the herds of thy oxen1 and the flocks of thy sheep4 #bh3ai4 ,cursed shalt thou be coming in1 and cursed going out4 #bh3bj4 ,the ,lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger1 and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do3 until he consume and destroy thee quickly1 for thy most wicked inventions1 by which thou hast forsaken me4 #bh3ba4 ,may the ,lord set the pestilence upon thee1 until he consume thee out of the land1 which thou shalt go in to possess4 #bh3bb4 ,may the ,lord afflict thee with miserable want1 with the fever and with cold1 with burning and with heat1 and with corrupted air and with blasting1 and pursue thee till thou perish4 #bh3bc4 ,be the heaven1 that is over thee1 of brass3 and the ground thou treadest on1 of iron4 #bh3bd4 ,the ,lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land1 and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee1 till thou be consumed4 #bh3be4 ,the ,lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies1 one way mayst thou go out against them1 and flee seven ways1 and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth4 #bh3bf4 ,and be thy carcass meat for all the fowls of the air1 and the beasts of the earth1 and be there none to drive them away4 #bh3bg4 ,the ,lord strike thee with the ulcer of ,egypt1 and the part of thy body1 by which the dung is cast out1 with the scab and with the itch3 so that thou canst not be healed4 #bh3bh4 ,the ,lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind4 #bh3bi4 ,and mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark1 and not make straight thy ways4 ,and mayst thou at all times suffer wrong1 and be oppressed with violence1 and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee4 #bh3cj4 ,mayst thou take a wife1 and another sleep with her4 ,mayst thou build a house1 and not dwell therein4 ,mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof4 #bh3ca4 ,may thy ox be slain before thee1 and thou not eat thereof4 ,may thy ass be taken away in thy sight1 and not restored to thee4 ,may thy sheep be given to thy enemies1 and may there be none to help thee4 #bh3cb4 ,may thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people1 thy eyes looking on1 and languishing at the sight of them all the day1 and may there be no strength in thy hand4 #bh3cc4 ,may a people which thou knowest not1 eat the fruits of thy land1 and all thy labours3 and mayst thou always suffer oppression1 and be crushed at all times4 #bh3cd4 ,and be astonished at the terror of those things which thy eyes shall see3 #bh3ce4 ,may the ,lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs1 and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head4 #bh3cf4 ,the ,lord shall bring thee1 and thy king1 whom thou shalt have appointed over thee1 into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not3 and there thou shalt serve strange gods1 wood and stone4 #bh3cg4 ,and thou shalt be lost1 as a proverb and a byword to all people1 among whom the ,lord shall bring thee in4 #bh3ch4 ,thou shalt cast much seed into the ground1 and gather little3 because the locusts shall consume all4 #bh3ci4 ,thou shalt plant a vineyard1 and dig it1 and shalt not drink the wine1 nor gather any thing thereof3 because it shall be wasted with worms4 #bh3dj4 ,thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders1 and shalt not be anointed with the oil3 for the olives shall fall off and perish4 #bh3da4 ,thou shalt beget sons and daughters1 and shalt not enjoy them3 because they shall be led into captivity4 #bh3db4 ,the blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground4 #bh3dc4 ,the stranger that liveth with thee in the land1 shall rise up over thee1 and shall be higher3 and thou shalt go down1 and be lower4 #bh3dd4 ,he shall lend to thee1 and thou shalt not lend to him4 ,he shall be as the head1 and thou shalt be the tail4 #bh3de4 ,and all these curses shall come upon thee1 and shall pursue and overtake thee1 till thou perish3 because thou heardst not the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee4 #bh3df4 ,and they shall be as signs and wonders on thee1 and on thy seed for ever4 #bh3dg4 ,because thou didst not serve the ,lord thy ,god with joy and gladness of heart1 for the abundance of all things3 #bh3dh4 ,thou shalt serve thy enemy1 whom the ,lord will send upon thee1 in hunger1 and thirst1 and nakedness1 and in want of all things3 and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck1 till he consume thee4 #bh3di4 ,the ,lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar1 and from the uttermost ends of the earth1 like an eagle that flyeth swiftly1 whose tongue thou canst not understand1 #bh3ej4 ,a most insolent nation1 that will shew no regard to the ancients1 nor have pity on the infant1 #bh3ea4 ,and will devour the fruit of thy cattle1 and the fruits of thy land3 until thou be destroyed1 and will leave thee no wheat1 nor wine1 nor oil1 nor herds of oxen1 nor flocks of sheep3 until he destroy thee4 #bh3eb4 ,and consume thee in all thy cities1 and thy strong and high wall be brought down1 wherein thou trustedst in all thy land4 ,thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the ,lord thy ,god will give thee3 #bh3ec4 ,and thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb1 and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters1 which the ,lord thy ,god shall give thee1 in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee4 #bh3ed4 ,the man that is nice among you1 and very delicate1 shall envy his own brother1 and his wife1 that lieth in his bosom1 #bh3ee4 ,so that he will not give them of the flesh of his children1 which he shall eat3 because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want1 wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates4 #bh3ef4 ,the tender and delicate woman1 that could not go upon the ground1 nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness1 will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom1 the flesh of her son1 and of her daughter1 #bh3eg4 ,and the filth of the afterbirths1 that come forth from between her thighs1 and the children that are born the same hour4 ,for they shall eat them secretly for the want of all things1 in the siege and distress1 wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates4 #bh3eh4 ,if thou wilt not keep1 and fulfil all the words of this law1 that are written in this volume1 and fear his glorious and terrible name3 that is1 ,the ,lord thy ,god3 #bh3ei4 ,the ,lord shall increase thy plagues1 and the plagues of thy seed1 plagues great and lasting1 infirmities grievous and perpetual4 #bh3fj4 ,and he shall bring back on thee all the afflictions of ,egypt1 which thou wast afraid of1 and they shall stick fast to thee4 #bh3fa4 ,moreover the ,lord will bring upon thee all the diseases1 and plagues1 that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee3 #bh3fb4 ,and you shall remain few in number1 who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude1 because thou heardst not the voice of the ,lord thy ,god4 #bh3fc4 ,and as the ,lord rejoiced upon you before doing good to you1 and multiplying you3 so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to nought1 so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess4 #bh3fd4 ,the ,lord shall scatter thee among all people1 from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof3 and there thou shalt serve strange gods1 which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers1 wood and stone4 #bh3fe4 ,neither shalt thou be quiet1 even in those nations1 nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot4 ,for the ,lord will give thee a fearful heart1 and languishing eyes1 and a soul consumed with pensiveness3 #bh3ff4 ,and thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee4 ,thou shalt fear night and day1 neither shalt thou trust thy life4 #bh3fg4 ,in the morning thou shalt say3 ,who will grant me evening8 and at evening3 ,who will grant me morning8 for the fearfulness of thy heart1 wherewith thou shalt be terrified1 and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes4 #bh3fh4 ,the ,lord shall bring thee again with ships into ,egypt1 by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more4 ,there shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen1 and no man shall buy you4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #bi ,the covenant is solemnly confirmed between ,god and his people4 ,threats against those that shall break it4 #bi3a4 ,these are the words of the covenant which the ,lord commanded ,moses to make with the children of ,israel in the land of ,moab3 beside that covenant which he made with them in ,horeb4 #bi3b4 ,and ,moses called all ,israel1 and said to them3 ,you have seen all the things that the ,lord did before you in the land of ,egypt to ,pharao1 and to all his servants1 and to his whole land4 #bi3c4 ,the great temptations1 which thy eyes have seen1 those mighty signs and wonders1 #bi3d4 ,and the ,lord hath not given you a heart to understand1 and eyes to see1 and ears that may hear1 unto this present day4 ,hath not given you1 etc4 4 4,through your own fault and because you resisted his grace4 #bi3e4 ,he hath brought you forty years through the desert3 your garments are not worn out1 neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age4 #bi3f4 ,you have not eaten bread1 nor have you drunk wine or strong drink3 that you might know that ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 #bi3g4 ,and you came to this place3 and ,sehon king of ,hesebon1 and ,og king of ,basan1 came out against us to fight4 ,and we slew them4 #bi3h4 ,and took their land1 and delivered it for a possession to ,ruben and ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses4 #bi3i4 ,keep therefore the words of this covenant1 and fulfil them3 that you may understand all that you do4 #bi3aj4 ,you all stand this day before the ,lord your ,god1 your princes1 and tribes1 and ancients1 and doctors1 all the people of ,israel1 #bi3aa4 ,your children and your wives1 and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp1 besides the hewers of wood1 and them that bring water3 #bi3ab4 ,that thou mayst pass in the covenant of the ,lord thy ,god1 and in the oath which this day the ,lord thy ,god maketh with thee4 #bi3ac4 ,that he may raise thee up a people to himself1 and he may be thy ,god as he hath spoken to thee1 and as he swore to thy fathers ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob4 #bi3ad4 ,neither with you only do ,i make this covenant1 and confirm these oaths1 #bi3ae4 ,but with all that are present and that are absent4 #bi3af4 ,for you know how we dwelt in the land of ,egypt1 and how we have passed through the midst of nations1 and passing through them1 #bi3ag4 ,you have seen their abominations and filth1 that is to say1 their idols1 wood and stone1 silver and gold1 which they worshipped4 #bi3ah4 ,lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman1 a family or a tribe1 whose heart is turned away this day from the ,lord our ,god1 to go and serve the gods of those nations3 and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness4 #bi3ai4 ,and when he shall hear the words of this oath1 he should bless himself in his heart saying3 ,i shall have peace1 and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart3 and the drunken may consume the thirsty1 ,the drunken1 etc41 absumat ebria sitientem4 4 4,it is a proverbial expression1 which may either be understood1 as spoken by the sinner1 blessing1 that is1 flattering himself in his sins with the imagination of peace1 and so great an abundance as may satisfy1 and as it were1 consume all thirst and want3 or it may be referred to the root of bitterness1 spoken of before1 which being drunken with sin may attract1 and by that means consume1 such as thirst after the like evils4 #bi3bj4 ,and the ,lord should not forgive him3 but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time1 and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him3 and the ,lord should blot out his name from under heaven1 #bi3ba4 ,and utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of ,israel1 according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant3 #bi3bb4 ,and the following generation shall say1 and the children that shall be born hereafter1 and the strangers that shall come from afar1 seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the ,lord hath afflicted it1 #bi3bc4 ,burning it with brimstone1 and the heat of salt1 so that it cannot be sown any more1 nor any green thing grow therein1 after the example of the destruction of ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 ,adama and ,seboim1 which the ,lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation3 #bi3bd4 ,and all the nations shall say3 ,why hath the ,lord done thus to this land8 what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath8 #bi3be4 ,and they shall answer3 ,because they forsook the covenant of the ,lord1 which he made with their fathers1 when he brought them out of the land of ,egypt3 #bi3bf4 ,and they have served strange gods1 and adored them1 whom they knew not1 and for whom they had not been assigned3 #bi3bg4 ,therefore the wrath of the ,lord was kindled against this land1 to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume3 #bi3bh4 ,and he hath cast them out of their land1 in anger and in wrath1 and in very great indignation1 and hath thrown them into a strange land1 as it is seen this day4 #bi3bi4 ,secret things to the ,lord our ,god3 things that are manifest1 to us and to our children for ever1 that we may do all the words of this law4 ,secret things1 etc4 4 4,as much as to say1 secret things belong to1 and are known to1 ,god alone2 our business must be to observe what he has revealed and manifested to us1 and to direct our lives accordingly4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #cj ,great mercies are promised to the penitent3 ,god's commandment is feasible4 ,life and death are set before them4 #cj3a4 ,now when all these things shall be come upon thee1 the blessing or the curse1 which ,i have set forth before thee1 and thou shalt be touched with repentance of thy heart among all the nations1 into which the ,lord thy ,god shall have scattered thee1 #cj3b4 ,and shalt return to him1 and obey his commandments1 as ,i command thee this day1 thou and thy children1 with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul3 #cj3c4 ,the ,lord thy ,god will bring back again thy captivity1 and will have mercy on thee1 and gather thee again out of all the nations1 into which he scattered thee before4 #cj3d4 ,if thou be driven as far as the poles of heaven1 the ,lord thy ,god will fetch thee back from hence1 #cj3e4 ,and will take thee to himself1 and bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed1 and thou shalt possess it3 and blessing thee1 he will make thee more numerous than were thy fathers4 #cj3f4 ,the ,lord thy ,god will circumcise thy heart1 and the heart of thy seed3 that thou mayst love the ,lord thy ,god with all thy heart and with all thy soul1 that thou mayst live4 #cj3g4 ,and he will turn all these curses upon thy enemies1 and upon them that hate and persecute thee4 #cj3h4 ,but thou shalt return1 and hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 and shalt do all the commandments which ,i command thee this day3 #cj3i4 ,and the ,lord thy ,god will make thee abound in all the works of thy hands1 in the fruit of thy womb1 and in the fruit of thy cattle1 in the fruitfulness of thy land1 and in the plenty of all things4 ,for the ,lord will return to rejoice over thee in all good things1 as he rejoiced in thy fathers3 #cj3aj4 ,yet so if thou hear the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 and keep his precepts and ceremonies1 which are written in this law3 and return to the ,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul4 #cj3aa4 ,this commandment1 that ,i command thee this day is not above thee1 nor far off from thee3 #cj3ab4 ,nor is it in heaven1 that thou shouldst say3 ,which of us can go up to heaven to bring it unto us1 and we may hear and fulfil it in work8 #cj3ac4 ,nor is it beyond the sea3 that thou mayst excuse thyself1 and say3 ,which of us can cross the sea1 and bring it unto us3 that we may hear1 and do that which is commanded8 #cj3ad4 ,but the word is very nigh unto thee1 in thy mouth and in thy heart1 that thou mayst do it4 #cj3ae4 ,consider that ,i have set before thee this day life and good1 and on the other hand death and evil3 #cj3af4 ,that thou mayst love the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in his ways1 and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments1 and bless thee in the land1 which thou shalt go in to possess4 #cj3ag4 ,but if thy heart be turned away1 so that thou wilt not hear1 and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods1 and serve them3 #cj3ah4 ,i foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish1 and shalt remain but a short time in the land1 to which thou shalt pass over the ,jordan1 and shalt go in to possess it4 #cj3ai4 ,i call heaven and earth to witness this day1 that ,i have set before you life and death1 blessing and cursing4 ,choose therefore life1 that both thou and thy seed may live3 #cj3bj4 ,and that thou mayst love the ,lord thy ,god1 and obey his voice1 and adhere to him 7for he is thy life1 and the length of thy days17 that thou mayst dwell in the land1 for which the ,lord swore to thy fathers ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob that he would give it them4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #ca ,moses encourageth the people1 and ,josue1 who is appointed to succeed him4 ,he delivereth the law to the priests4 ,god foretelleth that the people will often forsake him1 and that he will punish them4 ,he commandeth ,moses to write a canticle1 as a constant remembrancer of the law4 #ca3a4 ,and ,moses went1 and spoke all these words to all ,israel1 #ca3b4 ,and he said to them3 ,i am this day a hundred and twenty years old1 ,i can no longer go out and come in1 especially as the ,lord also hath said to me3 ,thou shalt not pass over this ,jordan4 #ca3c4 ,the ,lord thy ,god then will pass over before thee3 he will destroy all these nations in thy sight1 and thou shalt possess them3 and this ,josue shall go over before thee1 as the ,lord hath spoken4 #ca3d4 ,and the ,lord shall do to them as he did to ,sehon and ,og the kings of the ,amorrhites1 and to their land1 and shall destroy them4 #ca3e4 ,therefore when the ,lord shall have delivered these also to you1 you shall do in like manner to them as ,i have commanded you4 #ca3f4 ,do manfully and be of good heart3 fear not1 nor be ye dismayed at their sight3 for the ,lord thy ,god he himself is thy leader1 and will not leave thee nor forsake thee4 #ca3g4 ,and ,moses called ,josue1 and said to him before all ,israel3 ,take courage1 and be valiant3 for thou shalt bring this people into the land which the ,lord swore he would give to their fathers1 and thou shalt divide it by lot4 #ca3h4 ,and the ,lord who is your leader1 he himself will be with thee3 he will not leave thee1 nor forsake thee3 fear not1 neither be dismayed4 #ca3i4 ,and ,moses wrote this law1 and delivered it to the priests the sons of ,levi1 who carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 and to all the ancients of ,israel4 #ca3aj4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,after seven years1 in the year of remission1 in the feast of tabernacles1 #ca3aa4 ,when all ,israel come together1 to appear in the sight of the ,lord thy ,god in the place which the ,lord shall choose1 thou shalt read the words of this law before all ,israel1 in their hearing4 #ca3ab4 ,and the people being all assembled together1 both men and women1 children and strangers1 that are within thy gates3 that hearing they may learn1 and fear the ,lord your ,god1 and keep1 and fulfil all the words of this law3 #ca3ac4 ,that their children also1 who now are ignorant1 may hear1 and fear the ,lord their ,god1 all the days that they live in the land whither you are going over the ,jordan to possess it4 #ca3ad4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,behold the days of thy death are nigh3 call ,josue1 and stand ye in the tabernacle of the testimony1 that ,i may give him a charge4 ,so ,moses and ,josue went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony3 #ca3ae4 ,and the ,lord appeared there in the pillar of a cloud1 which stood in the entry of the tabernacle4 #ca3af4 ,and the ,lord said to ,moses3 ,behold thou shalt sleep with thy fathers1 and this people rising up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the land1 to which it goeth in to dwell3 there will they forsake me1 and will make void the covenant1 which ,i have made with them1 #ca3ag4 ,and my wrath shall be kindled against them in that day3 and ,i will forsake them1 and will hide my face from them1 and they shall be devoured3 all evils and afflictions shall find them1 so that they shall say in that day3 ,in truth it is because ,god is not with me1 that these evils have found me4 #ca3ah4 ,but ,i will hide1 and cover my face in that day1 for all the evils which they have done1 because they have followed strange gods4 #ca3ai4 ,now therefore write you this canticle1 and teach the children of ,israel3 that they may know it by heart1 and sing it by mouth1 and this song may be unto me for a testimony among the children of ,israel4 #ca3bj4 ,for ,i will bring them into the land1 for which ,i swore to their fathers1 that floweth with milk and honey4 ,and when they have eaten1 and are full and fat1 they will turn away after strange gods1 and will serve them3 and will despise me1 and make void my covenant4 #ca3ba4 ,and after many evils and afflictions shall have come upon them1 this canticle shall answer them for a testimony1 which no oblivion shall take away out of the mouth of their seed4 ,for ,i know their thoughts1 and what they are about to do this day1 before that ,i bring them into the land which ,i have promised them4 #ca3bb4 ,moses therefore wrote the canticle1 and taught it to the children of ,israel4 #ca3bc4 ,and the ,lord commanded ,josue the son of ,nun1 and said3 ,take courage1 and be valiant3 for thou shalt bring the children of ,israel into the land which ,i have promised1 and ,i will be with thee4 #ca3bd4 ,therefore after ,moses had wrote the words of this law in a volume1 and finished it3 #ca3be4 ,he commanded the ,levites1 who carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 saying3 #ca3bf4 ,take this book1 and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the ,lord your ,god3 that it may be there for a testimony against thee4 #ca3bg4 ,for ,i know thy obstinacy1 and thy most stiff neck4 ,while ,i am yet living1 and going in with you1 you have always been rebellious against the ,lord3 how much more when ,i shall be dead8 #ca3bh4 ,gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes1 and your doctors1 and ,i will speak these words in their hearing1 and will call heaven and earth to witness against them4 #ca3bi4 ,for ,i know that1 after my death1 you will do wickedly1 and will quickly turn aside form the way that ,i have commanded you3 and evils shall come upon you in the latter times1 when you shall do evil in the sight of the ,lord1 to provoke him by the works of your hands4 #ca3cj4 ,moses therefore spoke1 in the hearing of the whole assembly of ,israel1 the words of this canticle1 and finished it even to the end4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #cb ,a canticle for the remembrance of the law4 ,moses is commanded to go up into a mountain1 from whence he shall see the promised land but not enter into it4 #cb3a4 ,hear1 ,o ye heavens1 the things ,i speak1 let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth4 #cb3b4 ,let my doctrine gather as the rain1 let my speech distil as the dew1 as a shower upon the herb1 and as drops upon the grass4 #cb3c4 ,because ,i will invoke the name of the ,lord3 give ye magnificence to our ,god4 #cb3d4 ,the works of ,god are perfect1 and all his ways are judgments3 ,god is faithful and without any iniquity1 he is just and right4 #cb3e4 ,they have sinned against him1 and are none of his children in their filth3 they are a wicked and perverse generation4 #cb3f4 ,is this the return thou makest to the ,lord1 ,o foolish and senseless people8 ,is not he thy father1 that hath possessed thee1 and made thee1 and created thee8 #cb3g4 ,remember the days of old1 think upon every generation3 ask thy father1 and he will declare to thee3 thy elders and they will tell thee4 #cb3h4 ,when the ,most ,high divided the nations3 when he separated the sons of ,adam1 he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of ,israel4 #cb3i4 ,but the ,lord's portion is his people3 ,jacob the lot of his inheritance4 #cb3aj4 ,he found him in a desert land1 in a place of horror1 and of vast wilderness3 he led him about1 and taught him3 and he kept him as the apple of his eye4 #cb3aa4 ,as the eagle enticing her young to fly1 and hovering over them1 he spread his wings1 and hath taken him and carried him on his shoulders4 #cb3ab4 ,the ,lord alone was his leader3 and there was no strange god with him4 #cb3ac4 ,he set him upon high land3 that he might eat the fruits of the fields1 that he might suck honey out of the rock1 and oil out of the hardest stone1 #cb3ad4 ,butter of the herd1 and milk of the sheep with the fat of lambs1 and of the rams of the breed of ,basan3 and goats with the marrow of wheat1 and might drink the purest blood of the grape4 #cb3ae4 ,the beloved grew fat1 and kicked3 he grew fat1 and thick and gross1 he forsook ,god who made him1 and departed from ,god his saviour4 #cb3af4 ,they provoked him by strange gods1 and stirred him up to anger1 with their abominations4 #cb3ag4 ,they sacrificed to devils and not to ,god3 to gods whom they knew not3 that were newly come up1 whom their fathers worshipped not4 #cb3ah4 ,thou hast forsaken the ,god that begot thee1 and hast forgotten the ,lord that created thee4 #cb3ai4 ,the ,lord saw1 and was moved to wrath3 because his own sons and daughters provoked him4 #cb3bj4 ,and he said3 ,i will hide my face from them1 and will consider what their last end shall be3 for it is a perverse generation1 and unfaithful children4 #cb3ba4 ,they have provoked me with that which was no god1 and have angered me with their vanities3 and ,i will provoke them with that which is no people1 and will vex them with a foolish nation4 #cb3bb4 ,a fire is kindled in my wrath1 and shall burn even to the lowest hell3 and shall devour the earth with her increase1 and shall burn the foundations of the mountains4 #cb3bc4 ,i will heap evils upon them1 and will spend my arrows among them4 #cb3bd4 ,they shall be consumed with famine1 and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite3 ,i will send the teeth of beasts upon them1 with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground1 and of serpents4 #cb3be4 ,without1 the sword shall lay them waste1 and terror within1 both the young man and the virgin1 the sucking child with the man in years4 #cb3bf4 ,i said3 ,where are they8 ,i will make the memory of them to cease from among men4 #cb3bg4 ,but for the wrath of the enemies ,i have deferred it3 lest perhaps their enemies might be proud1 and should say3 ,our mighty hand1 and not the ,lord1 hath done all these things4 #cb3bh4 ,they are a nation without counsel1 and without wisdom4 #cb3bi4 ,o that they would be wise and would understand1 and would provide for their last end4 #cb3cj4 ,how should one pursue after a thousand1 and two chase ten thousand8 ,was it not1 because their ,god had sold them1 and the ,lord had shut them up8 #cb3ca4 ,for our ,god is not as their gods3 our enemies themselves are judges4 #cb3cb4 ,their vines are of the vineyard of ,sodom1 and of the suburbs of ,gomorrha3 their grapes are grapes of gall1 and their clusters most bitter4 #cb3cc4 ,their wine is the gall of dragons1 and the venom of asps1 which is incurable4 #cb3cd4 ,are not these things stored up with me1 and sealed up in my treasures8 #cb3ce4 ,revenge is mine1 and ,i will repay them in due time1 that their foot may slide3 the day of destruction is at hand1 and the time makes haste to come4 #cb3cf4 ,the ,lord will judge his people1 and will have mercy on his servants3 he shall see that their hand is weakened1 and that they who were shut up have also failed1 and they that remained are consumed4 #cb3cg4 ,and he shall say3 ,where are their gods1 in whom they trusted8 #cb3ch4 ,of whose victims they ate the fat1 and drank the wine of their drink offerings3 let them arise and help you1 and protect you in your distress4 #cb3ci4 ,see ye that ,i alone am1 and there is no other ,god besides me3 ,i will kill and ,i will make to live3 ,i will strike1 and ,i will heal1 and there is none that can deliver out of my hand4 #cb3dj4 ,i will lift up my hand to heaven1 and ,i will say3 ,i live for ever4 #cb3da4 ,if ,i shall whet my sword as the lightning1 and my hand take hold on judgment3 ,i will render vengeance to my enemies1 and repay them that hate me4 #cb3db4 ,i will make my arrows drunk with blood1 and my sword shall devour flesh1 of the blood of the slain and of the captivity1 of the bare head of the enemies4 #cb3dc4 ,praise his people1 ye nations1 for he will revenge the blood of his servants3 and will render vengeance to their enemies1 and he will be merciful to the land of his people4 #cb3dd4 ,so ,moses came and spoke all the words of this canticle in the ears of the people1 and ,josue the son of ,nun4 #cb3de4 ,and he ended all these words1 speaking to all ,israel4 #cb3df4 ,and he said to them3 ,set your hearts on all the words1 which ,i testify to you this day3 which you shall command your children to observe and to do1 and to fulfil all that is written in this law3 #cb3dg4 ,for they are not commanded you in vain1 but that every one should live in them1 and that doing them you may continue a long time in the land whither you are going over the ,jordan to possess it4 #cb3dh4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,moses the same day1 saying3 #cb3di4 ,go up into this mountain ,abarim1 7that is to say1 of passages17 unto mount ,nebo1 which is in the land of ,moab over against ,jericho3 and see the land of ,chanaan1 which ,i will deliver to the children of ,israel to possess1 and die thou in the mountain4 #cb3ej4 ,when thou art gone up into it thou shalt be gathered to thy people1 as ,aaron thy brother died in mount ,hor1 and was gathered to his people3 #cb3ea4 ,because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of ,israel1 at the waters of contradiction1 in ,cades of the desert of ,sin3 and you did not sanctify me among the children of ,israel4 #cb3eb4 ,thou shalt see the land before thee1 which ,i will give to the children of ,israel1 but thou shalt not enter into it4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #cc ,moses before his death blesseth the tribes of ,israel4 #cc3a4 ,this is the blessing1 wherewith the man of ,god1 ,moses1 blessed the children of ,israel1 before his death4 #cc3b4 ,and he said3 ,the ,lord came from ,sinai1 and from ,seir he rose up to us3 he hath appeared from mount ,pharan1 and with him thousands of saints4 ,in his right hand a fiery law4 #cc3c4 ,he hath loved the people1 all the saints are in his hand3 and they that approach to his feet1 shall receive of his doctrine4 #cc3d4 ,moses commanded us a law1 the inheritance of the multitude of ,jacob4 #cc3e4 ,he shall be king with the most right1 the princes of the people1 being assembled with the tribes of ,israel4 #cc3f4 ,let ,ruben live1 and not die1 and be he small in number4 #cc3g4 ,this is the blessing of ,juda4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 the voice of ,juda1 and bring him in unto his people3 his hands shall fight for him1 and he shall be his helper against his enemies4 #cc3h4 ,to ,levi also he said3 ,thy perfection1 and thy doctrine be to thy holy man1 whom thou hast proved in the temptation1 and judged at the waters of contradiction3 ,holy man4 4 4,aaron and his successors in the priesthood4 #cc3i4 ,who hath said to his father1 and to his mother3 ,i do not know you2 and to his brethren3 ,i know you not3 and their own children they have not known4 ,these have kept thy word1 and observed thy covenant1 ,who hath said1 etc4 4 4,it is the duty of the priestly tribe to prefer ,god's honour and service before all considerations of flesh and blood3 in such manner as to behave as strangers to their nearest akin1 when these would withdraw them from the business of their calling4 #cc3aj4 ,thy judgments1 ,o ,jacob1 and thy law1 ,o ,israel3 they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar4 #cc3aa4 ,bless1 ,o ,lord1 his strength1 and receive the works of his hands4 ,strike the backs of his enemies1 and let not them that hate him rise4 #cc3ab4 ,and to ,benjamin he said3 ,the best beloved of the ,lord shall dwell confidently in him3 as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long1 and between his shoulders shall be rest4 ,shall dwell1 etc4 4 4,this seems to allude to the temple being built in the confines of the tribe of ,benjamin4 #cc3ac4 ,to ,joseph also he said3 ,of the blessing of the ,lord be his land1 of the fruits of heaven1 and of the dew1 and of the deep that lieth beneath4 #cc3ad4 ,of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon4 #cc3ae4 ,of the tops of the ancient mountains1 of the fruits of the everlasting hills3 #cc3af4 ,and of the fruits of the earth1 and of the fulness thereof4 ,the blessing of him that appeared in the bush1 come upon the head of ,joseph1 and upon the crown of the ,nazarite among his brethren4 ,the ,nazarite4 4 4,see the note on ,gen4 #di4bf4 #cc3ag4 ,his beauty as of the firstling of a bullock1 his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros3 with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth4 ,these are the multitudes of ,ephraim and these the thousands of ,manasses4 #cc3ah4 ,and to ,zabulon he said3 ,rejoice1 ,o ,zabulon1 in thy going out2 and ,issachar in thy tabernacles4 #cc3ai4 ,they shall call the people to the mountain3 there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice4 ,who shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea1 and the hidden treasures of the sands4 #cc3bj4 ,and to ,gad he said3 ,blessed be ,gad in his breadth3 he hath rested as a lion1 and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head4 #cc3ba4 ,and he saw his pre-eminence1 that in his portion the teacher was laid up3 who was with the princes of the people1 and did the justices of the ,lord1 and his judgment with ,israel4 ,he saw1 etc4 4 4,the pre-eminence of the tribe of ,gad1 to which this alludeth1 was their having the lawgiver ,moses buried in their borders2 though the particular place was not known4 #cc3bb4 ,to ,dan also he said3 ,dan is a young lion1 he shall flow plentifully from ,basan4 #cc3bc4 ,and ,to ,nephtali he said3 ,nephtali shall enjoy abundance1 and shall be full of the blessings of the ,lord3 he shall possess the sea and the south4 ,the sea4 4 4,the lake of ,genesareth4 #cc3bd4 ,to ,aser also he said3 ,let ,aser be blessed with children1 let him be acceptable to his brethren1 and let him dip his foot in oil4 #cc3be4 ,his shoe shall be iron and brass4 ,as the days of thy youth1 so also shall thy old age be4 #cc3bf4 ,there is no other god like the ,god of the rightest3 he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper4 ,by his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither4 #cc3bg4 ,his dwelling is above1 and underneath are the everlasting arms3 he shall cast out the enemy from before thee1 and shall say3 ,be thou brought to nought4 ,underneath are the everlasting arms4 4 4,though the dwelling of ,god be above in heaven1 his arms are always stretched out to help us here below4 #cc3bh4 ,israel shall dwell in safety1 and alone4 ,the eye of ,jacob in a land of corn and wine1 and the heavens shall be misty with dew4 #cc3bi4 ,blessed art thou1 ,israel3 who is like to thee1 ,o people1 that art saved by the ,lord8 the shield of thy help1 and the sword of thy glory3 thy enemies shall deny thee1 and thou shalt tread upon their necks4 ,deuteronomy ,chapter #cd ,moses seeth the promised land1 but is not suffered to go into it4 ,he dieth at the age of #abj years4 ,god burieth his body secretly1 and all ,israel mourn for him thirty days4 ,josue1 replenished 7by imposition of ,moses's hands7 with the spirit of ,god1 succeedeth4 ,but ,moses1 for his special familiarity with ,god1 and for most wonderful miracles1 is commended above all other prophets4 #cd3a4 ,then ,moses went up from the plains of ,moab upon mount ,nebo1 to the top of ,phasga over against ,jericho3 and the ,lord shewed him all the land of ,galaad as far as ,dan4 #cd3b4 ,and all ,nephtali1 and the land of ,ephraim and ,manasses1 and all the land of ,juda unto the furthermost sea1 #cd3c4 ,and the south part1 and the breadth of the plain of ,jericho the city of palm trees as far as ,segor4 #cd3d4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,this is the land1 for which ,i swore to ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 saying3 ,i will give it to thy seed4 ,thou hast seen it with thy eyes1 and shalt not pass over to it4 #cd3e4 ,and ,moses the servant of the ,lord died there1 in the land of ,moab1 by the commandment of the ,lord3 ,died there4 4 4,this last chapter of ,deuteronomy1 in which the death of ,moses is related1 was written by ,josue1 or by some of the prophets4 #cd3f4 ,and he buried him in the valley of the land of ,moab over against ,phogor3 and no man hath known of his sepulchre until this present day4 ,he buried him1 viz4 4 4by the ministry of angels1 and would have the place of his burial to be unknown1 lest the ,israelites1 who were so prone to idolatry1 might worship him with divine honours4 #cd3g4 ,moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died3 his eye was not dim1 neither were his teeth moved4 #cd3h4 ,and the children of ,israel mourned for him in the plains of ,moab thirty days3 and the days of their mourning in which they mourned ,moses were ended4 #cd3i4 ,and ,josue the son of ,nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom1 because ,moses had laid his hands upon him4 ,and the children of ,israel obeyed him1 and did as the ,lord commanded ,moses4 #cd3aj4 ,and there arose no more a prophet in ,israel like unto ,moses1 whom the ,lord knew face to face1 #cd3aa4 ,in all the signs and wonders1 which he sent by him1 to do in the land of ,egypt to ,pharao1 and to all his servants1 and to his whole land1 #cd3ab4 ,and all the mighty hand1 and great miracles1 which ,moses did before all ,israel4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,josue ,this ,book is called ,,josue1 because it contains the history of what passed under him1 and according to the common opinion was written by him4 ,the ,greeks call him ,jesus3 for ,josue and ,jesus in the ,hebrew1 are the same name1 and have the same signification1 viz41 ,a ,,saviour4 ,and it was not without a mystery that he who was to bring the people into the land of promise should have his name changed from ,,osee 7for so he was called before1 ,num4 #ac4ag17 to ,,josue or ,,jesus1 to give us to understand1 that ,moses by his law could only bring the people within sight of the promised inheritance1 but that our ,saviour ,,jesus was to bring us into it4 ,josue ,chapter #a ,josue1 encouraged by the ,lord1 admonisheth the people to prepare themselves to pass over the ,jordan4 #a3a4 ,now it came to pass after the death of ,moses1 the servant of the ,lord1 that the ,lord spoke to ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 the minister of ,moses1 and said to him3 #a3b4 ,moses my servant is dead3 arise1 and pass over this ,jordan1 thou and thy people with thee1 into the land which ,i will give to the children of ,israel4 #a3c4 ,i will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon1 as ,i have said to ,moses4 #a3d4 ,from the desert1 and from ,libanus unto the great river ,euphrates1 all the land of the ,hethites1 unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun1 shall be your border4 #a3e4 ,no man shall be able to resist you all the days of thy life3 as ,i have been with ,moses1 so will ,i be with thee3 ,i will not leave thee1 nor forsake thee4 #a3f4 ,take courage1 and be strong3 for thou shalt divide by lot to this people the land for which ,i swore to their fathers1 that ,i would deliver it to them4 #a3g4 ,take courage therefore1 and be very valiant3 that thou mayst observe and do all the law1 which ,moses my servant hath commanded thee3 turn not from it to the right hand or to the left1 that thou mayst understand all things which thou dost4 #a3h4 ,let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth3 but thou shalt meditate on it day and night1 that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it3 then shalt thou direct thy way1 and understand it4 #a3i4 ,behold ,i command thee1 take courage1 and be strong4 ,fear not1 and be not dismayed3 because the ,lord thy ,god is with thee in all things whatsoever thou shalt go to4 #a3aj4 ,and ,josue commanded the princes of the people1 saying3 ,pass through the midst of the camp1 and command the people1 and say3 #a3aa4 ,prepare your victuals3 for after the third day you shall pass over the ,jordan1 and shall go in to possess the land1 which the ,lord your ,god will give you4 #a3ab4 ,and he said to the ,rubenites1 and the ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses3 #a3ac4 ,remember the word1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you1 saying3 ,the ,lord your ,god hath given you rest1 and all this land4 #a3ad4 ,your wives1 and children2 and cattle1 shall remain in the land which ,moses gave you on this side of the ,jordan3 but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand1 and fight for them1 #a3ae4 ,until the ,lord give rest to your brethren1 as he hath given you1 and they also possess the land which the ,lord your ,god will give them3 and so you shall return into the land of your possession1 and you shall dwell in it1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave you beyond the ,jordan1 toward the rising of the sun4 #a3af4 ,and they made answer to ,josue1 and said3 ,all that thou hast commanded us1 we will do3 and whither soever thou shalt send us1 we will go4 #a3ag4 ,as we obeyed ,moses in all things1 so will we obey thee also3 only be the ,lord thy ,god with thee1 as he was with ,moses4 #a3ah4 ,he that shall gainsay thy mouth1 and not obey all thy words1 that thou shalt command him1 let him die3 only take thou courage1 and do manfully4 ,josue ,chapter #b ,two spies are sent to ,jericho1 who are received and concealed by ,rahab4 #b3a4 ,and ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 sent from ,setim two men1 to spy secretly3 and said to them3 ,go1 and view the land1 and the city of ,jericho4 ,they went1 and entered into the house of a woman that was a harlot1 named ,rahab1 and lodged with her4 #b3b4 ,and it was told the king of ,jericho1 and was said3 ,behold there are men come in hither1 by night1 of the children of ,israel1 to spy the land4 #b3c4 ,and the king of ,jericho sent to ,rahab1 saying3 ,bring forth the men that came to thee1 and are entered into thy house3 for they are spies1 and are come to view all the land4 #b3d4 ,and the woman taking the men1 hid them1 and said3 ,i confess they came to me1 but ,i knew not whence they were3 #b3e4 ,and at the time of shutting the gate in the dark1 they also went out together4 ,i know not whither they are gone3 pursue after them quickly1 and you will overtake them4 #b3f4 ,but she made the men go up to the top of her house1 and covered them with the stalks of flax1 which was there4 #b3g4 ,now they that were sent1 pursued after them1 by the way that leadeth to the fords of the ,jordan3 and as soon as they were gone out1 the gate was presently shut4 #b3h4 ,the men that were hid were not yet asleep1 when behold the woman went up to them1 and said3 #b3i4 ,i know that the ,lord hath given this land to you3 for the dread of you is fallen upon us1 and all the inhabitants of the land have lost all strength4 #b3aj4 ,we have heard that the ,lord dried up the water of the ,red ,sea1 at your going in1 when you came out of ,egypt3 and what things you did to the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 that were beyond the ,jordan1 ,sehon and ,og whom you slew4 #b3aa4 ,and at the hearing these things1 we were affrighted1 and our heart fainted away1 neither did there remain any spirit in us1 at your coming in3 for the ,lord your ,god he is ,god in heaven above1 and in the earth beneath4 #b3ab4 ,now1 therefore1 swear ye to me by the ,lord1 that as ,i have shewed mercy to you1 so you also will shew mercy to my father's house3 and give me a true token4 #b3ac4 ,that you will save my father and mother1 my brethren and sisters1 and all things that are theirs1 and deliver our souls from death4 #b3ad4 ,they answered her3 ,be our lives for you unto death1 only if thou betray us not4 ,and when the ,lord shall have delivered us the land1 we will shew thee mercy and truth4 #b3ae4 ,then she let them down with a cord out of a window3 for her house joined close to the wall4 #b3af4 ,and she said to them3 ,get ye up to the mountains1 lest perhaps they meet you as they return3 and there lie ye hid three days1 till they come back1 and so you shall go on your way4 #b3ag4 ,and they said to her3 ,we shall be blameless of this oath1 which thou hast made us swear1 #b3ah4 ,if1 when we come into the land1 this scarlet cord be a sign1 and thou tie it in the window1 by which thou hast let us down3 and gather together thy father and mother1 and brethren1 and all thy kindred into thy house4 #b3ai4 ,whosoever shall go out of the door of thy house1 his blood shall be upon his own head1 and we shall be quit4 ,but the blood of all that shall be with thee in the house1 shall light upon our head1 if any man touch them4 #b3bj4 ,but if thou wilt betray us1 and utter this word abroad1 we shall be quit of this oath1 which thou hast made us swear4 #b3ba4 ,and she answered3 ,as you have spoken1 so be it done3 and sending them on their way1 she hung the scarlet cord in the window4 #b3bb4 ,but they went and came to the mountains1 and stayed there three days1 till they that pursued them were returned4 ,for having sought them through all the way1 they found them not4 #b3bc4 ,and when they were gone back into the city1 the spies returned1 and came down from the mountain3 and passing over the ,jordan1 they came to ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 and told him all that befel them1 #b3bd4 ,and said3 the ,lord hath delivered all this land into our hands1 and all the inhabitants thereof are overthrown with fear4 ,josue ,chapter #c ,the river ,jordan is miraculously dried up for the passage of the children of ,israel4 #c3a4 ,and ,josue rose before daylight1 and removed the camp3 and they departed from ,setim1 and came to the ,jordan3 he1 and all the children of ,israel1 and they abode there for three days4 #c3b4 ,after which1 the heralds went through the midst of the camp1 #c3c4 ,and began to proclaim3 ,when you shall see the ark of the covenant of the ,lord your ,god1 and the priests of the race of ,levi carrying it1 rise you up also1 and follow them as they go before3 #c3d4 ,and let there be between you and the ark the space of two thousand cubits3 that you may see it afar off1 and know which way you must go3 for you have not gone this way before3 and take care you come not near the ark4 #c3e4 ,and ,josue said to the people3 ,be ye sanctified3 for tomorrow the ,lord will do wonders among you4 #c3f4 ,and he said to the priests3 ,take up the ark of the covenant1 and go before the people4 ,and they obeyed his commands1 and took it up1 and walked before them4 #c3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,this day will ,i begin to exalt thee before ,israel3 that they may know that as ,i was with ,moses1 so ,i am with thee also4 #c3h4 ,and do thou command the priests1 that carry the ark of the covenant1 and say to them3 ,when you shall have entered into part of the water of the ,jordan1 stand in it4 #c3i4 ,and ,josue said to the children of ,israel3 ,come hither1 and hear the word of the ,lord your ,god4 #c3aj4 ,and again he said3 ,by this you shall know1 that the ,lord1 the living ,god1 is in the midst of you1 and that he shall destroy1 before your sight1 the ,chanaanite and the ,hethite1 the ,hevite and the ,pherezite1 the ,gergesite also1 and the ,jebusite1 and the ,amorrhite4 #c3aa4 ,behold1 the ark of the covenant of the ,lord of all the earth shall go before you into the ,jordan4 #c3ab4 ,prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of ,israel1 one of every tribe4 #c3ac4 ,and when the priests1 that carry the ark of the ,lord the ,god of the whole earth1 shall set the soles of their feet in the waters of the ,jordan1 the waters that are beneath shall run down and go off3 and those that come from above1 shall stand together upon a heap4 #c3ad4 ,so the people went out of their tents1 to pass over the ,jordan3 and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant1 went on before them4 #c3ae4 ,and as soon as they came into the ,jordan1 and their feet were dipped in part of the water1 7now the ,jordan1 it being harvest time1 had filled the banks of its channel17 #c3af4 ,the waters that came down from above stood in one place1 and swelling up like a mountain1 were seen afar off1 from the city that is called ,adom1 to the place of ,sarthan3 but those that were beneath1 ran down into the sea of the wilderness1 7which now is called the ,dead ,sea7 until they wholly failed4 #c3ag4 ,and the people marched over against ,jericho3 and the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 stood girded upon the dry ground in the midst of the ,jordan1 and all the people passed over1 through the channel that was dried up4 ,josue ,chapter #d ,twelve stones are taken out of the river to be set up for a monument of the miracle2 and other twelve are placed in the midst of the river4 #d3a4 ,and when they were passed over1 the ,lord said to ,josue3 #d3b4 ,choose twelve men1 one of every tribe3 #d3c4 ,and command them to take out of the midst of the ,jordan1 where the feet of the priests stood1 twelve very hard stones1 which you shall set in the place of the camp1 where you shall pitch your tents this night4 #d3d4 ,and ,josue called twelve men1 whom he had chosen out of the children of ,israel1 one out of every tribe1 #d3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,go before the ark of the ,lord your ,god to the midst of the ,jordan1 and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders1 according to the number of the children of ,israel1 #d3f4 ,that it may be a sign among you3 and when your children shall ask you tomorrow1 saying3 ,what means these stones8 #d3g4 ,you shall answer them3 ,the waters of the ,jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord when it passed over the same3 therefore were these stones set for a monument of the children of ,israel forever4 #d3h4 ,the children of ,israel therefore did as ,josue commanded them1 carrying out of the channel of the ,jordan twelve stones1 as the ,lord had commanded him according to the number of the children of ,israel unto the place wherein they camped1 and there they set them4 #d3i4 ,and ,josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the ,jordan1 where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant3 and they are there until this present day4 #d3aj4 ,now the priests that carried the ark1 stood in the midst of the ,jordan1 till all things were accomplished1 which the ,lord had commanded ,josue to speak to the people1 and ,moses had said to him4 ,and the people made haste1 and passed over4 #d3aa4 ,and when they had all passed over1 the ark also of the ,lord passed over1 and the priests went before the people4 #d3ab4 ,the children of ,ruben also1 and ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses1 went armed before the children of ,israel1 as ,moses had commanded them4 #d3ac4 ,and forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands1 marched through the plains and fields of the city of ,jericho4 #d3ad4 ,in that day the ,lord magnified ,josue in the sight of all ,israel1 that they should fear him1 as they had feared ,moses1 while he lived4 #d3ae4 ,and he said to him3 #d3af4 ,command the priests1 that carry the ark of the covenant1 to come up out of the ,jordan4 #d3ag4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,come ye up out of the ,jordan4 #d3ah4 ,and when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 were come up1 and began to tread on the dry ground1 the waters returned into their channel1 and ran as they were wont before4 #d3ai4 ,and the people came up out of the ,jordan1 the tenth day of the first month1 and camped in ,galgal1 over against the east side of the city of ,jericho4 #d3bj4 ,and the twelve stones1 which they had taken out of the channel of the ,jordan1 ,josue pitched in ,galgal1 #d3ba4 ,and said to the children of ,israel3 ,when your children shall ask their fathers tomorrow1 and shall say to them3 ,what mean these stones8 #d3bb4 ,you shall teach them1 and say3 ,israel passed over this ,jordan through the dry channel1 #d3bc4 ,the ,lord your ,god drying up the waters thereof in your sight1 until you passed over3 #d3bd4 ,as he had done before in the ,red ,sea1 which he dried up till we passed through3 #d3be4 ,that all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the ,lord1 that you also may fear the ,lord your ,god for ever4 ,josue ,chapter #e ,the people are circumcised3 they keep the pasch4 ,the manna ceaseth4 ,an angel appeareth to ,josue4 #e3a4 ,now when all the kings of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt beyond the ,jordan1 westward1 and all the kings of ,chanaan1 who possessed the places near the great sea1 had heard that the ,lord had dried up the waters of the ,jordan before the children of ,israel1 till they passed over1 their heart failed them1 and there remained no spirit in them1 fearing the coming in of the children of ,israel4 #e3b4 ,at that time the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,make thee knives of stone1 and circumcise the second time the children of ,israel4 ,the second time4 4 4,not that such as had been circumcised before were to be circumcised again2 but that they were now to renew1 and take up again the practice of circumcision2 which had been omitted during their forty years' sojourning in the wilderness2 by reason of their being always uncertain when they should be obliged to march4 #e3c4 ,he did what the ,lord had commanded1 and he circumcised the children of ,israel in the hill of the foreskins4 #e3d4 ,now this is the cause of the second circumcision3 ,all the people that came out of ,egypt that were males1 all the men fit for war1 died in the desert1 during the time of the long going about in the way3 #e3f4 ,now these were all circumcised4 ,but the people that were born in the desert1 #e3f4 ,during the forty years of the journey in the wide wilderness1 were uncircumcised3 till all they were consumed that had not heard the voice of the ,lord1 and to whom he had sworn before1 that he would not shew them the land flowing with milk and honey4 #e3g4 ,the children of these succeeded in the place of their fathers1 and were circumcised by ,josue3 for they were uncircumcised even as they were born1 and no one had circumcised them in the way4 #e3h4 ,now after they were all circumcised1 they remained in the same place of the camp1 until they were healed4 #e3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,this day have ,i taken away from you the reproach of ,egypt4 ,and the name of that place was called ,galgal1 until this present day4 #e3aj4 ,and the children of ,israel abode in ,galgal1 and they kept the phase1 on the fourteenth day of the month at evening1 in the plains of ,jericho3 #e3aa4 ,and they ate on the next day unleavened bread of the corn of the land1 and frumenty of the same year4 #e3ab4 ,and the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land1 neither did the children of ,israel use that food any more1 but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of ,chanaan4 #e3ac4 ,and when ,josue was in the field of the city of ,jericho1 he lifted up his eyes1 and saw a man standing over against him1 holding a drawn sword1 and he went to him1 and said3 ,art thou one of ours1 or of our adversaries8 #e3ad4 ,and he answered3 ,no3 but ,i am prince of the host of the ,lord1 and now ,i am come4 ,prince of the host of the ,lord1 etc4 4 4,st4 ,michael1 who is called prince of the people of ,israel1 ,dan4 #aj4ba4 #e3ae4 ,josue fell on his face to the ground4 ,and worshipping1 said3 ,what saith my lord to his servant8 ,worshipping4 4 4,not with divine honour1 but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind1 suitable to the dignity of his person4 #e3af4 ,loose1 saith he1 thy shoes from off thy feet3 for the place whereon thou standest is holy4 ,and ,josue did as was commanded him4 ,josue ,chapter #f ,after seven days' processions1 the priests sounding the trumpets1 the walls of ,jericho fall down3 and the city is taken and destroyed4 #f3a4 ,now ,jericho was close shut up and fenced1 for fear of the children of ,israel1 and no man durst go out or come in4 #f3b4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,behold ,i have given into thy hands ,jericho1 and the king thereof1 and all the valiant men4 #f3c4 ,go round about the city all ye fighting men once a day3 so shall ye do for six days4 #f3d4 ,and on the seventh day the priests shall take the seven trumpets1 which are used in the jubilee1 and shall go before the ark of the covenant3 and you shall go about the city seven times1 and the priests shall sound the trumpets4 #f3e4 ,and when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune1 and shall sound in your ears1 all the people shall shout together with a very great shout1 and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground1 and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand4 #f3f4 ,then ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 called the priests1 and said to them3 ,take the ark of the covenant3 and let seven other priests take the seven trumpets of the jubilee1 and march before the ark of the ,lord4 #f3g4 ,and he said to the people3 ,go1 and compass the city1 armed1 marching before the ark of the ,lord4 #f3h4 ,and when ,josue had ended his words1 and the seven priests blew the seven trumpets before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 #f3i4 ,and all the armed men went before1 the rest of the common people followed the ark1 and the sound of the trumpets was heard on all sides4 #f3aj4 ,but ,josue had commanded the people1 saying3 ,you shall not shout1 nor shall your voice be heard1 nor any word go out of your mouth3 until the day come wherein ,i shall say to you3 ,cry1 and shout4 #f3aa4 ,so the ark of the ,lord went about the city once a day1 and returning into the camp1 abode there4 #f3ab4 ,and ,josue rising before day1 the priests took the ark of the ,lord1 #f3ac4 ,and seven of them seven trumpets1 which are used in the jubilee3 and they went before the ark of the ,lord1 walking and sounding the trumpets3 and the armed men went before them1 and the rest of the common people followed the ark1 and they blew the trumpets4 #f3ad4 ,and they went round about the city the second day once1 and returned into the camp4 ,so they did six days4 #f3ae4 ,but the seventh day1 rising up early1 they went about the city1 as it was ordered1 seven times4 #f3af4 ,and when in the seventh going about the priests sounded with the trumpets1 ,josue said to all ,israel3 ,shout3 for the ,lord hath delivered the city to you3 #f3ag4 ,and let this city be an anathema1 and all things that are in it1 to the ,lord4 ,let only ,rahab1 the harlot1 live1 with all that are with her in the house3 for she hid the messengers whom we sent4 #f3ah4 ,but beware ye lest you touch ought of those things that are forbidden1 and you be guilty of transgression1 and all the camp of ,israel be under sin1 and be troubled4 #f3ai4 ,but whatsoever gold or silver there shall be1 or vessels of brass and iron1 let it be consecrated to the ,lord1 laid up in his treasures4 #f3bj4 ,so all the people making a shout1 and the trumpets sounding1 when the voice and the sound thundered in the ears of the multitude1 the walls forthwith fell down3 and every man went up by the place that was over against him3 and they took the city1 #f3ba4 ,and killed all that were in it1 man and woman1 young and old4 ,the oxen also1 and the sheep1 and the asses1 they slew with the edge of the sword4 #f3bb4 ,but ,josue said to the two men that had been sent for spies3 ,go into the harlot's house1 and bring her out1 and all things that are hers1 as you assured her by oath4 #f3bc4 ,and the young men went in1 and brought out ,rahab1 and her parents1 her brethren also1 and all her goods1 and her kindred1 and made them to stay without the camp4 #f3bd4 ,but they burned the city1 and all things that were therein2 except the gold and silver1 and vessels of brass and iron1 which they consecrated unto the treasury of the ,lord4 #f3be4 ,but ,josue saved ,rahab the harlot1 and her father's house1 and all she had1 and they dwelt in the midst of ,israel until this present day3 because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out ,jericho4 ,at that time1 ,josue made an imprecation1 saying3 #f3bf4 ,cursed be the man before the ,lord1 that shall raise up and build the city of ,jericho4 ,in his firstborn may he lay the foundation thereof1 and in the last of his children set up its gates4 ,cursed1 etc4 4 4,jericho1 in the mystical sense1 signifies iniquity3 the sounding of the trumpets by the priests1 the preaching of the word of ,god2 by which the walls of ,jericho are thrown down1 when sinners are converted2 and a dreadful curse will light on them who build them up again4 #f3bg4 ,and the ,lord was with ,josue1 and his name was noised throughout all the land ,josue ,chapter #g ,for the sins of ,achan1 the ,israelites are defeated at ,hai4 ,the offender is found out2 and stoned to death1 and ,god's wrath is turned from them4 #g3a4 ,but the children of ,israel transgressed the commandment1 and took to their own use of that which was accursed4 ,for ,achan1 the son of ,charmi1 the son of ,zabdi1 the son of ,zare1 of the tribe of ,juda1 took something of the anathema3 and the ,lord was angry against the children of ,israel4 #g3b4 ,and when ,josue sent men from ,jericho against ,hai1 which is beside ,bethaven1 on the east side of the town of ,bethel1 he said to them3 ,go up1 and view the country3 and they fulfilled his command1 and viewed ,hai4 #g3c4 ,and returning1 they said to him3 ,let not all the people go up1 but let two or three thousand men go1 and destroy the city3 why should all the people be troubled in vain1 against enemies that are very few8 #g3d4 ,there went up therefore three thousand fighting men3 who immediately turned their backs1 #g3e4 ,and were defeated by the men of the city of ,hai1 and there fell of them six and thirty men3 and the enemies pursued them from the gate as far as ,sabarim1 and they slew them as they fled by the descent3 and the heart of the people was struck with fear1 and melted like water4 #g3f4 ,but ,josue rent his garments1 and fell flat on the ground1 before the ark of the ,lord1 until the evening1 both he and all the ancients of ,israel3 and they put dust upon their heads4 #g3g4 ,and ,josue said3 ,alas1 ,o ,lord ,god1 why wouldst thou bring this people over the river ,jordan1 to deliver us into the hand of the ,amorrhite1 and to destroy us8 would ,god we had stayed beyond the ,jordan1 as we began4 #g3h4 ,my ,lord ,god1 what shall ,i say1 seeing ,israel turning their backs to their enemies8 #g3i4 ,the ,chanaanites1 and all the inhabitants of the land1 will hear of it1 and being gathered together will surround us1 and cut off our name from the earth3 and what wilt thou do to thy great name8 #g3aj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,arise1 why liest thou flat on the ground8 #g3aa4 ,israel hath sinned1 and transgressed my covenant3 and they have taken of the anathema1 and have stolen and lied1 and have hid it among their goods4 #g3ab4 ,neither can ,israel stand before his enemies1 but he shall flee from them3 because he is defiled with the anathema4 ,i will be no more with you1 till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness4 #g3ac4 ,arise1 sanctify the people1 and say to them3 ,be ye sanctified against tomorrow3 for thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,the curse is in the midst of thee1 ,o ,israel3 thou canst not stand before thy enemies1 till he be destroyed out of thee1 that is defiled with this wickedness4 #g3ad4 ,and you shall come in the morning1 every one by your tribes3 and what tribe soever the lot shall find1 it shall come by its kindreds1 and the kindred by its houses and tho house by the men4 #g3ae4 ,and whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this fact1 he shall be burnt with fire1 with all his substance1 because he hath transgressed the covenant of the ,lord1 and hath done wickedness in ,israel4 #g3af4 ,josue1 therefore1 when he rose in the morning1 made ,israel to come by their tribes1 and the tribe of ,juda was found4 #g3ag4 ,which being brought by in families1 it was found to be the family of ,zare4 ,bringing that also by the houses1 he found it to be ,zabdi3 #g3ah4 ,and bringing his house man by man1 he found ,achan1 the son of ,charmi1 the son of ,zabdi1 the son of ,zare1 of the tribe of ,juda4 #g3ai4 ,and ,josue said to ,achan3 ,my son1 give glory to the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 and confess1 and tell me what thou hast done1 hide it not4 #g3bj4 ,and ,achan answered ,josue1 and said to him3 ,indeed ,i have sinned against the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 and thus and thus have ,i done4 #g3ba4 ,for ,i saw among the spoils a scarlet garment1 exceeding good1 and two hundred sicles of silver1 and a golden rule of fifty sicles3 and ,i coveted them1 and ,i took them away1 and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent1 and the silver ,i covered with the earth that ,i dug up4 #g3bb4 ,josue therefore sent ministers3 who running to his tent1 found all hid in the same place1 together with the silver4 #g3bc4 ,and taking them away out of the tent1 they brought them to ,josue1 and to all the children of ,israel1 and threw them down before the ,lord4 #g3bd4 ,then ,josue1 and all ,israel with him1 took ,achan1 the son of ,zare1 and the silver1 and the garment1 and the golden rule1 his sons also1 and his daughters1 his oxen1 and asses1 and sheep1 the tent also1 and all the goods3 and brought them to the valley of ,achor3 ,his sons1 etc4 4 4,probably conscious to1 or accomplices of1 the crime of their father4 #g3be4 ,where ,josue said3 ,because thou hast troubled us1 the ,lord trouble thee this day4 ,and all ,israel stoned him3 and all things that were his1 were consumed with fire4 #g3bf4 ,and they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones1 which remaineth until this present day ,and the wrath of the ,lord was turned away from them4 ,and the name of that place was called the ,valley of ,achor1 until this day4 ,achor4 4 4,that is1 trouble4 ,josue ,chapter #h ,hai is taken and burnt1 and all the inhabitants slain4 ,an altar is built1 and sacrifices offered4 ,the law is written on stones1 and the blessings and cursings are read before all the people4 #h3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear not1 nor be thou dismayed3 take with thee all the multitude of fighting men1 arise1 and go up to the town of ,hai3 ,behold ,i have delivered into thy hand the king thereof1 and the people1 and the city1 and the land4 #h3b4 ,and thou shalt do to the city of ,hai1 and to the king thereof1 as thou hast done to ,jericho1 and to the king thereof3 but the spoils1 and all the cattle1 you shall take for a prey to yourselves3 lay an ambush for the city behind it4 #h3c4 ,and ,josue arose1 and all the army of the fighting men with him1 to go up against ,hai3 and he sent thirty thousand chosen valiant men in the night1 #h3d4 ,and commanded them1 saying3 ,lay an ambush behind the city3 and go not very far from it3 and be ye all ready4 #h3e4 ,but ,i1 and the rest of the multitude which is with me1 will approach on the contrary side against the city4 ,and when they shall come out against us1 we will flee1 and turn our backs1 as we did before3 #h3f4 ,till they pursuing us be drawn farther from the city3 for they will think that we flee as before4 #h3g4 ,and whilst we are fleeing1 and they pursuing1 you shall rise out of the ambush1 and shall destroy the city3 and the ,lord your ,god will deliver it into your hands4 #h3h4 ,and when you shall have taken it1 set it on fire1 and you shall do all things so as ,i have commanded4 #h3i4 ,and he sent them away1 and they went on to the place of the ambush1 and abode between ,bethel and ,hai1 on the west side of the city of ,hai4 ,but ,josue staid that night in the midst of the people1 #h3aj4 ,and rising early in the morning1 he mustered his soldiers1 and went up with the ancients in the front of the army1 environed with the aid of the fighting men4 #h3aa4 ,and when they were come1 and were gone up over against the city1 they stood on the north side of the city1 between which and them there was a valley in the midst4 #h3ab4 ,and he had chosen five thousand men1 and set them to lie in ambush between ,bethel and ,hai1 on the west side of the same city3 ,five thousand4 4 4,these were part of the thirty thousand mentioned above1 ver4 #c4 #h3ac4 ,but all the rest of the army went in battle array on the north side1 so that the last of that multitude reached to the west side of the city4 ,so ,josue went that night1 and stood in the midst of the valley4 #h3ad4 ,and when the king of ,hai saw this1 he made haste in the morning1 and went out with all the army of the city1 and set it in battle array1 toward the desert1 not knowing that there lay an ambush behind his back4 #h3ae4 ,but ,josue1 and all ,israel gave back1 making as if they were afraid1 and fleeing by the way of the wilderness4 #h3af4 ,but they shouting together1 and encouraging one another1 pursued them4 ,and when they were come from the city1 #h3ag4 ,and not one remained in the city of ,hai and of ,bethel1 that did not pursue after ,israel1 leaving the towns open as they had rushed out1 #h3ah4 ,the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,lift up the shield that is in thy hand1 towards the city of ,hai1 for ,i will deliver it to thee4 #h3ai4 ,and when he had lifted up his shield towards the city1 the ambush1 that lay hid1 rose up immediately3 and going to the city1 took it1 and set it on fire4 #h3bj4 ,and the men of the city1 that pursued after ,josue1 looking back1 and seeing the smoke of the city rise up to heaven1 had no more power to flee this way or that way3 especially as they that had counterfeited flight1 and were going toward the wilderness1 turned back most valiantly against them that pursued4 #h3ba4 ,so ,josue1 and all ,israel1 seeing that the city was taken1 and that the smoke of the city rose up1 returned1 and slew the men of ,hai4 #h3bb4 ,and they also that had taken and set the city on fire1 issuing out of the city to meet their own men1 began to cut off the enemies who were surrounded by them4 ,so that the enemies being cut off on both sides1 not one of so great a multitude was saved4 #h3bc4 ,and they took the king of the city of ,hai alive and brought him to ,josue4 #h3bd4 ,so all being slain that had pursued after ,israel1 in his flight to the wilderness1 and falling by the sword in the same place1 the children of ,israel returned and laid waste the city4 #h3be4 ,and the number of them that fell that day1 both of men and women1 was twelve thousand persons1 all of the city of ,hai4 #h3bf4 ,but ,josue drew not back his hand1 which he had stretched out on high1 holding the shield1 till all the inhabitants of ,hai were slain4 #h3bg4 ,and the children of ,israel divided among them1 the cattle and the prey of the city1 as the ,lord had commanded ,josue4 #h3bh4 ,and he burnt the city1 and made it a heap forever3 #h3bi4 ,and he hung the king thereof on a gibbet1 until the evening and the going down of the sun4 ,then ,josue commanded1 and they took down his carcass from the gibbet3 and threw it in the very entrance of the city1 heaping upon it a great heap of stones1 which remaineth until this present day4 #h3cj4 ,then ,josue built an altar to the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 in ,mount ,hebal1 #h3ca4 ,as ,moses1 the servant of the ,lord1 had commanded the children of ,israel1 and it is written in the book of the law of ,moses3 an altar of unhewn stones1 which iron had not touched3 and he offered upon it holocausts to the ,lord1 and immolated victims of peace offerings4 #h3cb4 ,and he wrote upon stones1 the ,deuteronomy of the law of ,moses1 which he had ordered before the children of ,israel4 #h3cc4 ,and all the people1 and the ancients1 and the princes1 and judges1 stood on both sides of the ark1 before the priests that carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 both the stranger and he that was born among them1 half of them by ,mount ,garizim1 and half by ,mount ,hebal1 as ,moses the servant of the ,lord1 had commanded4 ,and first he blessed the people of ,israel4 #h3cd4 ,after this1 he read all the words of the blessing and the cursing1 and all things that were written in the book of the law4 #h3ce4 ,he left out nothing of those things which ,moses had commanded1 but he repeated all before all the people of ,israel1 with the women and children1 and strangers1 that dwelt among them4 ,josue ,chapter #i ,josue is deceived by the ,gabaonites3 who being detected are condemned to be perpetual servants4 #i3a4 ,now when these things were heard of1 all the kings beyond the ,jordan1 that dwelt in the mountains1 and in the plains1 in the places near the sea1 and on the coasts of the great sea1 they also that dwell by ,libanus1 the ,hethite1 and the ,amorrhite1 the ,chanaanite1 the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite1 #i3b4 ,gathered themselves together1 to fight against ,josue and ,israel with one mind1 and one resolution4 #i3c4 ,but they that dwelt in ,gabaon1 hearing all that ,josue had done to ,jericho and ,hai3 #i3d4 ,cunningly devising took for themselves provisions1 laying old sacks upon their asses1 and wine bottles rent and sewed up again1 #i3e4 ,and very old shoes1 which for a show of age were clouted with patches1 and old garments upon them3 the loaves also1 which they carried for provisions by the way1 were hard1 and broken into pieces3 #i3f4 ,and they went to ,josue1 who then abode in the camp at ,galgal1 and said to him1 and to all ,israel with him3 ,we are come from a far country1 desiring to make peace with you4 ,and the children of ,israel answered them1 and said3 #i3g4 ,perhaps you dwell in the land which falls to our lot2 if so1 we can make no league with you4 #i3h4 ,but they said to ,josue3 ,we are thy servants4 ,josue said to them3 ,who are you8 and whence came you8 #i3i4 ,they answered3 ,from a very far country thy servants are come in the name of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,for we have heard the fame of his power1 all the things that he did in ,egypt4 #i3aj4 ,and to the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 that were beyond the ,jordan1 ,sehon1 king of ,hesebon1 and ,og1 king of ,basan1 that was in ,astaroth3 #i3aa4 ,and our ancients1 and all the inhabitants of our country1 said to us3 ,take with you victuals for a long way1 and go meet them1 and say3 ,we are your servants1 make ye a league with us4 #i3ab4 ,behold1 these loaves we took hot1 when we set out from our houses to come to you1 now they are become dry1 and broken in pieces by being exceeding old4 #i3ac4 ,these bottles of wine when we filled them were new1 now they are rent and burst4 ,these garments we have on1 and the shoes we have on our feet1 by reason of the very long journey1 are worn out1 and almost consumed4 #i3ad4 ,they took therefore of their victuals1 and consulted not the mouth of the ,lord4 #i3ae4 ,and ,josue made peace with them1 and entering into a league1 promised that they should not be slain3 the princes also of the multitude swore to them4 #i3af4 ,now three days after the league was made1 they heard that they dwelt nigh1 and they should be among them4 #i3ag4 ,and the children of ,israel removed the camp1 and came into their cities on the third day1 the names of which are1 ,gabaon1 and ,caphira1 and ,beroth1 and ,cariathiarim4 #i3ah4 ,and they slew them not1 because the princes of the multitude had sworn in the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel4 ,then all the common people murmured against the princes4 #i3ai4 ,and they answered them3 ,we have sworn to them in the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 and therefore we may not touch them4 #i3bj4 ,but this we will do to them3 ,let their lives be saved1 lest the wrath of the ,lord be stirred up against us1 if we should be forsworn3 #i3ba4 ,but so let them live1 as to serve the whole multitude in hewing wood1 and bringing in water4 ,as they were speaking these things1 #i2bb4 ,josue called the ,gabaonites1 and said to them3 ,why would you impose upon us1 saying3 ,we dwell very far off from you1 whereas you are in the midst of us8 #i3bc4 ,therefore you shall be under a curse1 and your race shall always be hewers of wood1 and carriers of water1 into the house of my ,god4 #i3bd4 ,they answered3 ,it was told us1 thy servants1 that the ,lord thy ,god had promised his servant ,moses1 to give you all the land1 and to destroy all the inhabitants thereof4 ,therefore we feared exceedingly and provided for our lives1 compelled by the dread we had of you1 and we took this counsel4 #i3be4 ,and now we are in thy hand3 deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee4 #i3bf4 ,so ,josue did as he had said1 and delivered them from the hand of the children of ,israel1 that they should not be slain4 #i3bg4 ,and he gave orders in that day1 that they should be in the service of all the people1 and of the altar of the ,lord1 hewing wood1 and carrying water1 until this present time1 in the place which the ,lord hath chosen4 ,josue ,chapter #aj ,five kings war against ,gabaon4 ,josue defeateth them3 many are slain with hailstones4 ,at the prayer of ,josue the sun and moon stand still the space of one day4 ,the five kings are hanged4 ,divers cities are taken4 #aj3a4 ,when ,adonisedec1 king of ,jerusalem1 had heard these things1 to wit1 that ,josue had taken ,hai1 and had destroyed it1 7for as he had done to ,jericho and the king thereof1 so did he to ,hai and its king7 and that the ,gabaonites were gone over to ,israel1 and were their confederates1 #aj3b4 ,he was exceedingly afraid4 ,for ,gabaon was a great city1 and one of the royal cities1 and greater than the town of ,hai1 and all its fighting men were most valiant4 #aj3c4 ,therefore ,adonisedec1 king of ,jerusalem1 sent to ,oham1 king of ,hebron1 and to ,pharam1 king of ,jerimoth1 and to ,japhia1 king of ,lachis1 and to ,dabir1 king of ,eglon1 saying3 #aj3d4 ,come up to me1 and bring help1 that we may take ,gabaon1 because it hath gone over to ,josue1 and to the children of ,israel4 #aj3e4 ,so the five kings of the ,amorrhites being assembled together1 went up3 the king of ,jerusalem1 the king of ,hebron1 the king of ,jerimoth1 the king of ,lachis1 the king of ,eglon1 they and their armies1 and camped about ,gabaon1 laying siege to it4 #aj3f4 ,but the inhabitants of the city of ,gabaon1 which was besieged1 sent to ,josue1 who then abode in the camp at ,galgal1 and said to him3 ,withdraw not thy hands from helping thy servants3 come up quickly1 and save us1 and bring us succour3 for all the kings of the ,amorrhites1 who dwell in the mountains1 are gathered together against us4 #aj3g4 ,and ,josue went up from ,galgal1 and all the army of the warriors with him1 most valiant men4 #aj3h4 ,but the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear them not3 for ,i have delivered them into thy hands3 none of them shall be able to stand against thee4 #aj3i4 ,so ,josue going up from ,galgal all the night1 came upon them suddenly4 #aj3aj4 ,and the ,lord troubled them1 at the sight of ,israel3 and he slew them with a great slaughter1 in ,gabaon1 and pursued them by the way of the ascent to ,bethoron1 and cut them off all the way to ,azeca and ,maceda4 #aj3aa4 ,and when they were fleeing from the children of ,israel1 and were in the descent of ,bethoron1 the ,lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven1 as far as ,azeca3 and many more were killed with the hailstones1 than were slain by the swords of the children of ,israel1 #aj3ab4 ,then ,josue spoke to the ,lord1 in the day that he delivered the ,amorrhite in the sight of the children of ,israel1 and he said before them3 ,move not1 ,o sun1 toward ,gabaon1 nor thou1 ,o moon1 toward the valley of ,ajalon4 #aj3ac4 ,and the sun and the moon stood still1 till the people revenged themselves of their enemies4 ,is not this written in the book of the just8 ,so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven1 and hasted not to go down the space of one day4 ,the book of the just4 4 4,in ,hebrew ,jasher3 an ancient book long since lost4 #aj3ad4 ,there was not before1 nor after1 so long a day1 the ,lord obeying the voice of a man1 and fighting for ,israel4 #aj3ae4 ,and ,josue returned1 with all ,israel1 into the camp of ,galgal4 #aj3af4 ,for the five kings were fled1 and had hid themselves in a cave of the city of ,maceda4 #aj3ag4 ,and it was told ,josue1 that the five kings were found hid in a cave of the city of ,maceda4 #aj3ah4 ,and he commanded them that were with him1 saying3 ,roll great stones to the mouth of the cave1 and set careful men to keep them shut up3 #aj3ai4 ,and stay you not1 but pursue after the enemies1 and kill all the hindermost of them as they flee1 and do not suffer them whom the ,lord ,god hath delivered into your hands1 to shelter themselves in their cities4 #aj3bj4 ,so the enemies being slain with a great slaughter1 and almost utterly consumed1 they that were able to escape from ,israel1 entered into fenced cities4 #aj3ba4 ,and all the army returned to ,josue1 in ,maceda1 where the camp then was1 in good health1 and without the loss of any one3 and no man durst move his tongue against the children of ,israel4 #aj3bb4 ,and ,josue gave orders1 saying3 ,open the mouth of the cave1 and bring forth to me the five kings that lie hid therein4 #aj3bc4 ,and the ministers did as they were commanded3 and they brought out to him the five kings out of the cave3 the king of ,jerusalem1 the king of ,hebron1 the king of ,jerimoth1 the king of ,lachis1 the king of ,eglon4 #aj3bd4 ,and when they were brought out to him1 he called all the men of ,israel1 and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him3 ,go1 and set your feet on the necks of these kings4 ,and when they had gone1 and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them1 #aj3be4 ,he said again to them3 ,fear not1 neither be ye dismayed1 take courage1 and be strong3 for so will the ,lord do to all your enemies1 against whom you fight4 #aj3bf4 ,and ,josue struck1 and slew them1 and hanged them upon five gibbets2 and they hung until the evening4 #aj3bg4 ,and when the sun was down1 he commanded the soldiers to take them down from the gibbets4 ,and after they were taken down1 they cast them into the cave1 where they had lain hid1 and put great stones at the mouth thereof1 which remain until this day4 #aj3bh4 ,the same day ,josue took ,maceda1 and destroyed it with the edge of the sword1 and killed the king and all the inhabitants thereof3 he left not in it the least remains4 ,and he did to the king of ,maceda1 as he had done to the king of ,jericho4 #aj3bi4 ,and he passed from ,maceda with all ,israel to ,lebna1 and fought against it3 #aj3cj4 ,and the ,lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of ,israel3 and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword1 and all the inhabitants thereof4 ,they left not in it any remains4 ,and they did to the king of ,lebna1 as they had done to the king of ,jericho4 #aj3ca4 ,from ,lebna he passed unto ,lachis1 with all ,israel3 and investing it with his army1 besieged it4 #aj3cb4 ,and the ,lord delivered ,lachis into the hands of ,israel1 and he took it the following day1 and put it to the sword1 and every soul that was in it1 as he had done to ,lebna4 #aj3cc4 ,at that time ,horam1 king of ,gazer1 came up to succour ,lachis3 and ,josue slew him with all his people so as to leave none alive4 #aj3cd4 ,and he passed from ,lachis to ,eglon1 and surrounded it1 #aj3ce4 ,and took it the same day3 and put to the sword all the souls that were in it1 according to all that he had done to ,lachis4 #aj3cf4 ,he went up also with all ,israel from ,eglon to ,hebron1 and fought against it3 #aj3cg4 ,took it1 and destroyed it with the edge of the sword3 the king also thereof1 and all the towns of that country1 and all the souls that dwelt in it3 he left not therein any remains3 as he had done to ,eglon1 so did he also to ,hebron1 putting to the sword all that he found in it4 ,the king4 4 4,viz41 the new king1 who succeeded him that was slain1 ver4 #bf4 #aj3ch4 ,returning from thence to ,dabir1 #aj3ci4 ,he took it1 and destroyed it3 the king also thereof1 and all the towns round about1 he destroyed with the edge of the sword3 he left not in it any remains3 as he had done to ,hebron and ,lebna1 and to their kings1 so did he to ,dabir1 and to the king thereof4 #aj3dj4 ,so ,josue conquered all the country of the hills1 and of the south1 and of the plain1 and of ,asedoth1 with their kings3 he left not any remains therein1 but slew all that breathed1 as the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 had commanded him4 ,any remains therein1 but slew1 etc4 4 4,god ordered these people to be utterly destroyed1 in punishment of their manifold abomination2 and that they might not draw the ,israelites into the like sins4 #aj3da4 ,from ,cadesbarne even to ,gaza4 ,all the land of ,gosen even to ,gabaon1 #aj3db4 ,and all their kings1 and their lands he took and wasted at one onset3 for the ,lord the ,god of ,israel fought for him4 #aj3dc4 ,and he returned with all ,israel to the place of the camp in ,galgal4 ,josue ,chapter #aa ,the kings of the north are overthrown3 the whole country is taken4 #aa3a4 ,and when ,jabin king of ,asor had heard these things1 he sent to ,jobab king of ,madon1 and to the king of ,semeron1 and to the king of ,achsaph3 #aa3b4 ,and to the kings of the north1 that dwelt in the mountains and in the plains over against the south side of ,ceneroth1 and in the levels and the countries of ,dor by the sea side3 #aa3c4 ,to the ,chanaanites also on the east and on the west1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,jebusite in the mountains3 to the ,hevite also who dwelt at the foot of ,hermon in the land of ,maspha4 #aa3d4 ,and they all came out with their troops1 a people exceeding numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore1 their horses also and chariots a very great multitude1 #aa3e4 ,and all these kings assembled together at the waters of ,merom1 to fight against ,israel4 #aa3f4 ,and the ,lord said to ,josue3 ,fear them not3 for to morrow at this same hour ,i will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of ,israel3 thou shalt hamstring their horses1 and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire4 ,hamstring their horses1 and burn their chariots with fire1 etc4 4 4,god so ordained1 that his people might not trust in chariots and horses1 but in him4 #aa3g4 ,and ,josue came1 and all the army with him1 against them to the waters of ,merom on a sudden1 and fell upon them4 #aa3h4 ,and the ,lord delivered them into the hands of ,israel4 ,and they defeated them1 and chased them as far as the great ,sidon and the waters of ,maserophot1 and the field of ,masphe1 which is on the east thereof4 ,he slew them all1 so as to leave no remains of them3 #aa3i4 ,and he did as the ,lord had commanded him1 he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots4 #aa3aj4 ,and presently turning back he took ,asor3 and slew the king thereof with the sword4 ,now ,asor of old was the head of all these kingdoms4 #aa3aa4 ,and he cut off all the souls that abode there3 he left not in it any remains1 but utterly destroyed all1 and burned the city itself with fire4 #aa3ab4 ,and he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about1 and their kings1 as ,moses the servant of ,god had commanded him4 #aa3ac4 ,except the cities that were on hills and high places1 the rest ,israel burned3 only ,asor that was very strong he consumed with fire4 #aa3ad4 ,and the children of ,israel divided among themselves all the spoil of these cities and the cattle1 killing all the men4 #aa3ae4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses his servant1 so did ,moses command ,josue1 and he accomplished all3 he left not one thing undone of all the commandments which the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 #aa3af4 ,so ,josue took all the country of the hills1 and of the south1 and the land of ,gosen1 and the plains and the west country1 and the mountain of ,israel1 and the plains thereof3 #aa3ag4 ,and part of the mountain that goeth up to ,seir as far as ,baalgad1 by the plain of ,libanus under mount ,hermon3 all their kings he took1 smote and slew4 #aa3ah4 ,josue made war a long time against these kings4 ,a long time4 4 4,seven years1 as appears from chap4 #ad4aj4 #aa3ai4 ,there was not a city that delivered itself to the children of ,israel1 except the ,hevite1 who dwelt in ,gabaon3 for he took all by fight4 #aa3bj4 ,for it was the sentence of the ,lord1 that their hearts should be hardened1 and they should fight against ,israel1 and fall1 and should not deserve any clemency1 and should be destroyed as the ,lord had commanded ,moses4 ,hardened4 4 4,this hardening of their hearts1 was their having no thought of yielding or submitting3 which was a sentence or judgment of ,god upon them in punishment of their enormous crimes4 #aa3ba4 ,at that time ,josue came and cut off the ,enancims from the mountains1 from ,hebron1 and ,dabir1 and ,anab1 and from all the mountain of ,juda and ,israel1 and destroyed their cities4 #aa3bb4 ,he left not any of the stock of the ,enacims1 in the land of the children of ,israel3 except the cities of ,gaza1 and ,geth1 and ,azotus1 in which alone they were left4 #aa3bc4 ,so ,josue took all the land1 as the ,lord spoke to ,moses1 and delivered it in possession to the children of ,israel1 according to their divisions and tribes4 ,and the land rested from wars4 ,josue ,chapter #ab ,a list of the kings slain by ,moses and ,josue1 #ab3a4 ,these are the kings1 whom the children of ,israel slew and possessed their land beyond the ,jordan towards the rising of the sun1 from the torrent ,arnon unto mount ,hermon1 and all the east country that looketh towards the wilderness4 #ab3b4 ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt in ,hesebon1 and had dominion from ,aroer1 which is seated upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and of the middle part in the valley1 and of half ,galaad1 as far as the torrent ,jaboc1 which is the border of the children of ,ammon4 #ab3c4 ,and from the wilderness1 to the sea of ,ceneroth towards the east1 and to the sea of the wilderness1 which is the most salt sea1 on the east side by the way that leadeth to ,bethsimoth3 and on the south side that lieth under ,asedoth1 ,phasga4 #ab3d4 ,the border of ,og the king of ,basan1 of the remnant of the ,raphaims who dwelt in ,astaroth1 and in ,edrai1 and had dominion in mount ,hermon1 and in ,salecha1 and in all ,basan1 unto the borders #ab3e4 ,of ,gessuri and ,machati1 and of half ,galaad3 the borders of ,sehon the king of ,hesebon4 #ab3f4 ,moses the servant of the ,lord1 and the children of ,israel slew them1 and ,moses delivered their land in possession to the ,rubenites1 and ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses4 #ab3g4 ,these are the kings of the land1 whom ,josue and the children of ,israel slew beyond the ,jordan on the west side from ,baalgad in the field of ,libanus1 unto the mount1 part of which goeth up into ,seir3 and ,josue delivered it in possession to the tribes of ,israel1 to every one their divisions1 #ab3h4 ,as well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign countries4 ,in ,asedoth1 and in the wilderness1 and in the south was the ,hethite and the ,amorrhite1 the ,chanaanite and the ,pherezite1 the ,hevite and the ,jebusite4 #ab3i4 ,the king of ,jericho one3 the king of ,hai1 which is on the side of ,bethel1 one3 #ab3aj4 ,the king of ,jerusalem one1 the king of ,hebron one1 #ab3aa4 ,the king of ,jerimoth one1 thee king of ,lachis one1 #ab3ab4 ,the king of ,eglon one1 the king of ,gazer one1 #ab3ac4 ,the king of ,dabir one1 the king of ,gader one1 #ab3ad4 ,the king of ,herma one1 the king of ,hered one1 #ab3ae4 ,the king of ,lebna one1 the king of ,odullam one1 #ab3af4 ,the king of ,maceda one1 the king of ,bethel one1 #ab3ag4 ,the king of ,taphua one1 the king of ,opher one1 #ab3ah4 ,the king of ,aphec one1 the king of ,saron one1 #ab3ai4 ,the king of ,madon one1 the king of ,asor one1 #ab3bj4 ,the king of ,semeron one1 the king of ,achsaph one1 #ab3ba4 ,the king of ,thenac one1 the king of ,mageddo one1 #ab3bb4 ,thee king of ,cades one1 the king of ,jachanan of ,carmel one1 #ab3bc4 ,the king of ,dor1 and of the province of ,dor one1 the king of the nations of ,galgal one1 #ab3bd4 ,the king of ,thersa one3 all the kings thirty and one4 ,josue ,chapter #ac ,god commandeth ,josue to divide the land3 the possessions of ,ruben1 ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses1 beyond the ,jordan4 #ac3a4 ,josue was old1 and far advanced in years1 and the ,lord said to him3 ,thou art grown old1 and advanced in age1 and there is a very large country left1 which is not yet divided by lot3 ,josue was old1 and far advanced in years4 4 4,he was then about one hundred and one years old4--,and there is a very large country left1 which is not yet divided by lot4 4 4,not yet possessed by the children of ,israel4 #ac3b4 ,to wit1 all ,galilee1 ,philistia1 and all ,gessuri4 #ac3c4 ,from the troubled river1 that watereth ,egypt1 unto the border of ,accaron northward3 the land of ,chanaan1 which is divided among the lords of the ,philistines1 the ,gazites1 the ,azotians1 the ,ascalonites1 the ,gethites1 and the ,accronites4 #ac3d4 ,and on the south side are the ,hevites1 all the land of ,chanaan1 and ,maara of the ,sidonians as far as ,apheca1 and the borders of the ,amorrhite1 #ac3e4 ,and his confines4 ,the country also of ,libanus towards the east from ,baalgad under mount ,hermon to the entering into ,emath4 #ac3f4 ,of all that dwell in the mountains from ,libanus1 to the waters of ,maserephoth1 and all the ,sidonians4 ,i am he that will cut them off from before the face of the children of ,israel4 ,so let their land come in as a part of the inheritance of ,israel1 as ,i have commanded thee4 #ac3g4 ,and now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes1 and to the half tribe of ,manasses1 #ac3h4 ,with whom ,ruben and ,gad have possessed the land1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord delivered to them beyond the river ,jordan1 on the east side4 ,with whom4 4 4,that is1 with the other half of that same tribe4 #ac3i4 ,from ,aroer1 which is upon the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and in the midst of the valley and all the plains of ,medaba1 as far as ,dibon3 #ac3aj4 ,and all the cities of ,sehon1 king of the ,amorrhites1 who reigned in ,hesebon1 unto the borders of the children of ,ammon4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,galaad1 and the borders of ,gessuri and ,machati1 and all mount ,hermon1 and all ,basan as far as ,salecha1 #ac3ab4 ,all the kingdom of ,og in ,basan1 who reigned in ,astaroth and ,edrai1 he was of the remains of the ,raphaims3 and ,moses overthrew and destroyed them4 #ac3ac4 ,and the children of ,israel would not destroy ,gessuri and ,machati and they have dwelt in the midst of ,israel1 until this present day4 #ac3ad4 ,but to the tribe of ,levi he gave no possession3 but the sacrifices and victims of thee ,lord ,god of ,israel1 are his inheritance1 as he spoke to him4 #ac3ae4 ,and ,moses gave a possession to the children of ,ruben according to their kindreds4 #ac3af4 ,and their border was from ,aroer1 which is on the bank of the torrent ,arnon1 and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent3 all the plain1 that leadeth to ,medaba1 #ac3ag4 ,and ,hesebon1 and all their villages1 which are in the plains4 ,dibon also1 and ,bamothbaal1 and the town of ,baalmaon1 #ac3ah4 ,and ,jassa1 and ,cidimoth1 and ,mephaath1 #ac3ai4 ,and ,cariathaim1 and ,sabama1 and ,sarathasar in the mountain of the valley4 #ac3bj4 ,bethphogor and ,asedoth1 ,phasga and ,bethiesimoth1 #ac3ba4 ,and all the cities of the plain1 and all the kingdoms of ,sehon king of the ,amorrhites1 that reigned in ,hesebon1 whom ,moses slew with the princes of ,madian3 ,hevi1 and ,recem1 and ,sur and ,hur1 and ,rebe1 dukes of ,sehon inhabitants of the land4 ,the princes of ,madian4 4 4,it appears from hence that these were subjects of king ,sehon3 they are said to have been slain with him1 that is1 about the same time1 but not in the same battle4 #ac3bb4 ,balaam also the son of ,beor the soothsayer1 the children of ,israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain4 #ac3bc4 ,and the river ,jordan was the border of the children of ,ruben4 ,this is the possession of the ,rubenites1 by their kindreds1 of cities and villages4 #ac3bd4 ,and ,moses gave to the tribe of ,gad and to his children by their kindreds a possession1 of which this is the division4 #ac3be4 ,the border of ,jaser1 and all the cities of ,galaad1 and half the land of the children of ,ammon3 as far as ,aroer which is over against ,rabba3 #ac3bf4 ,and from ,hesebon unto ,ramoth1 ,masphe and ,betonim3 and from ,manaim unto the borders of ,dabir4 #ac3bg4 ,and in the valley ,betharan and ,bethnemra1 and ,socoth1 and ,saphon the other part of the kingdom of ,sehon king of ,hesebon3 the limit of this also is the ,jordan1 as far as the uttermost part of the sea of ,cenereth beyond the ,jordan on the east side1 #ac3bh4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,gad by their families1 their cities1 and villages4 #ac3bi4 ,he gave also to the half tribe of ,manasses and his children possession according to their kindreds1 #ac3cj4 ,the beginning whereof is this3 from ,manaim all ,basan1 and all the kingdoms of ,og king of ,basan1 and all the villages of ,jair1 which are in ,basan1 threescore towns4 #ac3ca4 ,and half ,galaad1 and ,astaroth1 and ,edrai1 cities of the kingdom of ,og in ,basan3 to the children of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses1 to one half of the children of ,machir according to their kindreds4 #ac3cb4 ,this possession ,moses divided in the plains of ,moab1 beyond the ,jordan1 over against ,jericho on the east side1 #ac3cc4 ,but to the tribe of ,levi he gave no possession3 because the ,lord the ,god of ,israel himself is their possession1 as he spoke to them4 ,josue ,chapter #ad ,caleb's petition2 ,hebron is given to him and to his seed4 #ad3a4 ,this is what the children of ,israel possessed in the land of ,chanaan1 which ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 and the princes of the families by the tribes of ,israel gave to them4 #ad3b4 ,dividing all by lot1 as the ,lord had commanded the hand of ,moses1 to the nine tribes1 and the half tribe4 #ad3c4 ,for to two tribes and a half ,moses had given possession beyond the ,jordan3 besides the ,levites1 who received no land among their brethren3 #ad3d4 ,but in their place succeeded the children of ,joseph divided into two tribes1 of ,manasses and ,ephraim3 neither did the ,levites receive other portion of land1 but cities to dwell in1 and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks4 ,hebron belonged1 etc4 4 4,all the country thereabouts1 depending on ,hebron1 was given to ,caleb2 but the city itself with the suburbs1 was one of those that were given to the priests to dwell in4 #ad3e4 ,as the ,lord had commanded ,moses so did the children of ,israel1 and they divided the land4 #ad3f4 ,then the children of ,juda came to ,josue in ,galgal1 and ,caleb the son of ,jephone the ,cenezite spoke to him3 ,thou knowest what the ,lord spoke to ,moses the man of ,god concerning me and thee in ,cadesbarne4 #ad3g4 ,i was forty years old when ,moses the servant of the ,lord sent me from ,cadesbarne1 to view the land1 and ,i brought him word again as to me seemed true1 #ad3h4 ,but my brethren1 that had gone up with me1 discouraged the heart of the people3 and ,i nevertheless followed the ,lord my ,god4 #ad3i4 ,and ,moses swore in that day1 saying3 ,the land which thy foot hath trodden upon shall be thy possession1 and thy children for ever1 because thou hast followed the ,lord my ,god4 #ad3aj4 ,the ,lord therefore hath granted me life1 as he promised until this present day1 ,it is forty and five years since the ,lord spoke this word to ,moses1 when ,israel journeyed through the wilderness3 this day ,i am eighty-five years old1 #ad3aa4 ,as strong as ,i was at that time when ,i was sent to view the land3 the strength of that time continueth in me until this day1 as well to fight as to march4 #ad3ab4 ,give me therefore this mountain1 which the ,lord promised1 in thy hearing also1 wherein are the ,enacims1 and cities great and strong3 if so be the ,lord will be with me1 and ,i shall be able to destroy them1 as he promised me4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,josue blessed him1 and gave him ,hebron in possession4 #ad3ad4 ,and from that time ,hebron belonged to ,caleb the son of ,jephone the ,cenezite1 until this present day3 because he followed the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #ad3ae4 ,the name of ,hebron before was called ,cariath-,arbe3 ,adam the greatest among the ,enacims was laid there and the land rested from wars4 ,josue ,chapter #ae ,the borders of the lot of ,juda4 ,caleb's portion and conquest4 ,the cities of ,juda4 #ae3a4 ,now the lot of the children of ,juda by their kindreds was this3 ,from the frontier of ,edom1 to the desert of ,sin southward1 and to the uttermost part of the south coast4 #ae3b4 ,its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea1 and from the bay thereof1 that looketh to the south4 #ae3c4 ,and it goeth out towards the ascent of the ,scorpion1 and passeth on to ,sina3 and ascendeth into ,cadesbarne1 and reacheth into ,esron1 going up to ,addar1 and compassing ,carcaa4 #ae3d4 ,and from thence passing along into ,asemona1 and reaching the torrent of ,egypt3 and the bounds thereof shall be the great sea1 this shall be the limit of the south coast4 #ae3e4 ,but on the east side the beginning shall be the most salt sea even to the end of the ,jordan3 and towards the north from the bay of the sea unto the same river ,jordan4 #ae3f4 ,and the border goeth up into ,beth-,hagla1 and passeth by the north into ,beth-,araba3 going up to the stone of ,boen the son of ,ruben4 #ae3g4 ,and reaching as far as the borders of ,debara from the valley of ,achor1 and so northward looking towards ,galgal1 which is opposite to the ascent of ,adommin1 on the south side of the torrent1 and the border passeth the waters that are called the fountain of the sun3 and the goings out thereof shall be at the fountain ,rogel4 #ae3h4 ,and it goeth up by the valley of the son of ,ennom on the side of the ,jebusite towards the south1 the same is ,jerusalem3 and thence ascending to the top of the mountain1 which is over against ,geennom to the west in the end of the valley of ,raphaim1 northward4 #ae3i4 ,and it passeth on from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the water of ,nephtoa3 and reacheth to the towns of mount ,ephron3 and it bendeth towards ,baala1 which is ,cariathiarim1 that is to say1 the city of the woods4 #ae3aj4 ,and it compasseth from ,baala westward unto mount ,seir3 and passeth by the side of mount ,jarim to the north into ,cheslon3 and goeth down into ,bethsames1 and passeth into ,thamna4 #ae3aa4 ,and reacheth northward to a part of ,accaron at the side3 and bendeth to ,sechrona1 and passeth mount ,baala3 and cometh into ,jebneel1 and is bounded westward with the great sea4 #ae3ab4 ,these are the borders round about of the children of ,juda in their kindreds4 #ae3ac4 ,but to ,caleb the son of ,jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of ,juda1 as the ,lord had commanded him3 ,cariath-,arbe the father of ,enac1 which is ,hebron4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of ,enac1 ,sesai and ,ahiman1 and ,tholmai of the race of ,enac4 #ae3ae4 ,and going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of ,dabir1 which before was called ,cariath-,sepher1 that is to say1 the city of letters4 #ae3af4 ,and ,caleb said3 ,he that shall smite ,cariath-,sepher1 and take it1 ,i will give him ,axa my daughter to wife4 #ae3ag4 ,and ,othoniel the son of ,cenez1 the younger brother of ,caleb1 took it3 and he gave him ,axa his daughter to wife4 #ae3ah4 ,and as they were going together1 she was moved by her husband to ask a field of her father1 and she sighed as she sat on her ass4 ,and ,caleb said to her3 ,what aileth thee8 #ae3ai4 ,but she answered3 ,give me a blessing3 thou hast given me a southern and dry land1 give me also a land that ,is watered4 ,and ,caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground4 #ae3bj4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,juda by their kindreds4 #ae3ba4 ,and the cities from the uttermost parts of the children of ,juda by the borders of ,edom to the south1 were ,cabseel and ,eder and ,jagur1 #ae3bb4 ,and ,cina and ,dimona and ,adada1 #ae3bc4 ,and ,cades and ,asor and ,jethnam1 #ae3bd4 ,ziph and ,telem and ,baloth1 #ae3be4 ,new ,asor and ,carioth1 ,hesron1 which is ,asor4 #ae3bf4 ,amam1 ,sama and ,molada1 #ae3bg4 ,and ,asergadda and ,hassemon and ,bethphelet1 #ae3bh4 ,and ,hasersual and ,bersabee and ,baziothia1 #ae3bi4 ,and ,baala and ,jim and ,esem1 #ae3cj4 ,and ,eltholad and ,cesil and ,harma1 #ae3ca4 ,and ,siceleg and ,medemena and ,sensenna1 #ae3cb4 ,lebaoth and ,selim and ,aen and ,remmon3 all the cities twenty-nine1 and their villages4 #ae3cc4 ,but in the plains3 ,estaol and ,sarea and ,asena1 #ae3cd4 ,and ,zanoe and ,engannim and ,taphua and ,enaim1 #ae3ce4 ,and ,jerimoth and ,adullam1 ,socho and ,azeca1 #ae3cf4 ,and ,saraim and ,adithaim and ,gedera and ,gederothaim3 fourteen cities1 and their villages4 #ae3cg4 ,sanan and ,hadassa and ,magdalgad1 #ae3ch4 ,delean and ,masepha and ,jecthel1 #ae3ci4 ,lachis and ,bascath and ,eglon1 #ae3dj4 ,chebbon and ,leheman and ,cethlis1 #ae3da4 ,and ,gideroth and ,bethdagon and ,naama and ,maceda3 sixteen cities1 and their villages4 #ae3db4 ,labana and ,ether and ,asan1 #ae3dc4 ,jephtha and ,esna and ,nesib1 #ae3dd4 ,and ,ceila and ,achzib and ,maresa3 nine cities1 and their villages4 #ae3de4 ,accaron with the towns and villages thereof4 #ae3df4 ,from ,accaron even to the sea3 all places that lie towards ,azotus and the villages thereof4 #ae3dg4 ,azotus with its towns and villages4 ,gaza with its towns and villages1 even to the torrent of ,egypt1 and the great sea that is the border thereof4 #ae3dh4 ,and in the mountain ,samir and ,jether and ,socoth1 #ae3di4 ,and ,danna and ,cariath-senna1 this is ,dabir3 #ae3ej4 ,anab and ,istemo and ,anim1 #ae3ea4 ,gosen and ,olon and ,gilo3 eleven cities and their villages4 #ae3eb4 ,arab and ,ruma and ,esaan1 #ae3ec4 ,and ,janum and ,beththaphua and ,apheca1 #ae3ed4 ,athmatha and ,cariath-,arbe1 this is ,hebron and ,sior3 nine cities and their villages4 #ae3ee4 ,maon and ,carmel and ,ziph and ,jota1 #ae3ef4 ,jezrael and ,jucadam and ,zanoe1 #ae3eg4 ,accain1 ,gabaa and ,thamna3 ten cities and their villages4 #ae3eh4 ,halhul1 and ,bessur1 and ,gedor1 #ae3ei4 ,mareth1 and ,bethanoth1 and ,eltecon3 six cities and their villages4 #ae3fj4 ,cariathbaal1 the same is ,cariathiarim the city of woods1 and ,arebba3 two cities and their villages4 #ae3fa4 ,in the desert ,betharaba1 ,meddin and ,sachacha1 #ae3fb4 ,and ,nebsan1 and the city of salt1 and ,engaddi3 six cities and their villages4 #ae3fc4 ,but the children of ,juda could not destroy the ,jebusite that dwelt in ,jerusalem3 and the ,jebusite dwelt with the children of ,juda in ,jerusalem until this present day4 ,josue ,chapter #af ,the lot of the sons of ,joseph4 ,the borders of the tribe of ,ephraim4 #af3a4 ,and the lot of the sons of ,joseph fell from the ,jordan over against ,jericho and the waters thereof1 on the east3 the wilderness which goeth up from ,jericho to the mountain of ,bethel3 #af3b4 ,and goeth out from ,bethel to ,luza3 and passeth the border of ,archi1 to ,ataroth1 #af3c4 ,and goeth down westward1 by the border of ,jephleti1 unto the borders of ,beth-horon the nether1 and to ,gazer3 and the countries of it are ended by the great sea3 #af3d4 ,and ,manasses and ,ephraim the children of ,joseph possessed it4 #af3e4 ,and the border of the children of ,ephraim was according to their kindreds3 and their possession towards the east was ,ataroth-addar unto ,beth-horon the upper4 #af3f4 ,and the confines go out unto the sea3 but ,machmethath looketh to the north1 and it goeth round the borders eastward into ,thanath-selo3 and passeth along on the east side to ,janoe4 ,looketh to the north1 etc4 4 4,the meaning is1 that the border went towards the north1 by ,machmethath2 and then turned eastward to ,thanath-selo4 #af3g4 ,and it goeth down from ,janoe into ,ataroth and ,naaratha3 and it cometh to ,jericho1 and goeth out to the ,jordan4 #af3h4 ,from ,taphua it passeth on towards the sea into the valley of reeds1 and the goings out thereof are at the most salt sea4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,ephraim by their families4 #af3i4 ,and there were cities with their villages separated for the children of ,ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of ,manasses4 #af3aj4 ,and the children of ,ephraim slew not the ,chanaanite1 who dwelt in ,gazer3 and the ,chanaanite dwelt in the midst of ,ephraim until this day1 paying tribute4 ,josue ,chapter #ag ,the lot of the half tribe of ,manasses4 #ag3a4 ,and this lot fell to the tribe of ,manasses for he is the firstborn of ,joseph to ,machir the firstborn of ,manasses the father of ,galaad1 who was a warlike man1 and had for possession ,galaad and ,basan4 #ag3b4 ,and to the rest of the children of ,manasses according to their families3 to the children of ,abiezer1 and to the children of ,helec1 and to the children of ,esriel1 and to the children of ,sechem1 and to the children of ,hepher1 and to the children of ,semida3 these are the male children of ,manasses the son of ,joseph1 by their kindreds4 #ag3c4 ,but ,salphaad the son of ,hepher the son of ,galaad the son of ,machir the son of ,manasses had no sons1 but only daughters3 whose names are these1 ,maala and ,noa and ,hegla and ,melcha and ,thersa4 #ag3d4 ,and they came in the presence of ,eleazar the priest and of ,josue the son of ,nun1 and of the princes1 saying3 ,the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 that a possession should be given us in the midst of our brethren4 ,and he gave them according to the commandment of the ,lord a possession amongst the brethren of their father4 #ag3e4 ,and there fell ten portions to ,manasses1 beside the land of ,galaad and ,basan beyond the ,jordan4 #ag3f4 ,for the daughters of ,manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons4 ,and the land of ,galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of ,manasses4 #ag3g4 ,and the border of ,manasses was from ,aser1 ,machmethath which looketh towards ,sichem3 and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of ,taphua4 #ag3h4 ,for the lot of ,manasses took in the land of ,taphua1 which is on the borders of ,manasses1 and belongs to the children of ,ephraim4 #ag3i4 ,and the border goeth down to the valley of the reeds1 to the south of the torrent of the cities of ,ephraim1 which are in the midst of the cities of ,manasses3 the border of ,manasses is on the north side of the torrent1 and the outgoings of it are at the sea3 #ag3aj4 ,so that the possession of ,ephraim is on the south1 and on the north that of ,manasses1 and the sea is the border of both1 and they are joined together in the tribe of ,aser on the north1 and in the tribe of ,issachar on the east4 #ag3aa4 ,and the inheritance of ,manasses in ,issachar and in ,aser1 was ,bethsan and its villages1 and ,jeblaam with its villages1 and the inhabitants of ,dor1 with the towns thereof3 the inhabitants also of ,endor with the villages thereof3 and in like manner the inhabitants of ,thenac with the villages thereof3 and the inhabitants of ,mageddo with their villages1 and the third part of the city of ,nopheth4 #ag3ab4 ,neither could the children of ,manasses overthrow these cities1 but the ,chanaanite began to dwell in his land4 #ag3ac4 ,but after that the children of ,israel were grown strong1 they subdued the ,chanaanites1 and made them their tributaries1 and they did not kill them4 #ag3ad4 ,and the children of ,joseph spoke to ,josue1 and said3 ,why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to possess1 whereas ,i am of so great a multitude1 and the ,lord hath blessed me8 #ag3ae4 ,and ,josue said to them3 ,if thou be a great people1 go up into the woodland1 and cut down room for thyself in the land of the ,pherezite and the ,raphaims3 because the possession of mount ,ephraim is too narrow for thee4 #ag3af4 ,and the children of ,joseph answered him3 ,we cannot go up to the mountains1 for the ,chanaanites that dwell in the low lands1 wherein are situate ,bethsan with its towns1 and ,jezrael in the midst of the valley1 have chariots of iron4 #ag3ag4 ,and ,josue said to the house of ,joseph1 to ,ephraim and ,manasses3 ,thou art a great people1 and of great strength1 thou shalt not have one lot only3 #ag3ah4 ,but thou shalt pass to the mountain1 and shalt cut down the wood1 and make thyself room to dwell in3 and mayst proceed farther1 when thou hast destroyed the ,chanaanites1 who as thou sayest have iron chariots1 and are very strong4 ,josue ,chapter #ah ,surveyors are sent to divide the rest of the land into seven tribes4 ,the lot of ,benjamin4 #ah3a4 ,and all the children of ,israel assembled together in ,silo1 and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony1 and the land was subdued before them4 #ah3b4 ,but there remained seven tribes of the children of ,israel1 which as yet had not received their possessions4 #ah3c4 ,and ,josue said to them3 ,how long are you indolent and slack1 and go not in to possess the land which the ,lord the ,god of your fathers hath given you8 #ah3d4 ,choose of every tribe three men1 that ,i may send them1 and they may go and compass the land1 and mark it out according to the number of each multitude3 and bring back to me what they have marked out4 #ah3e4 ,divide to yourselves the land into seven parts3 let ,juda be in his bounds on the south side1 and the house of ,joseph on the north4 #ah3f4 ,the land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts2 and you shall come hither to me1 that ,i may cast lots for you before the ,lord your ,god4 ,the land in the midst between these mark ye out into seven parts4 4 4,that is to say1 the rest of the land1 which is not already assigned to ,juda or ,joseph4 #ah3g4 ,for the ,levites have no part among you1 but the priesthood of the ,lord is their inheritance4 ,and ,gad and ,ruben1 and the half tribe of ,manasses have already received their possessions beyond the ,jordan eastward3 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave them4 #ah3h4 ,and when the men were risen up1 to go to mark out the land1 ,josue commanded them saying3 ,go round the land and mark it out1 and return to me3 that ,i may cast lots for you before the ,lord in ,silo4 #ah3i4 ,so they went and surveying it divided it into seven parts1 writing them down in a book4 ,and they returned to ,josue1 to the camp in ,silo4 #ah3aj4 ,and he cast lots before the ,lord in ,silo1 and divided the land to the children of ,israel into seven parts4 #ah3aa4 ,and first came up the lot of the children of ,benjamin by their families1 to possess the land between the children of ,juda1 and the children of ,joseph4 #ah3ab4 ,and their border northward was from the ,jordan3 going along by the side of ,jericho on the north side1 and thence going up westward to the mountains1 and reaching to the wilderness of ,bethaven1 #ah3ac4 ,and passing along southward by ,luza1 the same is ,bethel1 and it goeth down into ,ataroth-addar to the mountain1 that is on the south of the nether ,beth-horon4 #ah3ad4 ,and it bendeth thence going round towards the sea1 south of the mountain that looketh towards ,beth-horon to the southwest3 and the outgoings thereof are into ,cariathbaal1 which is called also ,cariathiarim1 a city of the children of ,juda ,this is their coast towards the sea1 westward4 #ah3ae4 ,but on the south side the border goeth out from part of ,cariathiarim towards the sea1 and cometh to the fountain of the waters of ,nephtoa4 #ah3af4 ,and it goeth down to that part of the mountain that looketh on the valley of the children of ,ennom3 and is over against the north quarter in the furthermost part of the valley of ,raphaim1 and it goeth down into ,geennom 7that is the valley of ,ennom7 by the side of the ,jebusite to the south3 and cometh to the fountain of ,rogel1 #ah3ag4 ,passing thence to the north1 and going out to ,ensemes1 that is to say1 the fountain of the sun3 #ah3ah4 ,and ,it passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of ,adommim3 and it goeth down to ,abenboen1 that is1 the stone of ,boen the son of ,ruben3 and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries2 and goeth down ,into the plain1 #ah3ai4 ,and it passeth by ,bethhagla northward3 and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the ,jordan4 #ah3bj4 ,which is the border of it on the east side4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,benjamin by their borders round about1 and their families4 #ah3ba4 ,and their cities were1 ,jericho and ,bethhagla and ,vale-,casis1 #ah3bb4 ,betharaba and ,samaraim and ,bethel1 #ah3bc4 ,and ,avim and ,aphara and ,ophera1 #ah3bd4 ,the town ,emona and ,ophni and ,gabee3 twelve cities1 and their villages4 #ah3be4 ,gabam and ,rama and ,beroth1 #ah3bf4 ,and ,mesphe1 and ,caphara1 and ,amosa1 #ah3bg4 ,and ,recem1 ,jarephel1 and ,tharela1 #ah3bh4 ,and ,sela1 ,eleph and ,jebus1 which is ,jerusalem1 ,gabaath and ,cariath3 fourteen cities1 and their villages4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,benjamin by their families4 ,josue ,chapter #ai ,the lots of the tribes of ,simeon1 ,zabulon1 ,issachar1 ,aser1 ,nephtali and ,dan4 ,a city is given to ,josue4 #ai3a4 ,and the second lot came forth for the children of ,simeon by their kindreds3 and their inheritance was #ai3b4 ,in the midst of the possession of the children of ,juda3 ,bersabee and ,sabee and ,molada #ai3c4 ,and ,hasersual1 ,bala and ,asem1 #ai3d4 ,and ,eltholad1 ,bethul and ,harma1 #ai3e4 ,and ,siceleg and ,bethmarchaboth and ,hasersusa1 #ai3f4 ,and ,bethlebaoth and ,sarohen3 thirteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3g4 ,and ,remmon and ,athor and ,asan3 four cities1 and their villages4 #ai3h4 ,and all the villages round about these cities to ,baalath ,beer ,ramath to the south quarter4 ,this is the inheritance of the children of ,simeon according to their kindreds1 #ai3i4 ,in the possession and lot of the children of ,juda3 because it was too great1 and therefore the children of ,simeon had their possession in the midst of their inheritance4 #ai3aj4 ,and the third lot fell to the children of ,zabulon by their kindreds3 and the border of their possession was unto ,sarid4 #ai3aa4 ,and ,it went up from the sea and from ,merala1 and came to ,debbaseth3 as far as the torrent1 which is over against ,jeconam4 #ai3ab4 ,and it returneth from ,sarid eastward to the borders of ,ceseleththabor3 and it goeth out to ,dabereth and ascendeth towards ,japhie4 #ai3ac4 ,and it passeth along from thence to the east side of ,gethhepher and ,thacasin3 and goeth out to ,remmon1 ,amthar and ,noa4 #ai3ad4 ,and it turneth about to the north of ,hanathon3 and the outgoings thereof are the valley of ,jephtahel1 #ai3ae4 ,and ,cateth and ,naalol and ,semeron and ,jedala and ,bethlehem3 twelve cities and their villages4 #ai3af4 ,this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of ,zabulon by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3ag4 ,the fourth lot came out to ,issachar by their kindreds4 #ai3ah4 ,and his inheritance was ,jezrael and ,casaloth and ,sunem1 #ai3ai4 ,and ,hapharaim and ,seon and ,anaharath1 #ai3bj4 ,and ,rabboth and ,cesion1 ,abes1 #ai3ba4 ,and ,rameth and ,engannim and ,enhadda and ,bethpheses4 #ai3bb4 ,and the border thereof cometh to ,thabor and ,sehesima and ,bethsames3 and the outgoings thereof shall be at the ,jordan3 sixteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3bc4 ,this is the possession of the sons of ,issachar by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3bd4 ,and the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the children of ,aser by their kindreds3 #ai3be4 ,and their border was ,halcath and ,chali and ,beten and ,axaph1 #ai3bf4 ,and ,elmelech and ,amaad and ,messal3 and it reacheth to ,carmel by the sea and ,sihor and ,labanath1 #ai3bg4 ,and it returneth towards the east to ,bethdagon3 and passeth along to ,zabulon and to the valley of ,jephthael towards the north to ,bethemec and ,nehiel4 ,and it goeth out to the left side of ,cabul1 #ai3bh4 ,and to ,abaran and ,rohob and ,hamon and ,cana1 as far as the great ,sidon4 #ai3bi4 ,and it returneth to ,horma to the strong city of ,tyre1 and to ,hosa3 and the outgoings thereof shall be at the sea from the portion of ,achziba3 #ai3cj4 ,and ,amma and ,aphec and ,rohob3 twenty-two cities1 and their villages4 #ai3ca4 ,this is the possession of the children of ,aser by their kindreds1 and the cities and their villages4 #ai3cb4 ,the sixth lot came out to the sons of ,nephtali by their families3 #ai3cc4 ,and the border began from ,heleph and ,elon to ,saananim1 and ,adami1 which is ,neceb1 and ,jebnael even to ,lecum3 #ai3cd4 ,and the border returneth westward to ,azanotthabor1 and goeth out from thence to ,hucuca1 and passeth along to ,zabulon southward1 and to ,aser westward1 and to ,juda upon the ,jordan towards the rising of the sun4 #ai3ce4 ,and the strong cities are ,assedim1 ,ser1 and ,emath1 and ,reccath and ,cenereth1 #ai3cf4 ,and ,edema and ,arama1 ,asor1 #ai3cg4 ,and ,cedes and ,edri1 ,enhasor1 #ai3ch4 ,and ,jeron and ,magdalel1 ,horem1 and ,bethanath and ,bethsames3 nineteen cities1 and their villages4 #ai3ci4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the children of ,nephtali by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3dj4 ,the seventh lot came out to the tribe of the children of ,dan by their families #ai3da4 ,and the border of their possession was ,saraa and ,esthaol1 and ,hirsemes1 that is1 the city of the sun1 #ai3db4 ,selebin and ,aialon and ,jethela1 #ai3dc4 ,elon and ,themna and ,acron1 #ai3dd4 ,elthece1 ,gebbethon and ,balaath1 #ai3de4 ,and ,juda and ,bane and ,barach and ,gethremmon3 #ai3df4 ,and ,mejarcon and ,arecon1 with the border that looketh towards ,joppe1 #ai3dg4 ,and is terminated there4 ,and the children of ,dan went up and fought against ,lesem1 and took it3 and they put it to the sword1 and possessed it1 and dwelt in it1 calling the name of it ,lesem ,dan1 by the name of ,dan their father4 #ai3dh4 ,this is the possession of the tribe of the sons of ,dan1 by their kindreds1 the cities and their villages4 #ai3di4 ,and when he had made an end of dividing the land by lot to each one by their tribes1 the children of ,israel gave a possession to ,josue the son of ,nun in the midst of them1 #ai3ej4 ,according to the commandment of the ,lord1 the city which he asked for1 ,thamnath ,saraa1 in mount ,ephraim3 and he built up the city1 and dwelt in it4 #ai3ea4 ,these are the possessions which ,eleazar the priest1 and ,josue the son of ,nun1 and the princes of the families1 and of the tribes of the children of ,israel1 distributed by lot in ,silo1 before the ,lord at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony1 and they divided the land4 ,josue ,chapter #bj ,the cities of refuge are appointed for casual manslaughter4 #bj3a4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,josue1 saying3 ,speak to children of ,israel and say to them3 #bj3b4 ,appoint cities of refuge1 of which ,i spoke to you by the hand of ,moses3 #bj3c4 ,that whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them1 and may escape the wrath of the kinsman1 who is the avenger of blood4 #bj3d4 ,and when he shall flee to one of these cities3 he shall stand before the gate of the city1 and shall speak to the ancients of that city1 such things as prove him innocent3 and so shall they receive him1 and give him a place to dwell in4 #bj3e4 ,and when the avenger of blood shall pursue him1 they shall not deliver him into his hands1 because he slew his neighbour unawares1 and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before1 #bj3f4 ,and he shall dwell in that city1 till he stand before judgment to give an account of his fact1 and till the death of the high priest1 who shall be at that time3 then shall the manslayer return1 and go into his own city and house from whence he fled4 #bj3g4 ,and they appointed ,cedes in ,galilee of mount ,nephtali1 and ,sichem in mount ,ephraim1 and ,cariath-,arbe1 the same is ,hebron in the mountain of ,juda4 #bj3h4 ,and beyond the ,jordan to the east of ,jericho1 they appointed ,bosor1 which is upon the plain of the wilderness of the tribe of ,ruben1 and ,ramoth in ,galaad of the tribe of ,gad1 and ,gaulon in ,basan of the tribe of ,manasses4 #bj3i4 ,these cities were appointed for all the children of ,israel1 and for the strangers1 that dwelt among them1 that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them1 and not die by the hand of the kinsman1 coveting to revenge the blood that was shed1 until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause4 ,josue ,chapter #ba ,cities with their suburbs are assigned for the priests and ,levites4 #ba3a4 ,then the princes of the families of ,levi came to ,eleazar the priest1 and to ,josue the son of ,nun1 and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of ,israel #ba3b4 ,and they spoke to them in ,silo in the land of ,chanaan1 and said3 ,the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 that cities should be given us to dwell in1 and their suburbs to feed our cattle4 #ba3c4 ,and the children of ,israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the ,lord1 cities and their suburbs4 #ba3d4 ,and the lot came out for the family of ,caath of the children of ,aaron the priest out of the tribes of ,juda1 and of ,simeon1 and of ,benjamin1 thirteen cities4 #ba3e4 ,and to the rest of the children of ,caath1 that is1 to thee ,levites1 who remained1 out of the tribes of ,ephraim1 and of ,dan1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 ten cities4 #ba3f4 ,and the lot came out to children of ,gerson1 that they should take of the tribes of ,issachar and of ,aser and of ,nephtali1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses in ,basan1 thirteen cities4 #ba3g4 ,and to the sons of ,merari by their kindreds1 of the tribes of ,ruben and of ,gad and of ,zabulon1 twelve cities4 #ba3h4 ,and the children of ,israel gave to the ,levites the cities and their suburbs1 as the ,lord commanded by the hand of ,moses1 giving to every one by lot4 #ba3i4 ,of the tribes of the children of ,juda and of ,simeon ,josue gave cities3 whose names are these1 #ba3aj4 ,to the sons of ,aaron1 of the families of ,caath of the race of ,levi 7for the first lot came out for them7 #ba3aa4 ,the city of ,arbe the father of ,enac1 which is called ,hebron1 in the mountain of ,juda1 and the suburbs thereof round about4 #ba3ab4 ,but the fields and the villages thereof he had given to ,caleb the son of ,jephone for his possession4 #ba3ac4 ,he gave therefore to the children of ,aaron the priest1 ,hebron a city of refuge1 and the suburbs thereof1 and ,lebna with the suburbs thereof1 #ba3ad4 ,and ,jether and ,estemo1 #ba3ae4 ,and ,holon1 and ,dabir1 #ba3af4 ,and ,ain1 and ,jeta1 and ,bethsames1 with their suburbs3 nine cities out of the two tribes1 as hath been said4 #ba3ag4 ,and out of the tribe of the children of ,benjamin1 ,gabaon1 and ,gabae1 #ba3ah4 ,and ,anathoth and ,almon1 with1 their suburbs3 four cities4 #ba3ai4 ,all the cities together of the children of ,aaron the priest1 were thirteen1 with their suburbs1 #ba3bj4 ,and to the rest of the families of the children of ,caath of the race of ,levi was given this possession4 #ba3ba4 ,of the tribe of ,ephraim1 ,sichem one of the cities of refuge1 with the suburbs thereof in mount ,ephraim1 and ,gazer1 #ba3bb4 ,and ,cibsaim1 and ,beth-horon1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3bc4 ,and of he tribe of ,dan1 ,eltheco and ,gabathon1 #ba3bd4 ,and ,aialon and ,gethremmon1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3be4 ,and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,thanac and ,gethremmon1 with their suburbs1 two cities4 #ba3bf4 ,all the cities were ten1 with their suburbs1 which were given to the children of ,caath1 of the inferior degree4 #ba3bg4 ,to the children of ,gerson also of the race of ,levi out of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,gaulon in ,basan1 one of the cities of refuge1 and ,bosra1 with their suburbs1 two cities4 #ba3bh4 ,and of the tribe of ,issachar1 ,cesion1 and ,dabereth1 #ba3bi4 ,and ,jaramoth1 and ,engannim1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3cj4 ,and of the tribe of ,aser1 ,masal and ,abdon1 #ba3ca4 ,and ,helcath1 and ,rohob1 with their suburbs1 four cities4 #ba3cb4 ,of the tribe also of ,nephtali1 ,cedes in ,galilee1 one of the cities of refuge3 and ,hammoth ,dor1 and ,carthan1 with their suburbs1 three cities4 #ba3cc4 ,all the cities of the families of ,gerson1 were thirteen1 with their suburbs4 #ba3cd4 ,and to the children of ,merari1 ,levites of the inferior degree1 by their families were given of the tribe of ,zabulon1 ,jecnam and ,cartha1 #ba3ce4 ,and ,damna and ,naalol1 four cities with their suburbs4 #ba3cf4 ,of the tribe of ,ruben beyond the ,jordan over against ,jericho1 ,bosor in the wilderness1 one of the cities of refuge1 ,misor and ,jaser and ,jethson and ,mephaath1 four cities with their suburbs4 ,four cities4 4 4,there are no more1 though there be five names3 for ,misor is the same city as ,bosor1 which is to be observed in some other places1 where the number of names exceeds the number of cities4 #ba3cg4 ,of the tribe of ,gad1 ,ramoth in ,galaad1 one of the cities of refuge1 and ,manaim and ,hesebon and ,jaser1 four cities with their suburbs1 #ba3ch4 ,all the cities of the children of ,merari by their families and kindreds1 were twelve4 #ba3ci4 ,so all the cities of the ,levites within the possession of the children of ,israel were forty-eight1 #ba3dj4 ,with their suburbs1 each distributed by the families4 #ba3da4 ,and the ,lord ,god gave to ,israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers3 and they possessed it1 and dwelt in it4 #ba3db4 ,and he gave them peace from all nations round about3 and none of their enemies durst stand against them1 but were brought under their dominion4 #ba3dc4 ,not so much as one word1 which he had promised to perform unto them1 was made void1 but all came to pass4 ,josue ,chapter #bb ,the tribes of ,ruben and ,gad1 and half the tribe of ,manasses return to their possessions4 ,they build an altar by the side of the ,jordan1 which alarms the other tribes4 ,an embassage is sent to them1 to which they give a satisfactory answer4 #bb3a4 ,at the same time ,josue called the ,rubenites1 and the ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 #bb3b4 ,and said to them3 ,you have done all that ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you3 you have also obeyed me in all things1 #bb3c4 ,neither have you left your brethren this long time1 until this present day1 keeping the commandment of the ,lord your ,god4 #bb3d4 ,therefore as the ,lord your ,god hath given your brethren rest and peace1 as he promised3 return1 and go to your dwellings1 and to the land of your possession1 which ,moses the servant of the ,lord gave you beyond the ,jordan3 #bb3e4 ,yet so that you observe attentively1 and in work fulfil the commandment and the law which ,moses the servant of the ,lord commanded you3 that you love the ,lord your ,god1 and walk in all his ways1 and keep all his commandments1 and cleave to him1 and serve him with all your heart1 and with all your soul4 #bb3f4 ,and ,josue blessed them1 and sent them away1 and they returned to their dwellings4 #bb3g4 ,now to half the tribe of ,manasses1 ,moses had given a possession in ,basan3 and therefore to the half that remained1 ,josue gave a lot among the rest of their brethren beyond the ,jordan to the west4 ,and when he sent them away to their dwellings and had blessed them1 #bb3h4 ,he said to them3 ,with much substance and riches1 you return to your settlements1 with silver and gold1 brass and iron1 and variety of raiment3 divide the prey of your enemies with your brethren4 #bb3i4 ,so the children of ,ruben1 and the children of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses returned1 and parted from the children of ,israel in ,silo1 which is in ,chanaan1 to go into ,galaad the land of their possession1 which they had obtained according to the commandment of the ,lord by the hand of ,moses4 #bb3aj4 ,and when they were come to banks of the ,jordan1 in the land of ,chanaan1 they built an altar immensely great near the ,jordan4 #bb3aa4 ,and when the children of ,israel had heard of it1 and certain messengers brought them an account that the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses had built an altar in the land of ,chanaan1 upon the banks of the ,jordan1 over against the children of ,israel3 #bb3ab4 ,they all assembled in ,silo1 to go up and fight against them4 #bb3ac4 ,and in the mean time they sent to them into the land of ,galaad1 ,phinees the son of ,eleazar the priest1 #bb3ad4 ,and ten princes with him1 one of every tribe4 #bb3ae4 ,who came to the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 into the land of ,galaad1 and said to them3 #bb3af4 ,thus saith all the people of the ,lord3 ,what meaneth this transgression8 ,why have you forsaken the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 building a sacrilegious altar1 and revolting from the worship of him8 #bb3ag4 ,is it a small thing to you that you sinned with ,beelphegor1 and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day8 and many of the people perished4 #bb3ah4 ,and you have forsaken the ,lord to day1 and to morrow his wrath will rage against all ,israel4 #bb3ai4 ,but if you think the land of your possession to be unclean1 pass over to the land wherein is the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and dwell among us3 only depart not from the ,lord1 and from our society1 by building an altar beside the altar of the ,lord our ,god4 #bb3bj4 ,did not ,achan the son of ,zare transgress the commandment of the ,lord1 and his wrath lay upon all the people of ,israel8 ,and he was but one man1 and would to ,god he alone had perished in his wickedness4 #bb3ba4 ,and the children of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses answered the princes of the embassage of ,israel3 #bb3bb4 ,the ,lord the most mighty ,god1 the ,lord the most mighty ,god1 he knoweth1 and ,israel also shall understand3 ,if with the design of transgression we have set up this altar1 let him not save us1 but punish us immediately3 #bb3bc4 ,and if we did it with that mind1 that we might lay upon it holocausts1 and sacrifice1 and victims of peace offerings1 let him require and judge3 #bb3bd4 ,and not rather with this thought and design1 that we should say3 ,to morrow your children will say to our children3 ,what have you to do with the ,lord the ,god of ,israel8 #bb3be4 ,the ,lord hath put the river ,jordan for a border between us and you1 ,o ye children of ,ruben1 and ye children of ,gad3 and therefore you have no part in the ,lord4 ,and by this occasion your children shall turn away our children from the fear of the ,lord4 ,we therefore thought it best1 #bb3bf4 ,and said3 ,let us build us an altar1 not for holocausts1 nor to offer victims1 #bb3bg4 ,but for a testimony between us and you1 and our posterity and yours1 that we may serve the ,lord1 and that we may have a right to offer both holocausts1 and victims and sacrifices of peace offerings3 and that your children to morrow may not say to our children3 ,you have no part in the ,lord4 #bb3bh4 ,and if they will say so1 they shall answer them3 ,behold the altar of the ,lord1 which our fathers made1 not for holocausts1 nor for sacrifice1 but for a testimony between us and you4 #bb3bi4 ,god keep us from any such wickedness that we should revolt from the ,lord1 and leave off following his steps1 by building an altar to offer holocausts1 and sacrifices1 and victims1 beside the altar of the ,lord our ,god1 which is erected before his tabernacle4 #bb3cj4 ,and when ,phinees the priest1 and the princes of the embassage1 who were with him1 had heard this1 they were satisfied3 and they admitted most willingly the words of the children of ,ruben1 and ,gad1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 #bb3ca4 ,and ,phinees the priest the son of ,eleazar said to them3 ,now we know that the ,lord is with us1 because you are not guilty of this revolt1 and you have delivered the children of ,israel from the hand of the ,lord4 #bb3cb4 ,and he returned with the princes from the children of ,ruben and ,gad1 out of the land of ,galaad1 into the land of ,chanaan1 to the children of ,israel1 and brought them word again4 #bb3cc4 ,and the saying pleased all that heard it4 ,and the children of ,israel praised ,god1 and they no longer said that they would go up against them1 and fight1 and destroy the land of their possession4 #bb3cd4 ,and the children of ,ruben1 and the children of ,gad called the altar which they had built1 ,our testimony1 that the ,lord is ,god1 ,josue ,chapter #bc ,josue being old admonisheth the people to keep ,god's commandments3 and to avoid marriages and all society with the ,gentiles for fear of being brought to idolatry4 #bc3a4 ,and when a long time was passed1 after that the ,lord had given peace to ,israel1 all the nations round about being subdued4 and ,josue being now old1 and far advanced in years3 #bc3b4 ,josue called for all ,israel1 and for the elders1 and for the princes1 and for the judges1 and for the masters1 and said to them3 ,i am old1 and far advanced in years1 #bc3c4 ,and you see all that the ,lord your ,god hath done to all the nations round about1 how he himself hath fought for you3 #bc3d4 ,and now since he hath divided to you by lot all the land1 from the east of the ,jordan unto the great sea1 ant many nations yet remain3 #bc3e4 ,the ,lord your ,god will destroy them1 and take them away from before your face1 and you shall possess the land as he hath promised you4 #bc3f4 ,only take courage1 and be careful to observe all things that are written in the book of the law of ,moses3 and turn not aside from them neither to the right hand nor to the left3 #bc3g4 ,lest after that you are come in among the ,gentiles1 who will remain among you1 you should swear by the name of their gods1 and serve them1 and adore them3 #bc3h4 ,but cleave ye unto the ,lord your ,god1 as you have done until this day4 #bc3i4 ,and then the ,lord ,god will take away before your eyes nations that are great and very strong1 and no man shall be able to resist you4 #bc3aj4 ,one of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies3 because the ,lord your ,god himself will fight for you1 as he hath promised4 #bc3aa4 ,this only take care of with all diligence1 that you love the ,lord your ,god4 #bc3ab4 ,but if you will embrace the errors of these nations that dwell among you1 and make marriages with them1 and join friendships3 #bc3ac4 ,know ye for a certainty that the ,lord your ,god will not destroy them before your face1 but they shall be a pit and a snare in your way1 and a stumbling-block at your side1 and stakes in your eyes1 till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land1 which he hath given you4 #bc3ad4 ,behold this day ,i am going into the way of all the earth1 and you shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the ,lord promised to perform for you1 not one hath failed1 #bc3ae4 ,therefore as he hath fulfilled in deed1 what he promised1 and all things prosperous have come3 so will he bring upon you all the evils he hath threatened1 till he take you away and destroy you from off this excellent land1 which he hath given you1 #bc3af4 ,when you shall have transgressed the covenant of the ,lord your ,god1 which he hath made with you1 and shall have served strange gods1 and adored them3 then shall the indignation of the ,lord rise up quickly and speedily against you1 and you shall be taken away from this excellent land1 which he hath delivered to you4 ,josue ,chapter #bd ,josue assembleth the people1 and reneweth the covenant between them and ,god4 ,his death and burial4 #bd3a4 ,and ,josue gathered together all the tribes of ,israel in ,sichem1 and called for the ancients1 and the princes and the judges1 and the masters3 and they stood in the sight of the ,lord3 #bd3b4 ,and he spoke thus to the people3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river1 ,thare the father of ,abraham1 and ,nachor3 and they served strange gods4 ,of the river4 4 4,the ,euphrates4 #bd3c4 ,and ,i took your father ,abraham from the borders of ,mesopotamia3 and brought him into the land of ,chanaan3 and ,i multiplied his seed1 #bd3d4 ,and gave him ,isaac3 and to him again ,i gave ,jacob and ,esau4 ,and ,i gave to ,esau mount ,seir for his possession3 but ,jacob and his children went down into ,egypt4 #bd3e4 ,and ,i sent ,moses and ,aaron1 and ,i struck ,egypt with many signs and wonders4 #bd3f4 ,and ,i brought you and your fathers out of ,egypt1 and you came to the sea3 and the ,egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen1 as far as the ,red ,sea4 #bd3g4 ,and the children of ,israel cried to the ,lord3 and he put darkness between you and the ,egyptians1 and brought the sea upon them1 and covered them4 ,your eyes saw all that ,i did in ,egypt1 and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time4 #bd3h4 ,and ,i brought you into the land of the ,amorrhite1 who dwelt beyond the ,jordan4 ,and when they fought against you1 ,i delivered them into your hands1 and you possessed their land1 and slew them4 #bd3i4 ,and ,balac son of ,sephor king of ,moab arose and fought against ,israel4 ,and he sent and called for ,balaam son of ,beor1 to curse you3 #bd3aj4 ,and ,i would not hear him1 but on the contrary ,i blessed you by him1 and ,i delivered you out of his hand4 #bd3aa4 ,and you passed over the ,jordan1 and you came to ,jericho4 ,and the men of that city fought against you1 the ,amorrhite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,gergesite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite3 and ,i delivered them into your hands4 #bd3ab4 ,and ,i sent before you and ,i drove them out from their places1 the two kings of the ,amorrhites1 not with thy sword nor with thy bow1 #bd3ac4 ,and ,i gave you a land1 in which you had not laboured1 and cities to dwell in which you built not1 vineyards and oliveyards1 which you planted not4 #bd3ad4 ,now therefore fear the ,lord1 and serve him with a perfect and most sincere heart3 and put away the gods which your fathers served in ,mesopotamia and in ,egypt1 and serve the ,lord4 #bd3ae4 ,but if it seem evil to you to serve the ,lord1 you have your choice3 choose this day that which pleaseth you1 whom you would rather serve1 whether the gods which your fathers served in ,mesopotamia1 or the gods of the ,amorrhites1 in whose land you dwell3 but as for me and my house we will serve thee ,lord1 #bd3af4 ,and the people answered1 and said1 ,god forbid we should leave the ,lord1 and serve strange gods4 #bd3ag4 ,the ,lord our ,god he brought us and our fathers out of the land of ,egypt1 out of the house of bondage3 and did very great signs in our sight1 and preserved us in all the way by which we journeyed1 and among all the people through whom we passed4 #bd3ah4 ,and he hath cast out all the nations1 the ,amorrhite the inhabitant of the land into which we are come4 ,therefore we will serve the ,lord1 for he is our ,god4 #bd3ai4 ,and ,josue said to the people3 ,you will not be able to serve the ,lord3 for he is a holy ,god1 and mighty and jealous1 and will not forgive your wickedness and sins4 ,you will not be able to serve the ,lord1 etc4 4 4,this was not said by way of discouraging them2 but rather to make them more earnest and resolute1 by setting before them the greatness of the undertaking1 and the courage and constancy necessary to go through with it4 #bd3bj4 ,if you leave the ,lord1 and serve strange gods1 he will turn1 and will afflict you1 and will destroy you after all the good he hath done you4 #bd3ba4 ,and the people said to ,josue3 ,no1 it shall not be so as thou sayest1 but we will serve the ,lord4 #bd3bb4 ,and ,josue said to the people1 ,you are witnesses1 that you yourselves have chosen you the ,lord to serve him4 ,and they answered3 ,we are witnesses4 #bd3bc4 ,now therefore1 said he1 put away strange gods from among you1 and incline your hearts to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #bd3bd4 ,and the people said to ,josue3 ,we will serve the ,lord our ,god1 and we will be obedient to his commandments4 #bd3be4 ,josue therefore on that day made a covenant1 and set before the people commandments and judgments in ,sichem4 #bd3bf4 ,and he wrote all these things in the volume of the law of the ,lord3 and he took a great stone1 and set it under the oak that was in the sanctuary of the ,lord4 #bd3bg4 ,and he said to all the people3 ,behold this stone shall be a testimony unto you1 that it hath heard all the words of the ,lord1 which he hath spoken to you3 lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it1 and lie to the ,lord your ,god4 ,it hath heard4 4 4,this is a figure of speech1 by which sensation is attributed to inanimate things2 and they are called upon1 as it were1 to bear witness in favour of the great ,creator1 whom they on their part constantly obey4 #bd3bh4 ,and he sent the people away every one to their own possession1 #bd3bi4 ,and after these things ,josue the son of ,nun the servant of the ,lord died1 being a hundred and ten years old3 ,and after1 etc4 4 4,if ,josue wrote this book1 as is commonly believed1 these last verses were added by ,samuel1 or some other prophet4 #bd3cj4 ,and they buried him in the border of his possession in ,thamnathsare1 which is situate in mount ,ephraim1 on the north side of mount ,gaas4 #bd3ca4 ,and ,israel served the ,lord all the days of ,josue1 and of the ancients that lived a long time after ,josue1 and that had known all the works of the ,lord which he had done in ,israel4 #bd3cb4 ,and the bones of ,joseph which the children of ,israel had taken out of ,egypt1 they buried in ,sichem1 in that part of the field which ,jacob had bought of the sons of ,hemor the father of ,sichem1 for a hundred young ewes1 and it was in the possession of the sons of ,joseph4 #bd3cc4 ,eleazar also the son of ,aaron died3 and they buried him in ,gabaath that belongeth to ,phinees his son1 which was given him in mount ,ephraim4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,judges ,this ,book is called ,,judges1 because it contains the history of what passed under the government of the judges1 who ruled ,israel before they had kings4 ,the writer of it1 according to the more general opinion1 was the prophet ,samuel4 ,judges ,chapter #a ,the expedition and victory of ,juda against the ,chanaanites3 who are tolerated in many places4 #a3a4 ,after the death of ,josue1 the children of ,israel consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,who shall go up before us against the ,chanaanite1 and shall be the leader of the war8 #a3b4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,juda shall go up3 behold ,i have delivered the land into his hands4 #a3c4 ,and ,juda said to ,simeon1 his brother3 ,come up with me into my lot1 and fight against the ,chanaanite1 that ,i also may go along with thee into thy lot4 ,and ,simeon went with him4 #a3d4 ,and ,juda went up1 and the ,lord delivered the ,chanaanite1 and the ,pherezite into their hands3 and they slew of them in ,bezec ten thousand men4 #a3e4 ,and they found ,adonibezec in ,bezec1 and fought against him1 and they defeated the ,chanaanite1 and the ,pherezite4 #a3f4 ,and ,adonibezec fled3 and they pursued after him and took him1 and cut off his fingers and toes4 #a3g4 ,and ,adonibezec said3 ,seventy kings1 having their fingers and toes cut off1 gathered up the leavings of the meat under my table3 as ,i have done1 so hath ,god requited me4 ,and they brought him to ,jerusalem1 and he died there4 #a3h4 ,and the children of ,juda besieging ,jerusalem1 took it1 and put it to the sword1 and set the whole city on fire4 ,jerusalem4 4 4,this city was divided into two2 one part was called ,jebus1 the other ,salem3 the one was in the tribe of ,juda1 the other in the tribe of ,benjamin4 ,after it was taken and burnt by the men of ,juda1 it was quickly rebuilt again by the ,jebusites1 as we may gather from ver4 #ba2 and continued in their possession till it was taken by king ,david4 #a3i4 ,and afterwards they went down and fought against the ,chanaanite1 who dwelt in the mountains1 and in the south1 and in the plains4 #a3aj4 ,and ,juda going forward against the ,chanaanite1 that dwelt in ,hebron1 7the name whereof was in former times ,cariath-,arbe7 slew ,sesai1 and ,ahiman1 and ,tholmai3 ,hebron4 4 4,this expedition against ,hebron1 etc4 is the same as is related1 ,jos4 #ae4bd4 ,it is here repeated1 to give the reader at once a short sketch of all the achievements of the tribe of ,juda against the ,chanaanites4 #a3aa4 ,and departing from thence1 he went to the inhabitants of ,dabir1 the ancient name of which was ,cariath-,sepher1 that is1 the city of letters4 ,the city of letters4 4 4,perhaps so called from some famous school1 or library1 kept there4 #a3ab4 ,and ,caleb said3 ,he that shall take ,cariath-,sepher1 and lay it waste1 to him will ,i give my daughter ,axa to wife4 #a3ac4 ,and ,othoniel1 the son of ,cenez1 the younger brother of ,caleb1 having taken it1 he gave him ,axa his daughter to wife4 #a3ad4 ,and as she was going on her way1 her husband admonished her to ask a field of her father4 ,and as she sighed sitting on her ass1 ,caleb said to her3 ,what aileth thee8 #a3ae4 ,but she answered3 ,give me a blessing1 for thou hast given me a dry land3 give me also a watery land ,so ,caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground4 #a3af4 ,and the children of the ,cinite1 the kinsman of ,moses1 went up from the city of palms1 with the children of ,juda1 into the wilderness of his lot1 which is at the south side of ,arad1 and they dwelt with him4 ,the ,cinite4 4 4,jethro the father in law of ,moses was called ,cinoeus1 or the ,cinite2 and his children who came along with the children of ,israel settled themselves among them in the land of ,chanaan1 embracing their worship and religion4 ,from these the ,rechabites sprung1 of whom see ,jer4 #ce4--;,ibid4 ,the city of palms4 4 4,jericho1 so called from the abundance of palm trees4 #a3ag4 ,and ,juda went with ,simeon1 his brother1 and they together defeated the ,chanaanites that dwelt in ,sephaath1 and slew them4 ,and the name of the city was called ,horma1 that is1 ,anathema4 #a3ah4 ,and ,juda took ,gaza1 with its confines1 and ,ascalon1 and ,accaron1 with their confines4 ,gaza1 etc4 4 4,these were three of the principal cities of the ,philistines1 famous both in sacred and profane history4 ,they were taken at this time by the ,israelites3 but as they took no care to put garrisons in them1 the ,philistines soon recovered them4 #a3ai4 ,and the ,lord was with ,juda1 and he possessed the hill country3 but was not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley1 because they had many chariots armed with scythes4 ,was not able1 etc4 4 4,through a cowardly fear of their chariots armed with hooks and scythes1 and for want of confidence in ,god4 #a3bj4 ,and they gave ,hebron to ,caleb1 as ,moses had said1 who destroyed out of it the three sons of ,enac4 #a3ba4 ,but the sons of ,benjamin did not destroy the ,jebusites that inhabited ,jerusalem3 and the ,jebusite hath dwelt with the sons of ,benjamin in ,jerusalem until this present day4 #a3bb4 ,the house of ,joseph also went up against ,bethel1 and the ,lord was with them4 #a3bc4 ,for when they were besieging the city1 which before was called ,luza1 #a3bd4 ,they saw a man coming out of the city1 and they said to him3 ,shew us the entrance into the city1 and we will shew thee mercy4 #a3be4 ,and when he had shewed them1 they smote the city with the edge of the sword3 but that man1 and all his kindred1 they let go3 #a3bf4 ,who being sent away1 went into the land of ,hetthim1 and built there a city1 and called it ,luza3 which is so called until this day4 #a3bg4 ,manasses also did not destroy ,bethsan1 and ,thanac1 with their villages2 nor the inhabitants of ,dor1 and ,jeblaam1 and ,mageddo1 with their villages4 ,and the ,chanaanite began to dwell with them4 #a3bh4 ,but after ,israel was grown strong1 he made them tributaries1 and would not destroy them4 #a3bi4 ,ephraim also did not slay the ,chanaanite that dwelt in ,gazer1 bnt dwelt with him4 #a3cj4 ,zabulon destroyed not the inhabitants of ,cetron1 and ,naalol3 but the ,chanaanite dwelt among them1 and became their tributary4 #a3ca4 ,aser also destroyed not the inhabitants of ,accho1 and of ,sidon1 of ,ahalab1 and of ,achazib1 and of ,helba1 and of ,aphec1 and of ,rohob3 #a3cb4 ,and he dwelt in the midst of the ,chanaanites1 the inhabitants of that land1 and did not slay them4 #a3cc4 ,nephthali also destroyed not the inhabitants of ,bethsames1 and of ,bethanath3 and he dwelt in the midst of the ,chanaanites1 the inhabitants of the land1 and the ,bethsamites and ,bethanites were tributaries to him4 #a3cd4 ,and the ,amorrhite straitened the children of ,dan in the mountain1 and gave them not a place to go down to the plain3 #a3ce4 ,and he dwelt in the mountain ,hares1 that is1 of potsherds1 in ,aialon and ,salebim4 ,and the hand of the house of ,joseph was heavy upon him1 and he became tributary to him4 ,he dwelt4 4 4,that is1 the ,amorrhite4 #a3cf4 ,and the border of the ,amorrhite was from the ascent of the scorpion1 the rock1 and the higher places4 ,judges ,chapter #b ,an angel reproveth ,israel4 ,they weep for their sins4 ,after the death of ,josue1 they often fall1 and repenting are delivered from their afflictions1 but still fall worse and worse4 #b3a4 ,and an angel of the ,lord went up from ,galgal to the place of weepers1 and said3 ,i made you go out of ,egypt1 and have brought you into the land for which ,i swore to your fathers3 and ,i promised that ,i would not make void my covenant with you for ever3 ,an angel4 4 4,taking the shape of a man4 #b3b4 ,on condition that you should not make a league with the inhabitants of this land1 but should throw down their altars3 and you would not hear my voice3 why have you done this8 #b3c4 ,wherefore ,i would not destroy them from before your face2 that you may have enemies1 and their gods may be your ruin4 #b3d4 ,and when the angel of the ,lord spoke these words to all the children of ,israel3 they lifted up their voice1 and wept4 #b3e4 ,and the name of that place was called1 ,the place of weepers1 or of tears3 and there they offered sacrifices to the ,lord4 #b3f4 ,and ,josue sent away the people1 and the children of ,israel went every one to his own possession to hold it3 ,and ,josue1 etc4 4 4,this is here inserted out of ,jos4 #bd1 by way of recapitulation of what had happened before1 and by way of an introduction to that which follows4 #b3g4 ,and they served the ,lord all his days1 and the days of the ancients1 that lived a long time after him1 and who knew all the works of the ,lord1 which he had done for ,israel4 #b3h4 ,and ,josue1 the son of ,nun1 the servant of the ,lord1 died1 being a hundred and ten years old2 #b3i4 ,and they buried him in the borders of his possession in ,thamnathsare1 in ,mount ,ephraim1 on the north side of ,mount ,gaas4 #b3aj4 ,and all that generation was gathered to their fathers3 and there arose others that knew not the ,lord and the works which he had done for ,israel4 #b3aa4 ,and the children of ,israel did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and they served ,baalim #b3ab4 ,and they left the ,lord1 the ,god of their fathers1 who had brought them out of the land of ,egypt3 and they followed strange gods1 and the gods of the people that dwelt round about them1 and they adored them3 and they provoked the ,lord to anger1 ,they followed strange gods4 4 4,what is here said of the children of ,israel1 as to their falling so often into idolatry1 is to be understood of a great part of them2 but not so universally1 as if the true worship of ,god was ever quite abolished among them3 for the succession of the true church and religion was kept up all this time by the priests and ,levites1 at least in the house of ,god in ,silo4 #b3ac4 ,forsaking him1 and serving ,baal and ,astaroth #b3ad4 ,and the ,lord being angry against ,israel1 delivered them into the hands of plunderers3 who took them and sold them to their enemies1 that dwelt round about3 neither could they stand against their enemies3 #b3ae4 ,but whithersoever they meant to go1 the hand of the ,lord was upon them1 as he had said1 and as he had sworn to them3 and they were greatly distressed4 #b3af4 ,and the ,lord raised up judges1 to deliver them from the hands of those that oppressed them3 but they would not hearken to them1 #b3ag4 ,committing fornication with strange gods1 and adoring them4 ,they quickly forsook the way1 in which their fathers had walked3 and hearing the commandments of the ,lord1 they did all things contrary4 #b3ah4 ,and when the ,lord raised them up judges1 in their days1 he was moved to mercy1 and heard the groanings of the afflicted1 and delivered them from the slaughter of the oppressors4 #b3ai4 ,but after the judge was dead1 they returned1 and did much worse things than their fathers had done1 following strange gods1 serving them1 and adoring them4 ,they left not their own inventions1 and the stubborn way1 by which they were accustomed to walk4 #b3bj4 ,and the wrath of the ,lord was kindled against ,israel1 and he said3 ,behold this nation hath made void my covenant1 which ,i had made with their fathers1 and hath despised to hearken to my voice3 #b3ba4 ,i also will not destroy the nations which ,josue left when he died3 #b3bb4 ,that through them ,i may try ,israel1 whether they will keep the way of the ,lord1 and walk in it1 as their fathers kept it1 or not4 #b3bc4 ,the ,lord therefore left all these nations1 and would not quickly destroy them1 neither did he deliver them into the hands of ,josue4 ,judges ,chapter #c ,the people falling into idolatry are oppressed by their enemies2 but repenting are delivered by ,othoniel1 ,aod1 and ,samgar4 #c3a4 ,these are the nations which the ,lord left1 that by them he might instruct ,israel1 and all that had not known the wars of the ,chanaanites3 #c3b4 ,that afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies1 and to be trained up to war3 #c3c4 ,the five princes of the ,philistines1 and all the ,chanaanites1 and the ,sidonians1 and the ,hevites that dwelt in ,mount ,libanus1 from ,mount ,baal ,hermon to the entering into ,emath4 #c3d4 ,and he left them1 that he might try ,israel by them1 whether they would hear the commandments of the ,lord1 which he had commanded their fathers1 by the hand of ,moses1 or not4 #c3e4 ,so the children of ,israel dwelt in the midst of the ,chanaanite1 and the ,hethite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,pherezite1 and the ,hevite1 and the ,jebusite3 #c3f4 ,and they took their daughters to wives1 and they gave their own daughters to their sons1 and they served their gods4 #c3g4 ,and they did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and they forgot their ,god1 and served ,baalim and ,astaroth4 #c3h4 ,and the ,lord being angry with ,israel1 delivered them into the hands of ,chusan ,rasathaim1 king of ,mesopotamia1 and they served him eight years4 ,mesopotamia4 4 4,in ,hebrew ,aramnaharim4 ,syria of the two rivers3 so called because it lies between the ,euphrates and the ,tigris4 ,it is absolutely called ,syria1 ver4 #aj4 #c3i4 ,and they cried to the ,lord1 who raised them up a saviour1 and delivered them2 to wit1 ,othoniel1 the son of ,cenez1 the younger brother of ,caleb3 #c3aj4 ,and the spirit of the ,lord was in him1 and he judged ,israel4 ,and he went out to fight1 and the ,lord delivered ,chusan ,rasathaim1 king of ,syria1 and he overthrew him3 #c3aa4 ,and the land rested forty years1 and ,othoniel1 the son of ,cenez1 died4 #c3ab4 ,and the children of ,israel did evil again in the sight of the ,lord3 who strengthened against them ,eglon1 king of ,moab3 because they did evil in his sight4 #c3ac4 ,and he joined to him the children of ,ammon1 and ,amalec3 and he went and overthrew ,israel1 and possessed the city of palm trees4 #c3ad4 ,and the children of ,israel served ,eglon1 king of ,moab1 eighteen years4 #c3ae4 ,and afterwards they cried to the ,lord1 who raised them up a saviour1 called ,aod1 the son of ,cera1 the son of ,jemini1 who used the left hand as well as the right4 ,and the children of ,israel sent presents to ,eglon1 king of ,moab1 by him4 #c3af4 ,and he made himself a two-edged sword1 with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand1 and was girded therewith1 under his garment1 on the right thigh4 #c3ag4 ,and he presented the gifts to ,eglon1 king of ,moab ,now ,eglon was exceeding fat4 #c3ah4 ,and when he had presented the gifts unto him he followed his companions that came along with him4 #c3ai4 ,then returning from ,galgal1 where the idols were1 he said to the king3 ,i have a secret message to thee1 ,o king4 ,and he commanded silence3 and all being gone out that were about him1 #c3bj4 ,aod went in to him3 now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone1 and he said3 ,i have a word from ,god to thee4 ,and he forthwith rose up from his throne4 ,a word from ,god1 etc4 4 4,what ,aod1 who was judge and chief magistrate of ,israel1 did on this occasion1 was by a special inspiration of ,god3 but such things are not to be imitated by private men4 #c3ba4 ,and ,aod put forth his left hand1 and took the dagger from his right thigh1 and thrust it into his belly1 #c3bb4 ,with such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound1 and was closed up with the abundance of fat4 ,so that he did not draw out the dagger1 but left it in the body as he had struck it in3 and forthwith1 by the secret parts of nature1 the excrements of the belly came out4 #c3bc4 ,and ,aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour1 and locking them1 #c3bd4 ,went out by a postern door4 ,and the king's servants going in1 saw the doors of the parlour shut1 and they said3 ,perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour4 #c3be4 ,and waiting a long time1 till they were ashamed1 and seeing that no man opened the door1 they took a key3 and opening1 they found their lord lying dead on the ground4 #c3bf4 ,but ,aod1 while they were in confusion1 escaped1 and passed by the place of the idols from whence he had returned4 ,and he came to ,seirath3 #c3bg4 ,and forthwith he sounded the trumpet in ,mount ,ephraim3 and the children of ,israel went down with him1 he himself going in the front4 #c3bh4 ,and he said to them3 ,follow me3 for the ,lord hath delivered our enemies1 the ,moabites1 into our hands4 ,and they went down after him1 and seized upon the fords of the ,jordan1 which are in the way to ,moab3 and they suffered no man to pass over3 #c3bi4 ,but they slew of the ,moabites at that time1 about ten thousand1 all strong and valiant men3 none of them could escape4 #c3cj4 ,and ,moab was humbled that day under the hand of ,israel3 and the land rested eighty years4 #c3ca4 ,after him was ,samgar1 the son of ,anath1 who slew of the ,philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare3 and he also defended ,israel4 ,judges ,chapter #d ,debbora and ,barac deliver ,israel from ,jabin and ,sisara1 ,jahal killeth ,sisara4 #d3a4 ,and the children of ,israel again did evil in the sight of the ,lord after the death of ,aod3 #d3b4 ,and the ,lord delivered them up into the hands of ,jabin1 king of ,chanaan1 who reigned in ,asor3 and he had a general of his army named ,sisara1 and he dwelt in ,haroseth of the ,gentiles4 #d3c4 ,and the children of ,israel cried to the ,lord3 for he had nine hundred chariots set with scythes and for twenty years had grievously oppressed them4 #d3d4 ,and there was at that time ,debbora1 a prophetess1 the wife of ,lapidoth1 who judged the people4 #d3e4 ,and she sat under a palm tree1 which was called by her name1 between ,rama and ,bethel1 in ,mount ,ephraim3 and the children of ,israel came up to her for all judgment4 #d3f4 ,and she sent and called ,barac1 the ,son of ,abinoem1 out of ,cedes1 in ,nephthali3 and she said to him3 ,the ,lord ,god of ,israel hath commanded thee3 ,go1 and lead an army to ,mount ,thabor1 and thou shalt take with thee ten thousand fighting men of the children of ,nephthali1 and of the children of ,zabulon3 #d3g4 ,and ,i will bring unto thee in the place of the torrent ,cison1 ,sisara1 the general of ,jabin's army1 and his chariots1 and all his multitude1 and will deliver them into thy hand4 #d3h4 ,and ,barac said to her3 ,if thou wilt come with me1 ,i will go3 if thou wilt not come with me1 ,i will not go4 #d3i4 ,she said to him3 ,i will go1 indeed1 with thee1 but at this time the victory shall not be attributed to thee1 because ,sisara shall be delivered into the hand of a woman4 ,debbora therefore arose1 and went with ,barac to ,cedes4 #d3aj4 ,and he called unto him ,zabulon and ,nephthali1 and went up with ten thousand fighting men1 having ,debbora in his company4 #d3aa4 ,now ,haber1 the ,cinite1 had some time before departed from the rest of the ,cinites1 his brethren1 the sons of ,hobab1 the kinsman of ,moses3 and had pitched his tents unto the valley1 which is called ,sennim1 and was near ,cedes4 #d3ab4 ,and it was told ,sisara1 that ,barac1 the son of ,abinoem1 was gone up to ,mount ,thabor3 #d3ac4 ,and he gathered together his nine hundred chariots armed with scythes1 and all his army1 from ,haroseth of the ,gentiles1 to the torrent ,cison4 #d3ad4 ,and ,debbora said to ,barac3 ,arise1 for this is the day wherein the ,lord hath delivered ,sisara into thy hands3 behold1 he is thy leader4 ,and ,barac went down from ,mount ,thabor1 and ten thousand fighting men with him4 #d3ae4 ,and the ,lord struck a terror into ,sisara1 and all his chariots1 and all his multitude1 with the edge of the sword1 at the sight of ,barac2 insomuch1 that ,sisara leaping down from off his chariot1 fled away on foot1 #d3af4 ,and ,barac pursued after the fleeing chariots1 and the army1 unto ,haroseth of the ,gentiles2 and all the multitude of the enemies was utterly destroyed4 #d3ag4 ,but ,sisara fleeing1 came to the tent of ,jahel1 the wife of ,haber1 the ,cinite1 for there was peace between ,jabin1 the king of ,asor1 and the house of ,haber1 the ,cinite4 #d3ah4 ,and ,jahel went forth to meet ,sisara1 and said to him3 ,come in to me1 my lord2 come in1 fear not4 ,he went into her tent1 and being covered by her with a cloak1 #d3ai4 ,said to her3 ,give me1 ,i beseech thee1 a little water1 for ,i am very thirsty4 ,she opened a bottle of milk1 and gave him to drink1 and covered him4 #d3bj4 ,and ,sisara said to her3 ,stand before the door of the tent1 and when any shall come and inquire of thee1 saying3 ,is there any man here8 thou shalt say3 ,there is none4 #d3ba4 ,so ,jahel1 ,haber's wife1 took a nail of the tent1 and taking also a hammer3 and going in softly1 and with silence1 she put the nail upon the temples of his head1 and striking it with the hammer1 drove it through his brain fast into the ground3 and so passing from deep sleep to death1 he fainted away and died4 #d3bb4 ,and behold1 ,barac came pursuing after ,sisara3 and ,jahel went out to meet him1 and said to him3 ,come1 and ,i will shew thee the man whom thou seekest4 ,and when he came into her tent1 he saw ,sisara lying dead1 and the nail fastened in his temples4 #d3bc4 ,so ,god that day humbled ,jabin1 the king of ,chanaan1 before the children of ,israel3 #d3bd4 ,who grew daily stronger1 and with a mighty hand overpowered ,jabin1 king of ,chanaan1 till they quite destroyed him4 ,judges ,chapter #e ,the canticle of ,debbora and ,barac after their victory4 #e3a4 ,in that day ,debbora and ,barac1 son of ,abinoem1 sung1 and said3 #e3b4 ,o you of ,israel1 that have willingly offered your lives to danger1 bless the ,lord4 #e3c4 ,hear1 ,o ye kings1 give ear1 ,o ye princes3 ,it is ,i1 it is ,i1 that will sing to the ,lord1 ,i will sing to the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel4 #e3d4 ,o ,lord1 when thou wentest out of ,seir1 and passedst by the regions of ,edom1 the earth trembled1 and the heavens and clouds dropped water4 #e3e4 ,the mountains melted before the face of the ,lord1 and ,sinai before the face of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #e3f4 ,in the days of ,samgar1 the son of ,anath1 in the days of ,jahel1 the paths rested3 and they that went by them1 walked through bye-ways4 ,the paths rested4 4 4,the ways to the sanctuary of ,god were unfrequented3 and men walked in the by-ways of error and sin4 #e3g4 ,the valiant men ceased1 and rested in ,israel3 until ,debbora arose1 a mother arose in ,israel4 #e3h4 ,the ,lord chose new wars1 and he himself overthrew the gates of the enemies3 a shield and spear was not seen among forty thousand of ,israel4 #e3i4 ,my heart loveth the princes of ,israel3 ,o you1 that of your own good will offered yourselves to danger1 bless the ,lord4 #e3aj4 ,speak1 you that ride upon fair asses1 and you that sit in judgment1 and walk in the way4 #e3aa4 ,where the chariots were dashed together1 and the army of the enemies was choked1 there let the justices of the ,lord be rehearsed1 and his clemency towards the brave men of ,israel3 then the people of the ,lord went down to the gates1 and obtained the sovereignty4 #e3ab4 ,arise1 arise1 ,o ,debbora1 arise1 arise1 and utter a canticle4 ,arise1 ,barac1 and take hold of thy captives1 ,o son of ,abinoem4 #e3ac4 ,the remnants of the people are saved1 the ,lord hath fought among the valiant ones4 #e3ad4 ,out of ,ephraim he destroyed them into ,amalec1 and after him out of ,benjamin into thy people1 ,o ,amalec3 ,out of ,machir there came down princes1 and out of ,zabulon they that led the army to fight4 ,out of ,ephraim1 etc4 4 4,the enemies straggling in their flight were destroyed1 as they were running through the land of ,ephraim1 and of ,benjamin1 which lies after1 that is beyond ,ephraim3 and so on to the very confines of ,amalec4 ,or1 it alludes to former victories of the people of ,god1 particularly that which was freshest in memory1 when the men of ,ephraim and ,benjamin1 with ,aod at their head1 overthrew their enemies the ,moabites with the ,amalecites their allies4 ,see chap4 #c4--;,ibid4 ,machir4 4 4,the tribe of ,manasses1 whose eldest son was ,machir4 #e3ae4 ,the captains of ,issachar were with ,debbora1 and followed the steps of ,barac1 who exposed himself to danger1 as one going headlong1 and into a pit4 ,ruben being divided against himself1 there was found a strife of courageous men4 ,divided against himself1 etc4 4 4,by this it seems that the valient men of the tribe of ,ruben were divided in their sentiments1 with relation to this war2 which division kept them at home within their own borders1 to hear the bleating of their flocks4 #e3af4 ,why dwellest thou between two borders1 that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks8 ,ruben being divided against himself1 there was found a strife of courageous men4 #e3ag4 ,galaad rested beyond the ,jordan1 and ,dan applied himself to ships3 ,aser dwelt on the sea shore1 and abode in the havens4 #e3ah4 ,but ,zabulon and ,nephthali offered their lives to death in the region of ,merome4 #e3ai4 ,the kings came and fought1 the kings of ,chanaan fought in ,thanac1 by the waters of ,mageddo and yet they took no spoils4 #e3bj4 ,there was war made against them from heaven3 the stars1 remaining in their order and courses1 fought against ,sisara4 #e3ba4 ,the torrent of ,cison dragged their carcasses1 the torrent of ,cadumim1 the torrent of ,cison3 tread thou1 my soul1 upon the strong ones4 #e3bb4 ,the hoofs of the horses were broken whilst the stoutest of the enemies fled amain1 and fell headlong down4 #e3bc4 ,curse ye the land of ,meroz1 said the angel of the ,lord3 curse the inhabitants thereof1 because they came not to the help of the ,lord1 to help his most valiant men4 ,meroz4 4 4,where this land of ,meroz was1 which is here laid under a curse1 we cannot find3 nor is there mention of it anywhere else in holy writ4 ,in the spiritual sense1 they are cursed who refuse to assist the people of ,god in their warfare against their spiritual enemies4 #e3bd4 ,blessed among women be ,jahel1 the wife of ,haber the ,cinite1 and blessed be she in her tent4 #e3be4 ,he asked her water1 and she gave him milk1 and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes4 #e3bf4 ,she put her left hand to the nail1 and her right hand to the workman's hammer1 and she struck ,sisara1 seeking in his head a place for the wound1 and strongly piercing through his temples4 #e3bg4 ,between her feet he fell3 he fainted1 and he died3 he rolled before her feet1 and there he lay lifeless and wretched4 #e3bh4 ,his mother looked out at a window1 and howled3 and she spoke from the dining room3 ,why is his chariot so long in coming back8 ,why are the feet of his horses so slow8 #e3bi4 ,one that was wiser than the rest of his wives1 returned this answer to her mother in law3 #e3cj4 ,perhaps he is now dividing the spoils1 and the fairest of the women is chosen out for him3 garments of divers colours are given to ,sisara for his prey1 and furniture of different kinds is heaped together to adorn necks4 #e3ca4 ,so let all thy enemies perish1 ,o ,lord3 but let them that love thee shine1 as the sun shineth in his rising4 #e3cb4 ,and the land rested for forty years4 ,judges ,chapter #f ,the people for their sins1 are oppressed by the ,madianites4 ,gedeon is called to deliver them4 #f3a4 ,and the children of ,israel again did evil in the sight of the ,lord3 and he delivered them into the hand of ,madian seven years1 #f3b4 ,and they were grievously oppressed by them4 ,and they made themselves dens and caves in the mountains1 and strong holds to resist4 #f3c4 ,and when ,israel had sown1 ,madian and ,amalec1 and the rest of the eastern nations1 came up3 #f3d4 ,and pitching their tents among them1 wasted all things as they were in the blade1 even to the entrance of ,gaza3 and they left nothing at all in ,israel for sustenance of life1 nor sheep1 nor oxen1 nor asses4 #f3e4 ,for they and all their flocks came with their tents1 and like locusts filled all places1 an innumerable multitude of men1 and of camels1 wasting whatsoever they touched4 #f3f4 ,and ,israel was humbled exceedingly in the sight of ,madian4 #f3g4 ,and he cried to the ,lord1 desiring help against the ,madianites4 #f3h4 ,and he sent unto them a prophet1 and he spoke3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,i made you to come up out of ,egypt1 and brought you out of the house of bondage1 #f3i4 ,and delivered you out of the hands of the ,egyptians1 and of all the enemies that afflicted you3 and ,i cast them out at your coming in1 and gave you their land4 #f3aj4 ,and ,i said3 ,i am the ,lord your ,god1 fear not the gods of the ,amorrhites1 in whose land you dwell4 ,and you would not hear my voice4 #f3aa4 ,and an angel of the ,lord came1 and sat under an oak that was in ,ephra1 and belonged to ,joas1 the father of the family of ,ezri4 ,and when ,gedeon1 his son1 was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress1 to flee from ,madian1 #f3ab4 ,the angel of the ,lord appeared to him1 and said3 ,the ,lord is with thee1 ,o most valiant of men4 #f3ac4 ,and ,gedeon said to him3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 if the ,lord be with us1 why have these evils fallen upon us8 ,where are his miracles1 which our fathers have told us of1 saying3 ,the ,lord brought us out of ,egypt but now the ,lord hath forsaken us1 and delivered us into the hand of ,madian4 #f3ad4 ,and the ,lord looked upon him1 and said3 ,go1 in this thy strength1 and thou shalt deliver ,israel out of the hand of ,madian3 know that ,i have sent thee4 #f3ae4 ,he answered1 and said3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord wherewith shall ,i deliver ,israel8 ,behold1 my family is the meanest in ,manasses1 and ,i am the least in my father's house4 ,the meanest in ,manasses1 etc4 4 4,mark how the ,lord chooseth the humble 7who are mean and little in their own eyes7 for the greatest enterprises4 #f3af4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,i will be with thee3 and thou shalt cut off ,madian as one man4 #f3ag4 ,and he said3 ,if ,i have found grace before thee1 give me a sign that it is thou that speakest to me3 #f3ah4 ,and depart not hence1 till ,i return to thee1 and bring a sacrifice1 and offer it to thee4 ,and he answered3 ,i will wait thy coming4 #f3ai4 ,so ,gedeon went in1 and boiled a kid1 and made unleavened loaves of a measure of flour3 and putting the flesh in a basket1 and the broth of the flesh into a pot1 he carried all under the oak1 and presented to him4 #f3bj4 ,and the angel of the ,lord said to him3 ,take the flesh and the unleavened loaves1 and lay them upon that rock1 and pour out the broth thereon4 ,and when he had done so1 #f3ba4 ,the angel of the ,lord put forth the tip of the rod1 which he held in his hand1 and touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves3 and there arose a fire from the rock1 and consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves3 and the angel of the ,lord vanished out of his sight4 #f3bb4 ,and ,gedeon seeing that it was the angel of the ,lord1 said3 ,alas1 my ,lord ,god3 for ,i have seen the angel of the ,lord face to face4 #f3bc4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,peace be with thee3 fear not1 thou shalt not die4 #f3bd4 ,and ,gedeon built there an altar to the ,lord1 and called it the ,lord's peace1 until this present day4 ,and when he was yet in ,ephra1 which is of the family of ,ezri1 #f3be4 ,that night the ,lord said to him3 ,take a bullock of thy father's1 and another bullock of seven years1 and thou shalt destroy the altar of ,baal1 which is thy father's3 and cut down the grove that is about the altar3 #f3bf4 ,and thou shalt build un altar to the ,lord thy ,god1 in the top of this rock1 whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice before3 and thou shalt take the second bullock1 and shalt offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood1 which thou shalt cut down out of the grove4 #f3bg4 ,then ,gedeon1 taking ten men of his servants1 did as the ,lord had commanded him4 ,but fearing his father's house1 and the men of that city1 he would not do it by day1 but did all by night4 #f3bh4 ,and when the men of that town were risen in the morning1 they saw the altar of ,baal destroyed1 and the grove cut down1 and the second bullock laid upon the altar1 which then was built4 #f3bi4 ,and they said one to another3 ,who hath done this8 ,and when they inquired for the author of the fact1 it was said3 ,gedeon1 the son of ,joas1 did all this4 #f3cj4 ,and they said to ,joas3 ,bring out thy son hither1 that he may die3 because he hath destroyed the altar of ,baal1 and hath cut down his grove4 #f3ca4 ,he answered them3 ,are you the avengers of ,baal1 that you fight for him8 he that is his adversary1 let him die before to morrow light appear3 if he be a god1 let him revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar4 #f3cb4 ,from that day ,gedeon was called ,jerobaal1 because ,joas had said3 ,let ,baal revenge himself on him that hath cast down his altar4 #f3cc4 ,now all ,madian1 and ,amalec1 and the eastern people1 were gathered together1 and passing over the ,jordan1 camped in the valley of ,jezrael4 #f3cd4 ,but the spirit of the ,lord came upon ,gedeon1 and he sounded the trumpet1 and called together the house of ,abiezer1 to follow him4 #f3ce4 ,and he sent messengers into all ,manasses1 and they also followed him 3 and other messengers into ,aser and ,zabulon1 and ,nephthali1 and they came to meet him4 #f3cf4 ,and ,gedeon said to ,god3 ,if thou wilt save ,israel by my hand1 as thou hast said1 #f3cg4 ,i will put this fleece of wool on the floor3 if there be dew in the fleece only1 and it be dry on all the ground beside1 ,i shall know that by my hand1 as thou hast said1 thou wilt deliver ,israel4 #f3ch4 ,and it was so4 ,and rising before day1 wringing the fleece1 he filled a vessel with the dew4 #f3ci4 ,and he said again to ,god3 ,let not thy wrath be kindled against me1 if ,i try once more1 seeking a sign in the fleece4 ,i pray that the fleece only may be dry1 and all the ground wet with dew4 #f3dj4 ,and ,god did that night as he had requested3 and it was dry on the fleece only1 and there was dew on all the ground4 ,judges ,chapter #g ,gedeon1 with three hundred men1 by stratagem defeateth the ,madianites4 #g3a4 ,then ,jerobaal1 who is the same as ,gedeon1 rising up early1 and all the people with him1 came to the fountain that is called ,harad4 ,now the camp of ,madian was in the valley1 on the north side of the high hill4 #g3b4 ,and the ,lord said to ,gedeon3 ,the people that are with thee are many1 and ,madian shall not be delivered into their hands3 lest ,israel should glory against me1 and say3 ,i was delivered by my own strength4 ,lest ,israel1 etc4 4 4,by this we see that ,god will not choose for his instruments in great achievements1 which depend purely on his grace1 such as1 through pride and self conceit1 will take the glory to themselves4 #g3c4 ,speak to the people1 and proclaim in the hearing of all3 ,whosoever is fearful and timorous1 let him return4 ,so two and twenty thousand men went away from ,mount ,galaad and returned home1 and only ten thousand remained4 #g3d4 ,and the ,lord said to ,gedeon3 ,the people are still too many1 bring them to the waters1 and there ,i will try them3 and of whom ,i shall say to thee1 ,this shall go with thee1 let him go3 whom ,i shall forbid to go1 let him return4 #g3e4 ,and when the people were come down to the waters1 the ,lord said to ,gedeon3 ,they that shall lap the water with their tongues1 as dogs are wont to lap1 thou shalt set apart by themselves3 but they that shall drink bowing down their knees1 shall be on the other side4 #g3f4 ,and the number of them that had lapped water2 casting it with the hand to their mouth1 was three hundred men3 and all the rest of the multitude had drunk kneeling4 #g3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,gedeon3 ,by the three hundred men1 that lapped water1 ,i will save you1 and deliver ,madian into thy hand3 but let all the rest of the people return to their place4 ,that lapped water4 4 4,these were preferred that took the water up in their hands1 and so lapped it1 before them who laid themselves quite down to the waters to drink3 which argued a more eager and sensual disposition4 #g3h4 ,so taking victuals and trumpets according to their number1 he ordered all the rest of the multitude to depart to their tents3 and he with the three hundred gave himself to the battle4 ,now the camp of ,madia was beneath him in the valley4 #g3i4 ,the same night the ,lord said to him3 ,arise1 and go down into the camp3 because ,i have delivered them into thy hand4 #g3aj4 ,but if thou be afraid to go alone1 let ,phara1 thy servant1 go down with thee4 #g3aa4 ,and when thou shalt hear what they are saying1 then shall thy hands be strengthened1 and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies' camp4 ,and he went down with ,phara his servant1 into part of the camp1 where was the watch of men in arms4 #g3ab4 ,but ,madian and ,amalec1 and all the eastern people1 lay scattered in the valley1 as a multitude of locusts3 their camels also were innumerable1 as the sand that lieth on the sea shore4 #g3ac4 ,and when ,gedeon was come1 one told his neighbour a dream3 and in this manner related what he had seen3 ,i dreamt a dream1 and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of ,madian3 and when it was come to a tent1 it struck it1 and beat it down flat to the ground4 ,a dream4 4 4,observation of dreams is commonly superstitious1 and as such is condemned in the word of ,god3 but in some extraordinary cases1 as we here see1 ,god is pleased by dreams to foretell what he is about to do4 #g3ad4 ,he to whom he spoke1 answered3 ,this is nothing else but the sword of ,gedeon1 the son of ,joas1 a man of ,israel4 ,for the ,lord hath delivered ,madian1 and all their camp into his hand4 #g3ae4 ,and when ,gedeon had heard the dream1 and the interpretation thereof1 he adored3 and returned to the camp of ,israel1 and said3 ,arise1 for the ,lord hath delivered the camp of ,madian into our hands4 #g3af4 ,and he divided the three hundred men into three parts1 and gave them trumpets in their hands1 and empty pitchers1 and lamps within the pitchers4 #g3ag4 ,and he said to them3 ,what you shall see me do1 do you the same3 ,i will go into one part of the camp1 and do you as ,i shall do4 #g3ah4 ,when the trumpet shall sound in my hand1 do you also blow the trumpets on every side of the camp1 and shout together to the ,lord and to ,gedeon4 #g3ai4 ,and ,gedeon1 and the three hundred men that were with him1 went into part of the camp1 at the beginning of the midnight watch1 and the watchmen being alarmed1 they began to sound their trumpets1 and to clap the pitchers one against another4 ,their trumpets1 etc4 4 4,in a mystical sense1 the preachers of the gospel1 in order to spiritual conquests1 must not only sound with the trumpet of the word of ,god1 but must also break their earthen pitchers1 by the mortification of the flesh and its passions1 and carry lamps in their hands by the light of their virtues4 #g3bj4 ,and when they sounded their trumpets in three places round about the camp1 and had broken their pitchers1 they held their lamps in their left hands1 and with their right hands the trumpets which they blew1 and they cried out3 ,the sword of the ,lord and of ,gedeon3 #g3ba4 ,standing every man in his place round about the enemies' camp4 ,so all the camp was troubled1 and crying out and howling1 they fled away3 #g3bb4 ,and the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets4 ,and the ,lord sent the sword into all the camp1 and they killed one another1 #g3bc4 ,fleeing as far as ,bethsetta1 and the border of ,abelmahula1 in ,tebbath4 ,but the men of ,israel1 shouting from ,nephthali1 and ,aser1 and from all ,manasses1 pursued after ,madian4 #g3bd4 ,and ,gedeon sent messengers into all ,mount ,ephraim1 saying3 ,come down to meet ,madian1 and take the waters before them to ,bethbera and the ,jordan4 ,and all ,ephraim shouted1 and took the waters before them and the ,jordan as far as ,bethbera4 #g3be4 ,and having taken two men of ,madian1 ,oreb and ,zeb3 ,oreb they slew in the rock of ,oreb1 and ,zeb in the winepress of ,zeb4 ,and they pursued ,madian1 carrying the heads of ,oreb and ,zeb to ,gedeon1 beyond the waters of the ,jordan4 ,two men4 4 4,that is1 two of their chiefs4 ,judges ,chapter #h ,gedeon appeaseth the ,ephraimites4 ,taketh ,zebee and ,salmana4 ,destroyeth ,soccoth and ,phanuel4 ,refuseth to be king4 ,maketh an ephod of the gold of the prey1 and dieth in a good old age4 ,the people return to idolatry4 #h3a4 ,and the men of ,ephraim said to him3 ,what is this that thou meanest to do1 that thou wouldst not call us1 when thou wentest to fight against ,madian8 ,and they chid him sharply1 and almost offered violence4 #h3b4 ,and he answered them3 ,what could ,i have done like to that which you have done8 ,is not one bunch of grapes of ,ephraim better than the vintages of ,abiezer8 ,what could ,i1 etc4 4 4,a meek and humble answer appeased them2 who otherwise might have come to extremities4 ,so great is the power of humility both with ,god and man4 #h3c4 ,the ,lord hath delivered into your hands the princes of ,madian1 ,oreb and ,zeb3 what could ,i have done like to what you have done8 ,and when he had said this1 their spirit was appeased1 with which they swelled against him4 #h3d4 ,and when ,gedeon was come to the ,jordan1 he passed over it with the three hundred men that were with him3 who were so weary that they could not pursue after them that fled4 #h3e4 ,and he said to the men of ,soccoth3 ,give1 ,i beseech you1 bread to the people that is with me1 for they are faint3 that we may pursue ,zebee1 and ,salmana1 the kings of ,madian4 #h3f4 ,the princes of ,soccoth answered3 ,peradventure the palms of the hands of ,zebee and ,salmana are in thy hand1 and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army4 #h3g4 ,and he said to them3 ,when the ,lord therefore shall have delivered ,zebee and ,salmana into my hands1 ,i will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the desert4 #h3h4 ,and going up from thence1 he came to ,phanuel3 and he spoke the like things to the men of that place4 ,and they also answered him1 as the men of ,soccoth had answered4 #h3i4 ,he said1 therefore1 to them also3 ,when ,i shall return a conqueror in peace1 ,i will destroy this tower4 #h3aj4 ,but ,zebee and ,salmana were resting with all their army4 ,for fifteen thousand men were left of all the troops of the eastern people1 and one hundred and twenty thousand warriors that drew the sword were slain4 #h3aa4 ,and ,gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents1 on the east of ,nobe and ,jegbaa1 and smote the camp of the enemies1 who were secure1 and suspected no hurt4 #h3ab4 ,and ,zebee and ,salmana fled1 and ,gedeon pursued and took them1 all their host being put in confusion4 #h3ac4 ,and returning from the battle before the sun rising1 #h3ad4 ,he took a boy of the men of ,soccoth3 and he asked him the names of the princes and ancients of ,soccoth1 and he described unto him seventy-seven men4 #h3ae4 ,and he came to ,soccoth1 and said to them3 ,behold ,zebee1 and ,salmana1 concerning whom you upbraided me1 saying3 ,peradventure the hands of ,zebee and ,salmana are in thy hands1 and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint4 #h3af4 ,so he took the ancients of the city1 and thorns and briers of the desert1 and tore them with the same1 and cut in pieces the men of ,soccoth4 #h3ag4 ,and he demolished the tower of ,phanuel1 and slew the men of the city4 #h3ah4 ,and he said to ,zebee and ,salmana3 ,what manner of men were they1 whom you slew in ,thabor8 ,they answered3 ,they were like thee1 and one of them as the son of a king4 #h3ai4 ,he answered them3 ,they were my brethren1 the sons of my mother4 ,as the ,lord liveth1 if you had saved them1 ,i would not kill you4 #h3bj4 ,and he said to ,jether1 his eldest son3 ,arise1 and slay them4 ,but he drew not his sword3 for he was afraid1 being but yet a boy4 #h3ba4 ,and ,zebee and ,salmana said3 ,do thou rise and run upon us3 because the strength of a man is according to his age3 ,gedeon rose up1 and slew ,zebee and ,salmana3 and he took the ornaments and bosses1 with which the necks of the camels of kings are wont to be adorned4 #h3bb4 ,and all the men of ,israel said to ,gedeon3 ,rule thou over us1 and thy son1 and thy son's son3 because thou hast delivered us from the hand of ,madian4 #h3bc4 ,and he said to them3 ,i will not rule over you1 neither shall my son rule over you1 but the ,lord shall rule over you4 #h3bd4 ,and he said to them3 ,i desire one request of you3 ,give me the earlets of your spoils4 ,for the ,ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets4 #h3be4 ,they answered3 ,we will give them most willingly4 ,and spreading a mantle on the ground1 they cast upon it the earlets of the spoils4 #h3bf4 ,and the weight of the earlets that he requested1 was a thousand seven hundred sicles of gold1 besides the ornaments1 and jewels1 and purple raiment1 which the kings of ,madian were wont to use1 and besides the golden chains that were about the camels necks4 #h3bg4 ,and ,gedeon made an ephod thereof1 and put it in his city ,ephra4 ,and all ,israel committed fornication with it1 and it became a ruin to ,gedeon1 and to all his house4 ,an ephod4 4 4,a priestly garment which ,gedeon made with a good design2 but the ,israelites1 after his death1 abused it by making it an instrument of their idolatrous worship4 #h3bh4 ,but ,madian was humbled before the children of ,israel1 neither could they any more lift up their heads3 but the land rested for forty years1 while ,gedeon presided4 #h3bi4 ,so ,jerobaal1 the son of ,joas1 went and dwelt in his own house3 #h3cj4 ,and he had seventy sons1 who came out of his thigh1 for he had many wives4 #h3ca4 ,and his concubine1 that he had in ,sichem1 bore him a son1 whose name was ,abimelech4 ,his concubine4 4 4,she was his servant1 but not his harlot3 and is called his concubine1 as wives of an inferior degree are commonly called in the ,old ,testament1 though otherwise lawfully married4 #h3cb4 ,and ,gedeon1 the son of ,joas died in a good old age1 and was buried in the sepulchre of his father1 in ,ephra1 of the family of ,ezri4 #h3cc4 ,but after ,gedeon was dead1 the children of ,israel turned again1 and committed fornication with ,baalim4 ,and they made a covenant with ,baal1 that he should be their god3 #h3cd4 ,and they remembered not the ,lord their ,god1 who delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies round about3 #h3ce4 ,neither did they shew mercy to the house of ,jerobaal ,gedeon1 according to all the good things he had done to ,israel4 ,judges ,chapter #i ,abimelech killeth his brethren4 ,joatham's parable4 ,gaal conspireth with the ,sichemites against ,abimelech1 but is overcome4 ,abimelech destroyeth ,sichem3 but is killed at ,thebes4 #i3a4 ,and ,abimelech1 the son of ,jerobaal1 went to ,sichem1 to his mother's brethren1 and spoke to them1 and to all the kindred of his mother's father1 saying3 #i3b4 ,speak to all the men of ,sichem3 whether is better for you that seventy men1 all the sons of ,jerobaal1 should rule over you1 or that one man should rule over you8 ,and withal1 consider that ,i am your bone1 and your flesh4 #i3c4 ,and his mother's brethren spoke of him to all the men of ,sichem1 all these words1 and they inclined their hearts after ,abimelech1 saying3 ,he is our brother3 #i3d4 ,and they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of ,baalberith3 wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy1 and vagabonds1 and they followed him4 ,baalberith4 4 4,that is1 ,baal of the covenant1 so called from the covenant they had made with ,baal1 chap4 #h4cc4 #i3e4 ,and he came to his father's house in ,ephra1 and slew his brethren1 the sons of ,jerobaal1 seventy men1 upon one stone3 and there remained only ,joatham1 the youngest son of ,jerobaal1 who was hidden4 #i3f4 ,and all the men of ,sichem were gathered together1 and all the families of the city of ,mello3 and they went and made ,abimelech king1 by the oak that stood in ,sichem4 #i3g4 ,this being told to ,joatham1 he went1 and stood on the top of ,mount ,garizim3 and lifting up his voice1 he cried1 and said3 ,hear me1 ye men of ,sichem1 so may ,god hear you4 #i3h4 ,the trees went to anoint a king over them3 and they said to the olive tree3 ,reign thou over us4 #i3i4 ,and it answered3 ,can ,i leave my fatness1 which both gods and men make use of1 to come to be promoted among the trees8 ,both gods and men make use of4 4 4,the olive tree is introduced1 speaking in this manner1 because oil was used both in the worship of the true ,god1 and in that of the false gods1 whom the ,sichemites served4 #i3aj4 ,and the trees said to the fig tree3 ,come thou and reign over us4 #i3aa4 ,and it answered them3 ,can ,i leave my sweetness1 and my delicious fruits1 and go to be promoted among the other trees8 #i3ab4 ,and the trees said to the vine3 ,come thou and reign over us4 #i3ac4 ,and it answered them3 ,can ,i forsake my wine1 that cheereth ,god and men1 and be promoted among the other trees8 ,cheereth ,god and men4 4 4,wine is here represented as agreeable to ,god1 because he had appointed it to be offered up with his sacrifices4 ,but we are not obliged to take these words1 spoken by the trees1 in ,joatham's parable1 according to the strict literal sense3 but only in a sense accomodated to the design of the parable expressed in the conclusion of it4 #i3ad4 ,and all the trees said to the bramble3 ,come thou and reign over us4 #i3ae4 ,and it answered them3 ,if1 indeed1 you mean to make me king1 come ye1 and rest under my shadow3 but if you mean it not1 let fire come out from the bramble1 and devour the cedars of ,libanus4 #i3af4 ,now1 therefore1 if you have done well1 and without sin1 in appointing ,abimelech king over you1 and have dealt well with ,jerobaal1 and with his house1 and have made a suitable return for the benefits of him who fought for you1 #i3ag4 ,and exposed his life to dangers1 to deliver you from the hand of ,madian1 #i3ah4 ,and you are now risen up against my father's house1 and have killed his sons1 seventy men1 upon one stone1 and have made ,abimelech1 the son of his handmaid1 king over the inhabitants of ,sichem1 because he is your brother3 #i3ai4 ,if therefore you have dealt well1 and without fault1 with ,jerobaal and his house1 rejoice ye1 this day1 in ,abimelech1 and may he rejoice in you4 #i3bj4 ,but if unjustly3 let fire come out from him1 and consume the inhabitants of ,sichem1 and the town of ,mello3 and let fire come out from the men of ,sichem and from the town of ,mello1 and devour ,abimelech4 #i3ba4 ,and when he had said thus1 he fled1 and went into ,bera3 and dwelt there for fear of ,abimelech1 his brother4 #i3bb4 ,so ,abimelech reigned over ,israel three years4 #i3bc4 ,and the ,lord sent a very evil spirit between ,abimelech and the inhabitants of ,sichem2 who began to detest him1 #i3bd4 ,and to lay the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of ,jerobaal1 and the shedding of their blood1 upon ,abimelech1 their brother1 and upon the rest of the princes of the ,sichemites1 who aided him4 #i3be4 ,and they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains3 and while they waited for his coming1 they committed robberies1 taking spoils of all that passed by3 and it was told ,abimelech4 #i3bf4 ,and ,gaal1 the son of ,obed1 came with his brethren1 and went over to ,sichem4 ,and the inhabitants of ,sichem1 taking courage at his coming1 #i3bg4 ,went out into the fields1 wasting the vineyards1 and treading down the grapes3 and singing and dancing1 they went into the temple of their god1 and in their banquets and cups they cursed ,abimelech4 #i3bh4 ,and ,gaal1 the son of ,obed1 cried3 ,who is ,abimelech1 and what is ,sichem1 that we should serve him8 ,is he not the son of ,jerobaal1 and hath made ,zebul1 his servant1 ruler over the men of ,emor1 the father of ,sichem8 ,why then shall we serve him8 #i3bi4 ,would to ,god that some man would put this people under my hand1 that ,i might remove ,abimelech out of the way4 ,and it was said to ,abimelech3 ,gather together the multitude of an army1 and come4 #i3cj4 ,for ,zebul1 the ruler of the city1 hearing the words of ,gaal1 the son of ,obed1 was very angry1 #i3ca4 ,and sent messengers privately to ,abimelech1 saying3 ,behold1 ,gaal1 the son of ,obed1 is come into ,sichem with his brethren1 and endeavoureth to set the city against thee4 #i3cb4 ,arise1 therefore1 in the night1 with the people that is with thee1 and lie hid in the field3 #i3cc4 ,and betimes in the morning1 at sun rising1 set upon the city1 and when he shall come out against thee1 with his people1 do to him what thou shalt be able4 #i3cd4 ,abimelech1 therefore1 arose with all his army1 by night1 and laid ambushes near ,sichem in four places4 #i3ce4 ,and ,gaal1 the son of ,obed1 went out1 and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city4 ,and ,abimelech rose up1 and all his army with him1 from the places of the ambushes4 #i3cf4 ,and when ,gaal saw the people1 he said to ,zebul3 ,behold1 a multitude cometh down from the mountains4 ,and he answered him3 ,thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men1 and this is thy mistake4 #i3cg4 ,again ,gaal said3 ,behold1 there cometh people down from the midst of the land1 and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak4 #i3ch4 ,and ,zebul said to him3 ,where is now thy mouth1 wherewith thou saidst3 ,who is ,abimelech1 that we should serve him8 ,is not this the people which thou didst despise8 ,go out1 and fight against him4 #i3ci4 ,so ,gaal went out1 in the sight of the people of ,sichem1 and fought against ,abimelech1 #i3dj4 ,who chased and put him to flight1 and drove him to the city3 and many were slain of his people1 even to the gate of the city3 #i3da4 ,and ,abimelech sat down in ,ruma3 but ,zebul drove ,gaal1 and his companions1 out of the city1 and would not suffer them to abide in it4 #i3db4 ,so the day following the people went out into the field4 ,and it was told to ,abimelech1 #i3dc4 ,and he took his army1 and divided it into three companies1 and laid ambushes in the fields4 ,and seeing that the people came out of the city1 he arose1 and set upon them1 #i3dd4 ,with his own company1 assaulting and besieging the city3 whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field4 #i3de4 ,and ,abimelech assaulted the city all that day3 and took it1 and killed the inhabitants thereof1 and demolished it1 so that he sowed salt in it4 ,sowed salt4 4 4,to make the ground barren1 and fit for nothing4 #i3df4 ,and when they who dwelt in the tower of ,sichem1 had heard this1 they went into the temple of their god ,berith1 where they had made a covenant with him1 and from thence the place had taken its name1 and it was exceeding strong4 #i3dg4 ,abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of ,sichem were gathered together1 #i3dh4 ,went up into mount ,selmon1 he and all his people with him3 and taking an axe1 he cut down the bough of a tree1 and laying it on his shoulder1 and carrying it1 he said to his companions3 ,what you see me do1 do ye out of hand4 #i3di4 ,so they cut down boughs from the trees1 every man as fast as he could1 and followed their leader4 ,and surrounding the fort1 they set it on fire3 and so it came to pass1 that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed1 men and women together1 of the inhabitants of the town of ,sichem4 #i3ej4 ,then ,abimelech1 departing from thence1 came to the town of ,thebes1 which he surrounded and besieged with his army4 #i3ea4 ,and there was in the midst of the city a high tower1 to which both the men and the women were fled together1 and all the princes of the city1 and having shut and strongly barred the gate1 they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves4 #i3eb4 ,and ,abimelech1 coming near the tower1 fought stoutly3 and1 approaching to the gate1 endeavoured to set fire to it3 #i3ec4 ,and behold1 a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above1 dashed it against the head of ,abimelech1 and broke his skull4 #i3ed4 ,and he called hastily to his armourbearer1 and said to him3 ,draw thy sword1 and kill me3 lest it should be said that ,i was slain by a woman4 ,he did as he was commanded1 and slew him4 #i3ee4 ,and when he was dead all the men of ,israel that were with him1 returned to their homes4 #i3ef4 ,and ,god repaid the evil that ,abimelech had done against his father1 killing his seventy brethren4 #i3eg4 ,the ,sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done1 and the curse of ,joatham1 the son of ,jerobaal1 came upon them4 ,judges ,chapter #aj ,thola ruleth ,israel twenty-three years2 and ,jair twenty-two4 ,the people fall again into idolatry1 and are afflicted again by the ,philistines and ,ammonites4 ,they cry to ,god for help1 who upon their repentance hath compassion on them4 #aj3a4 ,after ,abimelech1 there arose a ruler in ,israel1 ,thola1 son of ,phua1 the uncle of ,abimelech1 a man of ,issachar1 who dwelt in ,samir of mount ,ephraim3 ,uncle of ,abimelech4 4 4i4 e41 half brother to ,gedeon1 as being born of the same mother1 but by a different father1 and of a different tribe4 #aj3b4 ,and he judged ,israel three and twenty years1 and he died1 and was buried in ,samir4 #aj3c4 ,to him succeeded ,jair1 the ,galaadite1 who judged ,israel for two and twenty years1 #aj3d4 ,having thirty sons1 that rode on thirty ass colts1 and were princes of thirty cities1 which from his name were called ,havoth ,jair1 that is1 the towns of ,jair1 until this present day1 in the land of ,galaad4 ,havoth ,jair4 4 4,this name was now confirmed to these towns1 which they had formerly received from another ,jair4 ,num4 #cb4da4 #aj3e4 ,and ,jair died1 and was buried in the place which is called ,camon4 #aj3f4 ,but the children of ,israel1 adding new sins to their old ones1 did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and served idols1 ,baalim and ,astaroth1 and the gods of ,syria1 and of ,sidon1 and of ,moab1 and of the children of ,ammon1 and of the ,philistines3 and they left the ,lord1 and did not serve him4 #aj3g4 ,and the ,lord being angry with them1 delivered them into the hands of the ,philistines1 and of the children of ,ammon4 #aj3h4 ,and they were afflicted1 and grievously oppressed for eighteen years1 all they that dwelt beyond the ,jordan in the land of the ,amorrhite1 who is in ,galaad3 #aj3i4 ,insomuch that the children of ,ammon1 passing over the ,jordan1 wasted ,juda1 and ,benjamin1 and ,ephraim3 and ,israel was distressed exceedingly4 #aj3aj4 ,and they cried to the ,lord1 and said1 ,we have sinned against thee1 because we have forsaken the ,lord our ,god1 and have served ,baalim4 #aj3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to them3 ,did not the ,egyptians1 and the ,amorrhites1 and the children of ,ammon1 and the ,philistines1 #aj3ab4 ,the ,sidonians also1 and ,amalec1 and ,chanaan1 oppress you1 and you cried to me1 and ,i delivered you out of their hand8 #aj3ac4 ,and yet you have forsaken me1 and have worshipped strange gods3 therefore ,i will deliver you no more3 #aj3ad4 ,go1 and call upon the gods which you have chosen3 let them deliver you in the time of distress4 #aj3ae4 ,and the children of ,israel said to the ,lord3 ,we have sinned1 do thou unto us whatsoever pleaseth thee3 only deliver us this time4 #aj3af4 ,and saying these things1 they cast away out of their coasts all the idols of strange gods1 and served the ,lord their ,god3 and he was touched with their miseries4 #aj3ag4 ,and the children of ,ammon shouting together1 pitched their tents in ,galaad3 against whom the children of ,israel assembled themselves together1 and camped in ,maspha4 #aj3ah4 ,and the princes of ,galaad said one to another3 ,whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of ,ammon1 he shall be the leader of the people of ,galaad4 ,judges ,chapter #aa ,jephte is made ruler of the people of ,galaad3 he first pleads their cause against the ,ammonites2 then making a vow obtains a signal victory2 he performs his vow4 #aa3a4 ,there was at that time ,jephte1 the ,galaadite1 a most valiant man1 and a warrior1 the son of a woman that was a harlot1 and his father was ,galaad4 #aa3b4 ,now ,galaad had a wife of whom he had sons3 who1 after they were grown up1 thrust out ,jephte1 saying3 ,thou canst not inherit in the house of our father1 because thou art born of another mother4 #aa3c4 ,then he fled and avoided them1 and dwelt in the land of ,tob3 and there were gathered to him needy men and robbers1 and they followed him as their prince4 #aa3d4 ,in those days the children of ,ammon made war against ,israel4 #aa3e4 ,and as they pressed hard upon them1 the ancients of ,galaad went to fetch ,jephte out of the land of ,tob to help them3 #aa3f4 ,and they said to him3 ,come thou1 and be our prince1 and fight against the children of ,ammon4 #aa3g4 ,and he answered them3 ,are not you the men that hated me1 and cast me out of my father's house1 and now you are come to me1 constrained by necessity8 #aa3h4 ,and the princes of ,galaad said to ,jephte3 ,for this cause we are now come to thee1 that thou mayst go with us1 and fight against the children of ,ammon1 and be head over all the inhabitants of ,galaad4 #aa3i4 ,jephte also said to them3 ,if you be come to me sincerely1 that ,i should fight for you against the children of ,ammon1 and the ,lord shall deliver them into my hand1 shall ,i be your prince8 #aa3aj4 ,they answered him3 ,the ,lord1 who heareth these things1 he himself is mediator and witness that we will do as we have promised4 #aa3aa4 ,jephte therefore went with the princes of ,galaad1 and all the people made him their prince4 ,and ,jephte spoke all his words before the ,lord in ,maspha4 #aa3ab4 ,and he sent messengers to the king of the children of ,ammon1 to say in his name3 ,what hast thou to do with me1 that thou art come against me1 to waste my land8 #aa3ac4 ,and he answered them3 ,because ,israel took away my land1 when he came up out of ,egypt1 from the confines of the ,arnon unto the ,jaboc and the ,jordan3 now1 therefore1 restore the same peaceably to me4 #aa3ad4 ,and ,jephte again sent word by them1 and commanded them to say to the king of ,ammon3 #aa3ae4 ,thus saith ,jephte3 ,israel did not take away the land of ,moab1 nor the land of the children of ,ammon3 #aa3af4 ,but when they came up out of ,egypt1 he walked through the desert to the ,red ,sea1 and came into ,cades4 #aa3ag4 ,and he sent messengers to the king of ,edom1 saying3 ,suffer me to pass through thy land4 ,but he would not condescend to his request4 ,he sent also to the king of ,moab1 who1 likewise1 refused to give him passage4 ,he abode1 therefore1 in ,cades1 #aa3ah4 ,and went round the land of ,edom at the side1 and the land of ,moab3 and came over against the east coast of the land of ,moab1 and camped on the other side of the ,arnon3 and he would not enter the bounds of ,moab4 #aa3ai4 ,so ,israel sent messengers to ,sehon1 king of the ,amorrhites1 who dwelt in ,hesebon1 and they said to him3 ,suffer me to pass through thy land to the river4 #aa3bj4 ,but he1 also despising the words of ,israel1 suffered him not to pass through his borders3 but gathering an infinite multitude1 went out against him to ,jasa1 and made strong opposition4 #aa3ba4 ,and the ,lord delivered him1 with all his army1 into the hands of ,israel1 and he slew him1 and possessed all the land of the ,amorrhite1 the inhabitant of that country1 #aa3bb4 ,and all the coasts thereof from the ,arnon to the ,jaboc1 and from the wilderness to the ,jordan4 #aa3bc4 ,so the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 destroyed the ,amorrhite1 his people of ,israel fighting against him1 and wilt thou now possess his land8 #aa3bd4 ,are not those things which thy god ,chamos possesseth1 due to thee by right8 ,but what the ,lord our ,god hath obtained by conquest1 shall be our possession3 ,chamos4 4 4,the idol of the ,moabites and ,ammonites4 ,he argues from their opinion1 who thought they had a just title to the countries which they imagined they had conquered by the help of their gods3 how much more then had ,israel in indisputable title to the countries which ,god1 by visible miracles1 had conquered for them4 #aa3be4 ,unless1 perhaps1 thou art better than ,balac1 the son of ,sephor1 king of ,moab3 or canst shew that he strove against ,israel1 and fought against him1 #aa3bf4 ,whereas he hath dwelt in ,hesebon1 and the villages thereof1 and in ,aroer1 and its villages1 and in all the cities near the ,jordan1 for three hundred years4 ,why have you for so long a time attempted nothing about this claim8 #aa3bg4 ,therefore ,i do not trespass against thee1 but thou wrongest me by declaring an unjust war against me4 ,the ,lord be judge1 and decide this day1 between ,israel and the children of ,ammon4 #aa3bh4 ,and the king of the children of ,ammon would not hearken to the words of ,jephte1 which he sent him by the messengers4 #aa3bi4 ,therefore the spirit of the ,lord came upon ,jephte1 and going round ,galaad1 and ,manasses1 and ,maspha of ,galaad1 and passing over from thence to the children of ,ammon1 #aa3cj4 ,he made a vow to the ,lord1 saying3 ,if thou wilt deliver the children of ,ammon into my hands1 #aa3ca4 ,whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house1 and shall meet me1 when ,i return in peace from the children of ,ammon1 the same will ,i offer a holocaust to the ,lord4 ,whosoever1 etc4 4 4,some are of opinion1 that the meaning of this vow of ,jephte1 was to consecrate to ,god whatsoever should first meet him1 according to the condition of the thing2 so as to offer it up as a holocaust1 if it were such a thing as might be offered by the law2 or to devote it otherwise to ,god1 if it were not such as the law allowed to be offered in sacrifice4 ,and therefore they think the daughter of ,jephte was not slain by her father1 but only consecrated to perpetual virginity4 ,but the common opinion followed by the generality of the holy fathers and divines is1 that she was offered as a holocaust1 in consequence of her father's vow3 and that ,jephte did not sin1 at least not mortally1 neither in making1 nor in keeping1 his vow3 since he is no ways blamed for it in scripture2 and was even inspired by ,god himself to make the vow 7as appears from ver4 #bi1 #cj7 in consequence of which he obtained the victory2 and therefore he reasonably concluded that ,god1 who is the master of life and death1 was pleased on this occasion to dispense with his own law2 and that it was the divine will he should fulfil his vow4 #aa3cb4 ,and ,jephte passed over to the children of ,ammon to fight against them3 and the ,lord delivered them into his hands4 #aa3cc4 ,and he smote them from ,aroer till you come to ,mennith1 twenty cities1 and as far as ,abel1 which is set with vineyards1 with a very great slaughter3 and the children of ,ammon were humbled by the children of ,israel4 #aa3cd4 ,and when ,jephte returned into ,maspha1 to his house1 his only daughter met him with timbrels and with dances3 for he had no other children4 #aa3ce4 ,and when he saw her1 he rent his garments1 and said3 ,alas6 my daughter1 thou hast deceived me1 and thou thyself art deceived3 for ,i have opened my mouth to the ,lord1 and ,i can do no other thing4 #aa3cf4 ,and she answered him3 ,my father1 if thou hast opened thy mouth to the ,lord1 do unto me whatsoever thou hast promised1 since the victory hath been granted to thee1 and revenge of thy enemies4 #aa3cg4 ,and she said to her father3 ,grant me only this1 which ,i desire3 ,let me go1 that ,i may go about the mountains for two months1 and may bewail my virginity with my companions4 ,bewail my virginity4 4 4,the bearing of children was much coveted under the ,old ,testament1 when women might hope that from some child of theirs1 the ,saviour of the world might one day spring4 ,but under the ,new ,testament virginity is preferred4 #a ,cor4 #g4ce4 #aa3ch4 ,and he answered her3 ,go4 ,and he sent her away for two months4 ,and when she was gone with her comrades and companions1 she mourned her virginity in the mountains4 #aa3ci4 ,and the two months being expired1 she returned to her father1 and he did to her as he had vowed1 and she knew no man4 ,from thence came a fashion in ,israel1 and a custom has been kept3 #aa3dj4 ,that1 from year to year1 the daughters of ,israel assemble together1 and lament the daughter of ,jephte the ,galaadite1 for four days4 ,judges ,chapter #ab ,the ,ephraimites quarrel with ,jephte3 forty-two thousand of them are slain3 ,abeson1 ,ahialon1 and ,abdon1 are judges4 #ab3a4 ,but behold there arose a sedition in ,ephraim4 ,and passing towards the north1 they said to ,jephte3 ,when thou wentest to fight against the children of ,ammon1 why wouldst thou not call us1 that we might go with thee8 ,therefore we will burn thy house4 #ab3b4 ,and he answered them3 ,i and my people were at great strife with the children of ,ammon3 and ,i called you to assist me1 and you would not do it4 #ab3c4 ,and when ,i saw this1 ,i put my life in my own hands1 and passed over against the children of ,ammon and the ,lord delivered them into my hands4 ,what have ,i deserved1 that you should rise up to fight against me8 #ab3d4 ,then calling to him all the men of ,galaad1 he fought against ,ephraim3 and the men of ,galaad defeated ,ephraim1 because he had said3 ,galaad is a fugitive of ,ephraim1 and dwelleth in the midst of ,ephraim and ,manasses4 #ab3e4 ,and the ,galaadites secured the fords of the ,jordan1 by which ,ephraim was to return4 ,and when any one of the number of ,ephraim came thither in the flight1 and said3 ,i beseech you let me pass3 the ,galaadites said to him3 ,art thou not an ,ephraimite8 ,if he said3 ,i am not3 #ab3f4 ,they asked him3 ,say then1 ,scibboleth1 which is interpreted1 ,an ear of corn4 ,but he answered1 ,sibboleth1 not being able to express an ear of corn by the same letter4 ,then presently they took him and killed him in the very passage of the ,jordan4 ,and there fell at that time of ,ephraim1 two and forty thousand4 #ab3g4 ,and ,jephte1 the ,galaadite1 judged ,israel six years3 and he died1 and was buried in his city of ,galaad4 #ab3h4 ,after him ,abesan of ,bethlehem judged ,israel3 #ab3i4 ,he had thirty sons1 and as many daughters1 whom he sent abroad1 and gave to husbands1 and took wives for his sons1 of the same number1 bringing them into his house4 ,and he judged ,israel seven years3 #ab3aj4 ,and he died1 and was buried in ,bethlehem4 #ab3aa4 ,to him succeeded ,ahialon1 a ,zabulonite3 and he judged ,israel ten years3 #ab3ab4 ,and he died1 and was buried in ,zabulon4 #ab3ac4 ,after him1 ,abdon1 the son of ,illel1 a ,pharathonite1 judged ,israel3 #ab3ad4 ,and he had forty sons1 and of them thirty grandsons1 mounted upon seventy ass colts1 and he judged ,israel eight years3 #ab3ae4 ,and he died1 and was buried in ,pharathon1 in the land of ,ephraim1 in the mount of ,amalech4 ,judges ,chapter #ac ,the people fall again into idolatry and are afflicted by the ,philistines4 ,an angel foretelleth the birth of ,samson4 #ac3a4 ,and the children of ,israel did evil again in the sight of the ,lord3 and he delivered them into the hands of the ,philistines forty years4 #ac3b4 ,now there was a certain man of ,saraa1 and of the race of ,dan1 whose name was ,manue1 and his wife was barren4 #ac3c4 ,and an angel of the ,lord appeared to her1 and said3 ,thou art barren and without children3 but thou shalt conceive and bear a son4 #ac3d4 ,now therefore beware1 and drink no wine nor strong drink1 and eat not any unclean thing4 #ac3f4 ,because thou shalt conceive1 and bear a son1 and no razor shall touch his head3 for he shall be a ,nazarite of ,god1 from his infancy1 and from his mother's womb1 and he shall begin to deliver ,israel from the hands of the ,philistines4 #ac3f4 ,and when she was come to her husband1 she said to him3 ,a man of ,god came to me1 having the countenance of an angel1 very awful4 ,and when ,i asked him whence he came1 and by what name he was called1 he would not tell me3 #ac3g4 ,but he answered thus3 ,behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son3 beware thou drink no wine1 nor strong drink1 nor eat any unclean thing3 for the child shall be a ,nazarite of ,god from his infancy1 from his mother's womb until the day of his death4 #ac3h4 ,then ,manue prayed to the ,lord1 and said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 that the man of ,god1 whom thou didst send1 may come again1 and teach us what we ought to do concerning the child1 that shall be born4 #ac3i4 ,and the ,lord heard the prayer of ,manue1 and the angel of the ,lord appeared again to his wife1 as she was sitting in the field4 ,but ,manue her husband was not with her4 ,and when she saw the angel1 #ac3aj4 ,she made haste1 and ran to her husband3 and told him1 saying3 ,behold the man hath appeared to me1 whom ,i saw before4 #ac3aa4 ,he rose up1 and followed his wife3 and coming to the man1 said to him3 ,art thou he that spoke to the woman8 ,and he answered3 ,i am4 #ac3ab4 ,and ,manue said to him3 ,when thy word shall come to pass1 what wilt thou that the child should do8 or from what shall he keep himself8 #ac3ac4 ,and the angel of the ,lord said to ,manue3 ,from all the things ,i have spoken of to thy wife1 let her refrain herself3 ,let her refrain1 etc4 4 4,by the ,latin text it is not clear whether this abstinence was prescribed to the mother1 or to the child2 but the ,hebrew 7in which the verbs relating thereto are of the feminine gender7 determineth it to the mother4 ,but then the child also was to refrain from the like things1 because he was to be from his infancy a ,nazarite of ,god1 ver4 #e1 that is1 one set aside1 in a particular manner1 and consecrated to ,god3 now the ,nazarites by the law were to abstain from all these things4 #ac3ad4 ,and let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine1 neither let her drink wine or strong drink1 nor eat any unclean thing3 and whatsoever ,i have commanded her1 let her fulfil and observe4 #ac3ae4 ,and ,manue said to the angel of the ,lord3 ,i beseech thee to consent to my request1 and let us dress a kid for thee4 #ac3af4 ,and the angel answered him3 ,if thou press me ,i will not eat of thy bread3 but if thou wilt offer a holocaust1 offer it to the ,lord4 ,and ,manue knew not it was the angel of the ,lord4 #ac3ag4 ,and he said to him3 ,what is thy name1 that1 if thy word shall come to pass1 we may honour thee8 #ac3ah4 ,and he answered him3 ,why askest thou my name1 which is wonderful8 #ac3ai4 ,then ,manue took a kid of the flocks1 and the libations1 and put them upon a rock1 offering to the ,lord1 who doth wonderful things3 and he and his wife looked on4 #ac3bj4 ,and when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven1 the angel of the ,lord ascended also in the same4 ,and when ,manue and his wife saw this1 they fell flat on the ground2 #ac3ba4 ,and the angel of the ,lord appeared to them no more4 ,and forthwith ,manue understood that it was an angel of the ,lord1 #ac3bb4 ,and he said to his wife3 ,we shall certainly die1 because we have seen ,god4 ,seen ,god4 4 4,not in his own person1 but in the person of his messenger4 ,the ,israelites1 in those days1 imagined they should die if they saw an angel1 taking occasion perhaps from those words spoken by the ,lord to ,moses1 ,ex4 #cc4bj1 ,no man shall see me and live4 ,but the event demonstrated that it was but a groundless imagination4 #ac3bc4 ,and his wife answered him3 ,if the ,lord had a mind to kill us1 he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands2 neither would he have shewed us all these things1 nor have told us the things that are to come4 #ac3bd4 ,and she bore a son1 and called his name ,samson4 ,and the child grew1 and the ,lord blessed him4 #ac3be4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord began to be with him in the camp of ,dan1 between ,saraa and ,esthaol4 ,judges ,chapter #ad ,samson desireth a wife of the ,philistines4 ,he killeth a lion3 in whose mouth he afterwards findeth honey4 ,his marriage feast1 and riddle1 which is discovered by his wife4 ,he killeth1 and strippeth thirty ,philistines4 ,his wife taketh another man4 #ad3a4 ,then ,samson went down to ,thamnatha1 and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the ,philistines1 #ad3b4 ,he came up1 and told his father and his mother1 saying3 ,i saw a woman in ,thamnatha of the daughters of the ,philistines3 ,i beseech you1 take her for me to wife4 #ad3c4 ,and his father and mother said to him3 ,is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren1 or among all my people1 that thou wilt take a wife of the ,philistines1 who are uncircumcised8 ,and ,samson said to his father3 ,take this woman for me2 for she hath pleased my eyes4 ,is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren4 4 4,this shews his parents were at first against his marriage with a ,gentile1 it being prohibited1 ,deut4 #g4c2 but afterwards they consented1 knowing it to be by the dispensation of ,god2 which otherwise would have been sinful in acting contrary to the law4 #ad3d4 ,now his parents knew not that the thing was done by the ,lord1 and that he sought an occasion against the ,philistines3 for at that time the ,philistines had dominion over ,israel4 #ad3e4 ,then ,samson went down with his father and mother to ,thamnatha4 ,and when they were come to the vineyards of the town1 behold a young lion met him1 raging and roaring4 #ad3f4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,samson1 and he tore the lion as he would have torn a kid in pieces1 having nothing at all in his hand3 and he would not tell this to his father and mother4 #ad3g4 ,and he went down1 and spoke to the woman that had pleased his eyes4 #ad3h4 ,and after some days1 returning to take her1 he went aside to see the carcass of the lion1 and behold there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion1 and a honey-comb4 #ad3i4 ,and when he had taken it in his hands1 he went on eating3 and coming to his father and mother1 he gave them of it1 and they ate3 but he would not tell them that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion4 #ad3aj4 ,so his father went down to the woman1 and made a feast for his son ,samson3 for so the young men used to do4 #ad3aa4 ,and when the citizens of that place saw him1 they brought him thirty companions to be with him4 #ad3ab4 ,and ,samson said to them3 ,i will propose to you a riddle1 which if you declare unto me within the seven days of the feast1 ,i will give you thirty shirts1 and as many coats3 #ad3ac4 ,but if you shall not be able to declare it1 you shall give me thirty shirts and the same number of coats4 ,they answered him3 ,put forth the riddle1 that we may hear it4 #ad3ad4 ,and he said to them3 ,out of the eater came forth meat1 and out of the strong came forth sweetness4 ,and they could not for three days expound the riddle4 #ad3ae4 ,and when the seventh day came1 they said to the wife of ,samson3 ,sooth thy husband1 and persuade him to tell thee what the riddle meaneth4 ,but if thou wilt not do it1 we will burn thee1 and thy father's house4 ,have you called us to the wedding on purpose to strip us8 #ad3af4 ,so she wept before ,samson and complained1 saying3 ,thou hatest me1 and dost not love me3 therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle1 which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people4 ,but he answered3 ,i would not tell it to my father and mother3 and how can ,i tell it to thee8 #ad3ag4 ,so she wept before him the seven days of the feast3 and1 at length1 on the seventh day1 as she was troublesome to him1 he expounded it4 ,and she immediately told her countrymen4 #ad3ah4 ,and they1 on the seventh day before the sun went down1 said to him3 ,what is sweeter than honey8 and what is stronger than a lion8 ,and he said to them3 ,if you had not ploughed with my heifer1 you had not found out my riddle4 #ad3ai4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon him1 and he went down to ,ascalon1 and slew there thirty men whose garments he took away1 and gave to them that had declared the riddle4 ,and being exceeding angry1 he went up to his father's house3 #ad3bj4 ,but his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband4 ,judges ,chapter #ae ,samson is denied his wife4 ,he burns the corn of the ,philistines1 and kills many of them4 #ae3a4 ,and a while after1 when the days of the wheat harvest were at hand1 ,samson came1 meaning to visit his wife1 and he brought her a kid of the flock4 ,and when he would have gone into her chamber1 as usual1 her father would not suffer him1 saying3 #ae3b4 ,i thought thou hadst hated her1 and therefore ,i gave her to thy friend3 but she hath a sister1 who is younger and fairer than she1 take her to wife instead of her4 #ae3c4 ,and ,samson answered him3 ,from this day ,i shall be blameless in what ,i do against the ,philistines3 for ,i will do you evils4 #ae3d4 ,and he went and caught three hundred foxes1 and coupled them tail to tail1 and fastened torches between the tails3 ,foxes4 4 4,being judge of the people he might have many to assist him to catch with nets or otherwise a number of these animals2 of which there were great numbers in that country4 #ae3f4 ,and setting them on fire he let the foxes go1 that they might run about hither and thither4 ,and they presently went into the standing corn of the ,philistines4 ,which being set on fire1 both the corn that was already carried together1 and that which was yet standing1 was all burnt1 insomuch that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards4 #ae3f4 ,then the ,philistines said3 ,who hath done this thing8 ,and it was answered3 ,samson1 the son in law of the ,thamnathite1 because he took away his wife1 and gave her to another1 hath done these things4 ,and the ,philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father4 #ae3g4 ,but ,samson said to them3 ,although you have done this1 yet will ,i be revenged of you1 and then ,i will be quiet4 #ae3h4 ,and he made a great slaughter of them1 so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh4 ,and going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock ,etam4 #ae3i4 ,then the ,philistines going up into the land of ,juda1 camped in the place which afterwards was called ,lechi1 that is1 the ,jawbone1 where their army was spread abroad4 #ae3aj4 ,and the men of the tribe of ,juda said to them3 ,why are you come up against us8 ,they answered3 ,we are come to bind ,samson1 and to pay him for what he hath done against us4 #ae3aa4 ,wherefore three thousand men of ,juda went down to the cave of the rock ,etam1 and said to ,samson3 ,knowest thou not that the ,philistines rule over us8 ,why wouldst thou do thus8 ,and he said to them3 ,as they did to me1 so have ,i done to them4 #ae3ab4 ,and they said to him3 ,we are come to bind thee1 and to deliver thee into the hands of the ,philistines4 ,and ,samson said to them3 ,swear to me1 and promise me that you will not kill me4 #ae3ac4 ,they said3 ,we will not kill thee3 but we will deliver thee up bound4 ,and they bound him with two new cords1 and brought him from the rock ,etam4 #ae3ad4 ,now when he was come to the place of the ,jawbone1 and the ,philistines shouting went to meet him1 the ,spirit of the ,lord came strongly upon him3 and as flax is wont to be consumed at the approach of fire1 so the bands with which he was bound were broken and loosed4 #ae3ae4 ,and finding a jawbone1 even the jawbone of an ass1 which lay there1 catching it up1 he slew therewith a thousand men4 #ae3af4 ,and he said3 ,with the jawbone of an ass1 with the jaw of the colt of asses1 ,i have destroyed them1 and have slain a thousand men4 #ae3ag4 ,and when he had ended these words1 singing1 he threw the jawbone out of his hand1 and called the name of that place ,ramathlechi1 which is interpreted the lifting up of the jawbone4 #ae3ah4 ,and being very thirsty1 he cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,thou hast given this very great deliverance and victory into the hand of thy servant3 and behold ,i die for thirst1 and shall fall into the hands of the uncircumcised4 #ae3ai4 ,then the ,lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass and waters issued out of it4 ,and when he had drunk them1 he refreshed his spirit1 and recovered his strength4 ,therefore the name of that place was called ,the ,spring of him that invoked from the jawbone1 until this present day4 #ae3bj4 ,and he judged ,israel1 in the days of the ,philistines1 twenty years4 ,judges ,chapter #af ,samson is deluded by ,dalila3 and falls into the hands of the ,philistines4 ,his death4 #af3a4 ,he went also into ,gaza1 and saw there a woman1 a harlot1 and went in unto her4 #af3b4 ,and when the ,philistines had heard this1 and it was noised about among them1 that ,samson was come into the city1 they surrounded him1 setting guards at the gate of the city1 and watching there all the night in silence1 that in the morning they might kill him as he went out4 #af3c4 ,but ,samson slept till midnight1 and then rising1 he took both the doors of the gate1 with the posts thereof and the bolt1 and laying them on his shoulders1 carried them up to the top of the hill1 which looketh towards ,hebron4 #af3d4 ,after this he loved a woman1 who dwelt in the valley of ,sorec1 and she was called ,dalila4 ,dalila4 4 4,some are of opinion she was married to ,samson2 others that she was his harlot4 ,if the latter opinion be true1 we cannot wonder that1 in punishment of his lust1 the ,lord delivered him up1 by her means1 into the hands of his enemies4 ,however if he was guilty1 it is not to be doubted but that under his afflictions he heartily repented and returned to ,god1 and so obtained forgiveness of his sins4 #af3e4 ,and the princes of the ,philistines came to her1 and said3 ,deceive him1 and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth1 and how we may be able to overcome him1 to bind and afflict him3 which if thou shalt do1 we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver4 #af3f4 ,and ,dalila said to ,samson3 ,tell me1 ,i beseech thee1 wherein thy greatest strength lieth1 and what it is1 wherewith if thou wert bound1 thou couldst not break loose4 #af3g4 ,and ,samson answered her3 ,if ,i shall be bound with seven cords1 made of sinews not yet dry1 but still moist1 ,i shall be weak like other men4 #af3h4 ,and the princes of the ,philistines brought unto her seven cords1 such as he spoke of1 with which she bound him2 #af3i4 ,men lying privately in wait with her1 and in the chamber1 expecting the event of the thing1 and she cried out to him3 ,the ,philistines are upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and he broke the bands1 as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle1 when it smelleth the fire3 so it was not known wherein his strength lay4 #af3aj4 ,and ,dalila said to him3 ,behold thou hast mocked me1 and hast told me a false thing3 but now at least tell me wherewith thou mayest be bound4 #af3aa4 ,and he answered her3 ,if ,i shall be bound with new ropes1 that were never in work1 ,i shall be weak and like other men4 #af3ab4 ,dalila bound him again with these1 and cried out3 ,the ,philistines are upon thee1 ,samson1 there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber4 ,but he broke the bands like threads of webs4 #af3ac4 ,and ,dalila said to him again3 ,how long dost thou deceive me1 and tell me lies8 ,shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound4 ,and ,samson answered her3 ,if thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace1 and tying them round about a nail1 fastenest it in the ground1 ,i shall be weak4 #af3ad4 ,and when ,dalila had done this1 she said to him3 ,the ,philistines are upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and awaking out of his sleep1 he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace4 #af3ae4 ,and ,dalila said to him3 ,how dost thou say thou lovest me1 when thy mind is not with me8 ,thou hast told me lies these three times1 and wouldst not tell me wherein thy greatest strength lieth4 #af3af4 ,and when she pressed him much1 and continually hung upon him for many days1 giving him no time to rest1 his soul fainted away1 and was wearied even unto death4 #af3ag4 ,then opening the truth of the thing1 he said to her3 ,the razor hath never come upon my head1 for ,i am a ,nazarite1 that is to say1 consecrated to ,god from my mother's womb3 ,if my head be shaven1 my strength shall depart from me1 and ,i shall become weak1 and shall be like other men4 #af3ah4 ,then seeing that he had discovered to her all his mind1 she sent to the princes of the ,philistines1 saying3 ,come up this once more1 for now he hath opened his heart to me4 ,and they went up1 taking with them the money which they had promised4 #af3ai4 ,but she made him sleep upon her knees1 and lay his head in her bosom4 ,and she called a barber and shaved his seven locks1 and began to drive him away1 and thrust him from her3 for immediately his strength departed from him4 #af3bj4 ,and she said3 ,the ,philistines are upon thee1 ,samson4 ,and awaking from sleep1 he said in his mind3 ,i will go out as ,i did before1 and shake myself1 not knowing that the ,lord was departed from him4 #af3ba4 ,then the ,philistines seized upon him1 and forthwith pulled out his eyes1 and led him bound in chains to ,gaza1 and shutting him up in prison made him grind4 #af3bb4 ,and now his hair began to grow again1 #af3bc4 ,and the princes of the ,philistines assembled together1 to offer great sacrifices to ,dagon their god1 and to make merry1 saying3 ,our god hath delivered our enemy ,samson into our hands4 #af3bd4 ,and the people also seeing this1 praised their god1 and said the same3 ,our god hath delivered our adversary into our hands1 him that destroyed our country1 and killed very many4 #af3be4 ,and rejoicing in their feasts1 when they had now taken their good cheer1 they commanded that ,samson should be called1 and should play before them4 ,and being brought out of prison1 he played before them2 and they made him stand between two pillars4 #af3bf4 ,and he said to the lad that guided his steps3 ,suffer me to touch the pillars which support the whole house1 and let me lean upon them1 and rest a little4 #af3bg4 ,now the house was full of men and women1 and all the princes of the ,philistines were there4 ,moreover about three thousand persons of both sexes1 from the roof and the higher part of the house1 were beholding ,samson's play4 #af3bh4 ,but he called upon the ,lord1 saying3 ,o ,lord ,god remember me1 and restore to me now my former strength1 ,o my ,god1 that ,i may revenge myself on my enemies1 and for the loss of my two eyes ,i may take one revenge4 ,revenge myself4 4 4,this desire of revenge was out of zeal for justice against the enemies of ,god and his people2 and not out of private rancour and malice of heart4 #af3bi4 ,and laying hold on both the pillars on which the house rested1 and holding the one with his right hand1 and the other with his left1 #af3cj4 ,he said3 ,let me die with the ,philistines4 ,and when he had strongly shook the pillars1 the house fell upon all the princes1 and the rest of the multitude1 that was there3 and he killed many more at his death1 than he had killed before in his life4 ,let me die4 4 4,literally1 let my soul die4 ,samson did not sin on this occasion1 though he was indirectly the cause of his own death4 ,because he was moved to what he did1 by a particular inspiration of ,god1 who also concurred with him by a miracle1 in restoring his strength upon the spot1 in consequence of his prayer4 ,samson1 by dying in this manner1 was a figure of ,christ1 who by his death overcame all his enemies4 #af3ca4 ,and his brethren and all his kindred1 going down took his body1 and buried it between ,saraa and ,esthaol1 in the buryingplace of his father ,manue3 and he judged ,israel twenty years4 ,judges ,chapter #ag ,the history of the idol of ,michas1 and the young ,levite4 #ag3a4 ,there was at that time a man of mount ,ephraim1 whose name was ,michas4 #ag3b4 ,who said to his mother3 ,the eleven hundred pieces of silver1 which thou hadst put aside for thyself1 and concerning which thou didst swear in my hearing1 behold ,i have1 and they are with me4 ,and she said to him4 ,blessed be my son by the ,lord4 #ag3c4 ,so he restored them to his mother1 who said to him3 ,i have consecrated and vowed this silver to the ,lord1 that my son may receive it at my hand1 and make a graven and a molten god2 so now ,i deliver it to thee4 #ag3d4 ,and he restored them to his mother3 and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith1 to make of them a graven and a molten ,god1 which was in the house of ,michas4 #ag3e4 ,and he separated also therein a little temple for the god1 and made an ephod1 and theraphim1 that is to say1 a priestly garment1 and idols3 and he filled the hand of one of his sons1 and he became his priest4 ,filled the hand4 4 4,that is1 appointed and consecrated him to the priestly office4 #ag3f4 ,in those days there was no king in ,israel1 but every one did that which seemed right to himself4 #ag3g4 ,there was also another young man of ,bethlehem ,juda1 of the kindred thereof3 and he was a ,levite1 and dwelt there4 #ag3h4 ,now he went out from the city of ,bethlehem1 and desired to sojourn wheresoever he should find it convenient for him4 ,and when he was come to mount ,ephraim1 as he was on his journey1 and had turned aside a little into the house of ,michas1 #ag3i4 ,he was asked by him whence he came4 ,and he answered3 ,i am a ,levite of ,bethlehem ,juda1 and ,i am going to dwell where ,i can1 and where ,i shall find a place to my advantage4 #ag3aj4 ,and ,michas said3 ,stay with me1 and be unto me a father and a priest1 and ,i will give thee every year ten pieces of silver1 and a double suit of apparel1 and thy victuals4 #ag3aa4 ,he was content1 and abode with the man1 and was unto him as one of his sons4 #ag3ab4 ,and ,michas filled his hand1 and had the young man with him for his priest1 saying3 #ag3ac4 ,now ,i know ,god will do me good1 since ,i have a priest of the race of the ,levites4 ,judges ,chapter #ah ,the expedition of the men of ,dan against ,lais3 in their way they rob ,michas of his priest and his gods4 #ah3a4 ,in those days there was no king in ,israel1 and the tribe of ,dan sought them an inheritance to dwell in3 for unto that day they had not received their lot among the other tribes4 ,not received1 etc4 4 4,they had their portions assigned them1 ,jos4 #ai4dj4 ,but1 through their own sloth1 possessed as yet but a small part of it4 ,see ,judges #a4cd4 #ah3b4 ,so the children of ,dan sent five most valiant men1 of their stock and family1 from ,saraa and ,esthaol1 to spy out the land1 and to view it diligently3 and they said to them3 ,go1 and view the land4 ,they went on their way1 and when they came to mount ,ephraim1 they went into the house of ,michas1 and rested there3 #ah3c4 ,and knowing the voice of the young man the ,levite1 and lodging with him1 they said to him3 ,who brought thee hither8 what dost thou here8 why wouldst thou come hither8 #ah3d4 ,he answered them3 ,michas hath done such and such things for me1 and hath hired me to be his priest4 #ah3e4 ,then they desired him to consult the ,lord1 that they might know whether their journey should be prosperous1 and the thing should have effect4 #ah3f4 ,he answered them3 ,go in peace3 the ,lord looketh on your way1 and the journey that you go4 #ah3g4 ,so the five men going on came to ,lais3 and they saw how the people dwelt therein without any fear1 according to the custom of the ,sidonians1 secure and easy1 having no man at all to oppose them1 being very rich1 and living separated1 at a distance from ,sidon and from all men4 #ah3h4 ,and they returned to their brethren in ,saraa and ,esthaol1 who asked them what they had done3 to whom they answered3 #ah3i4 ,arise1 and let us go up to them3 for we have seen the land which is exceeding rich and fruitful3 neglect not1 lose no time3 let us go and possess it1 there will be no difficulty4 #ah3aj4 ,we shall come to a people that is secure1 into a spacious country1 and the ,lord will deliver the place to us1 in which there is no want of any thing that groweth on the earth4 #ah3aa4 ,there went therefore of the kindred of ,dan1 to wit1 from ,saraa and ,esthaol1 six hundred men1 furnished with arms for war4 #ah3ab4 ,and going up they lodged in ,cariathiarim of ,juda3 which place from that time is called the camp of ,dan1 and is behind ,cariathiarim4 #ah3ac4 ,from thence they passed into mount ,ephraim4 ,and when they were come to the house of ,michas1 #ah3ad4 ,the five men1 that before had been sent to view the land of ,lais1 said to the rest of their brethren3 ,you know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim1 and a graven and a molten god3 see what you are pleased to do4 #ah3ae4 ,and when they had turned a little aside1 they went into the house of the young man the ,levite1 who was in the house of ,michas3 and they saluted him with words of peace4 #ah3af4 ,and the six hundred men stood before the door1 appointed with their arms4 #ah3ag4 ,but they that were gone into the house of the young man1 went about to take away the graven god1 and the ephod1 and the theraphim1 and the molten god1 and the priest stood before the door1 the six hundred valiant men waiting not far off4 #ah3ah4 ,so they that were gone in took away the graven thing1 the ephod1 and the idols1 and the molten god1 ,and the priest said to them3 ,what are you doing8 #ah3ai4 ,and they said to him3 ,hold thy peace1 and put thy finger on thy mouth1 and come with us1 that we may have thee for a father1 and a priest4 ,whether is better for thee1 to be a priest in the house of one man1 or in a tribe and family in ,israel8 #ah3bj4 ,when he heard this1 he agreed to their words1 and took the ephod1 and the idols1 and the graven god1 and departed with them4 #ah3ba4 ,and when they were going forward1 and had put before them the children and the cattle1 and all that was valuable1 #ah3bb4 ,and were now at a distance from the house of ,michas1 the men that dwelt in the houses of ,michas gathering together followed them1 #ah3bc4 ,and began to shout out after them4 ,they looked back1 and said to ,michas3 ,what aileth thee8 ,why dost thou cry8 #ah3bd4 ,and he answered3 ,you have taken away my gods which ,i have made me1 and the priest1 and all that ,i have1 and do you say3 ,what aileth thee8 #ah3be4 ,and the children of ,dan said to him3 ,see thou say no more to us1 lest men enraged come upon thee1 and thou perish with all thy house4 #ah3bf4 ,and so they went on the journey they had begun4 ,but ,michas seeing that they were stronger than he1 returned to his house4 #ah3bg4 ,and the six hundred men took the priest1 and the things we spoke of before1 and came to ,lais1 to a people that was quiet and secure1 and smote them with the edge of the sword3 and the city they burnt with fire1 #ah3bh4 ,there being no man at all who brought them any succour1 because they dwelt far from ,sidon1 and had no society or business with any man4 ,and the city was in the land of ,rohob3 and they rebuilt it1 and dwelt therein1 #ah3bi4 ,calling the name of the city ,dan1 after the name of their father1 who was the son of ,israel1 which before was called ,lais4 #ah3cj4 ,and they set up to themselves the graven idol1 and ,jonathan the son of ,gersam1 the son of ,moses1 he and his sons were priests in the tribe of ,dan1 until the day of their captivity4 #ah3ca4 ,and the idol of ,michas remained with them all the time that the house of ,god was in ,silo4 ,in those days there was no king in ,israel4 ,judges ,chapter #ai ,a ,levite bringing home his wife1 is lodged by an old man at ,gabaa in the tribe of ,benjamin4 ,his wife is there abused by wicked men1 and in the morning found dead4 ,her husband cutteth her body in pieces1 and sendeth to every tribe of ,israel1 requiring them to revenge the wicked fact4 #ai3a4 ,there was a certain ,levite1 who dwelt on the side of mount ,ephraim1 who took a wife of ,bethlehem ,juda3 #ai3b4 ,and she left him1 and returned to her father's house in ,bethlehem1 and abode with him four months4 #ai3c4 ,and her husband followed her1 willing to be reconciled with her1 and to speak kindly to her1 and to bring her back with him1 having with him a servant and two asses3 and she received him1 and brought him into her father's house4 ,and when his father in law had heard this1 and had seen him1 he met him with joy1 #ai3d4 ,and embraced the man4 ,and the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days1 eating with him and drinking familiarly4 #ai3e4 ,but on the fourth day1 arising early in the morning1 he desired to depart4 ,but his father in law kept him1 and said to him3 ,taste first a little bread1 and strengthen thy stomach1 and so thou shalt depart4 #ai3f4 ,and they sat down together1 and ate and drank4 ,and the father of the young woman said to his son in law3 ,i beseech thee to stay here to day1 and let us make merry together4 #ai3g4 ,but he rising up1 began to be for departing4 ,and nevertheless his father in law earnestly pressed him1 and made him stay with him4 #ai3h4 ,but when morning was come1 the ,levite prepared to go on his journey4 ,and his father in law said to him again3 ,i beseech thee to take a little meat1 and strengthening thyself1 till the day be farther advanced1 afterwards thou mayest depart4 ,and they ate together4 #ai3i4 ,and the young man arose to set forward with his wife and servant4 ,and his father in law spoke to him again3 ,consider that the day is declining1 and draweth toward evening3 tarry with me to day also1 and spend the day in mirth1 and to morrow thou shalt depart1 that thou mayest go into thy house4 #ai3aj4 ,his son in law would not consent to his words3 but forthwith went forward1 and came over against ,jebus1 which by another name is called ,jerusalem1 leading with him two asses loaden1 and his concubine4 ,concubine4 ,she was his lawful wife1 but even lawful wives are frequently in scripture called concubines4 ,see above1 chap4 #h4 ver4 #ca4-ver4 #af4 ,jemini4 4 4,that is1 ,benjamin4 #ai3aa4 ,and now they were come near ,jebus1 and the day was far spent3 and the servant said to his master3 ,come1 ,i beseech thee1 let us turn into the city of the ,jebusites1 and lodge there4 #ai3ab4 ,his master answered him3 ,i will not go into the town of another nation1 who are not of the children of ,israel1 but ,i will pass over to ,gabaa3 #ai3ac4 ,and when ,i shall come thither1 we will lodge there1 or at least in the city of ,rama4 #ai3ad4 ,so they passed by ,jebus1 and went on their journey1 and the sun went down upon them when they were by ,gabaa1 which is in the tribe of ,benjamin3 #ai3ae4 ,and they turned into it to lodge there4 ,and when they were come in1 they sat in the street of the city1 for no man would receive them to lodge4 #ai3af4 ,and behold they saw an old man1 returning out of the field and from his work in the evening1 and he also was of mount ,ephraim1 and dwelt as a stranger in ,gabaa2 but the men of that country were the children of ,jemini4 #ai3ag4 ,and the old man lifting up his eyes1 saw the man sitting with his bundles in the street of the city1 and said to him3 ,whence comest thou8 and whither goest thou8 #ai3ah4 ,he answered him3 ,we came out from ,bethlehem ,juda1 and we are going to our home1 which is on the side of mount ,ephraim1 from whence we went to ,bethlehem3 and now we go to the house of ,god1 and none will receive us under his roof3 #ai3ai4 ,we have straw and hay for provender of the asses1 and bread and wine for the use of myself and of thy handmaid1 and of the servant that is with me3 we want nothing but lodging4 #ai3bj4 ,and the old man answered him3 ,peace be with thee3 ,i will furnish all things that are necessary3 only ,i beseech thee1 stay not in the street4 #ai3ba4 ,and he brought him into his house1 and gave provender to his asses3 and after they had washed their feet1 he entertained them with a feast4 #ai3bb4 ,while they were making merry1 and refreshing their bodies with meat and drink1 after the labour of the journey1 the men of that city1 sons of ,belial 7that is1 without yoke71 came and beset the old man's house1 and began to knock at the door1 calling to the master of the house1 and saying3 ,bring forth the man that came into thy house1 that we may abuse him3 #ai3bc4 ,and the old man went out to them1 and said3 ,do not so1 my brethren1 do not so wickedly3 because this man is come into my lodging1 and cease ,i pray you from this folly4 #ai3bd4 ,i have a maiden daughter1 and this man hath a concubine1 ,i will bring them out to you1 and you may humble them1 and satisfy your lust3 only1 ,i beseech you1 commit not this crime against nature on the man4 #ai3be4 ,they would not be satisfied with his words2 which the man seeing1 brought out his concubine to them1 and abandoned her to their wickedness3 and when they had abused her all the night1 they let her go in the morning4 #ai3bf4 ,but the woman1 at the dawning of the day1 came to the door of the house1 where her lord lodged1 and there fell down4 #ai3bg4 ,and in the morning the man arose1 and opened the door1 that he might end the journey he had begun3 and behold his concubine lay before the door with her hands spread on the threshold4 #ai3bh4 ,he thinking she was taking her rest1 said to her3 ,arise1 and let us be going4 ,but as she made no answer1 perceiving she was dead1 he took her up1 and laid her upon his ass1 and returned to his house4 #ai3bi4 ,and when he was come home1 he took a sword1 and divided the dead body of his wife with her bones into twelve parts1 and sent the pieces into all the borders of ,israel4 #ai3cj4 ,and when every one had seen this1 they all cried out3 ,there was never such a thing done in ,israel1 from the day that our fathers came up out of ,egypt1 until this day3 give sentence1 and decree in common what ought to be done4 ,judges ,chapter #bj ,the ,israelites warring against ,benjamin are twice defeated2 but in the third battle the ,benjamites are all slain1 saving six hundred men4 #bj3a4 ,then all the children of ,israel went out1 and gathered together as one man1 from ,dan to ,bersabee1 with the land of ,galaad1 to the ,lord in ,maspha3 #bj3b4 ,and all the chiefs of the people1 and all the tribes of ,israel1 met together in the assembly of the people of ,god1 four hundred thousand footmen fit for war4 #bj3c4 7,nor were the children of ,benjamin ignorant that the children of ,israel were come up to ,maspha47 ,and the ,levite1 the husband of the woman that was killed being asked1 how so great a wickedness had been committed1 #bj3d4 ,answered3 ,i came into ,gabaa1 of ,benjamin1 with my wife1 and there ,i lodged3 #bj3e4 ,and behold the men of that city1 in the night beset the house wherein ,i was1 intending to kill me1 and abused my wife with an incredible fury of lust1 so that at last she died4 #bj3f4 ,and ,i took her and cut her in pieces1 and sent the parts into all the borders of your possession3 because there never was so heinous a crime1 and so great an abomination committed in ,israel4 #bj3g4 ,you are all here1 ,o children of ,israel1 determine what you ought to do4 #bj3h4 ,and all the people standing1 answered as by the voice of one man3 ,we will not return to our tents1 neither shall any one of us go into his own house3 #bj3i4 ,but this we will do in common against ,gabaa3 #bj3aj4 ,we will take ten men of a hundred out of all the tribes of ,israel1 and a hundred out of a thousand1 and a thousand out of ten thousand1 to bring victuals for the army1 that we may fight against ,gabaa of ,benjamin1 and render to it for its wickedness1 what it deserveth4 #bj3aa4 ,and all ,israel were gathered together against the city1 as one man1 with one mind1 and one counsel3 #bj3ab4 ,and they sent messengers to all the tribe of ,benjamin1 to say to them3 ,why hath so great an abomination been found among you8 #bj3ac4 ,deliver up the men of ,gabaa1 that have committed this heinous crime1 that they may die1 and the evil may be taken away out of ,israel4 ,but they would not hearken to the proposition of their brethren the children of ,israel3 #bj3ad4 ,but out of all the cities which were of their lot1 they gathered themselves together into ,gabaa1 to aid them1 and to fight against the whole people of ,israel4 #bj3ae4 ,and there were found of ,benjamin five and twenty thousand men that drew the sword1 besides the inhabitants of ,gabaa1 #bj3af4 ,who were seven hundred most valiant men1 fighting with the left hand as well as with the right3 and slinging stones so sure that they could hit even a hair1 and not miss by the stone's going on either side4 #bj3ag4 ,of the men of ,israel also1 beside the children of ,benjamin1 were found four hundred thousand that drew swords and were prepared to fight4 #bj3ah4 ,and they arose and came to the house of ,god1 that is1 to ,silo3 and they consulted ,god1 and said3 ,who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of ,benjamin8 ,and the ,lord answered them3 ,let ,juda be your leader4 #bj3ai4 ,and forthwith the children of ,israel rising in the morning1 camped by ,gabaa3 #bj3bj4 ,and going out from thence to fight against ,benjamin1 began to assault the city4 #bj3ba4 ,and the children of ,benjamin coming out of ,gabaa slew of the children of ,israel that day two and twenty thousand men4 #bj3bb4 ,again ,israel1 trusting in their strength and their number1 set their army in array in the same place1 where they had fought before3 ,trusting in their strength4 4 4,the ,lord suffered them to be overthrown and many of them to be slain1 though their cause was just2 partly in punishment of the idolatry which they exercised or tolerated in the tribe of ,dan1 and elsewhere2 and partly because they trusted in their own strength2 and therefore1 though he bid them fight1 he would not give them the victory1 till they were thoroughly humbled and had learned to trust in him alone4 #bj3bc4 ,yet so that they first went up and wept before the ,lord until night3 and consulted him and said3 ,shall ,i go out any more to fight against the children of ,benjamin my brethren or not8 ,and he answered them3 ,go up against them1 and join battle4 #bj3bd4 ,and when the children of ,israel went out the next day to fight against the children of ,benjamin1 #bj3be4 ,the children of ,benjamin sallied forth out of the gates of ,gabaa3 and meeting them1 made so great a slaughter of them1 as to kill eighteen thousand men that drew the sword4 #bj3bf4 ,wherefore all the children of ,israel came to the house of ,god1 and sat and wept before the ,lord3 and they fasted that day till the evening1 and offered to him holocausts1 and victims of peace offerings1 #bj3bg4 ,and inquired of him concerning their state4 ,at that time the ark of the covenant of the ,lord was there1 #bj3bh4 ,and ,phinees1 the son of ,eleazar1 the son of ,aaron1 was over the house4 ,so they consulted the ,lord1 and said3 ,shall we go out any more to fight against the children of ,benjamin1 our brethren1 or shall we cease8 ,and the ,lord said to them3 ,go up1 for to morrow ,i will deliver them into your hands4 #bj3bi4 ,and the children of ,israel set ambushes round about the city of ,gabaa3 #bj3cj4 ,and they drew up their army against ,benjamin the third time1 as they had done the first and second4 #bj3ca4 ,and the children of ,benjamin boldly issued out of the city1 and seeing their enemies flee1 pursued them a long way1 so as to wound and kill some of them1 as they had done the first and second day1 whilst they fled by two highways1 whereof one goeth up to ,bethel and the other to ,gabaa1 and they slew about thirty men3 #bj3cb4 ,for they thought to cut them off as they did before4 ,but they artfully feigning a flight1 designed to draw them away from the city1 and by their seeming to flee1 to bring them to the highways aforesaid4 #bj3cc4 ,then all the children of ,israel rising up out of the places where they were1 set their army in battle array1 in the place which is called ,baalthamar4 ,the ambushes also1 which were about the city1 began by little and little to come forth1 #bj3cd4 ,and to march from the west side of the city4 ,and other ten thousand men chosen out of all ,israel1 attacked the inhabitants of the city4 ,and the battle grew hot against the children of ,benjamin3 and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side4 #bj3ce4 ,and the ,lord defeated them before the children of ,israel1 and they slew of them in that day five and twenty thousand1 and one hundred1 all fighting men1 and that drew the sword4 #bj3cf4 ,but the children of ,benjamin1 when they saw themselves to be too weak1 began to flee4 ,which the children of ,israel seeing1 gave them place to flee1 that they might come to the ambushes that were prepared1 which they had set near the city4 #bj3cg4 ,and they that were in ambush arose on a sudden out of their coverts1 and whilst ,benjamin turned their backs to the slayers1 went into the city1 and smote it with the edge of the sword4 #bj3ch4 ,now the children of ,israel had given a sign to them1 whom they had laid in ambushes1 that after they had taken the city1 they should make a fire3 that by the smoke rising on high1 they might shew that the city was taken4 #bj3ci4 ,and when the children of ,israel saw this in the battle1 7for the children of ,benjamin thought they fled1 and pursued them vigorously1 killing thirty men of their army7 #bj3dj4 ,and perceived1 as it were1 a pillar of smoke rise up from the city2 and ,benjamin looking back1 saw that the city was taken1 and that the flames ascended on high3 #bj3da4 ,they that before had made as if they fled1 turning their faces1 stood bravely against them4 ,which the children of ,benjamin seeing1 turned their backs1 #bj3db4 ,and began to go towards the way of the desert1 the enemy pursuing them thither also4 ,and they that fired the city came also out to meet them4 #bj3dc4 ,and so it was1 that they were slain on both sides by the enemies1 and there was no rest of their men dying4 ,they fell and were beaten down on the east side of the city of ,gabaa4 #bj3dd4 ,and they that were slain in the same place1 were eighteen thousand men1 all most valiant soldiers4 #bj3de4 ,and when they that remained of ,benjamin saw this1 they fled into the wilderness1 and made towards the rock that is called ,remmon4 ,in that flight also1 as they were straggling1 and going different ways2 they slew of them five thousand men4 ,and as they went farther1 they still pursued them1 and slew also other two thousand4 #bj3df4 ,and so it came to pass1 that all that were slain of ,benjamin1 in divers places1 were five and twenty thousand fighting men1 most valiant for war4 #bj3dg4 ,and there remained of all the number of ,benjamin only six hundred men that were able to escape1 and flee to the wilderness3 and they abode in the rock ,remmon four months4 #bj3dh4 ,but the children of ,israel returning1 put all the remains of the city to the sword1 both men and beasts1 and all the cities and villages of ,benjamin were consumed with devouring flames4 ,judges ,chapter #ba ,the tribe of ,benjamin is saved from being utterly extinct1 by providing wives for the six hundred that remained4 #ba3a4 ,now the children of ,israel had also sworn in ,maspha1 saying3 ,none of us shall give of his daughters to the children of ,benjamin to wife4 #ba3b4 ,and they all came to the house of ,god in ,silo1 and sitting before him till the evening1 lifted up their voices1 and began to lament and weep1 saying3 #ba3c4 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people1 that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us8 #ba3d4 ,and rising early the next day1 they built an altar3 and offered there holocausts1 and victims of peace1 and they said3 #ba3e4 ,who is there among all the tribes of ,israel that came not up with the army of the ,lord8 for they had bound themselves with a great oath1 when they were in ,maspha1 that whosoever were wanting should be slain4 #ba3f4 ,and the children of ,israel being moved with repentance for their brother ,benjamin1 began to say3 ,one tribe is taken away from ,israel4 #ba3g4 ,whence shall they take wives8 ,for we have all in general sworn1 not to give our daughters to them4 #ba3h4 ,therefore they said3 ,who is there of all the tribes of ,israel1 that came not up to the ,lord to ,maspha8 ,and1 behold1 the inhabitants of ,jabes ,galaad were found not to have been in that army4 #ba3i4 7,at that time also when they were in ,silo1 no one of them was found there17 #ba3aj4 ,so they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men1 and commanded them1 saying3 ,go and put the inhabitants of ,jabes ,galaad to the sword1 with their wives and their children4 #ba3aa4 ,and this is what you shall observe3 ,every male1 and all women that have known men1 you shall kill1 but the virgins you shall save4 #ba3ab4 ,and there were found of ,jabes ,galaad four hundred virgins1 that had not known the bed of a man1 and they brought them to the camp in ,silo1 into the land of ,chanaan4 #ba3ac4 ,and they sent messengers to the children of ,benjamin1 that were in the rock ,remmon1 and commanded them to receive them in peace4 #ba3ad4 ,and the children of ,benjamin came at that time1 and wives were given them of ,jabes ,galaad3 but they found no others1 whom they might give in like manner4 #ba3ae4 ,and all ,israel was very sorry1 and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of ,israel4 #ba3af4 ,and the ancients said3 ,what shall we do with the rest1 that have not received wives8 for all the women in ,benjamin are dead4 #ba3ag4 ,and we must use all care1 and provide with great diligence1 that one tribe be not destroyed out of ,israel4 #ba3ah4 ,for as to our own daughters we cannot give them1 being bound with an oath and a curse1 whereby we said3 ,cursed be he that shall give ,benjamin any of his daughters to wife4 #ba3ai4 ,so they took counsel1 and said3 ,behold1 there is a yearly solemnity of the ,lord in ,silo1 which is situate on the north of the city of ,bethel1 and on the east side of the way1 that goeth from ,bethel to ,sichem1 and on the south of the town of ,lebona4 #ba3bj4 ,and they commanded the children of ,benjamin and said3 ,go1 and lie hid in the vineyards1 #ba3ba4 ,and when you shall see the daughters of ,silo come out1 as the custom is1 to dance1 come ye on a sudden out of the vineyards1 and catch you every man his wife among them1 and go into the land of ,benjamin4 #ba3bb4 ,and when their fathers and their brethren shall come1 and shall begin to complain against you1 and to chide1 we will say to them3 ,have pity on them3 for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest1 but when they asked to have them1 you gave them not1 and the fault was committed on your part4 #ba3bc4 ,and the children of ,benjamin did as they had been commanded3 and1 according to their number1 they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing3 and they went into their possession1 and built up their cities1 and dwelt in them4 #ba3bd4 ,the children of ,israel also returned by their tribes1 and families1 to their dwellings4 ,in those days there was no king in ,israel3 but every one did that which seemed right to himself4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,ruth ,this ,book is called ,,ruth1 from the name of the person whose history is here recorded3 who1 being a ,gentile1 became a convert to the true faith1 and marrying ,booz1 the great-grandfather of ,david1 was one of those from whom ,christ sprung according to the flesh1 and an illustrious figure of the ,gentile church4 ,it is thought this book was written by the prophet ,samuel4 ,ruth ,chapter #a ,elimelech of ,bethlehem going with his wife ,noemi1 and two sons1 into the land of ,moab1 dieth there4 ,his sons marry wives of that country and die without issue4 ,noemi returneth home with her daughter in law ,ruth1 who refuseth to part with her4 #a3a4 ,in the days of the judges1 when the judges ruled1 there came a famine in the land4 ,and a certain man of ,bethlehem ,juda1 went to sojourn in the land of ,moab with his wife and his two sons4 #a3b4 ,he was named ,elimelech1 and his wife ,noemi3 and his two sons1 the one ,mahalon1 and the other ,chelion1 ,ephrathites of ,bethlehem ,juda4 ,and entering into the country of ,moab1 they abode there4 #a3c4 ,and ,elimelech the husband of ,noemi died3 and she remained with her sons4 #a3d4 ,and they took wives of the women of ,moab1 of which one was called ,orpha1 and the other ,ruth4 ,and they dwelt their ten years1 #a3e4 ,and they both died1 to wit1 ,mahalon and ,chelion3 and the woman was left alone1 having lost both her sons and her husband4 #a3f4 ,and she arose to go from the land of ,moab to her own country1 with both her daughters in law3 for she had heard that the ,lord had looked upon his people1 and had given them food4 #a3g4 ,wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment1 with both her daughters in law3 and being now in the way to return into the land of ,juda1 #a3h4 ,she said to them3 ,go ye home to your mothers1 the ,lord deal mercifully with you1 as you have dealt with the dead and with me4 #a3i4 ,may he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take4 ,and she kissed them4 ,and they lifted up their voice1 and began to weep1 #a3aj4 ,and to say3 ,we will go on with thee to thy people4 #a3aa4 ,but she answered them3 ,return1 my daughters3 why come ye with me8 have ,i any more sons in my womb1 that you may hope for husbands of me8 #a3ab4 ,return again1 my daughters1 and go your ways3 for ,i am now spent with age1 and not fit for wedlock4 ,although ,i might conceive this night1 and bear children1 #a3ac4 ,if you would wait till they were grown up1 and come to man's estate1 you would be old women before you marry4 ,do not so1 my daughters1 ,i beseech you3 for ,i am grieved the more for your distress1 and the hand of the ,lord is gone out against me4 #a3ad4 ,and they lifted up their voice1 and began to weep again3 ,orpha kissed her mother in law1 and returned3 ,ruth stuck close to her mother in law4 #a3ae4 ,and ,noemi said to her3 ,behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people1 and to her gods1 go thou with her4 ,to her gods1 etc4 4 4,noemi did not mean to persuade ,ruth to return to the false gods she had formerly worshipped3 but by this manner of speech1 insinuated to her1 that if she would go with her1 she must renounce her false gods and return to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #a3af4 ,she answered3 ,be not against me1 to desire that ,i should leave thee and depart3 for whithersoever thou shalt go1 ,i will go3 and where thou shalt dwell1 ,i also will dwell4 ,thy people shall be my people1 and thy ,god my ,god4 #a3ag4 ,the land that shall receive thee dying1 in the same will ,i die3 and there will ,i be buried4 ,the ,lord do so and so to me1 and add more also1 if aught but death part me and thee4 ,the ,lord do so and so1 etc4 4 4,a form of swearing usual in the history of the ,old ,testament1 by which the person wished such and such evils to fall upon them1 if they did not do what they said4 #a3ah4 ,then ,noemi seeing that ,ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her1 would not be against it1 nor persuade her any more to return to her friends3 #a3ai4 ,so they went together1 and came to ,bethlehem4 ,and when they were come into the city1 the report was quickly spread among all3 and the women said3 ,this is that ,noemi4 #a3bj4 ,but she said to them3 ,call me not ,noemi 7that is1 beautiful17 but call me ,mara 7that is1 bitter71 for the ,almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness4 #a3ba4 ,i went out full and the ,lord hath brought me back empty4 ,why then do you call me ,noemi1 whom the ,lord hath humbled1 and the ,almighty hath afflicted8 #a3bb4 ,so ,noemi came with ,ruth1 the ,moabitess1 her daughter in law1 from the land of her sojournment3 and returned into ,bethlehem1 in the beginning of the barley harvest4 ,ruth ,chapter #b ,ruth gleaneth in the field of ,booz1 who sheweth her favour4 #b3a4 ,now her husband ,elimelech had a kinsman1 a powerful man1 and very rich1 whose name was ,booz4 #b3c4 ,and ,ruth1 the ,moabitess1 said to her mother in law3 ,if thou wilt1 ,i will go into the field1 and glean the ears of corn that escape the hands of the reapers1 wheresoever ,i shall find grace with a householder1 that will be favourable to me4 ,and she answered her3 ,go1 my daughter4 #b3c4 ,she went1 therefore1 and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers4 ,and it happened that the owner of that field was ,booz1 who was of the kindred of ,elimelech4 #b3d4 ,and behold1 he came out of ,bethlehem1 and said to the reapers3 ,the ,lord be with you4 ,and they answered him3 ,the ,lord bless thee4 #b3e4 ,and ,booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers3 ,whose maid is this 8 #b3f4 ,and he answered him3 ,this is the ,moabitess1 who came with ,noemi1 from the land of ,moab1 #b3g4 ,and she desired leave to glean the ears of corn that remain1 following the steps of the reapers3 and she hath been in the field from morning till now1 and hath not gone home for one moment4 #b3h4 ,and ,booz said to ,ruth3 ,hear me1 daughter1 do not go to glean in any other field1 and do not depart from this place3 but keep with my maids1 #b3i4 ,and follow where they reap4 ,for ,i have charged my young men1 not to molest thee3 and if thou art thirsty1 go to the vessels1 and drink of the waters whereof the servants drink4 #b3aj4 ,she fell on her face1 and worshipping upon the ground1 said to him3 ,whence cometh this to me1 that ,i should find grace before thy eyes1 and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me1 a woman of another country8 #b3aa4 ,and he answered her3 ,all hath been told me1 that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband3 and how thou hast left thy parents1 and the land wherein thou wast born1 and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore4 #b3ab4 ,the ,lord render unto thee for thy work1 and mayst thou receive a full reward of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 to whom thou art come1 and under whose wings thou art fled4 #b3ac4 ,and she said3 ,i have found grace in thy eyes1 my lord1 who hast comforted me1 and hast spoken to the heart of thy handmaid1 who am not like to one of thy maids4 #b3ad4 ,and ,booz said to her3 ,at mealtime come thou hither1 and eat of the bread1 and dip thy morsel in the vinegar4 ,so she sat at the side of the reapers1 and she heaped to herself frumenty1 and ate and was filled1 and took the leavings4 #b3ae4 ,and she arose from thence1 to glean the ears of corn as before4 ,and ,booz commanded his servants1 saying3 ,if she would even reap with you1 hinder her not3 #b3af4 ,and let fall some of your handfuls of purpose1 and leave them1 that she may gather them without shame1 and let no man rebuke her when she gathereth them4 #b3ag4 ,she gleaned therefore in the field till evening3 and beating out with a rod1 and threshing what she had gleaned1 she found about the measure of an ephi of barley1 that is1 three bushels3 #b3ah4 ,which she took up1 and returned into the city1 and shewed it to her mother in law3 moreover1 she brought out1 and gave her of the remains of her meat1 wherewith she had been filled4 #b3ai4 ,and her mother in law said to her3 ,where hast thou gleaned today1 and where hast thou wrought8 blessed be he that hath had pity on thee4 ,and she told her with whom she had wrought3 and she told the man's name1 that he was called ,booz4 #b3bj4 ,and ,noemi answered her3 ,blessed be he of the ,lord3 because the same kindness which he shewed to the living1 he hath kept also to the dead4 ,and again she said3 ,the man is our kinsman4 #b3ba4 ,and ,ruth said3 ,he also charged me1 that ,i should keep close to his reapers1 till all the corn should be reaped4 #b3bb4 ,and her mother in law said to her3 ,it is better for thee1 my daughter1 to go out to reap with his maids1 lest in another man's field some one may resist thee4 #b3bc4 ,so she kept close to the maids of ,booz3 and continued to glean with them1 till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns4 ,ruth ,chapter #c ,ruth instructed by her mother in law lieth at ,booz's feet1 claiming him for her husband by the law of affinity3 she receiveth a good answer1 and six measures of barley4 #c3a4 ,after she was returned to her mother in law1 ,noemi said to her3 ,my daughter1 ,i will seek rest for thee1 and will provide that it may be well with thee4 #c3b4 ,this ,booz1 with whose maids thou wast joined in the field1 is our near kinsman1 and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor4 #c3c4 ,wash thyself therefore and anoint thee1 and put on thy best garments1 and go down to the barnfloor3 but let not the man see thee1 till he shall have done eating and drinking4 #c3d4 ,and when he shall go to sleep1 mark the place wherein he sleepeth3 and thou shalt go in1 and lift up the clothes wherewith he is covered towards his feet1 and shalt lay thyself down there3 and he will tell thee what thou must do4 #c3e4 ,she answered3 ,whatsoever thou shalt command1 ,i will do4 #c3f4 ,and she went down to the barnfloor1 and did all that her mother in law had bid her4 #c3g4 ,and when ,booz had eaten1 and drunk1 and was merry1 he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves1 and she came softly1 and uncovering his feet1 laid herself down4 #c3h4 ,and behold1 when it was now midnight the man was afraid1 and troubled3 and he saw a woman lying at his feet1 #c3i4 ,and he said to her3 ,who art thou 8 ,and she answered3 ,i am ,ruth1 thy handmaid3 spread thy coverlet over thy servant1 for thou art a near kinsman4 #c3aj4 ,and he said3 ,blessed art thou of the ,lord1 my daughter1 and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former3 because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich4 ,thy latter kindness1 viz4 4 4to thy husband deceased in seeking to keep up his name and family by marrying his relation according to the law1 and not following after young men4 ,for ,booz1 it seems1 was then in years4 #c3aa4 ,fear not therefore1 but whatsoever thou shalt say to me ,i will do to thee4 ,for all the people that dwell within the gates of my city1 know that thou art a virtuous woman4 #c3ab4 ,neither do ,i deny myself to be near of kin1 but there is another nearer than ,i4 #c3ac4 ,rest thou this night3 and when morning is come1 if he will take thee by the right of kindred1 all is well3 but if he will not1 ,i will undoubtedly take thee1 so the ,lord liveth3 sleep till the morning4 #c3ad4 ,so she slept at his feet till the night was going off4 ,and she arose before men could know one another1 and ,booz said3 ,beware lest any man know that thou camest hither4 #c3ae4 ,and again he said3 ,spread thy mantle1 wherewith thou art covered1 and hold it with both hands4 ,and when she spread it and held it1 he measured six measures of barley1 and laid it upon her4 ,and she carried it1 and went into the city1 #c3af4 ,and came to her mother in law2 who said to her3 ,what hast thou done1 daughter8 ,and she told her all that the man had done to her4 #c3ag4 ,and she said3 ,behold he hath given me six measures of barley3 for he said3 ,i will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law4 #c3ah4 ,and ,noemi said3 ,wait1 my daughter1 till we see what end the thing will have4 ,for the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said4 ,ruth ,chapter #d ,upon the refusal of the nearer kinsman1 ,booz marrieth ,ruth1 who bringeth forth ,obed1 the grandfather of ,david4 #d3a4 ,then ,booz went up to the gate1 and sat there4 ,and when he had seen the kinsman going by1 of whom he had spoken before1 he said to him1 calling him by his name3 ,turn aside for a little while1 and sit down here4 ,he turned aside1 and sat down4 #d3b4 ,and ,booz1 taking ten men of the ancients of the city1 said to them3 ,sit ye down here4 #d3c4 ,they sat down1 and he spoke to the kinsman3 ,noemi1 who is returned from the country of ,moab will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother ,elimelech4 #d3d4 ,i would have thee to understand this1 and would tell thee before all that sit here1 and before the ancients of my people4 ,if thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred3 buy it1 and possess it3 but if it please thee not1 tell me so1 that ,i may know what ,i have to do4 ,for there is no near kinsman besides thee1 who art first1 and me1 who am second4 ,but he answered3 ,i will buy the field4 #d3e4 ,and ,booz said to him3 ,when thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand1 thou must take also ,ruth1 the ,moabitess1 who was the wife of the deceased3 to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance4 #d3f4 ,he answered3 ,i yield up my right of next akin3 for ,i must not cut off the posterity of my own family4 ,do thou make use of my privilege1 which ,i profess ,i do willingly forego4 #d3g4 ,now this in former times was the manner in ,israel between kinsmen1 that if at any time one yielded his right to another3 that the grant might be sure1 the man put off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour2 this was a testimony of cession of right in ,israel4 #d3h4 ,so ,booz said to his kinsman3 ,put off thy shoe4 ,and immediately he took it off from his foot4 #d3i4 ,and he said to the ancients1 and to all the people3 ,you are witnesses this day1 that ,i have bought all that was ,elimelech's1 and ,chelion's1 and ,mahalon's1 of the hand of ,noemi3 #d3aj4 ,and have taken to wife ,ruth1 the ,moabitess1 the wife of ,mahalon1 to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off1 from among his family and his brethren and his people4 ,you1 ,i say1 are witnesses of this thing4 #d3aa4 ,then all the people that were in the gate1 and the ancients1 answered3 ,we are witnesses3 ,the ,lord make this woman who cometh into thy house1 like ,rachel1 and ,lia1 who built up the house of ,israel3 that she may be an example of virtue in ,ephrata1 and may have a famous name in ,bethlehem3 ,ephrata4 4 4,another name of ,bethlehem4 #d3ab4 ,and that the house may be1 as the house of ,phares1 whom ,thamar bore unto ,juda1 of the seed which the ,lord shall give thee of this young woman4 #d3ac4 ,booz therefore took ,ruth1 and married her3 and went in unto her1 and the ,lord gave her to conceive1 and to bear a son4 #d3ad4 ,and the women said to ,noemi3 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor3 that his name should be preserved in ,israel4 #d3ae4 ,and thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul1 and cherish thy old age4 ,for he is born of thy daughter in law3 who loveth thee3 and is much better to thee1 than if thou hadst seven sons4 #d3af4 ,and ,noemi taking the child1 laid it in her bosom1 and she carried it1 and was a nurse unto it4 #d3ag4 ,and the women1 her neighbours1 congratulating with her1 and saying1 ,there is a son born to ,noemi1 called his name ,obed3 he is the father of ,isai1 the father of ,david4 #d3ah4 ,these are the generations of ,phares3 ,phares begot ,esron1 #d3ai4 ,esron begot ,aram1 ,aram begot ,aminadab1 #d3bj4 ,aminadab begot ,nahasson1 ,nahasson begot ,salmon1 #d3ba4 ,salmon begot ,booz1 ,booz begot ,obed1 #d3bb4 ,obed begot ,isai1 ,isai begot ,david4 ,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,samuel1 ,,otherwise ,,called ,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,kings ,this and the following ,book are called by the ,hebrews the books of ,samuel1 because they contain the history of ,samuel1 and of the two kings1 ,saul and ,david1 whom he anointed4 ,they are more commonly named by the ,fathers1 the first and second book of kings4 ,as to the writer of them1 it is the common opinion that ,samuel composed the first book1 as far as the twenty-fifth chapter2 and that the prophets ,nathan and ,gad finished the first1 and wrote the second book4 ,see #a ,paralipomenon1 alias #a ,chronicles1 #bi4bi4 #a ,kings ,chapter #a ,anna the wife of ,elcana being barren1 by vow and prayer obtaineth a son3 whom she calleth ,samuel3 and presenteth him to the service of ,god in ,silo1 according to her vow4 #a3a4 ,there was a man of ,ramathaimsophim1 of ,mount ,ephraim1 and his name was ,elcana1 the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,eliu1 the son of ,thohu1 the son of ,suph1 an ,ephraimite3 ,an ,ephraimite4 4 4,he was of the tribe of ,levi1 #a4 ,par4 #f4cd1 but is called an ,ephraimite from dwelling in mount ,ephraim4 #a3b4 ,and he had two wives1 the name of one was ,anna1 and the name of the other ,phenenna4 ,phenenna had children3 but ,anna had no children4 #a3c4 ,and this man went up out of his city upon the appointed days1 to adore and to offer sacrifice to the ,lord of hosts in ,silo4 ,and the two sons of ,heli1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 were there priests of the ,lord4 #a3d4 ,now the day came1 and ,elcana offered sacrifice1 and gave to ,phenenna1 his wife1 and to all her sons and daughters1 portions3 #a3e4 ,but to ,anna he gave one portion with sorrow1 because he loved ,anna4 ,and the ,lord had shut up her womb4 #a3f4 ,her rival also afflicted her1 and troubled her exceedingly1 insomuch that she upbraided her1 that the ,lord had shut up her womb3 #a3g4 ,and thus she did every year1 when the time returned1 that they went up to the temple of the ,lord3 and thus she provoked her3 but ,anna wept1 and did not eat4 #a3h4 ,then ,elcana1 her husband1 said to her3 ,anna1 why weepest thou8 and why dost thou not eat8 and why dost thou afflict thy heart8 ,am not ,i better to thee than ten children8 #a3i4 ,so ,anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in ,silo3 ,and ,heli1 the priest1 sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the ,lord2 #a3aj4 ,as ,anna had her heart full of grief1 she prayed to the ,lord1 shedding many tears1 #a3aa4 ,and she made a vow1 saying3 ,o ,lord of hosts1 if thou wilt look down1 and wilt be mindful of me1 and not forget thy handmaid1 and wilt give to thy servant a manchild3 ,i will give him to the ,lord all the days of his life1 and no razor shall come upon his head4 #a3ab4 ,and it came to pass1 as she multiplied prayers before the ,lord1 that ,heli observed her mouth4 #a3ac4 ,now ,anna spoke in her heart1 and only her lips moved1 but her voice was not heard at all4 ,heli therefore thought her to be drunk1 #a3ad4 ,and said to her3 ,how long wilt thou be drunk8 digest a little the wine1 of which thou hast taken too much4 #a3ae4 ,anna answering1 said3 ,not so1 my lord3 for ,i am an exceeding unhappy woman1 and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink1 but ,i have poured out my soul before the ,lord4 #a3af4 ,count not thy handmaid for one of the daughters of ,belial3 for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have ,i spoken till now4 #a3ag4 ,then ,heli said to her3 ,go in peace3 and the ,god of ,israel grant thee thy petition1 which thou hast asked of him4 #a3ah4 ,and she said3 ,would to ,god thy handmaid may find grace in thy eyes4 ,so the woman went on her way1 and ate1 and her countenance was no more changed4 #a3ai4 ,and they rose in the morning1 and worshipped before the ,lord3 and they returned1 and came into their house at ,ramatha4 ,and ,elcana knew ,anna his wife3 ,and the ,lord remembered her4 #a3bj4 ,and it came to pass when the time was come about1 ,anna conceived and bore a son1 and called his name ,samuel3 because she had asked him of the ,lord4 ,samuel4 4 4,this name imports1 asked of ,god4 #a3ba4 ,and ,elcana1 her husband1 went up1 and all his house1 to offer to the ,lord the solemn sacrifice1 and his vow4 #a3bb4 ,but ,anna went not up3 for she said to her husband3 ,i will not go till the child be weaned1 and till ,i may carry him1 that he may appear before the ,lord1 and may abide always there4 #a3bc4 ,and ,elcana1 her husband1 said to her3 ,do what seemeth good to thee1 and stay till thou wean him3 and ,i pray that the ,lord may fulfil his word4 ,so the woman staid at home1 and gave her son suck1 till she weaned him4 #a3bd4 ,and after she had weaned him1 she carried him with her1 with three calves1 and three bushels of flour1 and a bottle of wine1 and she brought him to the house of the ,lord in ,silo4 ,now the child was as yet very young3 #a3be4 ,and they immolated a calf1 and offered the child to ,heli4 #a3bf4 ,and ,anna said3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 as thy soul liveth1 my lord3 ,i am that woman1 who stood before thee here praying to the ,lord4 #a3bg4 ,for this child did ,i pray1 and the ,lord hath granted me my petition1 which ,i asked of him4 #a3bh4 ,therefore ,i also have lent him to the ,lord all the days of his life1 he shall be lent to the ,lord4 ,and they adored the ,lord there4 ,and ,anna prayed1 and said3 #a ,kings ,chapter #b ,the canticle of ,anna4 ,the wickedness of the sons of ,heli3 for which they are not duly corrected by their father4 ,a prophecy against the house of ,heli4 #b3a4 ,my heart hath rejoiced in the ,lord1 and my horn is exalted in my ,god3 my mouth is enlarged over my enemies3 because ,i have joyed in thy salvation4 ,my horn4 4 4,the horn in the scriptures signifies strength1 power1 the horn is said to be exalted1 when a person receives an increase of strength or glory4 #b3b4 ,there is none holy as the ,lord is3 for there is no other beside thee1 and there is none strong like our ,god4 #b3c4 ,do not multiply to speak lofty things1 boasting3 let old matters depart from your mouth3 for the ,lord is a ,god of all knowledge1 and to him are thoughts prepared4 #b3d4 ,the bow of the mighty is overcome1 and the weak are girt with strength4 #b3e4 ,they that were full before1 have hired out themselves for bread3 and the hungry are filled1 so that the barren hath borne many3 and she that had many children is weakened4 #b3f4 ,the ,lord killeth and maketh alive1 he bringeth down to hell1 and bringeth back again4 #b3g4 ,the ,lord maketh poor and maketh rich1 he humbleth and he exalteth3 #b3h4 ,he raiseth up the needy from the dust1 and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill3 that he may sit with princes1 and hold the throne of glory4 ,for the poles of the earth are the ,lord's1 and upon them he hath set the world4 #b3i4 ,he will keep the feet of his saints1 and the wicked shall be silent in darkness2 because no man shall prevail by his own strength4 #b3aj4 ,the adversaries of the ,lord shall fear him3 and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens3 ,the ,lord shall judge the ends of the earth1 and he shall give empire to his king1 and shall exalt the horn of his ,christ4 #b3aa4 ,and ,elcana went to ,ramatha1 to his house3 but the child ministered in the sight of the ,lord before the face of ,heli the priest4 #b3ab4 ,now the sons of ,heli were children of ,belial1 not knowing the ,lord1 #b3ac4 ,nor the office of the priests to the people3 but whosoever had offered a sacrifice1 the servant of the priest came1 while the flesh was in boiling1 with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand1 #b3ad4 ,and thrust it into the kettle1 or into the cauldron1 or into the pot1 or into the pan3 and all that the fleshhook brought up1 the priest took to himself4 ,thus did they to all ,israel that came to ,silo4 #b3ae4 ,also before they burnt the fat1 the servant of the priest came1 and said to the man that sacrificed3 ,give me flesh to boil for the priest3 for ,i will not take of thee sodden flesh1 but raw4 #b3af4 ,and he that sacrificed said to him3 ,let the fat first be burnt to day1 according to the custom1 and then take to thee as much as thy soul desireth4 ,but he answered1 and said to him3 ,not so3 but thou shalt give it me now1 or else ,i will take it by force4 #b3ag4 ,wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the ,lord3 because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the ,lord4 #b3ah4 ,but ,samuel ministered before the face of the ,lord3 being a child girded with a linen ephod4 #b3ai4 ,and his mother made him a little coat1 which she brought to him on the appointed days1 when she went up with her husband1 to offer the solemn sacrifice4 #b3bj4 ,and ,heli blessed ,elcana and his wife3 and he said to him3 ,the ,lord give thee seed of this woman1 for the loan thou hast lent to the ,lord4 ,and they went to their own home4 #b3ba4 ,and the ,lord visited ,anna1 and she conceived1 and bore three sons1 and two daughters3 and the child ,samuel became great before the ,lord4 #b3bb4 ,now ,heli was very old1 and he heard all that his sons did to all ,israel3 and how they lay with the women that waited at the door of the tabernacle3 #b3bc4 ,and he said to them3 ,why do ye these kinds of things1 which ,i hear1 very wicked things1 from all the people8 #b3bd4 ,do not so1 my sons3 for it is no good report that ,i hear1 that you make the people of the ,lord to transgress4 #b3be4 ,if one man shall sin against another1 ,god may be appeased in his behalf3 but if a man shall sin against the ,lord1 who shall pray for him8 ,and they hearkened not to the voice of their father1 because the ,lord would slay them4 ,who shall pray for him4 4 4,by this word ,heli would have his sons understand1 that by their wicked abuse of sacred things1 and of the very sacrifices which were appointed to appease the ,lord1 they deprived themselves of the ordinary means of reconciliation with ,god2 which was by sacrifices4 ,the more1 because they were the chief priests whose business it was to intercede for all others1 they had no other to offer sacrifices and to make atonement for them4 ,ibid4 ,because the ,lord would slay them4 4 4,in consequence of their manifold sacrileges1 he would not soften their hearts with his efficacious grace1 but was determined to destroy them4 #b3bf4 ,but the child ,samuel advanced1 and grew on1 and pleased both the ,lord and men4 #b3bg4 ,and there came a man of ,god to ,heli1 and said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,did ,i not plainly appear to thy father's house1 when they were in ,egypt in the house of ,pharao8 #b3bh4 ,and ,i chose him out of all the tribes of ,israel to be my priest1 to go up to my altar1 and burn incense to me1 and to wear the ephod before me3 and ,i gave to thy father's house of all the sacrifices of the children of ,israel4 #b3bi4 ,why have you kicked away my victims1 and my gifts which ,i commanded to be offered in the temple3 and thou hast rather honoured thy sons than me1 to eat the firstfruits of every sacrifice of my people ,israel8 #b3cj4 ,wherefore thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,i said indeed that thy house1 and the house of thy father1 should minister in my sight1 for ever4 ,but now saith the ,lord3 ,far be this from me3 but whosoever shall glorify me1 him will ,i glorify3 but they that despise me1 shall be despised4 #b3ca4 ,behold the days come3 and ,i will cut off thy arm1 and the arm of thy father's house1 that there shall not be an old man in thy house4 #b3cb4 ,and thou shalt see thy rival in the temple1 in all the prosperity of ,israel1 and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever4 ,thy rival4 4 4,a priest of another race4 ,this was partly fulfilled1 when ,abiathar1 of the race of ,heli1 was removed from the priesthood1 and ,sadoc1 who was of another line1 was substituted in his place4 ,but it was more fully accomplished in the ,new ,testament1 when the priesthood of ,aaron gave place to that of ,christ4 #b3cc4 ,however1 ,i will not altogether take away a man of thee from my altar3 but that thy eyes may faint1 and thy soul be spent3 and a great part of thy house shall die1 when they come to man's estate4 #b3cd4 ,and this shall be a sign to thee1 that shall come upon thy two sons1 ,ophni and ,phinees3 in one day they shall both of them die4 #b3ce4 ,and ,i will raise me up a faithful priest1 who shall do according to my heart1 and my soul and ,i will build him a faithful house1 and he shall walk all days before my anointed4 #b3cf4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that whosoever shall remain in thy house shall come that he may be prayed for1 and shall offer a piece of silver1 and a roll of bread1 and shall say3 ,put me1 ,i beseech thee1 to somewhat of the priestly office1 that ,i may eat a morsel of bread4 #a ,kings ,chapter #c ,samuel is four times called by the ,lord3 who revealeth to him the evil that shall fall on ,heli1 and his house4 #c3a4 ,now the child ,samuel ministered to the ,lord before ,heli1 and the word of the ,lord was precious in those days1 there was no manifest vision4 ,precious4 4 4,that is1 rare4 #c3b4 ,and it came to pass one day when ,heli lay in his place1 and his eyes were grown dim1 that he could not see3 #c3c4 ,before the lamp of ,god went out1 ,samuel slept in the temple of the ,lord1 where the ark of ,god was4 #c3d4 ,and the ,lord called ,samuel4 ,and he answered3 ,here am ,i4 #c3e4 ,and he ran to ,heli1 and said3 ,here am ,i3 for thou didst call me4 ,he said3 ,i did not call3 go back and sleep4 ,and he went and slept4 #c3f4 ,and the ,lord called ,samuel again4 ,and ,samuel arose and went to ,heli1 and said3 ,here am ,i3 for thou calledst me4 ,he answered3 ,i did not call thee1 my son3 return and sleep4 #c3g4 ,now ,samuel did not yet know the ,lord1 neither had the word of the ,lord been revealed to him4 #c3h4 ,and the ,lord called ,samuel again the third time4 ,and he arose up and went to ,heli1 #c3i4 ,and said3 ,here am ,i3 for thou didst call me4 ,then ,heli understood that the ,lord called the child1 and he said to ,samuel3 ,go1 and sleep3 and if he shall call thee any more1 thou shalt say3 ,speak1 ,lord1 for thy servant heareth4 ,so ,samuel went1 and slept in his place4 #c3aj4 ,and the ,lord came1 and stood1 and he called1 as he had called the other times1 ,samuel1 ,samuel4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,speak1 ,lord1 for thy servant heareth4 #c3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,behold ,i do a thing in ,israel3 and whosoever shall hear it1 both his ears shall tingle4 #c3ab4 ,in that day ,i will raise up against ,heli all the things ,i have spoken concerning his house3 ,i will begin1 and ,i will make an end4 #c3ac4 ,for ,i have foretold unto him1 that ,i will judge his house for ever1 for iniquity1 because he knew that his sons did wickedly1 and did not chastise them4 #c3ad4 ,therefore have ,i sworn to the house of ,heli1 that the iniquity of his house shall not be expiated with victims nor offerings for ever4 #c3ae4 ,and ,samuel slept till morning1 and opened the doors of the house of the ,lord4 ,and ,samuel feared to tell the vision to ,heli4 #c3af4 ,then ,heli called ,samuel1 and said3 ,samuel1 my son4 ,and he answered3 ,here am ,i4 #c3ag4 ,and he asked him3 ,what is the word that the ,lord hath spoken to thee8 ,i beseech thee hide it not from me4 ,may ,god do so and so to thee1 and add so and so1 if thou hide from me one word of all that were said to thee4 #c3ah4 ,so ,samuel told him all the words1 and did not hide them from him4 ,and he answered3 ,it is the ,lord3 let him do what is good in his sight4 #c3ai4 ,and ,samuel grew1 and the ,lord was with him1 and not one of his words fell to the ground4 #c3bj4 ,and all ,israel1 from ,dan to ,bersabee1 knew that ,samuel was a faithful prophet of the ,lord4 #c3ba4 ,and the ,lord again appeared in ,silo1 for the ,lord revealed himself to ,samuel in ,silo1 according to the word of the ,lord4 ,and the word of ,samuel came to pass to all ,israel4 #a ,kings ,chapter #d ,the ,israelites being overcome by the ,philistines1 send for the ark of ,god3 but they are beaten again1 the sons of ,heli are killed1 and the ark taken3 upon the hearing of the news ,heli falleth backward and dieth4 #d3a4 ,and it came to pass in those days1 that the ,philistines gathered themselves together to fight3 and ,israel went out to war against the ,philistines1 and camped by the ,stone of help4 ,and the ,philistines came to ,aphec1 ,the ,stone of help4 4 4,in ,hebrew ,eben-ezer2 so called from the help which the ,lord was pleased afterwards to give to his people ,israel in that place1 by the prayers of ,samuel1 chap4 #g4ab4 #d3b4 ,and put their army in array against ,israel4 ,and when they had joined battle1 ,israel turned their backs to the ,philistines3 and there were slain in that fight1 here and there in the fields1 about four thousand men4 #d3c4 ,and the people returned to the camp3 and the ancients of ,israel said3 ,why hath the ,lord defeated us to day before the ,philistines8 ,let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the ,lord from ,silo1 and let it come in the midst of us1 that it may save us from the hand of our enemies4 #d3d4 ,so the people sent to ,silo1 and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the ,lord of hosts1 sitting upon the cherubims3 and the two sons of ,heli1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 were with the ark of the covenant of ,god4 #d3e4 ,and when the ark of the covenant of the ,lord was come into the camp1 all ,israel shouted with a great shout1 and the earth rang again4 #d3f4 ,and the ,philistines heard the noise of the shout1 and they said3 ,what is this noise of a great shout in the camp of the ,hebrews8 ,and they understood that the ark of the ,lord was come into the camp4 #d3g4 ,and the ,philistines were afraid1 saying3 ,god is come into the camp4 ,and sighing1 they said3 #d3h4 ,woe to us3 for there was no such great joy yesterday1 and the day before3 ,woe to us4 ,who shall deliver us from the hand of these high ,gods8 these are the ,gods that struck ,egypt with all the plagues in the desert4 #d3i4 ,take courage1 and behave like men1 ye ,philistines3 lest you come to be servants to the ,hebrews1 as they have served you3 take courage and fight4 #d3aj4 ,so the ,philistines fought1 and ,israel was overthrown1 and every man fled to his own dwelling3 and there was an exceeding great slaughter2 for there fell of ,israel thirty thousand footmen4 #d3aa4 ,and the ark of ,god was taken3 and the two sons of ,heli1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 were slain4 #d3ab4 ,and there ran a man of ,benjamin out of the army1 and came to ,silo the same day1 with his clothes rent1 and his head strewed with dust4 #d3ac4 ,and when he was come1 ,heli sat upon a stool over against the way1 watching4 ,for his heart was fearful for the ark of ,god4 ,and when the man was come into the city1 he told it3 and all the city cried out4 #d3ad4 ,and ,heli heard the noise of the cry1 and he said3 ,what meaneth the noise of this uproar8 ,but he made haste1 and came1 and told ,heli4 #d3ae4 ,now ,heli was ninety and eight years old1 and his eyes were dim1 and he could not see4 #d3af4 ,and he said to ,heli3 ,i am he that came from the battle1 and have fled out of the field this day4 ,and he said to him3 ,what is there done1 my son8 #d3ag4 ,and he that brought the news answered1 and said3 ,israel is fled before the ,philistines1 and there has been a great slaughter of the people3 moreover thy two sons1 ,ophni and ,phinees1 are dead3 and the ark of ,god is taken4 #d3ah4 ,and when he had named the ark of ,god1 he fell from his stool backwards by the door1 and broke his neck and died4 ,for he was an old man1 and far advanced in years3 ,and he judged ,israel forty years4 ,named the ark1 etc4 4 4,there is great reason1 by all these circumstances1 to hope that ,heli died in a state of grace2 and by his temporal punishments escaped the eternal4 #d3ai4 ,and his daughter in law1 the wife of ,phinees1 was big with child1 and near her time3 and hearing the news that the ark of ,god was taken1 and her father in law1 and her husband1 were dead1 she bowed herself and fell in labour3 for her pains came upon her on a sudden4 #d3bj4 ,and when she was upon the point of death1 they that stood about her said to her3 ,fear not1 for thou hast borne a son4 ,she answered them not1 nor gave heed to them4 #d3ba4 ,and she called the child ,ichabod1 saying3 ,the glory is gone from ,israel1 because the ark of ,god was taken1 and for her father in law1 and for her husband3 ,ichabod4 4 4,that is1 ,where is the glory8 or1 there is no glory4 ,we see how much the ,israelites lamented the loss of the ark1 which was but the symbol of ,god's presence among them4 ,how much more ought ,christians to lament the loss of ,god himself1 when by sin they have driven him out of their souls4 #d3bb4 ,and she said3 ,the glory is departed from ,israel1 because the ark of ,god was taken4 #a ,kings ,chapter #e ,dagon twice falleth down before the ark4 ,the ,philistines are grievously afflicted1 wherever the ark cometh4 #e3a4 ,and the ,philistines took the ark of ,god1 and carried it from the ,stone of help into ,azotus4 #e3b4 ,and the ,philistines took the ark of ,god1 and brought it into the temple of ,dagon1 and set it by ,dagon4 #e3c4 ,and when the ,azotians arose early the next day1 behold ,dagon lay upon his face on the ground before the ark of the ,lord3 and they took ,dagon1 and set him again in his place4 #e3d4 ,and the next day again1 when they rose in the morning1 they found ,dagon lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the ,lord3 and the head of ,dagon1 and both the palms of his hands1 were cut off upon the threshold3 #e3e4 ,and only the stump of ,dagon remained in its place4 ,for this cause neither the priests of ,dagon1 nor any that go into the temple1 tread on the threshold of ,dagon in ,azotus unto this day4 #e3f4 ,and the hand of the ,lord was heavy upon the ,azotians1 and he destroyed them1 and afflicted ,azotus and the coasts thereof with emerods4 ,and in the villages and fields in the midst of that country1 there came forth a multitude of mice1 and there was the confusion of a great mortality in the city4 #e3g4 ,and the men of ,azotus seeing this kind of plague1 said3 ,the ark of the ,god of ,israel shall not stay with us3 for his hand is heavy upon us1 and upon ,dagon1 our god4 #e3h4 ,and sending1 they gathered together all the lords of the ,philistines to them1 and said3 ,what shall we do with the ark of the ,god of ,israel8 ,and the ,gethites answered3 ,let the ark of the ,god of ,israel be carried about4 ,and they carried the ark of the ,god of ,israel about4 #e3i4 ,and while they were carrying it about1 the hand of the ,lord came upon every city with an exceeding great slaughter3 and he smote the men of every city1 both small and great1 and they had emerods in their secret parts4 ,and the ,gethites consulted together1 and made themselves seats of skins4 #e3aj4 ,therefore they sent the ark of ,god into ,accaron4 ,and when the ark of ,god was come into ,accaron1 the ,accaronites cried out1 saying3 ,they have brought the ark of the ,god of ,israel to us1 to kill us and our people4 #e3aa4 ,they sent therefore1 and gathered together all the lords of the ,philistines3 and they said3 ,send away the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 and let it return into its own place1 and not kill us and our people4 #e3ab4 ,for there was the fear of death in every city1 and the hand of ,god was exceeding heavy4 ,the men also that did not die1 were afflicted with the emerods3 and the cry of every city went up to heaven4 #a ,kings ,chapter #f ,the ark is sent back to ,bethsames3 where many are slain for looking through curiosity into it4 #f3a4 ,now the ark of ,god was in the land of the ,philistines seven months4 #f3b4 ,and the ,philistines called for the priests and the diviners1 saying3 ,what shall we do with the ark of the ,lord8 tell us how we are to send it back to its place4 ,and they said3 #f3c4 ,if you send back the ark of the ,god of ,israel1 send it not away empty1 but render unto him what you owe for sin1 and then you shall be healed3 and you shall know why his hand departeth not from you4 #f3d4 ,they answered3 ,what is it we ought to render unto him for sin8 and they answered3 #f3e4 ,according to the number of the provinces of the ,philistines you shall make five golden emerods1 and five golden mice3 for the same plague hath been upon you all1 and upon your lords4 ,and you shall make the likeness of your emerods1 and the likeness of the mice1 that have destroyed the land1 and you shall give glory to the ,god of ,israel3 to see if he will take off his hand from you1 and from your gods1 and from your land4 #f3f4 ,why do you harden your hearts1 as ,egypt and ,pharao hardened their hearts8 did not he1 after he was struck1 then let them go1 and they departed8 #f3g4 ,now1 therefore1 take and make a new cart3 and two kine that have calved1 on which there hath come no yoke1 tie to the cart1 and shut up their calves at home4 #f3h4 ,and you shall take the ark of the ,lord1 and lay it on the cart1 and the vessels of gold1 which you have paid him for sin1 you shall put into a little box at the side thereof3 and send it away1 that it may go4 #f3i4 ,and you shall look3 and if it go up by the way of his own coasts1 towards ,bethsames1 then he hath done us this great evil3 but if not1 we shall know that it is not his hand hath touched us1 but it hath happened by chance4 #f3aj4 ,they did therefore in this manner3 and taking two kine1 that had sucking calves1 they yoked them to the cart1 and shut up their calves at home4 #f3aa4 ,and they laid the ark of ,god upon the cart1 and the little box that had in it the golden mice1 and the likeness of the emerods4 #f3ab4 ,and the kine took the straight way1 that leadeth to ,bethsames1 and they went along the way1 lowing as they went3 and turned not aside neither to the right hand nor to the left3 and the lords of the ,philistines followed them as far as the borders of ,bethsames4 #f3ac4 ,now the ,bethsamites were reaping wheat in the valley3 and lifting up their eyes1 they saw the ark1 and rejoiced to see it4 #f3ad4 ,and the cart came into the field of ,josue1 a ,bethsamite1 and stood there4 ,and there was a great stone1 and they cut in pieces the wood of the cart1 and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the ,lord4 #f3ae4 ,and the ,levites took down the ark of ,god1 and the little box that was at the side of it1 wherein were the vessels of gold1 and they put them upon the great stone4 ,the men also of ,bethsames offered holocausts1 and sacrificed victims that day to the ,lord4 #f3af4 ,and the five princes of the ,philistines saw1 and they returned to ,accaron the same day4 #f3ag4 ,and these are the golden emerods1 which the ,philistines returned for sin to the ,lord3 ,for ,azotus one1 for ,gaza one1 for ,ascalon one1 for ,geth one1 for ,accaron one3 #f3ah4 ,and the golden mice1 according to the number of the cities of the ,philistines1 of the five provinces1 from the fenced city to the village that was without wall1 and to the great ,abel 7the stone7 whereon they set down the ark of the ,lord1 which was till that day in the field of ,josue the ,bethsamite4 #f3ai4 ,but he slew of the men of ,bethsames1 because they had seen the ark of the ,lord1 and he slew of the people seventy men1 and fifty thousand of the common people4 ,and the people lamented1 because the ,lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter4 ,seen4 4 4,and curiously looked into4 ,it is likely this plague reached to all the neighbouring country1 as well as the city of ,bethsames4 #f3bj4 ,and the men of ,bethsames said3 ,who shall be able to stand before the ,lord this holy ,god8 and to whom shall he go up from us8 #f3ba4 ,and they sent messengers to the inhabitants of ,cariathiarim1 saying3 ,the ,philistines have brought back the ark of the ,lord1 come ye down and fetch it up to you4 #a ,kings ,chapter #g ,the ark is brought to ,cariathiarim4 ,by ,samuel's exhortation the people cast away their idols and serve ,god alone4 ,the ,lord defeateth the ,philistines1 while ,samuel offereth sacrifice4 #g3a4 ,and the men of ,cariathiarim came1 and fetched up the ark of the ,lord1 and carried it into the house of ,abinadab1 in ,gabaa3 and they sanctified ,eleazar1 his son1 to keep the ark of the ,lord4 ,in ,gabaa4 4 4,that is1 on the hill1 for ,gabaa signifieth a hill4 #g3b4 ,and it came to pass1 that from the day the ark of the ,lord abode in ,cariathiarim1 days were multiplied 7for it was now the twentieth year7 and all the house of ,israel rested1 following the ,lord4 #g3c4 ,and ,samuel spoke to all the house of ,israel1 saying3 ,if you turn to the ,lord with all your heart1 put away the strange gods from among you1 ,baalim and ,astaroth3 and prepare your hearts unto the ,lord1 and serve him only1 and he will deliver you out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #g3d4 ,then the children of ,israel put away ,baalim and ,astaroth1 and served the ,lord only4 #g3e4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,gather all ,israel to ,masphath1 that ,i may pray to the ,lord for you4 #g3f4 ,and they gathered together to ,masphath1 and they drew water1 and poured it out before the ,lord1 and they fasted on that day1 and they said there3 ,we have sinned against the ,lord4 ,and ,samuel judged the children of ,israel in ,masphath4 #g3g4 ,and the ,philistines heard that the children of ,israel were gathered together to ,masphath1 and the lords of the ,philistines went up against ,israel4 ,and when the children of ,israel heard this1 they were afraid of the ,philistines4 #g3h4 ,and they said to ,samuel3 ,cease not to cry to the ,lord our ,god for us1 that he may save us out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #g3i4 ,and ,samuel took a sucking lamb1 and offered it whole for a holocaust to the ,lord3 and ,samuel cried to the ,lord for ,israel1 and the ,lord heard him4 #g3aj4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,samuel was offering the holocaust1 the ,philistines began the battle against ,israel3 but the ,lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the ,philistines1 and terrified them1 and they were overthrown before the face of ,israel4 #g3aa4 ,and the men of ,israel going out of ,masphath1 pursued after the ,philistines1 and made slaughter of them till they came under ,bethchar4 #g3ab4 ,and ,samuel took a stone1 and laid it between ,masphath and ,sen3 and he called the place ,the stone of help4 ,and he said3 ,thus far the ,lord hath helped us4 #g3ac4 ,and the ,philistines were humbled1 and they did not come any more into the borders of ,israel4 ,and the hand of the ,lord was against the ,philistines1 all the days of ,samuel4 #g3ad4 ,and the cities which the ,philistines had taken from ,israel1 were restored to ,israel1 from ,accaron to ,geth1 and their borders3 and he delivered ,israel from the hand of the ,philistines1 and there was peace between ,israel and the ,amorrhites4 #g3ae4 ,and ,samuel judged ,israel all the days of his life3 #g3af4 ,and he went every year about to ,bethel and to ,galgal and to ,masphath1 and he judged ,israel in the foresaid places4 #g3ag4 ,and he returned to ,ramatha3 for there was his house1 and there he judged ,israel3 he built also there an altar to the ,lord4 #a ,kings ,chapter #h ,samuel growing old1 and his sons not walking in his ways1 the people desire a king4 #h3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,samuel was old1 that he appointed his sons to be judges over ,israel4 #h3b4 ,now the name of his firstborn son was ,joel3 and the name of the second was ,abia1 judges in ,bersabee4 #h3c4 ,and his sons walked not in his ways3 but they turned aside after lucre1 and took bribes1 and perverted judgment4 #h3d4 ,then all the ancients of ,israel being assembled came to ,samuel to ,ramatha4 #h3e4 ,and they said to him3 ,behold thou art old1 and thy sons walk not in thy ways3 make us a king1 to judge us1 as all nations have4 #h3f4 ,and the word was displeasing in the eyes of ,samuel1 that they should say3 ,give us a king to judge us4 ,and ,samuel prayed to the ,lord4 #h3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee4 ,for they have not rejected thee1 but me1 that ,i should not reign over them4 ,rejected1 etc4 4 4,the government of ,israel hitherto had been a theocracy1 in which ,god himself immediately ruled1 by laws which he had enacted1 and by judges extraordinarily raised up by himself2 and therefore he complains that his people rejected him1 in desiring a change of government4 #h3h4 ,according to all their works1 they have done from the day that ,i brought them out of ,egypt until this day3 as they have forsaken me1 and served strange gods1 so do they also unto thee4 #h3i4 ,now1 therefore1 hearken to their voice3 but yet testify to them1 and foretell them the right of the king1 that shall reign over them4 ,the right4 4 4,that is1 the manner 7misphat7 after which he shall proceed1 having no one to control him1 when he has the power in his hand4 #h3aj4 ,then ,samuel told all the words of the ,lord to the people that had desired a king of him1 #h3aa4 ,and said3 ,this will be the right of the king that shall reign over you3 ,he will take your sons1 and put them in his chariots1 and will make them his horsemen1 and his running footmen1 to run before his chariots1 #h3ab4 ,and he will appoint of them to be his tribunes1 and his centurions1 and to plough his fields1 and to reap his corn1 and to make him arms and chariots4 #h3ac4 ,your daughters also he will take to make him ointments1 and to be his cooks1 and bakers4 #h3ad4 ,and he will take your fields1 and your vineyards1 and your best oliveyards1 and give them to his servants4 #h3ae4 ,moreover he will take the tenth of your corn1 and of the revenues of your vineyards1 to give to his eunuchs and servants4 #h3af4 ,your servants also1 and handmaids1 and your goodliest young men1 and your asses1 he will take away1 and put them to his work4 #h3ag4 ,your flocks also he will tithe1 and you shall be his servants4 #h3ah4 ,and you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king1 whom you have chosen to yourselves3 and the ,lord will not hear you in that day1 because you desired unto yourselves a king4 #h3ai4 ,but the people would not hear the voice of ,samuel1 and they said1 ,nay3 but there shall be a king over us1 #h3bj4 ,and we also will be like all nations3 and our king shall judge us1 and go out before us1 and fight our battles for us4 #h3ba4 ,and ,samuel heard all the words of the people1 and rehearsed them in the ears of the ,lord4 #h3bb4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,hearken to their voice1 and make them a king4 ,and ,samuel said to the men of ,israel3 ,let every man go to his city4 #a ,kings ,chapter #i ,saul seeking his father's asses1 cometh to ,samuel1 by whom he is entertained4 #i3a4 ,now there was a man of ,benjamin1 whose name was ,cis1 the son of ,abiel1 the son of ,seror1 the son of ,bechorath1 the son of ,aphia1 the son of a man of ,jemini1 valiant and strong4 #i3b4 ,and he had a son whose name was ,saul1 a choice and goodly man1 and there was not among the children of ,israel a goodlier person than he3 from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people4 #i3c4 ,and the asses of ,cis1 ,saul's father1 were lost3 and ,cis said to his son ,saul3 ,take one of the servants with thee1 and arise1 go1 and seek the asses4 ,and when they had passed through ,mount ,ephraim1 #i3d4 ,and through the land of ,salisa1 and had not found them1 they passed also through the land of ,salim1 and they were not there3 and through the land of ,jemini1 and found them not4 #i3e4 ,and when they were come to the land of ,suph1 ,saul said to the servant that was with him3 ,come1 let us return1 lest perhaps my father forget the asses1 and be concerned for us4 #i3f4 ,and he said to him3 ,behold there is a man of ,god in this city1 a famous man3 all that he saith1 cometh certainly to pass4 ,now1 therefore1 let us go thither1 perhaps he may tell us of our way1 for which we are come4 #i3g4 ,and ,saul said to his servant3 ,behold we will go3 but what shall we carry to the man of ,god8 the bread is spent in our bags3 and we have no present to make to the man of ,god1 nor any thing at all4 #i3h4 ,the servant answered ,saul again1 and said3 ,behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a sicle of silver1 let us give it to the man of ,god1 that he may tell us our way4 #i3i4 ,now in time past in ,israel1 when a man went to consult ,god1 he spoke thus3 ,come1 let us go to the seer4 ,for he that is now called a prophet1 in time past was called a seer4 ,seer4 4 4,because of his seeing by divine light hidden things and things to come4 #i3aj4 ,and ,saul said to his servant3 ,thy word is very good1 come let us go4 ,and they went into the city1 where the man of ,god was4 #i3aa4 ,and when they went up the ascent to the city1 they found maids coming out to draw water1 and they said to them3 ,is the seer here8 #i3ab4 ,they answered and said to them3 ,he is3 behold he is before you1 make haste now3 for he came to day into the city1 for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place4 ,a sacrifice4 4 4,the law did not allow of sacrifices in any other place1 but at the tabernacle1 or temple1 in which the ark of the covenant was kept2 but ,samuel1 by divine dispensation1 offered sacrifices in other places4 ,for which dispensation this reason may be alleged1 that the house of ,god in ,silo1 having lost the ark1 was now cast off2 as a figure of the reprobation of the ,jews1 ,ps4 #gg4fj1 #fg4 ,and in ,cariathiarim where the ark was1 there was neither tabernacle1 nor altar4--,ibid4 ,the high place4 4 4,excelsum4 ,the excelsa1 or high places1 so often mentioned in scripture1 were places of worship1 in which were altars for sacrifice4 ,these were sometimes employed in the service of the true ,god1 as in the present case3 but more frequently in the service of idols2 and were called excelsa1 which is commonly 7though perhaps not so accurately7 rendered high places2 not because they were always upon hills1 for the very worst of all1 which was that of ,topheth1 or ,geennom1 7,jer4 #ai47 was in a valley2 but because of the high altars1 and pillars1 or monuments1 erected there1 on which were set up the idols1 or images of their deities4 #i3ac4 ,as soon as you come into the city1 you shall immediately find him1 before he go up to the high place to eat3 for the people will not eat till he come2 because he blesseth the victim1 and afterwards they eat that are invited4 ,now1 therefore1 go up1 for to day you shall find him4 #i3ad4 ,and they went up into the city4 ,and when they were walking in the midst of the city1 behold ,samuel was coming out over against them1 to go up to the high place4 #i3ae4 ,now the ,lord had revealed to the ear of ,samuel the day before ,saul came1 saying3 #i3af4 ,to morrow about this same hour ,i will send thee a man of the land of ,benjamin1 and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people ,israel3 and he shall save my people out of the hand of the ,philistines3 for ,i have looked down upon my people1 because their cry is come to me4 #i3ag4 ,and when ,samuel saw ,saul1 the ,lord said to him3 ,behold the man1 of whom ,i spoke to thee1 this man shall reign over my people4 #i3ah4 ,and ,saul came to ,samuel in the midst of the gate1 and said3 ,tell me1 ,i pray thee1 where is the house of the seer8 #i3ai4 ,and ,samuel answered ,saul1 saying3 ,i am the seer2 go up before me to the high place1 that you may eat with me to day1 and ,i will let thee go in the morning3 and tell thee all that is in thy heart4 #i3bj4 ,and as for the asses1 which were lost three days ago1 be not solicitous1 because they are found4 ,and for whom shall be all the best things of ,israel8 ,shall they not be for thee and for all thy father's house8 #i3ba4 ,and ,saul answering1 said3 ,am not ,i a son of ,jemini of the least tribe of ,israel1 and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of ,benjamin8 ,why then hast thou spoken this word to me8 #i3bb4 ,then ,samuel taking ,saul1 and his servant1 brought them into the parlour1 and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited4 ,for there were about thirty men4 #i3bc4 ,and ,samuel said to the cook3 ,bring the portion which ,i gave thee1 and commanded thee to set it apart by thee4 #i3bd4 ,and the cook took up the shoulder1 and set it before ,saul4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,behold what is left1 set it before thee1 and eat2 because it was kept of purpose for thee1 when ,i invited the people4 ,and ,saul ate with ,samuel that day4 #i3be4 ,and they went down from the high place into the town1 and he spoke with ,saul upon the top of the house3 and he prepared a bed for ,saul on the top of the house and he slept4 #i3bf4 ,and when they were risen in the morning1 and it began now to be light1 ,samuel called ,saul on the top of the house1 saying3 ,arise1 that ,i may let thee go4 ,and ,saul arose3 and they went out both of them3 to wit1 he and ,samuel4 #i3bg4 ,and as they were going down in the end of the city1 ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,speak to the servant to go before us1 and pass on3 but stand thou still a while1 that ,i may tell thee the word of the ,lord4 #a ,kings ,chapter #aj ,saul is anointed4 ,he prophesieth1 and is changed into another man4 ,samuel calleth the people together1 to make a king3 the lot falleth on ,saul4 #aj3a4 ,and ,samuel took a little vial of oil1 and poured it upon his head1 and kissed him1 and said3 ,behold1 the ,lord hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance1 and thou shalt deliver his people out of the hands of their enemies1 that are round about them4 ,and this shall be a sign unto thee1 that ,god hath anointed thee to be prince4 #aj3b4 ,when thou shalt depart from me this day1 thou shalt find two men by the sepulchre of ,rachel in the borders of ,benjamin to the south1 and they shall say to thee3 ,the asses are found which thou wentest to seek3 and thy father1 thinking no more of the asses1 is concerned for you1 and saith3 ,what shall ,i do for my son8 #aj3c4 ,and when thou shalt depart from thence1 and go farther on1 and shalt come to the oak of ,thabor1 there shall meet thee three men going up to ,god to ,bethel1 one carrying three kids1 and another three loaves of bread1 and another carrying a bottle of wine4 ,bethel4 4 4,where there was at that time an altar of ,god2 it being one of the places where ,samuel judged ,israel4 #aj3d4 ,and they will salute thee1 and will give thee two loaves1 and thou shalt take them at their hand4 #aj3e4 ,after that thou shalt come to the hill of ,god1 where the garrison of the ,philistines is3 and when thou shalt be come there into the city1 thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place1 with a psaltery1 and a timbrel1 and a pipe1 and a harp before them1 and they shall be prophesying4 ,the hill of ,god4 4 4,gabaa1 in which there was also at that time1 a high place or altar4--,prophets4 4 4,these were men whose office it was to sing hymns and praises to ,god2 for such in holy writ are called prophets1 and their singing praises to ,god is called prophesying4 ,see #a ,par4 alias #a ,chr4 #ae4bb1 and #be4a4 ,now there were in those days colleges1 or schools for training up these prophets2 and it seems there was one of these schools at this hill of ,god2 and another at ,najoth in ,ramatha4 ,see #a ,kings #ai4bj1 #ba1 etc4 #aj3f4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord shall come upon thee1 and thou shalt prophesy with them1 and shalt be changed into another man4 #aj3g4 ,when therefore these signs shall happen to thee1 do whatsoever thy hand shall find1 for the ,lord is with thee4 #aj3h4 ,and thou shalt go down before me to ,galgal1 7for ,i will come down to thee71 that thou mayst offer an oblation1 and sacrifice victims of peace3 seven days shalt thou wait1 till ,i come to thee1 and ,i will shew thee what thou art to do4 ,galgal4 4 4,here also by dispensation was an altar of ,god4 #aj3i4 ,so when he had turned his back to go from ,samuel1 ,god gave unto him another heart1 and all these things came to pass that day4 #aj3aj4 ,and they came to the foresaid hill1 and behold a company of prophets met him3 and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon him1 and he prophesied in the midst of them4 #aj3aa4 ,and all that had known him yesterday and the day before1 seeing that he was with the prophets1 and prophesied1 said to each other3 ,what is this that hath happened to the son of ,cis8 is ,saul also among the prophets8 #aj3ab4 ,and one answered another1 saying3 ,and who is their father8 therefore it became a proverb3 ,is ,saul also among the prophets8 ,their father4 4 4,that is1 their teacher1 or superior4 ,as much as to say1 ,who could bring about such a wonderful change as to make ,saul a prophet8 #aj3ac4 ,and when he had made an end of prophesying1 he came to the high place4 #aj3ad4 ,and ,saul's uncle said to him1 and to his servant3 ,whither went you8 ,they answered3 ,to seek the asses3 and not finding them1 we went to ,samuel4 #aj3ae4 ,and his uncle said to him3 ,tell me what ,samuel said to thee4 #aj3af4 ,and ,saul said to his uncle3 ,he told us that the asses were found4 ,but of the matter of the kingdom of which ,samuel had spoken to him1 he told him not4 #aj3ag4 ,and ,samuel called together the people to the ,lord in ,maspha3 #aj3ah4 ,and he said to the children of ,israel3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,i brought up ,israel out of ,egypt1 and delivered you from the hand of the ,egyptians1 and from the hand of all the kings who afflicted you4 #aj3ai4 ,but you this day have rejected your ,god1 who only hath saved you out of all your evils and your tribulations3 and you have said3 ,nay3 but set a king over us4 ,now therefore stand before the ,lord by your tribes1 and by your families4 #aj3bj4 ,and ,samuel brought to him all the tribes of ,israel1 and the lot fell on the tribe of ,benjamin4 #aj3ba4 ,and he brought the tribe of ,benjamin and the kindreds thereof1 and the lot fell upon the kindred of ,metri1 and it came to ,saul1 the son of ,cis4 ,they sought him therefore1 and he was not found4 #aj3bb4 ,and after this they consulted the ,lord whether he would come thither4 ,and the ,lord answered3 ,behold he is hidden at home4 #aj3bc4 ,and they ran and fetched him thence3 and he stood in the midst of the people1 and he was higher than any of the people from the shoulders and upward4 #aj3bd4 ,and ,samuel said to all the people3 ,surely you see him whom the ,lord hath chosen1 that there is none like him among all the people4 ,and all the people cried and said3 ,god save the king4 #aj3be4 ,and ,samuel told the people the law of the kingdom1 and wrote it in a book1 and laid it up before the ,lord3 and ,samuel sent away all the people1 every one to his own house4 #aj3bf4 ,saul also departed to his own house in ,gabaa3 and there went with him a part of the army1 whose hearts ,god had touched4 #aj3bg4 ,but the children of ,belial said3 ,shall this fellow be able to save us8 ,and they despised him1 and brought him no presents2 but he dissembled as though he heard not4 #a ,kings ,chapter #aa ,saul defeateth the ,ammonites1 and delivereth ,jabes ,galaad4 #aa3a4 ,and it came to pass about a month after this1 that ,naas1 the ,ammonite1 came up1 and began to fight against ,jabes ,galaad4 ,and all the men of ,jabes said to ,naas3 ,make a covenant with us1 and we will serve thee4 #aa3b4 ,and ,naas1 the ,ammonite1 answered them3 ,on this condition will ,i make a covenant with you1 that ,i may pluck out all your right eyes1 and make you a reproach in all ,israel4 #aa3c4 ,and the ancients of ,jabes said to him3 ,allow us seven days1 that we may send messengers to all the coasts of ,israel3 and if there be no one to defend us1 we will come out to thee4 #aa3d4 ,the messengers therefore came to ,gabaa of ,saul3 and they spoke these words in the hearing of the people3 and all the people lifted up their voices1 and wept4 #aa3e4 ,and behold ,saul came1 following oxen out of the field1 and he said3 ,what aileth the people that they weep8 ,and they told him the words of the men of ,jabes4 #aa3f4 ,and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,saul1 when he had heard these words1 and his anger was exceedingly kindled4 #aa3g4 ,and taking both the oxen1 he cut them in pieces1 and sent them into all the coasts of ,israel1 by messengers1 saying3 ,whosoever shall not come forth1 and follow ,saul and ,samuel1 so shall it be done to his oxen4 ,and the fear of the ,lord fell upon the people1 and they went out as one man4 #aa3h4 ,and he numbered them in ,bezec3 and there were of the children of ,israel three hundred thousand3 and of the men of ,juda thirty thousand4 #aa3i4 ,and they said to the messengers that came3 ,thus shall you say to the men of ,jabes ,galaad3 ,to morrow1 when the sun shall be hot1 you shall have relief4 ,the messengers therefore came1 and told the men of ,jabes1 and they were glad4 #aa3aj4 ,and they said3 ,in the morning we will come out to you3 and you shall do what you please with us4 #aa3aa4 ,and it came to pass1 when the morrow was come1 that ,saul put the people in three companies3 and he came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch1 and he slew the ,ammonites until the day grew hot1 and the rest were scattered1 so that two of them were not left together4 #aa3ab4 ,and the people said to ,samuel3 ,who is he that said3 ,shall ,saul reign over us8 ,bring the men1 and we will kill them4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,saul said3 ,no man shall be killed this day3 because the ,lord this day hath wrought salvation in ,israel3 #aa3ad4 ,and ,samuel said to the people3 ,come1 and let us go to ,galgal1 and let us renew the kingdom there4 #aa3ae4 ,and all the people went to ,galgal1 and there they made ,saul king1 before the ,lord in ,galgal1 and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the ,lord4 ,and there ,saul and all the men of ,israel rejoiced exceedingly4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ab ,samuel's integrity is acknowledged4 ,god sheweth by a sign from heaven that they had done ill in asking for a king4 #ab3a4 ,and ,samuel said to all ,israel3 ,behold ,i have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me1 and have made a king over you4 #ab3b4 ,and now the king goeth before you3 but ,i am old and greyheaded3 and my sons are with you3 having then conversed with you from my youth until this day1 behold here ,i am4 #ab3c4 ,speak of me before the ,lord1 and before his anointed1 whether ,i have taken any man's ox1 or ass3 if ,i have wronged any man1 if ,i have oppressed any man1 if ,i have taken a bribe at any man's hand3 and ,i will despise it this day1 and will restore it to you4 #ab3d4 ,and they said3 ,thou hast not wronged us1 nor oppressed us1 nor taken ought at any man's hand4 #ab3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,the ,lord is witness against you1 and his anointed is witness this day1 that you have not found any thing in my hand4 ,and they said3 ,he is witness4 #ab3f4 ,and ,samuel said to the people3 ,it is the ,lord who made ,moses and ,aaron1 and brought our fathers out of the land of ,egypt4 #ab3g4 ,now1 therefore1 stand up1 that ,i may plead in judgment against you before the ,lord1 concerning all the kindness of the ,lord1 which he hath shewn to you1 and to your fathers3 #ab3h4 ,how ,jacob went into ,egypt1 and your fathers cried to the ,lord3 and the ,lord sent ,moses and ,aaron1 and brought your fathers out of ,egypt1 and made them dwell in this place4 #ab3i4 ,and they forgot the ,lord their ,god1 and he delivered them into the hands of ,sisara1 captain of the army of ,hasor1 and into the hands of the ,philistines1 and into the hand of the king of ,moab1 and they fought against them4 #ab3aj4 ,but afterwards they cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,we have sinned1 because we have forsaken the ,lord1 and have served ,baalim and ,astaroth3 but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies1 and we will serve thee4 #ab3aa4 ,and the ,lord sent ,jerobaal1 and ,badan1 and ,jephte1 and ,samuel1 and delivered you from the hand of your enemies round about1 and you dwelt securely4 ,jerobaal and ,badan4 4 4,that is1 ,gedeon and ,samson called here ,badan or ,bedan1 because he was of ,dan4 #ab3ab4 ,but seeing that ,naas1 king of the children of ,ammon1 was come against you1 you said to me3 ,nay1 but a king shall reign over us3 whereas the ,lord your ,god was your king4 #ab3ac4 ,now1 therefore1 your king is here1 whom you have chosen and desired3 ,behold the ,lord hath given you a king4 #ab3ad4 ,if you will fear the ,lord1 and serve him1 and hearken to his voice1 and not provoke the mouth of the ,lord3 then shall both you1 and the king who reigneth over you1 be followers of the ,lord your ,god4 #ab3ae4 ,but if you will not hearken to the voice of the ,lord1 but will rebel against his words1 the hand of the ,lord shall be upon you1 and upon your fathers4 #ab3af4 ,now then stand1 and see this great thing which the ,lord will do in your sight4 #ab3ag4 ,is it not wheat harvest to day8 ,i will call upon the ,lord1 and he shall send thunder and rain3 and you shall know1 and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the ,lord1 in desiring a king over you4 ,wheat harvest4 4 4,at which time of the year1 it never thunders or rains in those countries4 #ab3ah4 ,and ,samuel cried unto the ,lord1 and the ,lord sent thunder and rain that day4 #ab3ai4 ,and all the people greatly feared the ,lord and ,samuel4 ,and all the people said to ,samuel3 ,pray for thy servants to the ,lord thy ,god1 that we may not die1 for we have added to all our sins this evil1 to ask for a king4 #ab3bj4 ,and ,samuel said to the people3 ,fear not1 you have done all this evil3 but yet depart not from following the ,lord1 but serve the ,lord with all your heart4 #ab3ba4 ,and turn not aside after vain things1 which shall never profit you1 nor deliver you1 because they are vain4 #ab3bb4 ,and the ,lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake3 because the ,lord hath sworn to make you his people4 #ab3bc4 ,and far from me be this sin against the ,lord1 that ,i should cease to pray for you3 and ,i will teach you the good and right way4 #ab3bd4 ,therefore fear the ,lord1 and serve him in truth1 and with your whole heart1 for you have seen the great works which he hath done among you4 #ab3be4 ,but if you will still do wickedly3 both you and your king shall perish together4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ac ,the war between ,saul and the ,philistines4 ,the distress of the ,israelites4 ,saul offereth sacrifice before the coming of ,samuel3 for which he is reproved4 #ac3a4 ,saul was a child of one year when he began to reign1 and he reigned two years over ,israel4 ,of one year4 4 4,that is1 he was good and like an innocent child1 and for two years continued in that innocency4 #ac3b4 ,and ,saul chose him three thousand men of ,israel3 and two thousand were with ,saul in ,machmas1 and in mount ,bethel3 and a thousand with ,jonathan in ,gabaa of ,benjamin3 and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings4 #ac3c4 ,and ,jonathan smote the garrison of the ,philistines which was in ,gabaa4 ,and when the ,philistines had heard of it1 ,saul sounded the trumpet over all the land1 saying3 ,let the ,hebrews hear4 #ac3d4 ,and all ,israel heard this report3 ,saul hath smitten the garrison of the ,philistines3 and ,israel took courage against the ,philistines4 ,and the people were called together after ,saul to ,galgal4 #ac3e4 ,the ,philistines also were assembled to fight against ,israel1 thirty thousand chariots1 and six thousand horsemen1 and a multitude of people besides1 like the sand on the seashore for number4 ,and going up they camped in ,machmas1 at the east of ,bethaven4 #ac3f4 ,and when the men of ,israel saw that they were straitened 7for the people were distressed71 they hid themselves in caves1 and in thickets1 and in rocks1 and in dens1 and in pits4 #ac3g4 ,and some of the ,hebrews passed over the ,jordan into the land of ,gad and ,galaad4 ,and when ,saul was yet in ,galgal1 all the people that followed him were greatly afraid4 #ac3h4 ,and he waited seven days1 according to the appointment of ,samuel1 and ,samuel came not to ,galgal1 and the people slipt away from him4 #ac3i4 ,then ,saul said3 ,bring me the holocaust1 and the peace offerings4 ,and he offered the holocaust4 #ac3aj4 ,and when he had made an end of offering the holocaust1 behold ,samuel came3 and ,saul went forth to meet him and salute him4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,samuel said to him3 ,what hast thou done8 ,saul answered3 ,because ,i saw that the people slipt from me1 and thou wast not come according to the days appointed1 and the ,philistines were gathered together in ,machmas1 #ac3ab4 ,i said3 ,now will the ,philistines come down upon me to ,galgal1 and ,i have not appeased the face of the ,lord4 ,forced by necessity1 ,i offered the holocaust4 #ac3ac4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,thou hast done foolishly1 and hast not kept the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god1 which he commanded thee4 ,and if thou hadst not done thus1 the ,lord would now have established thy kingdom over ,israel for ever3 #ac3ad4 ,but thy kingdom shall not continue4 ,the ,lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart3 and him hath the ,lord commanded to be prince over his people1 because thou hast not observed that which the ,lord commanded4 #ac3ae4 ,and ,samuel arose and went up from ,galgal to ,gabaa of ,benjamin4 ,and the rest of the people went up after ,saul1 to meet the people who fought against them1 going from ,galgal to ,gabaa1 in the hill of ,benjamin4 ,and ,saul numbered the people1 that were found with him1 about six hundred men4 #ac3af4 ,and ,saul1 and ,jonathan his son1 and the people that were present with them1 were in ,gabaa of ,benjamin3 ,but the ,philistines encamped in ,machmas4 #ac3ag4 ,and there went out of the camp of the ,philistines three companies to plunder4 ,one company went towards the way of ,ephra to the land of ,sual2 #ac3ah4 ,and another went by the way of ,bethoron1 and the third turned to the way of the border1 above the valley of ,seboim towards the desert4 #ac3ai4 ,now there was no smith to be found in all the land of ,israel1 for the ,philistines had taken this precaution1 lest the ,hebrews should make them swords or spears4 #ac3bj4 ,so all ,israel went down to the ,philistines1 to sharpen every man his ploughshare1 and his spade1 and his axe1 and his rake4 #ac3ba4 ,so that their shares1 and their spades1 and their forks1 and their axes1 were blunt1 even to the goad1 which was to be mended4 #ac3bb4 ,and when the day of battle was come1 there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with ,saul and ,jonathan1 except ,saul and ,jonathan his son4 #ac3bc4 ,and the army of the ,philistines went out in order to advance further in ,machmas4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ad ,jonathan attacketh the ,philistines4 ,a miraculous victory4 ,saul's unadvised oath1 by which ,jonathan is put in danger of his life1 but is delivered by the people4 #ad3a4 ,now it came to pass one day that ,jonathan1 the son of ,saul1 said to the young man that bore his armour3 ,come1 and let us go over to the garrison of the ,philistines1 which is on the other side of yonder place4 ,but he told not this to his father4 #ad3b4 ,and ,saul abode in the uttermost part of ,gabaa1 under the pomegranate tree1 which was in ,magron3 and the people with him were about six hundred men4 #ad3c4 ,and ,achias1 the son of ,achitob1 brother of ,ichabod the son of ,phinees1 the son of ,heli1 the priest of the ,lord in ,silo1 wore the ephod4 ,and the people knew not whither ,jonathan was gone4 #ad3d4 ,now there were between the ascents1 by which ,jonathan sought to go over to the garrison of the ,philistines1 rocks standing up on both sides1 and steep cliffs like teeth on the one side1 and on the other1 the name of the one was ,boses1 and the name of the other was ,sene3 #ad3e4 ,one rock stood out toward the north1 over against ,machmas1 and the other to the south1 over against ,gabaa4 #ad3f4 ,and ,jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour3 ,come1 let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised1 it may be the ,lord will do for us3 because it is easy for the ,lord to save either by many1 or by few4 #ad3g4 ,and his armourbearer said to him3 ,do all that pleaseth thy mind3 go whither thou wilt1 and ,i will be with thee wheresoever thou hast a mind4 #ad3h4 ,and ,jonathan said3 ,behold we will go over to these men4 ,and when we shall be seen by them1 #ad3i4 ,if they shall speak thus to us3 ,stay till we come to you3 let us stand still in our place1 and not go up to them4 #ad3aj4 ,but if they shall say3 ,come up to us3 let us go up1 because the ,lord hath delivered them into our hands1 this shall be a sign unto us4 ,this shall be a sign4 4 4,it is likely ,jonathan was instructed by divine inspiration to make a choice of this sign3 otherwise the observation of omens is superstitious and sinful4 #ad3aa4 ,so both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines said3 ,behold the ,hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid4 #ad3ab4 ,and the men of the garrison spoke to ,jonathan1 and to his armourbearer1 and said3 ,come up to us1 and we will shew you a thing4 ,and ,jonathan said to his armourbearer3 ,let us go up1 follow me3 for the ,lord hath delivered them into the hands of ,israel4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,jonathan went up creeping on his hands and feet1 and his armourbearer after him4 ,and some fell before ,jonathan1 others his armourbearer slew as he followed him4 #ad3ad4 ,and the first slaughter which ,jonathan and his armourbearer made1 was of about twenty men1 within half an acre of land1 which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day4 #ad3ae4 ,and there was a miracle in the camp1 in the fields3 and all the people of their garrison1 who had gone out to plunder1 were amazed1 and the earth trembled3 and it happened as a miracle from ,god4 #ad3af4 ,and the watchmen of ,saul1 who were in ,gabaa of ,benjamin looked1 and behold a multitude overthrown1 and fleeing this way and that4 #ad3ag4 ,and ,saul said to the people that were with him3 ,look1 and see who is gone from us4 ,and when they had sought1 it was found that ,jonathan and his armourbearer were not there4 #ad3ah4 ,and ,saul said to ,achias3 ,bring the ark of the ,lord4 7,for the ark of ,god was there that day with the children of ,israel47 #ad3ai4 ,and while ,saul spoke to the priest1 there arose a great uproar in the camp of the ,philistines3 and it increased by degrees1 and was heard more clearly4 ,and ,saul said to the priest3 ,draw in thy hand4 #ad3bj4 ,then ,saul1 and all the people that were with him1 shouted together1 and they came to the place of the fight3 and behold every man's sword was turned upon his neighbour1 and there was a very great slaughter4 #ad3ba4 ,moreover1 the ,hebrews that had been with the ,philistines yesterday and the day before1 and went up with them into the camp1 returned to be with the ,israelites1 who were with ,saul and ,jonathan4 #ad3bb4 ,and all the ,israelites that had hid themselves in mount ,ephraim1 hearing that the ,philistines fled1 joined themselves with their countrymen in the fight4 ,and there were with ,saul about ten thousand men4 #ad3bc4 ,and the ,lord saved ,israel that day4 ,and the fight went on as far as ,bethaven4 #ad3bd4 ,and the men of ,israel were joined together that day3 and ,saul adjured the people1 saying3 ,cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening1 till ,i be revenged of my enemies4 ,so none of the people tasted any food4 #ad3be4 ,and all the common people came into a forest1 in which there was honey upon the ground4 #ad3bf4 ,and when the people came into the forest1 behold the honey dropped1 but no man put his hand to his mouth4 ,for the people feared the oath4 #ad3bg4 ,but ,jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people3 and he put forth the end of the rod1 which he had in his hand1 and dipt it in a honeycomb3 and he carried his hand to his mouth1 and his eyes were enlightened4 #ad3bh4 ,and one of the people answering1 said3 ,thy father hath bound the people with an oath1 saying3 ,cursed be the man that shall eat any food this day4 7,and the people were faint47 #ad3bi4 ,and ,jonathan said3 ,my father hath troubled the land3 you have seen yourselves that my eyes are enlightened1 because ,i tasted a little of this honey3 #ad3cj4 ,how much more if the people had eaten of the prey of their enemies1 which they found8 had there not been made a greater slaughter among the ,philistines8 #ad3ca4 ,so they smote that day the ,philistines1 from ,machmas to ,aialon4 ,and the people were wearied exceedingly4 #ad3cb4 ,and falling upon the spoils1 they took sheep1 and oxen1 and calves1 and slew them on the ground3 and the people ate them with the blood4 #ad3cc4 ,and they told ,saul that the people had sinned against the ,lord1 eating with the blood4 ,and he said3 ,you have transgressed3 roll here to me now a great stone4 #ad3cd4 ,and ,saul said3 ,disperse yourselves among the people1 and tell them to bring me every man his ox and his ram and slay them upon this stone1 and eat1 and you shall not sin against the ,lord1 in eating with the blood4 ,so all the people brought every man his ox with him till the night3 and slew them there4 #ad3ce4 ,and ,saul built an altar to the ,lord3 and he then first began to build an altar to the ,lord4 #ad3cf4 ,and ,saul said3 ,let us fall upon the ,philistines by night1 and destroy them till the morning light1 and let us not leave a man of them4 ,and the people said3 ,do all that seemeth good in thy eyes4 ,and the priest said3 ,let us draw near hither unto ,god4 #ad3cg4 ,and ,saul consulted the ,lord3 ,shall ,i pursue after the ,philistines8 wilt thou deliver them into the hands of ,israel8 ,and he answered him not that day4 #ad3ch4 ,and ,saul said3 ,bring hither all the corners of the people3 and know1 and see by whom this sin hath happened to day4 #ad3ci4 ,as the ,lord liveth1 who is the ,saviour of ,israel1 if it was done by ,jonathan1 my son1 he shall surely die4 ,in this none of the people gainsayed him4 #ad3dj4 ,and he said to all ,israel3 ,be you on one side and ,i1 with ,jonathan1 my son1 will be on the other side4 ,and the people answered ,saul3 ,do what seemeth good in thy eyes4 #ad3da4 ,and ,saul said to the ,lord3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 give a sign1 by which we may know1 what the meaning is1 that thou answerest not thy servant to day3 ,if this iniquity be in me1 or in my son ,jonathan1 give a proof3 or if this iniquity be in thy people1 give holiness4 ,and ,jonathan and ,saul were taken1 and the people escaped4 #ad3db4 ,and ,saul said3 7,cast lots between me1 and ,jonathan1 my son4 ,and ,jonathan was taken4 ,jonathan was taken4 4 4,though ,jonathan was excused from sin1 through ignorance of the prohibition1 yet ,god was pleased on this occasion to let the lot fall upon him1 to shew unto all the great obligation of obedience to princes and parents4 #ad3dc4 ,and ,saul said to ,jonathan3 ,tell me what thou hast done4 ,and ,jonathan told him1 and said3 ,i did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod1 which was in my hand1 and behold ,i must die4 #ad3dd4 ,and ,saul said3 ,may ,god do so and so to me1 and add still more3 for dying thou shalt die1 ,o ,jonathan4 #ad3de4 ,and the people said to ,saul3 ,shall ,jonathan then die1 who hath wrought this great salvation in ,israel8 this must not be3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground1 for he hath wrought with ,god this day4 ,so the people delivered ,jonathan1 that he should not die4 #ad3df4 ,and ,saul went back1 and did not pursue after the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines went to their own places4 #ad3dg4 ,and ,saul having his kingdom established over ,israel1 fought against all his enemies round about1 against ,moab1 and against the children of ,ammon1 and ,edom1 and the kings of ,soba1 and the ,philistines3 and whithersoever he turned himself1 he overcame4 #ad3dh4 ,and gathering together an army1 he defeated ,amalec1 and delivered ,israel from the hand of them that spoiled them4 #ad3di4 ,and the sons of ,saul1 were ,jonathan1 and ,jessui1 and ,melchisua3 and the names of his two daughters1 the name of the firstborn was ,merob1 and the name of the younger ,michol4 #ad3ej4 ,and the name of ,saul's wife was ,achinoam1 the daughter of ,achimaas2 and the name of the captain of his army was ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 the cousin german of ,saul4 #ad3ea4 ,for ,cis was the father of ,saul1 and ,ner1 the father of ,abner1 was son of ,abiel4 #ad3eb4 ,and there was a great war against the ,philistines all the days of ,saul4 ,for whomsoever ,saul saw to be a valiant man1 and fit for war1 he took him to himself4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ae ,saul is sent to destroy ,amalec3 he spareth their king and the best of their cattle3 for which disobedience he is cast off by the ,lord4 #ae3a4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,the ,lord sent me to anoint thee king over his people ,israel3 now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the ,lord3 #ae3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,i have reckoned up all that ,amalec hath done to ,israel3 how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of ,egypt4 #ae3c4 ,now therefore go1 and smite ,amalec1 and utterly destroy all that he hath3 spare him not1 nor covet anything that is his3 but slay both man and woman1 child and suckling1 ox and sheep1 camel and ass4 ,child4 4 4,the great ,master of life and death 7who cuts off one half of all mankind whilst they are children7 has been pleased sometimes to ordain that children should be put to the sword1 in detestation of the crimes of their parents1 and that they might not live to follow the same wicked ways4 ,but without such ordinance of ,god it is not allowable1 in any wars1 how just soever1 to kill children4 #ae3d4 ,so ,saul commanded the people1 and numbered them as lambs3 two hundred thousand footmen1 and ten thousand of the men of ,juda4 #ae3e4 ,and when ,saul was come to the city of ,amalec1 he laid ambushes in the torrent4 #ae3f4 ,and ,saul said to the ,cinite3 ,go1 depart1 and get ye down from ,amalec3 lest ,i destroy thee with him4 ,for thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of ,israel1 when they came up out of ,egypt4 ,and the ,cinite departed from the midst of ,amalec4 #ae3g4 ,and ,saul smote ,amalec from ,hevila1 until thou comest to ,sur1 which is over against ,egypt4 #ae3h4 ,and he took ,agag1 the king of ,amalec1 alive3 but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword4 #ae3i4 ,and ,saul and the people spared ,agag1 and the best of the flocks of sheep1 and of the herds1 and the garments and the rams1 and all that was beautiful1 and would not destroy them3 but every thing that was vile1 and good for nothing1 that they destroyed4 #ae3aj4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,samuel1 #ae3aa4 ,it repenteth me that ,i have made ,saul king3 for he hath forsaken me1 and hath not executed my commandments4 ,and ,samuel was grieved1 and he cried unto the ,lord all night4 #ae3ab4 ,and when ,samuel rose early1 to go to ,saul in the morning1 it was told ,samuel that ,saul was come to ,carmel1 and had erected for himself a triumphant arch1 and returning had passed on1 and gone down to ,galgal4 ,and ,samuel came to ,saul1 and ,saul was offering a holocaust to the ,lord1 out of the choicest of the spoils1 which he had brought from ,amalec4 #ae3ac4 ,and when ,samuel was come to ,saul1 ,saul said to him3 ,blessed be thou of the ,lord1 ,i have fulfilled the word of the ,lord4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,what meaneth then this bleating of the flocks1 which soundeth in my ears1 and the lowing of the herds1 which ,i hear8 #ae3ae4 ,and ,saul said3 ,they have brought them from ,amalec3 for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds1 that they might be sacrificed to the ,lord thy ,god1 but the rest we have slain4 #ae3af4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,suffer me1 and ,i will tell thee what the ,lord hath said to me this night4 ,and he said to him3 ,speak4 #ae3ag4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,when thou wast a little one in thy own eyes1 wast thou not made the head of the tribes of ,israel8 ,and the ,lord anointed thee to be king over ,israel4 #ae3ah4 ,and the ,lord sent thee on the way1 and said3 ,go1 and kill the sinners of ,amalec1 and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them4 #ae3ai4 ,why then didst thou not hearken to the voice of the ,lord3 but hast turned to the prey1 and hast done evil in the eyes of the ,lord8 #ae3bj4 ,and ,saul said to ,samuel3 ,yea1 ,i have hearkened to the voice of the ,lord1 and have walked in the way by which the ,lord sent me1 and have brought ,agag1 the king of ,amalec1 and ,amalec ,i have slain4 #ae3ba4 ,but the people took of the spoils1 sheep and oxen1 as the firstfruits of those things that were slain1 to offer sacrifice to the ,lord their ,god in ,galgal4 #ae3bb4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,doth the ,lord desire holocausts and victims1 and not rather that the voice of the ,lord should be obeyed8 ,for obedience is better than sacrifices3 and to hearken rather than to offer the fat or rams4 #ae3bc4 ,because it is like the sin of witchcraft1 to rebel3 and like the crime of idolatry1 to refuse to obey4 ,forasmuch1 therefore1 as thou hast rejected the word of the ,lord1 the ,lord hath also rejected thee from being king4 #ae3bd4 ,and ,saul said to ,samuel3 ,i have sinned1 because ,i have transgressed the commandment of the ,lord1 and thy words1 fearing the people1 and obeying their voice4 #ae3be4 ,but now bear1 ,i beseech thee1 my sin1 and return with me1 that ,i may adore the ,lord4 #ae3bf4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,i will not return with thee1 because thou hath rejected the word of the ,lord1 and the ,lord hath rejected thee from being king over ,israel4 #ae3bg4 ,and ,samuel turned about to go away3 but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle1 and it rent4 #ae3bh4 ,and ,samuel said to him3 ,the ,lord hath rent the kingdom of ,israel from thee this day1 and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee4 #ae3bi4 ,but the triumpher in ,israel will not spare1 and will not be moved to repentance3 for he is not a man that he should repent4 #ae3cj4 ,then he said3 ,i have sinned3 yet honour me now before the ancients of my people1 and before ,israel1 and return with me1 that ,i may adore the ,lord thy ,god4 #ae3ca4 ,so ,samuel turned again after ,saul3 and ,saul adored the ,lord4 #ae3cb4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,bring hither to me ,agag1 the king of ,amalec4 ,and ,agag was presented to him very fat1 and trembling4 ,and ,agag said3 ,doth bitter death separate in this manner8 #ae3cc4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,as thy sword hath made women childless1 so shall thy mother be childless among women4 ,and ,samuel hewed him in pieces before the ,lord in ,galgal4 #ae3cd4 ,and ,samuel departed to ,ramatha3 but ,saul went up to his house in ,gabaa4 #ae3ce4 ,and ,samuel saw ,saul no more till the day of his death3 nevertheless1 ,samuel mourned for ,saul1 because the ,lord repented that he had made him king over ,israel4 ,saw ,saul no more till the day of his death4 4 4,that is1 he went no more to see him3 he visited him no more4 #a ,kings ,chapter #af ,samuel is sent to ,bethlehem1 where he anointeth ,david3 who is taken into ,saul's family4 #af3a4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,how long wilt thou mourn for ,saul1 whom ,i have rejected from reigning over ,israel8 fill thy horn with oil1 and come1 that ,i may send thee to ,isai1 the ,bethlehemite3 for ,i have provided me a king among his sons4 #af3b4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,how shall ,i go8 for ,saul will hear of it1 and he will kill me4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd1 and thou shalt say3 ,i am come to sacrifice to the ,lord4 #af3c4 ,and thou shalt call ,isai to the sacrifice1 and ,i will shew thee what thou art to do1 and thou shalt anoint him whom ,i shall shew to thee4 #af3d4 ,then ,samuel did as the ,lord had said to him4 ,and he came to ,bethlehem1 and the ancients of the city wondered1 and meeting him1 they said3 ,is thy coming hither peaceable8 #af3e4 ,and he said3 ,it is peaceable3 ,i am come to offer sacrifice to the ,lord1 be ye sanctified1 and come with me to the sacrifice4 ,and he sanctified ,isai and his sons1 and called them to the sacrifice4 #af3f4 ,and when they were come in1 he saw ,eliab1 and said3 ,is the ,lord's anointed before him8 #af3g4 ,and the ,lord said to ,samuel3 ,look not on his countenance1 nor on the height of his stature3 because ,i have rejected him1 nor do ,i judge according to the look of man3 for man seeth those things that appear1 but the ,lord beholdeth the heart4 #af3h4 ,and ,isai called ,abinadab1 and brought him before ,samuel4 ,and he said3 ,neither hath the ,lord chosen this1 #af3i4 ,and ,isai brought ,samma1 and he said of him3 ,neither hath the ,lord chosen this4 #af3aj4 ,isai therefore brought his seven sons before ,samuel3 and ,samuel said to ,isai3 ,the ,lord hath not chosen any one of these4 #af3aa4 ,and ,samuel said to ,isai3 ,are here all thy sons8 ,he answered3 ,there remaineth yet a young one1 who keepeth the sheep4 ,and ,samuel said to ,isai3 ,send1 and fetch him3 for we will not sit down till he come hither4 #af3ab4 ,he sent therefore and brought him4 ,now he was ruddy and beautiful to behold1 and of a comely face4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,arise1 and anoint him1 for this is he4 #af3ac4 ,then ,samuel took the horn of oil1 and anointed him in the midst of his brethren3 and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon ,david from that day forward3 and ,samuel rose up1 and went to ,ramatha4 #af3ad4 ,but the ,spirit of the ,lord departed from ,saul1 and an evil spirit from the ,lord troubled him4 ,from the ,lord4 4 4,an evil spirit1 by divine permission1 and for his punishment1 either possessed or obsessed him4 #af3ae4 ,and the servants of ,saul said to him3 ,behold now an evil spirit from ,god troubleth thee4 #af3af4 ,let our lord give orders1 and thy servants who are before thee1 will seek out a man skilful in playing on the harp1 that when the evil spirit from the ,lord is upon thee1 he may play with his hand1 and thou mayst bear it more easily4 #af3ag4 ,and ,saul said to his servants3 ,provide me then some man that can play well1 and bring him to me4 #af3ah4 ,and one of the servants answering1 said3 ,behold ,i have seen a son of ,isai1 the ,bethlehemite1 a skilful player1 and one of great strength1 and a man fit for war1 and prudent in his words1 and a comely person3 and the ,lord is with him4 #af3ai4 ,then ,saul sent messengers to ,isai1 saying3 ,send me ,david1 thy son1 who is in the pastures4 #af3bj4 ,and ,isai took an ass laden with bread1 and a bottle of wine1 and a kid of the flock1 and sent them by the hand of ,david1 his son1 to ,saul4 #af3ba4 ,and ,david came to ,saul1 and stood before him3 and he loved him exceedingly1 and made him his armourbearer4 #af3bb4 ,and ,saul sent to ,isai1 saying3 ,let ,david stand before me3 for he hath found favour in my sight4 #af3bc4 ,so whensoever the evil spirit from the ,lord was upon ,saul1 ,david took his harp1 and played with his hand1 and ,saul was refreshed1 and was better1 for the evil spirit departed from him4 ,departed from him4 4 4,chased away by ,david's devotion4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ag ,war with the ,philistines4 ,goliath challengeth ,israel4 ,he is slain by ,david4 #ag3a4 ,now the ,philistines gathering together their troops to battle1 assembled at ,socho of ,juda3 and camped between ,socho and ,azeca1 in the borders of ,dommim4 #ag3b4 ,and ,saul and the children of ,israel being gathered together1 came to the valley of ,terebinth1 and they set the army in array to fight against the ,philistines4 #ag3c4 ,and the ,philistines stood on a mountain on the one side1 and ,israel stood on a mountain on the other side3 and there was a valley between them4 #ag3d4 ,and there went out a man baseborn from the camp of the ,philistines1 named ,goliath1 of ,geth1 whose height was six cubits and a span3 #ag3e4 ,and he had a helmet of brass upon his head1 and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales1 and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass3 #ag3f4 ,and he had greaves of brass on his legs1 and a buckler of brass covered his shoulders4 #ag3g4 ,and the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam1 and the head of his spear weighed six hundred sicles of iron3 and his armourbearer went before him4 #ag3h4 ,and standing1 he cried out to the bands of ,israel1 and said to them3 ,why are you come out prepared to fight8 am not ,i a ,philistine1 and you the servants of ,saul8 ,choose out a man of you1 and let him come down and fight hand to hand4 #ag3i4 ,if he be able to fight with me1 and kill me1 we will be servants to you3 but if ,i prevail against him1 and kill him1 you shall be servants1 and shall serve us4 #ag3aj4 ,and the ,philistine said3 ,i have defied the bands of ,israel this day3 give me a man1 and let him fight with me hand to hand4 #ag3aa4 ,and ,saul and all the ,israelites hearing these words of the ,philistine1 were dismayed1 and greatly afraid4 #ag3ab4 ,now ,david was the son of that ,ephrathite1 of ,bethlehem ,juda1 before mentioned1 whose name was ,isai1 who had eight sons1 and was an old man in the days of ,saul1 and of great age among men4 #ag3ac4 ,and his three eldest sons followed ,saul to the battle3 and the names of his three sons that went to the battle1 were ,eliab1 the firstborn1 and the second1 ,abinadab1 and the third ,samma3 #ag3ad4 ,but ,david was the youngest4 ,so the three eldest having followed ,saul1 #ag3ae4 ,david went1 and returned from ,saul1 to feed his father's flock at ,bethlehem4 #ag3af4 ,now the ,philistine came out morning and evening1 and presented himself forty days4 #ag3ag4 ,and ,isai said to ,david1 his son3 ,take for thy brethren an ephi of frumenty1 and these ten loaves1 and run to the camp to thy brethren1 #ag3ah4 ,and carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune3 and go see thy brethren1 if they are well3 and learn with whom they are placed4 #ag3ai4 ,but ,saul1 and they1 and all the children of ,israel1 were in the valley of ,terebinth1 fighting against the ,philistines4 #ag3bj4 ,david1 therefore1 arose in the morning1 and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper3 and went away loaded1 as ,isai had commanded him4 ,and he came to the place of ,magala1 and to the army1 which was going out to fight1 and shouted for the battle4 #ag3ba4 ,for ,israel had put themselves in array1 and the ,philistines who stood against them were prepared4 #ag3bb4 ,and ,david leaving the vessels which he had brought1 under the care of the keeper of the baggage1 ran to the place of the battle1 and asked if all things went well with his brethren4 #ag3bc4 ,and as he talked with them1 that baseborn man1 whose name was ,goliath1 the ,philistine1 of ,geth1 shewed himself coming up from the camp of the ,philistines3 and he spoke according to the same words1 and ,david heard them1 #ag3bd4 ,and all the ,israelites1 when they saw the man1 fled from his face1 fearing him exceedingly4 #ag3be4 ,and some one of ,israel said3 ,have you seen this man that is come up1 for he is come up to defy ,israel4 ,and the man that shall slay him1 the king will enrich with great riches1 and will give him his daughter1 and will make his father's house free from tribute in ,israel4 #ag3bf4 ,and ,david spoke to the men that stood by him1 saying3 ,what shall be given to the man that shall kill this ,philistine1 and shall take away the reproach from ,israel8 for who is this uncircumcised ,philistine1 that he should defy the armies of the living ,god8 #ag3bg4 ,and the people answered him the same words1 saying3 ,these things shall be given to the man that shall slay him4 #ag3bh4 ,now when ,eliab his eldest brother heard this1 when he was speaking with others1 he was angry with ,david1 and said3 ,why camest thou hither8 and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert8 ,i know thy pride1 and the wickedness of thy heart3 that thou art come down to see the battle4 #ag3bi4 ,and ,david said3 ,what have ,i done8 is there not cause to speak8 #ag3cj4 ,and he turned a little aside from him to another3 and said the same word4 ,and the people answered him as before4 #ag3ca4 ,and the words which ,david spoke were heard1 and were rehearsed before ,saul4 #ag3cb4 ,and when he was brought to ,saul1 he said to him4 ,let not any man's heart be dismayed in him3 ,i thy servant will go1 and will fight against the ,philistine4 #ag3cc4 ,and ,saul said to ,david3 ,thou art not able to withstand this ,philistine1 nor to fight against him3 for thou art but a boy1 but he is a warrior from his youth4 #ag3cd4 ,and ,david said to ,saul3 ,thy servant kept his father's sheep1 and there came a lion1 or a bear1 and took a ram out of the midst of the flock3 #ag3ce4 ,and ,i pursued after them1 and struck them1 and delivered it out of their mouth3 and they rose up against me1 and ,i caught them by the throat1 and ,i strangled1 and killed them4 #ag3cf4 ,for ,i thy servant have killed both a lion and a bear3 and this uncircumcised ,philistine shall be also as one of them4 ,i will go now1 and take away the reproach of the people3 for who is this uncircumcised ,philistine1 who hath dared to curse the army of the living ,god8 #ag3cg4 ,and ,david said3 ,the ,lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion1 and out of the paw of the bear1 he will deliver me out of the hand of this ,philistine4 ,and ,saul said to ,david3 ,go1 and the ,lord be with thee4 #ag3ch4 ,and ,saul clothed ,david with his garments1 and put a helmet of brass upon his head1 and armed him with a coat of mail4 #ag3ci4 ,and ,david having girded his sword upon his armour1 began to try if he could walk in armour3 for he was not accustomed to it4 ,and ,david said to ,saul3 ,i cannot go thus1 for ,i am not used to it4 ,and he laid them off1 #ag3dj4 ,and he took his staff1 which he had always in his hands3 and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook1 and put them into the shepherd's scrip1 which he had with him1 and he took a sling in his hand1 and went forth against the ,philistine4 #ag3da4 ,and the ,philistine came on1 and drew nigh against ,david1 and his armourbearer went before him4 #ag3db4 ,and when the ,philistine looked1 and beheld ,david1 he despised him4 ,for he was a young man1 ruddy1 and of a comely countenance4 #ag3dc4 ,and the ,philistine said to ,david3 ,am ,i a dog1 that thou comest to me with a staff8 ,and the ,philistine cursed ,david by his gods4 #ag3dd4 ,and he said to ,david3 ,come to me1 and ,i will give thy flesh to the birds of the air1 and to the beasts of the earth4 #ag3de4 ,and ,david said to the ,philistine3 ,thou comest to me with a sword1 and with a spear1 and with a shield3 but ,i come to thee in the name of the ,lord of hosts1 the ,god of the armies of ,israel1 which thou hast defied #ag3df4 ,this day1 and the ,lord will deliver thee into my hand1 and ,i will slay thee1 and take away thy head from thee3 and ,i will give the carcasses of the army of the ,philistines this day to the birds of the air1 and to the beasts of the earth3 that all the earth may know that there is a ,god in ,israel4 #ag3dg4 ,and all this assembly shall know that the ,lord saveth not with sword and spear3 for it is his battle1 and he will deliver you into our hands4 #ag3dh4 ,and when the ,philistine arose1 and was coming1 and drew nigh to meet ,david1 ,david made haste1 and ran to the fight to meet the ,philistine4 #ag3di4 ,and he put his hand into his scrip1 and took a stone1 and cast it with the sling1 and fetching it about1 struck the ,philistine in the forehead1 and he fell on his face upon the earth4 #ag3ej4 ,and ,david prevailed over the ,philistine1 with a sling and a stone1 and he struck1 and slew the ,philistine4 ,and as ,david had no sword in his hand1 #ag3ea4 ,he ran1 and stood over the ,philistine1 and took his sword1 and drew it out of the sheath1 and slew him1 and cut off his head4 ,and the ,philistines seeing that their champion was dead1 fled away4 #ag3eb4 ,and the men of ,israel and ,juda rising up shouted1 and pursued after the ,philistines till they came to the valley and to the gates of ,accaron1 and there fell many wounded of the ,philistines in the way of ,saraim1 and as far as ,geth1 and as far as ,accaron4 #ag3ec4 ,and the children of ,israel returning1 after they had pursued the ,philistines1 fell upon their camp4 #ag3ed4 ,and ,david taking the head of the ,philistine1 brought it to ,jerusalem3 but his armour he put in his tent4 #ag3ee4 ,now at the time that ,saul saw ,david going out against the ,philistines1 he said to ,abner1 the captain of the army3 ,of what family is this young man descended1 ,abner8 ,and ,abner said3 ,as thy soul liveth1 ,o king1 ,i know not4 #ag3ef4 ,and the king said3 ,inquire thou1 whose son this young man is4 #ag3eg4 ,and when ,david was returned1 after the ,philistine was slain1 ,abner took him1 and brought him in before ,saul1 with the head of the ,philistine in his hand4 #ag3eh4 ,and ,saul said to him3 ,young man1 of what family art thou8 ,and ,david said3 ,i am the son of thy servant ,isai the ,bethlehemite4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ah ,the friendship of ,jonathan and ,david4 ,the envy of ,saul1 and his design upon ,david's life4 ,he marrieth him to his daughter ,michol4 #ah3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when he had made an end of speaking to ,saul1 the son of ,jonathan was knit with the soul of ,david1 and ,jonathan loved him as his own soul4 #ah3b4 ,and ,saul took him that day1 and would not let him return to his father's house4 #ah3c4 ,and ,david and ,jonathan made a covenant1 for he loved him as his own soul4 #ah3d4 ,and ,jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed1 and gave it to ,david1 and the rest of his garments1 even to his sword1 and to his bow1 and to his girdle4 #ah3e4 ,and ,david went out to whatsoever business ,saul sent him1 and he behaved himself prudently3 and ,saul set him over the soldiers1 and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people1 and especially in the eyes of ,saul's servants4 #ah3f4 ,now when ,david returned1 after he slew the ,philistine1 the women came out of all the cities of ,israel1 singing and dancing1 to meet king ,saul1 with timbrels of joy1 and cornets4 #ah3g4 ,and the women sung as they played1 and they said3 ,saul slew his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands4 #ah3h4 ,and ,saul was exceeding angry1 and this word was displeasing in his eyes1 and he said3 ,they have given ,david ten thousands1 and to me they have given but a thousand1 what can he have more but the kingdom8 #ah3i4 ,and ,saul did not look on ,david with a good eye from that day and forward4 #ah3aj4 ,and the day after1 the evil spirit from ,god came upon ,saul1 and he prophesied in the midst of his house4 ,and ,david played with his hand as at other times4 ,and ,saul held a spear in his hand1 ,prophesied4 4 4,acted the prophet in a mad manner4 #ah3aa4 ,and threw it1 thinking to nail ,david to the wall3 and ,david stept aside out of his presence twice4 #ah3ab4 ,and ,saul feared ,david1 because the ,lord was with him1 and was departed from ,saul himself4 #ah3ac4 ,therefore ,saul removed him from him1 and made him a captain over a thousand men1 and he went out and came in before the people4 #ah3ad4 ,and ,david behaved wisely in all his ways1 and the ,lord was with him4 #ah3ae4 ,and ,saul saw that he was exceeding prudent1 and began to beware of him4 #ah3af4 ,but all ,israel and ,juda loved ,david1 for he came in and went out before them4 #ah3ag4 ,and ,saul said to ,david3 ,behold my elder daughter ,merob1 her will ,i give thee to wife3 only be a valiant man1 and fight the battles of the ,lord4 ,now ,saul said within himself3 ,let not my hand be upon him1 but let the hands of the ,philistines be upon him4 #ah3ah4 ,and ,david said to ,saul3 ,who am ,i1 or what is my life1 or my father's family in ,israel1 that ,i should be son in law of the king8 #ah3ai4 ,and it came to pass at the time when ,merob1 the daughter of ,saul1 should have been given to ,david1 that she was given to ,hadriel1 the ,molathite1 to wife4 #ah3bj4 ,but ,michol1 the other daughter of ,saul1 loved ,david4 ,and it was told ,saul1 and it pleased him4 #ah3ba4 ,and ,saul said3 ,i will give her to him1 that she may be a stumblingblock to him1 and that the hand of the ,philistines may be upon him4 ,and ,saul said to ,david3 ,in two things thou shalt be my son in law this day4 #ah3bb4 ,and ,saul commanded his servants to speak to ,david privately1 saying3 ,behold1 thou pleasest the king1 and all his servants love thee4 ,now1 therefore be the king's son in law4 #ah3bc4 ,and the servants of ,saul spoke all these words in the ear of ,david4 ,and ,david said3 ,doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law8 ,but ,i am a poor man1 and of small ability4 #ah3bd4 ,and the servants of ,saul told him1 saying3 ,such words as these hath ,david spoken4 #ah3be4 ,and ,saul said3 ,speak thus to ,david3 ,the king desireth not any dowry1 but only a hundred foreskins of the ,philistines1 to be avenged of the king's enemies4 ,now ,saul thought to deliver ,david into the hands of the ,philistines4 #ah3bf4 ,and when his servants had told ,david the words that ,saul had said1 the word was pleasing in the eyes of ,david to be the king's son in law4 #ah3bg4 ,and after a few days ,david rose up1 and went with the men that were under him1 and he slew of the ,philistines two hundred men1 and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king1 that he might be his son in law4 ,saul therefore gave him ,michol1 his daughter1 to wife4 #ah3bh4 ,and ,saul saw1 and understood that the ,lord was with ,david4 ,and ,michol1 the daughter of ,saul1 loved him4 #ah3bi4 ,and ,saul began to fear ,david more3 and ,saul became ,david's enemy continually4 #ah3cj4 ,and the princes of the ,philistines went forth3 and from the beginning of their going forth1 ,david behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of ,saul1 and his name became very famous4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ai ,other attempts of ,saul upon ,david's life4 ,he cometh to ,samuel4 ,saul's messengers1 and ,saul himself prophesy4 #ai3a4 ,and ,saul spoke to ,jonathan1 his son1 and to all his servants1 that they should kill ,david4 ,but ,jonathan1 the son of ,saul1 loved ,david exceedingly4 #ai3b4 ,and ,jonathan told ,david1 saying3 ,saul1 my father1 seeketh to kill thee3 wherefore look to thyself1 ,i beseech thee1 in the morning and thou shalt abide in a secret place1 and shalt be hid4 #ai3c4 ,and ,i will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art3 and ,i will speak of thee to my father1 and whatsoever ,i shall see1 ,i will tell thee4 #ai3d4 ,and ,jonathan spoke good things of ,david to ,saul1 his father3 and said to him3 ,sin not1 ,o king1 against thy servant1 ,david1 because he hath not sinned against thee1 and his works are very good towards thee4 #ai3e4 ,and he put his life in his hand1 and slew the ,philistine1 and the ,lord wrought great salvation for all ,israel4 ,thou sawest it and didst rejoice4 ,why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood1 by killing ,david1 who is without fault8 #ai3f4 ,and when ,saul heard this1 he was appeased with the words of ,jonathan1 and swore3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 he shall not be slain4 #ai3g4 ,then ,jonathan called ,david1 and told him all these words3 and ,jonathan brought in ,david to ,saul1 and he was before him1 as he had been yesterday and the day before4 #ai3h4 ,and the war began again1 and ,david went out1 and fought against the ,philistines1 and defeated them with a great slaughter1 and they fled from his face4 #ai3i4 ,and the evil spirit from the ,lord came upon ,saul2 and he sat in his house1 and held a spear in his hand3 and ,david played with his hand4 #ai3aj4 ,and ,saul endeavoured to nail ,david to the wall with his spear4 ,and ,david slipt away out of the presence of ,saul3 and the spear missed him1 and was fastened in the wall1 and ,david fled1 and escaped that night4 #ai3aa4 ,saul therefore sent his guards to ,david's house to watch him1 that he might be killed in the morning4 ,and when ,michol1 ,david's wife1 had told him this1 saying3 ,unless thou save thyself this night1 to morrow thou wilt die3 #ai3ab4 ,she let him down through a window4 ,and he went and fled away1 and escaped4 #ai3ac4 ,and ,michol took an image1 and laid it on the bed1 and put a goat's skin1 with the hair at the head of it1 and covered it with clothes4 #ai3ad4 ,and ,saul sent officers to seize ,david2 and it was answered that he was sick4 #ai3ae4 ,and again ,saul sent to see ,david1 saying3 ,bring him to me in the bed1 that he may be slain4 #ai3af4 ,and when the messengers were come in1 they found an image upon the bed1 and a goat skin at his head4 #ai3ag4 ,and ,saul said to ,michol3 ,why hast thou deceived me so1 and let my enemy go and flee away8 ,and ,michol answered ,saul3 ,because he said to me3 ,let me go1 or else ,i will kill thee4 #ai3ah4 ,but ,david fled and escaped1 and came to ,samuel in ,ramatha1 and told him all that ,saul had done to him3 and he and ,samuel went and dwelt in ,najoth4 ,najoth4 4 4,it was probably a school or college of prophets1 in or near ,ramath under the direction of ,samuel4 #ai3ai4 ,and it was told ,saul by some1 saying3 ,behold ,david is in ,najoth1 in ,ramatha4 #ai3bj4 ,so ,saul sent officers to take ,david3 and when they saw a company of prophets prophesying1 and ,samuel presiding over them1 the ,spirit of the ,lord came also upon them1 and they likewise began to prophesy4 ,prophesying4 4 4,that is1 singing praises to ,god by a divine impulse4 ,god was pleased on this occasion that both ,samuel's messengers and himself should experience the like impulse1 that he might understand1 by this instance of the divine power1 how vain are the designs of man against him whom ,god protects4 #ai3ba4 ,and when this was told ,saul1 he sent other messengers3 but they also prophesied4 ,and again ,saul sent messengers the third time3 and they prophesied also4 ,and ,saul being exceeding angry1 #ai3bb4 ,went also himself to ,ramatha1 and came as far as the great cistern1 which is in ,socho1 and he asked1 and said3 ,in what place are ,samuel and ,david8 ,and it was told him3 ,behold they are in ,najoth1 in ,ramatha4 #ai3bc4 ,and he went to ,najoth1 in ,ramatha1 and the ,spirit of the ,lord came upon him also1 and he went on1 and prophesied till he came to ,najoth1 in ,ramatha4 #ai3bd4 ,and he stripped himself also of his garments1 and prophesied with the rest before ,samuel1 and lay down naked all that day and night4 ,this gave occasion to a proverb3 ,what6 is ,saul too among the prophets8 #a ,kings ,chapter #bj ,saul being obstinately bent upon killing ,david1 he is sent away by ,jonathan4 #bj3a4 ,but ,david fled from ,najoth1 which is in ,ramatha1 and came and said to ,jonathan3 ,what have ,i done8 what is my iniquity1 and what is my sin against thy father1 that he seeketh my life8 #bj3b4 ,and he said to him3 7,god forbid1 thou shalt not die3 for my father will do nothing1 great or little1 without first telling me3 hath then my father hid this word only from me8 no1 this shall not be4 #bj3c4 ,and he swore again to ,david4 ,and ,david said3 ,thy father certainly knoweth that ,i have found grace in thy sight1 and he will say3 ,let not ,jonathan know this1 lest he be grieved4 ,but truly as the ,lord liveth1 and thy soul liveth1 there is but one step 7as ,i may say7 between me and death4 #bj3d4 ,and ,jonathan said to ,david3 ,whatsoever thy soul shall say to me1 ,i will do for thee4 #bj3e4 ,and ,david said to ,jonathan3 ,behold to morrow is the new moon1 and ,i1 according to custom1 am wont to sit beside the king to eat3 let me go then that ,i may be hid in the field till the evening of the third day4 ,to morrow is the new moon4 4 4,the neomenia1 or first day of the moon1 kept according to the law1 as a festival2 and therefore ,saul feasted on that day3 and expected the attendance of his family4 #bj3f4 ,if thy father look and inquire for me1 thou shalt answer him3 ,david asked me that he might run to ,bethlehem1 his own city3 because there are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe4 #bj3g4 ,if he shall say3 ,it is well3 thy servant shall have peace3 but if he be angry1 know that his malice is come to its height4 #bj3h4 ,deal mercifully then with thy servant3 for thou hast brought me1 thy servant1 into a covenant of the ,lord with thee4 ,but if there be any iniquity in me1 do thou kill me1 and bring me not in to thy father4 #bj3i4 ,and ,jonathan said3 ,far be this from thee3 for if ,i should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee1 ,i could do no otherwise than tell thee4 #bj3aj4 ,and ,david answered ,jonathan3 ,who shall bring me word1 if thy father should answer thee harshly concerning me8 #bj3aa4 ,and ,jonathan said to ,david3 ,come1 and let us go out into the field4 ,and when they were both of them gone out into the field1 #bj3ab4 ,jonathan said to ,david3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 if ,i shall discover my father's mind1 to morrow1 or the day after1 and there be any thing good for ,david1 and ,i send not immediately to thee1 and make it known to thee1 #bj3ac4 ,may the ,lord do so and so to ,jonathan1 and add still more4 ,but if my father shall continue in malice against thee1 ,i will discover it to thy ear1 and will send thee away1 that thou mayst go in peace1 and the ,lord be with thee1 as he hath been with my father4 #bj3ad4 ,and if ,i live1 thou shalt shew me the kindness of the ,lord3 but if ,i die1 #bj3ae4 ,thou shalt not take away thy kindness from my house for ever1 when the ,lord shall have rooted out the enemies of ,david1 every one of them from the earth1 may he take away ,jonathan from his house1 and may the ,lord require it at the hands of ,david's enemies4 ,may he take away ,jonathan1 etc4 4 4,it is a curse upon himself1 if he should not be faithful to his promise4--,ibid4 ,require it1 etc4 4 4,that is1 revenge it upon ,david's enemies1 and upon me1 if ,i should fail of my word given to him4 #bj3af4 ,jonathan therefore made a covenant with the house of ,david3 and the ,lord required it at the hands of ,david's enemies4 #bj3ag4 ,and ,jonathan swore again to ,david1 because he loved him3 for he loved him as his own soul4 #bj3ah4 ,and ,jonathan said to him3 ,to morrow is the new moon1 and thou wilt be missed3 #bj3ai4 ,for thy seat will be empty till after to morrow4 ,so thou shalt go down quickly1 and come to the place where thou must he hid1 on the day when it is lawful to work1 and thou shalt remain beside the stone1 which is called ,ezel4 #bj3bj4 ,and ,i will shoot three arrows near it1 and will shoot as if ,i were exercising myself at a mark4 #bj3ba4 ,and ,i will send a boy1 saying to him3 ,go and fetch me the arrows4 #bj3bb4 ,if ,i shall say to the boy3 ,behold the arrows are on this side of thee1 take them up3 come thou to me1 because there is peace to thee1 and there is no evil1 as the ,lord liveth4 ,but if ,i shall speak thus to the boy3 ,behold the arrows are beyond thee3 go in peace1 for the ,lord hath sent thee away4 #bj3bc4 ,and concerning the word which ,i and thou have spoken1 the ,lord be between thee and me forever4 #bj3bd4 ,so ,david was hid in the field1 and the new moon came1 and the king sat down to eat bread4 #bj3be4 ,and when the king sat down upon his chair1 7according to custom7 which was beside the wall1 ,jonathan arose1 and ,abner sat by ,saul's side1 and ,david's place appeared empty4 #bj3bf4 ,and ,saul said nothing that day1 for he thought it might have happened to him1 that he was not clean1 nor purified4 #bj3bg4 ,and when the second day after the new moon was come1 ,david's place appeared empty again4 ,and ,saul said to ,jonathan1 his son3 ,why cometh not the son of ,isai to meat neither yesterday1 nor to day8 #bj3bh4 ,and ,jonathan answered ,saul3 ,he asked leave of me earnestly to go to ,bethlehem4 #bj3bi4 ,and he said3 ,let me go1 for there is a solemn sacrifice in the city1 one of my brethren hath sent for me3 and now if ,i have found favour in thy eyes1 ,i will go quickly1 and see my brethren4 ,for this cause he came not to the king's table4 #bj3cj4 ,then ,saul being angry against ,jonathan1 said to him3 ,thou son of a woman that is the ravisher of a man1 do ,i not know that thou lovest the son of ,isai to thy own confusion1 and to the confusion of thy shameless mother8 #bj3ca4 ,for as long as the son of ,isai liveth upon earth1 thou shalt not be established1 nor thy kingdom4 ,therefore now presently send1 and fetch him to me3 for he is the son of death4 ,the son of death4 4 4,that is1 one that deserveth death1 and shall surely be put to death4 #bj3cb4 ,and ,jonathan answering ,saul1 his father1 said3 ,why shall he die8 ,what hath he done8 #bj3cc4 ,and ,saul caught up a spear to strike him4 ,and ,jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill ,david4 #bj3cd4 ,so ,jonathan rose from the table in great anger1 and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon4 ,for he was grieved for ,david1 because his father had put him to confusion4 #bj3ce4 ,and when the morning came1 ,jonathan went into the field according to the appointment with ,david1 and a little boy with him4 #bj3cf4 ,and he said to his boy3 ,go1 and fetch me the arrows which ,i shoot4 ,and when the boy ran1 he shot another arrow beyond the boy4 #bj3cg4 ,the boy therefore came to the place of the arrow which ,jonathan had shot3 and ,jonathan cried after the boy1 and said3 ,behold the arrow is there further beyond thee4 #bj3ch4 ,and ,jonathan cried again after the boy1 saying3 ,make haste speedily1 stand not4 ,and ,jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows1 and brought them to his master3 #bj3ci4 ,and he knew not at all what was doing3 for only ,jonathan and ,david knew the matter4 #bj3dj4 ,jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy1 and said to him3 ,go1 and carry them into the city4 #bj3da4 ,and when the boy was gone1 ,david rose out of his place1 which was toward the south1 and falling on his face to the ground1 adored thrice3 and kissing one another1 they wept together2 but ,david more4 #bj3db4 ,and ,jonathan said to ,david3 ,go in peace3 and let all stand that we have sworn both of us in the name of the ,lord1 saying3 ,the ,lord be between me and thee1 and between my seed and thy seed for ever4 #bj3dc4 ,and ,david arose1 and departed3 and ,jonathan went into the city4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ba ,david receiveth holy bread of ,achimelech1 the priest3 and feigneth himself mad before ,achis1 king of ,geth4 #ba3a4 ,and ,david came to ,nobe1 to ,achimelech1 the priest and ,achimelech was astonished at ,david's coming4 ,and he said to him3 ,why art thou alone1 and no man with thee8 ,nobe4 4 4,a city in the tribe of ,benjamin1 to which the tabernacle of the ,lord had been translated from ,silo4 #ba3b4 ,and ,david said to ,achimelech1 the priest3 ,the king hath commanded me a business1 and said3 ,let no man know the thing for which thou art sent by me1 and what manner of commands ,i have given thee3 and ,i have appointed my servants to such and such a place4 #ba3c4 ,now therefore if thou have any thing at hand1 though it were but five loaves1 give me1 or whatsoever thou canst find4 #ba3d4 ,and the priest answered ,david1 saying3 ,i have no common bread at hand1 but only holy bread1 if the young men be clean1 especially from women8 ,if the young men be clean1 etc4 4 4,if this cleanness was required of them that were to eat that bread1 which was a figure of the bread of life which we receive in the blessed sacrament2 how clean ought ,christians to be when they approach to our tremendous mysteries4 ,and what reason hath the church of ,god to admit none to be her ministers to consecrate and daily receive this most pure sacrament1 but such as devote themselves to a life of perpetual purity4 #ba3e4 ,and ,david answered the priest1 and said to him3 ,truly1 as to what concerneth women1 we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before1 when we came out1 and the vessels of the young men were holy4 ,now this way is defiled1 but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels4 ,the vessels4 4 4i4 e41 the bodies1 have been holy1 that is1 have been kept from impurity4--,ibid4 ,is defiled4 4 4,is liable to expose us to dangers of uncleanness4--,ibid4 ,be sanctified1 etc4 4 4,that is1 we shall take care1 notwithstanding these dangerous circumstances1 to keep our vessels holy1 that is1 to keep our bodies from every thing that may defile us4 #ba3f4 ,the priest therefore gave him hallowed bread3 for there was no bread there1 but only the loaves of proposition1 which had been taken away from before the face of the ,lord1 that hot loaves might be set up4 #ba3g4 ,now a certain man of the servants of ,saul was there that day1 within the tabernacle of the ,lord3 and his name was ,doeg1 an ,edomite1 the chiefest of ,saul's herdsmen4 #ba3h4 ,and ,david said to ,achimelech3 ,hast thou here at hand a spear1 or a sword8 for ,i brought not my own sword1 nor my own weapons with me1 for the king's business required haste4 #ba3i4 ,and the priest said3 ,lo1 here is the sword of ,goliath1 the ,philistine1 whom thou slewest in the valley of ,terebinth1 wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod3 if thou wilt take this1 take it1 for here there is no other but this4 ,and ,david said3 ,there is none like that1 give it me4 #ba3aj4 ,and ,david arose and fled that day from the face of ,saul3 and came to ,achis1 the king of ,geth3 #ba3aa4 ,and the servants of ,achis1 when they saw ,david1 said to him3 ,is not this ,david1 the king of the land8 ,did they not sing to him in their dances1 saying3 ,saul hath slain his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands8 #ba3ab4 ,but ,david laid up these words in his heart1 and was exceedingly afraid at the face of ,achis1 the king of ,geth4 #ba3ac4 ,and he changed his countenance before them1 and slipt down between their hands3 and he stumbled against the doors of the gate1 and his spittle ran down upon his beard4 #ba3ad4 ,and ,achis said to his servants3 ,you saw the man was mad3 why have you brought him to me8 #ba3ae4 ,have we need of mad men1 that you have brought in this fellow1 to play the madman in my presence8 shall this fellow come into my house8 #a ,kings ,chapter #bb ,many resort to ,david4 ,doeg accuseth ,achimelech to ,saul4 ,he ordereth him and all the other priests of ,nobe to be slain4 ,abiathar escapeth4 #bb3a4 ,david therefore went from thence1 and fled to the cave of ,odollam4 ,and when his brethren1 and all his father's house1 had heard of it1 they went down to him thither4 #bb3b4 ,and all that were in distress1 and oppressed with debt1 and under affliction of mind1 gathered themselves unto him3 and he became their prince1 and there were with him about four hundred men4 #bb3c4 ,and ,david departed from thence into ,maspha of ,moab3 and he said to the king of ,moab3 ,let my father and my mother tarry with you1 ,i beseech thee1 till ,i know what ,god will do for me4 #bb3d4 ,and he left them under the eyes of the king of ,moab1 and they abode with him all the days that ,david was in the hold4 ,the hold4 4 4,the strong hold1 or fortress of ,maspha4 #bb3e4 ,and ,gad the prophet said to ,david3 ,abide not in the hold1 depart1 and go into the land of ,juda4 ,and ,david departed1 and came into the forest of ,haret4 #bb3f4 ,and ,sau,i heard that ,david was seen1 and the men that were with him4 ,now whilst ,saul abode in ,gabaa1 and was in the wood1 which is by ,rama1 having his spear in his hand1 and all his servants were standing about him1 #bb3g4 ,he said to his servants that stood about him3 ,hear me now1 ye sons of ,jemini3 will the son of ,isai give every one of you fields1 and vineyards1 and make you all tribunes1 and centurions3 #bb3h4 ,that all of you have conspired against me1 and there is no one to inform me1 especially when even my son hath entered into league with the son of ,isai8 ,there is not one of you that pitieth my case1 nor that giveth me any information3 because my son hath raised up my servant against me1 plotting against me to this day4 #bb3i4 ,and ,doeg1 the ,edomite1 who stood by1 and was the chief among the servants of ,saul1 answering1 said3 ,i saw the son of ,isai1 in ,nobe1 with ,achimelech1 the son of ,achitob1 the priest4 #bb3aj4 ,and he consulted the ,lord for him1 and gave him victuals1 and gave him the sword of ,goliath1 the ,philistine4 #bb3aa4 ,then the king sent to call for ,achimelech1 the priest1 the son of ,achitob1 and all his father's house1 the priests that were in ,nobe1 and they came all of them to the king4 #bb3ab4 ,and ,saul said to ,achimelech3 ,hear1 thou son of ,achitob4 ,he answered3 ,here ,i am1 my lord4 #bb3ac4 ,and ,saul said to him3 ,why have you conspired against me1 thou1 and the son of ,isai1 and thou hast given him bread and a sword1 and hast consulted the ,lord for him1 that he should rise up against me1 continuing a traitor to this day4 #bb3ad4 ,and ,achimelech answering the king1 said3 ,and who amongst all thy servants is so faithful as ,david1 who is the king's son in law1 and goeth forth at thy bidding1 and is honourable in thy house8 #bb3ae4 ,did ,i begin to day to consult the ,lord for him8 far be this from me3 let not the king suspect such a thing against his servant1 or any one in all my father's house3 for thy servant knew nothing of this matter1 either little or great4 #bb3af4 ,and the king said3 ,dying thou shalt die1 ,achimelech1 thou and all thy father's house4 #bb3ag4 ,and the king said to the messengers that stood about him3 ,turn1 and kill the priests of the ,lord1 for their hand is with ,david1 because they knew that he was fled1 and they told it not to me4 ,and the king's servants would not put forth their hands against the priests of the ,lord4 #bb3ah4 ,and the king said to ,doeg3 ,turn thou1 and fall upon the priests4 ,and ,doeg1 the ,edomite1 turned1 and fell upon the priests1 and slew in that day eighty-five men that wore the linen ephod4 #bb3ai4 ,and ,nobe1 the city of the priests1 he smote with the edge of the sword1 both men and women1 children and sucklings1 and ox1 and ass1 and sheep1 with the edge of the sword4 #bb3bj4 ,but one of the sons of ,achimelech1 the son of ,achitob1 whose name was ,abiathar1 escaped1 and fled to ,david1 #bb3ba4 ,and told him that ,saul had slain the priests of the ,lord4 #bb3bb4 ,and ,david said to ,abiathar3 ,i knew that day when ,doeg1 the ,edomite1 was there1 that without doubt he would tell ,saul3 ,i have been the occasion of the death of all the souls of thy father's house4 #bb3bc4 ,abide thou with me1 fear not3 for he that seeketh my life1 seeketh thy life also1 and with me thou shalt be saved4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bc ,david relieveth ,ceila1 besieged by the ,philistines4 ,he fleeth into the desert of ,ziph4 ,jonathan and he confirm their former covenant4 ,the ,ziphites discover him to ,saul1 who pursuing close after him1 is called away by an invasion from the ,philistines4 #bc3a4 ,and they told ,david1 saying3 ,behold the ,philistines fight against ,ceila1 and they rob the barns4 #bc3b4 ,therefore ,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,shall ,i go and smite these ,philistines8 ,and the ,lord said to ,david3 ,go1 and thou shalt smite the ,philistines1 and shalt save ,ceila4 #bc3c4 ,and the men that were with ,david1 said to him3 ,behold we are in fear here in ,judea1 how much more if we go to ,ceila against the bands of the ,philistines8 #bc3d4 ,therefore ,david consulted the ,lord again4 ,and he answered and said to him3 ,arise1 and go to ,ceila3 for ,i will deliver the ,philistines into thy hand4 #bc3e4 ,david1 therefore1 and his men1 went to ,ceila1 and fought against the ,philistines1 and brought away their cattle1 and made a great slaughter of them3 and ,david saved the inhabitants of ,ceila4 #bc3f4 ,now at that time1 when ,abiathar1 the son of ,achimelech1 fled to ,david1 to ,ceila1 he came down1 having an ephod with him4 ,an ephod4 4 4,or the ephod4 ,that is1 the vestment of the high priest1 with the urim and thummim1 by which the ,lord gave his oracle4 #bc3g4 ,and it was told ,saul that ,david was come to ,ceila3 and ,saul said3 ,the ,lord hath delivered him into my hands1 and he is shut up1 being come into a city that hath gates and bars4 #bc3h4 ,and ,saul commanded all the people to go down to fight against ,ceila1 and to besiege ,david and his men4 #bc3i4 ,now when ,david understood that ,saul secretly prepared evil against him1 he said to ,abiathar1 the priest3 ,bring hither the ephod4 #bc3aj4 ,and ,david said3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 thy servant hath heard a report1 that ,saul designeth to come to ,ceila1 to destroy the city for my sake3 #bc3aa4 ,will the men of ,ceila deliver me into his hands8 and will ,saul come down1 as thy servant hath heard8 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 tell thy servant4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,he will come down4 #bc3ab4 ,and ,david said3 ,will the men of ,ceila deliver me and my men into the hands of ,saul8 ,and the ,lord said3 ,they will deliver thee up4 #bc3ac4 ,then ,david and his men1 who were about six hundred1 arose1 and departing from ,ceila1 wandered up and down1 uncertain where they should stay3 and it was told ,saul that ,david was fled from ,ceila1 and had escaped3 wherefore he forbore to go out4 #bc3ad4 ,but ,david abode in the desert in strong holds1 and he remained in a mountain of the desert of ,ziph1 in a woody hill4 ,and ,saul sought him always3 but the ,lord delivered him not into his hands4 #bc3ae4 ,and ,david saw that ,saul was come out to seek his life4 ,and ,david was in the desert of ,ziph1 in a wood4 #bc3af4 ,and ,jonathan1 the son of ,saul1 arose1 and went to ,david1 into the wood1 and strengthened his hands in ,god3 and he said to him3 #bc3ag4 ,fear not3 for the hand of my father1 ,saul1 shall not find thee1 and thou shalt reign over ,israel1 and ,i shall be next to thee2 yea and my father knoweth this4 #bc3ah4 ,and they two made a covenant before the ,lord3 and ,david abode in the wood3 but ,jonathan returned to his house4 #bc3ai4 ,and the ,ziphites went up to ,saul1 in ,gabaa1 saying3 ,lo1 doth not ,david lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood1 in mount ,hachila1 which is on the right hand of the desert4 #bc3bj4 ,now therefore come down1 as thy soul hath desired to come down3 and it shall be our business to deliver him into the king's hands4 #bc3ba4 ,and ,saul said3 ,blessed be ye of the ,lord1 for you have pitied my case4 #bc3bb4 ,go1 therefore1 ,i pray you1 and use all diligence1 and curiously inquire1 and consider the place where his foot is1 and who hath seen him there3 for he thinketh of me1 that ,i lie craftily in wait for him4 #bc3bc4 ,consider1 and see all his lurking holes1 wherein he is hid1 and return to me with the certainty of the thing1 that ,i may go with you4 ,and if he should even go down into the earth to hide himself1 ,i will search him out in all the thousands of ,juda4 #bc3bd4 ,and they arose1 and went to ,ziph before ,saul3 and ,david and his men were in the desert of ,maon1 in the plain at the right hand of ,jesimon4 #bc3be4 ,then ,saul and his men went to seek him3 and it was told ,david1 and forthwith he went down to the rock1 and abode in the wilderness of ,maon3 and when ,saul had heard of it1 he pursued after ,david in the wilderness of ,maon4 #bc3bf4 ,and ,saul went on this side of the mountain3 and ,david and his men were on the other side of the mountain3 and ,david despaired of being able to escape from the face of ,saul3 and ,saul and his men encompassed ,david and his men round about1 to take them4 #bc3bg4 ,and a messenger came to ,saul1 saying3 ,make haste to come1 for the ,philistines have poured in themselves upon the land4 #bc3bh4 ,wherefore ,saul returned1 leaving the pursuit of ,david1 and went to meet the ,philistines4 ,for this cause they called that place the rock of division4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bd ,saul seeketh ,david in the wilderness of ,engaddi3 he goeth into a cave where ,david hath him in his power4 #bd3a4 ,then ,david went up from thence1 and dwelt in strong holds of ,engaddi4 #bd3b4 ,and when ,saul was returned from following the ,philistines1 they told him1 saying3 ,behold1 ,david is in the desert of ,engaddi4 #bd3c4 ,saul1 therefore1 took three thousand chosen men out of all ,israel1 and went out to seek after ,david and his men1 even upon the most craggy rocks1 which are accessible only to wild goats4 #bd3d4 ,and he came to the sheepcotes which were in his way4 ,and there was a cave1 into which ,saul went1 to ease nature3 now ,david and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave4 #bd3e4 ,and the servants of ,david said to him3 ,behold the day1 of which the ,lord said to thee3 ,i will deliver thy enemy unto thee1 that thou mayst do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes4 ,then ,david arose1 and secretly cut off the hem of ,saul's robe4 #bd3f4 ,after which ,david's heart struck him1 because he had cut off the hem of ,saul's robe4 ,heart struck him4 4 4,viz41 with remorse1 as fearing he had done amiss4 #bd3g4 ,and he said to his men3 ,the ,lord be merciful unto me1 that ,i may do no such thing to my master1 the ,lord's anointed1 as to lay my hand upon him1 because he is the ,lord's anointed4 #bd3h4 ,and ,david stopped his men with his words1 and suffered them not to rise against ,saul3 but ,saul1 rising up out of the cave1 went on his way4 #bd3i4 ,and ,david also rose up after him3 and going out of the cave1 cried after ,saul1 saying3 ,my lord the king4 ,and ,saul looked behind him3 and ,david bowing himself down to the ground1 worshipped1 #bd3aj4 ,and said to ,saul3 ,why dost thou hear the words of men that say3 ,david seeketh thy hurt8 #bd3aa4 ,behold this day thy eyes have seen1 that the ,lord hath delivered thee into my hand1 in the cave1 and ,i had a thought to kill thee1 but my eye hath spared thee4 ,for ,i said3 ,i will not put out my hand against my lord1 because he is the ,lord's anointed4 ,a thought to kill thee4 4 4,that is1 a suggestion1 to which ,i did not consent4 #bd3ab4 ,moreover1 see and know1 ,o my father1 the hem of thy robe in my hand1 that when ,i cut off the hem of thy robe1 ,i would not put out my hand against thee4 ,reflect1 and see1 that there is no evil in my hand1 nor iniquity1 neither have ,i sinned against thee3 but thou liest in wait for my life1 to take it away4 #bd3ac4 ,the ,lord judge between me and thee and the ,lord revenge me of thee3 but my hand shall not be upon thee4 ,revenge me of thee4 4 4,or1 as it is in the ,hebrew1 will revenge me4 ,the meaning is1 that he refers his whole cause to ,god1 to judge and punish according to his justice3 yet so as to keep himself in the mean time1 from all personal hatred to ,saul1 or desire of gratifying his own passion1 by seeking revenge4 ,so far from it1 that when ,saul was afterwards slain1 we find1 that instead of rejoicing at his death1 he mourned most bitterly for him4 #bd3ad4 ,as also it is said in the old proverb3 ,from the wicked shall wickedness come forth3 therefore my hand shall not be upon thee4 ,after whom dost thou come out1 ,o king of ,israel8 #bd3ae4 ,after whom dost thou pursue8 ,after a dead dog1 after a flea4 #bd3af4 ,be the ,lord judge1 and judge between me and thee1 and see1 and judge my cause1 and deliver me out of thy hand4 #bd3ag4 ,and when ,david had made an end of speaking these words to ,saul1 ,saul said3 ,is this thy voice1 my son ,david8 ,and ,saul lifted up his voice1 and wept3 #bd3ah4 ,and he said to ,david3 ,thou art more just than ,i3 for thou hast done good to me1 and ,i have rewarded thee with evil4 #bd3ai4 ,and thou hast shewed this day what good things thou hast done to me3 how the ,lord delivered me into thy hand1 and thou hast not killed me4 #bd3bj4 ,for who when he hath found his enemy1 will let him go well away8 ,but the ,lord reward thee for this good turn1 for what thou hast done to me this day4 #bd3ba4 ,and now as ,i know that thou shalt surely be king1 and have the kingdom of ,israel in thy hand3 #bd3bb4 ,swear to me by the ,lord1 that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me1 nor take away my name from the house of my father4 #bd3bc4 ,and ,david swore to ,saul4 ,so ,saul went home3 and ,david and his men went up into safer places4 #a ,kings ,chapter #be ,the death of ,samuel4 ,david1 provoked by ,nabal1 threateneth to destroy him3 but is appeased by ,abigail4 #be3a4 ,and ,samuel died1 and all ,israel was gathered together1 and they mourned for him1 and buried him in his house in ,ramatha4 ,and ,david rose1 and went down into the wilderness of ,pharan4 #be3b4 ,now there was a certain man in the wilderness of ,maon1 and his possessions were in ,carmel1 and the man was very great3 and he had three thousand sheep1 and a thousand goats3 and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in ,carmel4 #be3c4 ,now the name of the man was ,nabal3 and the name of his wife was ,abigail4 ,and she was a prudent and very comely woman3 but her husband was churlish1 and very bad and ill natured3 and he was of the house of ,caleb4 #be3d4 ,and when ,david heard in the wilderness1 that ,nabal was shearing his sheep1 #be3e4 ,he sent ten young men1 and said to them3 ,go up to ,carmel1 and go to ,nabal1 and salute him in my name with peace4 #be3f4 ,and you shall say3 ,peace be to my brethren1 and to thee1 and peace to thy house1 and peace to all that thou hast4 #be3g4 ,i have heard that thy shepherds that were with us in the desert were shearing3 we never molested them1 neither was there ought missing to them of the flock at any time1 all the while they were with us in ,carmel4 #be3h4 ,ask thy servants1 and they will tell thee4 ,now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes3 for we are come in a good day1 whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants1 and to thy son ,david4 #be3i4 ,and when ,david's servants came1 they spoke to ,nabal all these words in ,david's name1 and then held their peace4 #be3aj4 ,but ,nabal answering the servants of ,david1 said3 ,who is ,david8 and what is the son of ,isai8 servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters4 #be3aa4 ,shall ,i then take my bread1 and my water1 and the flesh of my cattle1 which ,i have killed for my shearers1 and give to men whom ,i know not whence they are8 #be3ab4 ,so the servants of ,david went back their way1 and returning came and told him all the words that he said4 #be3ac4 ,then ,david said to his young men3 ,let every man gird on his sword4 ,and they girded on every man his sword4 ,and ,david also girded on his sword3 and there followed ,david about four hundred men1 and two hundred remained with the baggage4 #be3ad4 ,but one of the servants told1 ,abigail1 the wife of ,nabal1 saying3 ,behold1 ,david sent messengers out of the wilderness1 to salute our master3 and he rejected them4 #be3ae4 ,these men were very good to us1 and gave us no trouble3 ,neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert4 #be3af4 ,they were a wall unto us1 both by night and day1 all the while we were with them keeping the sheep4 #be3ag4 ,wherefore consider1 and think what thou hast to do3 for evil is determined against thy husband1 and against thy house1 and he is a son of ,belial1 so that no man can speak to him4 #be3ah4 ,then ,abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves1 and two vessels of wine1 and five sheep ready dressed1 and five measures of parched corn1 and a hundred clusters of raisins1 and two hundred cakes of dry figs1 and laid them upon asses3 #be3ai4 ,and she said to her servants3 ,go before me3 behold1 ,i will follow after you3 but she told not her husband1 ,nabal4 #be3bj4 ,and when she had gotten upon an ass1 and was coming down to the foot of the mountain1 ,david and his men came down over against her1 and she met them4 #be3ba4 ,and ,david said3 ,truly in vain have ,i kept all that belonged to this fellow in the wilderness1 and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him3 and he hath returned me evil for good4 #be3bb4 ,may ,god do so and so1 and add more to the foes of ,david1 if ,i leave of all that belong to him till the morning1 any that pisseth against the wall4 ,if ,i leave1 etc4 4 4,david certainly sinned in his designs against ,nabal and his family1 as he himself was afterwards sensible1 when he blessed ,god for hindering him from executing the revenge he had proposed4 #be3bc4 ,and when ,abigail saw ,david1 she made haste and lighted off the ass1 and fell before ,david1 on her face1 and adored upon the ground4 #be3bd4 ,and she fell at his feet1 and said3 ,upon me let this iniquity be1 my lord3 let thy handmaid speak1 ,i beseech thee1 in thy ears1 and hear the words of thy servant4 #be3be4 ,let not my lord the king1 ,i pray thee1 regard this naughty man1 ,nabal3 for according to his name1 he is a fool1 and folly is with him3 but ,i1 thy handmaid1 did not see thy servants1 my lord1 whom thou sentest4 ,his name4 4 4,nabal1 in ,hebrew1 signifies a fool4 #be3bf4 ,now therefore1 my lord1 the ,lord liveth1 and thy soul liveth1 who hath withholden thee from coming to blood1 and hath saved thy hand to thee3 and now let thy enemies be as ,nabal1 and all they that seek evil to my lord4 #be3bg4 ,wherefore receive this blessing1 which thy handmaid hath brought to thee1 my lord3 and give it to the young men that follow thee1 my lord4 #be3bh4 ,forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid3 for the ,lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house1 because thou1 my lord1 fightest the battles of the ,lord3 let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life4 #be3bi4 ,for if a man at any time shall rise1 and persecute thee1 and seek thy life1 the soul of my lord shall be kept1 as in the bundle of the living1 with the ,lord thy ,god3 but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled1 as with the violence and whirling of a sling4 #be3cj4 ,and when the ,lord shall have done to thee1 my lord1 all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee1 and shall have made thee prince over ,israel1 #be3ca4 ,this shall not be an occasion of grief to thee1 and a scruple of heart to my lord1 that thou hast shed innocent blood1 or hast revenged thyself3 and when the ,lord shall have done well by my lord1 thou shalt remember thy handmaid4 #be3cb4 ,and ,david said to ,abigail3 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 who sent thee this day to meet me1 and blessed be thy speech3 #be3cc4 ,and blessed be thou1 who hast kept me to day from coming to blood1 and revenging me with my own hand4 #be3cd4 ,otherwise1 as the ,lord liveth1 the ,god of ,israel1 who hath withholden me from doing thee any evil1 if thou hadst not quickly come to meet me1 there had not been left to ,nabal by the morning light1 any that pisseth against the wall4 #be3ce4 ,and ,david received at her hand all that she had brought him1 and said to her3 ,go in peace into thy house1 behold ,i have heard thy voice1 and honoured thy face4 #be3cf4 ,and ,abigail came to ,nabal3 and behold he had a feast in his house1 like the feast of a king3 and ,nabal's heart was merry1 for he was very drunk3 and she told him nothing less or more until morning4 #be3cg4 ,but early in the morning1 when ,nabal had digested his wine1 his wife told him these words1 and his heart died within him1 and he became as a stone4 #be3ch4 ,and after ten days had passed1 the ,lord struck ,nabal1 and he died4 #be3ci4 ,and when ,david had heard that ,nabal was dead1 he said3 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who hath judged the cause of my reproach1 at the hand of ,nabal1 and hath kept his servant from evil1 and the ,lord hath returned the wickedness of ,nabal upon his head4 ,then ,david sent and treated with ,abigail1 that he might take her to himself for a wife4 ,blessed be1 etc4 4 4,david praiseth ,god1 on this occasion1 not out of joy for the death of ,nabal 7which would have argued a rancour of heart71 but because he saw that ,god had so visibly taken his cause in hand1 in punishing the injury done to him2 whilst1 by a merciful providence he kept him from revenging himself4 #be3dj4 ,and ,david's servants came to ,abigail1 to ,carmel1 and spoke to her1 saying3 ,david hath sent us to thee1 to take thee to himself for a wife4 #be3da4 ,and she arose1 and bowed herself down with her face to the earth1 and said3 ,behold1 let thy servant be a handmaid1 to wash the feet of the servants of my lord4 #be3db4 ,and ,abigail arose1 and made haste1 and got upon an ass1 and five damsels went with her1 her waiting maids1 and she followed the messengers of ,david1 and became his wife4 #be3dc4 ,moreover ,david took also ,achinoam of ,jezrahel3 and they were both of them his wives4 #be3dd4 ,but ,saul gave ,michol1 his daughter1 ,david's wife1 to ,phalti1 the son of ,lais1 who was of ,gallim4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bf ,saul goeth out again after ,david1 who cometh by night where ,saul and his men are asleep1 but suffereth him not to be touched4 ,saul again confesseth his fault1 and promiseth peace4 #bf3a4 ,and the men of ,ziph came to ,saul in ,gabaa1 saying3 ,behold ,david is hid in the hill of ,hachila1 which is over against the wilderness4 #bf3b4 ,and ,saul arose1 and went down to the wilderness of ,ziph having with him three thousand chosen men of ,israel1 to seek ,david in the wilderness of ,ziph4 #bf3c4 ,and ,saul encamped in ,gabaa ,hachila1 which was over against the wilderness in the way3 and ,david abode in the wilderness4 ,and seeing that ,saul was come after him into the wilderness1 #bf3d4 ,he sent spies1 and learned that he was most certainly come thither4 #bf3e4 ,and ,david arose secretly1 and came to the place where ,saul was3 and when he had beheld the place1 wherein ,saul slept1 and ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 the captain of his army1 and ,saul sleeping in a tent1 and the rest of the multitude round about him1 #bf3f4 ,david spoke to ,achimelech1 the ,hethite1 and ,abisai1 the son of ,sarvia1 the brother of ,joab1 saying3 ,who will go down with me to ,saul into the camp8 ,and ,abisai said3 ,i will go with thee4 #bf3g4 ,so ,david and ,abisai came to the people by night1 and found ,saul lying and sleeping in the tent1 and his spear fixed in the ground at his head3 and ,abner and the people sleeping round about him4 #bf3h4 ,and ,abisai said to ,david3 ,god hath shut up thy enemy this day into thy hands3 now then ,i will run him through with my spear1 even to the earth at once1 and there shall be no need of a second time4 #bf3i4 ,and ,david said to ,abisai3 ,kill him not3 for who shall put forth his hand against the ,lord's anointed1 and shall be guiltless8 #bf3aj4 ,and ,david said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 unless the ,lord shall strike him1 or his day shall come to die1 or he shall go down to battle1 and perish3 #bf3aa4 ,the ,lord be merciful unto me1 and keep me that ,i never put forth my hand against the ,lord's anointed4 ,but now take the spear which is at his head1 and the cup of water1 and let us go4 #bf3ab4 ,so ,david took the spear1 and the cup of water which was at ,saul's head1 and they went away3 and no man saw it1 or knew it1 or awaked1 but they were all asleep1 for a deep sleep from the ,lord was fallen upon them4 #bf3ac4 ,and when ,david was gone over to the other side1 and stood on the top of the hill afar off1 and a good space was between them1 #bf3ad4 ,david cried to the people1 and to ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 saying3 ,wilt thou not answer1 ,abner8 ,and ,abner answering1 said3 ,who art thou1 that criest1 and disturbest the king8 #bf3ae4 ,and ,david said to ,abner3 ,art not thou a man8 and who is like unto thee in ,israel8 why then hast thou not kept thy lord the king8 for there came one of the people in to kill the king thy lord4 #bf3af4 ,this thing is not good1 that thou hast done3 as the ,lord liveth1 you are the sons of death1 who have not kept your master1 the ,lord's anointed4 ,and now where is the king's spear1 and the cup of water1 which was at his head8 #bf3ag4 ,and ,saul knew ,david's voice1 and said3 ,is this thy voice1 my son ,david8 ,and ,david said3 ,it is my voice1 my lord the king4 #bf3ah4 ,and he said3 ,wherefore doth my lord persecute his servant8 ,what have ,i done8 or what evil is there in my hand8 #bf3ai4 ,now therefore hear1 ,i pray thee1 my lord the king1 the words of thy servant3 ,if the ,lord stir thee up against me1 let him accept of sacrifice3 but if the sons of men1 they are cursed in the sight of the ,lord1 who have cast me out this day1 that ,i should not dwell in the inheritance of the ,lord1 saying3 ,go1 serve strange gods4 #bf3bj4 ,and now let not my blood be shed upon the earth before the ,lord3 for the king of ,israel is come out to seek a flea1 as the partridge is hunted in the mountains4 #bf3ba4 ,and ,saul said3 ,i have sinned2 return1 my son ,david1 for ,i will no more do thee harm1 because my life hath been precious in thy eyes this day3 for it appeareth that ,i have done foolishly1 and have been ignorant in very many things4 #bf3bb4 ,and ,david answering1 said3 ,behold the king's spear3 let one of the king's servants come over and fetch it4 #bf3bc4 ,and the ,lord will reward every one according to his justice1 and his faithfulness3 for the ,lord hath delivered thee this day into my hand1 and ,i would not put forth my hand against the ,lord's anointed4 #bf3bd4 ,and as thy life hath been much set by this day in my eyes1 so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the ,lord1 and let him deliver me from all distress4 #bf3be4 ,then ,saul said to ,david3 ,blessed art thou1 my son ,david3 and truly doing thou shalt do1 and prevailing thou shalt prevail4 ,and ,david went on his way1 and ,saul returned to his place4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bg ,david goeth again to ,achis king of ,geth1 and obtaineth of him the city of ,siceleg4 #bg3a4 ,and ,david said in his heart3 ,i shall one day or other fall into the hands of ,saul3 is it not better for me to flee1 and to be saved in the land of the ,philistines1 that ,saul may despair of me1 and cease to seek me in all the coasts of ,israel8 ,i will flee then out of his hands4 #bg3b4 ,and ,david arose1 and went away1 both he and the six hundred men that were with him1 to ,achis1 the son of ,maoch1 king of ,geth4 #bg3c4 ,and ,david dwelt with ,achis at ,geth1 he and his men2 every man with his household1 and ,david with his two wives1 ,achinoam1 the ,jezrahelitess1 and ,abigail1 the wife of ,nabal of ,carmel4 #bg3d4 ,and it was told ,saul that ,david was fled to ,geth1 and he sought no more after him4 #bg3e4 ,and ,david said to ,achis3 ,if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 let a place be given me in one of the cities of this country1 that ,i may dwell there3 for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee8 #bg3f4 ,then ,achis gave him ,siceleg that day3 for which reason ,siceleg belongeth to the kings of ,juda unto this day4 #bg3g4 ,and the time that ,david dwelt in the country of the ,philistines1 was four months4 #bg3h4 ,and ,david and his men went up1 and pillaged ,gessuri1 and ,gerzi1 and the ,amalecites3 for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries1 as men go to ,sur1 even to the land of ,egypt4 ,pillaged ,gessuri1 etc4 4 4,these probably were enemies of the people of ,god3 and some1 if not all of them1 were of the number of those whom ,god had ordered to be destroyed3 which justifies ,david's proceedings in their regard4 ,though it is to be observed here1 that we are not under an obligation of justifying every thing that he did3 for the scripture1 in relating what was done1 does not say that it was well done4 ,and even such as are true servants of ,god1 are not to be imitated in all they do4 #bg3i4 ,and ,david wasted all the land1 and left neither man nor woman alive3 and took away the sheep1 and the oxen1 and the asses1 and the camels1 and the apparel1 and returned and came to ,achis4 #bg3aj4 ,and ,achis said to him3 ,whom hast thou gone against to day8 ,david answered3 ,against the south of ,juda1 and against the south of ,jerameel1 and against the south of ,ceni4 #bg3aa4 ,and ,david saved neither man nor woman1 neither brought he any of them to ,geth1 saying3 ,lest they should speak against us4 ,so did ,david1 and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the ,philistines4 #bg3ab4 ,and ,achis believed ,david1 saying3 ,he hath done much harm to his people ,israel3 ,therefore he shall be my servant for ever4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bh ,the ,philistines go out to war against ,israel4 ,saul being forsaken by ,god1 hath recourse to a witch4 ,samuel appeareth to him4 #bh3a4 ,and it came to pass in those days1 that the ,philistines gathered together their armies1 to be prepared for war against ,israel3 ,and ,achis said to ,david3 ,know thou now assuredly1 that thou shalt go out with me to the war1 thou1 and thy men4 #bh3b4 ,and ,david said to ,achis3 ,now thou shalt know what thy servant will do4 ,and ,achis said to ,david3 ,and ,i will appoint thee to guard my life for ever4 #bh3c4 ,now ,samuel was dead1 and all ,israel mourned for him1 and buried him in ,ramatha1 his city4 ,and ,saul had put away all the magicians and soothsayers out of the land4 #bh3d4 ,and the ,philistines were gathered together1 and came and encamped in ,sunam3 and ,saul also gathered together all ,israel1 and came to ,gelboe4 #bh3e4 ,and ,saul saw the army of the ,philistines1 and was afraid1 and his heart was very much dismayed4 #bh3f4 ,and he consulted the ,lord1 and he answered him not1 neither by dreams1 nor by priests1 nor by prophets4 #bh3g4 ,and ,saul said to his servants3 ,seek me a woman that hath a divining spirit1 and ,i will go to her1 and enquire by her4 ,and his servants said to him3 ,there is a woman that hath a divining spirit at ,endor4 #bh3h4 ,then he disguised himself3 and put on other clothes1 and he went1 and two men with him1 and they came to the woman by night1 and he said to her3 ,divine to me by thy divining spirit1 and bring me up him whom ,i shall tell thee4 #bh3i4 ,and the woman said to him3 ,behold thou knowest all that ,saul hath done1 and how he hath rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the land3 why then dost thou lay a snare for my life1 to cause me to be put to death8 #bh3aj4 ,and ,saul swore unto her by the ,lord1 saying3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing4 #bh3aa4 ,and the woman said to him3 ,whom shall ,i bring up to thee8 ,and he said1 ,bring me up ,samuel4 #bh3ab4 ,and when the woman saw ,samuel1 she cried out with a loud voice1 and said to ,saul3 ,why hast thou deceived me8 for thou art ,saul4 #bh3ac4 ,and the king said to her3 ,fear not3 what hast thou seen8 and the woman said to ,saul3 ,i saw gods ascending out of the earth4 #bh3ad4 ,and he said to her3 ,what form is he of8 ,and she said3 ,an old man cometh up1 and he is covered with a mantle4 ,and ,saul understood that it was ,samuel1 and he bowed himself with his face to the ground1 and adored4 ,understood that it was ,samuel4 4 4,it is the more common opinion of the holy fathers1 and interpreters1 that the soul of ,samuel appeared indeed3 and not1 as some have imagined1 an evil spirit in his shape4 ,not that the power of her magic could bring him thither1 but that ,god was pleased for the punishment of ,saul1 that ,samuel himself should denounce unto him the evils that were falling upon him4 ,see ,eccli4 #df4bc4 #bh3ae4 ,and ,samuel said to ,saul3 ,why hast thou disturbed my rest1 that ,i should be brought up8 ,and ,saul said3 ,i am in great distress3 for the ,philistines fight against me1 and ,god is departed from me1 and would not hear me1 neither by the hand of prophets1 nor by dreams3 therefore ,i have called thee1 that thou mayst shew me what ,i shall do4 #bh3af4 ,and ,samuel said3 ,why askest thou me1 seeing the ,lord has departed from thee1 and is gone over to thy rival8 #bh3ag4 ,for the ,lord will do to thee as he spoke by me1 and he will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand1 and will give it to thy neighbour ,david3 #bh3ah4 ,because thou didst not obey the voice of the ,lord1 neither didst thou execute the wrath of his indignation upon ,amalec4 ,therefore hath the ,lord done to thee what thou sufferest this day4 #bh3ai4 ,and the ,lord also will deliver ,israel with thee into the hands of the ,philistines3 and to morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me3 and the ,lord will also deliver the army of ,israel into the hands of the ,philistines4 ,with me4 4 4,that is1 in the state of the dead1 and in another world1 though not in the same place4 #bh3bj4 ,and forthwith ,saul fell all along on the ground2 for he was frightened with the words of ,samuel1 and there was no strength in him1 for he had eaten no bread all that day4 #bh3ba4 ,and the woman came to ,saul1 7for he was very much troubled7 and said to him3 ,behold thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice1 and ,i have put my life in my hand3 and ,i hearkened unto the words which thou spokest to me4 #bh3bb4 ,now therefore1 ,i pray thee1 hearken thou also to the voice of thy handmaid1 and let me set before thee a morsel of bread1 that thou mayst eat and recover strength1 and be able to go on thy journey4 #bh3bc4 ,but he refused1 and said3 ,i will not eat4 ,but his servants and the woman forced him1 and at length hearkening to their voice1 he arose from the ground1 and sat upon the bed4 #bh3bd4 ,now the woman had a fatted calf in the house1 and she made haste and killed it3 and taking meal1 kneaded it1 and baked some unleavened bread1 #bh3be4 ,and set it before ,saul1 and before his servants4 ,and when they had eaten they rose up1 and walked all that night4 #a ,kings ,chapter #bi ,david going with the ,philistines is sent back by their princes4 #bi3a4 ,now all the troops of the ,philistines were gathered together to ,aphec3 and ,israel also encamped by the fountain1 which is in ,jezrahel4 #bi3b4 ,and the lords of the ,philistines marched with their hundreds and their thousands3 but ,david and his men were in the rear with ,achis4 #bi3c4 ,and the princes of the ,philistines said to ,achis3 ,what mean these ,hebrews8 ,and ,achis said to the princes of the ,philistines3 ,do you not know ,david who was the servant of ,saul1 the king of ,israel1 and hath been with me many days1 or years1 and ,i have found no fault in him1 since the day that he fled over to me until this day8 #bi3d4 ,but the prices of the ,philistines were angry with him1 and they said to him3 ,let this man return1 and abide in his place1 which thou hast appointed him1 and let him not go down with us to battle1 lest he be an adversary to us1 when we shall begin to fight3 for how can he otherwise appease his master1 but with our heads8 #bi3e4 ,is not this ,david1 to whom they sung in their dances1 saying3 ,saul slew his thousands1 and ,david his ten thousands8 #bi3f4 ,then ,achis called ,david1 and said to him3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 thou art upright and good in my sight3 and so is thy going out1 and thy coming in with me in the army3 and ,i have not found any evil in thee1 since the day that thou camest to me unto this day3 but thou pleasest not the lords4 #bi3g4 ,return therefore1 and go in peace1 and offend not the eyes of the princes of the ,philistines4 #bi3h4 ,and ,david said to ,achis3 ,but what have ,i done1 or what hast thou found in me thy servant1 from the day that ,i have been in thy sight until this day1 that ,i may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king8 #bi3i4 ,and ,achis answering1 said to ,david3 ,i know that thou art good in my sight1 as an angel of ,god3 ,but the princes of the ,philistines have said3 ,he shall not go up with us to the battle4 #bi3aj4 ,therefore arise in the morning1 thou1 and the servants of thy lord1 who came with thee3 and when you are up before day1 and it shall begin to be light1 go on your way4 #bi3aa4 ,so ,david and his men arose in the night1 that they might set forward in the morning1 and returned to the land of the ,philistines3 and the ,philistines went up to ,jezrahel4 #a ,kings ,chapter #cj ,the ,amalecites burn ,siceleg1 and carry off the prey3 ,david pursueth after them1 and recovereth all out of their hands4 #cj3a4 ,now when ,david and his men were come to ,siceleg on the third day1 the ,amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon ,siceleg1 and had smitten ,siceleg1 and burnt it with fire1 #cj3b4 ,and had taken the women captives that were in it1 both little and great3 and they had not killed any person1 but had carried them with them1 and went on their way4 #cj3c4 ,so when ,david and his men came to the city1 and found it burnt with fire1 and that their wives1 and their sons1 and their daughters1 were taken captives1 #cj3d4 ,david and the people that were with him1 lifted up their voices1 and wept till they had no more tears4 #cj3e4 ,for the two wives also of ,david were taken captives1 ,achinoam1 the ,jezrahelitess1 and ,abigail1 the wife of ,nabal of ,carmel4 #cj3f4 ,and ,david was greatly afflicted3 for the people had a mind to stone him1 for the soul of every man was bitterly grieved for his sons and daughters3 but ,david took courage in the ,lord his ,god4 #cj3g4 ,and he said to ,abiathar1 the priest1 the son of ,achimelech3 ,bring me hither the ephod4 ,and ,abiathar brought the ephod to ,david4 #cj3h4 ,and ,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,shall ,i pursue after these robbers1 and shall ,i overtake them1 or not8 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,pursue after them3 for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover the prey4 #cj3i4 ,so ,david went1 he and the six hundred men that were with him1 and they came to the torrent ,besor3 and some1 being weary1 stayed there4 #cj3aj4 ,but ,david pursued1 he and four hundred men3 for two hundred stayed1 who1 being weary1 could not go over the torrent ,besor4 #cj3aa4 ,and they found an ,egyptian in the field1 and brought him to ,david3 and they gave him bread to eat1 and water to drink1 #cj3ab4 ,as also a piece of a cake of figs1 and two bunches of raisins4 ,and when he had eaten them1 his spirit returned1 and he was refreshed3 for he had not eaten bread1 nor drunk water1 three days and three nights4 #cj3ac4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,to whom dost thou belong2 or whence dost thou come8 and whither art thou going8 ,he said3 ,i am a young man of ,egypt1 the servant of an ,amalecite3 and my master left me1 because ,i began to be sick three days ago4 #cj3ad4 ,for we made an invasion on the south side of ,cerethi1 and upon ,juda1 and upon the south of ,caleb1 and we burnt ,siceleg with fire4 #cj3ae4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,canst thou bring me to this company8 and he said3 ,swear to me by ,god1 that thou wilt not kill me1 nor deliver me into the hands of my master1 and ,i will bring thee to this company4 ,and ,david swore to him4 #cj3af4 ,and when he had brought him1 behold they were lying spread abroad upon all the ground1 eating and drinking1 and as it were keeping a festival day1 for all the prey and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the ,philistines1 and out of the land of ,juda4 #cj3ag4 ,and ,david slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day1 and there escaped not a man of them1 but four hundred young men1 who had gotten upon camels1 and fled4 #cj3ah4 ,so ,david recovered all that the ,amalecites had taken1 and he rescued his two wives4 #cj3ai4 ,and there was nothing missing small or great1 neither of their sons or their daughters1 nor of the spoils1 and whatsoever they had taken1 ,david recovered all4 #cj3bj4 ,and he took all the flocks and the herds1 and made them go before him3 and they said3 ,this is the prey of ,david4 #cj3ba4 ,and ,david came to the two hundred men1 who1 being weary1 had stayed1 and were not able to follow ,david1 and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent ,besor3 and they came out to meet ,david1 and the people that were with him4 ,and ,david coming to the people1 saluted them peaceably4 #cj3bb4 ,then all the wicked and unjust men1 that had gone with ,david1 answering1 said3 ,because they came not with us1 we will not give them any thing of the prey which we have recovered3 but let every man take his wife1 and his children1 and be contented with them1 and go his way4 #cj3bc4 ,but ,david said3 ,you shall not do so1 my brethren1 with these things1 which the ,lord hath given us1 who hath kept us1 and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands3 #cj3bd4 ,and no man shall hearken to you in this matter4 ,but equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle1 and of him that abode at the baggage1 and they shall divide alike4 #cj3be4 ,and this hath been done from that day forward1 and since was made a statute and an ordinance1 and as a law in ,israel4 #cj3bf4 ,then ,david came to ,siceleg1 and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of ,juda1 his neighbours1 saying3 ,receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the ,lord4 #cj3bg4 ,to them that were in ,bethel1 and that were in ,ramoth to the south1 and to them that were in ,jether4 #cj3bh4 ,and to them that were in ,aroer1 and that were in ,sephamoth1 and that were in ,esthamo1 #cj3bi4 ,and that were in ,rachal1 and that were in the cities of ,jerameel1 and that were in the cities of ,ceni1 #cj3cj4 ,and that were in ,arama1 and that were in the lake ,asan1 and that were in ,athach1 #cj3ca4 ,and that were in ,hebron1 and to the rest that were in those places1 in which ,david had abode with his men4 #a ,kings ,chapter #ca ,israel is defeated by the ,philistines3 ,saul and his sons are slain4 #ca3a4 ,and the ,philistines fought against ,israel1 and the men of ,israel fled from before the ,philistines1 and fell down slain in mount ,gelboe4 #ca3b4 ,and the ,philistines fell upon ,saul1 and upon his sons1 and they slew ,jonathan1 and ,abinadab1 and ,melchisua1 the sons of ,saul4 #ca3c4 ,and the whole weight of the battle was turned upon ,saul3 and the archers overtook him1 and he was grievously wounded by the archers4 #ca3d4 ,then ,saul said to his armourbearer3 ,draw thy sword1 and kill me3 lest these uncircumcised come1 and slay me1 and mock at me4 ,and his armourbearer would not3 for he was struck with exceeding great fear4 ,then ,saul took his sword1 and fell upon it4 #ca3e4 ,and when his armourbearer saw this1 to wit1 that ,saul was dead1 he also fell upon his sword and died with him4 #ca3f4 ,so ,saul died1 and his three sons1 and his armourbearer1 and all his men that same day together4 #ca3g4 ,and the men of ,israel1 that were beyond the valley1 and beyond the ,jordan1 seeing that the ,israelites were fled1 and that ,saul was dead1 and his sons1 forsook their cities1 and fled3 and the ,philistines came and dwelt there4 #ca3h4 ,and on the morrow the ,philistines came to strip the slain1 and they found ,saul and his three sons lying in mount ,gelboe4 #ca3i4 ,and they cut off ,saul's head1 and stripped him of his armour1 and sent into the land of the ,philistines round about1 to publish it in the temples of their idols and among their people4 #ca3aj4 ,and they put his armour in the temple of ,astaroth1 but his body they hung on the wall of ,bethsan4 #ca3aa4 ,now when the inhabitants of ,jabes ,galaad had heard all that the ,philistines had done to ,saul1 #ca3ab4 ,all the most valiant men arose1 and walked all the night1 and took the body of ,saul1 and the bodies of his sons1 from the wall of ,bethsan3 and they came to ,jabes ,galaad1 and burnt them there4 #ca3ac4 ,and they took their bones1 and buried them in the wood of ,jabes3 and fasted seven days4 ,,the ,,second ,,book ,,of ,,samuel1 ,,otherwise ,,called ,,the ,,second ,,book ,,of ,,kings ,this ,book relates the transactions from the death of ,saul until the end of ,david's reign1 being a history for the space of about forty-six years4 #b ,kings ,chapter #a ,david mourneth for the death of ,saul and ,jonathan3 he ordereth the man to be slain who pretended he had killed ,saul4 #a3a4 ,now it came to pass1 after ,saul was dead1 that ,david returned from the slaughter of the ,amalecites1 and abode two days in ,siceleg4 #a3b4 ,and on the third day1 there appeared a man who came out of ,saul's camp1 with his garments rent1 and dust strewed on his head3 and when he came to ,david1 he fell upon his face1 and adored4 #a3c4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,from whence comest thou8 ,and he said to him3 ,i am fled out of the camp of ,israel4 #a3d4 ,and ,david said unto him3 ,what is the matter that is come to pass8 tell me3 ,he said3 ,the people are fled from the battle1 and many of the people are fallen and dead3 moreover ,saul and ,jonathan his son are slain4 #a3e4 ,and ,david said to the young man that told him3 ,how knowest thou that ,saul and ,jonathan his son1 are dead8 #a3f4 ,and the young man that told him1 said3 ,i came by chance upon mount ,gelboe1 and ,saul leaned upon his spear3 and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him1 #a3g4 ,and looking behind him1 and seeing me1 he called me4 ,and ,i answered1 ,here am ,i4 #a3h4 ,and he said to me3 ,who art thou8 ,and ,i said to him3 ,i am an ,amalecite4 #a3i4 ,and he said to me3 ,stand over me1 and kill me3 for anguish is come upon me1 and as yet my whole life is in me4 #a3aj4 ,so standing over him1 ,i killed him3 for ,i knew that he could not live after the fall3 and ,i took the diadem that was on his head1 and the bracelet that was on his arm1 and have brought them hither to thee1 my lord4 ,i killed him4 4 4,this story of the young ,amalecite was not true1 as may easily be proved by comparing it with the last chapter of the foregoing book4 #a3aa4 ,then ,david took hold of his garments and rent them1 and likewise all the men that were with him4 #a3ab4 ,and they mourned1 and wept1 and fasted until evening for ,saul1 and for ,jonathan his son1 and for the people of the ,lord1 and for the house of ,israel1 because they were fallen by the sword4 #a3ac4 ,and ,david said to the young man that told him3 ,whence art thou8 ,he answered3 ,i am the son of a stranger of ,amalec4 #a3ad4 ,david said to him3 ,why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the ,lord's anointed8 #a3ae4 ,and ,david calling one of his servants1 said3 ,go near and fall upon him4 ,and he struck him so that he died4 #a3af4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,thy blood be upon thy own head3 for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee1 saying3 ,i have slain the ,lord's anointed4 #a3ag4 ,and ,david made this kind of lamentation over ,saul1 and over ,jonathan his son4 #a3ah4 7,also he commanded that they should teach the children of ,juda the use of the bow1 as it is written in the book of the just47 ,and he said3 ,consider1 ,o ,israel1 for them that are dead1 wounded on thy high places4 #a3ai4 ,the illustrious of ,israel are slain upon thy mountains3 how are the valiant fallen8 #a3bj4 ,tell it not in ,geth1 publish it not in the streets of ,ascalon3 lest the daughters of the ,philistines rejoice1 lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph4 #a3ba4 ,ye mountains of ,gelboe1 let neither dew1 nor rain come upon you1 neither be they fields of firstfruits3 for there was cast away the shield of the valiant1 the shield of ,saul as though he had not been anointed with oil4 #a3bb4 ,from the blood of the slain1 from the fat of the valiant1 the arrow of ,jonathan never turned back1 and the sword of ,saul did not return empty4 #a3bc4 ,saul and ,jonathan1 lovely1 and comely in their life1 even in death they were not divided3 they were swifter than eagles1 stronger than lions4 #a3bd4 ,ye daughters of ,israel1 weep over ,saul1 who clothed you with scarlet in delights1 who gave ornaments of gold for your attire4 #a3be4 ,how are the valiant fallen in battle8 ,jonathan slain in the high places8 #a3bf4 ,i grieve for thee1 my brother ,jonathan3 exceeding beautiful1 and amiable to me above the love of women4 ,as the mother loveth her only son1 so did ,i love thee4 #a3bg4 ,how are the valiant fallen1 and the weapons of war perished8 #b ,kings ,chapter #b ,david is received and anointed king of ,juda4 ,isboseth the son of ,saul reigneth over the rest of ,israel4 ,a battle between ,abner and ,joab4 #b3a4 ,and after these things ,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,shall ,i go up into one of the cities of ,juda8 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go up4 ,and ,david said3 ,whither shall ,i go up8 ,and he answered him3 ,into ,hebron4 #b3b4 ,so ,david went up1 and his two wives ,achinoam the ,jezrahelitess1 and ,abigail the wife of ,nabal of ,carmel3 #b3c4 ,and the men also that were with him1 ,david brought up every man with his household3 and they abode in the towns of ,hebron4 #b3d4 ,and the men of ,juda came1 and anointed ,david there1 to be king over the house of ,juda4 ,and it was told ,david that the men of ,jabes ,galaad had buried ,saul4 #b3e4 ,david therefore sent messengers to the men of ,jabes ,galaad1 and said to them3 ,blessed be you to the ,lord1 who have shewn this mercy to your master ,saul1 and have buried him4 #b3f4 ,and now the ,lord surely will render you mercy and truth1 and ,i also will requite you for this good turn1 because you have done this thing4 #b3g4 ,let your hands be strengthened1 and be ye men of valour3 for although your master ,saul be dead1 yet the house of ,juda hath anointed me to be their king4 #b3h4 ,but ,abner the son of ,ner1 general of ,saul's army1 took ,isboseth the son of ,saul1 and led him about through the camp1 #b3i4 ,and made him king over ,galaad1 and over ,gessuri1 and over ,jezrahel1 and over ,ephraim1 and over ,benjamin1 and over all ,israel4 #b3aj4 ,isboseth the son of ,saul was forty years old when he began to reign over ,israel1 and he reigned two years2 and only the house of ,juda followed ,david4 ,he reigned two years4 4 4,viz41 before he began visibly to decline3 but in all he reigned seven years and six months2 for so long ,david reigned in ,hebron4 #b3aa4 ,and the number of the days that ,david abode1 reigning in ,hebron over the house of ,juda1 was seven years and six months4 #b3ab4 ,and ,abner the son of ,ner1 and the servants of ,isboseth the son of ,saul1 went out from the camp to ,gabaon4 #b3ac4 ,and ,joab the son of ,sarvia1 and the servants of ,david went out1 and met them by the pool of ,gabaon4 ,and when they were come together1 they sat down over against one another3 the one on the one side of the pool1 and the other on the other side4 #b3ad4 ,and ,abner said to ,joab3 ,let the young men rise1 and play before us4 ,and ,joab answered3 ,let them rise4 #b3ae4 ,then there arose and went over twelve in number of ,benjamin1 of the part of ,isboseth the son of ,saul1 and twelve of the servants of ,david4 #b3af4 ,and every one catching his fellow by the head1 thrust his sword into the side of his adversary1 and they fell down together3 and the name of the place was called3 ,the field of the valiant1 in ,gabaon4 #b3ag4 ,and there was a very fierce battle that day3 and ,abner was put to flight1 with the men of ,israel1 by the servants of ,david4 #b3ah4 ,and there were the three sons of ,sarvia there1 ,joab1 and ,abisai1 and ,asael3 now ,asael was a most swift runner1 like one of the roes that abide in the woods4 #b3ai4 ,and ,asael pursued after ,abner1 and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following ,abner4 #b3bj4 ,and ,abner looked behind him1 and said3 ,art thou ,asael8 ,and he answered3 ,i am4 #b3ba4 ,and ,abner said to him3 ,go to the right hand or to the left1 and lay hold on one of the young men and take thee his spoils4 ,but ,asael would not leave off following him close4 #b3bb4 ,and again ,abner said to ,asael3 ,go off1 and do not follow me1 lest ,i be obliged to stab thee to the ground1 and ,i shall not be able to hold up my face to ,joab thy brother4 #b3bc4 ,but he refused to hearken to him1 and would not turn aside3 wherefore ,abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin1 and thrust him through1 and he died upon the spot3 and all that came to the place where ,asael fell down and died stood still4 #b3bd4 ,now while ,joab and ,abisai pursued after ,abner1 the sun went down3 and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct1 that lieth over against the valley by the way of the wilderness in ,gabaon4 #b3be4 ,and the children of ,benjamin gathered themselves together to ,abner3 and being joined in one body1 they stood on the top of a hill4 #b3bf4 ,and ,abner cried out to ,joab1 and said3 ,shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction8 knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair8 how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren8 #b3bg4 ,and ,joab said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 if thou hadst spoke sooner1 even in the morning the people should have retired from pursuing after their brethren4 #b3bh4 ,then ,joab sounded the trumpet1 and all the army stood still1 and did not pursue after ,israel any farther1 nor fight any more4 #b3bi4 ,and ,abner and his men walked all that night through the plains3 and they passed the ,jordan1 and having gone through all ,beth-horon1 came to the camp4 #b3cj4 ,and ,joab returning1 after he had left ,abner1 assembled all the people3 and there were wanting of ,david's servants nineteen men1 beside ,asael4 #b3ca4 ,but the servants of ,david had killed of ,benjamin1 and of the men that were with ,abner1 three hundred and sixty1 who all died4 #b3cb4 ,and they took ,asael1 and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in ,bethlehem and ,joab1 and the men that were with him1 marched all the night1 and they came to ,hebron at break of day4 #b ,kings ,chapter #c ,david groweth daily stronger4 ,abner cometh over to him3 he is treacherously slain by ,joab4 #c3a4 ,now there was a long war between the house of ,saul and the house of ,david3 ,david prospering and growing always stronger and stronger1 but the house of ,saul decaying daily4 ,there was a long war between the house of ,saul1 etc4 4 4,rather a strife or emulation than a war with arms2 it lasted five years and a half4 #c3b4 ,and sons were born to ,david in ,hebron3 and his firstborn was ,ammon of ,achinoam the ,jezrahelitess3 #c3c4 ,and his second ,cheleab of ,abigail the wife of ,nabal of ,carmel3 and the third ,absalom the son of ,maacha the daughter of ,tholmai king of ,gessur3 #c3d4 ,and the fourth ,adonias1 the son of ,haggith3 and the fifth ,saphathia the son of ,abital3 #c3e4 ,and the sixth ,jethraam of ,egla the wife of ,david3 these were born to ,david ,in ,hebron4 #c3f4 ,now while there was war between the house of ,saul and the house of ,david1 ,abner the son of ,ner ruled the house of ,saul4 #c3g4 ,and ,saul had a concubine named ,respha1 the daughter of ,aia4 ,and ,isboseth said to ,abner3 #c3h4 ,why didst thou go in to my father's concubine8 ,and he was exceedingly angry for the words of ,isboseth1 and said3 ,am ,i a dog's head against ,juda this day1 who have shewn mercy to the house of ,saul thy father1 and to his brethren and friends1 and have not delivered thee into the hands of ,david1 and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman8 #c3i4 ,so do ,god to ,abner1 and more also1 unless as the ,lord hath sworn to ,david1 so ,i do to him1 #c3aj4 ,that the kingdom be translated from the house of ,saul1 and the throne of ,david be set up over ,israel1 and over ,juda from ,dan to ,bersabee4 #c3aa4 ,and he could not answer him a word1 because he feared him4 #c3ab4 ,abner therefore sent messengers to ,david for himself1 saying3 ,whose is the land8 and that they should say3 ,make a league with me1 and my hand shall be with thee3 and ,i will bring all ,israel to thee4 #c3ac4 ,and he said3 ,very well3 ,i will make a league with thee3 but one thing ,i require of thee1 saying3 ,thou shalt not see my face before thou bring ,michol the daughter of ,saul3 and so thou shalt come1 and see me4 #c3ad4 ,and ,david sent messengers to ,isboseth the son of ,saul1 saying3 ,restore my wife ,michol1 whom ,i espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the ,philistines4 #c3ae4 ,and ,isboseth sent1 and took her from her husband ,phaltiel1 the son of ,lais4 #c3af4 ,and her husband followed her1 weeping as far as ,bahurim3 and ,abner said to him3 ,go and return4 ,and he returned4 #c3ag4 ,abner also spoke to the ancients of ,israel1 saying3 ,both yesterday and the day before you sought for ,david that he might reign over you4 #c3ah4 ,now then do it3 because the ,lord hath spoken to ,david1 saying3 ,by the hand of my servant ,david ,i will save my people ,israel from the hands of the ,philistines1 and of all their enemies4 #c3ai4 ,and ,abner spoke also to ,benjamin4 ,and he went to speak to ,david in ,hebron all that seemed good to ,israel1 and to all ,benjamin4 #c3bj4 ,and he came to ,david in ,hebron with twenty men3 and ,david made a feast for ,abner1 and his men that came with him4 #c3ba4 ,and ,abner said to ,david3 ,i will rise1 that ,i may gather all ,israel unto thee my lord the king1 and may enter into a league with thee1 and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth4 ,now when ,david had brought ,abner on his way1 and he was gone in peace1 #c3bb4 ,immediately1 ,david's servants and ,joab came1 after having slain the robbers1 with an exceeding great booty4 ,and ,abner was not with ,david in ,hebron1 for he had now sent him away1 and he was gone in peace4 #c3bc4 ,and ,joab and all the army that was with him1 came afterwards3 and it was told ,joab1 that ,abner the son of ,ner came to the king1 and he hath sent him away1 and he is gone in peace4 #c3bd4 ,and ,joab went in to the king1 and said3 ,what hast thou done8 ,behold ,abner came to thee3 ,why didst thou send him away1 and he is gone and departed8 #c3be4 ,knowest thou not ,abner the son of ,ner1 that to this end he came to thee1 that he might deceive thee1 and to know thy going out1 and thy coming in1 and to know all thou dost8 #c3bf4 ,then ,joab going out from ,david1 sent messengers after ,abner1 and brought him back from the cistern of ,sira1 ,david knowing nothing of it4 #c3bg4 ,and when ,abner was returned to ,hebron1 ,joab took him aside to the middle of the gate1 to speak to him treacherously3 and he stabbed him there in the groin1 and he died1 in revenge of the blood of ,asael his brother4 #c3bh4 ,and when ,david heard of it1 after the thing was now done1 he said3 ,i1 and my kingdom are innocent before the ,lord for ever of the blood of ,abner the son of ,ner3 #c3bi4 ,and may it come upon the head of ,joab1 and upon all his father's house3 and let there not fail from the house of ,joab one that hath an issue of seed1 or that is a leper1 or that holdeth the distaff1 or that falleth by the sword1 or that wanteth bread4 #c3cj4 ,so ,joab and ,abisai his brother slew ,abner1 because he had killed their brother ,asael at ,gabaon in the battle4 #c3ca4 ,and ,david said to ,joab1 and to all the people that were with him3 ,rend your garments1 and gird yourselves with sackcloths1 and mourn before the funeral of ,abner4 ,and king ,david himself followed the bier4 #c3cb4 ,and when they had buried ,abner in ,hebron1 king ,david lifted up his voice1 and wept at the grave of ,abner3 and all the people also wept4 #c3cc4 ,and the king mourning and lamenting over ,abner1 said3 ,not as cowards are wont to die1 hath ,abner died4 #c3cd4 ,thy hands were not bound1 nor thy feet laden with fetters3 but as men fall before the children of iniquity1 so didst thou fall4 ,and all the people repeating it wept over him4 #c3ce4 ,and when all the people came to take meat with ,david1 while it was yet broad day1 ,david swore1 saying3 ,so do ,god to me1 and more also1 if ,i taste bread or any thing else before sunset4 #c3cf4 ,and all the people heard1 and they were pleased1 and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people4 #c3cg4 ,and all the people1 and all ,israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing1 that ,abner the son of ,ner was slain4 #c3ch4 ,the king also said to his servants3 ,do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in ,israel8 #c3ci4 ,but ,i as yet am tender1 though anointed king4 ,and these men the sons of ,sarvia are too hard for me3 the ,lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness4 #b ,kings ,chapter #d ,isboseth is murdered by two of his servants4 ,david punisheth the murderers4 #d3a4 ,and ,isboseth the son of ,saul heard that ,abner was slain in ,hebron3 and his hands were weakened1 and all ,israel was troubled4 #d3b4 ,now the son of ,saul had two men captains of his bands1 the name of the one was ,baana1 and the name of the other ,rechab1 the sons of ,remmon a ,berothite of the children of ,benjamin3 for ,beroth also was reckoned in ,benjamin4 #d3c4 ,and the ,berothites fled into ,gethaim1 and were sojourners there until that time4 #d3d4 ,and ,jonathan the son of ,saul had a son that was lame of his feet3 for he was five years old when the tidings came of ,saul and ,jonathan from ,jezrahel4 ,and his nurse took him up and fled3 and as she made haste to flee1 he fell and became lame3 and his name was ,miphiboseth4 #d3e4 ,and the sons of ,remmon the ,berothite1 ,rechab and ,baana coming1 went into the house of ,isboseth in the heat of the day3 and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon4 ,and the doorkeeper of the house1 who was cleansing wheat1 was fallen asleep4 #d3f4 ,and they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn1 and ,rechab and ,baana his brother stabbed him in the groin1 and fled away4 #d3g4 ,for when they came into the house1 he was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour1 and they struck him and killed him and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness1 walking all night4 #d3h4 ,and they brought the head of ,isboseth to ,david to ,hebron3 and they said to the king3 ,behold the head of ,isboseth the son of ,saul thy enemy who sought thy life3 and the ,lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of ,saul1 and of his seed4 #d3i4 ,but ,david answered ,rechab1 and ,baana his brother1 the sons of ,remmon the ,berothite1 and said to them3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 who hath delivered my soul out of all distress1 #d3aj4 ,the man that told me1 and said3 ,saul is dead1 who thought he brought good tidings1 ,i apprehended1 and slew him in ,siceleg1 who should have been rewarded for his news4 #d3aa4 ,how much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house1 upon his bed1 shall ,i not require his blood at your hand1 and take you away from the earth8 #d3ab4 ,and ,david commanded his servants and they slew them3 and cutting off their hands and feet1 hanged them up over the pool in ,hebron3 but the head of ,isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of ,abner in ,hebron4 #b ,kings ,chapter #e ,david is anointed king of all ,israel4 ,he taketh ,jerusalem1 and dwelleth there4 ,he defeateth the ,philistines4 #e3a4 ,then all the tribes of ,israel came to ,david in ,hebron1 saying3 ,behold we are thy bone and thy flesh4 #e3b4 ,moreover yesterday also and the day before1 when ,saul was king over us1 thou wast he that did lead out and bring in ,israel3 and the ,lord said to thee3 ,thou shalt feed my people ,israel1 and thou shalt be prince over ,israel4 #e3c4 ,the ancients also of ,israel came to the king of ,hebron1 and king ,david made a league with them in ,hebron before the ,lord3 and they anointed ,david to be king over ,israel4 #e3d4 ,david was thirty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned forty years4 #e3e4 ,in ,hebron he reigned over ,juda seven years and six months3 and in ,jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years over all ,israel and ,juda4 #e3f4 ,and the king and all the men that were with him went to ,jerusalem to the ,jebusites the inhabitants of the land3 and they said to ,david3 ,thou shalt not come in hither unless thou take away the blind and the lame that say3 ,david shall not come in hither4 #e3g4 ,but ,david took the castle of ,sion1 the same is the city of ,david4 #e3h4 ,for ,david had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the ,jebusites and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses1 and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of ,david3 therefore it is said in the proverb3 ,the blind and the lame shall not come into the temple4 #e3i4 ,and ,david dwelt in the castle1 and called it1 ,the city of ,david3 and built round about from ,mello and inwards4 #e3aj4 ,and he went on prospering and growing up1 and the ,lord ,god of hosts was with him4 #e3aa4 ,and ,hiram the king of ,tyre sent messengers to ,david1 and cedar trees1 and carpenters1 and masons for walls3 and they built a house for ,david4 #e3ab4 ,and ,david knew that the ,lord had confirmed him king over ,israel1 and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people ,israel4 #e3ac4 ,and ,david took more concubines and wives of ,jerusalem1 after he was come from ,hebron3 and there were born to ,david other sons also and daughters3 ,david took more concubines and wives of ,jerusalem4 4 4,not harlots1 but wives of an inferior condition2 for such1 in scripture1 are styled concubines4 #e3ad4 ,and these are the names of them1 that were born to him in ,jerusalem1 ,samua1 and ,sobab1 and ,nathan1 and ,solomon1 #e3ae4 ,and ,jebahar1 and ,elisua1 and ,nepheg1 #e3af4 ,and ,japhia1 and ,elisama1 and ,elioda1 and ,eliphaleth4 #e3ag4 ,and the ,philistines heard that they had anointed ,david to be king over ,israel3 and they all came to seek ,david3 and when ,david heard of it1 he went down to a strong hold4 #e3ah4 ,and the ,philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of ,raphaim4 #e3ai4 ,and ,david consulted the ,lord1 ,saying3 ,shall ,i go up to the ,philistines8 and wilt thou deliver them into my hand8 ,and the ,lord said to ,david3 ,go up1 for ,i will surely deliver the ,philistines into thy hand4 #e3bj4 ,and ,david came to ,baal ,pharisim3 and defeated them there1 and he said1 ,the ,lord hath divided my enemies before me1 as waters are divided4 ,therefore the name of the place was called ,baal ,pharisim4 #e3ba4 ,and they left there their idols3 which ,david and his men took away4 #e3bb4 ,and the ,philistines came up again and spread themselves into the valley of ,raphaim4 #e3bc4 ,and ,david consulted the ,lord3 ,shall ,i go up against the ,philistines1 and wilt thou deliver them into my hands8 ,he answered3 ,go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them1 and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees4 #e3bd4 ,and when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees1 then shalt thou join battle3 for then will the ,lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the ,philistines4 #e3be4 ,and ,david did as the ,lord had commanded him1 and he smote the ,philistines from ,gabaa until thou come to ,gezer4 #b ,kings ,chapter #f ,david fetcheth the ark from ,cariathiarim4 ,oza is struck dead for touching it4 ,it is deposited in the house of ,obededom3 and from thence carried to ,david's house4 #f3a4 ,and ,david again gathered together all the chosen men of ,israel1 thirty thousand4 #f3b4 ,and ,david arose and went1 with all the people that were with him of the men of ,juda to fetch the ark of ,god1 upon which the name of the ,lord of ,hosts is invoked1 who sitteth over it upon the cherubims4 #f3c4 ,and they laid the ark of ,god upon a new cart3 and took it out of the house of ,abinadab1 who was in ,gabaa1 and ,oza and ,ahio1 the sons of ,abinadab1 drove the new cart4 ,gabaa4 4 4,the hill of ,cariathiarim1 where the ark had been in the house of ,abinadab1 from the time of its being restored back by the ,philistines4 #f3d4 ,and when they had taken it out of the house of ,abinadab1 who was in ,gabaa1 ,ahio having care of the ark of ,god went before the ark4 #f3e4 ,but ,david and all ,israel played before the ,lord on all manner of instruments made of wood1 on harps and lutes and timbrels and cornets and cymbals4 #f3f4 ,and when they came to the floor of ,nachon1 ,oza put forth his hand to the ark of ,god1 and took hold of it3 because the oxen kicked and made it lean aside4 #f3g4 ,and the indignation of the ,lord was enkindled against ,oza1 and he struck him for his rashness3 and he died there before the ark of ,god4 #f3h4 ,and ,david was grieved because the ,lord had struck ,oza1 and the name of that place was called3 ,the striking of ,oza1 to this day4 #f3i4 ,and ,david was afraid of the ,lord that day1 saying3 ,how shall the ark of the ,lord come to me8 #f3aj4 ,and he would not have the ark of the ,lord brought in to himself into the city of ,david3 but he caused it to be carried into the house of ,obededom the ,gethite4 #f3aa4 ,and the ark of the ,lord abode in the house of ,obededom the ,gethite three months3 and the ,lord blessed ,obededom1 and all his household4 #f3ab4 ,and it was told king ,david1 that the ,lord had blessed ,obededom1 and all that he had1 because of the ark of ,god4 ,so ,david went1 and brought away the ark of ,god out of the house of ,obededom into the city of ,david with joy4 ,and there were with ,david seven choirs1 and calves for victims4 ,choirs4 4 4,or companies of musicians4 #f3ac4 ,and when they that carried the ark of the ,lord had gone six paces1 he sacrificed and ox and a ram3 #f3ad4 ,and ,david danced with all his might before the ,lord3 and ,david was girded with a linen ephod4 #f3ae4 ,and ,david and all the louse of ,israel brought the ark of the covenant of the ,lord with joyful shouting1 and with sound of trumpet4 #f3af4 ,and when the ark of the ,lord was come into the city of ,david1 ,michol the daughter of ,saul1 looking out through a window1 saw king ,david leaping and dancing before the ,lord3 and she despised him in her heart4 #f3ag4 ,and they brought the ark of the ,lord1 and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle1 which ,david had pitched for it3 and ,david offered holocausts1 and peace offerings before the ,lord4 #f3ah4 ,and when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace offerings1 he blessed the people in the name of the ,lord of hosts4 #f3ai4 ,and he distributed to all the multitude of ,israel1 both men and women1 to every one1 a cake of bread1 and a piece of roasted beef1 and fine flour fried with oil3 and all the people departed every one to his own house4 #f3bj4 ,and ,david returned to bless his own house3 and ,michol the daughter of ,saul coming out to meet ,david1 said3 ,how glorious was the king of ,israel to day1 uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants1 and was naked1 as if one of the buffoons should be naked4 #f3ba4 ,and ,david said to ,michol3 ,before the ,lord1 who chose me rather than thy father1 and than all his house1 and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the ,lord in ,israel1 #f3bb4 ,i will both play and make myself meaner than ,i have done3 and ,i will be little in my own eyes3 and with the handmaids of whom thou speakest1 ,i shall appear more glorious4 #f3bc4 ,therefore ,michol the daughter of ,saul had no child to the day of her death4 #b ,kings ,chapter #g ,david's purpose to build a temple is rewarded with the promise of great blessings in his seed3 his prayer and thanksgiving4 #g3a4 ,and it came to pass when the king sat in his house1 and the ,lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies1 #g3b4 ,he said to ,nathan the prophet3 ,dost thou see that ,i dwell in a house of cedar1 and the ark of ,god is lodged within skins8 #g3c4 ,and ,nathan said to the king3 ,go1 do all that is in they heart3 because the ,lord is with thee4 #g3d4 ,but it came to pass that night1 that the word of the ,lord came to ,nathan1 saying3 #g3e4 ,go1 and say to my servant ,david3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,shalt thou build me a house to dwell in8 #g3f4 ,whereas ,i have not dwelt in a house from the day that ,i brought the children of ,israel out of the land of ,egypt even to this day3 but have walked in a tabernacle1 and in a tent4 #g3g4 ,in all the places that ,i have gone through with all the children of ,israel1 did ever ,i speak a word to any one of the tribes of ,israel1 whom ,i commanded to feed my people ,israel1 saying3 ,why have you not built me a house of cedar8 #g3h4 ,and now thus shalt thou speak to my servant ,david3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,i took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people ,israel3 #g3i4 ,and ,i have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked1 and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face3 and ,i have made thee a great man1 like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth4 #g3aj4 ,and ,i will appoint a place for my people ,israel1 and ,i will plant them1 and they shall dwell therein1 and shall be disturbed no more3 neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before1 #g3aa4 ,from the day that ,i appointed judges over my people ,israel3 and ,i will give thee rest from all thy enemies4 ,and the ,lord foretelleth to thee1 that the ,lord will make thee a house4 #g3ab4 ,and when thy days shall be fulfilled1 and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers1 ,i will raise up thy seed after thee1 which shall proceed out of the bowels1 and ,i will establish his kingdom4 ,i will establish his kingdom4 4 4,this prophecy partly relateth to ,solomon3 but much more to ,christ1 who is called the son of ,david in scripture1 and who is the builder of the true temple1 which is the church1 his everlasting kingdom1 which shall never fail4 #g3ac4 ,he shall build a house to my name1 and ,i will establish the throne of his kingdom fore ever4 #g3ad4 ,i will be to him a father1 and he shall be to me a son3 and if he commit any iniquity1 ,i will correct him with the rod of men1 and with the stripes of the children of men4 #g3ae4 ,but my mercy ,i will not take away from him1 as ,i took it from ,saul1 whom ,i removed from before my face4 #g3af4 ,and thy house shall be faithful1 and thy kingdom for ever before thy face1 and thy throne shall be firm for ever4 #g3ag4 ,according to all these words and according to all this vision so did ,nathan speak to ,david4 #g3ah4 ,and ,david went in1 and sat before the ,lord1 and said3 ,who am ,i1 ,o ,lord ,god1 and what is my house1 that thou hast brought me thus far8 #g3ai4 ,bur yet this hath seemed little in thy sight1 ,o ,lord ,god1 unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come3 for this is the law of ,adam1 ,o ,lord ,god3 #g3bj4 ,and what can ,david say more unto thee8 for thou knowest thy servant1 ,o ,lord ,god3 #g3ba4 ,for thy word's sake1 and according to thy own heart thou has done all these great things1 so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant4 #g3bb4 ,therefore thou art magnified1 ,o ,lord ,god1 because there is none like to thee1 neither is there any ,god besides thee1 in all the things that we have heard with our ears4 #g3bc4 ,and what nation is there upon earth1 as thy people ,israel1 whom ,god went to redeem for a people to himself1 and to make him a name1 and to do for them great and terrible things1 upon the earth1 before the face of thy people1 whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of ,egypt1 from the nations and their gods4 #g3bd4 ,for thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people ,israel to be an everlasting people3 and thou1 ,o ,lord ,god1 art become their ,god4 #g3be4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,god1 raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken1 concerning thy servant and concerning his house3 and do as thou hast spoken1 #g3bf4 ,that thy name may be magnified for ever1 and it may be said3 ,the ,lord of hosts is ,god over ,israel4 ,and the house of thy servant ,david shall be established before the ,lord4 #g3bg4 ,because thou1 ,o ,lord of hosts1 ,god of ,israel1 hast revealed to the ear of thy servant1 saying3 ,i will build thee a house3 therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee4 #g3bh4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,god1 thou art ,god1 and thy words shall be true3 for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things4 #g3bi4 ,and now begin1 and bless the house of thy servant1 that it may endure for ever before thee3 because thou1 ,o ,lord ,god1 hast spoken it1 and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever4 #b ,kings ,chapter #h ,david's victories1 and his chief officers4 #h3a4 ,and it came to pass after this that ,david defeated the ,philistines1 and brought them down1 and ,david took the bridle of tribute out of the hand of the ,philistines1 #h3b4 ,and he defeated ,moab1 and measured them with a line1 casting them down to the earth3 and he measured with two lines1 one to put to death1 and one to save alive3 and ,moab was made to serve ,david under tribute4 #h3c4 ,david defeated also ,adarezer the son of ,rohob king of ,soba1 when he went to extend his dominion over the river ,euphrates4 #h3d4 ,and ,david took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen1 and twenty thousand footmen1 and houghed all the chariot horses3 and only reserved of them for one hundred chariots4 #h3e4 ,and the ,syrians of ,damascus came to succour ,adarezer the king of ,soba3 and ,david slew of the ,syrians two and twenty thousand men4 #h3f4 ,and ,david put garrisons in ,syria of ,damascus3 and ,syria served ,david under tribute1 and the ,lord preserved ,david in all his enterprises1 whithersoever he went4 #h3g4 ,and ,david took the arms of gold1 which the servants of ,adarezer wore and brought them to ,jerusalem4 #h3h4 ,and out of ,bete1 and out of ,beroth1 cities of ,adarezer1 king ,david took and exceeding great quantity of brass4 #h3i4 ,and ,thou the king of ,emath heard that ,david had defeated all the forces of ,adarezer4 #h3aj4 ,and ,thou sent ,joram his son to king ,david1 to salute him1 and to congratulate with him1 and to return him thanks3 because he had fought against ,adarezer1 and had defeated him4 ,for ,thou was an enemy to ,adarezer1 and in his hand were vessels of gold1 and vessels of silver1 and vessels of brass3 #h3aa4 ,and king ,david dedicated them to the ,lord1 together with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all the nations1 which he had subdued3 #h3ab4 ,of ,syria1 and of ,moab1 and of the children ,ammon1 and of the ,philistines1 and of ,amalec1 and of the spoils of ,adarezer the son of ,rohob king of ,soba4 #h3ac4 ,david also made himself a name1 when he returned after taking ,syria in the valley of the saltpits1 killing eighteen thousand3 #h3ad4 ,and he put guards in ,edom1 and placed there a garrison3 and all ,edom was made to serve ,david3 and the ,lord preserved ,david in all enterprises he went about4 #h3ae4 ,and ,david reigned over all ,israel3 and ,david did judgment and justice to all his people4 #h3af4 ,and ,joab the son ,sarvia was over the army3 and ,josaphat the son of ,ahilud was recorder3 ,recorder4 4 4,or chancellor4 #h3ag4 ,and ,sadoc the son of ,achitob1 and ,achimelech the son of ,abiathar1 were the priests3 and ,saraias was the scribe3 ,scribe4 4 4,or secretary4 #h3ah4 ,and ,banaias the son of ,joiada was over the ,cerethi and ,phelethi3 and the sons of ,david were the princes4 ,the ,cerethi and ,phelethi4 4 4,the king's guards4--,ibid4 ,princes4 4 4,literally priests4 7,cohen7 ,so called1 by a title of honour1 and not from exercising the priestly functions4 #b ,kings ,chapter #i ,david's kindness to ,miphiboseth for the sake of his father ,jonathan4 #i3a4 ,and ,david said3 ,is there any one1 think you1 left of the house of ,saul1 that ,i may shew kindness to him for ,jonathan's sake8 #i3b4 ,now there was of the house of ,saul1 a servant named ,siba3 and when the king had called him to him1 he said to him3 ,art thou ,siba8 ,and he answered3 ,i am ,siba thy servant4 #i3c4 ,and the king said3 ,is there any one left of the house of ,saul1 that ,i may shew the mercy of ,god unto ,him8 ,and ,siba said to the king3 ,there is a son of ,jonathan left1 who is lame of his feet4 #i3d4 ,where is he8 said he4 ,and ,siba said to the king3 ,behold he is in the house of ,machir the son of ,ammiel in ,lodabar4 #i3e4 ,then ,king ,david sent1 and brought him out of the house of ,machir the son of ,ammiel of ,lodabar4 #i3f4 ,and when ,miphiboseth the son of ,jonathan the son of ,saul was come to ,david1 he fell on his face and worshipped4 ,and ,david said3 ,miphiboseth8 ,and he answered3 ,behold thy servant4 #i3g4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,fear not1 for ,i will surely shew thee mercy for ,jonathan thy father's sake1 and ,i will restore the lands of ,saul the father1 and thou shalt eat bread at my table always4 #i3h4 ,he bowed down to him1 and said3 ,who am ,i thy servant1 that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as ,i am8 #i3i4 ,then the ,king called ,siba the servant of ,saul1 and said to him3 ,all that belonged to ,saul1 and all his house1 ,i have given to thy master's son4 #i3aj4 ,thou therefore and the sons and thy servants shall till the land for him3 and thou shalt bring in food for thy master's son1 that he may be maintained3 and ,miphiboseth the son of thy master shall always eat bread at my table4 ,and ,siba had fifteen sons and twenty servants4 #i3aa4 ,and ,siba said to the king3 ,as thou my lord the hast commanded thy servant1 so will thy servant do3 and ,miphiboseth shall eat at my table1 as one of the sons of the ,king4 #i3ab4 ,and ,miphiboseth had a young son whose name was ,micha3 and all that kindred of the house of ,siba served ,miphiboseth4 #i3ac4 ,but ,miphiboseth dwelt in ,jerusalem3 because he ate always of the king's table3 and he was lame of both feet4 #b ,kings ,chapter #aj ,the ,ammonites shamefully abuse the ambassadors of ,david3 they hire the ,syrians to the their assistance3 but are overthrown with their allies4 #aj3a4 ,and it came to pass after this1 that the king of the children of ,ammon died1 and ,hanon his son reigned in his stead4 #aj3b4 ,and ,david said3 ,i will shew kindness to ,hanon the son of ,daas1 as his father shewed kindness to me4 ,so ,david sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father4 ,but when the servants of ,david were come into the land of the children of ,ammon1 #aj3c4 ,the princes of the children of ,ammon said to ,hanon their lord3 ,thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father1 ,david hath sent comforters to thee1 and hath not ,david rather sent his servants to thee to search1 and spy into the city1 and overthrow it8 #aj3d4 ,wherefore ,hanon took the servants of ,david1 and shaved off the one half of their beards1 and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks1 and sent them away4 #aj3e4 ,when this was told ,david1 he sent to meet them3 for the men were sadly put to confusion1 and ,david commanded them1 saying3 ,stay at ,jericho1 till your beards be grown1 and then return4 #aj3f4 ,and the children of ,ammon seeing that they had done an injury to ,david1 sent and hired the ,syrians of ,rohob1 and the ,syrians of ,soba1 twenty thousand footmen1 and of the king of ,maacha a thousand men1 and of ,istob twelve thousand men4 #aj3g4 ,and when ,david heard this1 he sent ,joab and the whole army of warriors4 #aj3h4 ,and the children of ,ammon came out1 and set their men in array at the entering in of the gate3 but the ,syrians of ,soba1 and of ,rohob1 and of ,istob1 and of ,maacha were by themselves in the field4 #aj3i4 ,then ,joab seeing that the battle was prepared against him1 both before and behind1 chose of all the choice men of ,israel1 and put them in array against the ,syrians3 #aj3aj4 ,and the rest of the people he delivered to ,abisai his brother1 who set them in array against the children of ,ammon4 #aj3aa4 ,and ,joab said3 ,if the ,syrians are too strong for me1 then thou shalt help me1 but if the children of ,ammon are too strong for thee1 then ,i will help thee4 #aj3ab4 ,be of good courage1 and let us fight for our people1 and for the city of our ,god3 and the ,lord will do what is good in his sight4 #aj3ac4 ,and ,joab and the people that were with him1 began to fight against the ,syrians3 and they immediately fled before him4 #aj3ad4 ,and the children of ,ammon seeing that the ,syrians were fled1 they fled also before ,abisai1 and entered into the city3 and ,joab returned from the children of ,ammon1 and came to ,jerusalem4 #aj3ae4 ,then the ,syrians seeing that they had fallen before ,israel1 gathered themselves together4 #aj3af4 ,and ,adarezer sent and fetched the ,syrians1 that were beyond the river1 and brought over their army3 and ,sobach1 the captain of the host of ,adarezer1 was their general4 #aj3ag4 ,and when this was told ,david1 he gathered all ,israel together1 and passed over the ,jordan1 and came to ,helam3 and the ,syrians set themselves in array against ,david1 and fought against him4 #aj3ah4 ,and the ,syrians fled before ,israel1 and ,david slew of the ,syrians the men of seven hundred chariots1 and forty thousand horsemen3 and smote ,sobach the captain of the army1 who presently died4 #aj3ai4 ,and all the kings that were auxiliaries of ,adarezer1 seeing themselves overcome by ,israel1 were afraid and fled away1 eight and fifty thousand men before ,israel4 ,and they made peace with ,israel3 and served them1 and all the ,syrians were afraid to help the children of ,ammon any more4 #b ,kings ,chapter #aa ,david falleth into the crime of adultery with ,bethsabee3 and not finding other means to conceal it1 causeth her husband ,urias to be slain4 ,then marrieth her1 who beareth him a son4 #aa3a4 ,and it came to pass at the return of the year1 at the time when kings go forth to war1 that ,david sent ,joab and his servants with him1 and all ,israel1 and they spoiled the children of ,ammon1 and besieged ,rabba3 but ,david remained in ,jerusalem4 #aa3b4 ,in the mean time it happened that ,david arose from his bed after noon1 and walked upon the roof of the king's house3 ,and he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself1 over against him3 and the woman was very beautiful4 #aa3c4 ,and the king sent1 and inquired who the woman was4 ,and it was told him1 that she was ,bethsabee the daughter of ,eliam1 the wife of ,urias the ,hethite4 #aa3d4 ,and ,david sent messengers1 and took her1 and she came in to him1 and he slept with her3 and presently she was purified from her uncleanness3 #aa3e4 ,and she returned to her house having conceived4 ,and she sent and told ,david1 and said3 ,i have conceived4 #aa3f4 ,and ,david sent to ,joab1 saying3 ,send me ,urias the ,hethite4 ,and ,joab sent ,urias to ,david4 #aa3g4 ,and ,urias came to ,david4 ,and ,david asked how ,joab did1 and the people1 and how the war was carried on4 #aa3h4 ,and ,david said to ,urias3 ,go into thy house1 and wash thy feet4 ,and ,urias went out from the king's house1 and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king4 #aa3i4 ,but ,urias slept before the gate of the king's house1 with the other servants of his lord1 and went not down to his own house4 #aa3aj4 ,and it was told ,david by some that said3 ,urias went not to his house4 ,and ,david said to ,urias3 ,didst thou not come from thy journey8 why didst thou not go down to thy house8 #aa3aa4 ,and ,urias said to ,david3 ,the ark of ,god and ,israel and ,juda dwell in tents1 and my lord ,joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth3 and shall ,i go into my house1 to eat and to drink1 and to sleep with my wife8 ,by thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul ,i will not do this thing4 #aa3ab4 ,then ,david said to ,urias3 ,tarry here to day1 and to morrow ,i will send thee away4 ,urias tarried in ,jerusalem that day and the next4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,david called him to eat and to drink before him1 and he made him drunk3 and he went out in the evening1 and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord1 and went not down into his house4 #aa3ad4 ,and when the morning was come1 ,david wrote a letter to ,joab3 and sent it by the hand of ,urias1 #aa3ae4 ,writing in the letter3 ,set ye ,urias in the front of the battle1 where the fight is strongest3 and leave ye him1 that he may be wounded and die4 #aa3af4 ,wherefore as ,joab was besieging the city1 he put ,urias in the place where he knew the bravest men were4 #aa3ag4 ,and the men coming out of the city1 fought against ,joab1 and there fell some of the people of the servants of ,david1 and ,urias the ,hethite was killed also4 #aa3ah4 ,then ,joab sent1 and told ,david all things concerning the battle4 #aa3ai4 ,and he charged the messenger1 saying3 ,when thou hast told all the words of the battle to the king1 #aa3bj4 ,if thou see him to be angry1 and he shall say3 ,why did you approach so near to the wall to fight8 knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall8 #aa3ba4 ,who killed ,abimelech the son of ,jerobaal8 did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in ,thebes8 ,why did you go near the wall8 ,thou shalt say3 ,thy servant ,urias the ,hethite is also slain4 #aa3bb4 ,so the messenger departed1 and came and told ,david all that ,joab had commanded him4 #aa3bc4 ,and the messenger said to ,david3 ,the men prevailed against us1 and they came out to us into the field3 and we vigorously charged and pursued them even to the gate of the city4 #aa3bd4 ,and the archers shot their arrows at thy servants from off the wall above3 and some of the king's servants are slain1 and thy servant ,urias the ,hethite is also dead4 #aa3be4 ,and ,david said to the messenger3 ,thus shalt thou say to ,joab3 ,let not this thing discourage thee3 for various is the event of war3 and sometimes one1 sometimes another is consumed by the sword3 encourage thy warriors against the city1 and exhort them that thou mayest overthrow it4 #aa3bf4 ,and the wife of ,urias heard that ,urias her husband was dead1 and she mourned for him4 #aa3bg4 ,and the mourning being over1 ,david sent and brought her into his house1 and she became his wife1 and she bore him a son3 and this thing which ,david had done1 was displeasing to the ,lord4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ab ,nathan's parable4 ,david confesseth his sin1 and is forgiven3 yet so as to be sentenced to most severe temporal punishments4 ,the death of the child4 ,the birth of ,solomon4 ,the taking of ,rabbath4 #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord sent ,nathan to ,david3 and when he was come to him1 he said to him3 ,there were two men in one city1 the one rich1 and the other poor4 #ab3b4 ,the rich man had exceeding many sheep and oxen4 #ab3c4 ,but the poor man had nothing at all but one little ewe lamb1 which he had bought and nourished up1 and which had grown up in his house together with his children1 eating of his bread1 and drinking of his cup1 and sleeping in his bosom3 and it was unto him as a daughter4 #ab3d4 ,and when a certain stranger was come to the rich man1 he spared to take of his own sheep and oxen1 to make a feast for that stranger1 who was come to him1 but took the poor man's ewe1 and dressed it for the man that was come to him4 #ab3e4 ,and ,david's anger being exceedingly kindled against that man1 he said to ,nathan3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 the man that hath done this is a child of death4 #ab3f4 ,he shall restore the ewe fourfold1 because he did this thing1 and had no pity4 #ab3g4 ,and ,nathan said to ,david3 ,thou art the man4 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,i anointed thee king over ,israel1 and ,i delivered thee from the hand of ,saul1 #ab3h4 ,and gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into thy bosom1 and gave thee the house of ,israel and ,juda3 and if these things be little1 ,i shall add far greater things unto thee4 #ab3i4 ,why therefore hast thou despised the word of the ,lord1 to do evil in my sight8 ,thou hast killed ,urias the ,hethite with the sword1 and hast taken his wife to be thy wife1 and hast slain him with the sword of the children of ,ammon4 #ab3aj4 ,therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house1 because thou hast despised me1 and hast taken the wife of ,urias the ,hethite to be thy wife4 #ab3aa4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold1 ,i will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house1 and ,i will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour1 and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun4 ,i will raise1 etc4 4 4,all these evils1 inasmuch as they were punishments1 came upon ,david by a just judgment of ,god1 for his sin1 and therefore ,god says1 ,i will raise1 etc42 but inasmuch as they were sins1 on the part of ,absalom and his associates1 ,god was not the author of them1 but only permitted them4 #ab3ab4 ,for thou didst it secretly3 but ,i will do this thing in the sight of all ,israel1 and in the sight of the sun4 #ab3ac4 ,and ,david said to ,nathan3 ,i have sinned against the ,lord4 ,and ,nathan said to ,david3 ,the ,lord also hath taken away thy sin3 thou shalt not die4 #ab3ad4 ,nevertheless1 because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the ,lord to blaspheme1 for this thing1 the child that is born to thee1 shall surely die4 #ab3ae4 ,and ,nathan returned to his house4 ,the ,lord also struck the child which the wife of ,urias had borne to ,david1 and his life was despaired of4 #ab3af4 ,and ,david besought the ,lord for the child3 and ,david kept a fast1 and going in by himself lay upon the ground4 #ab3ag4 ,and the ancients of his house came1 to make him rise from the ground3 but he would not1 neither did he eat meat with them4 #ab3ah4 ,and it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died3 and the servants of ,david feared to tell him1 that the child was dead4 ,for they said3 ,behold when the child was yet alive1 we spoke to him1 and he would not hearken to our voice3 how much more will he afflict himself if we tell him that the child is dead8 #ab3ai4 ,but when ,david saw his servants whispering1 he understood that the child was dead3 and he said to his servants3 ,is the child dead8 ,they answered him ,he is dead4 #ab3bj4 ,then ,david arose from the ground1 and washed and anointed himself3 and when he had changed his apparel1 he went into the house of the ,lord3 and worshipped1 and then he came into his own house1 and he called for bread1 and ate4 #ab3ba4 ,and his servants said to him3 ,what thing is this that thou hast done8 thou didst fast and weep for the child1 while it was alive1 but when the child was dead1 thou didst rise up1 and eat bread4 #ab3bb4 ,and he said3 ,while the child was yet alive1 ,i fasted and wept for him3 for ,i said3 ,who knoweth whether the ,lord may not give him to me1 and the child may live8 #ab3bc4 ,but now that he is dead1 why should ,i fast8 ,shall ,i be able to bring him back any more8 ,i shall go to him rather3 but he shall not return to me4 #ab3bd4 ,and ,david comforted ,bethsabee his wife1 and went in unto her1 and slept with her3 and she bore a son1 and he called his name ,solomon1 and the ,lord loved him4 #ab3be4 ,and he sent by the hand of ,nathan the prophet1 and called his name1 ,amiable to the ,lord1 because the ,lord loved him4 ,amiable to the ,lord4 4 4,or1 beloved of the ,lord4 ,in ,hebrew1 ,jedidiah4 #ab3bf4 ,and ,joab fought against ,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 and laid close siege to the royal city4 #ab3bg4 ,and ,joab sent messengers to ,david1 saying3 ,i have fought against ,rabbath1 and the city of waters is about to be taken4 ,the city of waters4 4 4,rabbath the royal city of the ,ammonites1 was called the city of waters1 from being encompassed with waters4 #ab3bh4 ,now therefore gather thou the rest of the people together1 and besiege the city and take it3 lest when the city shall be wasted by me1 the victory be ascribed to my name4 #ab3bi4 ,then ,david gathered all the people together1 and went out against ,rabbath3 and after fighting1 he took it4 #ab3cj4 ,and he took the crown of their king from his head1 the weight of which was a talent of gold1 set with most precious stones1 and it was put upon ,david's head1 and the spoils of the city which were very great he carried away4 #ab3ca4 ,and bringing forth the people thereof he sawed them1 and drove over them chariots armed with iron3 and divided them with knives1 and made them pass through brickkilns3 so did he to all the cities of the children of ,ammon3 and ,david returned1 with all the army to ,jerusalem4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ac ,ammon ravisheth ,thamar4 ,for which ,absalom killeth him1 and flieth to ,gessur4 #ac3a4 ,and it came to pass after this that ,ammon the son of ,david loved the sister of ,absalom the son of ,david1 who was very beautiful1 and her name was ,thamar4 #ac3b4 ,and he was exceedingly fond of her1 so that he fell sick for the love of her3 for as she was a virgin1 he thought it hard to do any thing dishonestly with her4 #ac3c4 ,now ,ammon had a friend1 named ,jonadab the son of ,semmaa the brother of ,david1 a very wise man3 ,a very wise man4 4 4,that is1 a crafty and subtle man3 for the counsel he gave on this occasion shews that his wisdom was but carnal and worldly4 #ac3d4 ,and he said to him3 ,why dost thou grow so lean from day to day1 ,o son of the king8 why dost thou not tell me the reason of it8 ,and ,ammon said to him3 ,i am in love with ,thamar the sister of my brother ,absalom4 #ac3e4 ,and ,jonadab said to him3 ,lie down upon thy bed1 and feign thyself sick3 and when thy father shall come to visit thee1 say to him3 ,let my sister ,thamar1 ,i pray thee1 come to me1 to give me to eat1 and to make me a mess1 that ,i may eat it at her hand4 #ac3f4 ,so ,ammon lay down1 and made as if he were sick3 and when the king came to visit him1 ,ammon said to the king3 ,i pray thee let my sister ,thamar come1 and make in my sight two little messes1 that ,i may eat at her hand4 #ac3g4 ,then ,david sent home to ,thamar1 saying3 ,come to the house of thy brother ,ammon1 and make him a mess4 #ac3h4 ,and ,thamar came to the house of ,ammon her brother3 but he was laid down3 and she took meal and tempered it3 and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes4 #ac3i4 ,and taking what she had boiled1 she poured it out1 and set it before him1 but he would not eat3 and ,ammon said3 ,put out all persons from me4 ,and when they had put all persons out1 #ac3aj4 ,ammon said to ,thamar3 ,bring the mess into the chamber1 that ,i may eat at thy hand4 ,and ,thamar took the little messes which she had made1 and brought them in to her brother ,ammon in the chamber4 #ac3aa4 ,and when she had presented him the meat1 he took hold of her1 and said3 ,come lie with me1 my sister4 #ac3ab4 ,she answered him3 ,do not so1 my brother1 do not force me3 for no such thing must be done in ,israel4 ,do not thou this folly4 #ac3ac4 ,for ,i shall not be able to bear my shame1 and thou shalt be as one of the fools in ,israel3 but rather speak to the king1 and he will not deny me to thee4 #ac3ad4 ,but he would not hearken to her prayers1 but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her4 #ac3ae4 ,then ,ammon hated her with an exceeding great hatred3 so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before4 ,and ,ammon said to her3 ,arise1 and get thee gone4 #ac3af4 ,she answered him3 ,the evil which now thou dost against me1 in driving me away1 is greater than that which thou didst before4 ,and he would not hearken to her3 #ac3ag4 ,but calling the servants that ministered to him1 he said3 ,thrust this woman out from me3 and shut the door after her4 #ac3ah4 ,and she was clothed with a long robe3 for the king's daughters that were virgins1 used such kind of garments4 ,then his servant thrust her out3 and shut the door after her4 #ac3ai4 ,and she put ashes on her head1 and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head1 and went on crying4 #ac3bj4 ,and ,absalom her brother said to her3 ,hath thy brother ,ammon lain with thee8 but now1 sister1 hold thy peace1 he is thy brother3 and afflict not thy heart for this thing4 ,so ,thamar remained pining away in the house of ,absalom her brother4 #ac3ba4 ,and when king ,david heard of these things he was exceedingly grieved3 and he would not afflict the spirit of his son ,ammon1 for he loved him1 because he was his firstborn4 #ac3bb4 ,but ,absalom spoke not to ,ammon neither good nor evil3 for ,absalom hated ,ammon because he had ravished his sister ,thamar4 #ac3bc4 ,and it came to pass after two years1 that the sheep of ,absalom were shorn in ,baalhasor1 which is near ,ephraim3 and ,absalom invited all the king's sons3 #ac3bd4 ,and he came to the king1 and said to him3 ,behold thy servant's sheep are shorn4 ,let the king1 ,i pray1 with his servants come to his servant4 #ac3be4 ,and the king said to ,absalom3 ,nay1 my son1 do not ask that we should all come1 and be chargeable to thee4 ,and when he pressed him1 and he would not go1 he blessed him4 #ac3bf4 ,and ,absalom said3 ,if thou wilt not come1 at least let my brother ,ammon1 ,i beseech thee1 come with us4 ,and the king said to him3 ,it is not necessary that he should go with thee4 #ac3bg4 ,but ,absalom pressed him1 so that he let ,ammon and all the king's sons go with him4 ,and ,absalom made a feast as it were the feast of a king4 #ac3bh4 ,and ,absalom had commanded his servants1 saying3 ,take notice when ,ammon shall be drunk with wine1 and when ,i shall say to you3 ,strike him1 and kill him1 fear not3 for it is ,i that command you3 take courage1 and be valiant men4 #ac3bi4 ,and the servants of ,absalom did to ,ammon as ,absalom had commanded them4 ,and all the king's sons arose and got up every man upon his mule1 and fled4 #ac3cj4 ,and while they were yet in the way1 a rumour came to ,david1 saying3 ,absalom hath slain all the king's sons1 and there is not one them left4 #ac3ca4 ,then the king rose up1 and rent his garments3 and fell upon the ground1 and all his servants1 that stood about him1 rent their garments4 #ac3cb4 ,but ,jonadab the son of ,semmaa ,david's brother answering1 said3 ,let not my lord the king think that all the king's sons are slain3 ,ammon only is dead1 for he was appointed by the mouth of ,absalom from the day that he ravished his sister ,thamar4 #ac3cc4 ,now therefore let not my lord the king take this thing into his heart1 saying3 ,all the king's sons are slain3 for ,ammon only is dead4 #ac3cd4 ,but ,absalom fled away3 and the young man that kept the watch1 lifted up his eyes and looked1 and behold there came much people by a by-way on the side of the mountain4 #ac3ce4 ,and ,jonadab said to the king3 ,behold the king's sons are come3 as thy servant said1 so it is4 #ac3cf4 ,and when he made an end of speaking1 the king's sons also appeared3 and coming in they lifted up their voice1 and wept3 and the king also and all his servants wept very much4 #ac3cg4 ,but ,absalom fled1 and went to ,tholomai the son of ,ammiud the king of ,gessur4 ,and ,david mourned for his son every day4 #ac3ch4 ,and ,absalom after he was fled1 and come into ,gessur1 was there three years4 ,and king ,david ceased to pursue after ,absalom1 because he was comforted concerning the death of ,ammon4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ad ,joab procureth ,absalom's return1 and his admittance to the king's presence4 #ad3a4 ,and ,joab the son of ,sarvia1 understanding that the king's heart was turned to ,absalom1 #ad3b4 ,sent to ,thecua1 and fetched from thence a wise woman3 and said to her3 ,feign thyself to be a mourner1 and put on mourning apparel1 and be not anointed with oil1 that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead4 #ad3c4 ,and thou shalt go in to the king1 and shalt speak to him in this manner4 ,and ,joab put the words in her mouth4 #ad3d4 ,and when the woman of ,thecua was come in to the king1 she fell before him upon the ground1 and worshipped1 and said3 ,save me1 ,o king4 #ad3e4 ,and the king said to her3 ,what is the matter with thee8 ,she answered3 ,alas1 ,i am a widow woman3 for my husband is dead4 #ad3f4 ,and thy handmaid had two sons3 and they quarrelled with each other in the field1 and there was none to part them3 and the one struck the other1 and slew him4 #ad3g4 ,and behold the whole kindred rising against thy handmaid1 saith3 ,deliver him that hath slain his brother1 that we may kill him for the life of his brother1 whom he slew1 and that we may destroy the heir3 and they seek to quench my spark which is left1 and will leave my husband no name1 nor remainder upon the earth4 #ad3h4 ,and the king said to the woman3 ,go to thy house1 and ,i will give charge concerning thee4 #ad3i4 ,and the woman of ,thecua said to the king3 ,upon me1 my lord be the iniquity1 and upon the house of my father3 but may the king and his throne be guiltless4 #ad3aj4 ,and the king said3 ,if any one shall say ought against thee1 bring him to me1 and he shall not touch thee any more4 #ad3aa4 ,and she said3 ,let the king remember the ,lord his ,god1 that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge1 and that they may not kill my son4 ,and he said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth4 #ad3ab4 ,the woman said3 ,let thy hand maid speak one word to my lord the king4 ,and he said3 ,speak4 #ad3ac4 ,and the woman said3 ,why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of ,god1 and why hath the king spoken this word1 to sin1 and not bring home again his own exile8 #ad3ad4 ,we all die1 and like waters that return no more1 we fall down into the earth3 neither will ,god have a soul to perish1 but recalleth1 meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish4 #ad3ae4 ,now therefore ,i am come1 to speak this word to my lord the king before the people4 ,and thy handmaid said3 ,i will speak to the king1 it maybe the king will perform the request of his handmaid4 #ad3af4 ,and the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of ,god4 #ad3ag4 ,then let thy handmaid say1 that the word of the ,lord the king be made as a sacrifice4 ,for even as an angel of ,god1 so is my lord the king1 that he is neither moved with blessing nor cursing3 wherefore the ,lord thy ,god is also with thee4 #ad3ah4 ,and the king answering1 said to the woman3 ,hide not from me the thing that ,i ask thee4 ,and the woman said to him3 ,speak1 my lord the king4 #ad3ai4 ,and the king said3 ,is not the hand of ,joab with thee in all this8 ,the woman answered1 and said3 ,by the health of thy soul1 my lord1 ,o king1 it is neither on the left hand1 nor on the right1 in all these things which my lord the king hath spoken3 for thy servant ,joab1 he commanded me1 and he put all these words into the mouth of thy handmaid4 #ad3bj4 ,that ,i should come about with this form of speech1 thy servant ,joab commanded this3 but thou1 my lord1 ,o king1 art wise1 according to the wisdom of an angel of ,god1 to understand all things upon earth4 #ad3ba4 ,and the king said to ,joab3 ,behold ,i am appeased and have granted thy request3 ,go therefore and fetch back the boy ,absalom4 #ad3bb4 ,and ,joab falling down to the ground upon his face1 adored1 and blessed the king3 and ,joab said3 ,this day thy servant hath understood1 that ,i have found grace in thy sight1 my lord1 ,o king3 for thou hast fulfilled the request of thy servant4 ,blessed4 4 4,that is1 and gave thanks to the king4 #ad3bc4 ,then ,joab arose and went to ,gessur1 and brought ,absalom to ,jerusalem4 #ad3bd4 ,but the king said3 ,let him return into his house1 and let him not see my face4 ,so ,absalom returned into his house1 and saw not the king's face4 #ad3be4 ,but in all ,israel there was not a man so comely1 and so exceedingly beautiful as ,absalom3 from the sole of the foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him4 #ad3bf4 ,and when he polled his hair 7now he was polled once a year1 because his hair was burdensome to him7 he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred sicles1 according to the common weight4 #ad3bg4 ,and there were born to ,absalom three sons3 and one daughter1 whose name was ,thamar1 and she was very beautiful4 #ad3bh4 ,and ,absalom dwelt two years in ,jerusalem1 and saw not the king's face4 #ad3bi4 ,he sent therefore to ,joab1 to send him to the king3 but he would not come to him4 ,and when he had sent the second time1 and he would not come to him1 #ad3cj4 ,he said to his servants3 ,you know the field of ,joab near my field1 that hath a crop of barley3 go now and set it on fire4 ,so the servants of ,absalom set the corn on fire4 ,and ,joab's servants coming with their garments rent1 said3 ,the servants of ,absalom have set part of the field on fire4 #ad3ca4 ,then ,joab arose1 and came to ,absalom to his house1 and said3 ,why have thy servants set my corn on fire8 #ad3cb4 ,and ,absalom answered ,joab3 ,i sent to thee beseeching thee to come to me1 that ,i might send thee to the king1 to say to him3 ,wherefore am ,i come from ,gessur8 it had been better for me to be there3 ,i beseech thee therefore that ,i may see the face of the king3 and if he be mindful of my iniquity1 let him kill me4 #ad3cc4 ,so ,joab going in to the king1 told him all3 and ,absalom was called for1 and1 he went in to the king3 and prostrated himself on the ground before him3 and the king kissed ,absalom4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ae ,absalom's policy and conspiracy4 ,david is obliged to flee4 #ae3a4 ,now after these things ,absalom made himself chariots1 and horsemen1 and fifty men to run before him4 #ae3b4 ,and ,absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate1 and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment1 ,absalom called him to him1 and said3 ,of what city art thou8 ,he answered1 and said3 ,thy servant is of such tribe of ,israel4 #ae3c4 ,and ,absalom answered him3 ,thy words seem to me good and just4 ,but there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee4 ,and ,absalom said3 #ae3d4 ,o that they would make me judge over the land1 that all that have business might come to me1 that ,i might do them justice4 #ae3e4 ,moreover when any man came to him to salute him1 he put forth his hand1 and took him1 and kissed him4 #ae3f4 ,and this he did to all ,israel that came for judgment1 to be heard by the king1 and he enticed the hearts of the men of ,israel4 #ae3g4 ,and after forty years1 ,absalom said to king ,david3 ,let me go1 and pay my vows which ,i have vowed to the ,lord in ,hebron4 #ae3h4 ,for thy servant made a vow1 when he was in ,gessur of ,syria1 saying3 ,if the ,lord shall bring me again into ,jerusalem1 ,i will offer sacrifice to the ,lord4 #ae3i4 ,and king ,david said to him3 ,go in peace4 ,and he arose1 and went to ,hebron4 #ae3aj4 ,and ,absalom sent spies into all the tribes of ,israel1 saying3 ,as soon as you shall hear the sound of the trumpet1 say ye3 ,absalom reigneth in ,hebron4 #ae3aa4 ,now there went with ,absalom two hundred men out of ,jerusalem that were called1 going with simplicity of heart1 and knowing nothing of the design4 #ae3ab4 ,absalom also sent for ,achitophel the ,gilonite1 ,david's counsellor1 from his city ,gilo4 ,and while he was offering sacrifices1 there was a strong conspiracy1 and the people running together increased with ,absalom4 #ae3ac4 ,and there came a messenger to ,david1 saying3 ,all ,israel with their whole heart followeth ,absalom4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,david said to his servants1 that were with him in ,jerusalem3 ,arise and let us flee3 for we shall not escape else from the face of ,absalom3 make haste to go out1 lest he come and overtake us1 and bring ruin upon us1 and smite the city with the edge of the sword4 #ae3ae4 ,and the king's servants said to him3 ,whatsoever our lord the king shall command1 we thy servants will willingly execute4 #ae3af4 ,and the king went forth1 and all his household on foot3 and the king left ten women his concubines to keep the house3 ,concubines4 4 4,that is1 wives of an inferior degree4 #ae3ag4 ,and the king going forth and all ,israel on foot1 stood afar off from the house3 #ae3ah4 ,and all his servants walked by him1 and the bands of the ,cerethi1 and the ,phelethi1 and all the ,gethites1 valiant warriors1 six hundred men who had followed him from ,geth on foot1 went before the king4 #ae3ai4 ,and the king said to ,ethai the ,gethite3 ,why comest thou with us3 return and dwell with the king1 for thou art a stranger1 and art come out of thy own place4 #ae3bj4 ,yesterday thou camest1 and to day shalt thou be forced to go forth with us8 but ,i shall go whither ,i am going3 return thou1 and take back thy brethren with thee1 and the ,lord will shew thee mercy1 and truth1 because thou hast shewn grace and fidelity4 #ae3ba4 ,and ,ethai answered the king1 saying3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as my lord the king liveth3 in what place soever thou shalt be1 my lord1 ,o king1 either in death1 or in life1 there will thy servant be4 #ae3bb4 ,and ,david said to ,ethai3 ,come1 and pass over4 ,and ,ethai the ,gethite passed1 and all the men that were with him1 and the rest of the people4 #ae3bc4 ,and they all wept with a loud voice1 and all the people passed over3 the king also himself went over the brook ,cedron1 and all the people marched towards the way that looketh to the desert4 #ae3bd4 ,and ,sadoc the priest also came1 and all the ,levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of ,god1 and they set down the ark of ,god3 and ,abiathar went up1 till all the people that was come out of the city had done passing4 #ae3be4 ,and the king said to ,sadoc3 ,carry back the ark of ,god into the city3 if ,i shall find grace in the sight of the ,lord1 he will bring me again1 and he will shew me it1 and his tabernacle4 #ae3bf4 ,but if he shall say to me3 ,thou pleasest me not3 ,i am ready1 let him do that which is good before him4 #ae3bg4 ,and the king said to ,sadoc the priest3 ,o seer1 return into the city in peace3 and let ,achimaas thy son1 and ,jonathan the son of ,abiathar1 your two sons1 be with you4 #ae3bh4 ,behold ,i will lie hid in the plains of the wilderness1 till there come word from you to certify me4 #ae3bi4 ,so ,sadoc and ,abiathar carried back the ark of ,god into ,jerusalem3 and they tarried there4 #ae3cj4 ,but ,david went up by the ascent of mount ,olivet1 going up and weeping1 walking barefoot1 and with his head covered1 and all the people that were with them1 went up with their heads covered weeping4 ,weeping1 etc4 4 4,david on this occasion wept for his sins1 which he knew were the cause of all his sufferings4 #ae3ca4 ,and it was told ,david that ,achitophel also was in the conspiracy with ,absalom1 and ,david said3 ,infatuate1 ,o ,lord1 ,i beseech thee1 the counsel of ,achitophel4 #ae3cb4 ,and when ,david was come to the top of the mountain1 where he was about to adore the ,lord1 behold ,chusai the ,arachite1 came to meet him with his garment rent and his head covered with earth4 #ae3cc4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,if thou come with me1 thou wilt be a burden to me3 #ae3cd4 ,but if thou return into the city1 and wilt say to ,absalom3 ,i am thy servant1 ,o king3 as ,i have been thy father's servant1 so ,i will be thy servant3 thou shalt defeat the counsel of ,achitophel4 #ae3ce4 ,and thou hast with thee ,sadoc1 and soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house1 thou shalt tell it to ,sadoc and ,abiathar the priests4 #ae3cf4 ,and there are with them their two sons ,achimaas2 the son of ,sadoc1 and ,jonathan the son of ,abiathar3 and you shall send by them to me every thing that you shall hear4 #ae3cg4 ,then ,chusai the friend of ,david went into the city1 and ,absalom came into ,jerusalem4 #b ,kings ,chapter #af ,siba bringeth provisions to ,david4 ,semei curseth him4 ,absalom defileth his father's wives4 #af3a4 ,and when ,david was a little past the top of the hill1 behold ,siba the servant of ,miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses1 laden with two hundred loaves of bread1 and a hundred bunches of raisins1 a hundred cakes of figs1 and a vessel of wine4 #af3b4 ,and the king said to ,siba3 ,what mean these things8 ,and ,siba answered3 ,the asses are for the king's household to sit on3 and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat1 and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert4 #af3c4 ,and the king said3 ,where is thy master's son8 ,and ,siba answered the king3 ,he remained in ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,to day1 will the house of ,israel restore me the kingdom of my father4 #af3d4 ,and the king said to ,siba3 ,i give thee all that belonged to ,miphiboseth4 ,and ,siba said3 ,i beseech thee let me find grace before thee1 my lord1 ,o king4 #af3e4 ,and king ,david came as far as ,bahurim3 and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of ,saul named ,semei1 the son of ,gera1 and coming out he cursed as he went on1 #af3f4 ,and he threw stones at ,david1 and at all the servants of king ,david3 and all the people1 and all the warriors walked on the right1 and on the left side of the king4 #af3g4 ,and thus said ,semei when he cursed the king3 ,come out1 come out1 thou man of blood1 and thou man of ,belial4 #af3h4 ,the ,lord hath repaid thee for all the blood of the house of ,saul3 because thou hast usurped the kingdom in his stead1 and the ,lord hath given the kingdom into the hand of ,absalom thy son3 and behold thy evils press upon thee1 because thou art a man of blood4 #af3i4 ,and ,abisai the son of ,sarvia said to the king3 ,why should this dead dog curse my lord the king8 ,i will go1 and cut off his head4 #af3aj4 ,and the king said3 ,what have ,i to do with you1 ye sons of ,sarvia8 ,let him alone and let him curse3 for the ,lord hath bid him curse ,david3 and who is he that shall dare say1 why hath he done so8 ,hath bid him curse4 4 4,not that the ,lord was the author of ,semei's sin1 which proceeded purely from his own malice1 and the abuse of his free will4 ,but that knowing1 and suffering his malicious disposition to break out on this occasion1 he made use of him as his instrument to punish ,david for his sins4 #af3aa4 ,and the king said to ,abisai1 and to all his servants3 ,behold my son1 who came forth from my bowels1 seeketh my life3 how much more now a son of ,jemini8 let him alone that he may curse as the ,lord hath bidden him4 #af3ab4 ,perhaps the ,lord may look upon my affliction1 and the ,lord may render me good for the cursing of this day4 #af3ac4 ,and ,david and his men with him went by the way4 ,and ,semei by the hill's side went over against him1 cursing1 and casting stones at him1 and scattering earth4 #af3ad4 ,and the king and all the people with him came weary1 and refreshed themselves there4 #af3ae4 ,but ,absalom and all his people came into ,jerusalem1 and ,achitophel was with him4 #af3af4 ,and when ,chusai the ,arachite1 ,david's friend1 was come to ,absalom1 he said to him3 ,god save thee1 ,o king1 ,god save thee1 ,o king4 #af3ag4 ,and ,absalom said to him1 ,is this thy kindness to thy friend8 ,why wentest thou not with thy friend8 #af3ah4 ,and ,chusai answered ,absalom3 ,nay3 for ,i will be his1 whom the ,lord hath chosen1 and all this people1 and all ,israel1 and with him will ,i abide4 #af3ai4 ,besides this1 whom shall ,i serve8 is it not the king's son8 as ,i have served thy father1 so will ,i serve thee also4 #af3bj4 ,and ,absalom said to ,achitophel3 ,consult what we are to do4 #af3ba4 ,and ,achitophel said to ,absalom3 ,go in to the concubines of thy father1 whom he hath left to keep the house3 that when all ,israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father1 their hands may be strengthened with thee4 ,their hands may be strengthened1 etc4 4 4,the people might apprehend lest ,absalom should be reconciled to his father1 and therefore they followed him with some fear of being left in the lurch1 till they saw such a crime committed as seemed to make a reconciliation impossible4 #af3bb4 ,so they spread a tent for ,absalom on the top of the house1 and he went in to his father's concubines before all ,israel4 #af3bc4 ,now the counsel of ,achitophel1 which he gave in those days1 was as if a man should consult ,god3 so was all the counsel of ,achitophel1 both when he was with ,david1 and when he was with ,absalom4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ag ,achitophel's counsel is defeated by ,chusai3 who sendeth intelligence to ,david4 ,achitophel hangeth himself4 #ag3a4 ,and ,achitophel said to ,absalom3 ,i will choose me twelve thousand men1 and ,i will arise and pursue after ,david this night4 #ag3b4 ,and coming upon him 7for he is now weary1 and weak handed7 ,i will defeat him3 and when all the people is put to flight that is with him1 ,i will kill the king who will be left alone4 #ag3c4 ,and ,i will bring back all the people1 as if they were but one man3 for thou seekest but one man3 and all the people shall be in peace4 #ag3d4 ,and his saying pleased ,absalom1 and all the ancients of ,israel4 #ag3e4 ,but ,absalom said3 ,call ,chusai the ,arachite1 and let us hear what he also saith4 #ag3f4 ,and when ,chusai was come to ,absalom1 ,absalom said to him3 ,achitophel hath spoken after this manner3 shall we do it or not8 what counsel dost thou give8 #ag3g4 ,and ,chusai said to ,absalom3 ,the counsel that ,achitophel hath given this time is not good4 #ag3h4 ,and again ,chusai said3 ,thou knowest thy father1 and the men that are with him1 that they are very valiant1 and bitter in their mind1 as a bear raging in the wood when her whelps are taken away3 and thy father is a warrior1 and will not lodge with the people4 #ag3i4 ,perhaps he now lieth hid in pits1 or in some other place where he liest3 and when any one shall fall at the first1 every one that heareth it shall say3 ,there is a slaughter among the people that followed ,absalom4 #ag3aj4 ,and the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion1 shall melt for fear3 for all the people of ,israel know thy father to be a valiant man1 and that all who are with him are valiant4 #ag3aa4 ,but this seemeth to me to be good counsel3 ,let all ,israel be gathered to thee1 from ,dan to ,bersabee1 as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered3 and thou shalt be in the midst of them4 #ag3ab4 ,and we shall come upon him in what place soever he shall be found3 and we shall cover him1 as the dew falleth upon the ground1 and we shall not leave of the men that are with him1 not so much as one4 #ag3ac4 ,and if he shall enter into any city1 all ,israel shall cast ropes round about that city1 and we will draw it into the river1 so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof4 #ag3ad4 ,and ,absalom1 and all the men of ,israel said3 ,the counsel of ,chusai the ,arachite is better than the counsel of ,achitophel3 and by the will of the ,lord the profitable counsel of ,achitophel was defeated1 that the ,lord might bring evil upon ,absalom4 #ag3ae4 ,and ,chusai said to ,sadoc and ,abiathar the priests3 ,thus and thus did ,achitophel counsel ,absalom1 and the ancients of ,israel3 and thus and thus did ,i counsel them4 #ag3af4 ,now therefore send quickly1 and tell ,david1 saying3 ,tarry not this night in the plains of the wilderness1 but without delay pass over3 lest the king be swallowed up1 and all the people that is with him4 #ag3ag4 ,and ,jonathan and ,achimaas stayed by the fountain ,rogel3 and there went a maid and told them3 and they went forward1 to carry the message to king ,david1 for they might not be seen1 nor enter into the city4 #ag3ah4 ,but a certain boy saw them1 and told ,absalom3 but they making haste went into the house of a certain man in ,bahurim1 who had a well in his court1 and they went down into it4 #ag3ai4 ,and a woman took1 and spread a covering over the mouth of the well1 as it were to dry sodden barley and so the thing was not known4 #ag3bj4 ,and when ,absalom's servants were come into the house1 they said to the woman3 ,where is ,achimaas and ,jonathan8 and the woman answered them3 ,they passed on in haste1 after they had tasted a little water4 ,but they that sought them1 when they found them not1 returned into ,jerusalem4 #ag3ba4 ,and when they were gone1 they came up out of the well1 and going on told king ,david1 and said3 ,arise1 and pass quickly over the river3 for this manner of counsel has ,achitophel given against you4 #ag3bb4 ,so ,david arose1 and all the people that were with him1 and they passed over the ,jordan1 until it grew light1 and not one of them was left that was not gone ever the river4 #ag3bc4 ,but ,achitophel seeing that his counsel was not followed1 saddled his ass1 and arose and went home to his house and to his city1 and putting his house in order1 hanged himself1 and was buried in the sepulchre of his father4 #ag3bd4 ,but ,david came to the camp1 and ,absalom passed over the ,jordan1 he and all the men of ,israel with him4 ,to the camp4 4 4,the city of ,mahanaim1 the name of which1 in ,hebrew1 signifies ,the camp4 ,it was a city of note at that time1 as appears from its having been chosen by ,isboseth for the place of his residence4 #ag3be4 ,now ,absalom appointed ,amasa in ,joab's stead over the army3 and ,amasa was the son of a man who was called ,jethra1 of ,jezrael1 who went in to ,abigail the daughter of ,naas1 the sister of ,sarvia who was the mother of ,joab4 #ag3bf4 ,and ,israel camped with ,absalom in the land of ,galaad4 #ag3bg4 ,and when ,david was come to the camp1 ,sobi the son of ,naas of ,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 and ,machir the son of ,ammihel of ,lodabar and ,berzellai the ,galaadite of ,rogelim1 #ag3bh4 ,brought him beds1 and tapestry1 and earthen vessels1 and wheat1 and barley1 and meal1 and parched corn1 and beans1 and lentils1 and fried pulse1 #ag3bi4 ,and honey1 and butter1 and sheep1 and fat calves1 and they gave to ,david and the people that were with him1 to eat3 for they suspected that the people were faint with hunger and thirst in the wilderness4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ah ,absalom is defeated1 and slain by ,joab4 ,david mourneth for him4 #ah3a4 ,and ,david1 having reviewed his people1 appointed over them captains of thousands and of hundreds1 #ah3b4 ,and sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of ,joab1 and a third part under the hand of ,abisai the son of ,sarvia ,joab's brother1 and a third part under the hand of ,ethai1 who was of ,geth3 and the king said to the people3 ,i also will go forth with you4 #ah3c4 ,and the people answered3 ,thou shalt not go forth3 for if we flee away1 they will not much mind us3 or if half of us should fall1 they will not greatly care3 for thou alone art accounted for ten thousand3 it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city to succour us4 #ah3d4 ,and the king said to them3 ,what seemeth good to you1 that will ,i do4 ,and the king stood by the gate3 and all the people went forth by their troops1 by hundreds and by thousands4 #ah3e4 ,and the king commanded ,joab1 and ,abisai1 and ,ethai1 saying3 ,save me the boy ,absalom4 ,and all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning ,absalom4 #ah3f4 ,so the people went out into the field against ,israel1 and the battle was fought in the forest of ,ephraim4 #ah3g4 ,and the people of ,israel were defeated there by ,david's army1 and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men4 #ah3h4 ,and the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country1 and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed1 than whom the sword devoured that day4 ,consumed4 4 4,viz41 by pits and precipices4 #ah3i4 ,and it happened that ,absalom met the servants of ,david1 riding on a mule3 and as the mule went under a thick and large oak1 his head stuck in the oak3 and while he hung between the heaven and the earth1 the mule on which he rode passed on4 #ah3aj4 ,and one saw this and told ,joab1 saying3 ,i saw ,absalom hanging upon an oak4 #ah3aa4 ,and ,joab said to the man that told him3 ,if thou sawest him1 why didst thou not stab him to the ground1 and ,i would have given thee ten sicles of silver1 and a belt8 #ah3ab4 ,and he said to ,joab3 ,if thou wouldst have paid down in my hands a thousand pieces of silver1 ,i would not lay my hands upon the king's son for in our hearing the king charged thee1 and ,abisai1 and ,ethai1 saying3 ,save me the boy ,absalom4 #ah3ac4 ,yea and if ,i should have acted boldly against my own life1 this could not have been hid from the king1 and wouldst thou have stood by me8 #ah3ad4 ,and ,joab said3 ,not as thou wilt1 but ,i will set upon him in thy sight4 ,so he took three lances in his hand1 and thrust them into the heart of ,absalom3 and whilst he yet panted for life1 sticking on the oak1 #ah3ae4 ,ten young men1 armourbearers of ,joab1 ran up1 and striking him slew him4 #ah3af4 ,and ,joab sounded the trumpet1 and kept back the people from pursuing after ,israel in their flight1 being willing to spare the multitude4 #ah3ag4 ,and they took ,absalom1 and cast him into a great pit in the forest1 and they laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him3 but all ,israel fled to their own dwellings4 #ah3ah4 ,now ,absalom had reared up for himself1 in his lifetime1 a pillar1 which is in the king's valley3 for he said3 ,i have no son1 and this shall be the monument of my name4 ,and he called the pillar by his own name1 and it is called the hand of ,absalom1 to this day4 ,no son4 4 4,the sons mentioned above1 chap4 #ad4bg1 were dead when this pillar was erected3 unless we suppose he raised this pillar before they were born4 #ah3ai4 ,and ,achimaas the son of ,sadoc said3 ,i will run and tell the king1 that the ,lord hath done judgment for him from the hand of his enemies4 #ah3bj4 ,and ,joab said to him3 ,thou shalt not be the messenger this day1 but shalt bear tidings another day3 this day ,i will not have thee bear tidings1 because the king's son is dead4 #ah3ba4 ,and ,joab said to ,chusai3 ,go1 and tell the king what thou hast seen4 ,chusai bowed down to ,joab1 and ran4 #ah3bb4 ,then ,achimaas the son of ,sadoc said to ,joab again3 ,why might not ,i also run after ,chusai8 ,and ,joab said to him3 ,why wilt thou run1 my son8 thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings4 #ah3bc4 ,he answered3 ,but what if ,i run8 ,and he said to him3 ,run4 ,then ,achimaas running by a nearer way passed ,chusai4 #ah3bd4 ,and ,david sat between the two gates3 and the watchman that was on the top of the gate upon the wall1 lifting up his eyes1 saw a man running alone4 #ah3be4 ,and crying out he told the king3 and the king said3 ,if he be alone1 there are good tidings in his mouth4 ,and as he was coming apace1 and drawing nearer1 #ah3bf4 ,the watchman saw another man running1 and crying aloud from above1 he said3 ,i see another man running alone4 ,and the king said3 ,he also is a good messenger4 #ah3bg4 ,and the watchman said3 ,the running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of ,achimaas the son of ,sadoc4 ,and the king said3 ,he is a good man3 and cometh with good news4 #ah3bh4 ,and ,achimaas crying out1 said to the king3 ,god save thee1 ,o king4 ,and falling down before the king with his face to the ground1 he said3 ,blessed be the ,lord thy ,god1 who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king4 #ah3bi4 ,and the king said3 ,is the young man ,absalom safe8 ,and ,achimaas said3 ,i saw a great tumult1 ,o king1 when thy servant ,joab sent me thy servant3 ,i know nothing else4 #ah3cj4 ,and the king said to him3 ,pass1 and stand here4 #ah3ca4 ,and when he had passed1 and stood still1 ,chusai appeared and coming up he said3 ,i bring good tidings1 my lord1 the king1 for the ,lord hath judged for thee this day from the hand of all that have risen up against thee4 #ah3cb4 ,and the king said to ,chusai3 ,is the young man ,absalom safe8 ,and ,chusai answering him1 said3 ,let the enemies of my lord1 the king1 and all that rise against him unto evil1 be as the young man is4 #ah3cc4 ,the king therefore being much moved1 went up to the high chamber over the gate1 and wept4 ,and as he went he spoke in this manner3 ,my son ,absalom1 ,absalom my son3 would to ,god that ,i might die for thee1 ,absalom my son1 my son ,absalom4 ,would to ,god4 4 4,david lamented the death of ,absalom1 because of the wretched state in which he died3 and therefore would have been glad to have saved his life1 even by dying for him4 ,in which he was a figure of ,christ weeping1 praying and dying for his rebellious children1 and even for them that crucified him4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ai ,david1 at the remonstrances of ,joab1 ceaseth his mourning4 ,he is invited back and met by ,semei and ,miphiboseth3 a strife between the men of ,juda and the men of ,israel4 #ai3a4 ,and it was told ,joab1 that the king wept and mourned for his son3 #ai3b4 ,and the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people3 for the people heard say that day3 ,the king grieveth for his son4 #ai3c4 ,and the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs1 and fled away from the battle4 #ai3d4 ,and the king covered his head1 and cried with a loud voice3 ,o my son ,absalom1 ,o ,absalom my son1 ,o my son4 #ai3e4 ,then ,joab going into the house to the king1 said3 ,thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants1 that have saved thy life1 and the lives of thy sons1 and of thy daughters1 and the lives of thy wives1 and the lives of thy concubines4 #ai3f4 ,thou lovest them that hate thee1 and thou hatest them that love thee3 and thou hast shewn this day that thou carest not for thy nobles1 nor for thy servants3 and ,i now plainly perceive that if ,absalom had lived1 and all we had been slain1 then it would have pleased thee4 #ai3g4 ,now therefore arise1 and go out1 and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants3 for ,i swear to thee by the ,lord1 that if thou wilt not go forth1 there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night3 and that will be worse to thee1 than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now4 #ai3h4 ,then the king arose and sat in the gate3 and it was told to all the people that the king sat in the gate3 and all the people came before the king1 but ,israel fled to their own dwellings4 #ai3i4 ,and all the people were at strife in all the tribes of ,israel1 saying3 ,the king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies1 and he saved us out of the hand of the ,philistines3 and now he is fled out of the land for ,absalom4 #ai3aj4 ,but ,absalom1 whom we anointed over us1 is dead in the battle3 how long are you silent1 and bring not back the king8 #ai3aa4 ,and king ,david sent to ,sadoc1 and ,abiathar the priests1 saying3 ,speak to the ancients of ,juda1 saying3 ,why are you the last to bring the king back to his house8 7,for the talk of all ,israel was come to the king in his house47 #ai3ab4 ,you are my brethren1 you are my bone1 and my flesh1 why are you the last to bring back the king8 #ai3ac4 ,and say ye to ,amasa3 ,art not thou my bone1 and my flesh8 ,so do ,god to me and add more1 if thou be not the chief captain of the army before me always in the place of ,joab4 #ai3ad4 ,and he inclined the heart of all the men of ,juda1 as it were of one man3 and they sent to the king1 saying3 ,return thou1 and all thy servants4 #ai3ae4 ,and the king returned and came as far as the ,jordan1 and all ,juda came as far as ,galgal to meet the king1 and to bring him over the ,jordan4 #ai3af4 ,and ,semei the son of ,gera the son of ,jemini of ,bahurim1 made haste and went down with the men of ,juda to meet king ,david1 #ai3ag4 ,with a thousand men of ,benjamin1 and ,siba the servant of the house of ,saul3 and his fifteen sons1 and twenty servants were with him3 and going over the ,jordan1 #ai3ah4,they passed the fords before the king1 that they might help over the king's household1 and do according to his commandment4 ,and ,semei the son of ,gera falling down before the king1 when he was come over the ,jordan1 #ai3ai4 ,said to him3 ,impute not to me1 my lord1 the iniquity1 nor remember the injuries of thy servant on the day that thou1 my lord1 the king1 wentest out of ,jerusalem1 nor lay it up in thy heart1 ,o king4 #ai3bj4 ,for ,i thy servant acknowledge my sin3 and therefore ,i am come this day the first of all the house of ,joseph1 and am come down to meet my lord the king4 #ai3ba4 ,but ,abisai the son of ,sarvia answering1 said3 ,shall ,semei for these words not be put to death1 because he cursed the ,lord's anointed8 #ai3bb4 ,and ,david said3 ,what have ,i to do with you1 ye sons of ,sarvia8 why are you a satan this day to me8 shall there any man be killed this day in ,israel8 do not ,i know that this day ,i am made king over ,israel8 #ai3bc4 ,and the king said to ,semei3 ,thou shalt not die4 ,and he swore unto him4 #ai3bd4 ,and ,miphiboseth the son of ,saul came down to meet the king1 and he had neither washed his feet1 nor trimmed his beard3 nor washed his garments from the day that the king went out1 until the day of his return in peace4 #ai3be4 ,and when he met the king at ,jerusalem1 the king said to him3 ,why camest thou not with me1 ,miphiboseth8 #ai3bf4 ,and he answering1 said3 ,my lord1 ,o king1 my servant despised me3 for ,i thy servant spoke to him to saddle me an ass1 that ,i might get on and go with the king3 for ,i thy servant am lame4 #ai3bg4 ,moreover he hath also accused me thy servant to thee1 my lord the king3 but thou my lord the king art as an angel of ,god1 do what pleaseth thee4 #ai3bh4 ,for all of my father's house were no better than worthy of death before my lord the king2 and thou hast set me thy servant among the guests of thy table3 what just complaint therefore have ,i8 or what right to cry any more to the king8 #ai3bi4 ,then the king said to him3 ,why speakest thou any more8 what ,i have said is determined3 thou and ,siba divide the possessions4 #ai3cj4 ,and ,miphiboseth answered the king3 ,yea1 let him take all1 forasmuch as my lord the king is returned peaceably into his house4 #ai3ca4 ,berzellai also the ,galaadite coming down from ,rogelim1 brought the king over the ,jordan1 being ready also to wait on him beyond the river4 #ai3cb4 ,now ,berzellai the ,galaadite was of a great age1 that is to say1 fourscore years old1 and he provided the king with sustenance when he abode in the camp3 for he was a man exceeding rich4 #ai3cc4 ,and the king said to ,berzellai3 ,come with me that thou mayest rest secure with me in ,jerusalem4 #ai3cd4 ,and ,berzellai said to the king3 ,how many are the days of the years of my life1 that ,i should go up with the king to ,jerusalem8 #ai3ce4 ,i am this day fourscore years old1 are my senses quick to discern sweet and bitter8 or can meat or drink delight thy servant8 or can ,i hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women8 why should thy servant be a burden to my lord1 the king8 #ai3cf4 ,i thy servant will go on a little way from the ,jordan with thee3 ,i need not this recompense4 #ai3cg4 ,but ,i beseech thee let thy servant return1 and die in my own city1 and be buried by the sepulchre of my father1 and of my mother4 ,but there is thy servant ,chamaam1 let him go with thee1 my lord1 the king1 and do to him whatsoever seemeth good to thee4 #ai3ch4 ,then the king said to him3 ,let ,chamaam go over with me1 and ,i will do for him whatsoever shall please thee1 and all that thou shalt ask of me1 thou shalt obtain4 #ai3ci4 ,and when all the people and the king had passed over the ,jordan1 the king kissed ,berzellai1 and blessed him3 and he returned to his own place4 #ai3dj4 ,so the king went on to ,galgal1 and ,chamaam with him4 ,now all the people of ,juda had brought the king over1 and only half of the people of ,israel were there4 #ai3da4 ,therefore all the men of ,israel running together to the king1 said to him3 ,why have our brethren the men of ,juda stolen thee away1 and have brought the king and his household over the ,jordan1 and all the men of ,david with him8 #ai3db4 ,and all the men of ,juda answered the men of ,israel3 ,because the king is nearer to me3 why art thou angry for this matter8 have we eaten any thing of the king's1 or have any gifts been given us8 #ai3dc4 ,and the men of ,israel answered the men of ,juda1 and said3 ,i have ten parts in the king more than thou1 and ,david belongeth to me more than to thee3 why hast thou done me a wrong1 and why was it not told me first1 that ,i might bring back my king8 ,and the men of ,juda answered more harshly than the men of ,israel4 #b ,kings ,chapter #bj ,seba's rebellion4 ,amasa is slain by ,joab4 ,abela is besieged1 but upon the citizens casting over the wall the head of ,seba1 ,joab departeth with all his army4 #bj3a4 ,and there happened to be there a man of ,belial1 whose name was ,seba1 the son of ,bochri1 a man of ,jemini3 and he sounded the trumpet1 and said3 ,we have no part in ,david1 nor inheritance in the son of ,isai3 return to thy dwellings1 ,o ,israel4 #bj3b4 ,and all ,israel departed from ,david1 and followed ,seba the son of ,bochri3 but the men of ,juda stuck to their king from the ,jordan unto ,jerusalem4 #bj3c4 ,and when the king was come into his house at ,jerusalem1 he took the ten women his concubines1 whom he had left to keep the house1 and put them inward1 allowing them provisions3 and he went not in unto them1 but they were shut up unto the day of their death living in widowhood4 #bj3d4 ,and the king said to ,amasa3 ,assemble to me all the men of ,juda against the third day1 and be thou here present4 #bj3e4 ,so ,amasa went to assemble the men of ,juda1 but he tarried beyond the set time which the king had appointed him4 #bj3f4 ,and ,david said to ,abisai3 ,now will ,seba the son of ,bochri do us more harm than did ,absalom3 take thou therefore the servants of thy lord1 and pursue after him1 lest he find fenced cities1 and escape us4 #bj3g4 ,so ,joab's men went out with him1 and the ,cerethi and the ,phelethi3 and all the valiant men went out of ,jerusalem to pursue after ,seba the son of ,bochri4 #bj3h4 ,and when they were at the great stone which is in ,gabaon1 ,amasa coming met them4 ,and ,joab had on a close coat of equal length with his habit1 and over it was girded with a sword hanging down to his flank1 in a scabbard1 made in such manner as to come out with the least motion and strike4 #bj3i4 ,and ,joab said to ,amasa3 ,god save thee1 my brother4 ,and he took ,amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him4 #bj3aj4 ,but ,amasa did not take notice of the sword1 which ,joab had1 and he struck him in the side1 and shed out his bowels to the ground1 and gave him not a second wound1 and he died4 ,and ,joab1 and ,abisai his brother pursued after ,seba the son of ,bochri4 #bj3aa4 ,in the mean time some men of ,joab's company stopping at the dead body of ,amasa1 said3 ,behold he that would have been in ,joab's stead the companion of ,david4 #bj3ab4 ,and ,amasa imbrued with blood1 lay in the midst of the way4 ,a certain man saw this that all the people stood still to look upon him1 so he removed ,amasa out of the highway into the field1 and covered him with a garment1 that they who passed might1 not stop on his account4 #bj3ac4 ,and when he was removed out of the way1 all the people went on following ,joab to pursue after ,seba the son of ,bochri4 #bj3ad4 ,now he had passed through all the tribes of ,israel unto ,abela and ,bethmaacha3 and all the chosen men were gathered together unto him4 ,abela and ,bethmaacha4 4 4,cities of the tribe of ,nephtali4 #bj3ae4 ,and they came1 and besieged him in ,abela1 and in ,bethmaacha1 and they cast up works round the city1 and the city was besieged3 and all the people that were with ,joab1 laboured to throw down the walls4 #bj3af4 ,and a wise woman cried out from the city3 ,hear1 hear1 and say to ,joab3 ,come near hither1 and ,i will speak with thee4 #bj3ag4 ,and when he was come near to her1 she said to him3 ,art thou ,joab8 ,and he answered3 ,i am4 ,and she spoke thus to him3 ,hear the words of thy handmaid4 ,he answered3 ,i do hear4 #bj3ah4 ,and she again said3 ,a saying was used in the old proverb3 ,they that inquire1 let them inquire in ,abela3 and so they made an end4 #bj3ai4 ,am not ,i she that answer truth in ,israel1 and thou seekest to destroy the city1 and to overthrow a mother in ,israel8 ,why wilt thou throw down the inheritance of the ,lord8 #bj3bj4 ,and ,joab answering said3 ,god forbid1 ,god forbid that ,i should1 ,i do not throw down1 nor destroy4 #bj3ba4 ,the matter is not so1 but a man of mount ,ephraim1 ,seba the son of ,bochri by name1 hath lifted up his hand against king ,david3 deliver him only1 and we will depart from the city4 ,and the woman said to ,joab3 ,behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall4 #bj3bb4 ,so she went to all the people1 and spoke to them wisely3 and they cut off the head of ,seba the son of ,bochri1 and cast it out to ,joab4 ,and he sounded the trumpet1 and they departed from the city1 every one to their home3 and ,joab returned to ,jerusalem to the king4 #bj3bc4 ,so ,joab was over all the army of ,israel3 and ,banaias the son of ,joiada was over the ,cerethites and ,phelethites1 #bj3bd4 ,but ,aduram over the tributes3 and ,josaphat the son of ,ahilud was recorder4 #bj3be4 ,and ,siva was scribe3 and ,sadoc and ,abiathar1 priests4 #bj3bf4 ,and ,ira the ,jairite was the priest of ,david4 #b ,kings ,chapter #ba ,a famine of three years1 for the sin of ,saul against the ,gabaonites1 at whose desire seven of ,saul's race are crucified4 ,war again with the ,philistines4 #ba3a4 ,and there was a famine in the days of ,david for three years successively3 and ,david consulted the oracle of the ,lord4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,it is for ,saul1 and his bloody house1 because he slow the ,gabaonites4 #ba3b4 ,then the king1 calling for the ,gabaonites1 said to them3 7,now the ,gabaonites were not of the children of ,israel1 but the remains of the ,amorrhites3 and the children of ,israel had sworn to them1 and ,saul sought to slay them out of zeal1 as it were for the children of ,israel and ,juda37 #ba3c4 ,david therefore said to the ,gabaonites3 ,what shall ,i do for you8 and what shall be the atonement or you1 that you may bless the inheritance of the ,lord8 #ba3d4 ,and the ,gabaonites said to him3 ,we have no contest about silver and gold1 but against ,saul and against his house3 neither do we desire that any man be slain of ,israel4 ,and the king said to them3 ,what will you then that ,i should do for you8 #ba3e4 ,and they said to the king3 ,the man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly1 we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of ,israel4 #ba3f4 ,let seven men of his children be delivered unto us1 that we may crucify them to the ,lord in ,gabaa of ,saul1 once the chosen of the ,lord4 ,and the king said3 ,i will give them4 #ba3g4 ,and the king spared ,miphiboseth the son of ,jonathan the son of ,saul1 because of the oath of the ,lord1 that had been between ,david and ,jonathan the son of ,saul4 #ba3h4 ,so the king took the two sons of ,respha the daughter of ,aia1 whom she bore to ,saul1 ,armoni1 and ,miphiboseth3 and the five sons of ,michol the daughter of ,saul1 whom she bore to ,hadriel the son of ,berzellai1 that was of ,molathi3 ,of ,michol4 4 4,they were the sons of ,merob1 who was married to ,hadriel3 but they are here called the sons of ,michol1 because she adopted them1 and brought them up as her own4 #ba3i4 ,and gave them into the hands of the ,gabaonites3 and they crucified them on a hill before the ,lord3 and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest1 when the barley began to be reaped4 #ba3aj4 ,and ,respha the daughter of ,aia took haircloth1 and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest1 till water dropped upon them out of heaven3 and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day1 nor the beasts by night4 #ba3aa4 ,and it was told ,david1 what ,respha the daughter of ,aia1 the concubine of ,saul1 had done4 #ba3ab4 ,and ,david went1 and took the bones of ,saul1 and the bones of ,jonathan his son from the men of ,jabes ,galaad1 who had stolen them from the street of ,bethsan1 where the ,philistines had hanged them when they had slain ,saul in ,gelboe4 #ba3ac4 ,and he brought from thence the bones of ,saul1 and the bones of ,jonathan his son1 and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified1 #ba3ad4 ,and they buried them with the bones of ,saul1 and of ,jonathan his son in the land of ,benjamin1 in the side1 in the sepulchre of ,cis his father3 and they did all that the king had commanded1 and ,god shewed mercy again to the land after these things4 #ba3ae4 ,and the ,philistines made war again against ,israel1 and ,david went down1 and his servants with him1 and fought against the ,philistines4 ,and ,david growing faint1 #ba3af4 ,jesbibenob1 who was of the race of ,arapha1 the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces1 being girded with a new sword1 attempted to kill ,david4 #ba3ag4 ,and ,abisai the son of ,sarvia rescued him1 and striking the ,philistine killed him4 ,then ,david's men swore unto him saying3 ,thou shalt go no more out with us to battle1 lest thou put out the lamp of ,israel4 #ba3ah4 ,there was also a second battle in ,gob against the ,philistines3 then ,sobochai of ,husathi slew ,saph of the race of ,arapha of the family of the giants4 #ba3ai4 ,and there was a third battle in ,gob against the ,philistines1 in which ,adeodatus the son of the ,forrest an embroiderer of ,bethlehem slew ,goliath the ,gethite1 the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam4 ,adeodatus the son of the ,forrest4 4 4,so it is rendered in the ,latin ,vulgate1 by giving the interpretation of the ,hebrew names1 which are ,elhanan the son of ,jaare4 #ba3bj4 ,a fourth battle was in ,geth3 where there was a man of great stature1 that had six fingers on each hand1 and six toes on each foot1 four and twenty in all1 and he was of the race of ,arapha4 #ba3ba4 ,and he reproached ,israel3 and ,jonathan the son of ,samae the brother of ,david slew him4 #ba3bb4 ,these four were born of ,arapha in ,geth1 and they fell by the hand of ,david1 and of his servants4 #b ,kings ,chapter #bb ,king ,david's psalm of thanksgiving for his deliverance from all his enemies4 #bb3a4 ,and ,david spoke to the ,lord the words of this canticle1 in the day that the ,lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies1 and out of the hand of ,saul1 #bb3b4 ,and he said3 ,the ,lord is my rock1 and my strength1 and my saviour4 #bb3c4 ,god is my strong one1 in him will ,i trust3 my shield1 and the horn of my salvation3 he lifteth me up1 and is my refuge3 my saviour1 thou wilt deliver me from iniquity4 #bb3d4 ,i will call on the ,lord who is worthy to be praised3 and ,i shall be saved from my enemies4 #bb3e4 ,for the pangs of death have surrounded me3 the floods of ,belial have made me afraid4 #bb3f4 ,the cords of hell compassed me3 the snares of death prevented me4 #bb3g4 ,in my distress ,i will call upon the ,lord1 and ,i will cry to my ,god3 and he will hear my voice out of his temple1 and my cry shall come to his ears4 #bb3h4 ,the earth shook and trembled1 the foundations of the mountains were moved1 and shaken1 because he was angry with them4 #bb3i4 ,a smoke went up from his nostrils1 and a devouring fire out of his mouth3 coals were kindled by it4 #bb3aj4 ,he bowed the heavens1 and came down3 and darkness was under his feet4 #bb3aa4 ,and he rode upon the cherubims1 and flew3 and slid upon the wings of the wind4 #bb3ab4 ,he made darkness a covering round about him3 dropping waters out of the clouds of the heavens4 #bb3ac4 ,by the brightness before him1 the coals of fire were kindled4 #bb3ad4 ,the ,lord shall thunder from heaven3 and the most high shall give forth his voice4 #bb3ae4 ,he shot arrows and scattered them3 lightning1 and consumed them4 #bb3af4 ,and the overflowings of the sea appeared1 and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the ,lord1 at the blast of the spirit of his wrath4 #bb3ag4 ,he sent from on high1 and took me1 and drew me out of many waters4 #bb3ah4 ,he delivered me from my most mighty enemy1 and from them that hated me3 for they were too strong for me4 #bb3ai4 ,he prevented me in the day of my affliction1 and the ,lord became my stay4 #bb3bj4 ,and he brought me forth into a large place1 he delivered me1 because ,i pleased him4 #bb3ba4 ,the ,lord will reward me according to my justice3 and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me4 #bb3bb4 ,because ,i have kept the ways of the ,lord1 and have not wickedly departed from my ,god4 #bb3bc4 ,for all his judgments are in my sight3 and his precepts ,i have not removed from me4 #bb3bd4 ,and ,i shall be perfect with him3 and shall keep myself from my iniquity4 #bb3be4 ,and the ,lord will recompense me according to my justice3 and according to the cleanness of my hands in the sight of his eyes4 #bb3bf4 ,with the holy one thou wilt be holy3 and with the valiant perfect4 #bb3bg4 ,with the elect thou wilt be elect3 and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted4 #bb3bh4 ,and the poor people thou wilt save3 and with thy eyes thou shalt humble the haughty4 #bb3bi4 ,for thou art my lamp ,o ,lord3 and thou1 ,o ,lord1 wilt enlighten my darkness4 #bb3cj4 ,for in thee ,i will run girded3 in my ,god ,i will leap over the wall4 #bb3ca4 ,god1 his way is immaculate1 the word of the ,lord is tried by fire3 he is the shield of all that trust in him4 #bb3cb4 ,who is ,god but the ,lord3 and who is strong but our ,god8 #bb3cc4 ,god who hath girded me with strength1 and made my way perfect4 #bb3cd4 ,making my feet like the feet of harts1 and setting me upon my high places4 #bb3ce4 ,he teacheth my hands to war3 and maketh my arms like a bow of brass4 #bb3cf4 ,thou hast given me the shield of my salvation3 and thy mildness hath multiplied me4 #bb3cg4 ,thou shalt enlarge my steps under me3 and my ankles shall not fail4 #bb3ch4 ,i will pursue after my enemies1 and crush them3 and will not return again till ,i consume them4 #bb3ci4 ,i will consume them and break them in pieces1 so that they shall not rise3 they shall fall under my feet4 #bb3dj4 ,thou hast girded me with strength to battle3 thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me4 #bb3da4 ,my enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me3 them that hated me1 and ,i shall destroy them4 #bb3db4 ,they shall cry1 and there shall be none to save3 to the ,lord1 and he shall not hear them4 #bb3dc4 ,i shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth3 ,i shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets4 #bb3dd4 ,thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people3 thou wilt keep me to be the head of the ,gentiles3 the people which ,i know not1 shall serve me1 #bb3de4 ,the sons of the stranger will resist me1 at the hearing of the ear they will obey me4 #bb3df4 ,the strangers are melted away1 and shall be straitened in their distresses4 #bb3dg4 ,the ,lord liveth1 and my ,god is blessed3 and the strong ,god of my salvation shall be exalted3 #bb3dh4 ,god who giveth me revenge1 and bringest down people under me1 #bb3di4 ,who bringest me forth from my enemies1 and liftest me up from them that resist me3 from the wicked man thou shalt deliver me4 #bb3ej4 ,therefore will ,i give thanks to thee1 ,o ,lord1 among the ,gentiles1 and will sing to thy name4 #bb3ea4 ,giving great salvation to his king1 and shewing mercy to ,david his anointed1 and to his seed for ever4 #b ,kings ,chapter #bc ,the last words of ,david4 ,a catalogue of his valiant men4 #bc3a4 ,now these are ,david's last words4 ,david the son of ,isai said3 ,the man to whom it was appointed concerning the ,christ of the ,god of ,jacob1 the excellent psalmist of ,israel said3 #bc3b4 ,the spirit of the ,lord hath spoken by me and his word by my tongue4 #bc3c4 ,the ,god of ,israel said to me1 the strong one of ,israel spoke1 the ruler of men1 the just ruler in the fear of ,god4 #bc3d4 ,as the light of the morning1 when the sun riseth1 shineth in the morning without clouds1 and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain4 ,as the light1 etc4 4 4,so shall be the kingdom of ,christ4 #bc3e4 ,neither is my house so great with ,god1 that he should make with me an eternal covenant1 firm in all things and assured4 ,for he is all my salvation1 and all my will3 neither is there ought thereof that springeth not up4 ,neither is my house1 etc4 4 4,as if he should say3 ,this everlasting covenant was not due to my house3 but purely owing to his bounty2 who is all my salvation1 and my will3 that is1 who hath always saved me1 and granted me what ,i beseeched of him2 so that ,i and my house1 through his blessing1 have sprung up1 and succeeded in all things4 #bc3f4 ,but transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns3 which are not taken away with hands4 #bc3g4 ,and if a man will touch them1 he must be armed with iron and with the staff of a lance3 but they shall be set on fire and burnt to nothing4 #bc3h4 ,these are the names of the valiant men of ,david3 ,jesbaham sitting in the chair was the wisest chief among the three1 he was like the most tender little worm of the wood1 who killed eight hundred men at one onset4 ,jesbaham4 4 4,the son of ,hachamoni4 ,for this was the name of this hero1 as appears from #a ,chron4 or ,paralip4 #aa4--;,ibid4 ,most tender1 etc4 4 4,he appeared like one tender and weak1 but was indeed most valiant and strong4 ,it seems the ,latin has here given the interpretation of the ,hebrew name of the hero1 to whom ,jesbaham was like1 instead of the name itself1 which was ,adino the ,eznite1 one much renowned of old for his valour4 #bc3i4 ,after him was ,eleazar the son of ,dodo the ,ahohite1 one of the three valiant men that were with ,david when they defied the ,philistines1 and they were there gathered together to battle4 ,dodo4 4 4,in ,latin1 ,patrui ejus1 which is the interpretation of the ,hebrew name ,dodo4 ,the same occurs in ver4 #bd4 #bc3aj4 ,and when the men of ,israel were gone away1 he stood and smote the ,philistines till his hand was weary1 and grew stiff with the sword3 and the ,lord wrought a great victory that day3 and the people that were fled away1 returned to take spoils of them that were slain4 #bc3aa4 ,and after him was ,semma the son of ,age of ,arari4 ,and the ,philistines were gathered together in a troop3 for there was a field full of lentils4 ,and when the people were fled from the face of the ,philistines1 #bc3ab4 ,he stood in the midst of the field1 and defended it1 and defeated the ,philistines3 and the ,lord gave a great victory4 #bc3ac4 ,moreover also before this the three who were princes among the thirty1 went down and came to ,david in the harvest time into the cave of ,odollam3 and the camp of the ,philistines was in the valley of the giants4 #bc3ad4 ,and ,david was then in a hold3 and there was a garrison of the ,philistines then in ,bethlehem4 #bc3ae4 ,and ,david longed1 and said3 ,o that some man would get me a drink of the water out of the cistern1 that is in ,bethlehem1 by the gate4 #bc3af4 ,and the three valiant men broke through the camp of the ,philistines1 and drew water out of the cistern of ,bethlehem1 that was by the gate1 and brought it to ,david3 but he would not drink1 but offered it to the ,lord1 #bc3ag4 ,saying3 ,the ,lord be merciful to me1 that ,i may not do this3 shall ,i drink the blood of these men that went1 and the peril of their lives8 therefore he would not drink4 ,these things did these three mighty men4 #bc3ah4 ,abisai also the brother of ,joab1 the son of ,sarvia1 was chief among three3 and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew1 and he was renowned among the three1 #bc3ai4 ,and the noblest of three1 and was their chief1 but to the three first he attained not4 #bc3bj4 ,and ,banaias the son of ,joiada a most valiant man1 of great deeds1 of ,cabseel3 he slew the two lions of ,moab1 and he went down1 and slew a lion in the midst of a pit1 in the time of snow4 #bc3ba4 ,he also slew an ,egyptian1 a man worthy to be a sight1 having a spear in his hand3 but he went down to him with a rod1 and forced the spear out of the hand of the ,egyptian1 and slew him with his own spear4 #bc3bb4 ,these things did ,banaias the son of ,joiada4 #bc3bc4 ,and he was renowned among the three valiant men1 who were the most honourable among the thirty3 but he attained not to the first three3 and ,david made him of his privy council4 #bc3bd4 ,asael the brother of ,joab was one of the thirty1 ,elehanan the son of ,dodo of ,bethlehem4 #bc3be4 ,semma of ,harodi1 ,elica of ,harodi1 #bc3bf4 ,heles of ,phalti1 ,hira the son of ,acces of ,thecua1 #bc3bg4 ,abiezer of ,anathoth1 ,mobonnai of ,husati1 #bc3bh4 ,selmon the ,ahohite1 ,maharai the ,netophathite1 #bc3bi4 ,heled the son of ,baana1 also a ,netophathite1 ,ithai the son of ,ribai of ,gabaath of the children of ,benjamin1 #bc3cj4 ,banaia the ,pharathonite1 ,heddai of the torrent ,gaas1 #bc3ca4 ,abialbon the ,arbathite1 ,azmaveth of ,beromi1 #bc3cb4 ,eliaba of ,salaboni4 ,the sons of ,jassen1 ,jonathan1 #bc3cc4 ,semma of ,orori1 ,aliam the son of ,sarar the ,arorite1 #bc3cd4 ,eliphelet the son of ,aasbai the son of ,machati1 ,eliam the son of ,achitophel the ,gelonite1 #bc3ce4 ,hesrai of ,carmel1 ,pharai of ,arbi1 #bc3cf4 ,igaal the son of ,nathan of ,soba1 ,bonni of ,gadi1 #bc3cg4 ,selec of ,ammoni1 ,naharai the ,berothite1 armourbearer of ,joab the son of ,sarvia1 #bc3ch4 ,ira the ,jethrite1 ,gareb also a ,jethrite2 #bc3ci4 ,urias the ,hethite1 thirty and seven in all4 #b ,kings ,chapter #bd ,david numbereth the people3 ,god sendeth a pestilence1 which is stopt by ,david's prayer and sacrifice4 #bd3a4 ,and the anger of the ,lord was again kindled against ,israel1 and stirred up ,david among them1 saying3 ,go1 number ,israel and ,juda4 ,stirred up1 etc4 4 4,this stirring up was not the doing of ,god1 but of ,satan2 as it is expressly declared1 #a ,chron4 or ,paralip4 #ba4a4 #bd3b4 ,and the king said to ,joab the general of his army3 ,go through all the tribes of ,israel from ,dan to ,bersabee1 and number ye the people that ,i may know the number of them4 #bd3c4 ,and ,joab said to the king3 ,the ,lord thy ,god increase thy people1 and make them as many more as they are now1 and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king3 but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing8 #bd3d4 ,but the king's words prevailed over the words of ,joab1 and of the captains of the army3 and ,joab1 and the captains of the soldiers went out from the presence of the king1 to number the people of ,israel4 #bd3e4 ,and when they had passed the ,jordan1 they came to ,aroer to the right side of the city1 which is in the vale of ,gad4 #bd3f4 ,and by ,jazer they passed into ,galaad1 and to the lower land of ,hodsi1 and they came into the woodlands of ,dan4 ,and going about by ,sidon1 #bd3g4 ,they passed near the walls of ,tyre1 and all the land of the ,hevite1 and the ,chanaanite1 and they came to the south of ,juda into ,bersabee3 #bd3h4 ,and having gone through the whole land1 after nine months and twenty days1 they came to ,jerusalem4 #bd3i4 ,and ,joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king1 and there were found of ,israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword3 and of ,juda five hundred thousand fighting men4 #bd3aj4 ,but ,david's heart struck him1 after the people were numbered3 and ,david said to the ,lord3 ,i have sinned very much in what ,i have done3 but ,i pray thee1 ,o ,lord1 to take away the iniquity of thy servant1 because ,i have done exceeding foolishly4 ,david's heart struck him1 after the people were numbered4 4 4,that is he was touched with a great remorse for the vanity and pride which had put him upon numbering the people4 #bd3aa4 ,and ,david arose in the morning1 and the word of the ,lord came to ,gad the prophet and the seer of ,david1 saying3 #bd3ab4 ,go1 and say to ,david3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i give thee thy choice of three things1 choose one of them which thou wilt1 that ,i may do it to thee4 #bd3ac4 ,and when ,gad was come to ,david1 he told him1 saying3 ,either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land3 or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries1 and they shall pursue thee3 or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land4 ,now therefore deliberate1 and see what answer ,i shall return to him that sent me4 #bd3ad4 ,and ,david said to ,gad3 ,i am in a great strait3 but it is better that ,i should fall into the hands of the ,lord 7for his mercies are many7 than into the hands of men4 #bd3ae4 ,and the ,lord sent a pestilence upon ,israel1 from the morning unto the time appointed1 and there died of the people from ,dan to ,bersabee seventy thousand men4 #bd3af4 ,and when the angel of the ,lord had stretched out his hand over ,jerusalem to destroy it1 the ,lord had pity on the affliction1 and said to the angel that slew the people3 ,it is enough3 now hold thy hand4 ,and the angel of the ,lord was by the thrashingfloor of ,areuna the ,jebusite4 #bd3ag4 ,and ,david said to the ,lord1 when he saw the angel striking the people3 ,it is ,i2 ,i am he that have sinned1 ,i have done wickedly3 these that are the sheep1 what have they done8 let thy hand1 ,i beseech thee1 be turned against me1 and against my father's house4 #bd3ah4 ,and ,gad came to ,david that day1 and said3 ,go up1 and build an altar to the ,lord in the thrashingfloor of ,areuna the ,jebusite4 #bd3ai4 ,and ,david went up according to the word of ,gad which the ,lord had commanded him4 #bd3bj4 ,and ,areuna looked1 and saw the king and his servants coming towards him3 #bd3ba4 ,and going out he worshipped the king1 bowing with his face to the earth1 and said3 ,wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant8 ,and ,david said to him3 ,to buy the thrashingfloor of thee1 and build an altar to the ,lord1 that the plague1 which rageth among the people1 may cease4 #bd3bb4 ,and ,areuna said to ,david3 ,let my lord the king take1 and offer1 as it seemeth good to him3 thou hast here oxen for a holocaust1 and the wain1 and the yokes of the oxen for wood4 #bd3bc4 ,all these things ,areuna as a king gave to the king3 and ,areuna said to the king3 ,the ,lord thy ,god receive thy vow4 #bd3bd4 ,and the king answered him1 and said3 ,nay1 but ,i will buy it of thee1 at a price1 and ,i will not offer to the ,lord my ,god holocausts free cost4 ,so ,david bought the floor1 and the oxen1 for fifty sicles of silver3 #bd3be4 ,and ,david built there an altar to the ,lord1 and offered holocausts and peace offerings3 and the ,lord became merciful to the land1 and the plague was stayed from ,israel4 ,,the ,,third ,,book ,,of ,,kings ,this and the following ,book are called by the holy fathers the third and fourth book of ,kings2 but by the ,hebrews1 the first and second4 ,they contain the history of the kingdoms of ,israel and ,juda1 from the beginning of the reign of ,solomon1 to the captivity4 ,as to the writer of these books1 it seems most probable they were not written by one man2 nor at one time2 but as there was all along a succession of prophets in ,israel1 who recorded1 by divine inspiration1 the most remarkable things that happened in their days1 these books seem to have been written by these prophets4 ,see #b ,paralip4 alias #b ,chron4 #i4bi2 #ab4ae2 #ac4bb2 #bj4cd2 #bf4bb2 #cb4cb4 #c ,kings ,chapter #a ,king ,david growing old1 ,abisag a ,sunamitess is brought to him4 ,adonias pretending to reign1 ,nathan and ,bethsabee obtain that ,solomon should be declared and anointed king4 #a3a4 ,now king ,david was old1 and advanced in years3 and when he was covered with clothes he was not warm4 #a3b4 ,his servants therefore1 said to him3 ,let us seek for our ,lord the king1 a young virgin1 and let her stand before the king1 and cherish him1 and sleep in his bosom and warm our lord the king4 #a3c4 ,so they sought a beautiful young woman1 in all the coasts of ,israel and they found ,abisag1 a ,sunamitess1 and brought her to the king4 #a3d4 ,and the damsel was exceedingly beautiful1 and she slept with the king1 and served him1 but the king did not know her4 #a3e4 ,and ,adonias1 the son of ,haggith1 exalted himself1 saying3 ,i will be king4 ,and he made himself chariots and horsemen1 and fifty men to run before him4 #a3f4 ,neither did his father rebuke him at any time1 saying3 ,why hast thou done this8 ,and he also was very beautiful1 the next in birth after ,absalom4 #a3g4 ,and he conferred with ,joab1 the son of ,sarvia1 and with ,abiathar1 the priest1 who furthered ,adonias's side4 #a3h4 ,but ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 and ,semei1 and ,rei1 and the strength of ,david's army1 was not with ,adonias4 #a3i4 ,and ,adonias having slain rams and calves1 and all fat cattle1 by the stone of ,zoheleth1 which was near the fountain ,rogel1 invited all his brethren1 the king's sons1 and all the men of ,juda1 the king's servants3 #a3aj4 ,but ,nathan1 the prophet1 and ,banaias1 and all the valiant men1 and ,solomon1 his brother1 he invited not4 #a3aa4 ,and ,nathan said to ,bethsabee1 the mother of ,solomon3 ,hast thou not heard that ,adonias1 the son of ,haggith1 reigneth1 and our lord ,david knoweth it not8 #a3ab4 ,now then1 come1 take my counsel1 and save thy life1 and the life of thy son ,solomon4 #a3ac4 ,go1 and get thee in to king ,david1 and say to him3 ,didst not thou1 my lord1 ,o king1 swear to me1 thy handmaid1 saying3 ,solomon1 thy son1 shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne8 why then doth ,adonias reign8 #a3ad4 ,and while thou art yet speaking there with the king1 ,i will come in after thee1 and will fill up thy words4 #a3ae4 ,so ,bethsabee went in to the king into the chamber4 ,now the king was very old1 and ,abisag1 the ,sunamitess1 ministered to him4 #a3af4 ,bethsabee bowed herself1 and worshipped the king4 ,and the king said to her3 ,what is thy will8 #a3ag4 ,she answered1 and said3 ,my lord1 thou didst swear to thy handmaid1 by the ,lord thy ,god1 saying3 ,solomon1 thy son1 shall reign after me1 and he shall sit on my throne4 #a3ah4 ,and behold1 now ,adonias reigneth1 and thou1 my lord the king1 knowest nothing of it4 #a3ai4 ,he hath killed oxen1 and all fat cattle1 and many rams1 and invited all the king's sons1 and ,abiathar1 the priest1 and ,joab1 the general of the army3 but ,solomon1 thy servant1 he invited not4 #a3bj4 ,and now1 my lord1 ,o king1 the eyes of all ,israel are upon thee1 that thou shouldst tell them1 who shall sit on thy throne1 my lord the king1 after thee4 #a3ba4 ,otherwise it shall come to pass1 when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers1 that ,i1 and my son1 ,solomon1 shall be accounted offenders4 #a3bb4 ,as she was yet speaking with the king1 ,nathan1 the prophet1 came4 #a3bc4 ,and they told the king1 saying3 ,nathan1 the prophet1 is here4 ,and when he was come in before the king1 and had worshipped1 bowing down to the ground1 #a3bd4 ,nathan said3 ,my lord1 ,o king1 hast thou said3 ,let ,adonias reign after me1 and let him sit upon my throne8 #a3be4 ,because he is gone down to day1 and hath killed oxen1 and fatlings1 and many rams1 and invited all the king's sons1 and the captains of the army1 and ,abiathar the priest3 and they are eating and drinking before him1 and saying3 ,god save king ,adonias3 #a3bf4 ,but me1 thy servant1 and ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 and ,solomon1 thy servant1 he hath not invited4 #a3bg4 ,is this word come out from my lord the king1 and hast thou not told me1 thy servant1 who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him8 #a3bh4 ,and king ,david answered1 and said3 ,call to me ,bethsabee4 ,and when she was come in to the king1 and stood before him1 #a3bi4 ,the king swore1 and said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 who hath delivered my soul out of all distress1 #a3cj4 ,even as ,i swore to thee1 by the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 saying3 ,solomon thy son1 shall reign after me1 and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead1 so will ,i do this day4 #a3ca4 ,and ,bethsabee1 bowing with her face to the earth1 worshipped the king1 saying3 ,may my lord ,david live for ever4 #a3cb4 ,king ,david also said3 ,call me ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada4 ,and when they were come in before the king1 #a3cc4 ,he said to them3 ,take with you the servants of your lord1 and set my son ,solomon upon my mule3 and bring him to ,gihon3 #a3cd4 ,and let ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 anoint him there king over ,israel3 and you shall sound the trumpet1 and shall say3 ,god save king ,solomon4 #a3ce4 ,and you shall come up after him1 and he shall come1 and shall sit upon my throne1 and he shall reign in my stead3 and ,i will appoint him to be ruler over ,israel1 and over ,juda4 #a3cf4 ,and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 answered the king1 saying3 ,amen3 so say the ,lord1 the ,god of my lord the king4 #a3cg4 ,as the ,lord hath been with my lord the king1 so be he with ,solomon1 and make his throne higher than the throne of my lord king ,david4 #a3ch4 ,so ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 went down1 and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 and the ,cerethi1 and ,phelethi3 and they set ,solomon upon the mule of king ,david1 and brought him to ,gihon4 #a3ci4 ,and ,sadoc1 the priest1 took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle1 and anointed ,solomon3 and they sounded the trumpet1 and all the people said3 ,god save king ,solomon4 #a3dj4 ,and all the multitude went up after him1 and the people played with pipes1 and rejoiced with a great joy1 and the earth rang with the noise of their cry4 #a3da4 ,and ,adonias1 and all that were invited by him1 heard it1 and now the feast was at an end4 ,joab also1 hearing the sound of the trumpet1 said3 ,what meaneth this noise of the city in an uproar8 #a3db4 ,while he yet spoke1 ,jonathan1 the son of ,abiathar1 the priest1 came3 and ,adonias said to him3 ,come in1 because thou art a valiant man1 and bringest good news4 #a3dc4 ,and ,jonathan answered ,adonias3 ,not so3 for our lord1 king ,david1 hath appointed ,solomon king2 #a3dd4 ,and hath sent with him ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 and ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 and the ,cerethi1 and the ,phelethi1 and they have set him upon the king's mule3 #a3de4 ,and ,sadoc1 the priest1 and ,nathan1 the prophet1 have anointed him king1 in ,gihon3 and they are gone up from thence rejoicing1 so that the city rang again3 this is the noise that you have heard4 #a3df4 ,moreover1 ,solomon sitteth upon the throne of the kingdom4 #a3dg4 ,and the king's servants going in1 have blessed our lord king ,david1 saying3 ,may ,god make the name of ,solomon greater than thy name1 and make his throne greater than thy throne4 ,and the king adored in his bed3 #a3dh4 ,and he said3 ,blessed be the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 who hath given this day one to sit on my throne1 my eyes seeing it4 #a3di4 ,then all the guests of ,adonias were afraid1 and they all arose1 and every man went his way4 #a3ej4 ,and ,adonias fearing ,solomon1 arose and went1 and took hold of the horn of the altar4 #a3ea4 ,and they told ,solomon1 saying3 ,behold ,adonias fearing king ,solomon1 hath taken hold of the horn of the altar1 saying3 ,let king ,solomon swear to me this day1 that he will not kill his servant with the sword4 #a3eb4 ,and ,solomon said3 ,if he be a good man1 there shall not so much as one hair of his head fall to the ground3 but if evil be found in him1 he shall die4 #a3ec4 ,then king ,solomon sent1 and brought him out from the altar3 and going in1 he worshipped king ,solomon3 and ,solomon said to him3 ,go to thy house4 #c ,kings ,chapter #b ,david1 after giving his last charge to ,solomon1 dieth4 ,adonias is put to death3 ,abiathar is banished3 ,joab and ,semei are slain4 #a3a4 ,and the days of ,david drew nigh that he should die1 and he charged his son ,solomon1 saying3 #b3b4 ,i am going the way of all flesh3 take thou courage and shew thyself a man4 #b3c4 ,and keep the charge of the ,lord thy ,god1 to walk in his ways1 and observe his ceremonies1 and his precepts1 and judgments1 and testimonies1 as it is written in the law of ,moses3 that thou mayst understand all thou dost1 and whithersoever thou shalt turn thyself3 #b3d4 ,that the ,lord may confirm his words1 which he hath spoken of me1 saying3 ,if thy children shall take heed to their ways1 and shall walk before me in truth1 with all their heart1 and with all their soul1 there shall not be taken away from thee a man on the throne of ,israel4 #b3e4 ,thou knowest also what ,joab1 the son of ,sarvia1 hath done to me1 what he did to the two captains of the army of ,israel1 to ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 and to ,amasa1 the son of ,jether3 whom he slew1 and shed the blood of war in peace1 and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins1 and in his shoes that were on his feet4 ,joab4 4 4,these instructions given by ,david to his son1 with relation to ,joab and ,semei1 proceeded not from any rancour of heart1 or private pique2 but from a zeal for justice1 that crimes so public and heinous might not pass unpunished4 #b3f4 ,do1 therefore1 according to thy wisdom1 and let not his hoary head go down to hell in peace4 ,to hell4 4 4,this word hell doth not here signify the place or state of damnation2 but the place and state of the dead4 #b3g4 ,but shew kindness to the sons of ,berzellai1 the ,galaadite1 and let them eat at thy table3 for they met me when ,i fled from the face of ,absalom1 thy brother4 #b3h4 ,thou hast also with thee ,semei1 the son of ,gera1 the son of ,jemini1 of ,bahurim1 who cursed me with a grievous curse1 when ,i went to the camp3 but because he came down to meet me when ,i passed over the ,jordan1 and ,i swore to him by the ,lord1 saying3 ,i will not kill thee with the sword3 #b3i4 ,do not thou hold him guiltless4 ,but thou art a wise man1 and knowest what to do with him1 and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave4 #b3aj4 ,so ,david slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the city of ,david4 #b3aa4 ,and the days that ,david reigned in ,israel1 were forty years3 in ,hebron he reigned seven years1 in ,jerusalem thirty-three4 #b3ab4 ,and ,solomon sat upon the throne of his father ,david1 and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly4 #b3ac4 ,and ,adonias1 the son of ,haggith1 came to ,bethsabee the mother of ,solomon4 ,and she said to him3 ,is thy coming peaceable8 ,he answered3 ,it is peaceable4 #b3ad4 ,and he added3 ,i have a word to speak with thee4 ,she said to him3 ,speak4 ,and he said3 #b3ae4 ,thou knowest that the kingdom was mine1 and all ,israel had preferred me to be their king3 but the kingdom is transferred1 and is become my brother's3 for it was appointed him by the ,lord4 #b3af4 ,now therefore1 ,i ask one petition of thee2 turn not away my face4 ,and she said to him3 ,say on4 #b3ag4 ,and he said ,i pray thee speak to king ,solomon 7for he cannot deny thee any thing7 to give me ,abisag1 the ,sunamitess1 to wife4 #b3ah4 ,and ,bethsabee said3 ,well1 ,i will speak for thee to the king4 #b3ai4 ,then ,bethsabee came to king ,solomon1 to speak to him for ,adonias3 and the king arose to meet her1 and bowed to her1 and sat down upon his throne3 and a throne was set for the king's mother1 and she sat on his right hand4 #b3bj4 ,and she said to him3 ,i desire one small petition of thee2 do not put me to confusion4 ,and the king said to her3 ,my mother ask1 for ,i must not turn away thy face4 #b3ba4 ,and she said3 ,let ,abisag1 the ,sunamitess1 be given to ,adonias1 thy brother1 to wife4 #b3bb4 ,and king ,solomon answered1 and said to his mother3 ,why dost thou ask ,abisag1 the ,sunamitess1 for ,adonias8 ask for him also the kingdom2 for he is my elder brother1 and hath ,abiathar1 the priest1 and ,joab1 the son of ,sarvia4 #b3bc4 ,then king ,solomon swore by the ,lord1 saying3 ,so and so may ,god do to me1 and add more1 if ,adonias hath not spoken this word against his own life4 #b3bd4 ,and now1 as the ,lord liveth1 who hath established me1 and placed me upon the throne of ,david1 my father1 and who hath made me a house1 as he promised1 ,adonias shall be put to death this day4 #b3be4 ,and king ,solomon sent by the hand of ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 who slew him1 and he died4 #b3bf4 ,and the king said also to ,abiathar1 the priest3 ,go to ,anathoth1 to thy lands1 for indeed thou art worthy of death3 but ,i will not at this time put thee to death1 because thou didst carry the ark of the ,lord ,god before ,david1 my father1 and hast endured trouble in all the troubles my father endured4 #b3bg4 ,so ,solomon cast out ,abiathar from being the priest of the ,lord1 that the word of the ,lord might be fulfilled1 which he spoke concerning the house of ,heli in ,silo4 #b3bh4 ,and the news came to ,joab1 because ,joab had turned after ,adonias1 and had not turned after ,solomon3 and ,joab fled into the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and took hold on the horn of the altar4 #b3bi4 ,and it was told king ,solomon1 that ,joab was fled into the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and was by the altar3 and ,solomon sent ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 saying4 ,go1 kill him4 #b3cj4 ,and ,banaias came to the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and said to him3 ,thus saith the king3 ,come forth4 ,and he said3 ,i will not come forth1 but here ,i will die4 ,banaias brought word back to the king1 saying3 ,thus saith ,joab1 and thus he answered me4 #b3ca4 ,and the king said to him3 ,do as he hath said2 and kill him1 and bury him1 and thou shalt remove the innocent blood which hath been shed by ,joab1 from me1 and from the house of my father3 #b3cb4 ,and the ,lord shall return his blood upon his own head2 because he murdered two men1 just and better than himself3 and slew them with the sword1 my father1 ,david1 not knowing it2 ,abner1 the son of ,ner1 general of the army of ,israel1 and ,amasa1 the son of ,jether general of the army of ,juda2 #b3cc4 ,and their blood shall return upon the head of ,joab1 and upon the head of his seed for ever4 ,but to ,david and his seed1 and his house1 and to his throne1 be peace for ever from the ,lord4 #b3cd4 ,so ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 went up1 and setting upon him slew him1 and he was buried in his house in the desert4 #b3ce4 ,and the king appointed ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada in his room over the army2 and ,sadoc1 the priest1 he put in the place of ,abiathar4 #b3cf4 ,the king also sent1 and called for ,semei1 and said to him3 ,build thee a house in ,jerusalem1 and dwell there3 and go not out from thence any where4 #b3cg4 ,for on what day soever thou shalt go out1 and shalt pass over the brook ,cedron1 know that thou shalt be put to death3 thy blood shall be upon thy own head4 #b3ch4 ,and ,semei said to the king3 ,the saying is good3 as my lord the king hath said1 so will thy servant do4 ,and ,semei dwelt in ,jerusalem many days4 #b3ci4 ,and it came to pass after three years1 that the servants of ,semei ran away to ,achis1 the son of ,maacha1 the king of ,geth3 and it was told ,semei that his servants were gone to ,geth4 #b3dj4 ,and ,semei arose1 and saddled his ass1 and went to ,achis1 to ,geth1 to seek his servants1 and he brought them out of ,geth4 #b3da4 ,and it was told ,solomon1 that ,semei had gone from ,jerusalem to ,geth1 and was come back4 #b3db4 ,and sending he called for him1 and said to him3 ,did ,i not protest to thee by the ,lord1 and tell thee before3 ,on what day soever thou shalt go out and walk abroad any where1 know that thou shalt die8 ,and thou answeredst me3 ,the word that ,i have heard is good4 #b3dc4 ,why then hast thou not kept the oath of the ,lord1 and the commandment that ,i laid upon thee8 #b3dd4 ,and the king said to ,semei3 ,thou knowest all the evil1 of which thy heart is conscious1 which thou didst to ,david1 my father3 the ,lord hath returned thy wickedness upon thy own head4 #b3de4 ,and king ,solomon shall be blessed1 and the throne of ,david shall be established before the ,lord for ever4 #b3df4 ,so the king commanded ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada3 and he went out and struck him2 and he died4 #c ,kings ,chapter #c ,solomon marrieth ,pharao's daughter4 ,he sacrificeth in ,gabaon3 in the choice which ,god gave him he preferreth wisdom4 ,his wise judgment between the two harlots4 #c3a4 ,and the kingdom was established in the hand of ,solomon1 and he made affinity with ,pharao1 the king of ,egypt3 for he took his daughter1 and brought her into the city of ,david3 until he had made an end of building his own house1 and the house of the ,lord1 and the wall of ,jerusalem round about4 #c3b4 ,but yet the people sacrificed in the high places3 for there was no temple built to the name of the ,lord until that day4 ,high places4 4 4,that is1 altars where they worshipped the ,lord1 but not according to the ordinance of the law2 which allowed of no other places for sacrifice but the temple of ,god4 ,among these high places that of ,gabaon was the chiefest1 because there was the tabernacle of the testimony1 which had been removed from ,silo to ,nobe and from ,nobe to ,gabaon4 #c3c4 ,and ,solomon loved the ,lord1 walking in the precepts of ,david1 his father2 only he sacrificed in the high places1 and burnt incense4 #c3d4 ,he went therefore to ,gabaon1 to sacrifice there3 for that was the great high place3 a thousand victims for holocausts1 did ,solomon offer upon that altar1 in ,gabaon4 #c3e4 ,and the ,lord appeared to ,solomon in a dream by night1 saying3 ,ask what thou wilt that ,i should give thee4 #c3f4 ,and ,solomon said3 ,thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant ,david1 my father1 even as he walked before thee in truth1 and justice1 and an upright heart with thee3 and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him1 and hast given him a son to sit on his throne1 as it is this day4 #c3g4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,god1 thou hast made thy servant king instead of ,david1 my father3 and ,i am but a child1 and know not how to go out and come in2 #c3h4 ,and thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen1 an immense people1 which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude4 #c3i4 ,give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart1 to judge thy people1 and discern between good and evil4 ,for who shall be able to judge this people1 thy people1 which is so numerous8 #c3aj4 ,and the word was pleasing to the ,lord1 that ,solomon had asked such a thing4 #c3aa4 ,and the ,lord said to ,solomon3 ,because thou hast asked this thing1 and hast not asked for thyself long life nor riches1 nor the lives of thy enemies1 but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment2 #c3ab4 ,behold ,i have done for thee according to thy words1 and have given thee a wise and understanding heart1 in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee1 nor shall arise after thee4 #c3ac4 ,yea1 and the things also which thou didst not ask1 ,i have given thee2 to wit1 riches and glory3 so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore4 #c3ad4 ,and if thou wilt walk in my ways1 and keep my precepts and my commandments1 as thy father walked1 ,i will lengthen thy days4 #c3ae4 ,and ,solomon awaked1 and perceived that it was a dream3 and when he was come to ,jerusalem1 he stood before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 and offered holocausts1 and sacrificed victims of peace offerings1 and made a great feast for all his servants4 #c3af4 ,then there came two women that were harlots1 to the king1 and stood before him4 #c3ag4 ,and one of them said3 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 ,i and this woman dwelt in one house1 and ,i was delivered of a child with her in the chamber4 #c3ah4 ,and the third day after ,i was delivered1 she also was delivered2 and we were together1 and no other person with us in the house2 only we two4 #c3ai4 ,and this woman's child died in the night3 for in her sleep she overlaid him4 #c3bj4 ,and rising in the dead time of the night1 she took my child from my side1 while ,i1 thy handmaid1 was asleep1 and laid it in her bosom3 and laid her dead child in my bosom4 #c3ba4 ,and when ,i arose in the morning1 to give my child suck1 behold it was dead3 but considering him more diligently1 when it was clear day1 ,i found that it was not mine which ,i bore4 #c3bb4 ,and the other woman answered3 ,it is not so as thou sayest1 but thy child is dead1 and mine is alive4 ,on the contrary1 she said2 ,thou liest3 for my child liveth1 and thy child is dead4 ,and in this manner they strove before the king4 #c3bc4 ,then said the king3 ,the one saith1 ,my child is alive1 and thy child is dead4 ,and the other answereth3 ,nay2 but thy child is dead1 and mine liveth4 #c3bd4 ,the king therefore said3 ,bring me a sword4 ,and when they had brought a sword before the king1 #c3be4 ,divide1 said he1 the living child in two1 and give half to the one and half to the other4 #c3bf4 ,but the woman1 whose child was alive1 said to the king2 7for her bowels were moved upon her child7 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 give her the child alive1 and do not kill it4 ,but the other said3 ,let it be neither mine nor thine2 but divide it4 #c3bg4 ,the king answered1 and said3 ,give the living child to this woman1 and let it not be killed2 for she is the mother thereof4 #c3bh4 ,and all ,israel heard the judgment which the king had judged1 and they feared the king1 seeing that the wisdom of ,god was in him to do judgment4 #c ,kings ,chapter #d ,solomon's chief officers4 ,his riches and wisdom4 #d3a4 ,and king ,solomon reigned over all ,israel3 #d3b4 ,and these were the princes which he had3 ,azarias1 the son of ,sadoc1 the priest3 #d3c4 ,elihoreph1 and ,ahia1 the sons of ,sisa1 scribes3 ,josaphat1 the son of ,ahilud1 recorder3 #d3d4 ,banaias1 the son of ,joiada1 over the army3 and ,sadoc1 and ,abiathar1 priests4 ,abiathar4 4 4,by this it appears that ,abiathar was not altogether deposed from the high priesthood2 but only banished to his country house1 and by that means excluded from the exercise of his functions4 #d3e4 ,azarias1 the son of ,nathan1 over them that were about the king3 ,zabud1 the son of ,nathan1 the priest1 the king's friend3 #d3f4 ,and ,ahisar1 governor of the house3 and ,adoniram1 the son of ,abda1 over the tribute4 #d3g4 ,and ,solomon had twelve governors over all ,israel1 who provided victuals for the king and for his house hold3 for every one provided necessaries1 each man his month in the year4 #d3h4 ,and these are their names3 ,benhur1 in mount ,ephraim4 #d3i4 ,bendecar1 in ,macces1 and in ,salebim1 and in ,bethsames1 and in ,elon1 and in ,bethanan4 #d3aj4 ,benhesed1 in ,aruboth3 his was ,socho1 and all the land of ,epher4 #d3aa4 ,benabinadab1 to whom belonged all ,nephath-,dor3 he had ,tapheth1 the daughter of ,solomon1 to wife4 #d3ab4 ,bana1 the son of ,ahilud1 who governed ,thanac1 and ,mageddo1 and all ,bethsan1 which is by ,sarthana1 beneath ,jezrael1 from ,bethsan unto ,abelmehula1 over against ,jecmaan4 #d3ac4 ,bengaber1 in ,ramoth ,galaad3 he had the town of ,jair1 the son of ,manasses1 in ,galaad3 he was chief in all the country of ,argob1 which is in ,basan1 threescore great cities with walls1 and brazen bolts4 #d3ad4 ,ahinadab1 the son of ,addo1 was chief in ,manaim4 #d3ae4 ,achimaas1 in ,nephthali3 he also had ,basemath1 the daughter of ,solomon1 to wife4 #d3af4 ,baana1 the son of ,husi1 in ,aser1 and in ,baloth4 #d3ag4 ,josaphat1 the son of ,pharue1 in ,issachar4 #d3ah4 ,semei1 the son of ,ela1 in ,benjamin4 #d3ai4 ,gaber1 the son of ,uri1 in the land of ,galaad1 in the land of ,sehon1 the king of the ,amorrhites1 and of ,og1 the king of ,basan1 over all that were in that land4 #d3bj4 ,juda and ,israel were innumerable1 as the sand of the sea in multitude2 eating and drinking1 and rejoicing4 #d3ba4 ,and ,solomon had under him all the kingdoms1 from the river to the land of the ,philistines1 even to the border of ,egypt3 and they brought him presents1 and served him all the days of his life4 ,the river4 4 4,euphrates4 #d3bb4 ,and the provision of ,solomon1 for each day1 was thirty measures of fine flour1 and threescore measures of meal2 #d3bc4 ,ten fat oxen1 and twenty out of the pastures1 and a hundred rams2 besides venison of harts1 roes1 and buffles1 and fatted fowls4 #d3bd4 ,for he had all the country which was beyond the river1 from ,thaphsa to ,gazan1 and all the kings of those countries3 and he had peace on every side round about4 #d3be4 ,and ,juda1 and ,israel1 dwelt without any fear1 every one under his vine1 and under his fig tree1 from ,dan to ,bersabee1 all the days of ,solomon4 #d3bf4 ,and ,solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses1 and twelve thousand for the saddle4 #d3bg4 ,and the foresaid governors of the king fed them2 and they furnished the necessaries also for king ,solomon's table1 with great care1 in their time4 #d3bh4 ,they brought barley also1 and straw for the horses and beasts1 to the place where the king was1 according as it was appointed them4 #d3bi4 ,and ,god gave to ,solomon wisdom1 and understanding exceeding much1 and largeness of heart1 as the sand that is on the sea shore4 #d3cj4 ,and the wisdom of ,solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the ,orientals1 and of the ,egyptians2 #d3ca4 ,and he was wiser than all men3 wiser than ,ethan1 the ,ezrahite1 and ,heman1 and ,chalcol1 and ,dorda1 the sons of ,mahol1 and he was renowned in all nations round about4 #d3cb4 ,solomon also spoke three thousand parables3 and his poems were a thousand and five4 ,three thousand parables1 etc4 4 4,these works are all lost1 excepting some part of the parables extant in the book of ,proverbs2 and his chief poem called the ,canticle of ,canticles4 #d3cc4 ,and he treated about trees1 from the cedar that is in ,libanus1 unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall3 and he discoursed of beasts1 and of fowls1 and of creeping things1 and of fishes4 #d3cd4 ,and they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of ,solomon1 and from all the kings of the earth1 who heard of his wisdom4 #c ,kings ,chapter #e ,hiram king of ,tyre agreeth to furnish timber and workmen for building the temple3 the number of workmen and overseers4 #e3a4 ,and ,hiram1 king of ,tyre1 sent his servants to ,solomon3 for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father3 for ,hiram had always been ,david's friend4 #e3b4 ,solomon sent to ,hiram1 saying3 #e3c4 ,thou knowest the will of ,david1 my father1 and that he could not build a house to the name of the ,lord his ,god1 because of the wars that were round about him1 until the ,lord put them under the soles of his feet4 #e3d4 ,but now the ,lord my ,god hath given me rest round about2 and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence4 #e3e4 ,wherefore ,i purpose to build a temple to the name of the ,lord my ,god1 as the ,lord spoke to ,david my father1 saying3 ,thy son1 whom ,i will set upon the throne1 in thy place1 he shall build a house to my name4 #e3f4 ,give orders1 therefore1 that thy servants cut me down cedar trees1 out of ,libanus1 and let my servants be with thy servants3 and ,i will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask3 for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the ,sidonians4 #e3g4 ,now when ,hiram had heard the words of ,solomon1 he rejoiced exceedingly1 and said3 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god this day1 who hath given to ,david a very wise son over this numerous people4 #e3h4 ,and ,hiram sent to ,solomon1 saying3 ,i have heard all thou hast desired of me2 and ,i will do all thy desire concerning cedar trees1 and fir trees4 #e3i4 ,my servants shall bring them down from ,libanus to the sea3 and ,i will put them together in floats1 on the sea1 and convey them to the place1 which thou shalt signify to me1 and will land them there1 and thou shalt receive them3 and thou shalt allow me necessaries to furnish food for my household4 #e3aj4 ,so ,hiram gave ,solomon cedar trees1 and fir trees1 according to all his desire4 #e3aa4 ,and ,solomon allowed ,hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat1 for provision for his house1 and twenty measures of the purest oil3 thus gave ,solomon to ,hiram every year4 #e3ab4 ,and the ,lord gave wisdom to ,solomon1 as he promised him3 and there was peace between ,hiram and ,solomon1 and they two made a league together4 #e3ac4 ,and king ,solomon chose workmen out of all ,israel1 and the levy was of thirty thousand men4 #e3ad4 ,and he sent them to ,libanus1 ten thousand every month1 by turns1 so that two months they were at home3 and ,adoniram was over this levy4 #e3ae4 ,and ,solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens1 and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain3 #e3af4 ,besides the overseers who were over every work1 in number three thousand and three hundred1 that ruled over the people1 and them that did the work4 #e3ag4 ,and the king commanded that they should bring great stones1 costly stones1 for the foundation of the temple1 and should square them3 #e3ah4 ,and the masons of ,solomon1 and the masons of ,hiram1 hewed them3 and the ,giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house4 #c ,kings ,chapter #f ,the building of ,solomon's temple4 #f3a4 ,and it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of ,israel came out of the land of ,egypt1 in the fourth year of the reign of ,solomon over ,israel1 in the month ,zio1 7the same is the second month7 he began to build a house to the ,lord4 #f3b4 ,and the house1 which king ,solomon built to the ,lord1 was threescore cubits in length1 and twenty cubits in breadth1 and thirty cubits in height4 #f3c4 ,and there was a porch before the temple1 of twenty cubits in length1 according to the measure of the breadth of the temple3 and it was ten cubits in breadth1 before the face of the temple4 #f3d4 ,and he made in the temple oblique windows4 #f3e4 ,and upon the wall of the temple1 he built floors round about1 in the walls of the house1 round about the temple and the oracle1 and he made chambers in the sides round about4 ,upon the wall1 i4 e41 joining to the wall4--,ibid4 ,he built floors round about4 4 4,chambers or cells adjoining to the temple1 for the use of the temple and of the priests1 so contrived as to be between the inward and outward wall of the temple1 in three stories1 one above another4--,ibid4 ,the oracle4 4 4,the inner temple or holy of holies1 where ,god gave his oracles4 #f3f4 ,the floor that was underneath was five cubits in breadth1 and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth1 and the third floor was seven cubits in breadth4 ,and he put beams in the house round about on the outside1 that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple4 #f3g4 ,and the house1 when it was in building1 was built of stones1 hewed and made ready3 so that there was neither hammer nor axe1 nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building4 ,made ready1 etc4 4 4,so the stones for the building of ,god's eternal temple in the heavenly ,jerusalem1 7who are the faithful17 must first be hewn and polished here by many trials and sufferings1 before they can be admitted to have a place in that celestial structure4 #f3h4 ,the door1 for the middle side1 was on the right hand of the house3 and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room1 and from the middle to the third4 #f3i4 ,so he built the house1 and finished it3 and he covered the house with roofs of cedar4 #f3aj4 ,and he built a floor over all the house1 five cubits in height1 and he covered the house with timber of cedar4 #f3aa4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,solomon1 #f3ab4 ,as for this house1 which thou art building1 if thou wilt walk in my statutes1 and execute my judgments1 and keep all my commandments1 walking in them1 ,i will fulfil my word to thee1 which ,i spoke to ,david thy father4 #f3ac4 ,and ,i will dwell in the midst of the children of ,israel1 and ,i will not forsake my people ,israel4 #f3ad4 ,so ,solomon built the house1 and finished it4 #f3ae4 ,and he built the walls of the house on the inside1 with boards of cedar1 from the floor of the house to the top of the walls1 and to the roofs1 he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside3 and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir4 #f3af4 ,and he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple1 from the floor to the top3 and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies4 #f3ag4 ,and the temple itself1 before the doors of the oracle1 was forty cubits long4 #f3ah4 ,and all the house was covered within with cedar1 having the turnings1 and the joints thereof artfully wrought1 and carvings projecting out3 all was covered with boards of cedar3 and no stone could be seen in the wall at all4 #f3ai4 ,and he made the oracle in the midst of the house1 in the inner part1 to set there the ark of the covenant of the ,lord4 #f3bj4 ,now the oracle was twenty cubits in length1 and twenty cubits in breadth1 and twenty cubits in height4 ,and he covered it1 and overlaid it with most pure gold4 ,and the altar also he covered with cedar4 #f3ba4 ,and the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold1 and fastened on the plates with nails of gold4 #f3bb4 ,and there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold3 the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold4 #f3bc4 ,and he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree1 of ten cubits in height4 #f3bd4 ,one wing of the cherub was five cubits1 and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits3 that is1 in all ten cubits1 from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing4 #f3be4 ,the second cherub also was ten cubits3 and the measure1 and the work was the same in both the cherubims3 #f3bf4 ,that is to say1 one cherub was ten cubits high1 and in like manner the other cherub4 #f3bg4 ,and he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple3 and the cherubims stretched forth their wings1 and the wing of the one touched one wall1 and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall3 and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another4 #f3bh4 ,and he overlaid the cherubims with gold4 #f3bi4 ,and all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings3 and he made in them cherubims and palm trees1 and divers representations1 as it were standing out1 and coming forth from the wall4 #f3cj4 ,and the floor of the house he also overlaid with gold within and without4 #f3ca4 ,and in the entrance of the oracle1 he made little doors of olive tree1 and posts of five corners1 #f3cb4 ,and two doors of olive tree3 and he carved upon them figures of cherubims1 and figures of palm trees1 and carvings very much projecting2 and he overlaid them with gold3 and he covered both the cherubims and the palm trees1 and the other things1 with gold4 #f3cc4 ,and he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare3 #f3cd4 ,and two doors of fir tree1 one of each side3 and each door was double1 and so opened with folding leaves4 #f3ce4 ,and he carved cherubims1 and palm trees1 and carved work standing very much out3 and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule4 #f3cf4 ,and he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones1 and one row of beams of cedar4 #f3cg4 ,in the fourth year was the house of the ,lord founded1 in the month ,zio3 #f3ch4 ,and in the eleventh year1 in the month ,bul4 7which is the eighth month7 the house was finished in all the works thereof1 and in all the appurtenances thereof3 and he was seven years in building it4 #c ,kings ,chapter #g ,solomon's palace1 his house in the forest1 and the queen's house3 the work of the two pillars3 the sea 7or laver7 and other vessels4 #g3a4 ,and ,solomon built his own house in thirteen years1 and brought it to perfection4 #g3b4 ,he built also the house of the forest of ,libanus2 the length of it was a hundred cubits1 and the breadth fifty cubits1 and the height thirty cubits3 and four galleries between pillars of cedar3 for he had cut cedar trees into pillars4 #g3c4 ,and he covered the whole vault with boards of cedar1 and it was held up with five and forty pillars4 ,and one row had fifteen pillars1 #g3d4 ,set one against another1 #g3e4 ,and looking one upon another1 with equal space between the pillars1 and over the pillars were square beams in all things equal4 #g3f4 ,and he made a porch of pillars of fifty cubits in length1 and thirty cubits in breadth3 and another porch before the greater porch1 and pillars1 and chapiters upon the pillars4 #g3g4 ,he made also the porch of the throne wherein is the seat of judgment2 and covered it with cedar wood from the floor to the top4 #g3h4 ,and in the midst of the porch1 was a small house1 where he sat in judgment of the like work4 ,he made also a house for the daughter of ,pharao 7whom ,solomon had taken to wife7 of the same work1 as this porch2 #g3i4 ,all of costly stones1 which were sawed by a certain rule and measure1 both within and without3 from the foundation to the top of the walls1 and without1 unto the great court4 #g3aj4 ,and the foundations were of costly stones1 great stones of ten cubits or eight cubits4 #g3aa4 ,and above there were costly stones of equal measure hewed1 and in like manner planks of cedar4 #g3ab4 ,and the great court was made round with three rows of hewed stones1 and one row of planks of cedar1 which also was observed in the inner court of the house of the ,lord1 and in the porch of the house4 #g3ac4 ,and king ,solomon sent1 and brought ,hiram from ,tyre1 #g3ad4 ,the son of a widow woman1 of the tribe of ,nephthali1 whose father was a ,tyrian1 an artificer in brass1 and full of wisdom1 and understanding1 and skill to work all work in brass4 ,and when he was come to king ,solomon1 he wrought all his work4 #g3ae4 ,and he cast two pillars in brass1 each pillar was eighteen cubits high3 and a line of twelve cubits compassed both the pillars4 #g3af4 ,he made also two chapiters of molten brass1 to be set upon the tops of the pillars3 the height of one chapiter was five cubits1 and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits3 #g3ag4 ,and a kind of network1 and chain work wreathed together with wonderful art4 ,both the chapiters of the pillars were cast3 seven rows of nets were on one chapiter1 and seven nets on the other chapiter4 #g3ah4 ,and he made the pillars1 and two rows round about each network to cover the chapiters1 that were upon the top1 with pomegranates3 and in like manner did he to the other chapiter4 #g3ai4 ,and the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars1 were of lily work1 in the porch of four cubits4 #g3bj4 ,and again there were other chapiters on the top of the pillars above1 according to the measure of the pillar over against the network3 and of pomegranates there were two hundred1 in rows round about the other chapiter4 #g3ba4 ,and he set up the two pillars in the porch of the temple3 and when he had set up the pillar on the right hand1 he called the name thereof ,jachin3 in like manner he set up the second pillar1 and called the name thereof ,booz4 ,jachin4 4 4,that is1 firmly established4--,ibid4 ,booz4 4 4,that is1 in its strength4 ,by recording these names in holy writ1 the spirit of ,god would have us understand the invincible firmness and strength of the pillars on which the true temple of ,god1 which is the church1 is established4 #g3bb4 ,and upon the tops of the pillars he made lily work3 so the work of the pillars was finished4 #g3bc4 ,he made also a molten sea1 of ten cubits1 from brim to brim1 round all about2 the height of it was five cubits1 and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about4 #g3bd4 ,and a graven work1 under the brim of it1 compassed it for ten cubits going about the sea3 there were two rows cast of chamfered sculptures4 #g3be4 ,and it stood upon twelve oxen1 of which three looked towards the north1 and three towards the west1 and three towards the south1 and three towards the east3 and the sea was above upon them1 and their hinder parts were all hid within4 #g3bf4 ,and the laver was a hand breadth thick3 and the brim thereof was like the brim of a cup1 or the leaf of a crisped lily3 it contained two thousand bates4 ,two thousand bates4 4 4,that is1 about ten thousand gallons4 ,this was the quantity of water which was usually put into it3 but it was capable1 if brimful1 of holding three thousand4 ,see #b ,par4 #d4e4 #g3bg4 ,and he made ten bases of brass1 every base was four cubits in length1 and four cubits in breadth1 and three cubits high4 #g3bh4 ,and the work itself of the bases1 was intergraven3 and there were gravings between the joinings4 #g3bi4 ,and between the little crowns and the ledges1 were lions1 and oxen1 and cherubims2 and in the joinings likewise above3 and under the lions and oxen1 as it were bands of brass hanging down4 #g3cj4 ,and every base had four wheels1 and axletrees of brass3 and at the four sides were undersetters1 under the laver molten1 looking one against another4 #g3ca4 ,the mouth also of the laver within1 was in the top of the chapiter3 and that which appeared without1 was of one cubit all round1 and together it was one cubit and a half3 and in the corners of the pillars were divers engravings3 and the spaces between the pillars were square1 not round4 #g3cb4 ,and the four wheels1 which were at the four corners of the base1 were joined one to another under the base3 the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half4 #g3cc4 ,and they were such wheels as are used to be made in a chariot3 and their axletrees1 and spokes1 and strakes1 and naves1 were all cast4 #g3cd4 ,and the four undersetters1 that were at every corner of each base1 were of the base itself1 cast and joined together4 #g3ce4 ,and on the top of the base1 there was a round compass of half a cubit1 so wrought that the laver might be set thereon1 having its gravings1 and divers sculptures of itself4 #g3cf4 ,he engraved also in those plates1 which were of brass1 and in the corners1 cherubims1 and lions1 and palm trees1 in likeness of a man standing1 so that they seemed not to be engraven1 but added round about4 #g3cg4 ,after this manner1 he made ten bases1 of one casting and measure1 and the like graving4 #g3ch4 ,he made also ten lavers of brass3 one laver contained four bates1 and was of four cubits3 and upon every base1 in all ten1 he put as many lavers4 #g3ci4 ,and he set the ten bases1 five on the right side of the temple1 and five on the left3 and the sea he put on the right side of the temple1 over against the east southward4 #g3dj4 ,and ,hiram made cauldrons1 and shovels1 and basins1 and finished all the work of king ,solomon in the temple of the ,lord4 #g3da4 ,the two pillars and the two cords of the chapiters1 upon the chapiters of the pillars3 and the two networks1 to cover the two cords1 that were upon the top of the pillars4 #g3db4 ,and four hundred pomegranates for the two networks3 two rows of pomegranates for each network1 to cover the cords of the chapiters1 which were upon the tops of the pillars4 #g3dc4 ,and the ten bases1 and the ten lavers on the bases4 #g3dd4 ,and one sea1 and twelve oxen under the sea4 #g3de4 ,and the cauldrons1 and the shovels1 and the basins4 ,all the vessels that ,hiram made for king ,solomon1 for the house of the ,lord1 were of fine brass4 #g3df4 ,in the plains of the ,jordan1 did the king cast them in a clay ground1 between ,socoth and ,sartham4 #g3dg4 ,and ,solomon placed all the vessels3 but for its exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed4 #g3dh4 ,and ,solomon made all the vessels for the house of the ,lord3 the altar of gold1 and the table of gold1 upon which the loaves of proposition should be set3 #g3di4 ,and the golden candlesticks1 five on the right hand1 and five on the left1 over against the oracle1 of pure gold3 and the flowers like lilies1 and the lamps over them of gold3 and golden snuffers1 #g3ej4 ,and pots1 and fleshhooks1 and bowls1 and mortars1 and censers1 of most pure gold3 and the hinges for the doors of the inner house of the holy of holies1 and for the doors of the house of the temple1 were of gold4 #g3ea4 ,and ,solomon finished all the work that he made in the house of the ,lord1 and brought in the things that ,david1 his father1 had dedicated1 the silver and the gold1 and the vessels1 and laid them up in the treasures of the house of the ,lord4 #c ,kings ,chapter #h ,the dedication of the temple3 ,solomon's prayer and sacrifices4 #h3a4 ,then all the ancients of ,israel1 with the princes of the tribes1 and the heads of the families of the children of ,israel1 were assembled to king ,solomon1 in ,jerusalem3 that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 out of the city of ,david1 that is1 out of ,sion4 #h3b4 ,and all ,israel assembled themselves to king ,solomon1 on the festival day1 in the month of ,ethanim1 the same is the seventh month4 #h3c4 ,and all the ancients of ,israel came1 and the priests took up the ark1 #h3d4 ,and carried the ark of the ,lord1 and the tabernacle of the covenant1 and all the vessels of the sanctuary1 that were in the tabernacle3 and the priests and the ,levites carried them4 #h3e4 ,and king ,solomon1 and all the multitude of ,israel1 that were assembled unto him1 went with him before the ark1 and they sacrificed sheep and oxen1 that could not be counted or numbered4 #h3f4 ,and the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the ,lord into its place1 into the oracle of the temple1 into the holy of holies1 under the wings of the cherubims4 #h3g4 ,for the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark1 and covered the ark1 and the staves thereof above4 #h3h4 ,and whereas the staves stood out1 the ends of them were seen without1 in the sanctuary before the oracle1 but were not seen farther out1 and there they have been unto this day4 #h3i4 ,now in the ark there was nothing else but the two tables of stone1 which ,moses put there at ,horeb1 when the ,lord made a covenant with the children of ,israel1 when they came out of the land of ,egypt4 ,nothing else1 etc4 4 4,there was nothing else but the tables of the law within the ark3 but on the outside of the ark1 or near the ark were also the rod of ,aaron1 and a golden urn with manna1 ,heb4 #i4d4 #h3aj4 ,and it came to pass1 when the priests were come out of the sanctuary1 that a cloud filled the house of the ,lord1 #h3aa4 ,and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud3 for the glory of the ,lord had filled the house of the ,lord4 #h3ab4 ,then ,solomon said3 ,the ,lord said that he would dwell in a cloud4 #h3ac4 ,building1 ,i have built a house for thy dwelling1 to be thy most firm throne for ever4 #h3ad4 ,and the king turned his face1 and blessed all the assembly of ,israel3 for all the assembly of ,israel stood4 #h3ae4 ,and ,solomon said3 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 who spoke with his mouth to ,david1 my father1 and with his own hands hath accomplished it1 saying3 #h3af4 ,since the day that ,i brought my people ,israel1 out of ,egypt1 ,i chose no city out of all the tribes of ,israel1 for a house to be built1 that my name might be there3 but ,i chose ,david to be over my people ,israel4 #h3ag4 ,and ,david1 my father1 would have built a house to the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 #h3ah4 ,and the ,lord said to ,david1 my father3 ,whereas1 thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my name1 thou hast done well in having this same thing in thy mind4 #h3ai4 ,nevertheless1 thou shalt not build me a house1 but thy son1 that shall come forth out of thy loins1 he shall build a house to my name4 #h3bj4 ,the ,lord hath performed his word which he spoke4 ,and ,i stand in the room of ,david1 my father1 and sit upon the throne of ,israel1 as the ,lord promised3 and have built a house to the name of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel4 #h3ba4 ,and ,i have set there a place for the ark1 wherein is the covenant of the ,lord1 which he made with our fathers1 when they came out of the land of ,egypt4 #h3bb4 ,and ,solomon stood before the altar of the ,lord1 in the sight of the assembly of ,israel1 and spread forth his hands towards heaven1 #h3bc4 ,and said3 ,lord ,god of ,israel1 there is no ,god like thee1 in heaven above1 or on the earth beneath3 who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants1 that have walked before thee with all their heart3 #h3bd4 ,who hast kept with thy servant ,david1 my father1 what thou hast promised him3 with thy mouth thou didst speak1 and with thy hands thou hast performed1 as this day proveth4 #h3be4 ,now1 therefore1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 keep with thy servant ,david1 my father1 what thou hast spoken to him1 saying3 ,there shall not be taken away of thee a man in my sight1 to sit on the throne of ,israel3 yet so that thy children take heed to their way1 that they walk before me as thou hast walked in my sight4 #h3bf4 ,and now1 ,lord ,god of ,israel1 let thy words be established1 which thou hast spoken to thy servant ,david1 my father4 #h3bg4 ,is it then to be thought that ,god should indeed dwell upon earth8 for if heaven1 and the heavens of heavens1 cannot contain thee1 how much less this house which ,i have built8 #h3bh4 ,but have regard to the prayer of thy servant1 and to his supplications1 ,o ,lord1 my ,god3 hear the hymn and the prayer1 which thy servant prayeth before thee this day3 #h3bi4 ,that thy eyes may be open upon this house1 night and day3 upon the house of which thou hast said3 ,my name shall be there3 that thou mayst hearken to the prayer which thy servant prayeth1 in this place to thee3 #h3cj4 ,that thou mayst hearken to the supplication of thy servant1 and of thy people ,israel1 whatsoever they shall pray for in this place1 and hear them in the place of thy dwelling in heaven2 and when thou hearest1 shew them mercy4 #h3ca4 ,if any man trespass against his neighbour1 and have an oath upon him1 wherewith he is bound1 and come1 because of the oath1 before thy altar1 to thy house1 #h3cb4 ,then hear thou in heaven3 and do and judge thy servants1 condemning the wicked1 and bringing his way upon his own head1 and justifying the just1 and rewarding him according to his justice4 #h3cc4 ,if thy people ,israel shall fly before their enemies 7because they will sin against thee7 and doing penance1 and confessing to thy name1 shall come and pray1 and make supplications to thee in this house3 #h3cd4 ,then hear thou in heaven1 and forgive the sin of thy people ,israel1 and bring them back to the land which thou gavest to their fathers4 #h3ce4 ,if heaven shall be shut up1 and there shall be no rain1 because of their sins1 and they1 praying in this place1 shall do penance to thy name1 and shall be converted from their sins1 by occasion of their afflictions3 #h3cf4 ,then hear thou them in heaven1 and forgive the sins of thy servants1 and of thy people ,israel3 and shew them the good way wherein they should walk1 and give rain upon thy land1 which thou hast given to thy people in possession4 #h3cg4 ,if a famine arise in the land1 or a pestilence1 or corrupt air1 or blasting1 or locust1 or mildew2 if their enemy afflict them1 besieging the gates1 whatsoever plague1 whatsoever infirmity1 #h3ch4 ,whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people ,israel3 when a man shall know the wound of his own heart1 and shall spread forth his hands in this house2 #h3ci4 ,then hear thou in heaven1 in the place of thy dwelling1 and forgive1 and do so as to give to every one according to his ways1 as thou shalt see his heart 7for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men7 #h3dj4 ,that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the face of the land1 which thou hast given to our fathers4 #h3da4 ,moreover also the stranger1 who is not of thy people ,israel1 when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake1 7for they shall hear every where of thy great name1 and thy mighty hand1 #h3db4 ,and thy stretched out arm7 so when he shall come1 and shall pray in this place1 #h3dc4 ,then hear thou in heaven1 in the firmament of thy dwelling place1 and do all those things1 for which that stranger shall call upon thee3 that all the people of the earth may learn to fear thy name1 as do thy people ,israel1 and may prove that thy name is called upon on this house1 which ,i have built4 #h3dd4 ,if thy people go out to war against their enemies1 by what way soever thou shalt send them1 they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city1 which thou hast chosen1 and towards the house1 which ,i have built to thy name3 #h3de4 ,and then hear thou in heaven their prayers1 and their supplications1 and do judgment for them4 #h3df4 ,but if they sin against thee1 7for there is no man who sinneth not7 and thou being angry1 deliver them up to their enemies1 so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies1 far or near2 #h3dg4 ,then if they do penance in their heart1 in the place of captivity1 and being converted1 make supplication to thee in their captivity1 saying3 ,we have sinned1 we have done unjustly1 we have committed wickedness3 #h3dh4 ,and return to thee with all their heart1 and all their soul1 in the land of their enemies1 to which they have been led captives3 and pray to thee towards the way of their land1 which thou gavest to their fathers1 and of the city which thou hast chosen1 and of the temple which ,i have built to thy name3 #h3di4 ,then hear thou in heaven1 in the firmament of thy throne1 their prayers1 and their supplications1 and do judgment for them3 #h3ej4 ,and forgive thy people1 that have sinned against thee1 and all their iniquities1 by which they have transgressed against thee3 and give them mercy before them that have made them captives1 that they may have compassion on them4 #h3ea4 ,for they are thy people1 and thy inheritance1 whom thou hast brought out of the land of ,egypt1 from the midst of the furnace of iron4 #h3eb4 ,that thy eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant1 and of thy people ,israel1 to hear them in all things for which they shall call upon thee4 #h3ec4 ,for thou hast separated them to thyself for an inheritance1 from amongst all the people of the earth1 as thou hast spoken by ,moses1 thy servant1 when thou broughtest our fathers out of ,egypt1 ,o ,lord ,god4 #h3ed4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the ,lord1 that he rose from before the altar of the ,lord3 for he had fixed both knees on the ground1 and had spread his hands towards heaven4 #h3ee4 ,and he stood1 and blessed all the assembly of ,israel with a loud voice1 saying3 #h3ef4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who hath given rest to his people ,israel1 according to all that he promised3 there hath not failed so much as one word of all the good things that he promised by his servant ,moses4 #h3eg4 ,the ,lord our ,god be with us1 as he was with our fathers1 and not leave us1 nor cast us off3 #h3eh4 ,but may he incline our hearts to himself1 that we may walk in all his ways1 and keep his commandments1 and his ceremonies1 and all his judgments1 which he commanded our fathers4 #h3ei4 ,and let these my words1 wherewith ,i have prayed before the ,lord1 be nigh unto the ,lord our ,god day and night1 that he may do judgment for his servant1 and for his people ,israel1 day by day3 #h3fj4 ,that all the people of the earth may know1 that the ,lord he is ,god1 and there is no other besides him4 #h3fa4 ,let our hearts also be perfect with the ,lord our ,god1 that we may walk in his statutes1 and keep his commandments1 as at this day4 #h3fb4 ,and the king1 and all ,israel with him1 offered victims before the ,lord4 #h3fc4 ,and ,solomon slew victims of peace offerings1 which he sacrificed to the ,lord1 two and twenty thousand oxen1 and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep so the king1 and all the children of ,israel1 dedicated the temple of the ,lord4 #h3fd4 ,in that day the king sanctified the middle of the court1 that was before the house of the ,lord for there he offered the holocaust1 and sacrifice1 and the fat of the peace offerings3 because the brazen altar that was before the ,lord1 was too little to receive the holocaust1 and sacrifice1 and the fat of the peace offerings4 #h3fe4 ,and ,solomon made at the same time a solemn feast1 and all ,israel with him1 a great multitude1 from the entrance of ,emath to the river of ,egypt1 before the ,lord our ,god1 seven days and seven days1 that is1 fourteen days4 #h3ff4 ,and on the eighth day1 he sent away the people3 and they blessed the king1 and went to their dwellings1 rejoicing1 and glad in heart1 for all the good things that the ,lord had done for ,david1 his servant1 and for ,israel1 his people4 #c ,kings ,chapter #i ,the ,lord appeareth again to ,solomon3 he buildeth cities3 he sendeth a fleet to ,ophir4 #i3a4 ,and it came to pass when ,solomon had finished the building of the house of the ,lord1 and the king's house1 and all that he desired and was pleased to do1 #i3b4 ,that the ,lord appeared to him the second time1 as he had appeared to him in ,gabaon4 #i3c4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,i have heard thy prayer and thy supplication1 which thou hast made before me3 ,i have sanctified this house1 which thou hast built1 to put my name there for ever2 and my eyes1 and my heart1 shall be there always4 #i3d4 ,and if thou wilt walk before me1 as thy father walked1 in simplicity of heart1 and in uprightness3 and wilt do all that ,i have commanded thee1 and wilt keep my ordinances1 and my judgments1 ,as thy father walked1 in simplicity of heart4 4 4,that is1 in the sincerity and integrity of a single heart1 as opposite to all double dealing and deceit4 #i3e4 ,i will establish the throne of thy kingdom over ,israel for ever1 as ,i promised ,david1 thy father1 saying3 ,there shall not fail a man of thy race upon the throne of ,israel4 #i3f4 ,but if you and your children1 revolting1 shall turn away from following me1 and will not keep my commandments1 and my ceremonies1 which ,i have set before you1 but will go and worship strange gods1 and adore them3 #i3g4 ,i will take away ,israel from the face of the land which ,i have given them2 and the temple which ,i have sanctified to my name1 ,i will cast out of my sight2 and ,israel shall be a proverb1 and a byword among all people4 #i3h4 ,and this house shall be made an example of3 every one that shall pass by it1 shall be astonished1 and shall hiss1 and say3 ,why hath the ,lord done thus to this land1 and to this house8 #i3i4 ,and they shall answer3 ,because they forsook the ,lord their ,god1 who brought their fathers out of the land of ,egypt1 and followed strange gods1 and adored them1 and worshipped them3 therefore hath the ,lord brought upon them all this evil4 #i3aj4 ,and when twenty years were ended1 after ,solomon had built the two houses2 that is1 the house of the ,lord1 and the house of the king1 #i3aa4 7,hiram1 the king of ,tyre1 furnishing ,solomon with cedar trees1 and fir trees1 and gold1 according to all he had need of7 then ,solomon gave ,hiram twenty cities in the land of ,galilee4 #i3ab4 ,and ,hiram came out of ,tyre1 to see the towns which ,solomon had given him1 and they pleased him not2 #i3ac4 ,and he said3 ,are these the cities which thou hast given me1 brother8 ,and he called them the land of ,chabul1 unto this day4 ,chabul4 4 4,that is1 dirty or displeasing4 #i3ad4 ,and ,hiram sent to king ,solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold4 #i3ae4 ,this is the sum of the expenses1 which king ,solomon offered to build the house of the ,lord1 and his own house1 and ,mello1 and the wall of ,jerusalem1 and ,heser1 and ,mageddo1 and ,gazer4 #i3af4 ,pharao1 the king of ,egypt1 came up and took ,gazer1 and burnt it with fire3 and slew the ,chanaanite that dwelt in the city1 and gave it for a dowry to his daughter1 ,solomon's wife4 #i3ag4 ,so ,solomon built ,gazer1 and ,bethhoron the nether1 #i3ah4 ,and ,baalath1 and ,palmira1 in the land of the wilderness4 #i3ai4 ,and all the towns that belonged to himself1 and were not walled1 he fortified2 the cities also of the chariots1 and the cities of the horsemen1 and whatsoever he had a mind to build in ,jerusalem1 and in ,libanus1 and in all the land of his dominion4 #i3bj4 ,all the people that were left of the ,amorrhites1 and ,hethites1 and ,pherezites1 and ,hevites1 and ,jebusites1 that are not of the children of ,israel3 #i3ba4 ,their children1 that were left in the land2 to wit1 such as the children of ,israel had not been able to destroy1 ,solomon made tributary unto this day4 #i3bb4 ,but of the children of ,israel1 ,solomon made not any to be bondmen1 but they were warriors1 and his servants1 and his princes1 and captains1 and overseers of the chariots and horses4 #i3bc4 ,and there were five hundred and fifty chief officers set over all the works of ,solomon1 and they had people under them1 and had charge over the appointed works4 #i3bd4 ,and the daughter of ,pharao came up out of the city of ,david to her house1 which ,solomon had built for her3 then did he build ,mello4 #i3be4 ,solomon also offered three times every year holocausts1 and victims of peace offerings1 upon the altar which he had built to the ,lord1 and he burnt incense before the ,lord3 and the temple was finished4 #i3bf4 ,and king ,solomon made a fleet in ,asiongaber1 which is by ,ailath1 on the shore of the ,red ,sea1 in the land of ,edom4 #i3bg4 ,and ,hiram sent his servants in the fleet1 sailors that had knowledge of the sea1 with the servants of ,solomon4 #i3bh4 ,and they came to ,ophir2 and they brought from thence to king ,solomon four hundred and twenty talents of gold4 #c ,kings ,chapter #aj ,the queen of ,saba cometh to king ,solomon3 his riches and glory4 #aj3a4 ,and the queen of ,saba having heard of the fame of ,solomon in the name of the ,lord1 came to try him with hard questions4 #aj3b4 ,and entering into ,jerusalem with a great train1 and riches1 and camels that carried spices1 and an immense quantity of gold1 and precious stones1 she came to king ,solomon1 and spoke to him all that she had in her heart4 #aj3c4 ,and ,solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him3 there was not any word the king was ignorant of1 and which he could not answer her4 #aj3d4 ,and when the queen of ,saba saw all the wisdom of ,solomon1 and the house which he had built1 #aj3e4 ,and the meat of his table1 and the apartments of his servants1 and the order of his ministers1 and their apparel1 and the cupbearers1 and the holocausts1 which he offered in the house of the ,lord1 she had no longer any spirit in her2 #aj3f4 ,and she said to the king3 ,the report is true1 which ,i heard in my own country1 #aj3g4 ,concerning thy words1 and concerning thy wisdom4 ,and ,i did not believe them that told me1 till ,i came myself1 and saw with my own eyes1 and have found that the half hath not been told me3 thy wisdom and thy works exceed the fame which ,i heard4 #aj3h4 ,blessed are thy men1 and blessed are thy servants1 who stand before thee always1 and hear thy wisdom4 #aj3i4 ,blessed be the ,lord thy ,god1 whom thou hast pleased1 and who hath set thee upon the throne of ,israel1 because the ,lord hath loved ,israel for ever1 and hath appointed thee king1 to do judgment and justice4 #aj3aj4 ,and she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold1 and of spices a very great store1 and precious stones3 there was brought no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of ,saba gave to king ,solomon4 #aj3aa4 7,the navy also of ,hiram1 which brought gold from ,ophir1 brought from ,ophir great plenty of thyine trees1 and precious stones4 #aj3ab4 ,and the king made of the thyine trees the rails of the house of the ,lord1 and of the king's house3 and citterns and harps for singers3 there were no such thyine trees as these brought nor seen unto this day47 #aj3ac4 ,and king ,solomon gave the queen of ,saba all that she desired1 and asked of him3 besides what he offered her of himself of his royal bounty4 ,and she returned1 and went to her own country1 with her servants4 #aj3ad4 ,and the weight of the gold that was brought to ,solomon every year1 was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold3 #aj3ae4 ,besides that which the men brought him that were over the tributes1 and the merchants1 and they that sold by retail1 and all the kings of ,arabia1 and the governors of the country4 #aj3af4 ,and ,solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold3 he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield4 #aj3ag4 ,and three hundred targets of fine gold3 three hundred pounds of gold covered one target3 and the king put them in the house of the forest of ,libanus4 #aj3ah4 ,king ,solomon also made a great throne of ivory3 and overlaid it with the finest gold4 #aj3ai4 ,it had six steps3 and the top of the throne was round behind3 and there were two hands on either side holding the seat3 and two lions stood1 one at each hand1 #aj3bj4 ,and twelve little lions stood upon the six steps1 on the one side and on the other3 there was no such work made in any kingdom4 #aj3ba4 ,moreover1 all the vessels out of which king ,solomon drank1 were of gold3 and all the furniture of the house of the forest of ,libanus was of most pure gold3 there was no silver1 nor was any account made of it in the days of ,solomon3 #aj3bb4 ,for the king's navy1 once in three years1 went with the navy of ,hiram by sea to ,tharsis1 and brought from thence gold1 and silver1 and elephants' teeth1 and apes1 and peacocks4 #aj3bc4 ,and king ,solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom4 #aj3bd4 ,and all the earth desired to see ,solomon's face1 to hear his wisdom1 which ,god had given in his heart4 #aj3be4 ,and every one brought him presents1 vessels of silver and of gold1 garments1 and armour1 and spices1 and horses1 and mules1 every year4 #aj3bf4 ,and ,solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen1 and he had a thousand four hundred chariots1 and twelve thousand horsemen3 and he bestowed them in fenced cities1 and with the king in ,jerusalem4 #aj3bg4 ,and he made silver to be as plentiful in ,jerusalem as stones3 and cedars to be as common as sycamores which grow in the plains4 #aj3bh4 ,and horses were brought for ,solomon out of ,egypt1 and ,coa3 for the king's merchants bought them out of ,coa1 and brought them at a set price4 #aj3bi4 ,and a chariot of four horses came out of ,egypt1 for six hundred sicles of silver1 and a horse for a hundred and fifty4 ,and after this manner did all the kings of the ,hethites1 and of ,syria1 sell horses4 #c ,kings ,chapter #aa ,solomon by means of his wives falleth into idolatry3 ,god raiseth him adversaries1 ,adad1 ,razon1 and ,jeroboam3 ,solomon dieth4 #aa3a4 ,and king ,solomon loved many strange women1 besides the daughter of ,pharao1 and women of ,moab1 and of ,ammon1 and of ,edom1 and of ,sidon1 and of the ,hethites3 #aa3b4 ,of the nations concerning which the ,lord said to the children of ,israel3 ,you shall not go in unto them1 neither shall any of them come into yours3 for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods4 ,and to these was ,solomon joined with a most ardent love4 #aa3c4 ,and he had seven hundred wives as queens1 and three hundred concubines3 and the women turned away his heart4 #aa3d4 ,and when he was now old1 his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods3 and his heart was not perfect with the ,lord his ,god1 as was the heart of ,david1 his father4 #aa3e4 ,but ,solomon worshipped ,astarthe1 the goddess of the ,sidonians1 and ,moloch1 the idol of the ,ammonites4 #aa3f4 ,and ,solomon did that which was not pleasing before the ,lord1 and did not fully follow the ,lord1 as ,david1 his father4 #aa3g4 ,then ,solomon built a temple for ,chamos1 the idol of ,moab1 on the hill that is over against ,jerusalem1 and for ,moloch1 the idol of the children of ,ammon4 #aa3h4 ,and he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers1 who burnt incense1 and offered sacrifice to their gods4 #aa3i4 ,and the ,lord was angry with ,solomon1 because his mind was turned away from the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 who had appeared to him twice2 #aa3aj4 ,and had commanded him concerning this thing1 that he should not follow strange gods3 but he kept not the things which the ,lord commanded him4 #aa3aa4 ,the ,lord therefore said to ,solomon3 ,because thou hast done this1 and hast not kept my covenant1 and my precepts1 which ,i have commanded thee1 ,i will divide and rend thy kingdom1 and will give it to thy servant4 #aa3ab4 ,nevertheless1 in thy days ,i will not do it1 for ,david thy father's sake3 but ,i will rend it out of the hand of thy son4 #aa3ac4 ,neither will ,i take away the whole kingdom2 but ,i will give one tribe to thy son1 for the sake of ,david1 my servant1 and ,jerusalem1 which ,i have chosen4 ,one tribe4 4 4,besides that of ,juda1 his own native tribe4 #aa3ad4 ,and the ,lord raised up an adversary to ,solomon1 ,adad1 the ,edomite1 of the king's seed1 in ,edom4 #aa3ae4 ,for when ,david was in ,edom1 and ,joab1 the general of the army1 was gone up to bury them that were slain1 and had killed every male in ,edom1 #aa3af4 7,for ,joab remained there six months with all ,israel1 till he had slain every male in ,edom17 #aa3ag4 ,then ,adad fled1 he and certain ,edomites of his father's servants1 with him1 to go into ,egypt3 and ,adad was then a little boy4 #aa3ah4 ,and they arose out of ,madian1 and came into ,pharan1 and they took men with them from ,pharan1 and went into ,egypt1 to ,pharao1 the king of ,egypt3 who gave him a house1 and appointed him victuals1 and assigned him land4 #aa3ai4 ,and ,adad found great favour before ,pharao1 insomuch that he gave him to wife the own sister of his wife1 ,taphnes1 the queen4 #aa3bj4 ,and the sister of ,taphnes bore him his son1 ,genubath2 and ,taphnes brought him up in the house of ,pharao3 and ,genubath dwelt with ,pharao among his children4 #aa3ba4 ,and when ,adad heard in ,egypt that ,david slept with his fathers1 and that ,joab1 the general of the army1 was dead1 he said to ,pharao3 ,let me depart1 that ,i may go to my own country4 #aa3bb4 ,and ,pharao said to him3 ,why1 what is wanting to thee with me1 that thou seekest to go to thy own country8 ,but he answered3 ,nothing2 yet ,i beseech thee to let me go4 #aa3bc4 ,god also raised up against him an adversary1 ,razon1 the son of ,eliada1 who had fled from his master1 ,adarezer1 the king of ,soba4 #aa3bd4 ,and he gathered men against him1 and he became a captain of robbers1 when ,david slew them of ,soba3 and they went to ,damascus1 and dwelt there1 and they made him king in ,damascus4 #aa3be4 ,and he was an adversary to ,israel all the days of ,solomon3 and this is the evil of ,adad1 and his hatred against ,israel2 and he reigned in ,syria4 #aa3bf4 ,jeroboam also1 the son of ,nabat1 an ,ephrathite1 of ,sareda1 a servant of ,solomon1 whose mother was named ,sarua1 a widow woman1 lifted up his hand against the king4 #aa3bg4 ,and this is the cause of his rebellion against him2 for ,solomon built ,mello1 and filled up the breach of the city of ,david1 his father4 #aa3bh4 ,and ,jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man3 and ,solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious1 made him chief over the tributes of all the house of ,joseph4 #aa3bi4 ,so it came to pass at that time1 that ,jeroboam went out of ,jerusalem1 and the prophet ,ahias1 the ,silonite1 clad with a new garment1 found him in the way3 and they two were alone in the field4 #aa3cj4 ,and ,ahias taking his new garment1 wherewith he was clad1 divided it into twelve parts3 #aa3ca4 ,and he said to ,jeroboam3 ,take to thee ten pieces3 for thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold1 ,i will rend the kingdom out of the hand of ,solomon1 and will give thee ten tribes4 #aa3cb4 ,but one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant1 ,david1 and ,jerusalem1 the city which ,i have chosen out of all the tribes of ,israel3 #aa3cc4 ,because he hath forsaken me1 and hath adored ,astarthe1 the goddess of the ,sidonians1 and ,chamos1 the god of ,moab1 and ,moloch1 the god of the children of ,ammon3 and hath not walked in my ways1 to do justice before me1 and to keep my precepts1 and judgments1 as did ,david1 his father4 #aa3cd4 ,yet ,i will not take away all the kingdom out of his hand1 but ,i will make him prince all the days of his life1 for ,david my servant's sake1 whom ,i chose1 who kept my commandments1 and my precepts4 #aa3ce4 ,but ,i will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand1 and will give thee ten tribes3 #aa3cf4 ,and to his son ,i will give one tribe1 that there may remain a lamp for my servant1 ,david1 before me always in ,jerusalem1 the city which ,i have chosen1 that my name might be there4 #aa3cg4 ,and ,i will take thee1 and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth1 and thou shalt be king over ,israel4 #aa3ch4 ,if then thou wilt hearken to all that ,i shall command thee1 and wilt walk in my ways1 and do what is right before me1 keeping my commandments and my precepts1 as ,david1 my servant1 did3 ,i will be with thee1 and will build thee up a faithful house1 as ,i built a house for ,david1 and ,i will deliver ,israel to thee3 #aa3ci4 ,and ,i will for this afflict the seed of ,david1 but yet not for ever4 #aa3dj4 ,solomon1 therefore1 sought to kill ,jeroboam3 but he arose1 and fled into ,egypt1 to ,sesac1 the king of ,egypt1 and was in ,egypt till the death of ,solomon4 #aa3da4 ,and the rest of the words of ,solomon1 and all that he did and his wisdom3 behold they are all written in the book of the words of the days of ,solomon4 ,the book of the words1 etc4 4 4,this book is lost1 with divers others mentioned in holy writ4 #aa3db4 ,and the days that ,solomon reigned in ,jerusalem1 over all ,israel1 were forty years4 #aa3dc4 ,and ,solomon slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the city of ,david1 his father2 and ,roboam1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 ,solomon slept1 etc4 4 4,that is1 died4 ,he was then about fifty-eight years of age1 having reigned forty years4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ab ,roboam1 following the counsel of young men alienateth from him the minds of the people4 ,they make ,jeroboam king over ten tribes3 he setteth up idolatry4 #ab3a4 ,and ,roboam went to ,sichem3 for thither were all ,israel come together to make him king4 #ab3b4 ,but ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who was yet in ,egypt1 a fugitive from the face of king ,solomon1 hearing of his death1 returned out of ,egypt4 #ab3c4 ,and they sent and called him3 and ,jeroboam came1 and all the multitude of ,israel1 and they spoke to ,roboam1 saying3 #ab3d4 ,thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us3 now1 therefore1 do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father1 and of his most heavy yoke1 which he put upon us1 and we will serve thee4 #ab3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,go till the third day1 and come to me again4 ,and when the people was gone1 #ab3f4 ,king ,roboam took counsel with the old men1 that stood before ,solomon1 his father1 while he yet lived1 and he said3 ,what counsel do you give me1 that ,i may answer this people8 #ab3g4 ,they said to him3 ,if thou wilt yield to this people to day1 and condescend to them1 and grant their petition1 and wilt speak gentle words to them1 they will be thy servants always4 #ab3h4 ,but he left the counsel of the old men1 which they had given him1 and consulted with the young men that had been brought up with him1 and stood before him4 #ab3i4 ,and he said to them3 ,what counsel do you give me1 that ,i may answer this people1 who have said to me3 ,make the yoke1 which thy father put upon us1 lighter8 #ab3aj4 ,and the young men that had been brought up with him1 said3 ,thus shalt thou speak to this people1 who have spoken to thee1 saying3 ,thy father made our yoke heavy1 do thou ease us4 ,thou shalt say to them3 ,my little finger is thicker than the back of my father4 #ab3aa4 ,and now my father put a heavy yoke upon you1 but ,i will add to your yoke3 my father beat you with whips1 but ,i will beat you with scorpions4 #ab3ab4 ,so ,jeroboam1 and all the people1 came to ,roboam the third day1 as the king had appointed1 saying3 ,come to me again the third day4 #ab3ac4 ,and the king answered the people roughly1 leaving the counsel of the old men1 which they had given him1 #ab3ad4 ,and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men1 saying3 ,my father made your yoke heavy1 but ,i will add to your yoke3 ,my father beat you with whips1 but ,i will beat you with scorpions4 #ab3ae4 ,and the king condescended not to the people3 for the ,lord was turned away from him1 to make good his word1 which he had spoken in the hand of ,ahias1 the ,silonite1 to ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat4 #ab3af4 ,then the people1 seeing that the king would not hearken to them1 answered him1 saying3 ,what portion have we in ,david8 or what inheritance in the son of ,isai8 ,go home to thy dwellings1 ,o ,israel3 now1 ,david1 look to thy own house4 ,so ,israel departed to their dwellings4 #ab3ag4 ,but as for all the children of ,israel that dwelt in the cities of ,juda1 ,roboam reigned over them4 #ab3ah4 ,then king ,roboam sent ,aduram1 who was over the tribute3 and all ,israel stoned him1 and he died4 ,wherefore king ,roboam made haste to get him up into his chariot1 and he fled to ,jerusalem3 #ab3ai4 ,and ,israel revolted from the house of ,david1 unto this day4 #ab3bj4 ,and it came to pass when all ,israel heard that ,jeroboam was come again1 that they gathered an assembly1 and sent and called him1 and made him king over all ,israel1 and there was none that followed the house of ,david but the tribe of ,juda only4 ,juda only4 4 4,benjamin was a small tribe1 and so intermixed with the tribe of ,juda1 7the very city of ,jerusalem being partly in ,juda1 partly in ,benjamin17 that they are here counted but as one tribe4 #ab3ba4 ,and ,roboam came to ,jerusalem1 and gathered together all the house of ,juda1 and the tribe of ,benjamin1 a hundred fourscore thousand chosen men for war1 to fight against the house of ,israel1 and to bring the kingdom again under ,roboam1 the son of ,solomon4 #ab3bb4 ,but the word of the ,lord came to ,semeias1 the man of ,god1 saying3 #ab3bc4 ,speak to ,roboam1 the son of ,solomon1 the king of ,juda1 and to all the house of ,juda1 and ,benjamin1 and the rest of the people1 saying3 #ab3bd4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,you shall not go up1 nor fight against your brethren1 the children of ,israel3 let every man return to his house1 for this thing is from me4 ,they hearkened to the word of the ,lord1 and returned from their journey1 as the ,lord had commanded them4 #ab3be4 ,and ,jeroboam built ,sichem in mount ,ephraim1 and dwelt there1 and going out from thence1 he built ,phanuel4 #ab3bf4 ,and ,jeroboam said in his heart3 ,now shall the kingdom return to the house of ,david1 #ab3bg4 ,if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the ,lord at ,jerusalem3 and the heart of this people will turn to their lord ,roboam1 the king of ,juda1 and they will kill me1 and return to him4 #ab3bh4 ,and finding out a device1 he made two golden calves1 and said to them3 ,go ye up no more to ,jerusalem3 ,behold thy gods1 ,o ,israel1 who brought thee out of the land of ,egypt4 ,golden calves4 4 4,it is likely1 by making his gods in this form1 he mimicked the ,egyptians1 among whom he had sojourned1 who worshipped their ,apis and their ,osiris under the form of a bullock4 #ab3bi4 ,and he set the one in ,bethel1 and the other in ,dan3 ,bethel and ,dan4 4 4,bethel was a city of the tribe of ,ephraim in the southern part of the dominions of ,jeroboam1 about six leagues from ,jerusalem2 ,dan was in the extremity of his dominions to the north in the confines of ,syria4 #ab3cj4 ,and this thing became an occasion of sin3 for the people went to adore the calf as far as ,dan4 #ab3ca4 ,and he made temples in the high places1 and priests of the lowest of the people1 who were not of the sons of ,levi4 #ab3cb4 ,and he appointed a feast in the eighth month1 on the fifteenth day of the month1 after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in ,juda4 ,and going up to the altar1 he did in like manner in ,bethel1 to sacrifice to the calves1 which he had made3 and he placed in ,bethel priests of the high places1 which he had made4 #ab3cc4 ,and he went up to the altar1 which he had built in ,bethel1 on the fifteenth day of the eighth month1 which he had devised of his own heart3 and he ordained a feast to the children of ,israel1 and went up on the altar to burn incense4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ac ,a prophet sent from ,juda to ,bethel foretelleth the birth of ,josias1 and the destruction of ,jeroboam's altar4 ,jeroboam's hand offering violence to the prophet withereth1 but is restored by the prophet's prayer3 the same prophet is deceived by another prophet1 and slain by a lion4 #ac3a4 ,and behold there came a man of ,god out of ,juda1 by the word of the ,lord1 to ,bethel1 when ,jeroboam was standing upon the altar1 and burning incense4 #ac3b4 ,and he cried out against the altar in the word of the ,lord1 and said3 ,o altar1 altar1 thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold a child shall be born to the house of ,david1 ,josias by name1 and he shall immolate upon thee the priests of the high places1 who now burn incense upon thee1 and he shall burn men's bones upon thee4 #ac3c4 ,and he gave a sign the same day1 saying3 ,this shall be the sign1 that the ,lord hath spoken3 ,behold the altar shall be rent1 and the ashes that are upon it1 shall be poured out4 #ac3d4 ,and when the king had heard the word of the man of ,god1 which he had cried out against the altar in ,bethel1 he stretched forth his hand from the altar1 saying3 ,lay hold on him4 ,and his hand which he stretched forth against him1 withered3 and he was not able to draw it back again to him4 #ac3e4 ,the altar also was rent1 and the ashes were poured out from the altar1 according to the sign which the man of ,god had given before in the word of the ,lord4 #ac3f4 ,and the king said to the man of ,god3 ,entreat the face of the ,lord thy ,god1 and pray for me1 that my hand may be restored to me4 ,and the man of ,god besought the face of the ,lord1 and the king's hand was restored to him1 and it became as it was before4 #ac3g4 ,and the king said to the man of ,god3 ,come home with me to dine1 and ,i will make thee presents4 #ac3h4 ,and the man of ,god answered the king3 ,if thou wouldst give me half thy house1 ,i will not go with thee1 nor eat bread1 nor drink water in this place3 #ac3i4 ,for so it was enjoined me by the word of the ,lord commanding me3 ,thou shalt not eat bread1 nor drink water1 nor return by the same way that thou camest4 #ac3aj4 ,so he departed by another way1 and returned not by the way that he came into ,bethel4 #ac3aa4 ,now a certain old prophet dwelt in ,bethel1 and his sons came to him1 and told him all the works that the man of ,god had done that day in ,bethel3 and they told their father the words which he had spoken to the king4 #ac3ab4 ,and their father said to them3 ,what way went he8 ,his sons shewed him the way by which the man of ,god went1 who came out of ,juda4 #ac3ac4 ,and he said to his sons3 ,saddle me the ass4 ,and when they had saddled it1 he got up1 #ac3ad4 ,and went after the man of ,god1 and found him sitting under a turpentine tree3 and he said to him3 ,art thou the man of ,god who camest from ,juda8 ,he answered3 ,i am4 #ac3ae4 ,and he said to him3 ,come home with me to eat bread4 #ac3af4 ,but he said3 ,i must not return1 nor go with thee1 neither will ,i eat bread1 or drink water in this place3 #ac3ag4 ,because the ,lord spoke to me1 in the word of the ,lord1 saying3 ,thou shalt not eat bread1 and thou shalt not drink water there1 nor return by the way thou wentest4 #ac3ah4 ,he said to him3 ,i also am a prophet like unto thee3 and an angel spoke to me1 in the word of the ,lord1 saying3 ,bring him back with thee into thy house1 that he may eat bread1 and drink water4 ,he deceived him1 ,an angel spoke to me1 etc4 4 4,this old man of ,bethel was indeed a prophet1 but he sinned in thus deceiving the man of ,god2 the more because he pretended a revelation for what he did4 #ac3ai4 ,and brought him back with him3 so he ate bread1 and drank water in his house4 #ac3bj4 ,and as they sat at table1 the word of the ,lord came to the prophet that brought him back3 #ac3ba4 ,and he cried out to the man of ,god who came out of ,juda1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,because thou hast not been obedient to the ,lord1 and hast not kept the commandment which the ,lord thy ,god commanded thee1 #ac3bb4 ,and hast returned1 and eaten bread1 and drunk water in the place wherein he commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat bread1 nor drink water1 thy dead body shall not be brought into the sepulchre of thy fathers4 #ac3bc4 ,and when he had eaten and drunk1 he saddled his ass for the prophet1 whom he had brought back4 #ac3bd4 ,and when he was gone1 a lion found him in the way1 and killed him1 and his body was cast in the way3 and the ass stood by him1 and the lion stood by the dead body4 ,killed him4 4 4,thus the ,lord often punishes his servants here1 that he may spare them hereafter4 ,for the generality of divines are of opinion1 that the sin of this prophet1 considered with all its circumstances1 was not mortal4 #ac3be4 ,and behold1 men passing by1 saw the dead body cast in the way1 and the lion standing by the body4 ,and they came and told it in the city1 wherein that old prophet dwelt4 #ac3bf4 ,and when that prophet1 who had brought him back out of the way1 heard of it1 he said3 ,it is the man of ,god1 that was disobedient to the mouth of the ,lord1 and the ,lord hath delivered him to the lion1 and he hath torn him1 and killed him1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke to him4 #ac3bg4 ,and he said to his sons3 ,saddle me an ass4 ,and when they had saddled it1 #ac3bh4 ,and he was gone1 he found the dead body cast in the way1 and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass3 the lion had not eaten of the dead body1 nor hurt the ass4 #ac3bi4 ,and the prophet took up the body of the man of ,god1 and laid it upon the ass1 and going back brought it into the city of the old prophet1 to mourn for him4 #ac3cj4 ,and he laid his dead body in his own sepulchre3 and they mourned over him1 saying3 ,alas6 alas1 my brother4 #ac3ca4 ,and when they had mourned over him1 he said to his sons3 ,when ,i am dead1 bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of ,god is buried3 lay my bones beside his bones4 #ac3cb4 ,for assuredly the word shall come to pass which he hath foretold in the word of the ,lord1 against the altar that is in ,bethel3 and against all the temples of the high places1 that are in the cities of ,samaria4 #ac3cc4 ,after these words1 ,jeroboam came not back from his wicked way3 but on the contrary1 he made of the meanest of the people priests of the high places3 whosoever would1 he filled his hand1 and he was made a priest of the high places4 #ac3cd4 ,and for this cause did the house of ,jeroboam sin1 and was cut off1 and destroyed from the face of the earth4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ad ,ahias prophesieth the destruction of the family of ,jeroboam4 ,he dieth1 and is succeeded by his son ,nadab4 ,the king of ,egypt taketh and pillageth ,jerusalem4 ,roboam dieth and his son ,abiam succeedeth4 #ad3a4 ,at that time ,abia1 the son of ,jeroboam1 fell sick4 #ad3b4 ,and ,jeroboam said to his wife3 ,arise1 and change thy dress1 that thou be not known to be the wife of ,jeroboam1 and go to ,silo1 where ,ahias1 the prophet is1 who told me that ,i should reign over this people4 #ad3c4 ,take also with thee ten loaves1 and cracknels1 and a pot of honey1 and go to him3 for he will tell thee what will become of this child4 #ad3d4 ,jeroboam's wife did as he told her3 and rising up1 went to ,silo1 and came to the house of ,ahias2 but he could not see1 for his eyes were dim by reason of his age4 #ad3e4 ,and the ,lord said to ,ahias3 ,behold the wife of ,jeroboam cometh in1 to consult thee concerning her son1 that is sick3 thus and thus shalt thou speak to her4 ,so when she was coming in1 and made as if she were another woman1 #ad3f4 ,ahias heard the sound of her feet1 coming in at the door1 and said3 ,come in1 thou wife of ,jeroboam3 why dost thou feign thyself to be another8 ,but ,i am sent to thee with heavy tidings4 #ad3g4 ,go1 and tell ,jeroboam3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,for as much as ,i exalted thee from among the people1 and made thee prince over my people ,israel2 #ad3h4 ,and rent the kingdom away from the house of ,david1 and gave it to thee1 and thou hast not been as my servant1 ,david1 who kept my commandments1 and followed me with all his heart1 doing that which was well pleasing in my sight3 #ad3i4 ,but hast done evil above all that were before thee1 and hast made thee strange gods1 and molten gods1 to provoke me to anger1 and hast cast me behind thy back3 #ad3aj4 ,therefore1 behold ,i will bring evils upon the house of ,jeroboam1 and will cut off from ,jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall1 and him that is shut up1 and the last in ,israel3 and ,i will sweep away the remnant of the house of ,jeroboam1 as dung is swept away till all be clean4 #ad3aa4 ,them that shall die of ,jeroboam in the city1 the dogs shall eat3 and them that shall die in the field1 the birds of the air shall devour3 for the ,lord hath spoken it4 #ad3ab4 ,arise thou1 therefore1 and go to thy house3 and when thy feet shall be entering into the city1 the child shall die1 #ad3ac4 ,and all ,israel shall mourn for him1 and shall bury him3 for he only of ,jeroboam shall be laid in a sepulchre1 because in his regard there is found a good word from the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 in the house of ,jeroboam4 #ad3ad4 ,and the ,lord hath appointed himself a king over ,israel1 who shall cut off the house of ,jeroboam in this day1 and in this time3 #ad3ae4 ,and the ,lord ,god shall strike ,israel as a reed is shaken in the water3 and he shall root up ,israel out of this good land1 which he gave to their fathers1 and shall scatter them beyond the river3 because they have made to themselves groves1 to provoke the ,lord4 #ad3af4 ,and the ,lord shall give up ,israel for the sins of ,jeroboam1 who hath sinned1 and made ,israel to sin4 #ad3ag4 ,and the wife of ,jeroboam arose1 and departed1 and came to ,thersa3 and when she was coming in to the threshold of the house1 the child died1 #ad3ah4 ,and they buried him4 ,and all ,israel mourned for him1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke by the hand of his servant ,ahias1 the prophet4 #ad3ai4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,jeroboam1 how he fought1 and how he reigned1 behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel4 ,the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel4 4 4,this book1 which is often mentioned in the ,book of ,kings1 is long since lost4 ,for as to the books of ,paralipomenon1 or ,chronicles1 7which the ,hebrews call the words of the days17 they were certainly written after the ,book of ,kings1 since they frequently refer to them4 #ad3bj4 ,and the days that ,jeroboam reigned1 were two and twenty years3 and he slept with his fathers3 and ,nadab1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ad3ba4 ,and ,roboam1 the son of ,solomon1 reigned in ,juda3 ,roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned seventeen years in ,jerusalem1 the city which the ,lord chose out of all the tribes of ,israel to put his name there4 ,and his mother's name was ,naama1 an ,ammonitess4 #ad3bb4 ,and ,juda did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and provoked him above all that their fathers had done1 in their sins which they committed4 #ad3bc4 ,for they also built them altars1 and statues1 and groves1 upon every high hill1 and under every green tree3 #ad3bd4 ,there were also the effeminate in the land1 and they did according to all the abominations of the people1 whom the ,lord had destroyed before the face of the children of ,israel4 ,the effeminate4 4 4,catamites1 or men addicted to unnatural lust4 #ad3be4 ,and in the fifth year of the reign of ,roboam1 ,sesac1 king of ,egypt1 came up against ,jerusalem4 #ad3bf4 ,and he took away the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 and the king's treasures1 and carried all off3 as also the shields of gold which ,solomon had made3 #ad3bg4 ,and ,roboam made shields of brass instead of them1 and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shieldbearers1 and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king's house4 #ad3bh4 ,and when the king went into the house of the ,lord1 they whose office it was to go before him1 carried them3 and afterwards they brought them back to the armoury of the shieldbearers4 #ad3bi4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,roboam1 and all that he did1 behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda4 #ad3cj4 ,and there was war between ,roboam and ,jeroboam always4 #ad3ca4 ,and ,roboam slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them1 in the city of ,david3 and his mother's name was ,naama1 an ,ammonitess3 and ,abiam1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ae ,the acts of ,abiam and of ,asa kings of ,juda4 ,and of ,nadab and ,baasa kings of ,israel4 #ae3a4 ,now in the eighteenth year of the reign of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 ,abiam reigned over ,juda4 #ae3b4 ,he reigned three years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,maacha1 the daughter of ,abessalom4 ,maacha1 etc4 4 4,she is called elsewhere ,michaia1 daughter of ,uriel2 but it was common in those days for the same person to have two names4 #ae3c4 ,and he walked in all the sins of his father1 which he had done before him3 and his heart was not perfect with the ,lord his ,god1 as was the heart of ,david1 his father4 #ae3d4 ,but for ,david's sake the ,lord his ,god gave him a lamp in ,jerusalem1 to set up his son after him1 and to establish ,jerusalem3 #ae3e4 ,because ,david had done that which was right in the eyes of the ,lord1 and had not turned aside from any thing that he commanded him1 all the days of his life1 except the matter of ,urias1 the ,hethite4 #ae3f4 ,but there was war between ,roboam and ,jeroboam all the time of his life4 #ae3g4 ,and the rest of the words of ,abiam1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 ,and there was war between ,abiam and ,jeroboam4 #ae3h4 ,and ,abiam slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 and ,asa1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ae3i4 ,so in the twentieth year of ,jeroboam1 king of ,israel1 reigned ,asa1 king of ,juda1 #ae3aj4 ,and he reigned one and forty years in ,jerusalem4 ,his mother's name was ,maacha1 the daughter of ,abessalom4 ,his mother1 etc4 4 4,that is1 his grandmother2 unless we suppose1 which is not improbable1 that the ,maacha here named is different from the ,maacha mentioned1 ver4 #b4 #ae3aa4 ,and ,asa did that which was right in the sight of the ,lord1 as did ,david1 his father3 #ae3ab4 ,and he took away the effeminate out of the land1 and removed all the filth of the idols1 which his fathers had made4 #ae3ac4 ,moreover1 he also removed his mother1 ,maacha1 from being the princess in the sacrifices of ,priapus1 and in the grove which she had consecrated to him3 and he destroyed her den1 and broke in pieces the filthy idol1 and burnt it by the torrent ,cedron3 #ae3ad4 ,but the high places he did not take away4 ,nevertheless1 the heart of ,asa was perfect with the ,lord all his days3 ,the high places4 4 4,there were excelsa or high places of two different kinds4 ,some were set up1 and dedicated to the worship of idols1 or strange gods2 and these ,asa removed1 #b ,par4 #ad4b2 others were only altars of the true ,god1 but were erected contrary to the law1 which allowed of no sacrifices but in the temple2 and these were not removed by ,asa4--,ibid4 ,perfect with the ,lord4 4 4,asa had his faults2 but never forsook the worship of the ,lord4 #ae3ae4 ,and he brought in the things which his father had dedicated1 and he had vowed1 into the house of the ,lord1 silver and gold1 and vessels4 #ae3af4 ,and there was war between ,asa1 and ,baasa1 king of ,israel1 all their days4 #ae3ag4 ,and ,baasa1 king of ,israel1 went up against ,juda1 and built ,rama1 that no man might go out or come in of the side of ,asa1 king of ,juda4 #ae3ah4 ,then ,asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 and in the treasures of the king's house1 and delivered it into the hands of his servants3 and sent them to ,benadad1 son of ,tabremon1 the son of ,hezion1 king of ,syria1 who dwelt in ,damascus1 saying3 #ae3ai4 ,there is a league between me and thee1 and between my father and thy father3 therefore ,i have sent thee presents of silver and gold3 and ,i desire thee to come1 and break thy league with ,baasa1 king of ,israel1 that he may depart from me4 #ae3bj4 ,benadad1 hearkening to king ,asa1 sent the captains of his army against the cities of ,israel1 and they smote ,ahion1 and ,dan1 and ,abeldomum ,maacha1 and all ,cenneroth2 that is all the land of ,nephthali4 #ae3ba4 ,and when ,baasa had heard this1 he left off building ,rama1 and returned into ,thersa4 #ae3bb4 ,but king ,asa sent word into all ,juda1 saying3 ,let no man be excused3 and they took away the stones from ,rama1 and the timber thereof1 wherewith ,baasa had been building1 and with them king ,asa built ,gabaa of ,benjamin1 and ,maspha4 #ae3bc4 ,but the rest of all the acts of ,asa1 and all his strength1 and all that he did1 and the cities that he built1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 ,but in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet4 #ae3bd4 ,and he slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david1 his father4 ,and ,josaphat1 his son1 reigned in his place4 #ae3be4 ,but ,nadab1 the son of ,jeroboam1 reigned over ,israel the second year of ,asa1 king of ,juda3 and he reigned over ,israel two years4 #ae3bf4 ,and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and walked in the ways of his father1 and in his sins1 wherewith he made ,israel to sin4 #ae3bg4 ,and ,baasa1 the son of ,ahias1 of the house of ,issachar1 conspired against him1 and slew him in ,gebbethon1 which is a city of the ,philistines3 for ,nadab and all ,israel besieged ,gebbethon4 #ae3bh4 ,so ,baasa slew him in the third year of ,asa1 king of ,juda1 and reigned in his place4 #ae3bi4 ,and when he was king1 he cut off all the house of ,jeroboam3 he left not so much as one soul of his seed1 till he had utterly destroyed him1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he had spoken in the hand of ,ahias1 the ,silonite3 #ae3cj4 ,because of the sin of ,jeroboam1 which he had sinned1 and wherewith he had made ,israel to sin1 and for the offence wherewith he provoked the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel4 #ae3ca4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,nadab1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3cb4 ,and there was war between ,asa and ,baasa1 the king of ,israel1 all their days4 #ae3cc4 ,in the third year of ,asa1 king of ,juda1 ,baasa1 the son of ,ahias1 reigned over all ,israel1 in ,thersa1 four and twenty years4 #ae3cd4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 and walked in the ways of ,jeroboam1 and in his sins1 wherewith he made ,israel to sin4 #c ,kings ,chapter #af ,jehu prophesieth against ,baasa3 his son ,ela is slain and all his family destroyed by ,zambri4 ,of the reign of ,amri father of ,achab4 #af3a4 ,then the word of the ,lord came to ,jehu1 the son of ,hanani1 against ,baasa1 saying3 #af3b4 ,for as much as ,i have exalted thee out of the dust and made thee prince over my people ,israel1 and thou hast walked in the way of ,jeroboam1 and hast made my people ,israel to sin1 to provoke me to anger with their sins3 #af3c4 ,behold ,i will cut down the posterity of ,baasa1 and the posterity of his house1 and ,i will make thy house as the house of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat4 #af3d4 ,him that dieth of ,baasa1 in the city1 the dogs shall eat3 and him that dieth of his in the country1 the fowls of the air shall devour4 #af3e4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,baasa1 and all that he did1 and his battles1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #af3f4 ,so ,baasa slept with his fathers1 and was buried in ,thersa3 and ,ela1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #af3g4 ,and when the word of the ,lord came in the hand of ,jehu1 the son of ,hanani1 the prophet1 against ,baasa1 and against his house1 and against all the evil that he had done before the ,lord1 to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands1 to become as the house of ,jeroboam3 for this cause he slew him2 that is to say1 ,jehu1 the son of ,hanani1 the prophet4 #af3h4 ,in the six and twentieth year of ,asa1 king of ,juda1 ,ela1 the son of ,baasa1 reigned over ,israel1 in ,thersa1 two years4 #af3i4 ,and his servant ,zambri1 who was captain of half the horsemen1 rebelled against him3 now ,ela was drinking in ,thersa1 and drunk in the house of ,arsa1 the governor of ,thersa4 #af3aj4 ,and ,zambri rushing in1 struck him1 and slew him1 in the seven and twentieth year of ,asa1 king of ,juda and he reigned in his stead4 #af3aa4 ,and when he was king1 and sat upon his throne1 he slew all the house of ,baasa1 and he left not one thereof to piss against a wall and all his kinsfolks and friends4 #af3ab4 ,and ,zambri destroyed all the house of ,baasa1 according to the word of the ,lord1 that he had spoken to ,baasa1 in the hand of ,jehu1 the prophet1 #af3ac4 ,for all the sins of ,baasa1 and the sins of ,ela1 his son1 who sinned1 and made ,israel to sin1 provoking the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 with their vanities4 #af3ad4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,ela1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #af3ae4 ,in the seven and twentieth year of ,asa1 king of ,juda1 ,zambri reigned seven days in ,thersa3 now the army was besieging ,gebbethon1 a city of the ,philistines4 #af3af4 ,and when they heard that ,zambri had rebelled1 and slain the king1 all ,israel made ,amri their king1 who was general over ,israel in the camp that day4 #af3ag4 ,and ,amri went up1 and all ,israel with him1 from ,gebbethon1 and they besieged ,thersa4 #af3ah4 ,and ,zambri1 seeing that the city was about to be taken1 went into the palace1 and burnt himself with the king's house3 and he died #af3ai4 ,in his sins1 which he had sinned1 doing evil before the ,lord1 and walking in the way of ,jeroboam1 and in his sin1 wherewith he made ,israel to sin4 #af3bj4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,zambri1 and of his conspiracy and tyranny1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #af3ba4 ,then were the people of ,israel divided into two parts3 one half of the people followed ,thebni1 the son of ,gineth1 to make him king3 and one half followed ,amri4 #af3bb4 ,but the people that were with ,amri1 prevailed over the people that followed ,thebni1 the son of ,gineth3 and ,thebni died1 and ,amri reigned4 #af3bc4 ,in the one and thirtieth year of ,asa1 king of ,juda1 ,amri reigned over ,israel twelve years3 in ,thersa he reigned six years4 ,in the one and thirtieth year1 etc4 4 4,amri began to reign in the seven and twentieth year of ,asa2 but had not quiet possession of the kingdom till the death of his competitor ,thebni1 which was in the one and thirtieth year of ,asa's reign4 #af3bd4 ,and he bought the hill of ,samaria of ,semer1 for two talents of silver3 and he built upon it1 and he called the city which he built ,samaria1 after the name of ,semer1 the owner of the hill4 #af3be4 ,and ,amri did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and acted wickedly above all that were before him4 #af3bf4 ,and he walked in all the way of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 and in his sins1 wherewith he made ,israel to sin3 to provoke the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 to anger with their vanities4 ,with their vanities4 4 4,that is1 their idols their golden calves1 vain1 false1 deceitful things4 #af3bg4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,amri1 and the battles he fought1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #af3bh4 ,and ,amri slept with his fathers1 and was buried in ,samaria1 and ,achab1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #af3bi4 ,now ,achab1 the son of ,amri1 reigned over ,israel in the eight and thirtieth year of ,asa1 king of ,juda4 ,and ,achab1 the son of ,amri1 reigned over ,israel in ,samaria two and twenty years4 #af3cj4 ,and ,achab1 the son of ,amri1 did evil in the sight of the ,lord above all that were before him4 #af3ca4 ,nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat3 but he also took to wife ,jezabel1 daughter of ,ethbaal1 king of the ,sidonians4 ,and he went1 and served ,baal1 and adored him4 #af3cb4 ,and he set up an altar for ,baal1 in the temple of ,baal1 which he had built in ,samaria2 #af3cc4 ,and he planted a grove3 and ,achab did more to provoke the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 than all the kings of ,israel that were before him4 #af3cd4 ,in his days ,hiel1 of ,bethel1 built ,jericho3 in ,abiram1 his firstborn1 he laid its foundations3 and in his youngest son1 ,segub1 he set up the gates thereof3 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke in the hand of ,josue1 the son of ,nun4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ag ,elias shutteth up the heaven from raining4 ,he is fed by ravens1 and afterwards by a widow of ,sarephta4 ,he raiseth the window's son to life4 #ag3a4 ,and ,elias the ,thesbite1 of the inhabitants of ,galaad1 said to ,achab3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 the ,god of ,israel1 in whose sight ,i stand1 there shall not be dew nor rain these years1 but according to the words of my mouth4 #ag3b4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to him1 saying3 #ag3c4 ,get thee hence1 and go towards the east1 and hide thyself by the torrent of ,carith1 which is over against the ,jordan2 #ag3d4 ,and there thou shalt drink of the torrent3 and ,i have commanded the ravens to feed thee there4 #ag3e4 ,so he went1 and did according to the word of the ,lord3 and going1 he dwelt by the torrent ,carith1 which is over against the ,jordan4 #ag3f4 ,and the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning1 and bread and flesh in the evening2 and he drank of the torrent4 #ag3g4 ,but after some time the torrent was dried up3 for it had not rained upon the earth4 #ag3h4 ,then the word of the ,lord came to him1 saying3 #ag3i4 ,arise1 and go to ,sarephta of the ,sidonians1 and dwell there3 for ,i have commanded a widow woman there to feed thee4 ,sarephta of the ,sidonians4 4 4,that is1 a city of the ,sidonians4 #ag3aj4 ,he arose1 and went to ,sarephta4 ,and when he was come to the gate of the city1 he saw the widow woman gathering sticks1 and he called her1 and said to her3 ,give me a little water in a vessel1 that ,i may drink4 #ag3aa4 ,and when she was going to fetch it1 he called after her1 saying3 ,bring me also1 ,i beseech thee1 a morsel of bread in thy hand4 #ag3ab4 ,and she answered3 ,as the ,lord thy ,god liveth1 ,i have no bread1 but only a handful of meal in a pot1 and a little oil in a cruise3 behold ,i am gathering two sticks1 that ,i may go in and dress it1 for me and my son1 that we may eat it and die4 #ag3ac4 ,and ,elias said to her3 ,fear not2 but go1 and do as thou hast said but first make for me of the same meal a little hearth cake1 and bring it to me1 and after make for thyself and thy son4 #ag3ad4 ,for thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,the pot of meal shall not waste1 nor the cruise of oil be diminished1 until the day wherein the ,lord will give rain upon the face of the earth4 #ag3ae4 ,she went1 and did according to the word of ,elias3 and he ate1 and she1 and her house3 and from that day #ag3af4 ,the pot of meal wasted not1 and the cruise of oil was not diminished according to the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke in the hand of ,elias4 #ag3ag4 ,and it came to pass after this1 that the son of the woman1 the mistress of the house1 fell sick1 and the sickness was very grievous1 so that there was no breath left in him4 #ag3ah4 ,and she said to ,elias3 ,what have ,i to do with thee1 thou man of ,god8 art thou come to me1 that my iniquities should be remembered1 and that thou shouldst kill my son8 #ag3aa4 ,and ,elias said to her3 ,give me thy son4 ,and he took him out of her bosom1 and carried him into the upper chamber where he abode1 and laid him upon his own bed4 #ag3bj4 ,and he cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 hast thou afflicted also the widow1 with whom ,i am after a sort maintained1 so as to kill her son8 #ag3ba4 ,and he stretched1 and measured himself upon the child three times1 and cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 let the soul of this child1 ,i beseech thee1 return into his body4 #ag3bb4 ,and the ,lord heard the voice of ,elias3 and the soul of the child returned into him1 and he revived4 #ag3bc4 ,and ,elias took the child1 and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below1 and delivered him to his mother1 and said to her3 ,behold thy son liveth4 #ag3bd4 ,and the woman said to ,elias3 ,now by this ,i know that thou art a man of ,god1 and the word of the ,lord in thy mouth is true4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ah ,elias cometh before ,achab4 ,he convinceth the false prophets by bringing fire from heaven3 he obtaineth rain by his prayer4 #ah3a4 ,after many days1 the word of the ,lord came to ,elias1 in the third year1 saying3 ,go1 and shew thyself to ,achab1 that ,i may give rain upon the face of the earth4 #ah3b4 ,and ,elias went to shew himself to ,achab1 and there was a grievous famine in ,samaria4 #ah3c4 ,and ,achab called ,abdias the governor of his house3 now ,abdias feared the ,lord very much4 #ah3d4 ,for when ,jezabel killed the prophets of the ,lord1 he took a hundred prophets1 and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves1 and fed them with bread and water4 #ah3e4 ,and ,achab said to ,abdias3 ,go into the land unto all fountains of waters1 and into all valleys1 to see if we can find grass1 and save the horses and mules1 that the beasts may not utterly perish4 #ah3f4 ,and they divided the countries between them1 that they might go round about them3 ,achab went one way1 and ,abdias another way by himself4 #ah3g4 ,and as ,abdias was in the way1 ,elias met him3 and he knew him1 and fell on his face1 and said3 ,art thou my lord ,elias8 #ah3h4 ,and he answered3 ,i am4 ,go1 and tell thy master3 ,elias is here4 #ah3i4 ,and he said3 ,what have ,i sinned1 that thou wouldst deliver me1 thy servant1 into the hand of ,achab1 that he should kill me8 #ah3aj4 ,as the ,lord thy ,god liveth1 there is no nation or kingdom1 whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee3 and when all answered3 ,he is not here3 he took an oath of every kingdom and nation1 because thou wast not found4 #ah3aa4 ,and now thou sayest to me3 ,go and tell thy master3 ,elias is here4 #ah3ab4 ,and when ,i am gone from thee1 the ,spirit of the ,lord will carry thee into a place that ,i know not3 and ,i shall go in and tell ,achab2 and he1 not finding thee1 will kill me3 but thy servant feareth the ,lord from his infancy4 #ah3ac4 ,hath it not been told thee1 my lord1 what ,i did when ,jezabel killed the prophets of the ,lord2 how ,i hid a hundred men of the prophets of the ,lord1 by fifty and fifty in caves1 and fed them with bread and water8 #ah3ad4 ,and now thou sayest3 ,go and tell thy master3 ,elias is here3 that he may kill me4 #ah3ae4 ,and ,elias said3 ,as the ,lord of hosts liveth1 before whose face ,i stand1 this day ,i will shew myself unto him4 #ah3af4 ,abdias therefore went to meet ,achab1 and told him3 and ,achab came to meet ,elias4 #ah3ag4 ,and when he had seen him1 he said3 ,art thou he that troublest ,israel8 #ah3ah4 ,and he said3 ,i have not troubled ,israel1 but thou and thy father's house1 who have forsaken the commandments of the ,lord1 and have followed ,baalim4 #ah3ai4 ,nevertheless send now1 and gather unto me all ,israel1 unto ,mount ,carmel1 and the prophets of ,baal four hundred and fifty1 and the prophets of the groves four hundred1 who eat at ,jezabel's table4 #ah3bj4 ,achab sent to all the children of ,israel1 and gathered together the prophets unto mount ,carmel4 #ah3ba4 ,and ,elias coming to all the people1 said3 ,how long do you halt between two sides8 ,if the ,lord be ,god1 follow him3 but if ,baal1 then follow him4 ,and the people did not answer him a word4 #ah3bb4 ,and ,elias said again to the people3 ,i only remain a prophet of the ,lord3 but the prophets of ,baal are four hundred and fifty men4 #ah3bc4 ,let two bullocks be given us1 and let them choose one bullock for themselves1 and cut it in pieces1 and lay it upon wood1 but put no fire under3 and ,i will dress the other bullock1 and lay it on wood1 and put no fire under it4 #ah3bd4 ,call ye on the names of your gods1 and ,i will call on the name of my ,lord3 and the ,god that shall answer by fire1 let him be ,god4 ,and all the people answering1 said3 ,a very good proposal4 #ah3be4 ,then ,elias said to the prophets of ,baal3 ,choose you one bullock and dress it first1 because you are many3 and call on the names of your gods2 but put no fire under4 #ah3bf4 ,and they took the bullock1 which he gave them1 and dressed it3 and they called on the name of ,baal from morning even until noon1 saying3 ,o ,baal1 hear us4 ,but there was no voice1 nor any that answered3 and they leaped over the altar that they had made4 #ah3bg4 ,and when it was now noon1 ,elias jested at them1 saying3 ,cry with a louder voice3 for he is a god2 and perhaps he is talking1 or is in an inn1 or on a journey2 or perhaps he is asleep1 and must be awaked4 #ah3bh4 ,so they cried with a loud voice1 and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets1 till they were all covered with blood4 #ah3bi4 ,and after midday was past1 and while they were prophesying1 the time was come of offering sacrifice1 and there was no voice heard1 nor did any one answer1 nor regard them as they prayed4 #ah3cj4 ,elias said to all the people3 ,come ye unto me4 ,and the people coming near unto him1 he repaired the altar of the ,lord1 that was broken down3 #ah3ca4 ,and he took twelve stones1 according to the number of the tribes of the sons of ,jacob to whom the word of the ,lord came1 saying3 ,israel shall be thy name4 #ah3cb4 ,and he built with the stones an altar to the name of the ,lord3 and he made a trench for water1 of the breadth of two furrows1 round about the altar4 #ah3cc4 ,and he laid the wood in order1 and cut the bullock in pieces1 and laid it upon the wood4 #ah3cd4 ,and he said3 ,fill four buckets with water1 and pour it upon the burnt offering1 and upon the wood4 ,and again he said3 ,do the same the second time4 ,and when they had done it the second time1 he said3 ,do the same also the third time4 ,and they did so the third time4 #ah3ce4 ,and the water run round about the altar1 and the trench was filled with water4 #ah3cf4 ,and when it was now time to offer the holocaust1 ,elias1 the prophet1 came near and said3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and ,israel1 shew this day that thou art the ,god of ,israel1 and ,i thy servant1 and that according to thy commandment ,i have done all these things4 #ah3cg4 ,dear me1 ,o ,lord1 hear me3 that this people may learn that thou art the ,lord ,god1 and that thou hast turned their heart again4 #ah3ch4 ,then the fire of the ,lord fell1 and consumed the holocaust1 and the wood1 and the stones1 and the dust1 and licked up the water that was in the trench4 #ah3ci4 ,and when all the people saw this1 they fell on their faces1 and they said3 ,the ,lord1 he is ,god2 the ,lord1 he is ,god4 #ah3dj4 ,and ,elias said to them3 ,take the prophets of ,baal1 and let not one of them escape4 ,and when they had taken them1 ,elias brought them down to the torrent ,cison1 and killed them there4 #ah3da4 ,and ,elias said to ,achab3 ,go up1 eat and drink3 for there is a sound of abundance of rain4 #ah3db4 ,achab went up to eat and drink3 and ,elias went up to the top of ,carmel1 and casting himself down upon the earth1 put his face between his knees1 #ah3dc4 ,and he said to his servant3 ,go up1 and look towards the sea4 ,and he went up1 and looked1 and said3 ,there is nothing4 ,and again he said to him3 ,return seven times4 #ah3dd4 ,and at the seventh time3 ,behold a little cloud arose out of the sea like a man's foot4 ,and he said3 ,go up1 and say to ,achab3 ,prepare thy chariot1 and go down1 lest the rain prevent thee4 #ah3de4 ,and while he turned himself this way and that way1 behold the heavens grew dark1 with clouds and wind1 and there fell a great rain4 ,and ,achab getting up1 went away to ,jezrahel3 #ah3df4 ,and the hand of the ,lord was upon ,elias1 and he girded up his loins1 and ran before ,achab1 till he came to ,jezrahel4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ai ,elias1 fleeing from ,jezabel1 is fed by an angel in the desert2 and by the strength of that food walketh forty days1 till he cometh to ,horeb1 where he hath a vision of ,god4 #ai3a4 ,and ,achab told ,jezabel all that ,elias had done1 and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword4 #ai3b4 ,and ,jezabel sent a messenger to ,elias1 saying3 ,such and such things may the gods do to me1 and add still more1 if by this hour to morrow ,i make not thy life as the life of one of them4 #ai3c4 ,then ,e,iias was afraid1 and rising up1 he went whithersoever he had a mind3 and he came to ,bersabee of ,juda1 and left his servant there1 #ai3d4 ,and he went forward1 one day's journey into the desert4 ,and when he was there1 and sat under a juniper tree1 he requested for his soul that he might die1 and said3 ,it is enough for me1 ,lord2 take away my soul3 for ,i am no better than my fathers4 ,that he might die4 4 4,elias requested to die1 not out of impatience or pusillanimity1 but out of zeal against sin2 and that he might no longer be witness of the miseries of his people2 and the war they were waging against ,god and his servants4 ,see ver4 #aj4 #ai3e4 ,and he cast himself down1 and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree3 and behold an angel of the ,lord touched him1 and said to him3 ,arise and eat4 #ai3f4 ,he looked1 and behold there was at his head a hearth cake1 and a vessel of water3 and he ate and drank1 and he fell asleep again4 #ai3g4 ,and the angel of the ,lord came again the second time1 and touched him1 and said to him3 ,arise1 eat3 for thou hast yet a great way to go4 #ai3h4 ,and he arose1 and ate and drank1 and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights1 unto the mount of ,god1 ,horeb4 ,in the strength of that food1 etc4 4 4,this bread1 with which ,elias was fed in the wilderness1 was a figure of the bread of life which we receive in the blessed sacrament2 by the strength of which we are to be supported in our journey through the wilderness of this world till we come to the true mountain of ,god1 and his vision in a happy eternity4 #ai3i4 ,and when he was come thither1 he abode in a cave4 and behold the word of the ,lord came unto him1 and he said to him3 ,what dost thou here1 ,elias8 #ai3aj4 ,and he answered3 ,with zeal have ,i been zealous for the ,lord ,god of hosts3 for the children of ,israel have forsaken thy covenant3 they have thrown down thy altars1 they have slain thy prophets with the sword1 and ,i alone am left1 and they seek my life to take it away4 ,i alone am left4 4 4,viz41 of the prophets in the kingdom of ,israel1 or of the ten tribes2 for in the kingdom of ,juda religion was at that time in a very flourishing condition under the kings ,asa and ,josaphat4 ,and even in ,israel there remained several prophets1 though not then known to ,elias4 ,see chap4 #bj4ac1 #bh1 #ce4 #ai3aa4 ,and he said to him3 ,go forth1 and stand upon the mount before the ,lord3 and behold the ,lord passeth1 and a great and strong wind before the ,lord1 overthrowing the mountains1 and breaking the rocks in pieces3 but the ,lord is not in the wind4 ,and after the wind1 an earthquake3 but the ,lord is not in the earthquake4 #ai3ab4 ,and after the earthquake1 a fire3 but the ,lord is not in the fire4 ,and after the fire1 a whistling of a gentle air4 #ai3ac4 ,and when ,elias heard it1 he covered his face with his mantle1 and coming forth1 stood in the entering in of the cave1 and behold a voice unto him1 saying3 ,what dost thou here1 ,elias8 ,and he answered3 #ai3ad4 ,with zeal have ,i been zealous for the ,lord ,god of hosts3 because the children of ,israel have forsaken thy covenant3 they have destroyed thy altars1 they have slain thy prophets with the sword2 and ,i alone am left1 and they seek my life to take it away4 #ai3ae4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go1 and return on thy way1 through the desert1 to ,damascus3 and when thou art come thither1 thou shalt anoint ,hazael to be king over ,syria2 #ai3af4 ,and thou shalt anoint ,jehu1 the son of ,namsi1 to be king over ,israel3 and ,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1 of ,abelmeula1 thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room4 #ai3ag4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that whosoever shall escape the sword of ,hazael1 shall be slain by ,jehu3 and whosoever shall escape the sword of ,jehu1 shall be slain by ,eliseus4 ,shall be slain by ,eliseus4 4 4,eliseus did not kill any of the idolaters with the material sword3 but he is here joined with ,hazael and ,jehu1 the great instruments of ,god in punishing the idolatry of ,israel1 because he foretold to the former his exaltation to the kingdom of ,syria1 and the vengeance he would execute against ,israel1 and anointed the latter by one of his disciples to be king of ,israel1 with commission to extirpate the house of ,achab4 #ai3ah4 ,and ,i will leave me seven thousand men in ,israel1 whose knees have not been bowed before ,baal1 and every mouth that hath not worshipped him1 kissing the hands4 #ai3ai4 ,and ,elias departing from thence1 found ,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1 ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen3 and he was one of them that were ploughing with1 twelve yoke of oxen3 and when ,elias came up to him1 he cast his mantle upon him4 #ai3bj4 ,and he forthwith left the oxen1 and run after ,elias1 and said3 ,let me1 ,i pray thee1 kiss my father and my mother1 and then ,i will follow thee4 ,and he said to him3 ,go1 and return back3 for that which was my part1 ,i have done to thee4 #ai3ba4 ,and returning back from him1 he took a yoke of oxen1 and killed them1 and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen1 and gave to the people1 and they ate3 and rising up1 he went away1 and followed ,elias1 and ministered to him4 #c ,kings ,chapter #bj ,the ,syrians besiege ,samaria3 they are twice defeated by ,achab3 who is reprehended by a prophet for letting ,benadad go4 #bj3a4 ,and ,benadad1 king of ,syria1 gathered together all his host1 and there were two and thirty kings with him1 and horses1 and chariots3 and going up1 he fought against ,samaria1 and besieged it4 #bj3b4 ,and sending messengers to ,achab1 king of ,israel1 into the city1 #bj3c4 ,he said3 ,thus saith ,benadad3 ,thy silver and thy gold is mine3 and thy wives and thy goodliest children are mine4 #bj3d4 ,and the king of ,israel answered3 ,according to thy word1 my lord1 ,o king1 ,i am thine1 and all that ,i have4 #bj3e4 ,and the messengers came again1 and said3 ,thus saith ,benadad1 who sent us unto thee3 ,thy silver and thy gold1 and thy wives and thy children1 thou shalt deliver up to me4 #bj3f4 ,to morrow1 therefore1 at this same hour1 ,i will send my servants to thee1 and they shall search thy house1 and the houses of thy servants3 and all that pleaseth them1 they shall put in their hands1 and take away4 #bj3g4 ,and the king of ,israel called all the ancients of the land1 and said3 ,mark1 and see that he layeth snares for us4 ,for he sent to me for my wives1 and for my children1 and for my silver and gold3 and ,i said not nay4 #bj3h4 ,and all the ancients1 and all the people said to him3 ,hearken not to him1 nor consent to him4 #bj3i4 ,wherefore he answered the messengers of ,benadad3 ,tell my lord1 the king3 ,all that thou didst send for to me1 thy servant at first1 ,i will do3 but this thing ,i cannot do4 #bj3aj4 ,and the messengers returning brought him word4 ,and he sent again1 and said3 ,such and such things may the gods do to me1 and more may they add1 if the dust of ,samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me4 #bj3aa4 ,and the king of ,israel answering1 said3 ,tell him3 ,let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded4 ,let not the girded1 etc4 4 4,let him not boast before the victory3 it will then be time to glory when he putteth off his armour1 having overcome his adversary4 #bj3ab4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,benadad heard this word1 that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions1 and he said to his servants3 ,beset the city4 ,and they beset it4 #bj3ac4 ,and behold a prophet coming to ,achab1 king of ,israel1 said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,hast thou seen all this exceeding great multitude8 behold ,i will deliver them into thy hand this day3 that thou mayst know that ,i am the ,lord4 #bj3ad4 ,and ,achab said3 ,by whom8 ,and he said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,by the servants of the princes of the provinces4 ,and he said3 ,who shall begin to fight8 ,and he said3 ,thou4 #bj3ae4 ,so he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces1 and he found the number of two hundred and thirty-two3 and he mustered after them the people1 all the children of ,israel1 seven thousand3 #bj3af4 ,and they went out at noon4 ,but ,benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion1 and the two and thirty kings with him1 who were come to help him4 #bj3ag4 ,and the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first4 ,and ,benadad sent4 ,and they told him1 saying3 ,there are men come out of ,samaria4 #bj3ah4 ,and he said3 ,whether they come for peace1 take them alive3 or whether they come to fight1 take them alive4 #bj3ai4 ,so the servants of the princes of the provinces went out1 and the rest of the army followed3 #bj3bj4 ,and every one slew the man that came against him3 and the ,syrians fled1 and ,israel pursued after them4 ,and ,benadad1 king of ,syria1 fled away on horseback with his horsemen4 #bj3ba4 ,but the king of ,israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots1 and slew the ,syrians with a great slaughter4 #bj3bb4 7,and a prophet coming to the king of ,israel1 said to him3 ,go1 and strengthen thyself1 and know1 and see what thou dost3 for the next year the king of ,syria will come up against thee47 #bj3bc4 ,but the servants of the king of ,syria said to him3 ,their gods are gods of the hills1 therefore they have overcome us3 but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains1 and we shall overcome them4 #bj3bd4 ,do thou1 therefore1 this thing3 ,remove all the kings from thy army1 and put captains in their stead3 #bj3be4 ,and make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine1 and horses1 according to the former horses1 and chariots1 according to the chariots which thou hadst before3 and we will fight against them in the plains1 and thou shalt see that we shall overcome them4 ,he believed their counsel1 and did so4 #bj3bf4 ,wherefore1 at the return of the year1 ,benadad mustered the ,syrians1 and went up to ,aphec1 to fight against ,israel4 #bj3bg4 ,and the children of ,israel were mustered1 and taking victuals1 went out on the other side1 and encamped over against them1 like two little flocks of goats3 but the ,syrians filled the land4 #bj3bh4 7,and a man of ,god coming1 said to the king of ,israel3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,because the ,syrians have said3 ,the ,lord is ,god of the hills1 but is not ,god of the valleys3 ,i will deliver all this great multitude into thy hand1 and you shall know that ,i am the ,lord47 #bj3bi4 ,and both sides set their armies in array one against the other seven days1 and on the seventh day the battle was fought3 and the children of ,israel slew1 of the ,syrians1 a hundred thousand footmen in one day4 #bj3cj4 ,and they that remained fled to ,aphec1 into the city3 and the wall fell upon seven and twenty thousand men1 that were left4 ,and ,benadad fleeing1 went into the city1 into a chamber that was within a chamber4 #bj3ca4 ,and his servants said to him3 ,behold1 we have heard that the kings of the house of ,israel are merciful2 so let us put sackcloths on our loins1 and ropes on our heads1 and go out to the king of ,israel3 perhaps he will save our lives4 #bj3cb4 ,so they girded sackcloths on their loins1 and put ropes on their heads1 and came to the king of ,israel1 and said to him3 ,thy servant1 ,benadad1 saith3 ,i beseech thee let me have my life4 ,and he said3 ,if he be yet alive1 he is my brother4 #bj3cc4 ,the men took this for good luck3 and in haste caught the word out of his mouth1 and said3 ,thy brother ,benadad4 ,and he said to them3 ,go1 and bring him to me4 ,then ,benadad came out to him1 and he lifted him up into his chariot4 #bj3cd4 ,and he said to him3 ,the cities which my father took from thy father1 ,i will restore3 and do thou make thee streets in ,damascus1 as my father made in ,samaria and having made a league1 ,i will depart from thee4 ,so he made a league with him1 and let him go4 #bj3ce4 ,then a certain man of the sons of the prophets1 said to his companion1 in the word of the ,lord3 ,strike me4 ,but he would not strike4 #bj3cf4 ,then he said to him3 ,because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the ,lord1 behold thou shalt depart from me1 and a lion shall slay thee4 ,and when he was gone a little from him1 a lion found him1 and slew him4 #bj3cg4 ,then he found another man1 and said to him3 ,strike me4 ,and he struck him and wounded him4 #bj3ch4 ,so the prophet went1 and met the king in the way1 and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes4 #bj3ci4 ,and as the king passed by1 he cried to the king1 and said3 ,thy servant went out to fight hand to hand3 and when a certain man was run away1 one brought him to me1 and said3 ,keep this man3 and if he shall slip away1 thy life shall be for his life1 or thou shalt pay a talent of silver4 #bj3dj4 ,and whilst ,i1 in the hurry1 turned this way and that1 on a sudden he was not to be seen4 ,and the king of ,israel said to him3 ,this is thy judgment1 which thyself hast decreed4 #bj3da4 ,but he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face1 and the king of ,israel knew him1 that he was one of the prophets4 #bj3db4 ,and he said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord4 ,because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death1 thy life shall be for his life1 and thy people for his people4 #bj3dc4 ,and the king of ,israel returned to his house1 slighting to hear1 and raging came into ,samaria4 #c ,kings ,chapter #ba ,naboth1 for denying his vineyard to king ,achab1 is by ,jezabel's commandment1 falsely accused and stoned to death4 ,for which crime ,elias denounceth to ,achab the judgments of ,god3 upon his humbling himself the sentence is mitigated4 #ba3a4 ,and after these things1 ,naboth the ,jezrahelite1 who was in ,jezrahel1 had at that time a vineyard1 near the palace of ,achab1 king of ,samaria4 #ba3b4 ,and ,achab spoke to ,naboth1 saying3 ,give me thy vineyard1 that ,i may make me a garden of herbs1 because it is nigh1 and adjoining to my house2 and ,i will give thee for it a better vineyard3 or if thou think it more convenient for thee1 ,i will give thee the worth of it in money4 #ba3c4 ,naboth answered him3 ,the ,lord be merciful to me1 and not let me give thee the inheritance of my fathers4 #ba3d4 ,and ,achab came into his house angry and fretting1 because of the word that ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite1 had spoken to him1 saying3 ,i will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers4 ,and casting himself upon his bed1 he turned away his face to the wall1 and would eat no bread4 #ba3e4 ,and ,jezabel1 his wife1 went in to him1 and said to him3 ,what is the matter that thy soul is so grieved8 and why eatest thou no bread8 #ba3f4 ,and he answered her3 ,i spoke to ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite1 and said to him3 ,give me thy vineyard1 and take money for it3 or if it please thee1 ,i will give thee a better vineyard for it4 ,and he said3 ,i will not give thee my vineyard4 #ba3g4 ,then ,jezabel1 his wife1 said to him4 ,thou art of great authority indeed1 and governest well the kingdom of ,israel4 ,arise1 and eat bread1 and be of good cheer2 ,i will give thee the vineyard of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite4 #ba3h4 ,so she wrote letters in ,achab's name1 and sealed them with his ring1 and sent them to the ancients1 and the chief men that were in his city1 and that dwelt with ,naboth4 #ba3i4 ,and this was the tenor of the letters3 ,proclaim a fast1 and make ,naboth sit among the chief of the people2 #ba3aj4 ,and suborn two men1 sons of ,belial1 against him4 and let them bear false witness2 that he hath blasphemed ,god and the king3 and then carry him out1 and stone him1 and so let him die4 #ba3aa4 ,and the men of his city1 the ancients and nobles1 that dwelt with him in the city1 did as ,jezabel had commanded them1 and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them2 #ba3ab4 ,they proclaimed a fast1 and made ,naboth sit among the chief of the people4 #ba3ac4 ,and bringing two men1 sons of the devil1 they made them sit against him3 and they1 like men of the devil1 bore witness against him before the people3 saying3 ,naboth hath blasphemed ,god and the king4 ,wherefore they brought him forth without the city1 and stoned him to death4 #ba3ad4 ,and they sent to ,jezabel1 saying3 ,naboth is stoned1 and is dead4 #ba3ae4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,jezabel heard that ,naboth was stoned1 and dead1 that she said to ,achab3 ,arise1 and take possession of the vineyard of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite1 who would not agree with thee1 and give it thee for money3 for ,naboth is not alive1 but dead4 #ba3af4 ,and when ,achab heard this1 to wit1 that ,naboth was dead1 he arose1 and went down into the vineyard of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite1 to take possession of it4 #ba3ag4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,elias1 the ,thesbite1 saying3 #ba3ah4 ,arise1 and go down to meet ,achab1 king of ,israel1 who is in ,samaria3 behold he is going down to the vineyard of ,naboth1 to take possession of it3 #ba3ai4 ,and thou shalt speak to him1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,thou hast slain3 moreover also thou hast taken possession4 ,and after these words thou shalt add3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,in this place1 wherein the dogs have licked the blood of ,naboth1 they shall lick thy blood also4 #ba3bj4 ,and ,achab said to ,elias3 ,hast thou found me thy enemy8 ,he said3 ,i have found thee because thou art sold1 to do evil in the sight of the ,lord4 ,sold1 to do evil in the sight1 etc4 4 4,that is1 so addicted to evil1 as if thou hadst sold thyself to the devil1 to be his slave to work all kinds of evil4 #ba3ba4 ,behold ,i will bring evil upon thee1 and ,i will cut down thy posterity1 and ,i will kill of ,achab him that pisseth against the wall1 and him that is shut up1 and the last in ,israel4 #ba3bb4 ,and ,i will make thy house like the house of ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 and like the house of ,baasa the son of ,ahias3 for what thou hast done to provoke me to anger1 and for making ,israel to sin4 #ba3bc4 ,and of ,jezabel also1 the ,lord spoke1 saying3 ,the dogs shall eat ,jezabel in the field of ,jezrahel4 #ba3bd4 ,if ,achab die in the city1 the dogs shall eat him3 but if he die in the field1 the birds of the air shall eat him4 #ba3be4 ,now1 there was not such another as ,achab1 who was sold to do evil in the sight of the ,lord3 for his wife1 ,jezabel1 set him on1 #ba3bf4 ,and he became abominable1 insomuch that he followed the idols which the ,amorrhites had made1 whom the ,lord destroyed before the face of the children of ,israel4 #ba3bg4 ,and when ,achab had heard these words1 he rent his garments1 and put haircloth upon his flesh1 and fasted1 and slept in sackcloth1 and walked with his head cast down4 #ba3bh4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,elias1 the ,thesbite1 saying3 #ba3bi4 ,hast thou not seen ,achab humbled before me8 therefore1 because he hath humbled himself1 for my sake1 ,i will not bring the evil in his days1 but in his son's days will ,i bring the evil upon his house4 #c ,kings ,chapter #bb ,achab believing his false prophets1 rather than ,micheas1 is slain in ,ramoth ,galaad4 ,ochozias succeedeth him4 ,good king ,josaphat dieth1 and his son ,joram succeedeth him4 #bb3a4 ,and there passed three years without war between ,syria and ,israel4 #bb3b4 ,and in the third year1 ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 came down to the king of ,israel4 #bb3c4 7,and the king of ,israel said to his servants3 ,know ye not that ,ramoth ,galaad is ours1 and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of ,syria87 #bb3d4 ,and he said to ,josaphat3 ,wilt thou come with me to battle to ,ramoth ,galaad8 #bb3e4 ,and ,josaphat said to the king of ,israel3 ,as ,i am1 so art thou3 my people and thy people are one3 and my horsemen are thy horsemen4 ,and ,josaphat said to the king of ,israel3 ,inquire1 ,i beseech thee1 this day the word of the ,lord4 #bb3f4 ,then the king of ,israel assembled the prophets1 about four hundred men1 and he said to them3 ,shall ,i go to ,ramoth ,galaad to fight1 or shall ,i forbear8 ,they answered3 ,go up1 and the ,lord will deliver it into the hand of the king4 #bb3g4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,is there not here some prophet of the ,lord1 that we may inquire by him8 #bb3h4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat4 ,there is one man left1 by whom we may inquire of the ,lord2 ,micheas1 the son of ,jemla3 but ,i hate him1 for he doth not prophecy good to me1 but evil4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,speak not so1 ,o king4 #bb3i4 ,then the king of ,israel called an eunuch1 and said to him3 ,make haste1 and bring hither ,micheas1 the son of ,jemla4 #bb3aj4 ,and the king of ,israel1 and ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 sat each on his throne1 clothed with royal robes1 in a court1 by the entrance of the gate of ,samaria1 and all the prophets prophesied before them4 #bb3aa4 ,and ,sedecias1 the son of ,chanaana1 made himself horns of iron1 and said3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,with these shalt thou push ,syria1 till thou destroy it4 #bb3ab4 ,and all the prophets prophesied in like manner1 saying3 ,go up to ,ramoth ,galaad1 and prosper1 for the ,lord will deliver it into the king's hands4 #bb3ac4 ,and the messenger that went to call ,micheas1 spoke to him1 saying3 ,behold the words of the prophets with one mouth declare good things to the king3 let thy word1 therefore1 be like to theirs1 and speak that which is good4 #bb3ad4 ,but ,micheas said to him3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 whatsoever the ,lord shall say to me1 that will ,i speak4 #bb3ae4 ,so he came to the king1 and the king said to him3 ,micheas1 shall we go to ,ramoth ,galaad to battle1 or shall we forbear8 ,he answered him3 ,go up1 and prosper1 and the ,lord shall deliver it into the king's hands4 ,go up1 etc4 4 4,this was spoken ironically1 and by way of jesting at the flattering speeches of the false prophets3 and so the king understood it1 as appears by his adjuring ,micheas1 in the following verse1 to tell him the truth in the name of the ,lord4 #bb3af4 ,but the king said to him3 ,i adjure thee again and again1 that thou tell me nothing but that which is true1 in the name of the ,lord4 #bb3ag4 ,and he said3 ,i saw all ,israel scattered upon the hills1 like sheep that have no shepherd2 and the ,lord said3 ,these have no master3 let every man of them return to his house in peace4 #bb3ah4 7,then the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat3 ,did ,i not tell thee1 that he prophesieth no good to me1 but always evil87 #bb3ai4 ,and he added and said3 ,hear thou1 therefore1 the word of the ,lord3 ,i saw the ,lord sitting on his throne1 and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left3 #bb3bj4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,who shall deceive ,achab1 king of ,israel1 that he may go up1 and fall at ,ramoth ,galaad8 ,and one spoke words of this manner1 and another otherwise4 ,the ,lord said1 etc4 4 4,god standeth not in need of any counsellor2 nor are we to suppose that things pass in heaven in the manner here described3 but this representation was made to the prophet1 to be delivered by him in a manner adapted to the common ways and notions of men4 #bb3ba4 ,and there came forth a spirit1 and stood before the ,lord1 and said3 ,i will deceive him4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,by what means8 #bb3bb4 ,and he said3 ,i will go forth1 and be a lying spirit1 in the mouth of all his prophets4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,thou shalt deceive him1 and shalt prevail3 go forth1 and do so4 ,go forth1 and do so4 4 4,this was not a command1 but a permission3 for ,god never ordaineth lies2 though he often permitteth the lying spirit to deceive those who love not the truth4 #b ,thess4 #b4aj4 ,and in this sense it is said in the following verse1 ,the ,lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets4 #bb3bc4 ,now1 therefore1 behold the ,lord hath given a lying spirit in the mouth of all thy prophets that are here1 and the ,lord hath spoken evil against thee4 #bb3bd4 ,and ,sedecias1 the son of ,chanaana1 came1 and struck ,micheas on the cheek1 and said3 ,hath then the spirit of the ,lord left me1 and spoken to thee8 #bb3be4 ,and ,micheas said3 ,thou shalt see in the day when thou shalt go into a chamber within a chamber to hide thyself4 ,go into a chamber1 etc4 4 4,this happened when he heard the king was slain1 and justly apprehended that he should be punished for his false prophecy4 #bb3bf4 ,and the king of ,israel said3 ,take ,micheas and let him abide with ,amon1 the governor of the city1 and with ,joas1 the son of ,amalech2 #bb3bg4 ,and tell them3 ,thus saith the king3 ,put this man in prison1 and feed him with bread of affliction1 and water of distress till ,i return in peace4 #bb3bh4 ,and ,micheas said3 ,if thou return in peace1 the ,lord hath not spoken by me4 ,and he said3 ,hear1 all ye people4 #bb3bi4 ,so the king of ,israel1 and ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 went up to ,ramoth-,galaad4 #bb3cj4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat3 ,take thy armour1 and go into the battle1 and put on thy own garments4 ,but the king of ,israel changed his dress1 and went into the battle4 #bb3ca4 ,and the king of ,syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots1 saying3 ,you shall not fight against any1 small or great1 but against the king of ,israel only4 #bb3cb4 ,so when the captains of the chariots saw ,josaphat1 they suspected that he was the king of ,israel1 and making a violent assault1 they fought against him3 and ,josaphat cried out4 #bb3cc4 ,and the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of ,israel1 and they turned away from him4 #bb3cd4 ,and a certain man bent his bow1 shooting at a venture1 and chanced to strike the king of ,israel1 between the lungs and the stomach4 ,but he said to the driver of his chariot3 ,turn thy hand1 and carry me out of the army1 for ,i am grievously wounded4 #bb3ce4 ,and the battle was fought that day1 and the king of ,israel stood in his chariot against the ,syrians1 and he died in the evening3 and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot4 #bb3cf4 ,and the herald proclaimed through all the army1 before the sun set1 saying3 ,let every man return to his own city1 and to his own country4 #bb3cg4 ,and the king died1 and was carried into ,samaria3 and they buried the king in ,samaria4 #bb3ch4 ,and they washed his chariot in the pool of ,samaria and the dogs licked up his blood1 and they washed the reins according to the word of the ,lord which he had spoken4 #bb3ci4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,achab1 and all that he did1 and the house of ivory that he made1 and all the cities that he built1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #bb3dj4 ,so ,achab slept with his fathers2 and ,ochozias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #bb3da4 ,but ,josaphat1 the son of ,asa1 began to reign over ,juda1 in the fourth year of ,acbab1 king of ,israel4 #bb3db4 ,he was five and thirty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned five and twenty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,azuba1 the daughter of ,salai4 #bb3dc4 ,and he walked in all the way of ,asa1 his father1 and he declined not from it3 and he did that which was right in the sight of the ,lord4 #bb3dd4 ,nevertheless1 he took not away the high places for as yet the people offered sacrifice1 and burnt incense in the high places4 ,he took not away1 etc4 4 4,he left some of the high places1 viz41 those in which they worshipped the true ,god3 but took away all others1 #b ,par4 #ag4f1 and note ver4 #ad of chap4 #ae4 #c ,kings4 #bb3de4 ,and ,josaphat had peace with the king of ,israel4 #bb3df4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,josaphat1 and his works which he did1 and his battles1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #bb3dg4 ,and the remnant also of the effeminate1 who remained in the days of ,asa1 his father1 he took out of the land4 #bb3dh4 ,and there was then no king appointed in ,edom4 #bb3di4 ,but king ,josaphat made navies on the sea1 to sail into ,ophir for gold3 but they could not go1 for the ships were broken in ,asiongaber4 #bb3ej4 ,then ,ochozias1 the son of ,achab1 said to ,josaphat3 ,let my servants go with thy servants in the ships4 ,and ,josaphat would not4 ,would not4 4 4,he had been reprehended before for admitting such a partner3 and therefore would have no more to do with him4 #bb3ea4 ,and ,josaphat slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david1 his father3 and ,joram1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #bb3eb4 ,and ,ochozias1 the son of ,achab1 began to reign over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 in the seventeenth year of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 and he reigned over ,israel two years4 #bb3ec4 ,and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 and walked in the way of his father and his mother1 and in the way of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4 #bb3ed4 ,he served also ,baal1 and worshipped him1 and provoked the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 according to all that his father had done4 ,,the ,,fourth ,,book ,,of ,,kings #d ,kings ,chapter #a ,ochozias sendeth to consult ,beelzebub3 ,elias foretelleth his death3 and causeth fire to come down from heaven1 upon two captains and their companies4 #a3a4 ,and ,moab rebelled against ,israel1 after the death of ,achab4 #a3b4 ,and ,ochozias fell through the lattices of his upper chamber1 which he had in ,samaria1 and was sick3 and he sent messengers1 saying to them3 ,go1 consult ,beelzebub1 the god of ,accaron1 whether ,i shall recover of this my illness4 #a3c4 ,and an angel of the ,lord spoke to ,elias1 the ,thesbite1 saying3 ,arise1 and go up to meet the messengers of the king of ,samaria1 and say to them3 ,is there not a ,god in ,israel1 that ye go to consult ,beelzebub1 the god of ,accaron8 #a3d4 ,wherefore1 thus saith the ,lord3 ,from the bed1 on which thou art gone up1 thou shalt not come down1 but thou shalt surely die4 ,and ,elias went away4 #a3e4 ,and the messengers turned back to ,ochozias4 ,and he said to them3 ,why are you come back8 #a3f4 ,but they answered him3 ,a man met us1 and said to us3 ,go1 and return to the king1 that sent you1 and you shall say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,is it because there was no ,god in ,israel1 that thou sendest to ,beelzebub1 the god of ,accaron8 ,therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed1 on which thou art gone up1 but thou shalt surely die4 #a3g4 ,and he said to them3 ,what manner of man was he who met you1 and spoke these words8 #a3h4 ,but they said3 ,a hairy man1 with a girdle of leather about his loins4 ,and he said3 ,it is ,elias1 the ,thesbite4 #a3i4 ,and he sent to him a captain of fifty1 and the fifty men that were under him4 ,and he went up to him1 and as he was sitting on the top of a hill1 he said to him3 ,man of ,god1 the king hath commanded that thou come down4 #a3aj4 ,and ,elias answering1 said to the captain of fifty3 ,if ,i be a man of ,god1 let fire come down from heaven and consume thee1 and thy fifty4 ,and there came down fire from heaven and consumed him1 and the fifty that were with him4 ,let fire1 etc4 4 4,elias was inspired to call for fire from heaven upon these captains1 who came to apprehend him2 not out of a desire to gratify any private passion2 but to punish the insult offered to religion1 to confirm his mission1 and to shew how vain are the efforts of men against ,god1 and his servants1 whom he willeth to protect4 #a3aa4 ,and he again sent to him another captain of fifty men1 and his fifty with him4 ,and he said to him3 ,man of ,god3 ,thus saith the king3 ,make haste and come down4 #a3ab4 ,elias answering1 said3 ,if ,i be a man of ,god1 let fire come down from heaven1 and consume thee1 and thy fifty4 ,and fire came down from heaven1 and consumed him and his fifty4 #a3ac4 ,again he sent a third captain of fifty men1 and the fifty that were with him4 ,and when he was come1 he fell upon his knees before ,elias1 and besought him1 and said3 ,man of ,god1 despise not my life1 and the lives of thy servants that are with me4 #a3ad4 ,behold fire came down from heaven1 and consumed the two first captains of fifty men1 and the fifties that were with them3 but now ,i beseech thee to spare my life4 #a3ae4 ,and the angel of the ,lord spoke to ,elias1 saying3 ,go down with him1 fear not4 ,he arose therefore1 and went down with him to the king1 #a3af4 ,and said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,because thou hast sent messengers to consult ,beelzebub1 the god of ,accaron1 as though there were not a ,god in ,israel1 of whom thou mightest inquire the word2 therefore1 from the bed on which thou art gone up1 thou shalt not come down1 but thou shalt surely die4 #a3ag4 ,so he died1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which ,elias spoke2 and ,joram1 his brother1 reigned in his stead1 in the second year of ,joram1 the son of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 because he had no son4 ,the second year of ,joram1 etc4 4 4,counted from the time that he was associated to the throne by his father ,josaphat4 #a3ah4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,ochozias1 which he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #d ,kings ,chapter #b ,eliseus will not part from ,elias4 ,the water of the ,jordan is divided by ,elias' cloak4 ,elias is taken up in a fiery chariot1 and his double spirit is given to ,eliseus4 ,eliseus healeth the waters by casting in salt4 ,boys are torn by bears for mocking ,eliseus4 #b3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when the ,lord would take up ,elias1 into heaven1 by a whirlwind1 that ,elias and ,eliseus were going from ,galgal4 ,heaven4 4 4,by heaven here is meant the air1 the lowest of the heavenly regions4 #b3b4 ,and ,elias said to ,eliseus3 ,stay thou here1 because the ,lord hath sent me as far as ,bethel4 ,and ,eliseus said to him3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 ,i will not leave thee4 ,and when they were come down to ,bethel1 #b3c4 ,the sons of the prophets1 that were at ,bethel1 came forth to ,eliseus1 and said to him3 ,dost thou know that1 this day1 the ,lord will take away thy master from thee8 ,and he answered3 ,i also know it3 hold your peace4 ,the sons of the prophets4 4 4,that is1 the disciples of the prophets2 who seem to have had their schools1 like colleges or communities1 in ,bethel1 ,jericho1 and other places in the days of ,elias and ,eliseus4 #b3d4 ,and ,elias said to ,eliseus3 ,stay here1 because the ,lord hath sent me to ,jericho4 ,and he said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 ,i will not leave thee4 ,and when they were come to ,jericho1 #b3e4 ,the sons of the prophets1 that were at ,jericho1 came to ,eliseus1 and said to him3 ,dost thou know that1 this day1 the ,lord will take away thy master from thee8 ,and he said3 ,i also know it3 hold your peace4 #b3f4 ,and ,elias said to him3 ,stay here1 because the ,lord hath sent me as far as the ,jordan4 ,and he said3 as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 ,i will not leave thee4 ,and they two went on together4 #b3g4 ,and fifty men1 of the sons of the prophets1 followed them1 and stood in sight1 at a distance3 but they two stood by the ,jordan4 #b3h4 ,and ,elias took his mantle1 and folded it together1 and struck the waters1 and they were divided hither and thither1 and they both passed over on dry ground4 #b3i4 ,and when they were gone over1 ,elias said to ,eliseus3 ,ask what thou wilt have me to do for thee1 before ,i be taken away from thee4 ,and ,eliseus said3 ,i beseech thee1 that in me may be thy double spirit4 ,double spirit4 4 4,a double portion of thy spirit1 as the eldest son and heir3 or thy spirit which is double in comparison of that which ,god usually imparteth to his prophets4 #b3aj4 ,and he answered3 ,thou hast asked a hard thing2 nevertheless1 if thou see me when ,i am taken from thee1 thou shalt have what thou hast asked3 but if thou see me not1 thou shalt not have it4 #b3aa4 ,and as they went on1 walking and talking together1 behold1 a fiery chariot and fiery horses parted them both asunder3 and ,elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven4 #b3ab4 ,and ,eliseus saw him1 and cried3 ,my father1 my father1 the chariot of ,israel1 and the driver thereof4 ,and he saw him no more3 and he took hold of his own garments1 and rent them in two pieces4 #b3ac4 ,and he took up the mantle of ,elias1 that fell from him3 and going back1 he stood on the bank of the ,jordan2 #b3ad4 ,and he struck the waters with the mantle of ,elias1 that had fallen from him1 and they were not divided4 ,and he said3 ,where is now the ,god of ,elias8 ,and he struck the waters1 and they were divided hither and thither1 and ,eliseus passed over4 #b3ae4 ,and the sons of the prophets1 at ,jericho1 who were over against him1 seeing it1 said3 ,the spirit of ,elias hath rested upon ,eliseus4 ,and coming to meet him1 they worshipped him1 falling to the ground4 ,they worshipped him4 4 4viz41 with an inferior1 yet religious veneration1 not for any temporal1 but spiritual excellency4 #b3af4 ,and they said to him3 ,behold1 there are with thy servants1 fifty strong men1 that can go1 and seek thy master1 lest1 perhaps1 the spirit of the ,lord1 hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain1 or into some valley4 ,and he said3 ,do not send4 #b3ag4 ,but they pressed him1 till he consented1 and said3 ,send4 ,and they sent fifty men3 and they sought three days1 but found him not4 #b3ah4 ,and they came back to him3 for he abode at ,jericho1 and he said to them3 ,did ,i not say to you8 ,do not send4 #b3ai4 ,and the men of the city1 said to ,eliseus 4 ,behold the situation of this city is very good1 as thou1 my lord1 seest3 but the waters are very bad1 and the ground barren4 #b3bj4 ,and he said3 ,bring me a new vessel1 and put salt into it4 ,and when they had brought it1 #b3ba4 ,he went out to the spring of the waters1 and cast the salt into it1 and said3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i have healed these waters1 and there shall be no more in them death or barrenness4 #b3bb4 ,and the waters were healed unto this day1 according to the word of ,eliseus1 which he spoke4 #b3bc4 ,and he went up from thence to ,bethel3 and as he was going up by the way1 little boys came out of the city and mocked him1 saying3 ,go up1 thou bald head1 go up1 thou bald head4 #b3bd4 ,and looking back1 he saw them1 and cursed them in the name of the ,lord3 and there came forth two bears out of the forest1 and tore of them1 two and forty boys4 ,cursed them4 4 4,this curse1 which was followed by so visible a judgment of ,god1 was not the effect of passion1 or of a desire of revenging himself2 but of zeal for religion1 which was insulted by these boys1 in the person of the prophet2 and of a divine inspiration3 ,god punishing in this manner the inhabitants of ,bethel1 7the chief seat of the calf worship17 who had trained up their children in a prejudice against the true religion and its ministers4 #b3be4 ,and from thence he went to mount ,carmel1 and from thence he returned to ,samaria4 #d ,kings ,chapter #c ,the kings of ,israel1 ,juda1 and ,edom1 fight against the king of ,moab4 ,they want water1 which ,eliseus procureth without rain3 and prophesieth victory4 ,the king of ,moab is overthrown1 his city is besieged3 he sacrificeth his firstborn son3 so the ,israelites raise the siege4 #c3a4 ,and ,joram the son of ,achab1 reigned over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 in the eighteenth year of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda4 ,and he reigned twelve years4 #c3b4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 but not like his father and his mother3 for he took away the statues of ,baal1 which his father had made4 #c3c4 ,nevertheless1 he stuck to the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 nor did he depart from them4 #c3d4 ,now ,mesa1 king of ,moab1 nourished many sheep1 and he paid to the king of ,israel a hundred thousand lambs1 and a hundred thousand rams1 with their fleeces4 #c3e4 ,and when ,achab was dead1 he broke the league which he had made with the king of ,israel4 #c3f4 ,and king ,joram went out that day from ,samaria1 and mustered all ,israel4 #c3g4 ,and he sent to ,josaphat2 king of ,juda1 saying3 ,the king of ,moab is revolted from me3 come with me against him to battle4 ,and he answered3 ,i will come up3 he that is mine1 is thine3 my people are thy people3 and my horses1 thy horses4 #c3h4 ,and he said3 ,which way shall we go up8 ,but he answered3 ,by the desert of ,edom4 #c3i4 ,so the king of ,israel1 and the king of ,juda1 and the king of ,edom1 went1 and they fetched a compass of seven days journey1 and there was no water for the army1 and for the beasts1 that followed them4 #c3aj4 ,and the king of ,israel said3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1 the ,lord hath gathered us three kings together1 to deliver us into the hands of ,moab4 #c3aa4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,is there not here a prophet of the ,lord1 that we may beseech the ,lord by him8 ,and one of the servants of the king of ,israel answered3 ,here is ,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1 who poured water on the hands of ,elias4 #c3ab4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,the word of the ,lord is with him4 ,and the king of ,israel1 and ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 and the king of ,edom1 went down to him4 #c3ac4 ,and ,eliseus said to the king of ,israel3 ,what have ,i to do with thee8 go to the prophets of thy father1 and thy mother4 ,and the king of ,israel said to him3 ,why hath the ,lord gathered together these three kings1 to deliver them into the hands of ,moab8 #c3ad4 ,and ,eliseus said to him3 ,as the ,lord of hosts liveth1 in whose sight ,i stand1 if ,i did not reverence the face of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 ,i would not have hearkened to thee1 nor looked on thee4 #c3ae4 ,but now bring me hither a minstrel4 ,and when the minstrel played1 the hand of the ,lord came upon him1 and he said3 #c3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,make the channel of this torrent full of ditches4 #c3ag4 ,for thus saith the ,lord3 ,you shall not see wind1 nor rain3 and yet this channel shall be filled with waters1 and you shall drink1 you and your families1 and your beasts4 #c3ah4 ,and this is a small thing in the sight of the ,lord3 moreover1 he will deliver1 also1 ,moab into your hands4 #c3ai4 ,and you shall destroy every fenced city1 and every choice city1 and shall cut down every fruitful tree1 and shall stop up all the springs of waters1 and every goodly field you shall cover with stones4 #c3bj4 ,and it came to pass1 in the morning1 when the sacrifices used to be offered1 that behold1 water came by the way of ,edom1 and the country was filled with water4 #c3ba4 ,and all the ,moabites hearing that the kings were come up to fight against them1 gathered together all that were girded with a belt upon them1 and stood in the borders4 #c3bb4 ,and they rose early in the morning1 and the sun being now up1 and shining upon the waters1 the ,moabites saw the waters over against them red1 like blood1 #c3bc4 ,and they said3 ,it is the blood of the sword3 the kings have fought among themselves1 and they have killed one another3 go now1 ,moab1 to the spoils4 #c3bd4 ,and they went into the camp of ,israel3 but ,israel rising up1 defeated ,moab1 who fled before them4 ,and they being conquerors1 went and smote ,moab4 #c3be4 ,and they destroyed the cities3 ,and they filled every goodly field1 every man casting his stone3 and they stopt up all the springs of waters3 and cut down all the trees that bore fruit1 so that brick walls only remained3 and the city was beset by the slingers1 and a great part thereof destroyed4 ,brick walls only remained4 4 4,it was the proper name of the capital city of the ,moabites4 ,in ,hebrew1 ,kir-,haraseth4 #c3bf4 ,and when the king of ,moab saw this1 to wit1 that the enemies had prevailed1 he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword1 to break in upon the king of ,edom3 but they could not4 #c3bg4 ,then he took his eldest son1 that should have reigned in his stead1 and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall3 and there was great indignation in ,israel1 and presently they departed from him1 and returned into their own country4 #d ,kings ,chapter #d ,miracles of ,eliseus4 ,he raiseth a dead child to life4 #d3a4 ,now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets1 cried to ,eliseus1 saying3 ,thy servant1 my husband1 is dead1 and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared ,god1 and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him4 #d3b4 ,and ,eliseus said to her3 ,what wilt thou have me do for thee8 ,tell me1 what hast thou in thy house8 ,and she answered3 ,i1 thy handmaid1 have nothing in my house but a little oil1 to anoint me4 #d3c4 ,and he said to her3 ,go1 borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels1 not a few4 #d3d4 ,and go in1 and shut thy door1 when thou art within1 and thy sons3 and pour out thereof into all those vessels3 and when they are full1 take them away4 #d3e4 ,so the woman went1 and shut the door upon her1 and upon her sons3 they brought her the vessels1 and she poured in4 #d3f4 ,and when the vessels were full1 she said to her son3 ,bring me yet a vessel4 ,and he answered3 ,i have no more4 ,and the oil stood4 #d3g4 ,and she came1 and told the man of ,god4 ,and he said3 ,go1 sell the oil1 and pay thy creditor3 and thou and thy sons live of the rest4 #d3h4 ,and there was a day when ,eliseus passed by ,sunam3 now there was a great woman there1 who detained him to eat bread3 and as he passed often that way1 he turned into her house to eat bread4 #d3i4 ,and she said to her husband3 ,i perceive that this is a holy man of ,god1 who often passeth by us4 #d3aj4 ,let us1 therefore1 make him a little chamber1 and put a little bed in it for him1 and a table1 and a stool1 and a candlestick1 that when he cometh to us he may abide there4 #d3aa4 ,now1 there was a certain day1 when he came1 and turned into the chamber1 and rested there4 #d3ab4 ,and he said to ,giezi1 his servant3 ,call this ,sunamitess4 ,and when he had called her1 and she stood before him1 #d3ac4 ,he said to his servant3 ,say to her3 ,behold1 thou hast diligently served us in all things2 what wilt thou have me to do for thee8 ,hast thou any business1 and wilt thou1 that ,i speak to the king1 or to the general of the army8 ,and she answered3 ,i dwell in the midst of my own people4 #d3ad4 ,and he said3 ,what will she then that ,i do for her8 ,and ,giezi said3 ,do not ask1 for she hath no son1 and her husband is old4 #d3ae4 ,then he bid him call her4 ,and when she was called1 and stood before the door1 #d3af4 ,he said to her3 ,at this time1 and this same hour1 if life be in company1 thou shalt have a son in thy womb4 ,but she answered3 ,do not1 ,i beseech thee1 my lord1 thou man of ,god1 do not lie to thy handmaid4 #d3ag4 ,and the woman conceived1 and brought forth a son in the time1 and at the same hour that ,eliseus had said4 #d3ah4 ,and the child grew4 ,and on a certain day1 when he went out to his father to the reapers1 #d3ai4 ,he said to his father3 ,my head acheth1 my head acheth4 ,but he said to his servant4 ,take him1 and carry him to his mother4 #d3bj4 ,and when he had taken him1 and brought him to his mother1 she sat him on her knees1 until noon1 and then he died4 #d3ba4 ,and she went up1 and laid him upon the bed of the man of ,god1 and shut the door3 and going out1 #d3bb4 ,she called her husband1 and said3 ,send with me1 ,i beseech thee1 one of thy servants1 and an ass1 that ,i may run to the man of ,god1 and come again4 #d3bc4 ,and he said to her3 ,why dost thou go to him8 to day is neither new moon nor sabbath4 ,she answered3 ,i will go4 #d3bd4 ,and she saddled an ass1 and commanded her servant3 ,drive1 and make haste1 make no stay in going3 ,and do that which ,i bid thee4 #d3be4 ,so she went forward1 and came to the man of ,god1 to mount ,carmel3 and when the man of ,god saw her coming towards1 he said to ,giezi1 his servant3 ,behold that ,sunamitess4 #d3bf4 ,go1 therefore1 to meet her1 and say to her3 ,is all well with thee1 and with thy husband1 and with thy son8 ,and she answered3 ,well4 #d3bg4 ,and when she came to the man of ,god1 to the mount1 she caught hold on his feet3 and ,giezi came to remove her4 ,and the man of ,god said3 ,let her alone for her soul is in anguish1 and the ,lord hath hid it from me1 and hath not told me4 #d3bh4 ,and she said to him3 ,did ,i ask a son of my lord8 did ,i not say to thee3 ,do not deceive me8 #d3bi4 ,then he said to ,giezi3 ,gird up thy loins1 and take my staff in thy hand1 and go4 ,if any man meet thee1 salute him not3 and if any man salute thee1 answer him not3 and lay my staff upon the face of the child4 ,salute him not4 4 4,he that is sent to raise to life the sinner spiritually dead1 must not suffer himself to be called off1 or diverted from his enterprise1 by the salutations or ceremonies of the world4 #d3cj4 ,but the mother of the child said3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 and as thy soul liveth1 ,i will not leave thee4 ,he arose1 therefore1 and followed her4 #d3ca4 ,but ,giezi was gone before them1 and laid the staff upon the face of the child1 and there was no voice nor sense3 and he returned to meet him1 and told him1 saying3 ,the child is not risen4 ,st4 ,augustine considers a great mystery in this miracle wrought by the prophet ,eliseus1 thus3 ,by the staff sent by his servant is figured the rod of ,moses1 or the ,old ,law1 which was not sufficient to bring mankind to life then dead in sin4 ,it was necessary that ,christ himself should come1 and by taking on human nature1 become flesh of our flesh1 and restore us to life4 ,in this ,eliseus was a figure of ,christ1 as it was necessary that he should come himself to bring the dead child to life and restore him to his mother1 who is here1 in a mystical sense1 a figure of the ,church4 #d3cb4 ,eliseus1 therefore1 went into the house1 and behold the child lay dead on his bed3 #d3cc4 ,and going in1 he shut the door upon him1 and upon the child1 and prayed to the ,lord4 #d3cd4 ,and he went up1 and lay upon the child3 and put his mouth upon his mouth1 and his eyes upon his eyes1 and his hands upon his hands3 and he bowed himself upon him1 and the child's flesh grew warm4 #d3ce4 ,then he returned and walked in the house1 once to and fro3 and he went up1 and lay upon him3 and the child gaped seven times1 and opened his eyes4 #d3cf4 ,and he called ,giezi1 and said to him3 ,call this ,sunamitess4 ,and she being called1 went in to him3 and he said3 ,take up thy son4 #d3cg4 ,she came and fell at his feet1 and worshipped upon the ground3 and took up her son1 and went out4 #d3ch4 ,and ,eliseus returned to ,galgal1 and there was a famine in the land1 and the sons of the prophets dwelt before him3 ,and he said to one of his servants3 ,set on the great pot1 and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets4 #d3ci4 ,and one went out into the field to gather wild herbs3 and he found something like a wild vine1 and gathered of it wild gourds of the field1 and filled his mantle1 and coming back1 he shred them into the pot of pottage2 for he knew not what it was4 ,wild gourds of the field4 4 4,colocynthidas4 ,they are extremely bitter1 and therefore are called the gall of the earth2 and are poisonous if taken in a great quantity4 #d3dj4 ,and they poured it out for their companions to eat3 and when they had tasted of the pottage1 they cried out1 saying3 ,death is in the pot1 ,o man of ,god4 ,and they could not eat thereof4 #d3da4 ,but he said3 ,bring some meal4 ,and when they had brought it1 he cast it into the pot1 and said3 ,pour out for the people1 that they may eat4 ,and there was now no bitterness in the pot4 #d3db4 ,and a certain man came from ,baalsalisa1 bringing to the man of ,god1 bread of the firstfruits1 twenty loaves of barley1 and new corn in his scrip4 ,and he said3 ,give to the people1 that they may eat4 #d3dc4 ,and his servant answered him3 ,how much is this1 that ,i should set it before a hundred men8 ,he said again3 ,give to the people1 that they may eat3 for thus saith the ,lord3 ,they shall eat1 and there shall be left4 #d3dd4 ,so he set it before them3 and they ate1 and there was left1 according to the word of the ,lord4 #d ,kings ,chapter #e ,naaman the ,syrian is cleansed of his leprosy4 ,he professeth his belief in one ,god1 promising to serve him4 ,giezi taketh gifts of ,naaman1 and is struck with leprosy4 #e3a4 ,naaman1 general of the army1 of the king of ,syria1 was a great man with his master1 and honourable3 for by him the ,lord gave deliverance to ,syria3 and he was a valiant man1 and rich1 but a leper4 #e3b4 ,now there had gone out robbers from ,syria1 and had led away captive out of the land of ,israel1 a little maid1 and she waited upon ,naaman's wife4 #e3c4 ,and she said to her mistress3 ,i wish my master had been with the prophet that is in ,samaria3 he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath4 #e3d4 ,then ,naaman went in to his lord1 and told him1 saying3 ,thus and thus said the girl from the land of ,israel4 #e3e4 ,and the king of ,syria said to him3 ,go2 and ,i will send a letter to the king of ,israel4 ,and he departed1 and took with him ten talents of silver1 and six thousand pieces of gold1 and ten changes of raiment2 #e3f4 ,and brought the letter to the king of ,israel1 in these words3 ,when thou shalt receive this letter1 know that ,i have sent to thee ,naaman1 my servant1 that thou mayst heal him of his leprosy4 #e3g4 ,and when the king of ,israel had read the letter1 he rent his garments1 and said3 ,am ,i ,god1 to be able to kill and give life1 that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy8 mark1 and see how he seeketh occasions against me4 #e3h4 ,and when ,eliseus1 the man of ,god1 had heard this1 to wit1 that the king of ,israel had rent his garments1 he sent to him1 saying3 ,why hast thou rent thy garments8 let him come to me1 and let him know that there is a prophet in ,israel4 #e3i4 ,so ,naaman came with his horses and chariots1 and stood at the door of the house of ,eliseus3 #e3aj4 ,and ,eliseus sent a messenger to him1 saying3 ,go1 and wash seven times in the ,jordan1 and thy flesh shall recover health1 and thou shalt be clean4 #e3aa4 ,naaman was angry1 and went away1 saying3 ,i thought he would have come out to me1 and standing1 would have invoked the name of the ,lord his ,god1 and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy1 and healed me4 #e3ab4 ,are not the ,abana1 and the ,pharphar1 rivers of ,damascus1 better than all the waters of ,israel1 that ,i may wash in them1 and be made clean8 ,so as he turned1 and was going away with indignation1 #e3ac4 ,his servants came to him1 and said to him3 ,father1 if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing1 surely thou shouldst have done it3 how much rather what he now hath said to thee3 ,wash1 and thou shalt be clean8 #e3ad4 ,then he went down1 and washed in the ,jordan seven times1 according to the word of the man of ,god2 and his flesh was restored1 like the flesh of a little child3 and he was made clean4 #e3ae4 ,and returning to the man of ,god1 with all his train1 he came1 and stood before him1 and said3 ,in truth1 ,i know there is no other ,god1 in all the earth1 but only in ,israel3 ,i beseech thee1 therefore1 take a blessing of thy servant4 ,a blessing4 4 4a present4 #e3af4 ,but he answered3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 before whom ,i stand1 ,i will receive none4 ,and when he pressed him1 he still refused4 #e3ag4 ,and ,naaman said3 ,as thou wilt3 but ,i beseech thee1 grant to me1 thy servant1 to take from hence two mules' burden of earth3 for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust1 or victim1 to other gods1 but to the ,lord4 #e3ah4 ,but there is only this1 for which thou shalt entreat the ,lord for thy servant2 when my master goeth into the temple of ,remmon1 to worship there1 and he leaneth on my hand3 if ,i bow down in the temple of ,remmon1 when he boweth down in the same place1 that the ,lord pardon me1 thy servant1 for this thing4 #e3ai4 ,and he said to him3 ,go in peace4 ,so he departed from him1 in the spring time of the earth4 ,go in peace4 4 4,what the prophet here allowed1 was not an outward conformity to an idolatrous worship2 but only a service which by his office he owed to his master3 who on all public occasions leaned on him3 so that his bowing down when his master bowed himself down was not in effect adoring the idols3 nor was it so understood by the standers by1 since he publicly professed himself a worshipper of the only true and living ,god1 but it was no more than doing a civil office to the king his master1 whose leaning upon him obliged him to bow at the same time that he bowed4 #e3bj4 ,but ,giezi1 the servant of the man of ,god1 said3 ,my master hath spared ,naaman this ,syrian1 in not receiving of him that which he brought3 as the ,lord liveth1 ,i will run after him1 and take something of him4 #e3ba4 ,and ,giezi followed after ,naaman3 and when he saw him running after him1 he leapt down from his chariot to meet him1 and said3 ,is all well8 #e3bb4 ,and he said3 ,well3 my master hath sent me to thee1 saying3 ,just now there are come to me from mount ,ephraim1 two young men of the sons of the prophets3 give them a talent of silver1 and two changes of garments4 #e3bc4 ,and ,naaman said3 ,it is better that thou take two talents4 ,and he forced him1 and bound two talents of silver in two bags1 and two changes of garments1 and laid them upon two of his servants1 and they carried them before him4 #e3bd4 ,and when he was come1 and now it was the evening1 he took them from their hands1 and laid them up in the house1 and sent the men away1 and they departed4 #e3be4 ,but he went in1 and stood before his master4 ,and ,eliseus said3 ,whence comest thou1 ,giezi8 ,he answered3 ,thy servant went no whither4 #e3bf4 ,but he said3 ,was not my heart present1 when the man turned back1 from his chariot1 to meet thee8 ,so now thou hast received money1 and received garments1 to buy oliveyards and vineyards1 and sheep1 and oxen1 and men-servants1 and maid-servants4 #e3bg4 ,but the leprosy of ,naaman1 shall also stick to thee1 and to thy seed for ever4 ,and he went out from him a leper1 as white as snow4 #d ,kings ,chapter #f ,eliseus maketh iron to swim upon the water3 he leadeth the ,syrians that were sent to apprehend him into ,samaria1 where there eyes being opened1 they are courteously entertained4 ,the ,syrians besiege ,samaria3 the famine there causeth a woman to eat her own child4 ,upon this the king commandeth ,eliseus to be put to death4 #f3a4 ,and the sons of the prophets said to ,eliseus3 ,behold1 the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us4 #f3b4 ,let us go as far as the ,jordan1 and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber1 that we may build us there a place to dwell in4 ,and he said3 ,go4 #f3c4 ,and one of them said3 ,but come thou also with thy servants4 ,he answered3 ,i will come4 #f3d4 ,so he went with them4 ,and when they were come to the ,jordan1 they cut down wood4 #f3e4 ,and it happened1 as one was felling some timber1 that the head of the ax fell into the water3 and he cried out1 and said3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1 my lord1 for this same was borrowed4 #f3f4 ,and the man of ,god said3 ,where did it fall8 and he shewed him the place3 ,then he cut off a piece of wood1 and cast it in thither3 and the iron swam4 #f3g4 ,and he said3 ,take it up4 ,and he put out his hand1 and took it4 #f3h4 ,and the king of ,syria warred against ,israel1 and took counsel with his servants1 saying3 ,in such and such a place1 let us lay an ambush4 #f3i4 ,and the man of ,god sent to the king of ,israel1 saying3 ,beware that thou pass not to such a place3 for the ,syrians are there in ambush4 #f3aj4 ,and the king of ,israel1 sent to the place which the man of ,god had told him1 and prevented him1 and looked well to himself there not once nor twice4 #f3aa4 ,and the heart of the king of ,syria1 was troubled for this thing4 ,and calling together his servants1 he said3 ,why do you not tell me who it is that betrays me to the king of ,israel8 #f3ab4 ,and one of his servants said3 ,no one1 my lord1 ,o king3 but ,eliseus1 the prophet1 that is in ,israel1 telleth the king of ,israel all the words1 that thou speakest in thy privy chamber4 #f3ac4 ,and he said to them3 ,go1 and see where he is3 that ,i may send and take him4 ,and they told him3 saying3 ,behold he is in ,dothan4 #f3ad4 ,therefore1 he sent thither horses1 and chariots1 and the strength of an army3 and they came by night1 and beset the city4 #f3ae4 ,and the servant of the man of ,god1 rising early went out1 and saw an army round about the city1 and horses and chariots3 and he told him1 saying3 ,alas1 alas1 alas1 my lord1 what shall we do8 #f3af4 ,but he answered3 ,fear not3 for there are more with us than with them4 #f3ag4 ,and ,eliseus prayed1 and said3 ,lord1 open his eyes1 that he may see4 ,and the ,lord opened the eyes of the servant1 and he saw3 and behold1 the mountain was full of horses1 and chariots of fire round about ,eliseus4 #f3ah4 ,and the enemies came down to him3 but ,eliseus prayed to the ,lord1 saying3 ,strike1 ,i beseech thee1 this people with blindness3 and the ,lord struck them with blindness1 according to the word of ,eliseus4 ,blindness4 4 4,the blindness here spoken of was of a particular kind1 which hindered them from seeing the objects that were really before them2 and represented other different objects to their imagination3 so that they no longer perceived the city of ,dothan1 nor were able to know the person of ,eliseus2 but were easily led by him1 whom they took to be another man1 to ,samaria4 ,so that he truly told them1 this is not the way1 neither is this the city1 etc41 because he spoke with relation to the way and to the city1 which was represented to them4 #f3ai4 ,and ,eliseus said to them3 ,this is not the way1 neither is this the city3 follow me1 and ,i will shew you the man whom you seek4 ,so he led them into ,samaria4 #f3bj4 ,and when they were come into ,samaria1 ,eliseus said3 ,lord1 open the eyes of these men1 that they may see4 ,and the ,lord opened their eyes1 and they saw themselves to be in the midst of ,samaria4 #f3ba4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,eliseus1 when he saw them3 ,my father1 shall ,i kill them8 #f3bb4 ,and he said3 ,thou shalt not kill them3 for thou didst not take them with thy sword1 or thy bow1 that thou mayst kill them3 but set bread and water before them1 that they may eat and drink1 and go to their master4 #f3bc4 ,and a great provision of meats was set before them1 and they ate and drank2 and he let them go3 and they went away to their master3 and the robbers of ,syria came no more into the land of ,israel4 #f3bd4 ,and it came to pass1 after these things1 that ,benadad1 king of ,syria1 gathered together all his army1 and went up and besieged ,samaria4 #f3be4 ,and there was a great famine in ,samaria3 and so long did the siege continue1 till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver1 and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung1 for five pieces of silver4 #f3bf4 ,and as the king of ,israel was passing by the wall1 a certain woman cried out to him1 saying3 ,save me1 my lord1 ,o king4 #f3bg4 ,and he said3 ,if the ,lord doth not save thee1 how can ,i save thee8 out of the barnfloor1 or out of the winepress8 ,and the king said to her3 ,what aileth thee8 ,and she answered3 #f3bh4 ,this woman said to me3 ,give thy son1 that we may eat him today1 and we will eat my son tomorrow4 #f3bi4 ,so we boiled my son1 and ate him4 ,and ,i said to her on the next day3 ,give thy son1 that we may eat him4 ,and she hath hid her son4 #f3cj4 ,when the king heard this1 he rent his garments1 and passed by upon the wall4 ,and all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh4 #f3ca4 ,and the king said3 ,may ,god do so and so to me1 and may he add more1 if the head of ,eliseus1 the son of ,saphat1 shall stand on him this day4 #f3cb4 ,but ,eliseus sat in his house1 and the ancients sat with him4 ,so he sent a man before3 and before that messenger came1 he said to the ancients3 ,do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head8 ,look then when the messenger shall come1 shut the door1 and suffer him not to come in3 for behold the sound of his master's feet is behind him4 #f3cc4 ,while he was yet speaking to them1 the messenger appeared1 who was coming to him4 ,and he said3 ,behold1 so great an evil is from the ,lord3 what shall ,i look for more from the ,lord8 #d ,kings ,chapter #g ,eliseus prophesieth a great plenty1 which presently ensueth upon the sudden flight of the ,syrians2 of which four lepers bring the news to the city4 ,the incredulous nobleman is trod to death4 #g3a4 ,and ,eliseus said3 ,hear ye the word of the ,lord3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,tomorrow1 about this time1 a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater1 and two bushels of barley for a stater1 in the gate of ,samaria4 ,a stater4 4 4,it is the same as a sicle or shekel4 #g3b4 ,then one of the lords1 upon whose hand the king leaned1 answering the man of ,god1 said3 ,if the ,lord should make flood-gates in heaven1 can that possibly be which thou sayest8 ,and he said3 ,thou shalt see it with thy eyes1 but shalt not eat thereof4 #g3c4 ,now there were four lepers1 at the entering in of the gate3 and they said one to another3 ,what mean we to stay here till we die8 #g3d4 ,if we will enter into the city1 we shall die with the famine3 and if we will remain here1 we must also die3 come therefore1 and let us run over to the camp of the ,syrians4 ,if they spare us1 we shall live3 but if they kill us1 we shall but die4 #g3e4 ,so they arose in the evening1 to go to the ,syrian camp4 ,and when they were come to the first part of the camp of the ,syrians1 they found no man there4 #g3f4 ,for the ,lord had made them hear1 in the camp of ,syria1 the noise of chariots1 and of horses1 and of a very great army3 and they said one to another3 ,behold1 the king of ,israel hath hired against us the kings of the ,hethites1 and of the ,egyptians2 and they are come upon us4 #g3g4 ,wherefore they arose1 and fled away in the dark1 and left their tents1 and their horses and asses in the camp1 and fled1 desiring to save their lives4 #g3h4 ,so when these lepers were come to the beginning of the camp1 they went into one tent1 and ate and drank3 and they took from thence silver1 and gold1 and raiment1 and went1 and hid it3 and they came again1 and went into another tent1 and carried from thence in like manner1 and hid it4 #g3i4 ,then they said one to another3 ,we do not well3 for this is a day of good tidings4 ,if we hold our peace1 and do not tell it till the morning1 we shall be charged with a crime3 come1 let us go1 and tell it in the king's court4 #g3aj4 ,so they came to the gate of the city1 and told them1 saying3 ,we went to the camp of the ,syrians1 and we found no man there1 but horses1 and asses tied1 and the tents standing4 #g3aa4 ,then the guards of the gate went1 and told it within in the king's palace4 #g3ab4 ,and he arose in the night1 and said to his servants3 ,i tell you what the ,syrians have done to us3 ,they know that we suffer great famine1 and therefore they are gone out of the camp1 and lie hid in the fields1 saying3 ,when they come out of the city1 we shall take them alive1 and then we may get into the city4 #g3ac4 ,and one of his servants answered3 ,let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city 7because there are no more in the whole multitude of ,israel1 for the rest are consumed71 and let us send and see4 #g3ad4 ,they brought therefore two horses1 and the king sent into the camp of the ,syrians1 saying3 ,go1 and see4 #g3ae4 ,and they went after them1 as far as the ,jordan3 and behold1 all the way was full of garments1 and vessels1 which the ,syrians had cast away1 in their fright1 and the messengers returned1 and told the king4 #g3af4 ,and the people going out1 pillaged the camp of the ,syrians3 and a bushel of fine flour was sold for a stater1 and two bushels of barley for a stater1 according to the word of the ,lord4 #g3ag4 ,and the king appointed that lord on whose hand he leaned1 to stand at the gate3 and the people trod upon him in the entrance of the gate2 and he died1 as the man of ,god had said1 when the king came down to him4 #g3ah4 ,and it came to pass1 according to the word of the man of ,god1 which he spoke to the king1 when he said3 ,two bushels of barley shall be for a stater1 and a bushel of fine flour for a stater1 at this very time tomorrow1 in the gate of ,samaria4 #g3ai4 ,when that lord answered the man of ,god1 and said3 ,although the ,lord should make flood-gates in heaven1 could this come to pass which thou sayest8 ,and he said to him3 ,thou shalt see it with thy eyes1 and shalt not eat thereof4 #g3bj4 ,and so it fell out to him1 as it was foretold1 and the people trod upon him in the gate1 and he died4 #d ,kings ,chapter #h ,after seven years' famine foretold by ,eliseus1 the ,sunamitess returning home1 recovereth her lands1 and revenues4 ,eliseus foresheweth the death of ,benadad1 king of ,syria1 and the reign of ,hazael4 ,joram's wicked reign in ,juda4 ,he dieth1 and his son ,ochozias succeedeth4 #h3a4;,and ,eliseus spoke to the woman1 whose son he had restored to life1 saying3 ,arise1 and go thou1 and thy household1 and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find3 for the ,lord hath called a famine1 and it shall come upon the land seven years4 #h3b4 ,and she arose1 and did according to the word of the man of ,god3 and going with her household1 she sojourned in the land of the ,philistines many days4 #h3c4 ,and when the seven years were ended1 the woman returned out of the land of the ,philistines1 and she went forth to speak to the king for her house and for her lands4 #h3d4 ,and the king talked with ,giezi1 the servant of the man of ,god1 saying3 ,tell me all the great things that ,eliseus hath done4 #h3e4 ,and when he was telling the king how he had raised one dead to life1 the woman appeared1 whose son he had restored to life1 crying to the king for her house1 and her lands4 ,and ,giezi said3 ,my lord1 ,o king1 this is the woman1 and this is her son1 whom ,eliseus raised to life4 #h3f4 ,and the king asked the woman3 and she told him4 ,and the king appointed her an eunuch1 saying3 ,restore her all that is hers1 and all the revenues of the lands1 from the day that she left the land to this present4 #h3g4 ,eliseus also came to ,damascus1 and ,benadad1 king of ,syria was sick2 and they told him1 saying3 ,the man of ,god is come hither4 #h3h4 ,and the king said to ,hazael3 ,take with thee presents1 and go to meet the man of ,god1 and consult the ,lord by him1 saying3 ,can ,i recover of this my illness8 #h3i4 ,and ,hazael went to meet him1 taking with him presents1 and all the good things of ,damascus1 the burdens of forty camels4 ,and when he stood before him1 he said3 ,thy son1 ,benadad1 the king of ,syria1 hath sent me to thee1 saying3 ,can ,i recover of this my illness8 #h3aj4 ,and ,eliseus said to him3 ,go tell him3 ,thou shalt recover3 but the ,lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die4 ,tell him3 thou shalt recover4 4 4,by these words the prophet signified that the king's disease was not mortal3 and that he would recover if no violence were used4 ,or he might only express himself in this manner1 by way of giving ,hazael to understand that he knew both what he would say and do2 that he would indeed tell the king he should recover2 but would be himself the instrument of his death4 #h3aa4 ,and he stood with him1 and was troubled so far as to blush3 and the man of ,god wept4 #h3ab4 ,and ,hazael said to him3 ,why doth my lord weep8 ,and he said3 ,because ,i know the evil that thou wilt do to the children of ,israel4 ,their strong cities thou wilt burn with fire1 and their young men thou wilt kill with the sword1 and thou wilt dash their children1 and rip up their pregnant women4 #h3ac4 ,and ,hazael said3 ,but what am ,i1 thy servant1 a dog1 that ,i should do this great thing8 ,and ,eliseus said3 ,the ,lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king of ,syria4 #h3ad4 ,and when he was departed from ,eliseus he came to his master1 who said to him3 ,what said ,eliseus to thee8 ,and he answered3 ,he told me3 ,thou shalt recover4 #h3ae4 ,and on the next day1 he took a blanket1 and poured water on it1 and spread it upon his face3 and he died1 and ,hazael reigned in his stead4 #h3af4 ,in the fifth year of ,joram1 son of ,achab1 king of ,israel1 and of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,joram1 son of ,josaphat1 king of ,juda4 ,and of ,josaphat1 etc4 4 4,that is1 ,josaphat being yet alive1 who sometime before his death made his son ,joram king1 as ,david had done before by his own son ,solomon4 #h3ag4 ,he was two and thirty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned eight years in ,jerusalem4 #h3ah4 ,and he walked in the ways of the kings of ,israel1 as the house of ,achab had walked3 for the daughter of ,achab was his wife3 and he did that which was evil in the sight of the ,lord4 #h3ai4 ,but the ,lord would not destroy ,juda1 for ,david his servant's sake1 as he had promised him1 to give him a light1 and to his children always4 #h3bj4 ,in his days ,edom revolted from being under ,juda1 and made themselves a king4 #h3ba4 ,and ,joram came to ,seira1 and all the chariots with him3 and he arose in the night1 and defeated the ,edomites that had surrounded him1 and the captains of the chariots1 but the people fled into their tents4 #h4bb4 ,so ,edom revolted from being under ,juda1 unto this day4 ,then ,lobna also revolted at the same time4 #h3bc4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joram1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #h3bd4 ,and ,joram slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david1 and ,ochozias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #h3be4 ,in the twelfth year of ,joram1 the son of ,achab1 king of ,israel1 reigned ,ochozias1 son of ,joram1 king of ,juda4 #h3bf4 ,ochozias was two and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned one year in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,athalia the daughter of ,amri king of ,israel4 ,daughter4 4 4,that is1 grand-daughter2 for she was daughter of ,achab son of ,amri1 ver4 #ah4 #h3bg4 ,and he walked in the ways of the house of ,achab3 and he did evil before the ,lord1 as did the house of ,achab3 for he was the son in law of the house of ,achab4 #h3bh4 ,he went also with ,joram1 son of ,achab1 to fight against ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 in ,ramoth ,galaad1 and the ,syrians wounded ,joram3 #h3bi4 ,and he went back to be healed1 in ,jezrahel3 because the ,syrians had wounded him in ,ramoth1 when he fought against ,hazael1 king of ,syria ,and ,ochozias1 the son of ,joram1 king of ,juda1 went down to visit ,joram1 the son of ,achab1 in ,jezrahel1 because he was sick there4 #d ,kings ,chapter #i ,jehu is anointed king of ,israel1 to destroy the house of ,achab and ,jezebel4 ,he killeth ,joram king of ,israel1 and ,ochozias king of ,juda4 ,jezebel is eaten by dogs4 #i3a4 ,and ,eliseus the prophet1 called one of the sons of the prophets1 and said to him3 ,gird up thy loins1 and take this little bottle of oil in thy hand1 and go to ,ramoth ,galaad4 #i3b4 ,and when thou art come thither1 thou shalt see ,jehu the son of ,josaphat the son of ,namsi3 and going in1 thou shalt make him rise up from amongst his brethren1 and carry him into an inner chamber4 #i3c4 ,then taking the little bottle of oil1 thou shalt pour it on his head1 and shalt say3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i have anointed thee king over ,israel4 ,and thou shalt open the door and flee1 and shalt not stay there4 #i3d4 ,so the young man1 the servant of the prophet1 went away to ,ramoth ,galaad1 #i3e4 ,and went in thither3 and behold1 the captains of the army were sitting1 and he said3 ,i have a word to thee1 ,o prince4 ,and ,jehu said3 ,unto whom of us all8 ,and he said3 ,to thee1 ,o prince4 #i3f4 ,and he arose1 and went into the chamber3 and he poured the oil upon his head1 and said3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of ,israel3 ,i have anointed thee king over ,israel1 the people of the ,lord4 #i3g4 ,and thou shalt cut off the house of ,achab1 thy master1 and ,i will revenge the blood of my servants1 the prophets1 and the blood of all the servants of the ,lord1 at the hand of ,jezabel4 #i3h4 ,and ,i will destroy all the house of ,achab1 and ,i will cut off from ,achab1 him that pisseth against the wall1 and him that is shut up1 and the meanest in ,israel4 #i3i4 ,and ,i will make the house of ,achab1 like the house of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 and like the house of ,baasa1 the son of ,ahias4 #i3aj4 ,and the dogs shall eat ,jezabel1 in the field of ,jezrahel1 and there shall be no one to bury her4 ,and he opened the door and fled4 #i3aa4 ,then ,jehu went forth to the servants of his ,lord3 and they said to him3 ,are all things well8 why came this madman to thee8 ,and he said to them3 ,you know the man1 and what he said4 #i3ab4 ,but they answered3 ,it is false2 but rather do thou tell us4 ,and he said to them3 ,thus and thus did he speak to me3 and he said3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i have anointed thee king over ,israel4 #i3ac4 ,then they made haste1 and taking every man his garment1 laid it under his feet1 after the manner of a judgment seat1 and they sounded the trumpet1 and said3 ,jehu is king4 #i3ad4 ,so ,jehu1 the son of ,josaphat1 the son of ,namsi1 conspired against ,joram4 ,now ,joram had besieged ,ramoth ,galaad1 he1 and all ,israel1 fighting with ,hazael1 king of ,syria3 #i3ae4 ,and was returned to be healed in ,jezrahel of his wounds2 for the ,syrians had wounded him1 when he fought with ,hazael1 king of ,syria4 ,and ,jehu said3 ,if it please you1 let no man go forth or flee out of the city1 lest he go1 and tell in ,jezrahel4 #i3af4 ,and he got up1 and went into ,jezrahel for ,joram was sick there1 and ,ochozias king of ,juda1 was come down to visit ,joram4 #i3ag4 ,the watchman therefore1 that stood upon the tower of ,jezrahel1 saw the troop of ,jehu coming1 and said3 ,i see a troop4 ,and ,joram said3 ,take a chariot1 and send to meet them1 and let him that goeth say3 ,is all well8 #i3ah4 ,so there went one in a chariot to meet him1 and said3 ,thus saith the king3 ,are all things peaceable8 ,and ,jehu said3 ,what hast thou to do with peace8 go behind and follow me4 ,and the watchman told1 saying3 ,the messenger came to them1 but he returneth not4 #i3ai4 ,and he sent a second chariot of horses3 and he came to them1 and said3 ,thus saith the king3 ,is there peace8 ,and ,jehu said3 ,what hast thou to do with peace8 pass1 and follow me4 #i3bj4 ,and the watchman told1 saying3 ,he came even to them1 but returneth not3 and the driving is like the driving of ,jehu1 the son of ,namsi2 for he drives furiously4 #i3ba4 ,and ,joram said3 ,make ready the chariot4 ,and they made ready his chariot3 and ,joram1 king of ,israel1 and ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1 went out1 each in his chariot1 and they went out to meet ,jehu1 and met him in the field of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite4 #i3bb4 ,and when ,joram saw ,jehu1 he said3 ,is there peace1 ,jehu8 ,and he answered3 ,what peace8 so long as the fornications of ,jezabel1 thy mother1 and her many sorceries1 are in their vigour4 #i3bc4 ,and ,joram turned his hand1 and fleeing1 said to ,ochozias3 ,there is treachery1 ,ochozias4 #i3bd4 ,but ,jehu bent his bow with his hand1 and shot ,joram between the shoulders3 and the arrow went out through his heart1 and immediately he fell in his chariot4 #i3be4 ,and ,jehu said to ,badacer1 his captain3 ,take him1 and cast him into the field of ,naboth1 the ,jezrahelite3 for ,i remember1 when ,i and thou1 sitting in a chariot1 followed ,achab1 this man's father1 that the ,lord laid this burden upon him1 saying3 #i3bf4 ,if ,i do not requite thee in this field1 saith the ,lord1 for the blood of ,naboth1 and for the blood of his children1 which ,i saw yesterday1 saith the ,lord4 ,so now take him1 and cast him into the field1 according to the word of the ,lord4 #i3bg4 ,but ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1 seeing this1 fled by the way of the garden house3 and ,jehu pursued him1 and said3 ,strike him also in his chariot4 ,and they struck him in the going up to ,gaver1 which is by ,jeblaam3 and he fled into ,mageddo1 and died there4 #i3bh4 ,and his servants laid him upon his chariot1 and carried him to ,jerusalem3 and they buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers1 in the city of ,david4 #i3bi4 ,in the eleventh year of ,joram1 the son of ,achab1 ,ochozias reigned over ,juda2 #i3cj4 ,and ,jehu came into ,jezrahel4 ,but ,jezabel1 hearing of his coming in1 painted her face with stibic stone1 and adorned her head1 and looked out of a window4 #i3ca4 ,at ,jehu coming in at the gate1 and said3 ,can there be peace for ,zambri1 that hath killed his master8 #i3cb4 ,and ,jehu lifted up his face to the window1 and said3 ,who is this8 ,and two or three eunuchs bowed down to him4 #i3cc4 ,and he said to them3 ,throw her down headlong2 ,and they threw her down1 and the wall was sprinkled with her blood1 and the hoofs of the horses trod upon her4 #i3cd4 ,and when he was come in to eat1 and to drink1 he said3 ,go1 and see after that cursed woman1 and bury her2 because she is a king's daughter4 #i3ce4 ,and when they went to bury her1 they found nothing but the skull1 and the feet1 and the extremities of her hands4 #i3cf4 ,and coming back they told him4 ,and ,jehu said3 ,it is the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke by his servant ,elias1 the ,thesbite1 saying3 ,in the field of ,jezrahel the dogs shall eat the flesh of ,jezabel4 #i3cg4 ,and the flesh of ,jezabel shall be as dung upon the face of the earth in the field of ,jezrahel2 so that they who pass by shall say3 ,is this that same ,jezabel8 #d ,kings ,chapter #aj ,jehu destroyeth the house of ,achab3 abolisheth the worship of ,baal1 and killeth the worshippers3 but sticketh to the calves of ,jeroboam4 ,israel is afflicted by the ,syrians4 #aj3a4 ,and ,achab had seventy sons in ,samaria3 so ,jehu wrote letters1 and sent to ,samaria1 to the chief men of the city1 and to the ancients1 and to them that brought up ,achab's children1 saying3 #aj3b4 ,as soon as you receive these letters1 ye that have your master's sons1 and chariots1 and horses1 and fenced cities1 and armour1 #aj3c4 ,choose the best1 and him that shall please you most of your master's sons1 and set him on his father's throne1 and fight for the house of your master4 #aj3d4 ,but they were exceedingly afraid1 and said3 ,behold two kings could not stand before him1 and how shall we be able to resist8 #aj3e4 ,therefore they that were over the king's house1 and the rulers of the city1 and the ancients1 and the bringers up of the children1 sent to ,jehu1 saying3 ,we are thy servants3 whatsoever thou shalt command us we will do2 we will not make us any king3 do thou all that pleaseth thee4 #aj3f4 ,and he wrote letters the second time to them1 saying3 ,if you be mine1 and will obey me1 take the heads of the sons of your master1 and come to me to ,jezrahel by tomorrow at this time4 ,now the king's sons1 being seventy men1 were brought up with the chief men of the city4 #aj3g4 ,and when the letters came to them1 they took the king's sons1 and slew seventy persons1 and put their heads in baskets1 and sent them to him to ,jezrahel4 #aj3h4 ,and a messenger came1 and told him1 saying3 ,they have brought the heads of the king's sons4 ,and he said3 ,lay ye them in two heaps by the entering in of the gate until the morning4 #aj3i4 ,and when it was light1 he went out1 and standing1 said to all the people3 ,you are just3 if ,i conspired against my master1 and slew him2 who hath slain all these8 #aj3aj4 ,see therefore now that there hath not fallen to the ground any of the words of the ,lord1 which the ,lord spoke concerning the house of ,achab1 and the ,lord hath done that which he spoke in the hand of his servant ,elias4 #aj3aa4 ,so ,jehu slew all that were left of the house of ,achab in ,jezrahel1 and all his chief men1 and his friends1 and his priests1 till there were no remains left of him4 #aj3ab4 ,and he arose1 and went to ,samaria3 and when he was come to the shepherds' cabin in the way1 #aj3ac4 ,he met with the brethren of ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1 and he said to them3 ,who are you8 ,and they answered3 ,we are the brethren of ,ochozias1 and are come down to salute the sons of the king1 and the sons of the queen4 #aj3ad4 ,and he said3 ,take them alive4 ,and they took them alive1 and killed them at the pit by the cabin1 two and forty men1 and he left not any of them4 #aj3ae4 ,and when he was departed thence1 he found ,jonadab1 the son of ,rechab1 coming to meet him1 and he blessed him4 ,and he said to him3 ,is thy heart right as my heart is with thy heart8 ,and ,jonadab said3 ,it is4 ,if it be1 said he1 give me thy hand4 ,he gave him his hand4 ,and he lifted him up to him into the chariot1 #aj3af4 ,and said to him3 ,come with me1 and see my zeal for the ,lord4 ,so he made him ride in his chariot1 #aj3ag4 ,and brought him into ,samaria4 ,and he slew all that were left of ,achab1 in ,samaria1 to a man1 according to the word of the ,lord which he spoke by ,elias4 #aj3ah4 ,and ,jehu gathered together all the people1 and said to them3 ,achab worshipped ,baal a little1 but ,i will worship him more4 ,i will worship him more4 4 4,jehu sinned in thus pretending to worship ,baal1 and causing sacrifice to be offered to him3 because evil is not to be done1 that good may come of it4 ,rom4 #c4h4 #aj3ai4 ,now therefore call to me all the prophets of ,baal1 and all his servants1 and all his priests3 let none be wanting1 for ,i have a great sacrifice to offer to ,baal3 whosoever shall be wanting1 shall not live4 ,now ,jehu did this craftily1 that he might destroy the worshippers of ,baal4 #aj3bj4 ,and he said3 ,proclaim a festival for ,baal4 ,and he called1 #aj3ba4 ,and he sent into all the borders of ,israel2 and all the servants of ,baal came3 there was not one left that did not come4 ,and they went into the temple of ,baal3 and the house of ,baal was filled1 from one end to the other4 #aj3bb4 ,and he said to them that were over the wardrobe3 ,bring forth garments for all the servants of ,baal4 ,and they brought them forth garments4 #aj3bc4 ,and ,jehu1 and ,jonadab1 the son of ,rechab1 went to the temple of ,baal1 and said to the worshippers of ,baal3 ,search1 and see that there be not any with you of the servants of the ,lord1 but that there be the servants of ,baal only4 #aj3bd4 ,and they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings3 but ,jehu had prepared him fourscore men without1 and said to them3 ,if any of the men escape1 whom ,i have brought into your hands1 he that letteth him go1 shall answer life for life4 #aj3be4 ,and it came to pass1 when the burnt offering was ended1 that ,jehu commanded his soldiers and captains1 saying3 ,go in1 and kill them3 let none escape4 ,and the soldiers and captains slew them with the edge of the sword1 and cast them out3 and they went into the city of the temple of ,baal1 #aj3bf4 ,and brought the statue out of ,baal's temple1 and burnt it1 #aj3bg4 ,and broke it in pieces4 ,they destroyed also the temple of ,baal1 and made a jakes in its place unto this day4 #aj3bh4 ,so ,jehu destroyed ,baal out of ,israel3 #aj3bi4 ,but yet he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 nor did he forsake the golden calves that were in ,bethel1 and ,dan4 #aj3cj4 ,and the ,lord said to ,jehu3 because thou hast diligently executed that which was right and pleasing in my eyes1 and hast done to the house of ,achab according to all that was in my heart3 thy children shall sit upon the throne of ,israel to the fourth generation4 #aj3ca4 ,but ,jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 with all his heart3 for he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam1 who had made ,israel to sin4 #aj3cb4 ,in those days the ,lord began to be weary of ,israel3 and ,hazael ravaged them in all the coasts of ,israel1 #aj3cc4 ,from the ,jordan eastward1 all the land of ,galaad1 and ,gad1 and ,ruben1 and ,manasses1 from ,aroer1 which is upon the torrent ,arnon1 and ,galaad1 and ,basan4 #aj3cd4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,jehu1 and all that he did1 and his strength1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #aj3ce4 ,and ,jehu slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in ,samaria3 and ,joachaz1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #aj3cf4 ,and the time that ,jehu reigned over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 was eight and twenty years4 #d ,kings ,chapter #aa ,athalia's usurpation and tyranny4 ,joas is made king4 ,athalia is slain4 #aa3a4 ,now ,athalia1 the mother of ,ochozias1 seeing that her son was dead1 arose and slew all the royal seed4 #aa3b4 ,but ,josaba the daughter of king ,joram1 sister of ,ochozias1 took ,joas1 the son of ,ochozias1 and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain1 out of the bedchamber with his nurse3 and hid him from the face of ,athalia2 so that he was not slain4 #aa3c4 ,and he was with her six years1 hid in the house of the ,lord4 ,and ,athalia reigned over the land4 #aa3d4 ,and in the seventh year ,joiada sent1 and taking the centurions and soldiers1 brought them in to him into the temple of the ,lord1 and made a covenant with them3 and taking an oath of them in the house of the ,lord1 shewed them the king's son3 #aa3e4 ,and he commanded them1 saying3 ,this is the thing that you must do4 #aa3f4 ,let a third part of you go in on the sabbath1 and keep the watch of the king's house4 ,and let a third part be at the gate of ,sur2 and let a third part be at the gate behind the dwelling of the shieldbearers2 and you shall keep the watch of the house of ,messa4 #aa3g4 ,but let two parts of you all that go forth on the sabbath1 keep the watch of the house of the ,lord about the king4 #aa3h4 ,and you shall compass him round about1 having weapons in your hands3 and if any man shall enter the precinct of the temple1 let him be slain3 and you shall be with the king1 coming in and going out4 #aa3i4 ,and the centurions did according to all things that ,joiada the priest1 had commanded them3 and taking every one their men1 that went in on the sabbath1 with them that went out in the sabbath1 came to ,joiada1 the priest4 #aa3aj4 ,and he gave them the spears1 and the arms of king ,david1 which were in the house of the ,lord4 #aa3aa4 ,and they stood1 having every one their weapons in their hands1 from the right side of the temple1 unto the left side of the altar1 and of the temple1 about the king4 #aa3ab4 ,and he brought forth the king's son1 and put the diadem upon him1 and the testimony3 and they made him king1 and anointed him3 and clapping their hands1 they said3 ,god save the king4 ,the testimony4 4 4,the book of the law4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,athalia heard the noise of the people running3 and going in to the people into the temple of the ,lord1 #aa3ad4 ,she saw the king standing upon a tribunal1 as the manner was1 and the singers1 and the trumpets near him1 and all the people of the land rejoicing1 and sounding the trumpets3 and she rent her garments1 and cried3 ,a conspiracy1 a conspiracy4 ,a tribunal4 4 4,a tribune1 or a place elevated above the rest4 #aa3ae4 ,but ,joiada commanded the centurions that were over the army1 and said to them3 ,have her forth without the precinct of the temple1 and whosoever shall follow her1 let him be slain with the sword4 ,for the priest had said3 ,let her not be slain in the temple of the ,lord4 #aa3af4 ,and they laid hands on her3 and thrust her out by the way by which the horses go in1 by the palace1 and she was slain there4 #aa3ag4 ,and ,joiada made a covenant between the ,lord1 and the king1 and the people1 that they should be the people of the ,lord2 and between the king and the people4 #aa3ah4 ,and all the people of the land went into the temple of ,baal1 and broke down his altars1 and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly3 they slew also ,mathan the priest of ,baal before the altar4 ,and the priest set guards in the house of the ,lord4 #aa3ai4 ,and he took the centurions1 and the bands of the ,cerethi1 and the ,phelethi1 and all the people of the land1 and they brought the king from the house of the ,lord3 and they came by the way of the gate of the shieldbearers into the palace1 and he sat on the throne of the kings4 #aa3bj4 ,and all the people of the land rejoiced1 and the city was quiet3 but ,athalia was slain with the sword in the king's house4 #aa3ba4 ,now ,joas was seven years old when he began to reign4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ab ,the temple is repaired4 ,hazael is bought off from attacking ,jerusalem4 ,joas is slain4 #ab3a4 ,in the seventh year of ,jehu1 ,joas began to reign3 and he reigned forty years in ,jerusalem4 ,the name of his mother was ,sebia1 of ,bersabee4 #ab3b4 ,and ,joas did that which was right before the ,lord all the days that ,joiada1 the priest1 taught him4 #ab3c4 ,but yet he took not away the high places3 for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places4 #ab3d4 ,and ,joas said to the priests3 all the money of the sanctified things1 which is brought into the temple of the ,lord by those that pass1 which is offered for the price of a soul1 and which of their own accord1 and of their own free heart1 they bring into the temple of the ,lord3 ,sanctified4 4 4,that is1 dedicated to ,god's service4--,ibid4 ,the price of a soul4 4 4,that is1 the ordinary oblation1 which every soul was to offer by the law4 ,ex4 #cj4 #ab3e4 ,let the priests take it according to their order and repair the house1 wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanteth repairing4 #ab3f4 ,now till the three and twentieth year of king ,joas the priests did not make the repairs of the temple4 #ab3g4 ,and king ,joas called ,joiada1 the high priest1 and the priests1 saying to them3 ,why do you not repair the temple8 ,take you1 therefore1 money no more according to your order1 but restore it for the repairing of the temple4 #ab3h4 ,and the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people1 and to make the repairs of the house4 #ab3i4 ,and ,joiada1 the high priest1 took a chest1 and bored a hole in the top1 and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the ,lord2 and the priests that kept the doors1 put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the ,lord4 #ab3aj4 ,and when they saw that there was very much money in the chest1 the king's scribe1 and the high priest1 came up1 and poured it out1 and counted the money that was found in the house of the ,lord4 #ab3aa4 ,and they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the ,lord3 and they laid it out to the carpenters1 and the masons1 that wrought in the house of the ,lord1 #ab3ab4 ,and made the repairs3 and to them that cut stones1 and to buy timber1 and stones to be hewed1 that the repairs of the house of the ,lord might be completely finished1 and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house4 #ab3ac4 ,but there were not made of the same money for the temple of the ,lord1 bowls1 or fleshhooks1 or censers1 or trumpets1 or any vessel of gold and silver1 of the money that was brought into the temple of the ,lord3 #ab3ad4 ,for it was given to them that did the work1 that the temple of the ,lord might be repaired4 #ab3ae4 ,and they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen1 but they bestowed it faithfully4 #ab3af4 ,but the money for trespass1 and the money for sins1 they brought not into the temple of the ,lord1 because it was for the priests4 #ab3ag4 ,then ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 went up1 and fought against ,geth1 and took it1 and set his face to go up to ,jerusalem4 #ab3ah4 ,wherefore ,joas1 king of ,juda1 took all the sanctified things1 which ,josaphat1 and ,joram1 and ,ochozias1 his fathers1 the kings of ,juda1 had dedicated to holy uses1 and which he himself had offered3 and all the silver that could be found in the treasures of the temple of the ,lord1 and in the king's palace3 and sent it to ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 and he went off from ,jerusalem4 #ab3ai4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,joas1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ab3bj4 ,and his servants arose1 and conspired among themselves1 and slew ,joas1 in the house of ,mello1 in the descent of ,sella4 #ab3ba4 ,for ,josachar the son of ,semaath1 and ,jozabad the son of ,somer his servant1 struck him1 and he died3 and they buried him with his fathers in the city of ,david2 and ,amasias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 ,the city of ,david4 4 4,he was buried in the same city with his fathers1 but not in the sepulchres of the kings4 #b ,par4 #ad4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ac ,the reign of ,joachaz and of ,joas kings of ,israel4 ,the last acts and death of ,eliseus the prophet3 a dead man is raised to life by the touch of his bones4 #ac3a4 ,in the three and twentieth year of ,joas son of ,ochozias1 king of ,juda1 ,joachaz1 the son of ,jehu1 reigned over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 seventeen years4 #ac3b4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 and followed the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin2 and he departed not from them4 #ac3c4 ,and the wrath of the ,lord was kindled against ,israel1 and he delivered them into the hand of ,hazael1 the king of ,syria1 and into the hand of ,benadad1 the son of ,hazael1 all days4 #ac3d4 ,but ,joachaz besought the face of the ,lord1 and the ,lord heard him3 for he saw the distress of ,israel1 because the king of ,syria had oppressed them3 #ac3e4 ,and the ,lord gave ,israel a saviour1 and they were delivered out of the hand of the king of ,syria3 and the children of ,israel dwelt in their pavilions as yesterday and the day before4 #ac3f4 ,but yet they departed not from the sins of the house of ,jeroboam1 who made ,israel to sin1 but walked in them3 and there still remained a grove also in ,samaria4 ,a grove4 4 4,dedicated to the worship of idols4 #ac3g4 ,and ,joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen1 and ten chariots1 and ten thousand footmen3 for the king of ,syria had slain them1 and had brought them low as dust by threshing in the barnfloor4 #ac3h4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joachaz1 and all that he did1 and his valour1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ac3i4 ,and ,joachaz slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in ,samaria3 and ,joas1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ac3aj4 ,in the seven and thirtieth year of ,joas1 king of ,juda1 ,joas the son of ,joachaz reigned over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 sixteen years4 #ac3aa4 ,and he did that which is evil in the sight of the ,lord3 he departed not from all the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin2 but he walked in them4 #ac3ab4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joas1 and all that he did1 and his valour wherewith he fought against ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ac3ac4 ,and ,joas slept with his fathers2 and ,jeroboam sat upon his throne4 ,but ,joas was buried in ,samaria1 with the kings of ,israel4 #ac3ad4 ,now ,eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died3 and ,joas1 king of ,israel1 went down to him1 and wept before him1 and said3 ,o my father1 my father1 the chariot of ,israel1 and the guider thereof4 #ac3ae4 ,and ,eliseus said to him3 ,bring a bow and arrows4 ,and when he had brought him a bow and arrows1 #ac3af4 ,he said to the king of ,israel3 ,put thy hand upon the bow4 ,and when he had put his hand1 ,eliseus put his hands over the king's hands1 #ac3ag4 ,and said3 ,open the window to the east4 ,and when he had opened it1 ,eliseus said3 ,shoot an arrow4 ,and he shot4 ,and ,eliseus said3 ,the arrow of the ,lord's deliverance1 and the arrow of the deliverance from ,syria3 and thou shalt strike the ,syrians in ,aphec1 till thou consume them4 #ac3ah4 ,and he said3 ,take the arrows4 ,and when he had taken them1 he said to him3 ,strike with an arrow upon the ground4 ,and he struck three times1 and stood still4 #ac3ai4 ,and the man of ,god was angry with him1 and said3 ,if thou hadst smitten five or six or seven times1 thou hadst smitten ,syria even to utter destruction3 but now three times shalt thou smite it4 ,if thou hadst smitten1 etc4 4 4,by this it appears that ,god had revealed to the prophet that the king should overcome the ,syrians as many times as he should then strike on the ground2 but as he had not at the same time revealed to him how often the king would strike1 the prophet was concerned to see that he struck but thrice4 #ac3bj4 ,and ,eliseus died1 and they buried him4 ,and the rovers from ,moab came into the land the same year4 #ac3ba4 ,and some that were burying a man1 saw the rovers1 and cast the body into the sepulchre of ,eliseus4 ,and when it had touched the bones of ,eliseus1 the man came to life and stood upon his feet4 #ac3bb4 ,now ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 afflicted ,israel all the days of ,joachaz4 #ac3bc4 ,and the ,lord had mercy on them1 and returned to them1 because of his covenant1 which he had made with ,abraham1 and ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 and he would not destroy them1 nor utterly cast them away1 unto this present time4 #ac3bd4 ,and ,hazael1 king of ,syria1 died2 and ,benadad1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ac3be4 ,now ,joas the son of ,joachaz1 took the cities out of the hand of ,benadad1 the son of ,hazael1 which he had taken out of the hand of ,joachaz1 his father1 by war2 three times did ,joas beat him1 and he restored the cities to ,israel4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ad ,amasias reigneth in ,juda3 he overcometh the ,edomites3 but is overcome by ,joas king of ,israel4 ,jereboam the second reigneth in ,israel4 #ad3a4 ,in the second year of ,joas son of ,joachaz1 king of ,israel1 reigned ,amasias son of ,joas1 king of ,juda4 #ad3b4 ,he was five and twenty years old when he began to reign2 and nine and twenty years he reigned in ,jerusalem2 the name of his mother was ,joadan1 of ,jerusalem4 #ad3c4 ,and he did that which was right before the ,lord1 but yet not like ,david his father4 ,he did according to all things that ,joas his father1 did3 #ad3d4 ,but this only1 that he took not away the high places2 for yet the people sacrificed1 and burnt incense in the high places3 #ad3e4 ,and when he had possession of the kingdom1 he put his servants to death that had slain the king1 his father4 #ad3f4 ,but the children of the murderers he did not put to death1 according to that which is written in the book of the law of ,moses1 wherein the ,lord commanded1 saying3 ,the fathers shall not be put to death for the children1 neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers3 but every man shall die for his own sin4 #ad3g4 ,he slew of ,edom in the valley of the ,saltpits1 ten thousand men1 and took the rock by war1 and called the name thereof ,jectehel1 unto this day4 #ad3h4 ,then ,amasias sent messengers to ,joas1 son of ,joachaz1 son of ,jehu1 king of ,israel1 saying3 ,come1 let us see one another4 ,let us see one another4 4 4,this was a challenge to fight4 #ad3i4 ,and ,joas1 king of ,israel1 sent again to ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 saying3 ,a thistle of ,libanus sent to a cedar tree1 which is in ,libanus1 saying3 ,give thy daughter to my son to wife4 ,and the beasts of the forest1 that are in ,libanus1 passed1 and trod down the thistle4 #ad3aj4 ,thou hast beaten and prevailed over ,edom1 and thy heart hath lifted thee up2 be content with this glory1 and sit at home2 why provokest thou evil1 that thou shouldst fall1 and ,juda with thee8 #ad3aa4 ,but ,amasias did not rest satisfied4 ,so ,joas1 king of ,israel1 went up2 and he and ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 saw one another in ,bethsames1 a town in ,juda4 #ad3ab4 ,and ,juda was put to the worse before ,israel1 and they fled every man to their dwellings4 #ad3ac4 ,but ,joas1 king of ,israel1 took ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 the son of ,joas1 the son of ,ochozias1 in ,bethsames1 and brought him into ,jerusalem2 and he broke down the wall of ,jerusalem1 from the gate of ,ephraim to the gate of the corner1 four hundred cubits4 #ad3ad4 ,and he took all the gold and silver1 and all the vessels that were found in the house of the ,lord1 and in the king's treasures1 and hostages1 and returned to ,samaria4 #ad3ae4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joas1 which he did1 and his valour1 wherewith he fought against ,amasias1 king of ,juda1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ad3af4 ,and ,joas slept with his fathers1 and was buried in ,samaria1 with the kings of ,israel3 and ,jeroboam1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ad3ag4 ,and ,amasias1 the son of ,joas1 king of ,juda1 lived after the death of ,joas1 son of ,joachaz1 king of ,israel1 fifteen years4 #ad3ah4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,amasias1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ad3ai4 ,now they made a conspiracy against him in ,jerusalem3 and he fled to ,lachis4 ,and they sent after him to ,lachis1 and killed him there4 #ad3bj4 ,and they brought him away upon horses1 and he was buried in ,jerusalem with his fathers1 in the city of ,david4 #ad3ba4 ,and all the people of ,juda took ,azarias1 who was sixteen years old1 and made him king instead of his father1 ,amasias4 #ad3bb4 ,he built ,elath1 and restored it to ,juda1 after that the king slept with his fathers4 #ad3bc4 ,in the fifteenth year of ,amasias1 son of ,joas1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,jeroboam1 the son of ,joas1 king of ,israel1 in ,samaria1 one and forty years3 #ad3bd4 ,and he did that which is evil before the ,lord4 ,he departed not from all the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4 #ad3be4 ,he restored the borders of ,israel from the entrance of ,emath1 unto the sea of the wilderness1 according to the word of the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel1 which he spoke by his servant1 ,jonas1 the son of ,amathi1 the prophet1 who was of ,geth1 which is in ,opher4 ,opher4 4 4,the tribe of ,zabulon4 #ad3bf4 ,for the ,lord saw the affliction of ,israel1 that it was exceedingly bitter1 and that they were consumed even to them that were shut up in prison1 and the lowest persons1 and that there was no one to help ,israel4 #ad3bg4 ,and the ,lord did not say that he would blot out the name of ,israel from under heaven2 but he saved them by the hand of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,joas4 #ad3bh4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,jeroboam1 and all that he did1 and his valour1 wherewith he fought1 and how he restored ,damascus and ,emath to ,juda1 in ,israel1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ad3bi4 ,and ,jeroboam slept with his fathers1 the kings of ,israel2 and ,zacharias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ae ,the reign of ,azarias1 and ,joatham in ,juda3 and of ,zacharias1 ,sellum1 ,manahem1 ,phaceia1 and ,phacee in ,israel4 #ae3a4 ,in the seven and twentieth year of ,jeroboam1 king of ,israel1 reigned ,azarias1 son of ,amasias1 king of ,juda4 ,azarias4 4 4,otherwise called ,ozias4 #ae3b4 ,he was sixteen years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned two and fifty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,jechelia1 of ,jerusalem4 #ae3c4 ,and he did that which was pleasing before the ,lord1 according to all that his father1 ,amasias1 had done4 #ae3d4 ,but the high places he did not destroy1 for the people sacrificed1 and burnt incense in the high places4 #ae3e4 ,and the ,lord struck the king1 so that he was a leper unto the day of his death1 and he dwelt in a free house apart3 but ,joatham1 the king's son1 governed the palace1 and judged the people of the land4 ,a leper4 4 4,in punishment of his usurping the priestly function4 #b ,par4 #bf4 #ae3f4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,azarias1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ae3g4 ,and ,azarias slept with his fathers3 and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of ,david1 and ,joatham1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ae3h4 ,in the eight and thirtieth year of ,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,zacharias1 son of ,jeroboam1 over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 six months3 #ae3i4 ,and he did that which is evil before the ,lord1 as his fathers had done3 he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4 #ae3aj4 ,and ,sellum1 the son of ,jabes1 conspired against him3 and struck him publicly1 and killed him1 and reigned in his place4 #ae3aa4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,zacharias1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3ab4 ,this was the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke to ,jehu1 saying3 ,thy children1 to the fourth generation1 shall sit upon the throne of ,israel4 ,and so it came to pass4 #ae3ac4 ,sellum1 the son of ,jabes1 began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of ,azarias1 king of ,juda3 and reigned one month in ,samaria4 #ae3ad4 ,and ,manahem1 the son of ,gadi1 went up from ,thersa1 and he came into ,samaria1 and struck ,sellum1 the son of ,jabes1 in ,samaria1 and slew him1 and reigned in his stead4 #ae3ae4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,sellum1 and his conspiracy which he made1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3af4 ,then ,manahem destroyed ,thapsa and all that were in it1 and the borders thereof from ,thersa1 because they would not open to him3 and he slew all the women thereof that were with child1 and ripped them up4 #ae3ag4 ,in the nine and thirtieth year of ,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,manahem1 son of ,gadi1 over ,israel1 ten years1 in ,samaria4 #ae3ah4 ,and he did that which was evil before the ,lord3 he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 all his days4 #ae3ai4 ,and ,phul1 king of the ,assyrians1 came into the land1 and ,manahem gave ,phul a thousand talents of silver to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom4 #ae3bj4 ,and ,manahem laid a tax upon ,israel1 on all that were mighty and rich1 to give the king of the ,assyrians1 each man fifty sicles of silver3 so the king of the ,assyrians turned back1 and did not stay in the land4 #ae3ba4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,manahem1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3bb4 ,and ,manahem slept with his fathers3 and ,phaceia1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ae3bc4 ,in the fiftieth year of ,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,phaceia1 the son of ,manahem1 over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 two years4 #ae3bd4 ,and he did that which was evil before the ,lord3 he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4 #ae3be4 ,and ,phacee the son of ,romelia1 his captain1 conspired against him1 and smote him in ,samaria1 in the tower of the king's house1 near ,argob1 and near ,arie1 and with him fifty men of the sons of the ,galaadites1 and he slew him1 and reigned in his stead4 #ae3bf4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,phaceia1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3bg4 ,in the two and fiftieth year of ,azarias1 king of ,juda1 reigned ,phacee1 the son of ,romelia1 over ,israel1 in ,samaria1 twenty years4 #ae3bh4 ,and he did that which was evil before the ,lord3 he departed not from the sins of ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin4 #ae3bi4 ,in the days of ,phacee1 king of ,israel1 came ,theglathphalasar1 king of ,assyria1 and took ,aion1 and ,abel ,domum ,maacha1 and ,janoe1 and ,cedes1 and ,asor1 and ,galaad1 and ,galilee1 and all the land of ,nephthali3 and carried them captives into ,assyria4 #ae3cj4 ,now ,osee1 son of ,ela1 conspired1 and formed a plot against ,phacee1 the son of ,romelia1 and struck him1 and slew him3 and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of ,joatham1 the son of ,ozias4 ,in the twentieth year of ,joatham4 4 4,that is1 in the twentieth year1 from the beginning of ,joatham's reign4 ,the sacred writer chooses rather to follow here this date than to speak of the years of ,achaz1 who had not yet been mentioned4 #ae3ca4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,phacee1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel8 #ae3cb4 ,in the second year of ,phacee1 the son of ,romelia king of ,israel1 reigned ,joatham1 son of ,ozias1 king of ,juda4 #ae3cc4 ,he was five and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,jerusa1 the daughter of ,sadoc4 #ae3cd4 ,and he did that which was right before the ,lord3 according to all that his father ,ozias had done1 so did he4 #ae3ce4 ,but the high places he took not away3 the people still sacrificed1 and burnt incense in the high places3 he built the highest gate of the house of the ,lord4 #ae3cf4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joatham1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ae3cg4 ,in those days the ,lord began to send into ,juda1 ,rasin king of ,syria1 and ,phacee the son of ,romelia4 #ae3ch4 ,and ,joatham slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david1 his father2 and ,achaz1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #af ,the wicked reign of ,achaz3 the kings of ,syria and ,israel war against him3 he hireth the king of the ,assyrians to assist him3 he causeth an altar to be made after the pattern of that of ,damascus4 #af3a4 ,in the seventeenth year of ,phacee1 the son of ,romelia reigned ,achaz1 the son of ,joatham1 king of ,juda4 #af3b4 ,achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem3 he did not that which was pleasing in the sight of the ,lord1 his ,god1 as ,david1 his father4 #af3c4 ,but he walked in the way of the kings of ,israel3 moreover1 he consecrated also his son1 making him pass through the fire1 according to the idols of the nations which the ,lord destroyed before the children of ,israel4 #af3d4 ,he sacrificed also1 and burnt incense in the high places1 and on the hills1 and under every green tree4 #af3e4 ,then ,rasin1 king of ,syria1 and ,phacee1 son of ,romelia1 king of ,israel1 came up to ,jerusalem to fight3 and they besieged ,achaz1 but were not able to overcome him4 #af3f4 ,at that time ,rasin1 king of ,syria1 restored ,aila to ,syria1 and drove the men of ,juda out of ,aila3 and the ,edomites came into ,aila1 and dwelt there unto this day4 #af3g4 ,and ,achaz sent messengers to ,theglathphalasar1 king of the ,assyrians1 saying3 ,i am thy servant1 and thy son3 come up1 and save me out of the hand of the king of ,syria1 and out of the hand of the king of ,israel1 who are risen up together against me4 #af3h4 ,and when he had gathered together the silver and gold that could be found in the house of the ,lord1 and in the king's treasures1 he sent it for a present to the king of the ,assyrians4 #af3i4 ,and he agreed to his desire3 for the king of the ,assyrians went up against ,damascus1 and laid it waste3 and he carried away the inhabitants thereof to ,cyrene2 but ,rasin he slew4 #af3aj4 ,and king ,achaz went to ,damascus to meet ,theglathphalasar1 king of the ,assyrians1 and when he had seen the altar of ,damascus1 king ,achaz sent to ,urias1 the priest1 a pattern of it1 and its likeness1 according to all the work thereof4 #af3aa4 ,and ,urias1 the priest1 built an altar according to all that king ,achaz had commanded from ,damascus so did ,urias1 the priest1 until king ,achaz came from ,damascus4 #af3ab4 ,and when the king was come from ,damascus1 he saw the altar and worshipped it3 and went up and offered holocausts1 and his own sacrifice2 #af3ac4 ,and he offered libations1 and poured the blood of the peace offerings1 which he had offered1 upon the altar4 #af3ad4 ,but the altar of brass that was before the ,lord1 he removed from the face of the temple1 and from the place of the altar1 and from the place of the temple of the ,lord3 and he set it at the side of the altar towards the north4 #af3ae4 ,and king ,achaz commanded ,urias1 the priest1 saying3 ,upon the great altar offer the morning holocaust1 and the evening sacrifice1 and the king's holocaust1 and his sacrifice1 and the holocaust of the whole people of the land1 and their sacrifices1 and their libations3 and all the blood of the holocaust1 and all the blood of the victim1 thou shalt pour out upon it3 but the altar of brass shall be ready at my pleasure4 #af3af4 ,so ,urias1 the priest1 did according to all that king ,achaz had commanded him4 #af3ag4 ,and king ,achaz took away the graven bases1 and the laver that was upon them3 and he took down the sea from the brazen oxen that held it up1 and put it upon a pavement of stone4 #af3ah4 ,the ,musach also for the sabbath1 which he had built in the temple1 and the king's entry from without1 he turned into the temple of the ,lord1 because of the king of the ,assyrians4 ,musach4 4 4,the covert1 or pavilion1 or tribune1 for the king4 #af3ai4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,achaz which he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #af3bj4 ,and ,achaz slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david1 and ,ezechias1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ag ,the reign of ,osee4 ,the ,israelites for their sins are carried into captivity3 other inhabitants are sent to ,samaria1 who make a mixture of religion4 #ag3a4 ,in the twelfth year of ,achaz king of ,juda1 ,osee the son of ,ela reigned in ,samaria1 over ,israel1 nine years4 ,in the twelfth year of ,achaz king of ,juda4 4 4,he began to reign before3 but was not in quiet possession of the kingdom to the twelfth year of ,achaz4 #ag3b4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord3 but not as the kings of ,israel that had been before him4 #ag3c4 ,against him came up ,salmanasar1 king of the ,assyrians2 and ,osee became his servant1 and paid him tribute4 #ag3d4 ,and when the king of the ,assyrians found that ,osee1 endeavouring to rebel1 had sent messengers to ,sua1 the king of ,egypt1 that he might not pay tribute to the king of the ,assyrians1 as he had done every year1 he besieged him1 bound him1 and cast him into prison4 #ag3e4 ,and he went through all the land3 and going up to ,samaria1 he besieged it three years4 #ag3f4 ,and in the ninth year of ,osee1 the king of the ,assyrians took ,samaria1 and carried ,israel away to ,assyria3 and he placed them in ,hala1 and ,habor1 by the river of ,gozan1 in the cities of the ,medes4 #ag3g4 ,for so it was that the children of ,israel had sinned against the ,lord1 their ,god1 who brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 from under the hand of ,pharao1 king of ,egypt2 and they worshipped strange gods4 #ag3h4 ,and they walked according to the way of the nations which the ,lord had destroyed in the sight of the children of ,israel1 and of the kings of ,israel3 because they had done in like manner4 #ag3i4 ,and the children of ,israel offended the ,lord1 their ,god1 with things that were not right3 and built them high places in all their cities1 from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city4 #ag3aj4 ,and they made them statues and groves on every high hill1 and under every shady tree3 #ag3aa4 ,and they burnt incense there upon altars1 after the manner of the nations which the ,lord had removed from their face3 and they did wicked things1 provoking the ,lord4 #ag3ab4 ,and they worshipped abominations1 concerning which the ,lord had commanded them that they should not do this thing4 #ag3ac4 ,and the ,lord testified to them in ,israel1 and in ,juda1 by the hand of all the prophets and seers1 saying3 ,return from your wicked ways1 and keep my precepts1 and ceremonies1 according to all the law which ,i commanded your fathers3 and as ,i have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets4 #ag3ad4 ,and they hearkened not1 but hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers1 who would not obey the ,lord1 their ,god4 #ag3ae4 ,and they rejected his ordinances1 and the covenant that he made with their fathers1 and the testimonies which he testified against them3 and they followed vanities1 and acted vainly3 and they followed the nations that were round about them1 concerning which the ,lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did4 #ag3af4 ,and they forsook all the precepts of the ,lord1 their ,god3 and made to themselves two molten calves1 and groves1 and adored all the host of heaven3 and they served ,baal1 #ag3ag4 ,and consecrated their sons1 and their daughters1 through fire3 and they gave themselves to divinations1 and soothsayings3 and they delivered themselves up to do evil before the ,lord1 to provoke him4 #ag3ah4 ,and the ,lord was very angry with ,israel1 and removed them from his sight1 and there remained only the tribe of ,juda4 #ag3ai4 ,but neither did ,juda itself keep the commandments of the ,lord1 their ,god3 but they walked in the errors of ,israel1 which they had wrought4 #ag3bj4 ,and the ,lord cast off all the seed of ,israel1 and afflicted them1 and delivered them into the hand of spoilers1 till he cast them away from his face3 #ag3ba4 ,even from that time1 when ,israel was rent from the house of ,david1 and made ,jeroboam1 son of ,nabat1 their king3 for ,jeroboam separated ,israel from the ,lord1 and made them commit a great sin4 #ag3bb4 ,and the children of ,israel walked in all the sins of ,jeroboam1 which he had done3 and they departed not from them1 #ag3bc4 ,till the ,lord removed ,israel from his face1 as he had spoken in the hand of all his servants1 the prophets3 and ,israel was carried away out of their land to ,assyria1 unto this day4 #ag3bd4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians brought people from ,babylon1 and from ,cutha1 and from ,avah1 and from ,emath1 and from ,sepharvaim3 and placed them in the cities of ,samaria instead of the children of ,israel3 and they possessed ,samaria1 and dwelt in the cities thereof4 #ag3be4 ,and when they began to dwell there1 they feared not the ,lord3 and the ,lord sent lions among them1 which killed them4 #ag3bf4 ,and it was told the king of the ,assyrians1 and it was said3 ,the nations which thou hast removed1 and made to dwell in the cities of ,samaria1 know not the ordinances of the ,god of the land3 and the ,lord hath sent lions among them3 and behold they kill them1 because they know not the manner of the ,god of the land4 #ag3bg4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians commanded1 saying3 ,carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from thence captive1 and let him go1 and dwell with them3 and let him teach them the ordinances of the ,god of the land4 #ag3bh4 ,so one of the priests1 who had been carried away captive from ,samaria1 came and dwelt in ,bethel1 and taught them how they should worship the ,lord4 #ag3bi4 ,and every nation made gods of their own and put them in the temples of the high places1 which the ,samaritans had made1 every nation in their cities where they dwelt4 #ag3cj4 ,for the men of ,babylon made ,sochothbenoth3 and the ,cuthites made ,nergel3 and the men of ,emath made ,asima4 #ag3ca4 ,and the ,hevites made ,nebahaz1 and ,tharthac4 ,and they that were of ,sepharvaim burnt their children in fire1 to ,adramelech and ,anamelech1 the gods of ,sepharvaim4 #ag3cb4 ,and nevertheless they worshipped the ,lord4 ,and they made to themselves1 of the lowest of the people1 priests of the high places1 and they placed them in the temples of the high places4 #ag3cc4 ,and when they worshipped the ,lord1 they served also their own gods1 according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to ,samaria3 #ag3cd4 ,unto this day they follow the old manner3 they fear not the ,lord1 neither do they keep his ceremonies1 and judgments1 and law1 and the commandment1 which the ,lord commanded the children of ,jacob1 whom he surnamed ,israel3 #ag3ce4 ,with whom he made a covenant1 and charged them1 saying3 ,you shall not fear strange gods1 nor shall you adore them1 nor worship them1 nor sacrifice to them4 #ag3cf4 ,but the ,lord1 your ,god1 who brought you out of the land of ,egypt1 with great power1 and a stretched out arm1 him shall you fear1 and him shall you adore1 and to him shall you sacrifice4 #ag3cg4 ,and the ceremonies1 and judgments1 and law1 and the commandment1 which he wrote for you1 you shall observe to do them always3 and you shall not fear strange gods4 #ag3ch4 ,and the covenant that he made with you1 you shall not forget3 neither shall ye worship strange ,gods1 #ag3ci4 ,but fear the ,lord1 your ,god1 and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies4 #ag3dj4 ,but they did not hearken to them1 but did according to their old custom4 #ag3da4 ,so these nations feared the ,lord1 but nevertheless served also their idols3 their children also1 and grandchildren1 as their fathers did1 so do they unto this day4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ah ,the reign of ,ezechias3 he abolisheth idolatry and prospereth4 ,sennacherib cometh up against him3 ,rabsaces soliciteth the people to revolt2 and blasphemeth the ,lord4 #ah3a4 ,in the third year of ,osee1 the son of ,ela1 king of ,israel1 reigned ,ezechias1 the son of ,achaz1 king of ,juda4 #ah3b4 ,he was five and twenty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned nine and twenty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,abi1 the daughter of ,zacharias4 #ah3c4 ,and he did that which was good before the ,lord1 according to all that ,david1 his father1 had done #ah3d4 ,he destroyed the high places1 and broke the statues in pieces1 and cut down the groves1 and broke the brazen serpent1 which ,moses had made3 for till that time the children of ,israel burnt incense to it3 and he called its name ,nohestan4 ,and he called its name ,noheston4 4 4,that is1 their brass2 or a little brass4 ,so he called it in contempt1 because they had made an idol of it4 #ah3e4 ,he trusted in the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of ,juda1 nor any of them that were before him3 #ah3f4 ,and he stuck to the ,lord1 and departed not from his steps1 but kept his commandments1 which the ,lord commanded ,moses4 #ah3g4 ,wherefore the ,lord also was with him1 and in all things1 to which he went forth1 he behaved himself wisely4 ,and he rebelled against the king of the ,assyrians1 and served him not4 #ah3h4 ,he smote the ,philistines as far as ,gaza1 and all their borders1 from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city4 #ah3i4 ,in the fourth year of king ,ezechias1 which was the seventh year of ,osee1 the son of ,ela1 king of ,israel1 ,salmanasar1 king of the ,assyrians1 came up to ,samaria1 and besieged it1 #ah3aj4 ,and took it4 ,for after three years1 in the sixth year of ,ezechias1 that is1 in the ninth year of ,osee1 king of ,israel1 ,samaria was taken3 #ah3aa4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians carried away ,israel into ,assyria1 and placed them in ,hala1 and in ,habor1 by the rivers of ,gozan1 in the cities of the ,medes4 #ah3ab4 ,because they hearkened not to the voice of the ,lord1 their ,god1 but transgressed his covenant3 all that ,moses1 the servant of the ,lord1 commanded1 they would not hear1 nor do4 #ah3ac4 ,in the fourteenth year of king ,ezechias1 ,sennacherib1 king of the ,assyrians1 came up against the fenced cities of ,juda1 and took them4 #ah3ad4 ,then ,ezechias1 king of ,juda1 sent messengers to the king of the ,assyrians1 to ,lachis1 saying3 ,i have offended1 depart from me3 and all that thou shalt put upon me1 ,i will bear4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians put a tax upon ,ezechias1 king of ,juda1 of three hundred talents of silver1 and thirty talents of gold4 #ah3ae4 ,and ,ezechias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the ,lord1 and in the king's treasures4 #ah3af4 ,at that time ,ezechias broke the doors of the temple of the ,lord1 and the plates of gold which he had fastened on them1 and gave them to the king of the ,assyrians4 #ah3ag4 ,and the king of the ,assyrians sent ,tharthan1 and ,rabsaris1 and ,rabsaces1 from ,lachis1 to king ,ezechias1 with a strong army1 to ,jerusalem3 and they went up and came to ,jerusalem1 and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool1 which is in the way of the fuller's field4 #ah3ah4 ,and they called for the king3 and there went out to them ,eliacim1 the son of ,helcias1 who was over the house1 and ,sobna1 the scribe1 and ,joahe1 the son of ,asaph1 the recorder4 #ah3ai4 ,and ,rabsaces said to them3 ,speak to ,ezechias3 ,thus saith the great king1 the king of the ,assyrians3 ,what is this confidence1 wherein thou trustest8 #ah3bj4 ,perhaps thou hast taken counsel1 to prepare thyself for battle4 ,on whom dost thou trust1 that thou darest to rebel8 #ah3ba4 ,dost thou trust in ,egypt a staff of a broken reed1 upon which if a man lean1 it will break and go into his hand1 and pierce it8 so is ,pharao1 king of ,egypt1 to all that trust in him4 #ah3bb4 ,but if you say to me3 ,we trust in the ,lord1 our ,god3 is it not he1 whose high places and altars ,ezechias hath taken away3 and hath commanded ,juda and ,jerusalem3 ,you shall worship before this altar in ,jerusalem8 #ah3bc4 ,now therefore come over to my master1 the king of the ,assyrians1 and ,i will give you two thousand horses1 and see whether you be able to have riders for them4 #ah3bd4 ,and how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants8 ,dost thou trust in ,egypt for chariots and for horsemen8 #ah3be4 ,is it without the will of the ,lord that ,i am come up to this place to destroy it8 ,the ,lord said to me3 ,go up to this land1 and destroy it4 #ah3bf4 ,then ,eliacim1 the son of ,helcias1 and ,sobna1 and ,joahe1 said to ,rabsaces3 ,we pray thee1 speak to us1 thy servants1 in ,syriac3 for we understand that tongue3 and speak not to us in the ,jews' language1 in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall4 #ah3bg4 ,and ,rabsaces answered them1 saying3 ,hath my master sent me to thy master1 and to thee1 to speak these words1 and not rather to the men that sit upon the wall1 that they may eat their own dung1 and drink their urine with you8 #ah3bh4 ,then ,rabsaces stood1 and cried out with a loud voice in the ,jews' language1 and said3 ,hear the word of the great king1 the king of the ,assyrians4 #ah3bi4 ,thus saith the king3 ,let not ,ezechias deceive you3 for he shall not be able to deliver you out of my hand4 #ah3cj4 ,neither let him make you trust in the ,lord1 saying3 ,the ,lord will surely deliver us1 and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of the ,assyrians4 #ah3ca4 ,do not hearken to ,ezechias4 ,for thus saith the king of the ,assyrians3 ,do with me that which is for your advantage1 and come out to me3 and every man of you shall eat of his own vineyard1 and of his own fig tree3 and you shall drink water of your own cisterns1 #ah3cb4 ,till ,i come1 and take you away1 to a land1 like to your own land1 a fruitful land1 and plentiful in wine1 a land of bread and vineyards1 a land of olives1 and oil1 and honey1 and you shall live1 and not die4 ,hearken not to ,ezechias1 who deceiveth you1 saying3 ,the ,lord will deliver us4 #ah3cc4 ,have any of the gods of the nations delivered their land from the hand of the king of ,assyria8 #ah3cd4 ,where is the god of ,emath1 and of ,arphad8 where is the god of ,sepharvaim1 of ,ana1 and of ,ava8 have they delivered ,samaria out of my hand8 #ah3ce4 ,who are they among all the gods of the nations that have delivered their country out of my hand1 that the ,lord may deliver ,jerusalem out of my hand8 #ah3cf4 ,but the people held their peace1 and answered him not a word3 for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him4 #ah3cg4 ,and ,eliacim1 the son of ,helcias1 who was over the house1 and ,sobna1 the scribe1 and ,joahe1 the son of ,asaph1 the recorder1 came to ,ezechias1 with their garments rent1 and told him the words of ,rabsaces4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ai ,ezechias is assured of ,god's help by ,isaias the prophet4 ,the king of the ,assyrians still threateneth and blasphemeth4 ,ezechias prayeth1 and ,god promiseth to protect ,jerusalem4 ,an angel destroyeth the army of the ,assyrians1 their king returneth to ,nineve1 and is slain by his two sons4 #ai3a4 ,and when king ,ezechias heard these words1 he rent his garments1 and covered himself with sackcloth1 and went into the house of the ,lord4 #ai3b4 ,and he sent ,eliacim1 who was over the house1 and ,sobna1 the scribe1 and the ancients of the priests1 covered with sackcloths1 to ,isaias1 the prophet1 the son of ,amos4 #ai3c4 ,and they said to him3 ,thus saith ,ezechias3 ,this day is a day of tribulation1 and of rebuke1 and of blasphemy3 the children are come to the birth1 and the woman in travail hath not strength4 #ai3d4 ,it may be the ,lord1 thy ,god1 will hear all the words of ,rabsaces1 whom the king of the ,assyrians1 his master1 hath sent to reproach the living ,god1 and to reprove with words1 which the ,lord1 thy ,god1 hath heard3 and do thou offer prayer for the remnants that are found4 #ai3e4 ,so the servants of king ,ezechias came to ,isaias4 #ai3f4 ,and ,isaias said to them3 ,thus shall you say to your master3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,be not afraid for the words which thou hast heard1 with which the servants of the king of the ,assyrians have blasphemed me4 #ai3g4 ,behold ,i will send a spirit upon him1 and he shall hear a message1 and shall return into his own country1 and ,i will make him fall by the sword in his own country4 #ai3h4 ,and ,rabsaces returned1 and found the king of the ,assyrians besieging ,lobna3 for he had heard that he was departed from ,lachis4 #ai3i4 ,and when he heard of ,tharaca1 king of ,ethiopia3 ,behold1 he is come out to fight with thee3 and was going against him1 he sent messengers to ,ezechias1 saying3 #ai3aj4 ,thus shall you say to ,ezechias1 king of ,juda3 ,let not thy ,god deceive thee1 in whom thou trustest3 and do not say3 ,jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the ,assyrians4 #ai3aa4 ,behold1 thou hast heard what the kings of the ,assyrians have done to all countries1 how they have laid them waste3 and canst thou alone be delivered8 #ai3ab4 ,have the gods of the nations delivered any of them1 whom my fathers have destroyed1 to wit1 ,gozan1 and ,haran1 and ,reseph1 and the children of ,eden1 that were in ,thelassar8 #ai3ac4 ,where is the king of ,emath1 and the king of ,arphad1 and the king of the city of ,sepharvaim1 and of ,ana1 and of ,ava8 #ai3ad4 ,and when ,ezechias had received the letter of the hand of the messengers1 and had read it1 he went up to the house of the ,lord1 and spread it before the ,lord1 #ai3ae4 ,and he prayed in his sight1 saying3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 who sittest upon the cherubims1 thou alone art the ,god of all the kings of the earth3 thou madest heaven and earth3 #ai3af4 ,incline thy ear1 and hear3 open1 ,o ,lord1 thy eyes and see3 and hear all the words of ,sennacherib1 who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living ,god4 #ai3ag4 ,of a truth1 ,o ,lord1 the kings of the ,assyrians have destroyed nations1 and the lands of them all4 #ai3ah4 ,and they have cast their gods into the fire3 for they were not gods1 but the work of men's hands1 of wood and stone1 and they destroyed them4 #ai3ai4 ,now therefore1 ,o ,lord our ,god1 save us from his hand1 that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the ,lord1 the only ,god4 #ai3bj4 ,and ,isaias1 the son of ,amos1 sent to ,ezechias1 saying3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,i have heard the prayer thou hast made to me concerning ,sennacherib1 king of the ,assyrians4 #ai3ba4 ,this is the word that the ,lord hath spoken of him3 ,the virgin1 the daughter of ,sion1 hath despised thee1 and laughed thee to scorn3 the daughter of ,jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy back4 #ai3bb4 ,whom hast thou reproached1 and whom hast thou blasphemed8 against whom hast thou exalted thy voice1 and lifted up thy eyes on high8 against the holy one of ,israel4 #ai3bc4 ,by the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the ,lord1 and hast said3 ,with the multitude of my chariots ,i have gone up to the height of the mountains1 to the top of ,libanus1 and have cut down its tall cedars1 and its choice fir trees4 ,and ,i have entered into the furthest parts thereof1 and the forest of its ,carmel4 ,carmel4 4 4,a pleasant fruitful hill in the forest4 ,these expressions are figurative1 signifying under the names of mountains and forests1 the kings and provinces whom the ,assyrians had triumphed over4 #ai3bd4 ,i have cut down1 and ,i have drunk strange waters1 and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut up waters4 #ai3be4 ,hast thou not heard what ,i have done from the beginning8 from the days of old ,i have formed it1 and now ,i have brought it to effect3 that fenced cities of fighting men should be turned to heaps of ruins3 ,i have formed it1 etc4 4 4,all thy exploits1 in which thou takest pride1 are no more than what ,i have decreed2 and are not to be ascribed to thy wisdom or strength1 but to my will and ordinance3 who have given to thee to take and destroy so many fenced cities1 and to carry terror wherever thou comest4--,ibid4 ,heaps of ruin4 4 4,literally ruin of the hills4 #ai3bf4 ,and the inhabitants of them were weak of hand1 they trembled and were confounded1 they became like the grass of the field1 and the green herb on the tops of houses1 which withered before it came to maturity4 #ai3bg4 ,thy dwelling1 and thy going out1 and thy coming in1 and thy way ,i knew before1 and thy rage against me4 #ai3bh4 ,thou hast been mad against me1 and thy pride hath come up to my ears3 therefore ,i will put a ring in thy nose1 and a bit between thy lips1 and ,i will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest4 #ai3bi4 ,and to thee1 ,o ,ezechias1 this shall be a sign3 ,eat this year what thou shalt find3 and in the second year1 such things as spring of themselves3 but in the third year sow and reap3 plant vineyards1 and eat the fruit of them4 #ai3cj4 ,and whatsoever shall be left of the house of ,juda1 shall take root downward1 and bear fruit upward4 #ai3ca4 ,for out of ,jerusalem shall go forth a remnant1 and that which shall be saved out of mount ,sion3 the zeal of the ,lord of hosts shall do this4 #ai3cb4 ,wherefore thus saith the ,lord concerning the king of the ,assyrians3 ,he shall not come into this city1 nor shoot an arrow into it1 nor come before it with shield1 nor cast a trench about it4 #ai3cc4 ,by the way that he came he shall return3 and into this city he shall not come1 saith the ,lord4 #ai3cd4 ,and ,i will protect this city1 and will save it for my own sake1 and for ,david1 my servant's sake4 #ai3ce4 ,and it came to pass that night1 that an angel of the ,lord came1 and slew in the camp of the ,assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand4 ,and when he arose early in the morning1 he saw all the bodies of the dead4 #ai3cf4 ,and ,sennacherib1 king of the ,assyrians1 departing1 went away1 and he returned and abode in ,ninive4 #ai3cg4 ,and as he was worshipping in the temple of ,nesroch1 his god1 ,adramelech and ,sarasar1 his sons1 slew him with the sword1 and they fled into the land of the ,armenians1 and ,asarhaddon1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #bj ,ezechias being sick1 is told by ,isaias that he shall die2 but praying to ,god1 he obtaineth longer life1 and in confirmation thereof receiveth a sign by the sun's returning back4 ,he sheweth all his treasures to the ambassadors of the king of ,babylon3 ,isaias reproving him for it1 foretelleth the ,babylonish captivity4 #bj3a4 ,in those days ,ezechias was sick unto death3 and ,isaias1 the son of ,amos1 the prophet1 came and said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3 ,give charge concerning thy house1 for thou shalt die1 and not llve4 #bj3b4 ,and he turned his face to the wall1 and prayed to the ,lord1 saying3 #bj3c4 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 remember how ,i have walked before thee in truth1 and with a perfect heart1 and have done that which is pleasing before thee4 ,and ,ezechias wept with much weeping4 #bj3d4 ,and before ,isaias was gone out of the middle of the court1 the word of the ,lord came to him1 saying3 #bj3e4 ,go back1 and tell ,ezechias1 the captain of my people3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,david1 thy father3 ,i have heard thy prayer1 and ,i have seen thy tears3 and behold ,i have healed thee3 on the third day thou shalt go up to the temple of the ,lord4 #bj3f4 ,and ,i will add to thy days fifteen years3 and ,i will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the ,assyrians1 and ,i will protect this city for my own sake1 and for ,david1 my servant's sake4 #bj3g4 ,and ,isaias said3 ,bring me a lump of figs4 ,and when they had brought it1 and laid it upon his boil1 he was healed4 #bj3h4 ,and ,ezechias had said to ,isaias3 ,what shall be the sign that the ,lord will heal me1 and that ,i will go up to the temple of the ,lord the third day8 #bj3i4 ,and ,isaias said to him3 ,this shall be the sign from the ,lord1 that the ,lord will do the word which he hath spoken3 ,wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines1 or that it go back so many degrees8 #bj3aj4 ,and ,ezechias said3 ,it is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines3 and ,i do not desire that this be done1 but let it return back ten degrees4 #bj3aa4 ,and ,isaias1 the prophet1 called upon the ,lord1 and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards by the lines1 by which it had already gone down on the dial of ,achaz4 #bj3ab4 ,at that time ,berodach ,baladan1 the son of ,baladan1 king of the ,babylonians1 sent letters and presents to ,ezechias3 for he had heard that ,ezechias had been sick4 #bj3ac4 ,and ,ezechias rejoiced at their coming1 and he shewed them the house of his aromatical spices1 and the gold1 and the silver1 and divers precious odours1 and ointments1 and the house of his vessels1 and all that he had in his treasures4 ,there was nothing in his house1 nor in all his dominions1 that ,ezechias shewed them not4 #bj3ad4 ,and ,isaias1 the prophet1 came to king ,ezechias1 and said to him3 ,what said these men8 or from whence came they to thee8 ,and ,ezechias said to him3 ,from a far country1 they came to me out of ,babylon4 #bj3ae4 ,and he said3 ,what did they see in thy house8 ,ezechias said3 ,they saw all the things that are in my house3 ,there is nothing among my treasures that ,i have not shewed them4 #bj3af4 ,and ,isaias said to ,ezechias3 ,hear the word of the ,lord4 #bj3ag4 ,behold the days shall come1 that all that is in thy house1 and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day1 shall be carried into ,babylon3 nothing shall be left1 saith the ,lord4 #bj3ah4 ,and of thy sons also that shall issue from thee1 whom thou shalt beget1 they shall take away1 and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of ,babylon4 #bj3ai4 ,ezechias said to ,isaias3 ,the word of the ,lord1 which thou hast spoken1 is good3 let peace and truth be in my days4 #bj3bj4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,ezechias1 and all his might1 and how he made a pool1 and a conduit1 and brought waters into the city1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #bj3ba4 ,and ,ezechias slept with his fathers1 and ,manasses1 his son reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #ba ,the wickedness of ,manasses3 ,god's threats by his prophets4 ,his wicked son ,amon succeedeth him1 and is slain by his servants4 #ba3a4 ,manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned five and fifty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,haphsiba4 #ba3b4 ,and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 according to the idols of the nations1 which the ,lord destroyed from before the face of the children of ,israel4 #ba3c4 ,and he turned1 and built up the high places1 which ,ezechias1 his father1 had destroyed3 and he set up altars to ,baal1 and made groves1 as ,achab1 the king of ,israel1 had done3 and he adored all the host of heaven1 and served them4 #ba3d4 ,and he built altars in the house of the ,lord1 of which the ,lord said3 ,in ,jerusalem ,i will put my name4 #ba3e4 ,and he built altars for all the host of heaven1 in the two courts of the temple of the ,lord4 #ba3f4 ,and he made his son pass through fire3 and he used divinations1 and observed omens1 and appointed pythons1 and multiplied soothsayers1 to do evil before the ,lord1 and to provoke him4 ,pythons4 4 4,that is1 diviners by spirits4 #ba3g4 ,he set also an idol of the grove1 which he had made1 in the temple of the ,lord3 concerning which the ,lord said to ,david1 and to ,solomon his son3 ,in this temple1 and in ,jerusalem1 which ,i have chosen out of all the tribes of ,israel1 ,i will put my name for ever4 #ba3h4 ,and ,i will no more make the feet of ,israel to be moved out of the land1 which ,i gave to their fathers3 only if they will observe to do all that ,i have commanded them1 according to the law which my servant ,moses commanded them4 #ba3i4 ,but they hearkened not3 but were seduced by ,manasses1 to do evil more than the nations which the ,lord destroyed before the children of ,israel4 #ba3aj4 ,and the ,lord spoke in the hand of his servants1 the prophets1 saying3 #ba3aa4 ,because ,manasses1 king of ,juda1 hath done these most wicked abominations1 beyond all that the ,amorrhites did before him1 and hath made ,juda also to sin with his filthy doings3 #ba3ab4 ,therefore thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,behold1 ,i will bring on evils upon ,jerusalem and ,juda3 that whosoever shall hear of them1 both his ears shall tingle4 #ba3ac4 ,and ,i will stretch over ,jerusalem the line of ,samaria1 and the weight of the house of ,achab3 and ,i will efface ,jerusalem1 as writings tables are wont to be effaced1 and ,i will erase and turn it1 and draw the pencil often over the face thereof4 #ba3ad4 ,and ,i will leave the remnants of my inheritance1 and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies3 and they shall become a prey1 and a spoil to all their enemies4 #ba3ae4 ,because they have done evil before me1 and have continued to provoke me1 from the day that their fathers came out of ,egypt1 even unto this day4 #ba3af4 ,moreover1 ,manasses shed also very much innocent blood1 till he filled ,jerusalem up to the mouth3 besides his sins1 wherewith he made ,juda to sin1 to do evil before the ,lord4 #ba3ag4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,manasses1 and all that he did1 and his sin1 which he sinned1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ba3ah4 ,and ,manasses slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the garden of his own house1 in the garden of ,oza3 and ,amon1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #ba3ai4 ,two and twenty years old was ,amon when he began to reign1 and he reigned two years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,messalemeth1 the daughter of ,harus1 of ,jeteba4 #ba3bj4 ,and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 as ,manasses1 his father1 had done4 #ba3ba4 ,and he walked in all the way in which his father had walked3 and he served the abominations which his father had served1 and he adored them4 #ba3bb4 ,and forsook the ,lord1 the ,god of his fathers1 and walked not in the way of the ,lord4 #ba3bc4 ,and his servants plotted against him1 and slew the king in his own house4 #ba3bd4 ,but the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king ,amon3 and made ,josias1 his son1 their king in his stead4 #ba3be4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,amon1 which he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #ba3bf4 ,and they buried him in his sepulchre1 in the garden of ,oza3 and his son1 ,josias1 reigned in his stead4 #d ,kings ,chapter #bb ,josias repaireth the temple4 ,the book of the law is found1 upon which they consult the ,lord1 and are told that great evils shall fall upon them1 but not in the time of ,josias4 #bb3a4 ,josias was eight years old when he began to reign3 he reigned one and thirty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,idida1 the daughter of ,hadaia1 of ,besecath4 #bb3b4 ,and he did that which was right in the sight of the ,lord1 and walked in all the ways of ,david1 his father3 he turned not aside to the right hand1 or to the left4 #bb3c4 ,and in the eighteenth year of king ,josias1 the king sent ,saphan1 the son of ,assia1 the son of ,messulam1 the scribe of the temple of the ,lord1 saying to him3 #bb3d4 ,go to ,helcias1 the high priest1 that the money may be put together which is brought into the temple of the ,lord1 which the doorkeepers of the temple have gathered of the people4 #bb3e4 ,and let it be given to the workmen by the overseers of the house of the ,lord3 and let them distribute it to those that work in the temple of the ,lord1 to repair the temple3 #bb3f4 ,that is1 to carpenters and masons1 and to such as mend breaches3 and that timber may be bought1 and stones out of the quarries1 to repair the temple of the ,lord4 #bb3g4 ,but let there be no reckoning made with them of the money which they receive1 but let them have it in their power1 and in their trust4 #bb3h4 ,and ,helcias1 the high priest1 said to ,saphan1 the scribe3 ,i have found the book of the law in the house of the ,lord3 and ,helcias gave the book to ,saphan1 and he read it4 ,the book of the law4 4 4,that is1 ,deuteronomy4 #bb3i4 ,and ,saphan1 the scribe1 came to the king1 and brought him word again concerning that which he had commanded1 and said3 ,thy servants have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the ,lord3 and they have given it to be distributed to the workmen1 by the overseers of the works of the temple of the ,lord4 #bb3aj4 ,and ,saphan1 the scribe1 told the king1 saying3 ,helcias1 the priest1 hath delivered to me a book4 ,and when ,saphan had read it before the king1 #bb3aa4 ,and the king had heard the words of the law of the ,lord1 he rent his garments4 #bb3ab4 ,and he commanded ,helcias1 the priest1 and ,ahicam1 the son of ,saphan1 and ,achobor1 the son of ,micha1 and ,saphan1 the scribe1 and ,asaia1 the king's servant1 saying3 #bb3ac4 ,go and consult the ,lord for me1 and for the people1 and for all ,juda1 concerning the words of this book which is found3 for the great wrath of the ,lord is kindled against us1 because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book1 to do all that is written for us4 #bb3ad4 ,so ,helcias1 the priest1 and ,ahicam1 and ,achobor1 and ,sapham1 and ,asaia1 went to ,holda1 the prophetess1 the wife of ,sellum1 the son of ,thecua1 the son of ,araas1 keeper of the wardrobe1 who dwelt in ,jerusalem1 in the ,second3 and they spoke to her4 ,the ,second4 4 4,a street1 or part of the city1 so called2 in ,hebrew1 ,massem4 #bb3ae4 ,and she said to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 ,tell the man that sent you to me3 #bb3af4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold1 ,i will bring evils upon this place1 and upon the inhabitants thereof1 all the words of the law which the king of ,juda hath read3 #bb3ag4 ,because they have forsaken me1 and have sacrificed to strange gods1 provoking me by all the works of their hands3 therefore my indignation shall be kindled against this place1 and shall not be quenched4 #bb3ah4 ,but to the king of ,juda1 who sent you to consult the ,lord1 thus shall you say3 ,thus saith the ,lord1 the ,god of ,israel3 for as much as thou hast heard the words of the book1 #bb3ai4 ,and thy heart hath been moved to fear1 and thou hast humbled thyself before the ,lord1 hearing the words against this place1 and the inhabitants thereof1 to wit1 that they should become a wonder and a curse3 and thou hast rent thy garments1 and wept before me2 ,i also have heard thee2 saith the ,lord4 #bb3bj4 ,therefore ,i will gather thee to thy fathers1 and thou shalt be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace2 that thy eyes may not see all the evils which ,i will bring upon this place4 #d ,kings ,chapter #bc ,josias readeth the law before all the people4 ,they promise to observe it4 ,he abolisheth all idolatry1 celebrateth the phase3 is slain in battle by the king of ,egypt4 ,the short reign of ,joachaz1 in whose place ,joakim is made king4 #bc3a4 ,and they brought the king word again what she had said4 ,and he sent3 and all the ancients of ,juda and ,jerusalem were assembled to him4 #bc3b4 ,and the king went up to the temple of the ,lord1 and all the men of ,juda1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem with him1 the priests1 and the prophets1 and all the people1 both little and great3 and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant1 which was found in the house of the ,lord4 #bc3c4 ,and the king stood upon the step3 and he made a covenant with the ,lord1 to walk after the ,lord1 and to keep his commandments1 and his testimonies1 and his ceremonies1 with all their heart1 and with all their soul1 and to perform the words of this covenant1 which were written in that book3 and the people agreed to the covenant4 ,the king stood upon the step4 4 4,that is1 his tribune1 or tribunal1 a more eminent place1 from whence he might be seen and heard by the people4 #bc3d4 ,and the king commanded ,helcias1 the high priest1 and the priests of the second order1 and the doorkeepers1 to cast out of the temple of the ,lord all the vessels that had been made for ,baal1 and for the grove1 and for all the host of heaven3 and he burnt them without ,jerusalem1 in the valley of ,cedron1 and he carried the ashes of them to ,bethel4 #bc3e4 ,and he destroyed the soothsayers1 whom the kings of ,juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of ,juda1 and round about ,jerusalem3 them also that burnt incense to ,baal1 and to the sun1 and to the moon1 and to the twelve signs1 and to all the host of heaven4 #bc3f4 ,and he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the ,lord1 without ,jerusalem1 to the valley of ,cedron1 and he burnt it there1 and reduced it to dust1 and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people4 #bc3g4 ,he destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate1 which were in the house of the ,lord1 for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove4 #bc3h4 ,and he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of ,juda3 and he defiled the high places1 where the priests offered sacrifice1 from ,gabaa to ,bersabee3 and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of ,josue1 governor of the city1 which was on the left hand of the gate of the city4 #bc3i4 ,however1 the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the ,lord1 in ,jerusalem3 but only eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren4 #bc3aj4 ,and he defiled ,topheth1 which is in the valley of the son of ,ennom3 that no man should consecrate there his son1 or his daughter1 through fire1 to ,moloch4 #bc3aa4 ,and he took away the horses which the kings of ,juda had given to the sun1 at the entering in of the temple of the ,lord1 near the chamber of ,nathanmelech the eunuch1 who was in ,pharurim3 and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire4 #bc3ab4 ,and the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of ,achaz1 which the kings of ,juda had made1 and the altars which ,manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the ,lord1 the king broke down3 and he ran from thence1 and cast the ashes of them into the torrent ,cedron4 #bc3ac4 ,the high places also that were at ,jerusalem1 on the right side of the ,mount of ,offence1 which ,solomon1 king of ,israel1 had built to ,astaroth1 the idol of the ,sidonians1 and to ,chamos1 the scandal of ,moab1 and to ,melchom1 the abomination of the children of ,ammon1 the king defiled4 #bc3ad4 ,and he broke in pieces the statues1 and cut down the groves3 and he filled their places with the bones of dead men4 #bc3ae4 ,moreover1 the altar also that was at ,bethel1 and the high place1 which ,jeroboam1 the son of ,nabat1 who made ,israel to sin1 had made3 both the altar1 and the high place1 he broke down and burnt1 and reduced to powder1 and burnt the grove4 #bc3af4 ,and as ,josias turned himself1 he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount3 and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres1 and burnt them upon the altar1 and defiled it according to the word of the ,lord1 which the man of ,god spoke1 who had foretold these things4 #bc3ag4 ,and he said3 ,what is that monument which ,i see8 ,and the men of that city answered3 ,it is the sepulchre of the man of ,god1 who came from ,juda1 and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of ,bethel4 #bc3ah4 ,and he said3 ,let him alone1 let no man move his bones4 ,so his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet1 that came out of ,samaria4 #bc3ai4 ,moreover all the temples of the high places which were in the cities of ,samaria1 which the kings of ,israel had made to provoke the ,lord1 ,josias took away3 and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in ,bethel4 #bc3bj4 ,and he slew all the priests of the high places1 that were there1 upon the altars2 and he burnt men's bones upon them3 and returned to ,jerusalem4 #bc3ba4 ,and he commanded all the people1 saying3 ,keep the ,phase to the ,lord your ,god1 according as it is written in the book of this covenant4 #bc3bb4 ,now there was no such a ,phase kept from the days of the judges1 who judged ,israel1 nor in all the days of the kings of ,israel1 and of the kings of ,juda1 #bc3bc4 ,as was this ,phase1 that was kept to the ,lord in ,jerusalem1 in the eighteenth year of king ,josias4 #bc3bd4 ,moreover the diviners by spirits1 and soothsayers1 and the figures of idols1 and the uncleannesses1 and the abominations1 that had been in the land of ,juda and ,jerusalem1 ,josias took away3 that he might perform the words of the law1 that were written in the book1 which ,helcias the priest had found in the temple of the ,lord4 #bc3be4 ,there was no king before him like unto him1 that returned to the ,lord with all his heart1 and with all his soul1 and with all his strength1 according to all the law of ,moses3 neither after him did there arise any like unto him4 #bc3bf4 ,but yet the ,lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation1 wherewith his anger was kindled against ,juda3 because of the provocations1 wherewith ,manasses had provoked him4 #bc3bg4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,i will remove ,juda also from before my face1 as ,i have removed ,israel3 and ,i will cast off this city ,jerusalem1 which ,i chose1 and the house1 of which ,i said3 ,my name shall be there4 #bc3bh4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,josias1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 #bc3bi4 ,in his days ,pharao ,nechao1 king of ,egypt1 went up against the king of ,assyria to the river ,euphrates3 and king ,josias went to meet him3 and was slain at ,mageddo1 when he had seen him4 #bc3cj4 ,and his servants carried him dead from ,mageddo3 and they brought him to ,jerusalem1 and buried him in his own sepulchre4 ,and the people of the land took ,joachaz1 the son of ,josias3 and they anointed him1 and made him king in his father's stead4 #bc3ca4 ,joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned three months in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,amital1 the daughter of ,jeremias1 of ,lobna4 #bc3cb4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 according to all that his fathers had done4 #bc3cc4 ,and ,pharao ,nechao bound him at ,rebla1 which is in the land of ,emath1 that he should not reign in ,jerusalem3 and he set a fine upon the land1 of a hundred talents of silver1 and a talent of gold4 #bc3cd4 ,and ,pharao ,nechao made ,eliacim1 the son of ,josias1 king in the room of ,josias his father3 and turned his name to ,joakim4 ,and he took ,joachaz away and carried him into ,egypt1 and he died there4 #bc3ce4 ,and ,joakim gave the silver and the gold to ,pharao1 after he had taxed the land for every man1 to contribute according to the commandment of ,pharao3 and he exacted both the silver and the gold of the people of the land1 of every man according to his ability3 to give to ,pharao ,nechao4 #bc3cf4 ,joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,zebida1 the daughter of ,phadaia1 of ,ruma4 #bc3cg4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord according to all that his fathers had done4 #d ,kings ,chapter #bd ,the reign of ,joakim1 ,joachin1 and ,sedecias4 #bd3a4 ,in his days ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon came up1 and ,joakim became his servant three years3 then again he rebelled against him4 #bd3b4 ,and the ,lord sent against him the rovers of the ,chaldees1 and the rovers of ,syria1 and the rovers of ,moab1 and the rovers of the children of ,ammon3 and he sent them against ,juda1 to destroy it1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he had spoken by his servants1 the prophets4 ,the ,lord sent against him the rovers4 4 4,latrunculos4 ,bands or parties of men1 who pillaged and plundered wherever they came4 #bd3c4 ,and this came by the word of the ,lord against ,juda1 to remove them from before him for all the sins of ,manasses which he did2 #bd3d4 ,and for the innocent blood that he shed1 filling ,jerusalem with innocent blood3 and therefore the ,lord would not be appeased4 #bd3e4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joakim1 and all that he did1 are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of ,juda8 ,and ,joakim slept with his fathers3 #bd3f4 ,and ,joachin1 his son1 reigned in his stead4 #bd3g4 ,and the king of ,egypt came not again any more out of his own country3 for the king of ,babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of ,egypt1 from the river of ,egypt1 unto the river ,euphrates4 #bd3h4 ,joachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned three months in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,nohesta1 the daughter of ,elnathan1 of ,jerusalem4 #bd3i4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 according to all that his father had done4 #bd3aj4 ,at that time the servants of ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came up against ,jerusalem1 and the city was surrounded with their forts4 #bd3aa4 ,and ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came to the city1 with his servants1 to assault it4 #bd3ab4 ,and ,joachin1 king of ,juda1 went out to the king of ,babylon1 he1 and his mother1 and his servants1 and his nobles1 and his eunuchs3 and the king of ,babylon received him in the eighth year of his reign4 #bd3ac4 ,and he brought out from thence all the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 and the treasures of the king's house3 and he cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which ,solomon1 king of ,israel1 had made in the temple of the ,lord1 according to the word of the ,lord4 #bd3ad4 ,and he carried away all ,jerusalem1 and all the princes1 and all the valiant men of the army1 to the number of ten thousand1 into captivity3 and every artificer and smith3 and none were left1 but the poor sort of the people of the land4 #bd3ae4 ,and he carried away ,joachin into ,babylon1 and the king's mother1 and the king's wives1 and his eunuchs3 and the judges of the land he carried into captivity1 from ,jerusalem1 into ,babylon4 #bd3af4 ,and all the strong men1 seven thousand1 and the artificers1 and the smiths1 a thousand1 all that were valiant men1 and fit for war3 and the king of ,babylon led them captives into ,babylon4 #bd3ag4 ,and he appointed ,matthanias1 his uncle1 in his stead3 and called his name ,sedecias4 #bd3ah4 ,sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,amital1 the daughter of ,jeremias1 of ,lobna4 #bd3ai4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 according to all that ,joakim had done4 #bd3bj4 ,for the ,lord was angry against ,jerusalem and against ,juda1 till he cast them out from his face3 and ,sedecias revolted from the king of ,babylon4 #d ,kings ,chapter #be ,jerusalem is besieged and taken by ,nabuchodonosor3 ,sedecias is taken3 the city and temple are destroyed4 ,godolias1 who is left governor1 is slain4 ,joachin is exalted by ,evilmerodach4 #be3a4 ,and it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign1 in the tenth month1 the tenth day of the month1 that ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came1 he and all his army1 against ,jerusalem3 and they surrounded it3 and raised works round about it4 #be3b4 ,and the city was shut up and besieged till the eleventh year of king ,sedecias1 #be3c4 ,the ninth day of the month3 and a famine prevailed in the city1 and there was no bread for the people of the land4 #be3d4 ,and a breach was made into the city3 and all the men of war fled in the night between the two walls by the king's garden 7now the ,chaldees besieged the city round about71 and ,sedecias fled by the way that leadeth to the plains of the wilderness4 #be3e4 ,and the army of the ,chaldees pursued after the king1 and overtook him in the plains of ,jericho3 and all the warriors that were with him were scattered1 and left him3 #be3f4 ,so they took the king1 and brought him to the king of ,babylon1 to ,reblatha1 and he gave judgment upon him4 #be3g4 ,and he slew the sons of ,sedecias before his face1 and he put out his eyes1 and bound him with chains1 and brought him to ,babylon4 #be3h4 ,in the fifth month1 the seventh day of the month1 the same is the nineteenth year of the king of ,babylon1 came ,nabuzardan1 commander of the army1 a servant of the king of ,babylon1 into ,jerusalem4 #be3i4 ,and he burnt the house of the ,lord1 and the king's house1 and the houses of ,jerusalem1 and every great house he burnt with fire4 #be3aj4 ,and all the army of the ,chaldees1 which was with the commander of the troops1 broke down the walls of ,jerusalem round about4 #be3aa4 ,and ,nabuzardan1 the commander of the army1 carried away the rest of the people1 that remained in the city1 and the fugitives1 that had gone over to the king of ,babylon1 and the remnant of the common people4 #be3ab4 ,but of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen4 #be3ac4 ,and the pillars of brass that were in the temple of the ,lord1 and the bases1 and the sea of brass1 which was in the house of the ,lord1 the ,chaldees broke in pieces1 and carried all the brass of them to ,babylon4 #be3ad4 ,they took away also the pots of brass1 and the mazers1 and the forks1 and the cups1 and the mortars1 and all the vessels of brass1 with which they ministered4 #be3ae4 ,moreover also the censers1 and the bowls1 such as were of gold in gold3 and such as were of silver in silver1 the general of the army took away4 #be3af4 ,that is1 two pillars1 one sea1 and the bases which ,solomon had made in the temple of the ,lord3 the brass of all these vessels was without weight4 #be3ag4 ,one pillar was eighteen cubits high3 and the chapiter of brass1 which was upon it1 was three cubits high3 and the network1 and the pomegranates that were upon the chapiter of the pillar1 were all of brass3 and the second pillar had the like adorning4 #be3ah4 ,and the general of the army took ,seraias1 the chief priest1 and ,sophonias1 the second priest1 and three doorkeepers3 #be3ai4 ,and out of the city one eunuch1 who was captain over the men of war3 and five men of them who had stood before the king1 whom he found in the city1 and ,sopher1 the captain of the army1 who exercised the young soldiers of the people of the land3 and threescore men of the common people1 who were found in the city3 #be3bj4 ,these ,nabuzardan1 the general of the army1 took away1 and carried them to the king of ,babylon1 to ,reblatha4 #be3ba4 ,and the king of ,babylon smote them1 and slew them at ,reblatha1 in the land of ,emath3 so ,juda was carried away out of their land4 #be3bb4 ,but over the people that remained in the land of ,juda1 which ,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 had left1 he gave the government to ,godolias1 the son of ,ahicam1 the son of ,saphan4 #be3bc4 ,and when all the captains of the soldiers had heard this1 they and the men that were with them1 to wit1 that the king of ,babylon had made ,godolias governor they came to ,godolias to ,maspha1 ,ismael1 the son of ,nathanias1 and ,johanan1 the son of ,caree1 and ,saraia1 the son of ,thanehumeth1 the ,netophathite1 and ,jezonias1 the son of ,maachathi1 they and their men4 #be3bd4 ,and ,godolias swore to them and to their men1 saying3 ,be not afraid to serve the ,chaldees3 stay in the land1 and serve the king of ,babylon1 and it shall be well with you4 #be3be4 ,but it came to pass in the seventh month1 that ,ismael1 the son of ,nathanias1 the son of ,elisama1 of the seed royal came1 and ten men with him1 and smote ,godolias2 so that he died3 and also the ,jews and the ,chaldees that were with him in ,maspha4 #be3bf4 ,and all the people1 both little and great1 and the captains of the soldiers1 rising up1 went to ,egypt1 fearing the ,chaldees4 #be3bg4 ,and it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of ,joachin1 king of ,juda1 in the twelfth month1 the seven and twentieth day of the month3 ,evilmerodach1 king of ,babylon1 in the year that he began to reign1 lifted up the head of ,joachin1 king of ,juda1 out of prison4 #be3bh4 ,and he spoke kindly to him3 and he set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in ,babylon4 #be3bi4 ,and he changed his garments which he had in prison1 and he ate bread always before him1 all the days of his life4 #be3cj4 ,and he appointed him a continual allowance1 which was also given him by the king1 day by day1 all the days of his life4 ,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,paralipomenon ,these ,books are called by the ,greek interpreters1 ,paralipomenon1 that is1 of things left out1 or omitted2 because they are a kind of a supplement of such things as were passed over in the books of the ,kings4 ,the ,hebrews call them ,dibre ,haijamim1 that is1 ,the words of the days1 or ,the ,chronicles4--,not that they are the books which are so often quoted in the ,kings1 under the title of the words of the days of the kings of ,israel1 and of the kings of ,juda3 for the books of ,paralipomenon were written after the books of ,kings3 but because in all probability they have been abridged from those ancient words of the days1 by ,esdras or some other sacred writer4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #a ,the genealogy of the patriarchs down to ,abraham3 ,the posterity of ,abraham and of ,esau4 #a3a4 ,adam1 ,seth1 ,enos1 #a3b4 ,cainan1 ,malaleel1 ,jared1 #a3c4 ,henoc1 ,mathusale1 ,lamech1 #a3d4 ,noe1 ,sem1 ,cham1 and ,japheth4 #a3e4 ,the sons of ,japheth3 ,gomer1 and ,magog1 and ,madai1 and ,javan1 ,thubal1 ,mosoch1 ,thiras4 #a3f4 ,and the sons of ,gomer3 ,ascenez1 and ,riphath1 and ,thogorma4 #a3g4 ,and the sons of ,javan3 ,elisa and ,tharsis1 ,cethim and ,dodanim4 #a3h4 ,the sons of ,cham3 ,chus1 and ,mesrai1 and ,phut1 and ,chanaan4 #a3i4 ,and the sons of ,chus3 ,saba1 and ,hevila1 ,sabatha1 and ,regma1 and ,sabathaca4 ,and the sons of ,regma3 ,saba1 and ,dadan4 #a3aj4 ,now ,chus begot ,nemrod3 he began to be mighty upon earth4 #a3aa4 ,but ,mesraim begot ,ludim1 and ,anamim1 and ,laabim1 and ,nephtuim1 #a3ab4 ,phetrusim also1 and ,casluim3 from whom came the ,philistines1 and ,caphtorim4 #a3ac4 ,and ,chanaan begot ,sidon his firstborn1 and the ,hethite1 #a3ad4 ,and the ,jebusite1 and the ,amorrhite1 and the ,gergesite1 #a3ae4 ,and the ,hevite1 and the ,aracite1 and the ,sinite1 #a3af4 ,and the ,aradian1 and the ,samarite1 and the ,hamathite4 #a3ag4 ,the sons of ,sem3 ,elam and ,asur1 and ,arphaxad1 and ,lud1 and ,aram1 and ,hus1 and ,hul1 and ,gether1 and ,mosoch4 #a3ah4 ,and ,arphaxad begot ,sale1 and ,sale begot ,heber4 #a3ai4 ,and to ,heber were born two sons1 the name of the one was ,phaleg1 because in his days the earth was divided2 and the name of his brother was ,jectan4 #a3bj4 ,and ,jectan begot ,elmodad1 and ,saleph1 and ,asarmoth1 and ,jare1 #a3ba4 ,and ,adoram1 and ,usal1 and ,decla1 #a3bb4 ,and ,hebal1 and ,abimael1 and ,saba1 #a3bc4 ,and ,ophir1 and ,hevila1 and ,jobab4 ,all these are the sons of ,jectan4 #a3bd4 ,sem1 ,arphaxad1 ,sale1 #a3be4 ,heber1 ,phaleg1 ,ragau1 #a3bf4 ,serug1 ,nachor1 ,thare1 #a3bg4 ,abram1 this is ,abraham4 #a3bh4 ,and the sons of ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,ismahel4 #a3bi4 ,and these are the generations of them4 ,the firstborn of ,ismahel1 ,nabajoth1 then ,cedar1 and ,adbeel1 and ,mabsam1 #a3cj4 ,and ,masma1 and ,duma1 ,massa1 ,hadad1 and ,thema1 #a3ca4 ,jetur1 ,naphis1 ,cedma3 these are the sons of ,ismahel4 #a3cb4 ,and the sons of ,cetura1 ,abraham's concubine1 whom she bore3 ,zamran1 ,jecsan1 ,madan1 ,madian1 ,jesboc1 and ,sue4 ,and the sons of ,jecsan1 ,saba1 and ,dadan4 ,and the sons of ,dadan3 ,assurim1 and ,latussim1 and ,laomin4 ,concubine4 4 4,she was his lawful wife1 but of an inferior degree4 #a3cc4 ,and the sons of ,madian3 ,epha1 and ,epher1 and ,henoch1 and ,abida1 and ,eldaa4 ,all these are the sons of ,cetura4 #a3cd4 ,and ,abraham begot ,isaac3 and his sons were ,esau and ,israel4 #a3ce4 ,the sons of ,esau3 ,eliphaz1 ,rahuel1 ,jehus1 ,ihelom1 and ,core4 #a3cf4 ,the sons of ,eliphaz3 ,theman1 ,omar1 ,sephi1 ,gathan1 ,cenez1 and by ,thamna1 ,amalec4 #a3cg4 ,the sons of ,rahuel3 ,nahath1 ,zara1 ,samma1 ,meza4 #a3ch4 ,the sons of ,seir3 ,lotan1 ,sobal1 ,sebeon1 ,ana1 ,dison1 ,eser1 ,disan4 #a3ci4 ,the sons of ,lotan3 ,hori1 ,homam4 ,and the sister of ,lotan was ,thamna4 #a3dj4 ,the sons of ,sobal3 ,alian1 and ,manahath1 and ,ebal1 ,sephi1 and ,onam4 ,the sons of ,sebeon3 ,aia1 and ,ana4 ,the son of ,ana3 ,dison4 #a3da4 ,the sons of ,dison3 ,hamram1 and ,eseban1 and ,jethran1 and ,charan4 #a3db4 ,the sons of ,eser3 ,balaan1 and ,zavan1 and ,jacan4 ,the sons of ,disan3 ,hus and ,aran4 #a3dc4 ,now these are the kings that reigned in the land of ,edom1 before there was a king over the children of ,israel3 ,bale the son of ,beor3 and the name of his city was ,denaba4 #a3dd4 ,and ,bale died1 and ,jobab the son of ,zare of ,bosra1 reigned in his stead4 #a3de4 ,and when ,jobab also was dead1 ,husam of the land of the ,themanites reigned in his stead4 #a3df4 ,and ,husam also died1 and ,adad the son of ,badad reigned in his stead1 and he defeated the ,madianites in the land of ,moab3 the name of his city was ,avith4 #a3dg4 ,and when ,adad also was dead1 ,semla of ,masreca reigned in his stead4 #a3dh4 ,semla also died1 and ,saul of ,rohoboth1 which is near the river1 reigned in his stead4 #a3di4 ,and when ,saul was dead1 ,balanan the son of ,achobor reigned in his stead4 #a3ej4 ,he also died1 and ,adad reigned in his stead3 and the name of his city was ,phau1 and his wife was called ,meetabel the daughter of ,matred1 the daughter of ,mezaab4 #a3ea4 ,and after the death of ,adad1 there began to be dukes in ,edom instead of kings3 duke ,thamna1 duke ,alva1 duke ,jetheth1 #a3eb4 ,duke ,oolibama1 duke ,ela1 duke ,phinon1 #a3ec4 ,duke ,cenez1 duke ,theman1 duke ,mabsar1 #a3ed4 ,duke ,magdiel1 duke ,hiram4 ,these are the dukes of ,edom4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #b ,the twelve tribes of ,israel4 ,the genealogy of ,juda down to ,david4 ,other genealogies of the tribe of ,juda4 #b3a4 ,and these are the sons of ,israel3 ,ruben1 ,simeon1 ,levi1 ,juda1 ,issachar1 and ,zabulon1 #b3b4 ,dan1 ,joseph1 ,benjamin1 ,nephtali1 ,gad1 and ,aser4 #b3c4 ,the sons of ,juda3 ,her1 ,onan and ,sela4 ,these three were born to him of the ,chanaanitess the daughter of ,sue4 ,and ,her the firstborn of ,juda1 was wicked in the sight of the ,lord1 and he slew him4 #b3d4 ,and ,thamar his daughter in law bore him ,phares and ,zara4 ,so all the sons of ,juda were five4 #b3e4 ,and the sons of ,phares1 were ,hesron and ,hamul4 #b3f4 ,and the sons also of ,zare3 ,zamri1 and ,ethan1 and ,eman1 and ,chalchal1 and ,dara1 five in all4 #b3g4 ,and the sons of ,charmi3 ,achar1 who troubled ,israel1 and sinned by the theft of the anathema4 ,achar4 4 4,alias ,achan4 ,jos4 #g4--;,ibid4 ,the anathema4 4 4,the thing devoted or accursed1 viz41 the spoils of ,jericho4 #b3h4 ,the sons of ,ethan3 ,azarias1 #b3i4 ,and the sons of ,hesron that were born to him3 ,jerameel1 and ,ram1 and ,calubi4 #b3aj4 ,and ,ram begot ,aminadab1 and ,aminadab begot ,nahasson1 prince of the children of ,juda4 ,ram4 4 4,he is commonly called ,aram4 ,but it is to be observed here1 once for all1 that it was a common thing among the ,hebrews for the same persons to have different names3 and that it is not impossible among so many proper names1 as here occur in the first nine chapters of this book1 that the transcribers of the ancient ,hebrew copies may have made some slips in the orthography4 #b3aa4 ,and ,nahasson begot ,salma1 the father of ,booz4 #b3ab4 ,and ,booz begot ,obed1 and ,obed begot ,isai4 #b3ac4 ,and ,isai begot ,eliab his firstborn1 the second ,abinadab1 the third ,simmaa1 #b3ad4 ,the fourth1 ,nathanael1 the fifth ,raddai1 #b3ae4 ,the sixth ,asom1 the seventh ,david4 #b3af4 ,and their sisters were ,sarvia1 and ,abigail4 ,the sons of ,sarvia3 ,abisai1 ,joab1 and ,asael1 three4 #b3ag4 ,and ,abigail bore ,amasa1 whose father was ,jether the ,ismahelite4 #b3ah4 ,and ,caleb the son of ,hesron took a wife named ,azuba1 of whom he had ,jerioth3 and her sons were ,jaser1 and ,sobab1 and ,ardon4 ,caleb4 4 4,alias ,calubi1 ver4 #i4 #b3ai4 ,and when ,azuba was dead1 ,caleb took to wife ,ephrata3 who bore him ,hur4 #b3bj4 ,and ,hur begot ,uri3 and ,uri begot ,bezeleel4 #b3ba4 ,and afterwards ,hesron went in to the daughter of ,machir the father of ,galaad1 and took her to wife when he was threescore years old3 and she bore him ,segub4 #b3bb4 ,and ,segub begot ,jair1 and he had three and twenty cities in the land of ,galaad4 #b3bc4 ,and he took ,gessur1 and ,aram the towns of ,jair1 and ,canath1 and the villages thereof1 threescore cities4 ,all these1 the sons of ,machir father of ,galaad4 #b3bd4 ,and when ,hesron was dead1 ,caleb went in to ,ephrata4 ,hesron also had to wife ,abia who bore him ,ashur the father of ,thecua4 #b3be4 ,and the sons of ,jerameel the firstborn of ,hesron1 were ,ram his firstborn1 and ,buna1 and ,aram1 and ,asom1 and ,achia4 #b3bf4 ,and ,jerameel married another wife1 named ,atara1 who was the mother of ,onam4 #b3bg4 ,and the sons of ,ram the firstborn of ,jerameel1 were ,moos1 ,jamin1 and ,achar4 #b3bh4 ,and ,onam had sons ,semei1 and ,jada4 ,and the sons of ,semei3 ,nadab1 and ,abisur4 #b3bi4 ,and the name of ,abisur's wife was ,abihail1 who bore him ,ahobban1 and ,molid4 #b3cj4 ,and the sons of ,nadab were ,saled and ,apphaim4 ,and ,saled died without children4 #b3ca4 ,but the son of ,apphaim was ,jesi3 and ,jesi begot ,sesan4 ,and ,sesan begot ,oholai4 #b3cb4 ,and the sons of ,jada the brother of ,semei3 ,jether and ,jonathan4 ,and ,jether also died without children4 #b3cc4 ,but ,jonathan begot ,phaleth1 and ,ziza4 ,these were the sons of ,jerameel4 #b3cd4 ,and ,sesan had no sons1 but daughters and a servant an ,egyptian1 named ,jeraa4 #b3ce4 ,and he gave him his daughter to wife3 and she bore him ,ethei4 #b3cf4 ,and ,ethei begot ,nathan1 and ,nathan begot ,zabad4 #b3cg4 ,and ,zabad begot ,ophlal1 and ,ophlal begot ,obed4 #b3ch4 ,obed begot ,jehu1 ,jehu begot ,azarias4 #b3ci4 ,azarias begot ,helles1 and ,helles begot ,elasa4 #b3dj4 ,elasa begot ,sisamoi1 ,sisamoi begot ,sellum1 #b3da4 ,sellum begot ,icamia1 and ,icamia begot ,elisama4 #b3db4 ,now the sons of ,caleb the brother of ,jerameel were ,mesa his firstborn1 who was the father of ,siph3 and the sons of ,maresa father of ,hebron4 #b3dc4 ,and the sons of ,hebron1 ,core1 and ,thaphua1 and ,recem1 and ,samma4 #b3dd4 ,and ,samma begot ,raham1 the father of ,jercaam1 and ,recem begot ,sammai4 #b3de4 ,the son of ,sammai1 ,maon3 and ,maon the father of ,bethsur4 #b3df4 ,and ,epha the concubine of ,caleb bore ,haran1 and ,mosa1 and ,gezez4 ,and ,haran begot ,gezez4 #b3dg4 ,and the sons of ,jahaddai1 ,rogom1 and ,joathan1 and ,gesan1 and ,phalet1 and ,epha1 and ,saaph4 #b3dh4 ,and ,maacha the concubine of ,caleb bore ,saber1 and ,tharana4 #b3di4 ,and ,saaph the father of ,madmena begot ,sue the father of ,machbena1 and the father of ,gabaa4 ,and the daughter of ,caleb was ,achsa4 #b3ej4 ,these were the sons of ,caleb1 the son of ,hur the firstborn of ,ephrata1 ,sobal the father of ,cariathiarim4 #b3ea4 ,salma the father of ,bethlehem1 ,hariph the father of ,bethgader4 #b3eb4 ,and ,sobal the father of ,cariathiarim had sons3 he that saw half of the places of rest4 ,he that saw1 etc4 4 4,the ,latin interpreter seems to have given us here1 instead of the proper names1 the meaning of those names in the ,hebrew4 ,he has done in like manner1 ver4 #ee4 #b3ec4 ,and of the kindred of ,cariathiarim1 the ,jethrites1 and ,aphuthites1 and ,semathites1 and ,maserites4 ,of them came the ,saraites1 and ,esthaolites4 #b3ed4 ,the sons of ,salma1 ,bethlehem1 and ,netophathi1 the crowns of the house of ,joab1 and half of the place of rest of ,sarai4 #b3ee4 ,and the families of the scribes that dwell in ,jabes1 singing and making melody1 and abiding in tents4 ,these are the ,cinites1 who came of ,calor 7,chamath7 father of the house of ,rechab4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #c ,the genealogy of the house of ,david4 #c3a4 ,now these were the sons of ,david that were born to him in ,hebron3 the firstborn ,amnon of ,achinoam the ,jezrahelitess1 the second ,daniel of ,abigail the ,carmelitess4 #c3b4 ,the third ,absalom the son of ,maacha the daughter of ,tolmai king of ,gessur1 the fourth ,adonias the son of ,aggith1 #c3c4 ,the fifth ,saphatias of ,abital1 the sixth ,jethrahem of ,egla his wife4 #c3d4 ,so six sons were born to him in ,hebron1 where he reigned seven years and six months4 ,and in ,jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years4 #c3e4 ,and these sons were born to him in ,jerusalem3 ,simmaa1 and ,sobab1 and ,nathan1 and ,solomon1 four of ,bethsabee the daughter of ,ammiel4 #c3f4 ,jebaar also and ,elisama1 #c3g4 ,and ,eliphaleth1 and ,noge1 and ,nepheg1 and ,japhia1 #c3h4 ,and ,elisama1 and ,eliada1 and ,elipheleth1 nine3 #c3i4 ,all these the sons of ,david1 beside the sons of the concubines3 and they had a sister ,thamar4 ,the concubines4 4 4,the inferior wives4 #c3aj4 ,and ,solomon's son was ,roboam3 whose son ,abia begot ,asa4 ,and his son was ,josaphat1 #c3aa4 ,the father of ,joram3 and ,joram begot ,ochozias1 of whom was born ,joas3 #c3ab4 ,and his son ,amasias begot ,azarias4 ,and ,joathan the son of ,azarias #c3ac4 ,begot ,achaz1 the father of ,ezechias1 of whom was born ,manasses4 #c3ad4 ,and ,manasses begot ,amon the father of ,josias4 #c3ae4 ,and the sons of ,josias were1 the firstborn ,johanan1 the second ,joakim1 the third ,sedecias1 the fourth ,sellum4 #c3af4 ,of ,joakim was born ,jechonias1 and ,sedecias4 #c3ag4 ,the sons of ,jechonias were ,asir1 ,salathiel1 #c3ah4 ,melchiram1 ,phadaia1 ,senneser and ,jecemia1 ,sama1 and ,nadabia4 #c3ai4 ,of ,phadaia were born ,zorobabel and ,semei4 ,zorobabel begot ,mosollam1 ,hananias1 and ,salomith their sister3 #c3bj4 ,hasaba also1 and ,ohol1 and ,barachias1 and ,hasadias1 ,josabhesed1 five4 #c3ba4 ,and the son of ,hananias was ,phaltias the father of ,jeseias1 whose son was ,raphaia4 ,and his son was ,arnan1 of whom was born ,obdia1 whose son was ,sechenias4 #c3bb4 ,the son of ,sechenias was ,semeia1 whose sons were ,hattus1 and ,jegaal1 and ,baria1 and ,naaria1 and ,saphat1 six in number4 ,six4 4 4,counting the father in the number4 #c3bc4 ,the sons of ,naaria1 ,elioenai1 and ,ezechias1 and ,ezricam1 three4 #c3bd4 ,the sons of ,elioenai1 ,oduia1 and ,eliasub1 and ,pheleia1 and ,accub1 and ,johanan1 and ,dalaia1 and ,anani1 seven4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #d ,other genealogies of ,juda and ,simeon1 and their victories4 #d3a4 ,the sons of ,juda3 ,phares1 ,hesron1 and ,charmi and ,hur1 and ,sobal4 #d3b4 ,and ,raia the son of ,sobal begot ,jahath1 of whom were born ,ahumai1 and ,laad4 ,these are the families of ,sarathi4 #d3c4 ,and this is the posterity of ,etam3 ,jezrahel1 and ,jesema1 ,and ,jedebos3 and the name of their sister was ,asalelphuni4 #d3d4 ,and ,phanuel the father of ,gedor1 and ,ezar the father of ,hosa1 these are the sons of ,hur the firstborn of ,ephratha the father of ,bethlehem4 #d3e4 ,and ,assur the father of ,thecua had two wives1 ,halaa and ,naara3 #d3f4 ,and ,naara bore him ,ozam1 and ,hepher1 and ,themani1 and ,ahasthari3 these are the sons of ,naara4 #d3g4 ,and the sons of ,halaa1 ,sereth1 ,isaar1 and ,ethnan4 #d3h4 ,and ,cos begot ,anob1 and ,soboba1 and the kindred of ,aharehel the son of ,arum4 #d3i4 ,and ,jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren1 and his mother called his name ,jabes1 saying3 ,because ,i bore him with sorrow4 ,jabes4 4 4,that is1 sorrowful4 #d3aj4 ,and ,jabes called upon the ,god of ,israel1 saying3 ,if blessing thou wilt bless me1 and wilt enlarge my borders1 and thy hand be with me1 and thou save me from being oppressed by evil4 ,and ,god granted him the things he prayed for4 #d3aa4 ,and ,caleb the brother of ,sua begot ,mahir1 who was the father of ,esthon4 #d3ab4 ,and ,esthon begot ,bethrapha1 and ,phesse1 and ,tehinna father of the city of ,naas3 these are the men of ,recha4 #d3ac4 ,and the sons of ,cenez were ,othoniel1 and ,saraia4 ,and the sons of ,othoniel1 ,hathath1 and ,maonathi4 #d3ad4 ,maonathi begot ,ophra1 and ,saraia begot ,joab the father of the ,valley of artificers3 for artificers were there4 #d3ae4 ,and the sons of ,caleb the son of ,jephone1 were ,hir1 and ,ela1 and ,naham4 ,and the sons of ,ela3 ,cenez4 #d3af4 ,the sons also of ,jaleleel3 ,ziph1 and ,zipha1 ,thiria and ,asrael4 #d3ag4 ,and the sons of ,esra1 ,jether1 and ,mered1 and ,epher1 and ,jalon1 and he begot ,mariam1 and ,sammai1 and ,jesba the father of ,esthamo4 #d3ah4 ,and his wife ,judaia1 bore ,jared the father of ,gedor1 and ,heber the father of ,socho1 and ,icuthiel the father of ,zanoe4 ,and these are the sons of ,bethia the daughter of ,pharao1 whom ,mered took to wife4 #d3ai4 ,and the sons of his wife ,odaia the sister of ,naham the father of ,celia1 ,garmi1 and ,esthamo1 who was of ,machathi4 #d3bj4 ,the sons also of ,simon1 ,amnon1 and ,rinna the son of ,hanan1 and ,thilon4 ,and the sons of ,jesi ,zoheth1 and ,benzoheth4 #d3ba4 ,the sons of ,sela the son of ,juda3 ,her the father of ,lecha1 and ,laada the father of ,maresa1 and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the ,house of oath4 #d3bb4 ,and he that made the sun to stand1 and the men of ,lying1 and ,secure1 and ,burning1 who were princes in ,moab1 and who returned into ,lahem4 ,now these are things of old4 ,he that made1 etc4 4 4,viz41 ,joazim1 the meaning of whose name in ,hebrew is1 he that made the sun to stand4 ,in like manner the following names1 ,lying 7,chozeba71 ,secure 7,joas71 and ,burning 7,saraph71 are substituted in place of the ,hebrew names of the same signification4 #d3bc4 ,these are the potters1 and they dwelt in ,plantations1 and ,hedges1 with the king for his works1 and they abode there4 ,plantations and ,hedges4 4 4,these are the proper names of the places where they dwelt4 ,in ,hebrew ,atharim and ,gadira4 #d3bd4 ,the sons of ,simeon3 ,namuel and ,jamin1 ,jarib1 ,zara1 ,saul3 #d3be4 ,sellum his son1 ,mapsam his son1 ,masma his son4 #d3bf4 ,the sons of ,masma3 ,hamuel his son1 ,zachur his son1 ,semei his son4 #d3bg4 ,the sons of ,semei were sixteen1 and six daughters3 but his brethren had not many sons1 and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of ,juda4 #d3bh4 ,and they dwelt in ,bersabee1 and ,molada1 and ,hasarsuhal1 #d3bi4 ,and in ,bala1 and in ,asom1 and in ,tholad1 #d3cj4 ,and in ,bathuel1 and in ,horma1 and in ,siceleg1 #d3ca4 ,and in ,bethmarchaboth1 and in ,hasarsusim1 and in ,bethberai1 and in ,saarim4 ,these were their cities unto the reign of ,david4 #d3cb4 ,their towns also were ,etam1 and ,aen1 ,remmon1 and ,thochen1 and ,asan1 five cities4 #d3cc4 ,and all their villages round about these cities as far as ,baal4 ,this was their habitation1 and the distribution of their dwellings4 #d3cd4 ,and ,mosabab and ,jemlech1 and ,josaphat1 the son of ,amasias1 #d3ce4 ,and ,joel1 and ,jehu the son of ,josabia the son of ,saraia1 the son of ,asiel1 #d3cf4 ,and ,elioenai1 and ,jacoba1 and ,isuhaia1 and ,asaia1 and ,adiel1 and ,ismiel1 and ,banaia1 #d3cg4 ,ziza also the son of ,sephei the son of ,allon the son of ,idaia the son of ,semri the son of ,samaia4 #d3ch4 ,these were named princes in their kindreds1 and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly4 #d3ci4 ,and they went forth to enter into ,gador as far as to the east side of the valley1 to seek pastures for their flocks4 #d3dj4 ,and they found fat pastures1 and very good1 and a country spacious1 and quiet1 and fruitful1 in which some of the race of ,cham had dwelt before4 #d3da4 ,and these whose names are written above1 came in the days of ,ezechias king of ,juda3 and they beat down their tents1 and slew the inhabitants that were found there1 and utterly destroyed them unto this day3 and they dwelt in their place1 because they found there fat pastures4 #d3db4 ,some also of the children of ,simeon1 five hundred men1 went into mount ,seir1 having for their captains ,phaltias and ,naaria and ,raphaia and ,oziel the sons of ,jesi3 #d3dc4 ,and they slew the remnant of the ,amalecites1 who had been able to escape1 and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #e ,genealogies of ,ruben and ,gad3 their victories over the ,agarites3 their captivity4 #e3a4 ,now the sons of ,ruben the firstborn of ,israel1 7for he was his firstborn3 but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed1 his first birthright was given to the sons of ,joseph the son of ,israel1 and he was not accounted for the firstborn4 #e3b4 ,but of the race of ,juda1 who was the strongest among his brethren1 came the princes3 but the first birthright was accounted to ,joseph47 ,accounted to ,joseph4 4 4,viz41 as to the double portion1 which belonged to the firstborn2 but the princely dignity was given to ,juda1 and the priesthood to ,levi4 #e3c4 ,the sons then of ,ruben the firstborn of ,israel were ,enoch1 and ,phallu1 ,esron1 and ,charmi4 #e3d4 ,the sons of ,joel3 ,samaia his son1 ,gog his son1 ,semei his son1 #e3e4 ,micha his son1 ,reia his son1 ,baal his son1 #e3f4 ,beera his son1 whom ,thelgathphalnasar king of the ,assyrians carried away captive1 and he was prince in the tribe of ,ruben4 #e3g4 ,and his brethren1 and all his kindred1 when they were numbered by their families1 had for princes ,jehiel1 and ,zacharias4 #e3h4 ,and ,bala the son of ,azaz1 the son of ,samma1 the son of ,joel1 dwelt in ,aroer as far as ,nebo1 and ,beelmeon4 #e3i4 ,and eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert1 and the river ,euphrates4 ,for they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of ,galaad4 #e3aj4 ,and in the days of ,saul they fought against the ,agarites1 and slew them1 and dwelt in their tents in their stead1 in all the country1 that looketh to the east of ,galaad4 #e3aa4 ,and the children of ,gad dwelt over against them in the land of ,basan1 as far as ,selcha3 #e3ab4 ,johel the chief1 and ,saphan the second3 and ,janai1 and ,saphat in ,basan4 #e3ac4 ,and their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds1 were ,michael and ,mosollam1 and ,sebe1 and ,jorai1 and ,jacan1 and ,zie1 and ,heber1 seven4 #e3ad4 ,these were the sons of ,abihail1 the son of ,huri1 the son of ,jara1 the son of ,galaad1 the son of ,michael1 the son of ,jesisi1 the son of ,jeddo1 the son of ,buz4 #e3ae4 ,and their brethren the sons of ,abdiel1 the son of ,guni1 chief of the house in their families1 #e3af4 ,and they dwelt in ,galaad1 and in ,basan and in the towns thereof1 and in all the suburbs of ,saron1 unto the borders4 #e3ag4 ,all these were numbered in the days of ,joathan king of ,juda1 and in the days of ,jeroboam king of ,israel4 #e3ah4 ,the ,sons of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 fighting men1 bearing shields1 and swords1 and bending the bow1 and trained up to battles1 four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war4 #e3ai4 ,they fought against the ,agarites3 but the ,itureans1 and ,naphis1 and ,nodab1 #e3bj4 ,gave them help4 ,and the ,agarites were delivered into their hands1 and all that were with them1 because they called upon ,god in the battle3 and he heard them1 because they had put their faith in him4 #e3ba4 ,and they took all that they possessed1 of camels fifty thousand1 and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand1 and of asses two thousand1 and of men a hundred thousand souls4 #e3bb4 ,and many fell down slain3 for it was the battle of the ,lord4 ,and they dwelt in their stead till the captivity4 #e3bc4 ,and the children of the half tribe of ,manasses possessed the land1 from the borders of ,basan unto ,baal1 ,hermon1 and ,sanir1 and mount ,hermon1 for their number was great4 #e3bd4 ,and these were the heads of the house of their kindred1 ,epher1 and ,jesi1 and ,eliel1 and ,esriel1 and ,jeremia1 and ,odoia1 and ,jediel1 most valiant and powerful men1 and famous chiefs in their families4 #e3be4 ,but they forsook the ,god of their fathers1 and went astray after the gods of the people of the land1 whom ,god destroyed before them4 #e3bf4 ,and the ,god of ,israel stirred up the spirit of ,phul king of the ,assyrians4 and the spirit of ,thelgathphalnasar king of ,assur3 and he carried away ,ruben1 and ,gad1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 and brought them to ,lahela1 and to ,habor1 and to ,ara1 and to the river of ,gozan1 unto this day4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #f ,the genealogies of ,levi1 and of ,aaron3 the cities of the ,levites4 #f3a4 ,the sons of ,levi were ,gerson1 ,caath1 and ,merari4 #f3b4 ,the ,sons of ,caath3 ,amram1 ,isaar1 ,hebron1 and ,oziel4 #f3c4 ,the children of ,amram3 ,aaron1 ,moses1 and ,mary4 ,the ,sons of ,aaron3 ,nadab and ,abiu1 ,eleazar and ,ithamar4 #f3d4 ,eleazar begot ,phinees1 and ,phinees begot ,abisue1 #f3e4 ,and ,abisue begot ,bocci1 and ,bocci begot ,ozi4 #f3f4 ,ozi begot ,zaraias1 and ,zaraias begot ,maraioth4 #f3g4 ,and ,maraioth begot ,amarias1 and ,amarias begot ,achitob4 #f3h4 ,achitob begot ,sadoc1 and ,sadoc begot ,achimaas4 #f3i4 ,achimaas begot ,azarias1 ,azarias begot ,johanan1 #f3aj4 ,johanan begot ,azarias4 ,this is he that executed the priestly office in the house which ,solomon built in ,jerusalem4 #f3aa4 ,and ,azarias begot ,amarias1 and ,amarias begot ,achitob4 #f3ab4 ,and ,achitob begot ,sadoc1 and ,sadoc begot ,sellum1 #f3ac4 ,sellum begot ,helcias1 and ,helcias begot ,azarias1 #f3ad4 ,azarias begot ,saraias1 and ,saraias begot ,josedec4 #f3ae4 ,now ,josedec went out1 when the ,lord carried away ,juda1 and ,jerusalem1 by the hands of ,nabuchodonosor4 #f3af4 ,so the sons of ,levi were ,gerson1 ,caath1 and ,merari4 #f3ag4 ,and these are the names of the sons of ,gerson3 ,lobni and ,semei4 #f3ah4 ,the sons of ,caath3 ,amram1 and ,isaar1 and ,hebron1 and ,oziel4 #f3ai4 ,the sons of ,merari3 ,moholi and ,musi4 ,and these are the kindreds of ,levi according to their families4 #f3bj4 ,of ,gerson3 ,lobni his son1 ,jahath his son1 ,zamma his son1 #f3ba4 ,joah his son1 ,addo his son1 ,zara his son1 ,jethrai his son4 #f3bb4 ,the sons of ,caath1 ,aminadab his son1 ,core his son1 ,asir his son1 #f3bc4 ,elcana his son1 ,abiasaph his son1 ,asir his son1 #f3bd4 ,thahath his son1 ,uriel his son1 ,ozias his son1 ,saul his son4 #f3be4 ,the sons of ,elcana3 ,amasai1 and ,achimoth4 #f3bf4 ,and ,elcana4 ,the sons of ,elcana3 ,sophai his son1 ,nahath his son1 #f3bg4 ,eliab his son1 ,jeroham his son1 ,elcana his son4 #f3bh4 ,the sons of ,samuel3 the firstborn ,vasseni1 and ,abia4 #f3bi4 ,and the sons of ,merari1 ,moholi3 ,lobni his son1 ,semei his son1 ,oza his son1 #f3cj4 ,sammaa his son1 ,haggia his son1 ,asaia his son4 #f3ca4 ,these are they1 whom ,david set over the singing men of the house of the ,lord1 after that the ark was placed4 #f3cb4 ,and they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony1 with singing1 until ,solomon built the house of the ,lord in ,jerusalem1 and they stood according to their order in the ministry4 #f3cc4 ,and these are they that stood with their sons1 of the sons of ,caath1 ,hemam a singer1 the son of ,joel1 the son of ,sammuel1 #f3cd4 ,the son of ,elcana1 the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,eliel1 the son of ,thohu1 #f3ce4 ,the son of ,suph1 the son of ,elcana1 the son of ,mahath1 the son of ,amasai1 #f3cf4 ,the son of ,elcana1 the son of ,johel1 the son of ,azarias1 the son of ,sophonias1 #f3cg4 ,the son of ,thahath1 the son of ,asir1 the son of ,abiasaph1 the son of ,core1 #f3ch4 ,the son of ,isaar1 the son of ,caath1 the son of ,levi1 the son of ,israel4 #f3ci4 ,and his brother ,asaph1 who stood on his right hand1 ,asaph the son of ,barachias1 the son of ,samaa4 #f3dj4 ,the son of ,michael1 the son of ,basaia1 the1 son of ,melchia4 #f3da4 ,the son of ,athanai1 the son of ,zara1 the son of ,adaia4 #f3db4 ,the son of ,ethan1 the son of ,zamma1 the son of ,semei4 #f3dc4 ,the son of ,jeth1 the son of ,gerson1 the son of ,levi4 #f3dd4 ,and the sons of ,merari their brethren1 on the left hand1 ,ethan the son of ,cusi1 the son of ,abdi1 the son of ,meloch1 #f3de4 ,the son of ,hasabia1 the son of ,amasai1 the son of ,helcias1 #f3df4 ,the son of ,amasai1 the son of ,boni1 the son of ,somer1 #f3dg4 ,the son of ,moholi1 the son of ,musi1 the son of ,merari1 the son of ,levi4 #f3dh4 ,their brethren also the ,levites1 who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the ,lord4 #f3di4 ,but ,aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts1 and upon the altar of incense1 for every work of the holy of holies3 and to pray for ,israel according to all that ,moses the servant of ,god had commanded4 #f3ej4 ,and these are the sons of ,aaron3 ,eleazar his son1 ,phinees his son1 ,abisue his son1 #f3ea4 ,bocci his son1 ,ozi his son1 ,zarahia his son1 #f3eb4 ,meraioth his son1 ,amarias his son1 ,achitob his son1 #f3ec4 ,sadoc his son1 ,achimaas his son4 #f3ed4 ,and these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines1 to wit1 of the sons of ,aaron1 of the families of the ,caathites3 for they fell to them by lot4 #f3ee4 ,and they gave them ,hebron in the land of ,juda1 and the suburbs thereof round about3 #f3ef4 ,but the fields of the city1 and the villages to ,caleb son of ,jephone4 #f3eg4 ,and to the sons of ,aaron they gave the cities for refuge ,hebron1 and ,lobna1 and the suburbs thereof1 #f3eh4 ,and ,jether and ,esthemo1 with their suburbs1 and ,helon1 and ,dabir with their suburbs3 #f3ei4 ,asan also1 and ,bethsames1 with their suburbs4 #f3fj4 ,and out of the tribe of ,benjamin3 ,gabee and its suburbs1 ,almath with its suburbs1 ,anathoth also with its suburbs3 all their cities throughout their families were thirteen4 #f3fa4 ,and to the sons of ,caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of ,manasses ten cities in possession4 #f3fb4 ,and to the sons of ,gerson by their families out of the tribe of ,issachar1 and out of the tribe of ,aser1 and out of the tribe of ,nephtali1 and out of the tribe ,manasses in ,basan1 thirteen cities4 #f3fc4 ,and to the sons of ,merari by their families out of the tribe of ,ruben1 and out of the tribe of ,gad1 and out of the tribe of ,zabulon1 they gave by lot twelve cities4 #f3fd4 ,and the children of ,israel gave to the ,levites the cities1 and their suburbs4 #f3fe4 ,and they gave them by lot1 out of the tribe of the sons of ,juda1 and out of the tribe of the sons of ,simeon1 and out of the tribe of the sons of ,benjamin1 these cities which they called by their names4 #f3ff4 ,and to them that were of the kindred of the sons of ,caath1 and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of ,ephraim4 #f3fg4 ,and they gave the cities of refuge ,sichem with its suburbs in mount ,ephraim1 and ,gazer with its suburbs1 #f3fh4 ,jecmaan also with its suburbs1 and ,beth-horon in like manner1 #f3fi4 ,helon also with its suburbs1 and ,gethremmon in like manner1 #f3gj4 ,and out of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,aner and its suburbs1 ,baalam and its suburbs1 to wit1 to them that were left of the family of the sons of ,caath4 #f3ga4 ,and to the sons of ,gersom1 out the kindred of the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,gaulon1 in ,basan1 and its suburbs1 and ,astharoth with its suburbs4 #f3gb4 ,out of the tribe of ,issachar1 ,cedes and its suburbs1 and ,dabereth with its suburbs2 #f3gc4 ,ramoth also and its suburbs1 and ,anem with its suburbs4 #f3gd4 ,and out of the tribe of ,aser3 ,masal with its suburbs1 and ,abdon in like manner2 #f3ge4 ,hucac also and its suburbs1 and ,rohol with its suburbs4 #f3gf4 ,and out of the tribe of ,nephtali1 ,cedes in ,galilee and its suburbs1 ,hamon with its suburbs1 and ,cariathaim1 and its suburbs4 #f3gg4 ,and to the sons of ,merari that remained3 out of the tribe of ,zabulon1 ,remmono and its suburbs1 and ,thabor with its suburbs4 #f3gh4 ,beyond the ,jordan also over against ,jericho1 on the east side of the ,jordan and out of the tribe of ,ruben1 ,bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs1 and ,jassa with its suburbs2 #f3gi4 ,cademoth also and its suburbs1 and ,mephaath with its suburbs2 #f3hj4 ,moreover also out of the tribe of ,gad1 ,ramoth in ,galaad and its suburbs1 and ,manaim with its suburbs2 #f3ha4 ,hesebon also with its suburbs1 and ,jazer with its suburbs4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #g ,genealogies of ,issachar1 ,benjamin1 ,nephtali1 ,manasses1 ,ephraim1 and ,aser4 #g3a4 ,now the sons of ,issachar were ,thola1 and ,phua1 ,jasub and ,simeron1 four4 #g3b4 ,the sons of ,thola3 ,ozi and ,raphaia1 and ,jeriel1 and ,jemai1 and ,jebsem1 and ,samuel1 chiefs of the houses of their kindreds4 ,of the posterity of ,thola were numbered in the days of ,david1 two and twenty thousand six hundred most valiant men4 #g3c4 ,the sons of ,ozi3 ,izrahia1 of whom were born ,michael1 and ,obadia1 and ,joel1 and ,jesia1 five all great men4 #g3d4 ,and there were with them by their families and peoples1 six and thirty thousand most valiant men ready for war3 for they had many wives and children4 #g3e4 ,their brethren also throughout all the house of ,issachar1 were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war4 #g3f4 ,the sons of ,benjamin were ,bela1 and ,bechor1 and ,jadihel1 three4 #g3g4 ,the sons of ,bela3 ,esbon1 and ,ozi1 and ,ozial1 and ,jerimoth and ,urai1 five chiefs of their families1 and most valiant warriors1 and their number was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four4 #g3h4 ,and the sons of ,bechor were ,zamira1 and ,joas1 and ,eliezer1 and ,elioenai1 and ,amai1 and ,jerimoth1 and ,abia1 and ,anathoth1 and ,almath3 all these were the sons of ,bechor4 #g3i4 ,and they were numbered by the families1 heads of their kindreds1 most valiant men for war1 twenty thousand and two hundred4 #g3aj4 ,and the son of ,jadihel3 ,balan4 ,and the sons of ,balan3 ,jehus and ,benjamin1 and ,aod1 and ,chanana1 and ,zethan and ,tharsis1 and ,ahisahar4 #g3aa4 ,all these were sons of ,jadihel1 heads of their kindreds1 most valiant men1 seventeen thousand and two hundred fifty to go out to war4 #g3ab4 ,sepham also and ,hapham the sons of ,hir3 and ,hasim the sons of ,aher4 #g3ac4 ,and the sons of ,nephtali were ,jasiel1 and ,guni1 and ,jezer1 and ,sellum1 sons of ,bala4 #g3ad4 ,and the son of ,manasses1 ,ezriel3 and his concubine the ,syrian bore ,machir the father of ,galaad4 #g3ae4 ,and ,machir took wives for his sons ,happhim1 and ,saphan3 and he had a sister named ,maacha3 the name of the second was ,salphaad1 and ,salphaad had daughters4 #g3af4 ,and ,maacha the wife of ,machir bore a son1 and she called his name ,phares3 and the name of his brother was ,sares3 and his sons were ,ulam and ,recen4 #g3ag4 ,and the son of ,ulam1 ,baden4 ,these are the sons of ,galaad1 the son of ,machir1 the son of ,manasses4 #g3ah4 ,and his sister named ,queen bore ,goodlyman1 and ,abiezer1 and ,mohola4 #g3ai4 ,and the sons of ,semida were ,ahiu1 and ,sechem1 and ,leci and ,aniam4 #g3bj4 ,and the sons of ,ephraim were ,suthala1 ,bared his son1 ,thahath his son1 ,elada his son1 ,thahath his son1 and his son ,zabad1 #g3ba4 ,and his son ,suthala1 and his son ,ezer1 and ,elad3 and the men of ,geth born in the land slew them1 because they came down to invade their possessions4 #g3bb4 ,and ,ephraim their father mourned many days1 and his brethren came to comfort him4 #g3bc4 ,and he went in to his wife3 and she conceived and bore a son1 and he called his name ,beria1 because he was born when it went evil with his house3 ,beria4 4 4,this name signifies in evil1 or in affliction4 #g3bd4 ,and his daughter was ,sara1 who built ,bethoron1 the nether and the upper1 and ,ozensara4 #g3be4 ,and ,rapha was his son1 and ,reseph1 and ,thale1 of whom was born ,thaan1 #g3bf4 ,who begot ,laadan3 and his son was ,ammiud1 who begot ,elisama1 #g3bg4 ,of whom was born ,nun1 who had ,josue for his son4 #g3bh4 ,and their possessions and habitations were ,bethel with her daughters1 and eastward ,noran1 and westward ,gazer and her daughters1 ,sichem also with her daughters1 as far as ,asa with her daughters4 #g3bi4 ,and by the borders of the sons of ,manasses ,bethsan and her daughters1 ,thanach and her daughters1 ,mageddo and her daughters3 ,dor and her daughters3 in these dwelt the children of ,joseph1 the son of ,israel4 #g3cj4 ,the children of ,aser were ,jemna1 and ,jesua1 and ,jessui1 and ,baria1 and ,sara their sister4 #g3ca4 ,and the sons of ,baria3 ,haber1 and ,melchiel3 he is the father of ,barsaith4 #g3cb4 ,and ,heber begot ,jephlat1 and ,somer1 and ,hotham1 and ,suaa their sister4 #g3cc4 ,the sons of ,jephlat3 ,phosech1 and ,chamaal1 and ,asoth3 these are the sons of ,jephlat4 #g3cd4 ,and the sons of ,somer3 ,ahi1 and ,roaga and ,haba1 and ,aram4 #g3ce4 ,and the sons of ,helem his brother3 ,supha1 and ,jemna1 and ,selles1 and ,amal4 #g3cf4 ,the sons of ,supha3 ,sue1 ,hernapher1 and ,sual1 and ,beri1 and ,jamra4 #g3cg4 ,bosor and ,hod1 and ,samma1 and ,salusa1 and ,jethran1 and ,bera4 #g3ch4 ,the sons of ,jether3 ,jephone1 and ,phaspha1 and ,ara4 #g3ci4 ,and the sons of ,olla3 ,aree1 and ,haniel1 and ,resia4 #g3dj4 ,all these were sons of ,aser1 heads of their families1 choice and most valiant captains of captains3 and the number of them that were of the age that was fit for war1 was six and twenty thousand4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #h ,the posterity of ,benjamin is further declared down to ,saul4 ,his issue4 #h3a4 ,now ,benjamin begot ,bale his firstborn1 ,asbel the second1 ,ahara the third1 #h3b4 ,nohaa the fourth1 and ,rapha the fifth4 #h3c4 ,and the sons of ,bale were ,addar1 and ,gera1 and ,abiud1 #h3d4 ,and ,abisue1 and ,naaman1 and ,ahoe1 #h3e4 ,and ,gera1 and ,sephuphan1 and ,huram4 #h3f4 ,these are the sons of ,abed1 heads of families that dwelt in ,gabaa1 who were removed into ,manahath4 #h3g4 ,and ,naaman1 and ,achia1 and ,gera he removed them1 and begot ,oza1 and ,ahiud4 #h3h4 ,and ,saharim begot in the land of ,moab1 after he sent away ,husim and ,bara his wives4 #h3i4 ,and he begot of ,hodes his wife ,jobab1 and ,sebia1 and ,mosa1 and ,molchom1 #h3aj4 ,and ,jehus and ,sechia1 and ,marma4 ,these were his sons heads of their families4 #h3aa4 ,and ,mehusim begot ,abitob1 and ,elphaal4 #h3ab4 ,and the sons of ,elphaal were ,heber1 and ,misaam1 and ,samad3 who built ,ono1 and ,lod1 and its daughters4 #h3ac4 ,and ,baria1 and ,sama were heads of their kindreds that dwelt in ,aialon3 these drove away the inhabitants of ,geth4 #h3ad4 ,and ,ahio1 and ,sesac1 and ,jerimoth1 #h3ae4 ,and ,zabadia1 and ,arod1 and ,heder1 #h3af4 ,and ,michael1 and ,jespha1 and ,joha1 the sons of ,baria4 #h3ag4 ,and ,zabadia1 and ,mosollam1 ,hezeci1 and ,heber1 #h3ah4 ,and ,jesamari1 and ,jezlia1 and ,jobab1 sons of ,elphaal1 #h3ai4 ,and ,jacim1 and ,zechri1 and ,zabdi1 #h3bj4 ,and ,elioenai1 and ,selethai1 and ,elial1 #h3ba4 ,and ,adaia1 and ,baraia1 and ,samareth1 the sons of ,semei4 #h3bb4 ,and ,jespham1 and ,heber1 and ,eliel1 #h3bc4 ,and ,abdon1 and ,zechri1 and ,hanan1 #h3bd4 ,and ,hanania1 and ,elam1 and ,anathothia4 #h3be4 ,and ,jephdaia1 and ,phanuel the sons of ,sesac4 #h3bf4 ,and ,samsari1 and ,sohoria and ,otholia1 #h3bg4 ,and ,jersia1 and ,elia1 and ,zechri1 the sons of ,jeroham4 #h3bh4 ,these were the chief fathers1 and heads of their families who dwelt in ,jerusalem4 #h3bi4 ,and at ,gabaon dwelt ,abigabaon1 and the name of his wife was ,maacha3 #h3cj4 ,and his firstborn son ,abdon1 and ,sur1 and ,cis1 and ,baal1 and ,nadab1 #h3ca4 ,and ,gedor1 and ,ahio1 and ,zacher1 and ,macelloth3 #h3cb4 ,and ,macelloth begot ,samaa3 and they dwelt over against their brethren in ,jerusalem with their brethren4 #h3cc4 ,and ,ner begot ,cis and ,cis begot ,saul4 ,and ,saul begot ,jonathan and ,melchisua1 and ,abinadab1 and ,esbaal4 ,esbaal4 4 4,alias ,isboseth4 #h3cd4 ,and the son of ,jonathan was ,meribbaal3 and ,meribbaal begot ,micha4 ,meribbaal4 4 4,alias ,miphiboseth4 #b ,kings #d4d4 #h3ce4 ,and the sons of ,micha were ,phithon1 and ,melech1 and ,tharaa1 and ,ahaz4 #h3cf4 ,and ,ahaz begot ,joada3 and ,joada begot ,alamath1 and ,azmoth1 and ,zamri3 and ,zamri begot ,mosa1 #h3cg4 ,and ,mosa begot ,banaa1 whose son was ,rapha1 of whom was born ,elasa1 who begot ,asel4 #h3ch4 ,and ,asel had six sons whose names were ,ezricam1 ,bochru1 ,ismahel1 ,saris1 ,obdia1 and ,hanan4 ,all these were the sons of ,asel4 #h3ci4 ,and the sons of ,esec1 his brother1 were ,ulam the firstborn1 and ,jehus the second1 and ,eliphalet the third4 #h3dj4 ,and the sons of ,ulam were most valiant men1 and archers of great strength3 and they had many sons and grandsons1 even to a hundred and fifty4 ,all these were children of ,benjamin4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #i ,the ,israelites1 priests1 and ,levites1 who first dwelt in ,jerusalem after the captivity4 ,a repetition of the genealogy of ,saul4 #i3a4 ,and all ,israel was numbered3 and the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of ,israel1 and ,juda3 and they were carried away to ,babylon for their transgression4 #i3b4 ,now the first that dwelt in their possessions1 and in their cities1 were the ,israelites1 and the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the ,nathineans4 ,nathineans4 4 4,these were the posterity of the ,gabaonites1 whose office was to bring wood1 water1 etc41 for the service of the temple4 #i3c4 ,and in ,jerusalem dwelt of the children of ,juda1 and of the children of ,benjamin1 and of the children of ,ephraim1 and of ,manasses4 #i3d4 ,othei the son of ,ammiud1 the son of ,amri1 the son of ,omrai1 the son of ,bonni of the sons of ,phares the son of ,juda4 #i3e4 ,and of ,siloni3 ,asaia the firstborn1 and his sons4 #i3f4 ,and of the sons of ,zara3 ,jehuel and their brethren1 six hundred and ninety4 #i3g4 ,and of the sons of ,benjamin3 ,salo the son of ,mosollam1 the son of ,oduia1 the son of ,asana3 #i3h4 ,and ,jobania the son of ,jeroham3 and ,ela the son of ,ozi1 the son of ,mochori and ,mosallam the son of ,saphatias1 the son of ,rahuel1 the son of ,jebania3 #i3i4 ,and their brethren by their families1 nine hundred and fifty-six4 ,all these were heads of their families1 by the houses of their fathers4 #i3aj4 ,and of the priests3 ,jedaia1 ,joiarib1 and ,jachin3 #i3aa4 ,and ,azarias the son of ,helcias1 the son of ,mosollam1 the son of ,sadoc1 the son of ,maraioth1 the son of ,achitob1 high priest of the house of ,god4 #i3ab4 ,and ,adaias the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,phassur1 the son of ,melchias1 and ,maasai the son of ,adiel1 the son of ,jezra1 the son of ,mosollam1 the son of ,mosollamith1 the son of ,emmer4 #i3ac4 ,and their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore1 very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of ,god4 #i3ad4 ,and of the ,levites3 ,semeia the son of ,hassub the son of ,ezricam1 the son of ,hasebia of the sons of ,merari4 #i3ae4 ,and ,bacbacar the carpenter1 and ,galal1 and ,mathania the son of ,micha1 the son of ,zechri the son of ,asaph3 #i3af4 ,and ,obdia the son of ,semeia1 the son of ,galal1 the son of ,idithum3 and ,barachia the son of ,asa1 the son of ,elcana1 who dwelt in the suburbs of ,netophati4 #i3ag4 ,and the porters were ,sellum1 and ,accub1 and ,telmon1 and ,ahiman3 and their brother ,sellum was the prince1 #i3ah4 ,until that time1 in the king's gate eastward1 the sons of ,levi waited by their turns4 #i3ai4 ,but ,sellum the son of ,core1 the son of ,abiasaph1 the son of ,core1 with his brethren and his father's house1 the ,corites were over the works of the service1 keepers of the gates of the tabernacle3 and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the ,lord4 #i3bj4 ,and ,phinees the son of ,eleazar1 was their prince before the ,lord1 #i3ba4 ,and ,zacharias the son of ,mosollamia1 was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony3 #i3bb4 ,all these that were chosen to be porters at the gates1 were two hundred and twelve3 the they were registered in their proper towns3 whom ,david and ,samuel the seer appointed in their trust4 #i3bc4 ,as well them as their sons1 to keep the gates of the house of the ,lord1 and the tabernacle by their turns4 #i3bd4 ,in four quarters were the porters3 that is to say1 toward the east1 and west1 and north1 and south4 #i3be4 ,and their brethren dwelt in village1 and came upon their sabbath days from time to time4 #i3bf4 ,to these four ,levites were committed the whole number of the porters1 and they were over the chambers1 and treasures1 of the house of the ,lord4 #i3bg4 ,and they abode in their watches round about the temple of the ,lord3 that when it was time1 they might open the gates in the morning4 #i3bh4 ,and some of their stock had the charge of the vessels for the ministry3 for the vessels were both brought in and carried out by number4 #i3bi4 ,some of them also had the instruments of the sanctuary committed unto them1 and the charge of the fine flour1 and wine1 and oil1 and frankincense1 and spices4 #i3cj4 ,and the sons of the priests made the ointments of the spices4 #i3ca4 ,and ,mathathias a ,levite1 the firstborn of ,sellum the ,corite1 was overseer of such things as were fried the fryingpan4 #i3cb4 ,and some of the sons of ,caath their brethren1 were over the loaves of proposition1 to prepare always new for every sabbath4 #i3cc4 ,these are the chief of the singing men of the families of the ,levites1 who dwelt in the chambers1 by the temple1 that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry4 #i3cd4 ,the heads of the ,levites1 princes in their families1 abode in ,jerusalem4 #i3ce4 ,and in ,gabaon dwelt ,jehiel the father of ,gabaon1 and the name of his wife was ,maacha3 #i3cf4 ,his firstborn son ,abdon1 and ,sur1 and ,cis1 and ,baal1 and ,ner1 and ,nadab1 #i3cg4 ,gedor also1 and ,ahio1 and ,zacharias1 and ,macelloth4 #i3ch4 ,and ,macelloth begot ,samaan3 these dwelt over against their brethren in ,jerusalem1 with their brethren4 #i3ci4 ,now ,ner begot ,cis3 and ,cis begot ,saul3 and ,saul begot ,jonathan and ,melchisua1 and ,abinadab1 and ,esbaal4 #i3dj4 ,and the son of ,jonathan1 was ,meribbaal3 and ,meribbaal begot ,micha4 #i3da4 ,and the sons of ,micha1 were ,phithon1 and ,melech1 and ,tharaa1 and ,ahaz4 #i3db4 ,and ,ahaz begot ,jara1 and ,jara begot ,alamath1 and ,azmoth1 and ,zamri4 ,and ,zamri begot ,mosa4 #i3dc4 ,and ,mosa begot ,banaa3 whose son ,raphaia begot ,elasa3 of whom was born ,asel4 #i3dd4 ,and ,asel had six sons whose names are1 ,ezricam ,bochru1 ,ismahel1 ,saria1 ,obdia1 ,hanan3 these are the sons of ,asel4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #aj ,saul is slain for his sins3 he is buried by the men of ,jabes4 #aj3a4 ,now the ,philistines fought against ,israel1 and the men of ,israel fled from before the ,philistines1 and fell down wounded in mount ,gelboe4 #aj3b4 ,and the ,philistines drew near pursuing after ,saul1 and his sons1 and they killed ,jonathan1 and ,abinadab1 and ,melchisua the sons of ,saul4 #aj3c4 ,and the battle grew hard against ,saul and the archers reached him1 and wounded him with arrows4 #aj3d4 ,and ,saul said to his armourbearer3 ,draw thy sword1 and kill me3 lest these uncircumcised come1 and mock me4 ,but his armourbearer would not1 for he was struck with fear3 so ,saul took his sword1 and fell upon it4 #aj3e4 ,and when his armourbearer saw it1 to wit1 that ,saul was dead1 he also fell upon his sword and died4 #aj3f4 ,so ,saul died1 and his three sons1 and all his house fell together4 #aj3g4 ,and when the men of ,israel1 that dwelt in the plains1 saw this1 they fled3 and ,saul and his sons being dead1 they forsook their cities1 and were scattered up and down3 and the ,philistines came1 and dwelt in them4 #aj3h4 ,and the next day the ,philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain1 found ,saul and his sons lying on mount ,gelboe4 #aj3i4 ,and when they had stripped him1 and out off his head1 and taken away his armour1 they sent it into their land1 to be carried about1 and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people4 #aj3aj4 ,and his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god1 and his head they fastened up in the temple of ,dagon4 #aj3aa4 ,and when the men of ,jabes ,galaad had heard this1 to wit1 all that the ,philistines had done to ,saul1 #aj3ab4 ,all the valiant men of them arose1 and took the bodies of ,saul and of his sons1 and brought them to ,jabes1 and buried their bones under the oak that was in ,jabes1 and they fasted seven days4 #aj3ac4 ,so ,saul died for his iniquities1 because he transgressed the commandment of the ,lord1 which he had commanded1 and kept it not3 and moreover consulted also a witch1 #aj3ad4 ,and trusted not in the ,lord3 therefore he slew him1 and transferred his kingdom to ,david the son of ,isai4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #aa ,david is made king4 ,he taketh the castle of ,sion4 ,a catalogue of his valiant men4 #aa3a4 ,then all ,israel gathered themselves to ,david in ,hebron1 saying3 ,we are thy bone1 and thy flesh4 #aa3b4 ,yesterday also1 and the day before when ,saul was king1 thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in ,israel3 for the ,lord thy ,god said to thee3 ,thou shalt feed my people ,israel1 and thou shalt be ruler over them4 #aa3c4 ,so all the ancients of ,israel came to the king to ,hebron1 and ,david made a covenant with them before the ,lord3 and they anointed him king over ,israel according to the word of the ,lord which he spoke in the hand of ,samuel4 #aa3d4 ,and ,david and all ,israel went to ,jerusalem1 which is ,jebus1 where the ,jebusites were the inhabitants of the land4 #aa3e4 ,and the inhabitants of ,jebus said to ,david3 ,thou shalt not come in here4 ,but ,david took the castle of ,sion1 which is the city of ,david4 #aa3f4 ,and he said3 ,whosoever shall first strike the ,jebusites1 shall be the head and chief captain4 ,and ,joab the son of ,sarvia went up first1 and was made the general4 #aa3g4 ,and ,david dwelt in the castle1 and therefore it was called the city of ,david1 #aa3h4 ,and he built the city round about from ,mello all round1 and ,joab built the rest of the city4 #aa3i4 ,and ,david went on growing and increasing1 and the ,lord of hosts was with him4 #aa3aj4 ,these are the chief of the valiant man of ,david1 who helped him to be made king over all ,israel1 according to the word of the ,lord1 which he spoke to ,israel4 #aa3aa4 ,and this is the number of the heroes of ,david3 ,jesbaam the son of ,hachamoni the chief among the thirty3 he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one time4 #aa3ab4 ,and after him was ,eleazar his uncle's son the ,ahohite1 who was one of the three mighties4 #aa3ac4 ,he was with ,david in ,phesdomim1 when the ,philistines were gathered to that place to battle3 and the field of that country was full of barley1 and the people fled from before the ,philistines4 #aa3ad4 ,but these men stood in the midst of the field1 and defended it3 and they slew the ,philistines1 and the ,lord gave a great deliverance to his people4 #aa3ae4 ,and three of the thirty captains went down to the rock1 wherein ,david was1 to the cave of ,odollam1 when the ,philistines encamped in the valley of ,raphaim4 #aa3af4 ,and ,david was in a hold1 and the garrison of the ,philistines in ,bethlehem4 #aa3ag4 ,and ,david longed1 and said3 ,o that some man would give me water of the cistern of ,bethlehem1 which is in the gate4 #aa3ah4 ,and these three broke through the midst of the camp of the ,philistines1 and drew water out of the cistern of ,bethlehem1 which was in the gate1 and brought it to ,david to drink3 and he would not drink of it1 but rather offered it to the ,lord1 #aa3ai4 ,saying3 ,god forbid that ,i should do this in the sight of my ,god1 and should drink the blood of these men3 for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water4 ,and therefore he would not drink4 ,these things did the three most valiant4 #aa3bj4 ,and ,abisai the brother of ,joab1 he was chief of three1 and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew1 and he was renowned among the three1 #aa3ba4 ,and illustrious among the second three1 and their captain3 but yet he attained not to the first three4 #aa3bb4 ,banaias the son of ,joiada a most valiant man1 of ,cabseel1 who had done many acts3 he slew the two ariels of ,moab3 and he went down1 and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow4 ,two ariels4 4 4,that is1 two lions1 or lion-like men2 for ,ariel in ,hebrew signifies a lion4 #aa3bc4 ,and he slew an ,egyptian1 whose stature was of five cubits1 and who had a spear like a weaver's beam3 and he went down to him with a staff1 and plucked away the spear1 that he held in his hand1 and slew him with his own spear4 #aa3bd4 ,these things did ,banaias the son of ,joiada1 who was renowned among the three valiant ones1 #aa3be4 ,and the first among the thirty1 but yet to the three he attained not3 and ,david made him of his council4 #aa3bf4 ,moreover the most valiant men of the army1 were ,asahel brother of ,joab1 and ,elchanan the son of his uncle of ,bethlehem1 #aa3bg4 ,sammoth an ,arorite1 ,helles a ,phalonite1 #aa3bh4 ,ira the son of ,acces a ,thecuite1 ,abiezer an ,anathothite1 #aa3bi4 ,sobbochai a ,husathite1 ,ilai an ,ahohite1 #aa3cj4 ,maharai a ,netophathite1 ,heled the son of ,baana a ,netophathite1 #aa3ca4 ,ethai the son of ,ribai of ,gabaath of the sons of ,benjamin1 ,banai a ,pharathonite1 #aa3cb4 ,hurai of the torrent ,gaas1 ,abiel an ,arbathite1 ,azmoth a ,bauramite1 ,eliaba a ,salabonite1 #aa3cc4 ,the sons of ,assem a ,gezonite1 ,jonathan the son of ,sage an ,ararite1 #aa3cd4 ,ahiam the son of ,sachar an ,ararite1 #aa3ce4 ,eliphal the son of ,ur1 #aa3cf4 ,hepher a ,mecherathite1 ,ahia a ,phelonite1 #aa3cg4 ,hesro a ,carmelite1 ,naarai the son of ,azbai1 #aa3ch4 ,joel the brother of ,nathan1 ,mibahar the son of ,agarai4 #aa3ci4 ,selec an ,ammonite1 ,naharai a ,berothite1 the armourbearer of ,joab the son of ,sarvia4 #aa3dj4 ,ira a ,jethrite1 ,gareb a ,jethrite1 #aa3da4 ,urias a ,hethite1 ,zabad the son of ,oholi1 #aa3db4 ,adina the son of ,siza a ,rubenite the prince of the ,rubenites1 and thirty with him3 #aa3dc4 ,hanan the son of ,maacha1 and ,josaphat a ,mathanite1 #aa3dd4 ,ozia an ,astarothite1 ,samma1 and ,jehiel the sons of ,hotham an ,arorite1 #aa3de4 ,jedihel the son of ,zamri1 and ,joha his brother a ,thosaite1 #aa3df4 ,eliel a ,mahumite1 and ,jeribai1 and ,josaia the sons of ,elnaim1 and ,jethma a ,moabite1 ,eliel1 and ,obed1 and ,jasiel of ,masobia4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ab ,who followed ,david when he fled from ,saul4 ,and who came to ,hebron to make him king4 #ab3a4 ,now these are they that came to ,david to ,siceleg1 while he yet fled from ,saul the son of ,cis1 and they were most valiant and excellent warriors1 #ab3b4 ,bending the bow1 and using either hand in hurling stones with slings1 and shooting arrows3 of the brethren of ,saul of ,benjamin4 #ab3c4 ,the chief was ,ahiezer1 and ,joas1 the sons of ,samoa of ,gabaath1 and ,jaziel1 and ,phallet the sons of ,azmoth1 and ,beracha1 and ,jehu an ,anathothite4 #ab3d4 ,and ,samaias of ,gabaon1 the stoutest amongst the thirty and over the thirty2 ,jeremias1 and ,jeheziel and ,johanan1 and ,jozabad of ,gaderoth2 #ab3e4 ,and ,eluzai1 and ,jerimuth1 and ,baalia1 and ,samaria1 and ,saphatia the ,haruphite2 #ab3f4 ,elcana1 and ,jesia1 and ,azareel1 and ,joezer1 and ,jesbaam of ,carehim3 #ab3g4 ,and ,joela1 and ,zabadia the sons of ,jeroham of ,gedor4 #ab3h4 ,from ,gaddi also there went over to ,david1 when he lay hid in the wilderness most valiant men1 and excellent warriors1 holding shield and spear3 whose faces were like the faces of a lion1 and they were swift like the roebucks on the mountains4 #ab3i4 ,ezer the chief1 ,obdias the second1 ,eliab the third1 #ab3aj4 ,masmana the fourth1 ,jeremias the fifth1 #ab3aa4 ,ethi the sixth1 ,eliel the seventh1 #ab3ab4 ,johanan the eighth1 ,elzebad the ninth1 #ab3ac4 ,jerenias the tenth1 ,machbani the eleventh1 #ab3ad4 ,these were of the sons of ,gad1 captains of the army3 the least of them was captain over a hundred soldiers1 and the greatest over a thousand4 #ab3ae4 ,these are they who passed over the ,jordan in the first month1 when it is used to flow over its banks3 and they put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the east and toward the west4 #ab3af4 ,and there came also of the men of ,benjamin1 and of ,juda to the hold1 in which ,david abode4 #ab3ag4 ,and ,david went out to meet them1 and said3 ,if you are come peaceably to me to help me1 let my heart be joined to you3 but if you plot against me for my enemies whereas ,i have no iniquity in my hands1 let the ,god of our fathers see1 and judge4 #ab3ah4 ,but the spirit came upon ,amasai the chief among thirty1 and he said3 ,we are thine1 ,o ,david1 and for thee1 ,o son of ,isai3 peace1 peace be to thee1 and peace to thy helpers4 ,for thy ,god helpeth thee4 ,so ,david received them1 and made them captains of the band4 #ab3ai4 ,and there were some of ,manasses that went over to ,david1 when he came with the ,philistines against ,saul to fight3 but he did not fight with them3 because the lords of the ,philistines taking counsel sent him back1 saying3 ,with the danger of our heads he will return to his master ,saul4 #ab3bj4 ,so when he went back to ,siceleg1 there fled to him of ,manasses1 ,ednas and ,jozabad1 and ,jedihel1 and ,michael1 and ,ednas1 and ,jozabad1 and ,eliu1 and ,salathi1 captains of thousands in ,manasses4 #ab3ba4 ,these helped ,david against the rovers3 for they were all most valiant men1 and were made commanders in the army4 #ab3bb4 ,moreover day by day there came some to ,david to help him till they became a great number1 like the army of ,god4 #ab3bc4 ,and this is the number of the chiefs of the army who came to ,david1 when he was in ,hebron1 to transfer to him the kingdom of ,saul1 according to the word of the ,lord4 #ab3bd4 ,the sons of ,juda bearing shield and spear1 six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war4 #ab3be4 ,of the sons of ,simeon valiant men for war1 seven thousand one hundred4 #ab3bf4 ,of the sons of ,levi1 four thousand six hundred4 #ab3bg4 ,and ,joiada prince of the race of ,aaron1 and with him three thousand seven hundred4 #ab3bh4 ,sadoc also a young man of excellent disposition1 and the house of his father1 twenty-two principal men4 #ab3bi4 ,and of the sons of ,benjamin the brethren of ,saul1 three thousand3 for hitherto a great part of them followed the house of ,saul4 #ab3cj4 ,and of the sons of ,ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred1 men of great valour renowned in their kindreds4 #ab3ca4 ,and of the half tribe of ,manasses1 eighteen thousand1 every one by their names1 came to make ,david king4 #ab3cb4 ,also of the sons of ,issachar men of understanding1 that knew all times to order what ,israel should do1 two hundred principal men3 and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel4 #ab3cc4 ,and of ,zabulon such as went forth to battle1 and stood in array well appointed with armour for war1 there came fifty thousand to his aid1 with no double heart4 #ab3cd4 ,and of ,nephtali1 a thousand leaders3 and with them seven and thirty thousand1 furnished with shield and spear4 #ab3ce4 ,of ,dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for battle4 #ab3cf4 ,and of ,aser forty thousand going forth to fight1 and challenging in battle4 #ab3cg4 ,and on the other side of the ,jordan of the sons of ,ruben1 and of ,gad1 and of the half of the tribe of ,manasses a hundred and twenty thousand1 furnished with arms for war4 #ab3ch4 ,all these men of war well appointed to fight1 came with a perfect heart to ,hebron1 to make ,david king over all ,israel3 and all the rest also of ,israel1 were of one heart to make ,david king4 #ab3ci4 ,and they were there with ,david three days eating and drinking3 for their brethren had prepared for them4 #ab3dj4 ,moreover they that were near them even as far as ,issachar1 and ,zabulon1 and ,nephtali1 brought loaves on asses1 and on camels1 and on mules1 and on oxen1 to eat3 meal1 figs1 raisins1 wine1 oil1 and oxen1 and sheep in abundance1 for there was joy in ,israel4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ac ,the ark is brought from ,cariathiarim4 ,oza for touching it is struck dead4 #ac3a4 ,david consulted with the captains of thousands1 and of hundreds1 and with all the commanders4 #ac3b4 ,and he said to all the assembly of ,israel3 ,if it please you2 and if the words which ,i speak come from the ,lord our ,god1 let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the countries of ,israel1 and to the priests1 and the ,levites1 that dwell in the suburbs of the cities1 to gather themselves to us1 #ac3c4 ,and let us bring again the ark of our ,god to us3 for we sought it not in the days of ,saul4 #ac3d4 ,and all the multitude answered that it should be so3 for the word pleased all the people4 #ac3e4 ,so ,david assembled all ,israel from ,sihor of ,egypt1 even to the entering into ,emath1 to bring the ark of ,god from ,cariathiarim4 #ac3f4 ,and ,david went up with all the men of ,israel to the hill of ,cariathiarim which is in ,juda1 to bring thence the ark of the ,lord ,god sitting upon the cherubims1 where his name is called upon4 #ac3g4 ,and they carried the ark of ,god upon a new cart out of the house of ,abinadab4 ,and ,oza and his brother drove the cart4 #ac3h4 ,and ,david and all ,israel played before ,god with all their might with hymns1 and with harps1 and with psalteries1 and timbrels1 and cymbals1 and trumpets1 #ac3i4 ,and when they came to the floor of ,chidon1 ,oza put forth his hand1 to hold up the ark3 for the ox being wanton had made it lean a little on one side4 #ac3aj4 ,and the ,lord was angry with ,oza1 and struck him1 because he had touched the ark2 and he died there before the ,lord4 #ac3aa4 ,and ,david was troubled because the ,lord had divided ,oza3 and he called that place the ,breach of ,oza to this day4 #ac3ab4 ,and he feared ,god at that time1 saying3 ,how can ,i bring in the ark of ,god to me8 #ac3ac4 ,and therefore he brought it not home to himself1 that is1 into the city of ,david1 but carried it aside into the house of ,obededom the ,gethite4 #ac3ad4 ,and the ark of ,god remained in the house of ,obededom three months3 and the ,lord blessed his house1 and all that he had4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ad ,david's house1 and children3 his victories over the ,philistines4 #ad3a4 ,and ,hiram king of ,tyre sent messengers to ,david1 and cedar trees1 and masons1 and carpenters1 to build him a house4 #ad3b4 ,and ,david perceived that the ,lord had confirmed him king over ,israel1 and that his kingdom was exalted over his people ,israel4 #ad3c4 ,and ,david took other wives in ,jerusalem3 and he begot sons1 and daughters4 #ad3d4 ,now these are the names of them that were born to him in ,jerusalem3 ,samua1 and ,sobad1 ,nathan1 and ,solomon1 #ad3e4 ,jebahar1 and ,elisua1 and ,eliphalet1 #ad3f4 ,and ,noga1 and ,napheg1 and ,japhia1 #ad3g4 ,elisama1 and ,baaliada1 and ,eliphalet4 #ad3h4 ,and the ,philistines hearing that ,david was anointed king over all ,israel1 went all up to seek him3 and ,david heard of it1 and went out against them4 #ad3i4 ,and the ,philistines came and spread themselves in the vale of ,raphaim4 #ad3aj4 ,and ,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3 ,shall ,i go up against the ,philistines1 and wilt thou deliver them into my hand8 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,go up1 and ,i will deliver them into thy hand4 #ad3aa4 ,and when they were come to ,baalpharasim1 ,david defeated them there1 and he said3 ,god hath divided my enemies by my hand1 as waters are divided3 and therefore the name of that place was called ,baalpharasim4 #ad3ab4 ,and they left there their gods1 and ,david commanded that they should be burnt4 #ad3ac4 ,another time also the ,philistines made an irruption1 and spread themselves abroad in the valley4 #ad3ad4 ,and ,david consulted ,god again1 and ,god said to him3 ,go not up after them1 turn away from them1 and come upon them over against the pear trees4 #ad3ae4 ,and when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees1 then shalt thou go out to battle4 ,for ,god is gone out before thee to strike the army of the ,philistines4 #ad3af4 ,and ,david did as ,god had commanded him1 and defeated the army of the ,philistines1 slaying them from ,gabaon to ,gazera4 #ad3ag4 ,and the name of ,david became famous in all countries1 and the ,lord made all nations fear aim4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ae ,the ark is brought into the city of ,david1 with great solemnity4 ,michol derideth ,david's devotion4 #ae3a4 ,he made also houses for himself in the city of ,david3 and built a place for the ark of ,god1 and pitched a tabernacle for it4 #ae3b4 ,then ,david said3 ,no one ought to carry the ark of ,god1 but the ,levites1 whom the ,lord hath chosen to carry it1 and to minister unto himself for ever4 #ae3c4 ,and he gathered all ,israel together into ,jerusalem1 that the ark of ,god might be brought into its place1 which he had prepared for it4 #ae3d4 ,and the sons of ,aaron also1 and the ,levites4 #ae3e4 ,of the children of ,caath1 ,uriel was the chief1 and his brethren a hundred and twenty4 #ae3f4 ,of the sons of ,merari1 ,asaia the chief1 and his brethren two hundred and twenty4 #ae3g4 ,of the sons of ,gersom1 ,joel the chief1 and his brethren a hundred and thirty4 #ae3h4 ,of the sons of ,elisaphan1 ,semeias the chief3 and his brethren two hundred4 #ae3i4 ,of the sons of ,hebron1 ,eliel the chief3 and his brethren eighty4 #ae3aj4 ,of the sons of ,oziel1 ,aminadab the chief3 and his brethren a hundred and twelve4 #ae3aa4 ,and ,david called ,sadoc1 and ,abiathar the priests1 and the ,levites1 ,uriel1 ,asaia1 ,joel1 ,semeia1 ,eliel1 and ,aminadab3 #ae3ab4 ,and he said to them3 ,you that are the heads of the ,levitical families1 be sanctified with your brethren1 and bring the ark of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel to the place1 which is prepared for it3 #ae3ac4 ,lest as the ,lord at first struck us1 because you were not present1 the same should now also come to pass1 by our doing some thing against the law4 #ae3ad4 ,so the priests and the ,levites were sanctified1 to carry the ark of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #ae3ae4 ,and the sons of ,levi took the ark of ,god as ,moses had commanded1 according to the word of the ,lord1 upon their shoulders1 with the staves4 #ae3af4 ,and ,david spoke to the chiefs of the ,levites1 to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments1 to wit1 on psalteries1 and harps1 and cymbals1 that the joyful noise might resound on high4 #ae3ag4 ,and they appointed ,levites1 ,hemam the son of ,joel1 and of his brethren ,asaph the son of ,barachias3 and of the sons of ,merari1 their brethren3 ,ethan the son of ,casaia4 #ae3ah4 ,and with them their brethren3 in the second rank1 ,zacharias1 and ,ben1 and ,jaziel1 and ,semiramoth1 and ,jahiel1 and ,ani1 and ,eliab1 and ,banaias1 and ,maasias1 and ,mathathias1 and ,eliphalu1 and ,macenias1 and ,obededom1 and ,jehiel1 the porters4 #ae3ai4 ,now the singers1 ,heman1 ,asaph1 and ,ethan1 sounded with cymbals of brass4 #ae3bj4 ,and ,zacharias1 and ,oziel1 and ,semiramoth1 and ,jehiel1 and ,ani1 and ,eliab1 and ,maasias1 and ,banaias1 sung mysteries upon psalteries4 #ae3ba4 ,and ,mathathias1 and ,eliphalu1 and ,macenias and ,obededom1 and ,jehiel and ,ozaziu1 sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps4 #ae3bb4 ,and ,chonenias chief of the ,levites1 presided over the prophecy1 to give out the tunes3 for he was very skilful4 ,the prophecy1 to give out the tunes4 4 4,singing praises to ,god is here called prophecy3 the more1 because these singers were often inspired men4 #ae3bc4 ,and ,barachias1 and ,elcana1 were doorkeepers of the ark4 #ae3bd4 ,and ,sebenias1 and ,josaphat1 and ,nathanael1 and ,amasai1 and ,zacharias1 and ,banaias1 and ,eliezer the priests1 sounded with trumpets1 before the ark of ,god3 and ,obededom and ,jehias were porters of the ark4 #ae3be4 ,so ,david and all the ancients of ,israel1 and the captains over thousands1 went to bring the ark of the covenant of the ,lord out of the house of ,obededom with joy4 #ae3bf4 ,and when ,god had helped the ,levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 they offered in sacrifice seven oxen1 and seven rams4 #ae3bg4 ,and ,david was clothed with a robe of fine linen1 and all the ,levites that carried the ark1 and the singing men1 and ,chonenias the ruler of the prophecy among the singers3 and ,david also had on him an ephod of linen4 #ae3bh4 ,and all ,israel brought the ark of the covenant of the ,lord with joyful shouting1 and sounding with the sound of the cornet1 and with trumpets1 and cymbals1 and psalteries1 and harps4 #ae3bi4 ,and when the ark of the covenant of the ,lord was come to the city of ,david1 ,michol the daughter of ,saul looking out at a window1 saw king ,david dancing and playing1 and she despised him in her heart4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #af ,the ark is placed in the tabernacle4 ,sacrifice is offered4 ,david blesseth the people1 disposeth the offices of ,levites1 and maketh a psalm of praise to ,god4 #af3a4 ,so they brought the ark of ,god1 and set it in the midst of the tent1 which ,david had pitched for it3 and they offered holocausts1 and peace offerings before ,god4 #af3b4 ,and when ,david had made an end of offering holocausts1 and peace offerings1 he blessed the people in the name of the ,lord4 #af3c4 ,and he divided to all and every one1 both men and women1 a loaf of bread1 and a piece of roasted beef1 and flour fried with oil4 #af3d4 ,and he appointed ,levites to minister before the ark of the ,lord1 and to remember his works1 and to glorify1 and praise the ,lord ,god of ,israel4 #af3e4 ,asaph the chief1 and next after him ,zacharias3 moreover ,jahiel1 and ,semiramoth1 and ,jehiel1 and ,mathathias1 and ,eliab1 and ,banaias1 and ,obededom3 and ,jehiel over the instruments of psaltery1 and harps3 and ,asaph sounded with cymbals3 #af3f4 ,but ,banaias1 and ,jaziel the priests1 to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord4 #af3g4 ,in that day ,david made ,asaph the chief to give praise to the ,lord with his brethren4 #af3h4 ,praise ye the ,lord1 and call upon his name3 make known his doings among the nations4 #af3i4 ,sing to him1 yea1 sing praises to him3 and relate all his wondrous works4 #af3aj4 ,praise ye his holy name3 let the heart of them rejoice1 that seek the ,lord4 #af3aa4 ,seek ye the ,lord1 and his power3 seek ye his face evermore4 #af3ab4 ,remember his wonderful works1 which he hath done3 his signs1 and the judgments of his mouth4 #af3ac4 ,o ye seed of ,israel his servants1 ye children of ,jacob his chosen4 #af3ad4 ,he is the ,lord our ,god3 his judgments are in all the earth4 #af3ae4 ,remember for ever his covenant3 the word1 which he commanded to a thousand generations4 #af3af4 ,the covenant which he made with ,abraham3 and his oath to ,isaac4 #af3ag4 ,and he appointed the same to ,jacob for a precept3 and to ,israel for an everlasting covenant3 #af3ah4 ,saying3 ,to thee will ,i give the land of ,chanaan3 the lot of your inheritance4 #af3ai4 ,when they were but a small number3 very few and sojourners in it4 #af3bj4 ,and they passed from nation to nation3 and from a kingdom to another people4 #af3ba4 ,he suffered no man to do them wrong3 and reproved kings for their sake4 #af3bb4 ,touch not my anointed3 and do no evil to my prophets4 #af3bc4 ,sing ye to the ,lord1 all the earth3 shew forth from day to day his salvation4 #af3bd4 ,declare his glory among the ,gentiles3 his wonders among all people4 #af3be4 ,for the ,lord is great and exceedingly to be praised3 and he is to be feared above all gods4 #af3bf4 ,for all the gods of the nations are idols3 but the ,lord made the heavens4 #af3bg4 ,praise and magnificence are before him3 strength and joy in his place4 #af3bh4 ,bring ye to the ,lord1 ,o ye families of the nations3 bring ye to the ,lord glory and empire4 #af3bi4 ,give to the ,lord glory to his name1 bring up sacrifice1 and come ye in his sight3 and adore the ,lord in holy becomingness4 #af3cj4 ,let all the earth be moved at his presence3 for he hath founded the world immoveable4 #af3ca4 ,let the heavens rejoice1 and the earth be glad3 and let them say among the nations3 ,the ,lord hath reigned4 #af3cb4 ,let the sea roar1 and the fulness thereof3 let the fields rejoice1 and all things that are in them4 #af3cc4 ,then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the ,lord3 because he is come to judge the earth4 #af3cd4 ,give ye glory to the ,lord1 for he is good3 for his mercy endureth for ever4 #af3ce4 ,and say ye3 ,save us1 ,o ,god our savior3 and gather us together1 and deliver us from the nations1 that we may give glory to thy holy name1 and may rejoice in singing thy praises4 #af3cf4 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of ,israel from eternity to eternity3 and let all the people say ,amen1 and a hymn to ,god4 #af3cg4 ,so he left there before the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 ,asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day1 and in their courses4 #af3ch4 ,and ,obededom1 with his brethren sixty-eight3 and ,obededom the son of ,idithun1 and ,hosa he appointed to be porters4 #af3ci4 ,and ,sadoc the priest1 and his brethren priests1 before the tabernacle of the ,lord in the high place1 which was in ,gabaon4 #af3dj4 ,that they should offer holocausts to the ,lord upon the altar of holocausts continually1 morning and evening1 according to all that is written in the law of the ,lord1 which he commanded ,israel4 #af3da4 ,and after him ,heman1 and ,idithun1 and the rest that were chosen1 every one by his name to give praise to the ,lord3 because his mercy endureth for ever4 #af3db4 ,and ,heman and ,idithun sounded the trumpet1 and played on the cymbals1 and all kinds of musical instruments to sing praises to ,god3 and the sons of ,idithun he made porters4 #af3dc4 ,and all the people returned to their houses3 and ,david to bless also his own house4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ag ,david's purpose to build a temple1 is rewarded by most ample promises3 ,david's thanksgiving4 #ag3a4 ,now when ,david was dwelling in his house1 he said to ,nathan the prophet3 ,behold ,i dwell in a house of cedar3 and the ark of the covenant of the ,lord is under skins4 #ag3b4 ,and ,nathan said to ,david3 ,do all that is in thy heart3 for ,god is with thee4 #ag3c4 ,now that night the word of ,god came to ,nathan1 saying3 #ag3d4 ,go1 and speak to ,david my servant3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in4 #ag3e4 ,for ,i have not remained in a house from the time that ,i brought up ,israel1 to this day3 but ,i have been always changing places in a tabernacle1 and in a tent1 #ag3f4 ,abiding with all ,israel4 ,did ,i ever speak to any one1 of all the judges of ,israel whom ,i charged to feed my people1 saying3 ,why have you not built me a house of cedar8 #ag3g4 ,now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant ,david3 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 ,i took thee from the pastures1 from following the flock1 that thou shouldst be ruler of my people ,israel4 #ag3h4 ,and ,i have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone3 and have slain all thy enemies before thee1 and have made thee a name like that of one of the great ones that are renowned in the earth4 #ag3i4 ,and ,i have given a place my people ,israel3 they shall be planted1 and shall dwell therein1 and shall be moved no more1 neither shall the children of iniquity waste them1 as at the beginning1 #ag3aj4 ,since the days that ,i gave judges to my people ,israel1 and have humbled all thy enemies4 ,and ,i declare to thee1 that the ,lord will build thee a house4 #ag3aa4 ,and when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy fathers1 ,i will raise up thy seed after thee1 which shall be of thy sons3 and ,i will establish his kingdom4 #ag3ab4 ,he shall build me a house1 and ,i will establish his throne for ever4 #ag3ac4 ,i will be to him a father1 and he shall be to me a son3 and ,i will not take my mercy away from him1 as ,i took it from him that was before thee4 #ag3ad4 ,but ,i will settle him in my house1 and in my kingdom for ever3 and his throne shall be most firm for ever4 #ag3ae4 ,according to all these words1 and according to all this vision1 so did ,nathan speak to ,david4 #ag3af4 ,and king ,david came and sat before the ,lord1 and said3 ,who am ,i1 ,o ,lord ,god1 and what is my house1 that thou shouldst give such things to me8 #ag3ag4 ,but even this hath seemed little in thy sight1 and therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for the time to come3 and hast made me remarkable above all men1 ,o ,lord ,god4 #ag3ah4 ,what can ,david add more1 seeing thou hast thus glorified thy servant1 and known him8 #ag3ai4 ,o ,lord1 for thy servant's sake1 according to thy own heart1 thou hast shewn all this magnificence1 and wouldst have all the great things to be known4 #ag3bj4 ,o ,lord there is none like thee3 and here is no other ,god beside thee1 of all whom we have heard of with our ears4 #ag3ba4 ,for what other nation is there upon earth like thy people ,israel1 whom ,god went to deliver1 and make a people for himself1 and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations before their face whom he had delivered out of ,egypt8 #ag3bb4 ,and thou hast made thy people ,israel to be thy own people for ever1 and thou1 ,o ,lord1 art become their ,god4 #ag3bc4 ,now therefore1 ,o ,lord1 let the word which thou hast spoken to thy servant1 and concerning his house1 be established for ever1 and do as thou hast said4 #ag3bd4 ,and let thy name remain and be magnified for ever3 and let it be said3 ,the ,lord of hosts is ,god of ,israel1 and the house of ,david his servant remaineth before him4 #ag3be4 ,for thou1 ,o ,lord my ,god1 hast revealed to the ear of thy servant1 that thou wilt build him a house3 and therefore thy servant hath found confidence to pray before thee4 #ag3bf4 ,and now ,o ,lord1 thou art ,god3 and thou hast promised to thy servant such great benefits4 #ag3bg4 ,and thou hast begun to bless the house of thy servant1 that it may be always before thee3 for seeing thou blessest it1 ,o ,lord1 it shall be blessed for ever4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ah ,david's victories4 ,his chief officers4 #ah3a4 ,and it came to pass after this1 that ,david defeated the ,philistines1 and humbled them1 and took away ,geth1 and her daughters out of the hands of the ,philistines1 #ah3b4 ,and he defeated ,moab1 and the ,moabites were made ,david's servants1 and brought him gifts4 #ah3c4 ,at that time ,david defeated also ,adarezer king of ,soba of the land of ,hemath1 when he went to extend his dominions as far as the river ,euphrates4 #ah3d4 ,and ,david took from him a thousand chariots1 and seven thousand horsemen1 and twenty thousand footmen1 and he houghed all the chariot horses1 only a hundred chariots1 which he reserved for himself4 #ah3e4 ,and the ,syrians of ,damascus came also to help ,adarezer king of ,soba3 and ,david slew of them likewise two and twenty thousand men4 #ah3f4 ,and he put a garrison in ,damascus1 that ,syria also should serve him1 and bring gifts4 ,and the ,lord assisted him in all things to which he went4 #ah3g4 ,and ,david took the golden quivers which the servants of ,adarezer had1 and he brought them to ,jerusalem4 #ah3h4 ,likewise out of ,thebath and ,chun1 cities of ,adarezer1 he brought very much brass1 of which ,solomon made the brazen sea1 and the pillars1 and the vessels of brass4 #ah3i4 ,now when ,thou king of ,hemath heard that ,david had defeated all the army of ,adarezer king of ,soba1 #ah3aj4 ,he sent ,adoram his son to king ,david to desire peace of him1 and to congratulate him that he had defeated and overthrown ,adarezer3 for ,thou was an enemy to ,adarezer4 #ah3aa4 ,and all the vessels of gold1 and silver and brass king ,david consecrated to the ,lord1 with the silver and gold which he had taken from all the nations1 as well from ,edom1 and from ,moab1 and from the sons of ,ammon1 as from the ,philistines1 and from ,amalec4 #ah3ab4 ,and ,abisai the son of ,sarvia slew of the ,edomites in the vale of the saltpits1 eighteen thousand3 #ah3ac4 ,and he put a garrison in ,edom1 that ,edom should serve ,david3 and the ,lord preserved ,david in all things to which he went4 #ah3ad4 ,so ,david reigned over all ,israel1 and executed judgment and justice among all his people4 #ah3ae4 ,and ,joab the son of ,sarvia was over the army1 and ,josaphat the son of ,ahilud recorder4 #ah3af4 ,and ,sadoc the son of ,achitob1 and ,achimelech the son of ,abiathar1 were the priests3 and ,susa1 scribe4 #ah3ag4 ,and ,banaias the son of ,joiada was over the bands of the ,cerethi1 and the ,phelethi3 and the sons of ,david were chief about the king4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ai ,the ,ammonites abuse ,david's ambassadors3 both they and their confederates are overthrown4 #ai3a4 ,now it came to pass that ,naas the king of the children of ,ammon died1 and his son reigned in his stead4 #ai3b4 ,and ,david said3 ,i will shew kindness to ,hanon the son of ,naas3 for his father did a favour tome4 ,and ,david sent messengers to comfort him upon the death of his father4 ,but when they were come into the land of the children of ,ammon1 to comfort ,hanon1 #ai3c4 ,the princes of the children of ,ammon said to ,hanon3 ,thou thinkest perhaps that ,david to do honour to thy father hath sent comforters to thee3 and thou dost not take notice1 that his servants are come to thee to consider1 and search1 and spy out thy land4 #ai3d4 ,wherefore ,hanon shaved the heads and beards of the servants of ,david1 and cut away their garments from the buttocks to the feet1 and sent them away4 #ai3e4 ,and when they were gone1 they sent word to ,david1 who sent to meet them 7for they had suffered a great affront7 and ordered them to stay at ,jericho till their beards grew and then to return4 #ai3f4 ,and when the children of ,ammon saw that they had done an injury to ,david1 ,hanon and the rest of the people sent a thousand talents of silver1 to hire them chariots and horsemen out of ,mesopotamia and out of ,syria ,maacha1 and out of ,soba4 #ai3g4 ,and they hired two and thirty thousand chariots1 and the king of ,maacha1 with his people4 ,and they came and camped over against ,medaba4 ,and the children of ,ammon gathered themselves together out of their cities1 and came to battle4 #ai3h4 ,and when ,david heard of it1 he sent ,joab1 and all the army of valiant men3 #ai3i4 ,and the children of ,ammon came out and put their army in array before the gate of the city3 and the kings1 that were come to their aid1 stood apart in the field4 #ai3aj4 ,wherefore ,joab understanding that the battle was set against him before and behind1 chose out the bravest men of all ,israel1 and marched against the ,syrians1 #ai3aa4 ,and the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of ,abisai his brother1 and they went against the children of ,ammon4 #ai3ab4 ,and he said3 ,if the ,syrians be too strong for me1 then thou shalt help me3 but if the children of ,ammon be too strong for thee1 ,i will help thee4 #ai3ac4 ,be of good courage and let us behave ourselves manfully for our people1 and for the cities of our ,god3 and the ,lord will do that which is good in his sight4 #ai3ad4 ,so ,joab and the people that were with him1 went against the ,syrians to the battle3 and he put them to flight4 #ai3ae4 ,and the children of ,ammon seeing that the ,syrians were fled1 they likewise fled from ,abisai his brother1 and went into the city3 and ,joab also returned to ,jerusalem4 #ai3af4 ,but the ,syrians seeing that they had fallen before ,israel1 sent messengers1 and brought to them the ,syrians that were beyond the river3 and ,sophach1 general of the army of ,adarezer1 was their leader4 #ai3ag4 ,and it was told ,david1 and he gathered together all ,israel1 and passed the ,jordan1 and came upon them1 and put his army in array against them1 and they fought with him4 #ai3ah4 ,but the ,syrian fled before ,israel3 and ,david slew of the ,syrians seven thousand chariots1 and forty thousand footmen1 and ,sophach the general of the army4 ,seven thousand chariots4 4 4,that is1 of men who fought in chariots4 #ai3ai4 ,and when the servants of ,adarezer saw themselves overcome by ,israel1 they went over to ,david1 and served him3 and ,syria would not help the children of ,ammon any more4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bj ,rabba is taken4 ,other victories over the ,philistines4 #bj3a4 ,and it came to pass after the course of a year1 at the time that kings go out to battle1 ,joab gathered together an army and the strength of the troops1 and wasted the land of the children of ,ammon3 and went and besieged ,rabba4 ,but ,david stayed at ,jerusalem1 when ,joab smote ,rabba1 and destroyed it4 #bj3b4 ,and ,david took the crown of ,melchom from his head1 and found in it a talent weight of gold1 and most precious stones1 and he made himself a diadem of it3 he took also the spoils of the city which were very great4 #bj3c4 ,and the people that were therein he brought out3 and made harrows1 and sleds1 and chariots of iron to go over them1 so that they were cut and bruised to pieces3 in this manner ,david dealt with all the cities of the children of ,ammon3 and he returned with all his people to ,jerusalem4 #bj3d4 ,after this there arose a war at ,gazer against the ,philistines3 in which ,sabachai the ,husathite slew ,saphai of the race of ,raphaim1 and humbled them4 #bj3e4 ,another battle also was fought against the ,philistines1 in which ,adeodatus the son of ,saltus a ,bethlehemite slew the brother of ,goliath the ,gethite1 the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam4 #bj3f4 ,there was another battle also in ,geth1 in which there was a man of great stature1 whose fingers and toes were four and twenty1 six on each hand and foot3 who also was born of the stock of ,rapha4 #bj3g4 ,he reviled ,israel3 but ,jonathan the son of ,samaa the brother of ,david slew him4 ,these were the sons of ,rapha in ,geth1 who fell by the hand of ,david and his servants4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ba ,david's sin in numbering the people is punished by a pestilence3 which ceaseth upon his offering sacrifice in the thrashingfloor of ,ornan4 #ba3a4 ,and ,satan rose up against ,israel3 and moved ,david to number ,israel4 #ba3b4 ,and ,david said to ,joab1 and to the rulers of the people3 ,go1 and number ,israel from ,bersabee even to ,dan1 and bring me the number of them that ,i may know it4 #ba3c4 ,and ,joab answered3 ,the ,lord make his people a hundred times more than they are3 but1 my lord the king1 are they not all thy servants3 why doth my lord seek this thing1 which may be imputed as a sin to ,israel8 #ba3d4 ,but the king's word rather prevailed3 and ,joab departed1 and went through all ,israel3 and returned to ,jerusalem4 #ba3e4 ,and he gave ,david the number of them1 whom he had surveyed3 and all the number of ,israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword3 and of ,juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men4 ,the number1 etc4 4 4,the difference of the numbers here and #b ,kings #bd4 is to be accounted for1 by supposing the greater number to be that which was really found1 and the lesser to be that which ,joab gave in4 #ba3f4 ,but ,levi and ,benjamin he did not number3 for ,joab unwillingly executed the king's orders4 #ba3g4 ,and ,god was displeased with this thing that was commanded3 and he struck ,israel4 #ba3h4 ,and ,david said to ,god3 ,i have sinned exceedingly in doing this3 ,i beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant1 for ,i have done foolishly4 #ba3i4 ,and the ,lord spoke to ,gad the seer of ,david1 saying3 #ba3aj4 ,go1 and speak to ,david1 and tell him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,i give thee the choice of three things3 choose one which thou wilt1 and ,i will do it to thee4 #ba3aa4 ,and when ,gad was come to ,david1 he said to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 choose which thou wilt3 #ba3ab4 ,either three years famine3 or three months to flee from thy enemies1 and not to be able to escape their sword3 or three days to have the sword of the ,lord1 and pestilence in the land1 and the angel of the ,lord destroying in all the coasts of ,israel3 now therefore see what ,i shall answer him who sent me4 ,three years famine4 4 4,which joined with the three foregoing years of famine mentioned1 #b ,kings #ba4 and the seventh year of the land's resting1 would make up the seven years proposed by the prophet1 #b ,kings #bd4ac4 #ba3ac4 ,and ,david said to ,gad3 ,i am on every side in a great strait3 but it is better for me to fall into the hands of the ,lord1 for his mercies are many1 than into the hands of men4 #ba3ad4 ,so the ,lord sent a pestilence upon ,israel4 ,and there fell of ,israel seventy thousand men4 #ba3ae4 ,and he sent an angel to ,jerusalem1 to strike it3 and as he was striking it1 the ,lord beheld1 and took pity for the greatness of the evil3 and said to the angel that destroyed3 ,it is enough1 now stop thy hand4 ,and the angel of the ,lord stood by the thrashingfloor of ,ornan the ,jebusite4 ,ornan4 4 4,otherwise ,areuna4 #ba3af4 ,and ,david lifting up his eyes1 saw the angel of the ,lord standing between heaven and earth1 with a drawn sword in his hand1 turned against ,jerusalem3 and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth1 fell down flat on the ground4 #ba3ag4 ,and ,david said to ,god3 ,am not ,i he that commanded the people to be numbered8 ,it is ,i that have sinned3 it is ,i that have done the evil3 but as for this flock1 what hath it deserved8 ,o ,lord my ,god1 let thy hand be turned1 ,i beseech thee1 upon me1 and upon my father's house3 and let not thy people be destroyed4 #ba3ah4 ,and the angel of the ,lord commanded ,gad to tell ,david1 to go up1 and build an altar to the ,lord ,god in the thrashingfloor of ,ornan the ,jebusite4 #ba3ai4 ,and ,david went up1 according to the word of ,gad1 which he spoke to him in the name of the ,lord4 #ba3bj4 ,now when ,ornan looked up1 and saw the angel1 he and his four sons hid themselves3 for at that time he was thrashing wheat in the floor4 #ba3ba4 ,and as ,david was coming to ,ornan1 ,ornan saw him1 and went out of the thrashingfloor to meet him1 and bowed down to him with his face to the ground4 #ba3bb4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,give me this place of thy thrashingfloor1 that ,i may build therein an altar to the ,lord3 but thou shalt take of me as much money as it is worth1 that the plague may cease from the people4 #ba3bc4 ,and ,ornan said to ,david3 ,take it1 and let my lord the king do all that pleaseth him3 and moreover the oxen also ,i give for a holocaust1 and the drays for wood1 and the wheat for the sacrifice3 ,i will give it all willingly4 #ba3bd4 ,and king ,david said to him3 ,it shall not be so1 but ,i will give thee money as much as it is worth3 for ,i must not take it from thee1 and so offer to the ,lord holocausts free cost4 #ba3be4 ,so ,david gave to ,ornan for the place1 six hundred sicles of gold of just weight4 ,six hundred sicles1 etc4 4 4,this was the price of the whole place1 on which the temple was afterwards built2 but the price of the oxen was fifty sicles of silver4 #b ,kings #bd4bd4 #ba3bf4 ,and he built there an altar to the ,lord3 and he offered holocausts1 and peace offerings1 and he called upon the ,lord1 and he heard him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust4 #ba3bg4 ,and the ,lord commanded the angel3 and he put up his sword again into the sheath4 #ba3bh4 ,and ,david seeing that the ,lord had heard him in the thrashingfloor of ,ornan the ,jebusite1 forthwith offered victims there4 #ba3bi4 ,but the tabernacle of the ,lord1 which ,moses made in the desert1 and the altar of holocausts1 was at that time in the high place of ,gabaon4 #ba3cj4 ,and ,david could not go to the altar there to pray to ,god3 for he was seized with an exceeding great fear1 seeing the sword of the angel of the ,lord4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bb ,david having prepared all necessaries1 chargeth ,solomon to build the temple and the princes to assist him4 #bb3a4 ,then ,david said3 ,this is the house of ,god1 ,and this is the altar for the holocaust of ,israel4 #bb3b4 ,and he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of ,israel1 and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them1 to build the house of ,god4 #bb3c4 ,and ,david prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates1 and for the closures and joinings3 and of brass an immense weight4 #bb3d4 ,and the cedar trees were without number1 which the ,sidonians1 and ,tyrians brought to ,david4 #bb3e4 ,and ,david said3 ,solomon my son is very young and tender1 and the house which ,i would have to be built to the ,lord1 must be such as to be renowned in all countries3 therefore ,i will prepare him necessaries4 ,and therefore before his death he prepared all the charges4 #bb3f4 ,and he called for ,solomon his son3 and commanded him to build a house to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #bb3g4 ,and ,david said to ,solomon3 ,my son1 it was my desire to have built a house to the name of the ,lord my ,god4 #bb3h4 ,but the word of the ,lord came to me1 saying3 ,thou hast shed much blood1 and fought many battles1 so thou cannot not build house to my name1 after shedding so much blood before me3 #bb3i4 ,the son1 that shall be born to thee1 shall be a most quiet man3 for ,i will make him rest from all his enemies round about3 and therefore he shall be called ,peaceable3 and ,i will give peace and quietness to ,israel all his days4 #bb3aj4 ,he shall build a house to my name1 and he shall be a son to me1 and ,i will be a father to him3 and ,i will establish the throne of his kingdom over ,israel for ever4 #bb3aa4 ,now then1 my son1 the ,lord be with thee1 and do thou prosper1 and build the house to the ,lord thy ,god1 as he hath spoken of thee4 #bb3ab4 ,the ,lord also give thee wisdom and understanding1 that thou mayest be able to rule ,israel1 and to keep the law of the ,lord thy ,god4 #bb3ac4 ,for then thou shalt be able to prosper1 if thou keep the commandments1 and judgments1 which the ,lord commanded ,moses to teach ,israel3 take courage and act manfully1 fear not1 nor be dismayed4 #bb3ad4 ,behold ,i in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of the ,lord1 of gold a hundred thousand talents1 and of silver a million of talents3 but of brass1 and of iron there is no weight1 for the abundance surpasseth all account3 timber also and stones ,i have prepared for all the charges4 #bb3ae4 ,thou hast also workmen in abundance1 hewers of stones1 and masons1 and carpenters1 and of all trades the most skilful in their work1 #bb3af4 ,in gold1 and in silver1 and in brass1 and in iron1 whereof there is no number4 ,arise then1 and be doing1 and the ,lord will be with thee4 #bb3ag4 ,david also charged all the princes of ,israel1 to help ,solomon his son1 #bb3ah4 ,saying3 ,you see1 that the ,lord your ,god is with you1 and hath given you rest round about1 and hath delivered all your enemies into your hands1 and the land is subdued before the ,lord1 and before his people4 #bb3ai4 ,give therefore your hearts and your souls1 to seek the ,lord your ,god and arise1 and build a sanctuary to the ,lord ,god1 that the ark of the covenant of the ,lord1 and the vessels consecrated to the ,lord1 may be brought into the house1 which is built to the name of the ,lord4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bc ,david appointeth ,solomon king4 ,the distribution of the ,levites and their offices4 #bc3a4 ,david being old and full of days1 made ,solomon his son king over ,israel4 #bc3b4 ,and he gathered together all the princes of ,israel1 and the priests and ,levites4 #bc3c4 ,and the ,levites were numbered from the age of thirty years1 and upwards3 and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men4 #bc3d4 ,of these twenty-four thousand were chosen1 and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the ,lord3 and six thousand were the overseers and judges4 #bc3e4 ,moreover four thousand were porters3 and as many singers singing to the ,lord with the instruments1 which he had made to sing with4 #bc3f4 ,and ,david distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of ,levi1 to wit1 of ,gerson1 and of ,caath1 and of ,merari4 #bc3g4 ,the sons of ,gerson were ,leedan and ,semei4 #bc3h4 ,the sons of ,leedan3 the chief ,jahiel1 and ,zethan1 and ,joel1 three4 #bc3i4 ,the sons of ,semei3 ,salomith1 and ,hosiel1 and ,aran1 three3 these were the heads of the families of ,leedan4 #bc3aj4 ,and the sons of ,semei were ,leheth1 and ,ziza1 and ,jaus1 and ,baria3 these were the sons of ,semei1 four4 #bc3aa4 ,and ,leheth was the first1 ,ziza the second3 but ,jaus and ,baria had not many children1 and therefore they were counted in one family1 and in one house4 #bc3ab4 ,the sons of ,caath were ,amram1 and ,isaar1 ,hebron1 and ,oziel1 four4 #bc3ac4 ,the sons of ,amram1 ,aaron1 and ,moses4 ,and ,aaron was separated to minister in the holy of holies1 he and his sons for ever1 and to burn incense before the ,lord1 according to his ceremonies1 and to bless his name for ever4 #bc3ad4 ,the sons also of ,moses1 the man of ,god1 were numbered in the tribe of ,levi4 #bc3ae4 ,the sons of ,moses were ,gersom and ,eliezer3 #bc3af4 ,the sons of ,gersom3 ,subuel the first4 #bc3ag4 ,and the sons of ,eliezer were3 ,rohobia the first3 and ,eliezer had no more sons4 ,but the sons of ,rohobia were multiplied exceedingly4 #bc3ah4 ,the sons of ,isaar3 ,salomith the first4 #bc3ai4 ,the sons of ,hebron3 ,jeriau the first1 ,amarias the second1 ,jahaziel the third1 ,jecmaam the fourth4 #bc3bj4 ,the sons of ,oziel3 ,micha the first1 ,jesia the second4 #bc3ba4 ,the sons of ,merari3 ,moholi1 and ,musi4 ,the sons of ,moholi3 ,eleazar and ,cis4 #bc3bb4 ,and ,eleazar died1 and had no sons but daughters3 and the sons of ,cis their brethren took them4 #bc3bc4 ,the sons of ,musi3 ,moholi1 and ,eder1 and ,jerimoth1 three4 #bc3bd4 ,these are the sons of ,levi in their kindreds and families1 princes by their courses1 and the number of every head that did the works of the ministry of the house of the ,lord from twenty years old and upward4 #bc3be4 ,for ,david said3 ,the ,lord the ,god of ,israel hath given rest to his people1 and a habitation in ,jerusalem for ever4 #bc3bf4 ,and it shall not be the office of the ,levites to carry any more the tabernacle1 and all the vessels for the service thereof4 #bc3bg4 ,so according to the last precepts of ,david1 the sons of ,levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward4 #bc3bh4 ,and they are to be under the hand of the sons of ,aaron for the service of the house of the ,lord1 in the porches1 and in the chambers1 and in the place of purification1 and in the sanctuary1 and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the ,lord4 #bc3bi4 ,and the priests have the charge of the loaves of proposition1 and of the sacrifice of fine flour1 and of the unleavened cakes1 and of the fryingpan1 and of the roasting1 and of every weight and measure4 #bc3cj4 ,and the ,levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks1 and to sing praises to the ,lord3 and in like manner in the evening1 #bc3ca4 ,as well in the oblation of the holocausts of the ,lord1 as in the sabbaths and in the new moons1 and the rest of the solemnities1 according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing1 continually before the ,lord4 #bc3cb4 ,and let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant1 and the ceremonies of the sanctuary1 and the charge of the sons of ,aaron their brethren1 that they may minister in the house of the ,lord4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bd ,the divisions of the priests into four and twenty courses1 to serve in the temple3 the chiefs of the ,levites4 #bd3a4 ,now these were the divisions of the sons of ,aaron3 ,the sons of ,aaron3 ,nadab1 and ,abiu1 and ,eleazar1 and ,ithamar4 #bd3b4 ,but ,nadab and ,abiu died before their father1 and had no children3 so ,eleazar1 and ,ithamar did the office of the priesthood4 #bd3c4 ,and ,david distributed them1 that is1 ,sadoc of the sons of ,eleazar1 and ,ahimelech of the sons of ,ithamar1 according to their courses and ministry4 #bd3d4 ,and there were found many more of the sons of ,eleazar among the principal men1 than of the sons of ,ithamar4 ,and he divided them so1 that there were of the sons of ,eleazar1 sixteen chief men by their families3 and of the sons of ,ithamar eight by their families and houses4 #bd3e4 ,and he divided both the families one with the other by lot3 for there were princes of the sanctuary1 and princes of ,god1 both of the sons of ,eleazar1 and of the sons of ,ithamar4 #bd3f4 ,and ,semeias the son of ,nathanael the scribe a ,levite1 wrote them down before the king and the princes1 and ,sadoc the priest1 and ,ahimelech the son of ,abiathar1 and the princes also of the priestly and ,levitical families3 one house1 which was over the rest1 of ,eleazar3 and another house1 which had the rest under it1 of ,ithamar4 #bd3g4 ,now the first lot came forth to ,joiarib1 the second to ,jedei1 #bd3h4 ,the third to ,harim1 the fourth to ,seorim1 #bd3i4 ,the fifth to ,melchia1 the sixth to ,maiman1 #bd3aj4 ,the seventh to ,accos1 the eighth to ,abia1 #bd3aa4 ,the ninth to ,jesua1 the tenth to ,sechenia1 #bd3ab4 ,the eleventh to ,eliasib1 the twelfth to ,jacim1 #bd3ac4 ,the thirteenth to ,hoppha1 the fourteenth to ,isbaab1 #bd3ad4 ,the fifteenth to ,belga1 the sixteenth to ,emmer1 #bd3ae4 ,the seventeenth to ,hezir1 the eighteenth to ,aphses1 #bd3af4 ,the nineteenth to ,pheteia1 the twentieth to ,hezechiel1 #bd3ag4 ,the one and twentieth to ,jachin1 the two and twentieth to ,gamul1 #bd3ah4 ,the three and twentieth to ,dalaiau1 the four and twentieth to ,maaziau4 #bd3ai4 ,these are their courses according to their ministries1 to come into the house of the ,lord1 and according to their manner under the hand of ,aaron their father3 as the ,lord the ,god of ,israel had commanded4 #bd3bj4 ,now of the rest of the sons of ,levi1 there was of the sons of ,amram1 ,subael3 and of the sons of ,subael1 ,jehedeia4 #bd3ba4 ,also of the sons of ,rohobia the chief ,jesias4 #bd3bb4 ,and the son of ,isaar ,salemoth1 and the son of ,salemoth ,jahath3 #bd3bc4 ,and his son ,jeriau the first1 ,amarias the second1 ,jahaziel the third1 ,jecmaan the fourth4 #bd3bd4 ,the son of ,oziel1 ,micha3 the son of ,micha1 ,samir4 #bd3be4 ,the brother of ,micha1 ,jesia3 and the son of ,jesia1 ,zacharias4 #bd3bf4 ,the sons of ,merari3 ,moholi and ,musi3 the son of ,oziau3 ,benno4 #bd3bg4 ,the son also of ,merari ,oziau1 and ,soam1 and ,zacchur1 and ,hebri4 #bd3bh4 ,and the son of ,moholi3 ,eleazar1 who had no sons4 #bd3bi4 ,and the son of ,cis1 ,jeramael4 #bd3cj4 ,the sons of ,musi3 ,moholi1 ,eder1 and ,jerimoth4 ,these are the sons of ,levi according to the houses of their families4 #bd3ca4 ,and they also cast lots over against their brethren the sons of ,aaron before ,david the king1 and ,sadoc1 and ,ahimelech1 and the princes of the priestly and ,levitical families1 both the elder and the younger4 ,the lot divided all equally4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #be ,the number and divisions of the musicians4 #be3a4 ,moreover ,david and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of ,asaph1 and of ,heman1 and of ,idithun3 to prophesy with harps1 and with psalteries1 and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office4 #be3b4 ,of the sons of ,asaph3 ,zacchur1 and ,joseph1 and ,nathania1 and ,asarela1 sons of ,asaph3 under the hand of ,asaph prophesying near the king4 #be3c4 ,and of ,idithun3 the sons of ,idithun1 ,godolias1 ,sori1 ,jeseias1 and ,hasabias1 and ,mathathias1 under the hand of their father ,idithun1 who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the ,lord4 #be3d4 ,of ,heman also3 the sons of ,heman1 ,bocciau1 ,mathaniau1 ,oziel1 ,subuel1 and ,jerimoth1 ,hananias1 ,hanani1 ,eliatha1 ,geddelthi1 and ,romemthiezer1 and ,jesbacassa1 ,mellothi1 ,othir1 ,mahazioth3 #be3e4 ,all these were the sons of ,heman the seer of the king in the words of ,god1 to lift up the horn3 and ,god gave to ,heman fourteen sons and three daughters4 #be3f4 ,all these under their father's hand were distributed to sing in the temple of the ,lord1 with cymbals1 and psalteries and harps1 for the service of the house of the ,lord near the king3 to wit1 ,asaph1 and ,idithun1 and ,heman4 #be3g4 ,and the number of them with their brethren1 that taught the song of the ,lord1 all the teachers1 were two hundred and eighty-eight4 #be3h4 ,and they cast lots by their courses1 the elder equally with the younger1 the learned and the unlearned together4 #be3i4 ,and the first lot came forth to ,joseph1 who was of ,asaph4 ,the second to ,godolias1 to him and his sons1 and his brethren twelve4 #be3aj4 ,the third to ,zachur1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3aa4 ,the fourth to ,isari1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ab4 ,the fifth to ,nathania1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ac4 ,the sixth to ,bocciau1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ad4 ,the seventh to ,isreela1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ae4 ,the eighth to ,jesaia1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3af4 ,the ninth to ,mathanaias1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ag4 ,the tenth to ,semeias1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ah4 ,the eleventh to ,azareel1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ai4 ,the twelfth to ,hasabia1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bj4 ,the thirteenth to ,subael1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ba4 ,the fourteenth to ,mathathias1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bb4 ,the fifteenth to ,jerimoth1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bc4 ,the sixteenth to ,hananias1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bd4 ,the seventeenth to ,jesbacassa1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3be4 ,the eighteenth to ,hanani1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bf4 ,the nineteenth to ,mellothi1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bg4 ,the twentieth to ,eliatha1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bh4 ,the one and twentieth to ,othir1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3bi4 ,the two and twentieth to ,geddelthi1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3cj4 ,the three and twentieth to ,mahazioth1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #be3ca4 ,the four and twentieth to ,romemthiezer1 to his sons and his brethren twelve4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bf ,the divisions of the porters4 ,offices of other ,levites4 #bf3a4 ,and the divisions of the porters3 of the ,corites ,meselemia1 the son of ,core1 of the sons of ,asaph4 #bf3b4 ,the sons of ,meselemia3 ,zacharias the firstborn1 ,jadihel the second1 ,zabadias the third1 ,jathanael the fourth1 #bf3c4 ,elam the fifth1 ,johanan the sixth1 ,elioenai the seventh4 #bf3d4 ,and the sons of ,obededom1 ,semeias the firstborn1 ,jozabad the second1 ,joaha the third1 ,sachar the fourth1 ,nathanael the fifth1 #bf3e4 ,ammiel the sixth1 ,issachar the seventh1 ,phollathi the eighth3 for the ,lord had blessed him4 #bf3f4 ,and to ,semei his son were born sons1 heads of their families3 for they were men of great valour4 #bf3g4 ,the sons then of ,semeias were ,othni1 and ,raphael1 and ,obed1 ,elizabad1 and his brethren most valiant men3 and ,eliu1 and ,samachias4 #bf3h4 ,all these of the sons of ,obededom3 they1 and their sons1 and their brethren most able men for service1 sixty-two of ,obededom4 #bf3i4 ,and the sons of ,meselemia1 and their brethren strong men1 were eighteen4 #bf3aj4 ,and of ,hosa1 that is1 of the sons of ,merari3 ,semri the chief1 7for he had not a firstborn1 and therefore his father made him chief47 ,he had not a firstborn4 4 4,that is1 his firstborn was either dead or not fit to be chief2 and therefore he made ,semri the chief4 #bf3aa4 ,helcias the second1 ,tabelias the third1 ,zacharias the fourth3 all these the sons1 and the brethren of ,hosa1 were thirteen4 #bf3ab4 ,among these were the divisions of the porters1 so that the chiefs of the wards1 as well as their brethren1 always ministered in the house of the ,lord4 #bf3ac4 ,and they cast lots equally1 both little and great1 by their families for every one of the gates4 #bf3ad4 ,and the lot of the east fell to ,selemias4 ,but to his son ,zacharias1 a very wise and learned man1 the north gate fell by lot4 #bf3ae4 ,and to ,obededom and his sons that towards the south3 in which part of the house was the council of the ancients4 #bf3af4 ,to ,sephim1 and ,hosa towards the west1 by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent3 ward against ward4 #bf3ag4 ,now towards the east were six ,levites3 and towards the north four a day3 and towards the south likewise four a day3 and where the council was1 two and two4 #bf3ah4 ,in the cells also of the porters toward the west four in the way3 and two at every cell4 #bf3ai4 ,these are the divisions of the porters of the sons of ,core1 and of ,merari4 #bf3bj4 ,now ,achias was over the treasures of the house of ,god1 and the holy vessels4 ,holy vessels4 4 4,or vessels of the holy places1 or of things holy4 ,vasa sanctorum4 #bf3ba4 ,the sons of ,ledan1 the sons of ,gersonni3 of ,ledan were heads of the families1 of ,ledan1 and ,gersonni1 ,jehieli4 #bf3bb4 ,the sons of ,jehieli3 ,zathan and ,joel1 his brethren over the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 #bf3bc4 ,with the ,amramites1 and ,isaarites1 and ,hebronites1 and ,ozielites4 #bf3bd4 ,and ,subael the son of ,gersom1 the son of ,moses1 was chief over the treasures4 #bf3be4 ,his brethren also1 ,eliezer1 whose son ,rohobia1 and his son ,isaias1 and his son ,joram1 and his son ,zechri1 and his son ,selemith4 #bf3bf4 ,which ,selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of the holy things1 which king ,david1 and the heads of families1 and the captains over thousands and over hundreds1 and the captains of the host had dedicated1 #bf3bg4 ,out of the wars1 and the spoils won in battles1 which they had consecrated to the building and furniture of the temple of the ,lord4 #bf3bh4 ,and all these things that ,samuel the seer and ,saul the son of ,cis1 and ,abner the son of ,ner1 and ,joab the son of ,sarvia had sanctified3 and whosoever had sanctified those things1 they were under the hand of ,selemith and his brethren4 #bf3bi4 ,but ,chonenias and his sons were over the ,isaarites1 for the business abroad over ,israel to teach them and judge them4 #bf3cj4 ,and of the ,hebronites ,hasabias1 and his brethren most able men1 a thousand seven hundred had the charge over ,israel beyond the ,jordan westward1 in all the works of the ,lord1 and for the service of the king4 #bf3ca4 ,and the chief of the ,hebronites was ,jeria according to their families and kindreds4 ,in the fortieth year of the reign of ,david they were numbered1 and there were found most valiant men in ,jazer ,galaad1 #bf3cb4 ,and his brethren of stronger age1 two thousand seven hundred chiefs of families4 ,and king ,david made them rulers over the ,rubenites and the ,gadites1 and the half tribe of ,manasses1 for all the service of ,god1 and the king4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bg ,the twelve captains for every month2 the twelve princes of the tribes4 ,david's several officers4 #bg3a4 ,now the children of ,israel according to their number1 the heads of families1 captains of thousands and of hundreds1 and officers1 that served the king according to their companies1 who came in and went out every month in the year1 under every chief were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3b4 ,over the first company the first month ,jesboam1 the son of ,zabdiel was chief1 and under him were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3c4 ,of the sons of ,phares1 the chief of all the captains in the host in the first month4 #bg3d4 ,the company of the second month was under ,dudia1 an ,ahohite1 and after him was another named ,macelloth1 who commanded a part of the army of four and twenty thousand4 #bg3e4 ,and the captain of the third company for the third month1 was ,banaias the son of ,joiada the priest3 and in his division were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3f4 ,this is that ,banaias the most valiant among the thirty1 and above the thirty4 ,and ,amizabad his son commanded his company4 #bg3g4 ,the fourth1 for the fourth month1 was ,asahel the brother of ,joab1 and ,zabadias his son after him3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3h4 ,the fifth captain for the fifth month1 was ,samaoth a ,jezerite3 and his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3i4 ,the sixth1 for the sixth month1 was ,hira the son of ,acces a ,thecuite3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3aj4 ,the seventh1 for the seventh month1 was ,helles a ,phallonite of the sons of ,ephraim3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3aa4 ,the eighth1 for the eighth month1 was ,sobochai a ,husathite of the race of ,zarahi3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3ab4 ,the ninth1 for the ninth month1 was ,abiezer an ,anathothite of the sons of ,jemini1 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3ac4 ,the tenth1 for the tenth month1 was ,marai1 who was a ,netophathite of the race of ,zarai3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3ad4 ,the eleventh1 for the eleventh month1 was ,banaias1 a ,pharathonite of the sons of ,ephraim3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3ae4 ,the twelfth1 for the twelfth month1 was ,holdai a ,netophathite1 of the race of ,gothoniel3 and in his company were four and twenty thousand4 #bg3af4 ,now the chiefs over the tribes of ,israel were these3 over the ,rubenites1 ,eliezer the son of ,zechri was ruler3 over the ,simeonites1 ,saphatias the son of ,maacha3 #bg3ag4 ,over the ,levites1 ,hasabias the son of ,camuel3 over the ,aaronites1 ,sadoc3 #bg3ah4 ,over ,juda1 ,eliu the brother of ,david over ,issachar1 ,amri the son of ,michael3 #bg3ai4 ,over the ,zabulonites1 ,jesmaias the son of ,adias3 over the ,nephtalites1 ,jerimoth the son of ,ozriel3 #bg3bj4 ,over the sons of ,ephraim1 ,osee the son of ,ozaziu3 over the half tribe of ,manasses1 ,joel the son of ,phadaia3 #bg3ba4 ,and over the half tribe of ,manasses in ,galaad1 ,jaddo the son of ,zacharias3 and over ,benjamin1 ,jasiel the son of ,abner4 #bg3bb4 ,and over ,dan1 ,ezrihel the son of ,jeroham3 these were the princes of the children of ,israel4 #bg3bc4 ,but ,david would not number them from twenty years old and under3 because the lord had said that he would multiply ,israel like the stars of heaven4 #bg3bd4 ,joab the son of ,sarvia began to number1 but he finished not3 because upon this there fell wrath upon ,israel3 and therefore the number of them that were numbered1 was not registered in the chronicles of king ,david4 #bg3be4 ,and over the king's treasures was ,azmoth the son of ,adiel3 and over those stores which were in the cities1 and in the villages1 and1 in the castles1 was ,jonathan the son of ,ozias4 #bg3bf4 ,and over the tillage1 and the husbandmen1 who tilled the ground1 was ,ezri the son of ,chelub3 #bg3bg4 ,and over the dressers of the vine yards1 was ,semeias a ,romathite3 and over the wine cellars1 ,zabdias an ,aphonite4 #bg3bh4 ,and over the oliveyards and the fig groves1 which were in the plains1 was ,balanam a ,gederite3 and over the oil cellars1 ,joas4 #bg3bi4 ,and over the herds that fed in ,saron1 was ,setrai a ,saronite3 and over the oxen in the valleys1 ,saphat the son of ,adli3 #bg3cj4 ,and over the camels1 ,ubil an ,ishmahelite and over the asses1 ,jadias a ,meronathite3 #bg3ca4 ,and over the sheep ,jaziz an ,agarene4 ,all these were the rulers of the substance of king ,david4 #bg3cb4 ,and ,jonathan ,david's uncle1 a counsellor1 a wise and learned man3 he and ,jahiel the son of ,hachamoni were with the king's sons4 #bg3cc4 ,and ,achitophel was the king's counsellor1 and ,chusai the ,arachite1 the king's friend4 #bg3cd4 ,and after ,achitophel was ,joiada the son of ,banaias1 and ,abiathar4 ,and the general of the king's army was ,joab4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bh ,david's speech1 in a solemn assembly3 his exhortation to ,solomon4 ,he giveth him a pattern of the temple4 #bh3a4 ,and ,david assembled all the chief men of ,israel1 the princes of the tribes1 and the captains of the companies1 who waited on the king3 and the captains over thousands1 and over hundreds1 and them who had the charge over the substance and possessions of the king1 and his sons with the officers of the court1 and the men of power1 and all the bravest of the army at ,jerusalem4 #bh3b4 ,and the king rising up1 and standing said3 ,hear me1 my brethren and my people3 ,i had a thought to have built a house1 in which the ark of the ,lord1 and the footstool of our ,god might rest3 and prepared all things for the building4 #bh3c4 ,and ,god said to me3 ,thou shalt not build a house to my name3 because thou art a man of war1 and hast shed blood4 #bh3d4 ,but the ,lord ,god of ,israel chose me of all the house of my father1 to be king over ,israel for ever3 for of ,juda he chose the princes3 and of the house of ,juda1 my father's house3 and among the sons of my father1 it pleased him to choose me king over all ,israel4 #bh3e4 ,and among my sons 7for the ,lord hath given me many sons7 he hath chosen ,solomon my son1 to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the ,lord over ,israel4 #bh3f4 ,and he said to me3 ,solomon thy son shall build my house1 and my courts3 for ,i have chosen him to be my son1 and ,i will be a father to him4 #bh3g4 ,and ,i will establish his kingdom for ever1 it he continue to keep my commandments1 and my judgments1 as at this day4 #bh3h4 ,now then before all the assembly of ,israel1 in the hearing of our ,god1 keep ye1 and seek all the commandments of the ,lord our ,god3 that you may possess the good land1 and may leave it to your children after you for ever4 #bh3i4 ,and thou my son ,solomon1 know the ,god of thy father1 and serve him with a perfect heart1 and a willing mind3 for the ,lord searcheth all hearts1 and understandeth all the thoughts of minds4 ,if thou seek him1 thou shalt find him3 but if thou forsake him1 he will cast thee off for ever4 #bh3aj4 ,now therefore seeing the ,lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary1 take courage1 and do it4 #bh3aa4 ,and ,david gave to ,solomon his son a description of the porch1 and of the temple1 and of the treasures1 and of the upper floor1 and of the inner chambers1 and of the house for the mercy seat1 #bh3ab4 ,as also of all the courts1 which he had in his thought1 and of the chambers round about1 for the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 and for the treasures of the consecrated things1 #bh3ac4 ,and of the divisions of the priests and of the ,levites1 for all the works of the house of the ,lord1 and for all the vessels of the service of the temple of the ,lord4 #bh3ad4 ,gold by weight for every vessel for the ministry4 ,and silver by weight according to the diversity of the vessels and uses4 #bh3ae4 ,he gave also gold for the golden candlesticks1 and their lamps1 according to the dimensions of every candlestick1 and the lamps thereof4 ,in like manner also he gave silver by weight for the silver candlesticks1 and for their lamps according to the diversity of the dimensions of them4 #bh3af4 ,he gave also gold for the tables of proposition1 according to the diversity of the tables3 in like manner also silver for other tables of silver4 #bh3ag4 ,for fleshhooks also1 and bowls1 and censors of fine gold1 and for little lions of gold1 according to the measure he gave by weight1 for every lion4 ,in like manner also for lions of silver he set aside a different weight of silver4 #bh3ah4 ,and for the altar of incense1 he gave the purest gold3 and to make the likeness of the chariot of the cherubims spreading their wings1 and covering the ark of the covenant of the ,lord4 #bh3ai4 ,all these things1 said he1 came to me written by the hand of the ,lord that ,i might understand all the works of the pattern4 #bh3bj4 ,and ,david said to ,solomon his son3 ,act like a man1 and take courage1 and do3 fear not1 and be not dismayed3 for the ,lord my ,god will be with thee1 and will not leave thee1 nor forsake thee1 till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the ,lord4 #bh3ba4 ,behold the courses of the priests and the ,levites1 for every ministry of the house of the ,lord1 stand by thee1 and are ready1 and both the princes1 and the people know how to execute all thy commandments4 #a ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bi ,david by word and example encourageth the princes to contribute liberally to the building of the temple4 ,his thanksgiving1 prayer1 and sacrifices3 his death4 #bi3a4 ,and king ,david said to all the assembly3 ,solomon my son1 whom alone ,god hath chosen1 is as yet young and tender3 and the work is great1 for a house is prepared not for man1 but for ,god4 #bi3b4 ,and ,i with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my ,god4 ,gold for vessels of gold1 and silver for vessels of silver1 brass for things of brass1 iron for things of iron1 wood for things of wood3 and onyx stones1 and stones like alabaster1 and of divers colours1 and all manner of precious stones1 and marble of ,paros in great abundance4 #bi3c4 ,now over and above the things which ,i have offered into the house of my ,god ,i give of my own proper goods1 gold and silver for the temple of my ,god1 beside what things ,i have prepared for the holy house4 #bi3d4 ,three thousand talents of gold of the gold of ,ophir3 and seven thousand talents of refined silver1 to overlay the walls of the temple4 #bi3e4 ,and gold for wheresoever there is need of gold3 and silver for wheresoever there is need of silver1 for the works to be made by the hands of the artificers3 now if any man is willing to offer1 let him fill his hand to day1 and offer what he pleaseth to the ,lord4 #bi3f4 ,then the heads of the families1 and the princes of the tribes of ,israel and the captains of thousands1 and of hundreds1 and the overseers of the king's possessions promised1 #bi3g4 ,and they gave for the works of the house of the ,lord1 of gold1 five thousand talents1 and ten thousand solids3 of silver ten thousand talents3 and of brass eighteen thousand talents3 and of iron a hundred thousand talents4 #bi3h4 ,and all they that had stones1 gave them to the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 by the hand of ,jahiel the ,gersonite4 #bi3i4 ,and the people rejoiced1 when they promised their offerings willingly3 because they offered them to the ,lord with all their heart3 and ,david the king rejoiced also with a great joy4 #bi3aj4 ,and he blessed the ,lord before all the multitude1 and he said3 ,blessed art thou1 ,o ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 our father from eternity to eternity4 #bi3aa4 ,thine1 ,o ,lord1 is magnificence1 and power1 and glory1 and victory3 and to thee is praise3 for all that is in heaven1 and in earth1 is thine3 thine is the kingdom1 ,o ,lord1 and thou art above all princes4 #bi3ab4 ,thine are riches1 and thine is glory1 thou hast dominion over all1 in thy hand is power and might3 in thy hand greatness1 and the empire of all things4 #bi3ac4 ,now therefore our ,god we give thanks to thee1 and we praise thy glorious name4 #bi3ad4 ,who am ,i1 and what is my people1 that we should be able to promise thee all these things8 all things are thine3 and we have given thee what we received of thy hand4 #bi3ae4 ,for we are sojourners before thee1 and strangers1 as were all our fathers4 ,i ,our days upon earth are as a shadow1 and there is no stay4 #bi3af4 ,o ,lord our ,god1 all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name1 is from thy hand1 and all things are thine4 #bi3ag4 ,i know my ,god that thou provest hearts1 and lovest simplicity1 wherefore ,i also in the simplicity of my heart1 have joyfully offered all these things3 and ,i have seen with great joy thy people1 which are here present1 offer thee their offerings4 #bi3ah4 ,o ,lord ,god of ,abraham1 and of ,isaac1 and of ,israel our fathers1 keep for ever this will of their heart1 and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee4 #bi3ai4 ,and give to ,solomon my son a perfect heart1 that he may keep thy commandments1 thy testimonies1 and thy ceremonies1 and do all things3 and build the house1 for which ,i have provided the charges4 #bi3bj4 ,and ,david commanded all the assembly3 ,bless ye the ,lord our ,god4 ,and all the assembly blessed the ,lord the ,god of their fathers3 and they bowed themselves and worshipped ,god1 and then the king4 #bi3ba4 ,and they sacrificed victims to the ,lord3 and they offered holocausts the next day1 a thousand bullocks1 a thousand rams1 a thousand lambs1 with their libations1 and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all ,israel4 #bi3bb4 ,and they ate1 and drank before the ,lord that day with great joy4 ,and they anointed the second time ,solomon the son of ,david4 ,and they anointed him to the ,lord to be prince1 and ,sadoc to be high priest4 #bi3bc4 ,and ,solomon sat on the throne of the ,lord as king instead of ,david his father1 and he pleased all3 and all ,israel obeyed him4 #bi3bd4 ,and all the princes1 and men of power1 and all the sons of king ,david gave their hand1 and were subject to ,solomon the king4 #bi3be4 ,and the ,lord magnified ,solomon over all ,israel3 and gave him the glory of a reign1 such as no king of ,israel had before him4 #bi3bf4 ,so ,david the son of ,isai reigned over all ,israel4 #bi3bg4 ,and the days that he reigned over ,israel1 were forty years3 in ,hebron he reigned seven years1 and in ,jerusalem three and thirty years4 #bi3bh4 ,and he died in a good age1 full of days1 and riches1 and glory4 ,and ,solomon his son reigned in his stead4 #bi3bi4 ,now the acts of king ,david first and last are written in the book of ,samuel the seer1 and in the book of ,nathan the prophet1 and in the book of ,gad the seer3 #bi3cj4 ,and of all his reign1 and his valour1 and of the times that passed under him1 either in ,israel1 or in all the kingdoms of the countries4 ,,the ,,second ,,book ,,of ,,paralipomenon #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #a ,solomon offereth sacrifices at ,gabaon4 ,his choice of wisdom which ,god giveth him4 #a3a4 ,and ,solomon the son of ,david was strengthened in his kingdom1 and the ,lord his ,god was with him1 and magnified him to a high degree4 #a3b4 ,and ,solomon gave orders to all ,israel1 to the captains of thousands1 and of hundreds1 and to the rulers1 and to the judges of all ,israel1 and the heads of the families3 #a3c4 ,and he went with all the multitude to the high place of ,gabaon1 where was the tabernacle of the covenant of the ,lord1 which ,moses the servant of ,god made1 in the wilderness4 #a3d4 ,for ,david had brought the ark of ,god from ,cariathiarim to the place1 which he had prepared for it1 and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it1 that is1 in ,jerusalem4 #a3e4 ,and the altar of brass1 which ,beseleel the son of ,uri the son of ,hur had made1 was there before the tabernacle of the ,lord3 and ,solomon and all the assembly sought it3 #a3f4 ,and ,solomon went up thither to the brazen altar1 before the tabernacle of the covenant of the ,lord1 and offered up on it a thousand victims4 #a3g4 ,and behold that night ,god appeared to him1 saying3 ,ask what thou wilt that ,i should give thee4 #a3h4 ,and ,solomon said to ,god3 ,thou hast shewn great kindness to my father ,david3 and hast made me king in his stead4 #a3i4 ,now therefore1 ,o ,lord ,god1 let thy word be fulfilled1 which thou hast promised to ,david my father3 for thou hast made me king over thy great people1 which is as innumerable as the dust of the earth4 #a3aj4 ,give me wisdom and knowledge that ,i may come in and go out before thy people3 for who can worthily judge this thy people1 which is so great8 #a3aa4 ,and ,god said to ,solomon3 ,because this choice hath pleased thy heart1 and thou hast not asked riches1 and wealth1 and glory1 nor the lives of them that hate thee1 nor many days of life3 but hast asked wisdom and knowledge1 to be able to judge my people1 over which ,i have made thee king1 #a3ab4 ,wisdom and knowledge are granted to thee3 and ,i will give thee riches1 and wealth1 and glory1 so that none of the kings before thee1 nor after thee1 shall be like thee4 #a3ac4 ,then ,solomon came from the high place of ,gabaon to ,jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant1 and reigned over ,israel4 #a3ad4 ,and he gathered to himself chariots and horsemen1 and he had a thousand four hundred chariots1 and twelve thousand horsemen3 and he placed them in the cities of the chariots1 and with the king in ,jerusalem4 #a3ae4 ,and the king made silver and gold to be in ,jerusalem as stones1 and cedar trees as sycamores1 which grow in the plains in great multitude4 #a3af4 ,and there were horses brought him from ,egypt1 and from ,coa by the king's merchants1 who went1 and bought at a price1 #a3ag4 ,a chariot of four horses for six hundred pieces of silver1 and a horse for a hundred and fifty3 in like manner market was made in all the kingdoms of the ,hethites1 and of the kings of ,syria4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #b ,solomon's embassy to ,hiram1 who sends him a skilful workman and timber4 #b3a4 ,and ,solomon determined to build a house to the name of the ,lord1 and a palace for himself4 #b3b4 ,and he numbered out seventy thousand men to bear burdens1 and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains1 and three thousand six hundred to oversee them4 #b3c4 ,he sent also to ,hiram king of ,tyre1 saying3 ,as thou didst with ,david my father1 and didst send him cedars1 to build him a house1 in which he dwelt3 #b3d4 ,so do with me that ,i may build a house to the name of the ,lord my ,god1 to dedicate it to burn incense before him1 and to perfume with aromatical spices1 and for the continual setting forth of bread1 and for the holocausts1 morning and evening1 and on the sabbaths1 and on the new moons1 and the solemnities of the ,lord our ,god for ever1 which are commanded for ,israel4 #b3e4 ,for the house which ,i desire to build1 is great3 for our ,god is great above all gods4 #b3f4 ,who then can be able to build him a worthy house8 if heaven1 and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him3 who am ,i that ,i should be able to build him a house8 but to this end only1 that incense may be burnt before him4 #b3g4 ,send me therefore a skilful man1 that knoweth how to work in gold1 and in silver1 in brass1 and in iron1 in purple1 in scarlet and in blue1 and that hath skill in engraving1 with the artificers1 which ,i have with me in ,judea and ,jerusalem1 whom ,david my father provided4 #b3h4 ,send me also cedars1 and fir trees1 and pine trees from ,libanus3 for ,i know that thy servants are skilful in cutting timber in ,libanus1 and my servants shall be with thy servants1 #b3i4 ,to provide me timber in abundance4 ,for the house which ,i desire to build1 is to be exceeding great1 and glorious4 #b3aj4 ,and ,i will give thy servants the workmen that are to cut down the trees1 for their food twenty thousand cores of wheat1 and as many cores of barley1 and twenty thousand measures of wine1 and twenty thousand measures of oil4 #b3aa4 ,and ,hiram king of ,tyre sent a letter to ,solomon1 saying3 ,because the ,lord hath loved his people1 therefore he hath made thee king over them4 #b3ab4 ,and he added1 saying3 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 who made heaven and earth1 who hath given to king ,david a wise and knowing son1 endued with understanding and prudence1 to build a house to the ,lord1 and a palace for himself4 #b3ac4 ,i therefore have sent thee my father ,hiram1 a wise and most skilful man1 #b3ad4 ,the son of a woman of the daughters of ,dan1 whose father was a ,tyrian1 who knoweth how to work in gold1 and in silver1 in brass1 and in iron1 and in marble1 and in timber1 in purple also1 and violet1 and silk and scarlet3 and who knoweth to grave all sort of graving1 and to devise ingeniously all that there may be need of in the work with thy artificers1 and with the artificers of my lord ,david thy father4 #b3ae4 ,the wheat therefore1 and the barley and the oil1 and the wine1 which thou1 my lord1 hast promised1 send to thy servants4 #b3af4 ,and we will cut down as many trees out of ,libanus1 as thou shalt want1 and will convey them in floats by sea to ,joppe3 and it will be thy part to bring them thence to ,jerusalem4 #b3ag4 ,and ,solomon numbered all the proselytes in the land of ,israel1 after the numbering which ,david his father had made1 and they were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred4 #b3ah4 ,and he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders1 and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains3 and three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #c ,the plan and ornaments of the temple3 the cherubims1 the veil1 and the pillars4 #c3a4 ,and ,solomon began to build the house of the ,lord in ,jerusalem1 in mount ,moria1 which had been shewn to ,david his father1 in the place which ,david had prepared in the thrashingfloor of ,ornan the ,jebusite4 #c3b4 ,and he began to build in the second month1 in the fourth year of his reign4 #c3c4 ,now these are the foundations1 which ,solomon laid1 to build the house of ,god1 the length by the first measure sixty cubits1 the breadth twenty cubits4 #c3d4 ,and the porch in the front1 which was extended in length according to the measure of the breadth of the house1 twenty cubits3 and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits3 and he overlaid it within with pure gold4 #c3e4 ,and the greater house he ceiled with deal boards1 and overlaid them with plates of fine gold throughout3 and he graved in them palm trees1 and like little chains interlaced with one another4 #c3f4 ,he paved also the floor of the temple with most precious marble1 of great beauty4 #c3g4 ,and the gold of the plates with which he overlaid the house1 and the beams thereof1 and the posts1 and the walls1 and the doors was of the finest3 and he graved cherubims on the walls4 #c3h4 ,he made also the house of the holy of holies3 the length of it according to the breadth of the temple1 twenty cubits1 and the breadth of it in like manner twenty cubits3 and he overlaid it with plates of gold1 amounting to about six hundred talents4 #c3i4 ,he made also nails of gold1 and the weight of every nail was fifty sicles3 the upper chambers also he overlaid with gold4 #c3aj4 ,he made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work3 and he overlaid them with gold4 #c3aa4 ,the wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits1 so that one wing was five cubits long1 and reached to the wall of the house3 and the other was also five cubits long1 and reached to the wing of the other cherub4 #c3ab4 ,in like manner the wing of the other cherub1 was five cubits long1 and reached to the wall3 and his other wing was five cubits long1 and touched the wing of the other cherub4 #c3ac4 ,so the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth1 and were extended twenty cubits3 and they stood upright on their feet1 and their faces were turned toward the house without4 #c3ad4 ,he made also a veil of violet1 purple1 scarlet1 and silk3 and wrought in it cherubims4 #c3ae4 ,he made also before the doors of the temple two pillars1 which were five and thirty cubits high3 and their chapiters were five cubits4 #c3af4 ,he made also as it were little chains in the oracle1 and he put them on the heads of the pillars3 and a hundred pomegranates1 which he put between the little chains4 #c3ag4 ,these pillars he put at the entrance of the temple1 one on the right hand1 and the other on the left3 that which was on the right hand1 he called ,jachin3 and that on the left hand1 ,booz4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #d ,the altar of brass1 the molten sea upon twelve oxen1 the ten loaves1 the candlesticks and other vessels and ornaments of the temple4 #d3a4 ,he made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long1 and twenty cubits broad1 and ten cubits high4 #d3b4 ,also a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim1 round in compass3 it was five cubits high1 and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about4 #d3c4 ,and under it there was the likeness of oxen1 and certain engravings on the outside of ten cubits compassed the belly of the sea1 as it were with two rows4 #d3d4 ,and the oxen were cast3 and the sea itself was set upon the twelve oxen1 three of which looked toward the north1 and other three toward the west3 and other three toward the south1 and the other three that remained toward the east1 and the sea stood upon them3 and the hinder parts of the oxen were inward under the sea4 #d3e4 ,now the thickness of it was a handbreadth1 and the brim of it was like the brim of a cup1 or of a crisped lily3 and it held three thousand measures4 #d3f4 ,he made also ten lavers3 and he set five on the right hand1 and five on the left1 to wash in them all such things as they were to offer for holocausts3 but the sea was for the priests to wash in4 #d3g4 ,and he made ten golden candlesticks1 according to the form which they were commanded to be made by3 and he set them in the temple1 five on the right hand1 and five on the left4 #d3h4 ,moreover also ten tables3 and he set them in the temple1 five on the right side1 and five on the left4 ,also a hundred bowls of gold4 #d3i4 ,he made also the court of the priests1 and a great hall1 and doors in the hall1 which he covered with brass4 #d3aj4 ,and he set the sea on the right side over against the east toward the south4 #d3aa4 ,and ,hiram made caldrons1 and fleshhooks1 and bowls3 and finished all the king's work the house of ,god3 #d3ab4 ,that is to say1 the two pillars1 and the pommels1 and the chapiters1 and the network1 to cover the chapiters over the pommels4 #d3ac4 ,and four hundred pomegranates1 and two wreaths of network1 so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each wreath1 to cover the pommels1 and the chapiters of the pillars4 #d3ad4 ,he made also bases1 and lavers1 which he set upon the bases3 #d3ae4 ,one sea1 and twelve oxen under the sea2 #d3af4 ,and the caldrons1 and fleshhooks1 and bowls4 ,all the vessels did ,hiram his father make for ,solomon in the house of the ,lord of the finest brass4 #d3ag4 ,in the country near the ,jordan did the king cast them1 in a clay ground between ,sochot and ,saredatha4 #d3ah4 ,and the multitude of vessels was innumerable1 so that the weight of the brass was not known4 #d3ai4 ,and ,solomon made all the vessels for the house of ,god1 and the golden altar1 and the tables1 upon which were the loaves of proposition1 #d3bj4 ,the candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle1 according to the manner4 #d3ba4 ,and certain flowers1 and lamps1 and golden tongs3 all were made of the finest gold4 #d3bb4 ,the vessels also for the perfumes1 and the censers1 and the bowls1 and the mortars1 of pure gold4 ,and he graved the doors of the inner temple1 that is1 for the holy of holies3 and the doors of the temple without were of gold4 ,and thus all the work was finished which ,solomon made in the house of the ,lord4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #e ,the ark is brought with great solemnity into the temple3 the temple is filled with the glory of ,god4 #e3a4 ,then ,solomon brought in all those things that ,david his father had vowed1 the silver1 and the gold1 and all the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of ,god4 #e3b4 ,and after this he gathered together the ancients of ,israel and all the princes of the tribes1 and the heads of the families1 of the children of ,israel to ,jerusalem1 to bring the ark of the covenant of the ,lord out of the city of ,david1 which is ,sion4 #e3c4 ,and all the men of ,israel came to the king in the solemn day of the seventh month4 #e3d4 ,and when all the ancients of ,israel were come1 the ,levites took up the ark1 #e3e4 ,and brought it in1 together with all the furniture of the tabernacle4 ,and the priests with the ,levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary1 which were in the tabernacle4 #e3f4 ,and king ,solomon and all the assembly of ,israel and all that were gathered together before the ark1 sacrificed rams1 and oxen without number3 so great was the multitude of the victims4 #e3g4 ,and the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the ,lord into its place1 that is1 to the oracle of the temple1 into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims3 #e3h4 ,so that the cherubims spread their wings over the place1 in which the ark was set1 and covered the ark itself and its staves4 #e3i4 ,now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried1 because they were some thing longer1 were seen before the oracle3 but if a man were a little outward1 he could not see them4 ,so the ark has been there unto this day4 #e3aj4 ,and there was nothing else in the ark but the two tables which ,moses put there at ,horeb when the ,lord gave the law to the children of ,israel1 at their coming out of ,egypt4 #e3aa4 ,now when the priests were come out of the sanctuary1 for all the priests that could be found there1 were sanctified3 and as yet at that time the courses and orders of the ministries were not divided among them1 #e3ab4 ,both the ,levites and the singing men1 that is1 both they that were under ,asaph1 and they that were under ,heman1 and they that were under ,idithun1 with their sons1 and their brethren1 clothed with fine linen1 sounded with cymbals1 and psalteries1 and harps1 standing on the east side of the altar1 and with them a hundred and twenty priests1 sounding with trumpets4 #e3ac4 ,so when they all sounded together1 both with trumpets1 and voice1 and cymbals1 and organs1 and with divers kind of musical instruments1 and lifted up their voice on high3 the sound was heard afar off1 so that when they began to praise the ,lord1 and to say3 ,give glory to the ,lord for he is good1 for his mercy endureth for ever3 the house of ,god was filled with a cloud4 #e3ad4 ,nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud4 ,for the glory of the ,lord had filled the house of ,god4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #f ,solomon's blessings and prayer4 #f3a4 ,then ,solomon said3 ,the ,lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud4 #f3b4 ,but ,i have built a house to his name1 that he might dwell there for ever4 #f3c4 ,and the king turned his face1 and blessed all the multitude of ,israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said3 #f3d4 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to ,david my father1 saying3 #f3e4 ,from the day that ,i brought my people out of the land of ,egypt1 ,i chose no city among all the tribes of ,israel1 for a house to be built in it to my name3 neither chose ,i any other man1 to be the ruler of my people ,israel4 #f3f4 ,but ,i chose ,jerusalem1 that my name might be there3 and ,i chose ,david to set him over my people ,israel4 #f3g4 ,and whereas ,david my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 #f3h4 ,the ,lord said to him3 ,forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name1 thou hast done well indeed in having such a will3 #f3i4 ,but thou shalt not build the house1 but thy son1 who shall come out of thy loins1 he shall build a house to my name4 #f3aj4 ,the ,lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke3 and ,i am risen up in the place of ,david my father1 and sit upon the throne of ,israel1 as the ,lord promised3 and have built a house to the name of the ,lord ,god of ,israel4 #f3aa4 ,and ,i have put in it the ark1 wherein is the covenant of the ,lord1 which he made with the children of ,israel4 #f3ab4 ,and he stood before the altar of the ,lord1 in presence of all the multitude of ,israel1 and stretched forth his hands4 #f3ac4 ,for ,solomon had made a brazen scaffold1 and had set it in the midst of the temple1 which was five cubits long1 and five cubits broad1 and three cubits high3 and he stood upon it3 then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of ,israel1 and lifting up his hands towards heaven1 #f3ad4 ,he said3 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 there is no ,god like thee in heaven nor in earth3 who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants1 that walk before thee with all their hearts3 #f3ae4 ,who hast performed to thy servant ,david my father all that thou hast promised him3 and hast accomplished in fact1 what thou hast spoken with thy mouth1 as also the present time proveth4 #f3af4 ,now then1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 fulfil to thy servant ,david my father1 whatsoever thou hast promised him1 saying3 ,there shall not fail thee a man in my sight1 to sit upon the throne of ,israel3 yet so that thy children take heed to their ways1 and walk in my law1 as thou hast walked before me4 #f3ag4 ,and now1 ,lord ,god of ,israel1 let thy word be established which thou hast spoken to thy servant ,david4 #f3ah4 ,is it credible then that ,god should dwell with men on the earth8 ,if heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee1 how much less this house1 which ,i have built8 #f3ai4 ,but to this end only it is made1 that thou mayest regard the prayer of thy servant and his supplication1 ,o ,lord my ,god3 and mayest hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee4 #f3bj4 ,that thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house day and night1 upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon1 #f3ba4 ,and that thou wouldst hear the prayer which thy servant prayeth in it3 hearken then to the prayers of thy servant1 and of thy people ,israel4 ,whosoever shall pray in its place1 hear thou from thy dwelling place1 that is1 from heaven1 and shew mercy4 #f3bb4 ,if any man sin against his neighbour1 and come to swear against him1 and bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house3 #f3bc4 ,then hear thou from heaven1 and do justice to thy servants1 so to requite the wicked by making his wickedness fall upon his own head1 and to revenge the just1 rewarding him according to his justice4 #f3bd4 ,if thy people ,israel be overcome by their enemies1 7for they will sin against thee17 and being converted shall do penance1 and call upon thy name1 and pray to thee in this place1 #f3be4 ,then hear thou from heaven1 and forgive the sin of thy people ,israel and bring them back into the land which thou gavest to them1 and their fathers4 #f3bf4 ,if the heavens be shut up1 and there fall no rain by reason of the sin of the people1 and they shall pray to thee in this place1 and confess to thy name1 and be converted from their sins1 where thou dost afflict them1 #f3bg4 ,then hear thou from heaven1 ,o ,lord1 and forgive the sins of thy servants and of thy people ,israel and teach them the good way in which they may walk3 and give rain to thy land which thou hast given to thy people to possess4 #f3bh4 ,if a famine arise in the land1 or a pestilence or blasting1 or mildew1 or locusts1 or caterpillars3 or if their enemies waste the country1 and besiege the cities1 whatsoever scourge or infirmity shall be upon them3 #f3bi4 ,then if any of thy people ,israel1 knowing his own scourge and infirmity shall pray1 and shall spread forth his hands in this house1 #f3cj4 ,hear thou from heaven1 from thy high dwelling place1 and forgive1 and render to every one according to his ways1 which thou knowest him to have in his heart3 for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men3 #f3ca4 ,that they may fear thee1 and walk in thy ways all the days that they live upon the face of the land1 which thou hast given to our fathers4 #f3cb4 ,if the stranger also1 who is not of thy people ,israel1 come from a far country1 for the sake of thy great name1 and thy strong hand1 and thy stretched out arm1 and adore in this place3 #f3cc4 ,hear thou from heaven thy firm dwelling place1 and do all that which that stranger shall call upon thee for3 that all the people of the earth may know thy name1 and may fear thee1 as thy people ,israel1 and may know1 that thy name is invoked upon this house1 which ,i have built4 #f3cd4 ,if thy people go out to war against their enemies1 by the way that thou shalt send them1 and adore thee towards the way of this city1 which thou hast chosen1 and the house which ,i have built to thy name3 #f3ce4 ,then hear thou from heaven their prayers1 and their supplications1 and revenge them4 #f3cf4 ,and if they sin against thee 7for there is no man that sinneth not7 and thou be angry with them1 and deliver them up to their enemies1 and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off1 or near at hand1 #f3cg4 ,and if they be converted in their heart in the land to which they were led captive1 and do penance1 and pray to thee in the land of their captivity saying3 ,we have sinned1 we have done wickedly1 we have dealt unjustly3 #f3ch4 ,and return to thee with all their heart1 and with all their soul1 in the land of their captivity1 to which they were led away1 and adore thee towards the way of their own land which thou gavest their fathers1 and of the city1 which thou hast chosen1 and the house which ,i have built to thy name3 #f3ci4 ,then hear thou from heaven1 that is1 from thy firm dwelling place1 their prayers1 and do judgment1 and forgive thy people1 although they have sinned3 #f3dj4 ,for thou art my ,god3 let thy eyes1 ,i beseech thee1 be open1 and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer1 that is made in this place4 #f3da4 ,now therefore arise1 ,o ,lord ,god1 into thy resting place1 thou and the ark of thy strength3 let thy priests1 ,o ,lord ,god1 put on salvation1 and thy saints rejoice in good things4 #f3db4 ,o ,lord ,god1 turn not away the face of thy anointed3 remember the mercies of ,david thy servant4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #g ,fire from heaven consumeth the sacrifices4 ,the solemnity of the dedication of the temple4 ,god signifieth his having heard ,solomon's prayer3 yet so if he continue to serve him4 #g3a4 ,and when ,solomon had made an end of his prayer1 fire came down from heaven1 and consumed the holocausts and the victims3 and the majesty of the ,lord filled the house4 #g3b4 ,neither could the priests enter into the temple of the ,lord1 because the majesty of the ,lord had filled the temple of the ,lord4 #g3c4 ,moreover all the children of ,israel saw the fire coming down1 and the glory of the ,lord upon the house3 and falling down with their faces to the ground1 upon the stone pavement1 they adored and praised the ,lord3 because he is good1 because his mercy endureth for ever4 #g3d4 ,and the king and all the people sacrificed victims before the ,lord4 #g3e4 ,and king ,solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen1 and one hundred and twenty thousand rams3 and the king and all the people dedicated the house of ,god4 #g3f4 ,and the priests stood in their offices3 and the ,levites with the instruments of music of the ,lord1 which king ,david made to praise the ,lord3 because his mercy endureth for ever1 singing the hymns of ,david by their ministry3 and the priests sounded with trumpets before them1 and all ,israel stood4 #g3g4 ,solomon also sanctified the middle of the court before the temple of the ,lord3 for he offered there the holocausts1 and the fat of the peace offerings3 because the brazen altar1 which he had made1 could not hold the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat3 #g3h4 ,and ,solomon kept the solemnity at that time seven days1 and all ,israel with him1 a very great congregation1 from the entrance of ,emath to the torrent of ,egypt4 #g3i4 ,and he made on the eighth day a solemn assembly1 because he had kept the dedication of the altar seven days1 and had celebrated the solemnity seven days4 #g3aj4 ,so on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent away the people to their dwellings1 joyful and glad for the good that the ,lord had done to ,david1 and to ,solomon1 and to all ,israel his people4 #g3aa4 ,and ,solomon finished the house of the ,lord1 and the king's house1 and all that he had designed in his heart to do1 in the house of the ,lord1 and in his own house1 and he prospered4 #g3ab4 ,and the ,lord appeared to him by night1 and said3 ,i have heard thy prayer1 and ,i have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice4 #g3ac4 ,if ,i shut up heaven1 and there fall no rain1 or if ,i give orders1 and command the locust to devour the land1 or if ,i send pestilence among my people3 #g3ad4 ,and my people1 upon whom my name is called1 being converted1 shall make supplication to me1 and seek out my face1 and do penance for their most wicked ways3 then will ,i hear from heaven1 and will forgive their sins and will heal their land4 #g3ae4 ,my eyes also shall be open1 and my ears attentive to the prayer of him that shall pray in this place4 #g3af4 ,for ,i have chosen1 and have sanctified this place1 that my name may be there for ever1 and my eyes and my heart may remain there perpetually4 #g3ag4 ,and as for thee1 if thou walk before me1 as ,david thy father walked1 and do according to all that ,i have commanded thee1 and keep my justices and my judgments3 #g3ah4 ,i will raise up the throne of thy kingdom1 as ,i promised to ,david thy father1 saying3 ,there shall not fail thee a man of thy stock to be ruler in ,israel4 #g3ai4 ,but if you turn away1 and forsake my justices1 and my commandments which ,i have set before you1 and shall go and serve strange gods1 and adore them1 #g3bj4 ,i will pluck you up by the root out of my land which ,i have given you3 and this house which ,i have sanctified to my name1 ,i will cast away from before my face1 and will make it a byword1 and an example among all nations4 #g3ba4 ,and this house shall be for a proverb to all that pass by1 and they shall be astonished and say3 ,why hath the ,lord done thus to this land1 and to this house8 #g3bb4 ,and they shall answer3 ,because they forsook the ,lord the ,god of their fathers1 who brought them out of the land of ,egypt1 and laid hold on strange gods1 and adored them1 and worshipped them3 therefore all these evils are come upon them4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #h ,solomon's buildings and other acts4 #h3a4 ,and at the end of twenty years after ,solomon had built the house of the ,lord and his own house3 #h3b4 ,he built the cities which ,hiram had given to ,solomon1 and caused the children of ,israel to dwell there4 #h3c4 ,he went also into ,emath ,suba1 and possessed it4 #h3d4 ,and he built ,palmira in the desert1 and he built other strong cities in ,emath4 #h3e4 ,and he built ,beth-horon the upper1 and ,beth-horon the nether1 walled cities with gates and bars and locks4 #h3f4 ,balaath also and all the strong cities that were ,solomon's1 and all the cities of the chariots1 and the cities of the horsemen4 ,all that ,solomon had a mind1 and designed1 he built in ,jerusalem and in ,libanus1 and in all the land of his dominion4 #h3g4 ,all the people that were left of the ,hethites1 and the ,amorrhites1 and the ,pherezites1 and the ,hevites1 and the ,jebusites1 that were not of the stock of ,israel3 #h3h4 ,of their children1 and of the posterity1 whom the children of ,israel had not slain1 ,solomon made to be the tributaries1 unto this day4 #h3i4 ,but of the children of ,israel he set none to serve in the king's works3 for they were men of war1 and chief captains1 and rulers of his chariots and horsemen4 #h3aj4 ,and all the chief captains of king ,solomon's army were two hundred and fifty1 who taught the people4 #h3aa4 ,and he removed the daughter of ,pharao from the city of ,david1 to the house which he had built for her4 ,for the king said3 ,my wife shall not dwell in the house of ,david king of ,israel1 for it is sanctified3 because the ark of the ,lord came into it4 #h3ab4 ,then ,solomon offered holocausts to the ,lord upon the altar of the ,lord which he had built before the porch1 #h3ac4 ,that every day an offering might be made on it according to the ordinance of ,moses1 in the sabbaths1 and on the new moons1 and on the festival days three times a year1 that is to say1 in the feast of unleavened bread1 and in the feast of weeks1 and in the feast of tabernacles4 #h3ad4 ,and he appointed according to the order of ,david his father the offices of the priests in their ministries3 and the ,levites in their order to give praise1 and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day3 and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate3 for so ,david the man of ,god had commanded4 #h3ae4 ,and the priests and ,levites departed not from the king's commandments1 as to any thing that he had commanded1 and as to the keeping of the treasures4 #h3af4 ,solomon had all charges prepared1 from the day that he founded the house of the ,lord1 until the day wherein he finished it4 #h3ag4 ,then ,solomon went to ,asiongaber1 and to ,ailath1 on the coast of the ,red ,sea1 which is in the land of ,edom4 #h3ah4 ,and ,hiram sent him ships by the hands of his servants1 and skilful mariners1 and they went with ,solomon's servants to ,ophir1 and they took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold1 and brought it to king ,solomon4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #i ,the queen of ,saba admireth the wisdom of ,solomon4 ,his riches and glory4 ,his death4 #i3a4 ,and when the queen of ,saba heard of the fame of ,solomon1 she came to try him with hard questions at ,jerusalem1 with great riches1 and camels1 which carried spices1 and abundance of gold1 and precious stones4 ,and when she was come to ,solomon1 she proposed to him all that was in her heart4 #i3b4 ,and ,solomon explained to her all that she proposed3 and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her4 #i3c4 ,and when she had seen these things1 to wit1 the wisdom of ,solomon1 and the house which he had built1 #i3d4 ,and the meats of his table1 and the dwelling places of his servants1 and the attendance of his officers1 and their apparel1 his cupbearers also1 and their garments1 and the victims which he offered in the house of the ,lord3 there was no more spirit in her1 she was so astonished4 #i3e4 ,and she said to the king3 ,the word is true which ,i heard in my country of thy virtues and wisdom4 #i3f4 ,i did not believe them that told it1 until ,i came1 and my eyes had seen1 and ,i had proved that scarce one half of thy wisdom had been told me3 thou hast exceeded the same with thy virtues4 #i3g4 ,happy are thy men1 and happy are thy servants1 who stand always before thee1 and hear thy wisdom4 #i3h4 ,blessed be the ,lord thy ,god1 who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne1 king of the ,lord thy ,god4 ,because ,god loveth ,israel1 and will preserve them forever3 therefore hath he made thee king over them1 to do judgment and justice4 #i3i4 ,and she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold1 and spices in great abundance1 and most precious stones3 there were no such spices as these which the queen of ,saba gave to king ,solomon4 #i3aj4 ,and the servants also of ,hiram1 with the servants of ,solomon1 brought gold from ,ophir1 and thyine trees1 and most precious stones3 #i3aa4 ,and the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the ,lord1 and in the king's house1 and harps and psalteries for the singing men3 never were there seen such trees in the land of ,juda4 #i3ab4 ,and king ,solomon gave to the queen of ,saba all that she desired1 and that she asked1 and many more things than she brought to him3 so she returned1 and went to her own country with her servants4 #i3ac4 ,and the weight of the gold1 that was brought to ,solomon every year1 was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold3 #i3ad4 ,beside the sum which the deputies of divers nations1 and the merchants were accustomed to bring1 and all the kings of ,arabia1 and the lords of the lands1 who brought gold and silver to ,solomon4 #i3ae4 ,and king ,solomon made two hundred golden spears1 of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold1 which went to every spear3 #i3af4 ,and three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold1 which went to the covering of every shield3 and the king put them in the armoury1 which was compassed with a wood4 #i3ag4 ,the king also made a great throne of ivory1 and overlaid it with pure gold4 #i3ah4 ,and six steps to go up to the throne1 and a footstool of gold1 and two arms one on either side1 and two lions standing by the arms3 #i3ai4 ,moreover twelve other little lions standing upon the steps on both sides3 there was not such a throne in any kingdom4 #i3bj4 ,and all the vessels of the king's table were of gold1 and the vessels of the house of the forest of ,libanus were of the purest gold4 ,for no account was made of silver in those days4 #i3ba4 ,for the king's ships went to ,tharsis with the servants of ,hiram1 once in three years3 and they brought thence gold and silver1 and ivory1 and apes1 and peacocks4 #i3bb4 ,and ,solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory4 #i3bc4 ,and all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of ,solomon1 that they might hear the wisdom which ,god had given in his heart4 #i3bd4 ,and every year they brought him presents1 vessels of silver and of gold1 and garments1 and armour1 and spices1 and horses1 and mules4 #i3be4 ,and ,solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables1 and twelve thousand chariots1 and horsemen1 and he placed them in the cities of the chariots and where the king was in ,jerusalem4 #i3bf4 ,and he exercised authority over all the kings from the river ,euphrates to the land of the ,philistines1 and to the borders of ,egypt4 #i3bg4 ,and he made silver as plentiful in ,jerusalem as stones3 and cedars as common as the sycamores1 which grow in the plains4 #i3bh4 ,and horses were brought to him out of ,egypt1 and out of all countries4 #i3bi4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,solomon first and last are written in the words of ,nathan the prophet1 and in the books of ,ahias the ,silonite1 and in the vision of ,addo the seer1 against ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat4 #i3cj4 ,and ,solomon reigned in ,jerusalem over all ,israel forty years4 #i3ca4 ,and he slept with his fathers3 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 and ,roboam his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #aj ,roboam answereth the people roughly3 upon which ten tribes revolt4 #aj3a4 ,and ,roboam went to ,sichem3 for thither all ,israel were assembled1 to make him king4 #aj3b4 ,and when ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 who was in ,egypt1 7for he was fled thither from ,solomon17 heard it1 forthwith he returned4 #aj3c4 ,and they sent for him1 and he came with all ,israel1 and they spoke to ,roboam1 saying3 #aj3d4 ,thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke1 do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father1 who laid upon us a heavy servitude1 and ease some thing of the burden1 that we may serve thee4 #aj3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,come to me again after three days4 ,and when the people were gone1 #aj3f4 ,he took counsel with the ancients1 who had stood before his father ,solomon1 while he yet lived1 saying3 ,what counsel give you to me1 that ,i may answer the people8 #aj3g4 ,and they said to him3 ,if thou please this people1 and soothe them with kind words1 they will be thy servants for ever4 #aj3h4 ,but he forsook the counsel of the ancients1 and began to treat with the young men1 that had been brought up with him1 and were in his train4 #aj3i4 ,and he said to them3 ,what seemeth good to you8 or what shall ,i answer this people1 who have said to me3 ,ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us8 #aj3aj4 ,but they answered as young men1 and brought up with him in pleasures1 and said3 ,thus shalt thou speak to the people1 that said to thee3 ,thy father made our yoke heavy1 do thou ease it3 thus shalt thou answer them3 ,my little finger is thicker than the loins of my father4 #aj3aa4 ,my father laid upon you a heavy yoke1 and ,i will add more weight to it3 my father beat you with scourges1 but ,i will beat you with scorpions4 #aj3ab4 ,so ,jeroboam1 and all the people came to ,roboam the third day1 as he commanded them4 #aj3ac4 ,and the king answered roughly1 leaving the counsel of the ancients4 #aj3ad4 ,and he spoke according to the advice of the young men3 ,my father laid upon you a heavy yoke1 which ,i will make heavier3 my father beat you with scourges1 but ,i will beat you with scorpions4 #aj3ae4 ,and he condescended not to the people's requests3 for it was the will of ,god1 that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of ,ahias the ,silonite to ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat4 #aj3af4 ,and all the people upon the king's speaking roughly1 said thus unto him3 ,we have no part in ,david1 nor inheritance in the son of ,isai4 ,return to thy dwellings1 ,o ,israel1 and do thou1 ,o ,david feed thy own house4 ,and ,israel went away to their dwellings4 #aj3ag4 ,but ,roboam reigned over the children of ,israel that dwelt in the cities of ,juda4 #aj3ah4 ,and king ,roboam sent ,aduram1 who was over the tributes1 and the children of ,israel stoned him1 and he died3 and king ,roboam made haste to get up into his chariot1 and fled into ,jerusalem4 #aj3ai4 ,and ,israel revolted from the house of ,david unto this day4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #aa ,roboam's reign4 ,his kingdom is strengthened4 #aa3a4 ,and ,roboam came to ,jerusalem1 and called together all the house of ,juda and of ,benjamin1 a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men and warriors1 to fight against ,israel1 and to bring back his kingdom to him4 #aa3b4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,semeias the man of ,god1 saying3 #aa3c4 ,speak to ,roboam the son of ,solomon the king of ,juda1 and to all ,israel1 in ,juda and ,benjamin3 #aa3d4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,you shall not go up1 nor fight against your brethren3 let every man return to his own house1 for by my will this thing has been done4 ,and when they heard the word of the ,lord1 they returned1 and did not go against ,jeroboam1 #aa3e4 ,and ,roboam dwelt in ,jerusalem1 and built walled cities in ,juda4 #aa3f4 ,and he built ,bethlehem1 and ,etam1 and ,thecue1 #aa3g4 ,and ,bethsur1 and ,socho1 and ,odollam1 #aa3h4 ,and ,geth1 and ,maresa1 and ,ziph1 #aa3i4 ,and ,aduram1 and ,lachis1 and ,azecha1 #aa3aj4 ,saraa also1 and ,aialon1 and ,hebron1 which are in ,juda and ,benjamin1 well fenced cities4 #aa3aa4 ,and when he had enclosed them with walls1 he put in them governors and storehouses of provisions1 that is1 of oil and of wine4 #aa3ab4 ,moreover in every city he made an armoury of shields and spears1 and he fortified them with great diligence1 and he reigned over ,juda1 and ,benjamin1 #aa3ac4 ,and the priests and ,levites1 that were in all ,israel1 came to him out of all their seats1 #aa3ad4 ,leaving their suburbs1 and their possessions1 and passing over to ,juda1 and ,jerusalem1 because ,jeroboam and his sons had cast them off1 from executing the priestly office to the ,lord4 #aa3ae4 ,and he made to himself priests for the high places1 and for the devils1 and for the calves which he had made4 #aa3af4 ,moreover out of all the tribes of ,israel1 whosoever gave their heart to seek the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 came into ,jerusalem to sacrifice their victims before the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #aa3ag4 ,and they strengthened the kingdom of ,juda1 and established ,roboam the son of ,solomon for three years3 for they walked in the ways of ,david and of ,solomon1 only three years4 #aa3ah4 ,and ,roboam took to wife ,mahalath1 the daughter of ,jerimoth the son of ,david3 and ,abihail the daughter of ,eliab the son of ,isai4 #aa3ai4 ,and they bore him sons ,jehus1 and ,somorias1 and ,zoom4 #aa3bj4 ,and after her he married ,maacha the daughter of ,absalom1 who bore him ,abia1 and ,ethai1 and ,ziza1 and ,salomith4 #aa3ba4 ,and ,roboam loved ,maacha the daughter of ,absalom above all his wives and concubines3 for he had married eighteen wives1 and threescore concubines3 and he begot eight and twenty sons1 and threescore daughters4 #aa3bb4 ,but he put at the head of them ,abia the son of ,maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren3 for he meant to make him king1 #aa3bc4 ,because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons1 and in all the countries of ,juda1 and of ,benjamin1 and in all the walled cities3 and he gave them provisions in abundance1 and he sought many wives4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ab ,roboam for his sins is delivered up into the hands of the king of ,egypt3 who carrieth away all the treasures of the temple4 #ab3a4 ,and when the kingdom of ,roboam was strengthened and fortified1 he forsook the law of the ,lord1 and all ,israel with him4 #ab3b4 ,and in the fifth year of the reign of ,roboam1 ,sesac king of ,egypt came up against ,jerusalem 7because they had sinned against the ,lord7 #ab3c4 ,with twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen3 and the people were without number that came with him out of ,egypt1 to wit1 ,libyans1 and ,troglodites1 and ,ethiopians4 #ab3d4 ,and he took the strongest cities in ,juda1 and came to ,jerusalem4 #ab3e4 ,and ,semeias the prophet came to ,roboam1 and to the princes of ,juda1 that were gathered together in ,jerusalem1 fleeing from ,sesac1 and he said to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,you have left me1 and ,i have left you in the hand of ,sesac4 #ab3f4 ,and the princes of ,israel1 and the king1 being in a consternation1 said3 ,the ,lord is just4 #ab3g4 ,and when the ,lord saw that they were humbled1 the word of the ,lord came to ,semeias1 saying3 ,because they are humbled1 ,i will not destroy them1 and ,i will give them a little help1 and my wrath shall not fall upon ,jerusalem by the hand of ,sesac4 #ab3h4 ,but yet they shall serve him1 that they may know the difference between my service1 and the service of a kingdom of the earth4 #ab3i4 ,so ,sesac king of ,egypt departed from ,jerusalem1 taking away the treasures of the king's house1 and he took all with him1 and the golden shields that ,solomon had made1 #ab3aj4 ,instead of which the king made brazen ones1 and delivered them to the captains of the shieldbearers1 who guarded the entrance of the palace4 #ab3aa4 ,and when the king entered into the house of the ,lord1 the shieldbearers came and took them1 and brought them back again to their armoury4 #ab3ab4 ,but yet because they were humbled1 the wrath of the ,lord turned away from them1 and they were not utterly destroyed3 for even in ,juda there were found good works4 #ab3ac4 ,king ,roboam therefore was strengthened in ,jerusalem1 and reigned3 he was one and forty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned seventeen years in ,jerusalem1 the city which the ,lord chose out of all the tribes of ,israel1 to establish his name there3 and the name of his mother was ,naama an ,ammonitess4 #ab3ad4 ,but he did evil1 and did not prepare his heart to seek the ,lord4 #ab3ae4 ,now the acts of ,roboam first and last are written in the books of ,semeias the prophet1 and of ,addo the seer1 and diligently recorded3 and there was war between ,roboam and ,jeroboam all their days4 #ab3af4 ,and ,roboam slept with his fathers1 and was buried in the city of ,david4 ,and ,abia his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ac ,abia's reign3 his victory over ,jeroboam4 #ac3a4 ,in the eighteenth year of king ,jeroboam1 ,abia reigned over ,juda4 #ac3b4 ,three years he reigned in ,jerusalem1 and his mother's name was ,michaia1 the daughter of ,uriel of ,gabaa3 and there was war between ,abia and ,jeroboam4 ,michaia4 4 4,alias ,maacha4 ,her father had also two names1 viz41 ,absalom1 or ,abessalom1 and ,uriel4 #ac3c4 ,and when ,abia had begun battle1 and had with him four hundred thousand most valiant and chosen men1 ,jeroboam put his army in array against him1 eight hundred thousand men1 who were also chosen and most valiant for war4 #ac3d4 ,and ,abia stood upon mount ,semeron1 which was in ,ephraim1 and said3 ,hear me1 ,o ,jeroboam1 and all ,israel3 #ac3e4 ,do you not know that the ,lord ,god of ,israel gave to ,david the kingdom over ,israel for ever1 to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt8 ,a covenant of salt4 4 4,that is1 a firm and perpetual covenant4 ,see ,num4 #ah4ai4 #ac3f4 ,and ,jeroboam the son of ,nabat1 the servant of ,solomon the son of ,david1 rose up3 and rebelled against his lord4 #ac3g4 ,and there were gathered to him vain men1 and children of ,belial3 and they prevailed against ,roboam the son of ,solomon3 for ,roboam was unexperienced1 and of a fearful heart1 and could not resist them4 #ac3h4 ,and now you say that you are able to withstand the kingdom of the ,lord1 which he possesseth by the sons of ,david1 and you have a great multitude of people1 and golden calves1 which ,jeroboam hath made you for gods4 #ac3i4 ,and you have cast out the priests of the ,lord1 the sons of ,aaron1 and the ,levites3 and you have made you priests1 like all the nations of the earth3 whosoever cometh and consecrateth his hand with a bullock of the herd1 and with seven rams1 is made a priest of those who are no gods4 #ac3aj4 ,but the ,lord is our ,god1 whom we forsake not1 and the priests who minister to the ,lord are the sons of ,aaron1 and the ,levites are in their order4 #ac3aa4 ,and they offer holocausts to the ,lord1 every day1 morning and evening1 and incense made according to the ordinance of the law1 and the loaves are set forth on a most clean table1 and there is with us the golden candlestick1 and the lamps thereof1 to be lighted always in the evening3 for we keep the precepts of the ,lord our ,god1 whom you have forsaken4 #ac3ab4 ,therefore ,god is the leader in our army1 and his priests who sound with trumpets1 and resound against you3 ,o children of ,israel1 fight not against the ,lord the ,god of your fathers1 for it is not good for you4 #ac3ac4 ,while he spoke these things1 ,jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind him4 ,and while he stood facing the enemies1 he encompassed ,juda1 who perceived it not1 with his army4 #ac3ad4 ,and when ,juda looked back1 they saw the battle coming upon them both before and behind1 and they cried to the ,lord3 and the priests began to sound with the trumpets4 #ac3ae4 ,and all the men of ,juda shouted3 and behold when they shouted1 ,god terrified ,jeroboam1 and all ,israel that stood against ,abia and ,juda4 #ac3af4 ,and the children of ,israel fled before ,juda1 and the ,lord delivered them into their hand4 #ac3ag4 ,and ,abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter1 and there fell wounded of ,israel five hundred thousand valiant men4 #ac3ah4 ,and the children of ,israel were brought down1 at that time1 and the children of ,juda were exceedingly strengthened1 because they had trusted in the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #ac3ai4 ,and ,abia pursued after ,jeroboam1 and took cities from him1 ,bethel and her daughters1 and ,jesana with her daughters1 ,ephron also and her daughters4 #ac3bj4 ,and ,jeroboam was not able to resist any more1 in the days of ,abia3 and the ,lord struck him1 and he died4 #ac3ba4 ,but ,abia1 being strengthened in his kingdom1 took fourteen wives3 and begot two and twenty sons1 and sixteen daughters4 #ac3bb4 ,and the rest of the acts of ,abia1 and of his ways and works1 are written diligently in the book of ,addo the prophet4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ad ,the reign of ,asa3 his victory over the ,ethiopians4 #ad3a4 ,and ,abia slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 an ,asa his son reigned in his stead3 in his days the land was quiet ten years4 #ad3b4 ,and ,asa did that which was good and pleasing in the sight of his ,god1 and he destroyed the altars of foreign worship1 and the high places4 #ad3c4 ,and broke the statues1 and cut down the groves4 #ad3d4 ,and he commanded ,juda to seek the ,lord the ,god of their fathers1 and to do the law1 and all the commandments4 #ad3e4 ,and he took away out of all the cities of ,juda the altars1 and temples1 and reigned in peace4 #ad3f4 ,he built also strong cities in ,juda1 for he was quiet1 and there had no wars risen in his time1 the ,lord giving peace4 #ad3g4 ,and he said to ,juda3 ,let us build these cities1 and compass them with walls1 and fortify them with towers1 and gates1 and bars1 while all is quiet from wars1 because we have sought the ,lord the ,god of our fathers1 and he hath given us peace round about4 ,so they built1 and there was no hinderance in building4 #ad3h4 ,and ,asa had in his army of men that bore shields and spears of ,juda three hundred thousand1 and of ,benjamin that bore shields and drew bows1 two hundred and eighty thousand1 all these were most valiant men4 #ad3i4 ,and ,zara the ,ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men1 and with three hundred chariots3 and he came as far as ,maresa4 #ad3aj4 ,and ,asa went out to meet him1 and set his army in array for battle in the vale of ,sephata1 which is near ,maresa3 #ad3aa4 ,and he called upon the ,lord ,god1 and said3 ,lord1 there is no difference with thee1 whether thou help with few1 or with many3 help us1 ,o ,lord our ,god3 for with confidence in thee1 and in thy name we are come against this multitude4 ,o ,lord thou art our ,god1 let not man prevail against thee4 #ad3ab4 ,and the ,lord terrified the ,ethiopians before ,asa and ,juda3 and the ,ethiopians fled4 #ad3ac4 ,and ,asa and the people that were with him pursued them to ,gerara3 and the ,ethiopians fell even to utter destruction1 for the ,lord slew them1 and his army fought against them1 and they were destroyed4 ,and they took abundance of spoils1 #ad3ad4 ,and they took all the cities round about ,gerara3 for a great fear was come upon all men3 and they pillaged the cities1 and carried off much booty4 #ad3ae4 ,and they destroyed the sheepcotes1 and took an infinite number of cattle1 and of camels3 and returned to ,jerusalem4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ae ,the prophecy of ,azarias4 ,asa's covenant with ,god4 ,he deposeth his mother4 #ae3a4 ,and the spirit of ,god came upon ,azarias the son of ,oded1 #ae3b4 ,and he went out to meet ,asa1 and said to him3 ,hear ye me1 ,asa1 and all ,juda and ,benjamin3 ,the ,lord is with you1 because you have been with him4 ,if you seek him1 you shall find3 but if you forsake him1 he will forsake you4 #ae3c4 ,and many days shall pass in ,israel1 without the true ,god1 and without a priest a teacher1 and without the law4 #ae3d4 ,and when in their distress they shall return to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 and shall seek him1 they shall find him4 #ae3e4 ,at that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in1 but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth4 #ae3f4 ,for nation shall fight against nation1 and city against city1 for the ,lord will trouble them with all distress4 #ae3g4 ,do you therefore take courage1 and let not your hands be weakened3 for there shall be a reward for your work4 #ae3h4 ,and when ,asa had heard the words1 and the prophecy of ,azarias the son of ,oded the prophet1 he took courage1 and took away the idols out of all the land of ,juda1 and out of ,benjamin1 and out of the cities of mount ,ephraim1 which he had taken1 and he dedicated the altar of the ,lord1 which was before the porch of the ,lord4 #ae3i4 ,and he gathered together all ,juda and ,benjamin1 and the strangers with them of ,ephraim1 and ,manasses1 and ,simeon3 for many were come over to him out of ,israel1 seeing that the ,lord his ,god was with him4 #ae3aj4 ,and when they were come to ,jerusalem in the third month1 in the fifteenth year of the reign of ,asa1 #ae3aa4 ,they sacrificed to the ,lord in that day of the spoils1 and of the prey1 that they had brought1 seven hundred oxen1 and seven thousand rams4 #ae3ab4 ,and he went in to confirm as usual the covenant1 that they should seek the ,lord the ,god of their fathers with all their heart1 and with all their soul4 #ae3ac4 ,and if any one1 said he1 seek not the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 let him die1 whether little or great1 man or woman4 #ae3ad4 ,and they swore to the ,lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting1 and with sound of trumpet1 and sound of cornets1 #ae3ae4 ,all that were in ,juda with a curse3 for with all their heart they swore1 and with all their will they sought him1 and they found him1 and the ,lord gave them rest round about4 #ae3af4 ,moreover ,maacha the mother of king ,asa he deposed from the royal authority1 because she had made in a grove an idol of ,priapus3 and he entirely destroyed it1 and breaking it into pieces1 burnt it at the torrent ,cedron4 #ae3ag4 ,but high places were left in ,israel3 nevertheless the heart of ,asa was perfect all his days4 #ae3ah4 ,and the things which his father had vowed1 and he himself had vowed1 he brought into the house of the ,lord1 gold and silver1 and vessels of divers uses4 #ae3ai4 ,and there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of ,asa4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #af ,asa is reproved for seeking help from the ,syrians3 his last acts and death4 #af3a4 ,and in the six and thirtieth year of his kingdom1 ,baasa the king of ,israel came up against ,juda1 and built a wall about ,rama1 that no one might safely go out or come in of the kingdom of ,asa4 ,six and thirtieth year of his kingdom4 4 4,that is1 of the kingdom of ,juda1 taking the date of it from the beginning of the reign of ,reboam4 #af3b4 ,then ,asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the ,lord1 and of the king's treasures1 and sent to ,benadad king of ,syria1 who dwelt in ,damascus1 saying3 #af3c4 ,there is a league between me and thee1 as there was between my father and thy father1 wherefore ,i have sent thee silver and gold1 that thou mayst break thy league with ,baasa king of ,israel1 and make him depart from me4 #af3d4 ,and when ,benadad heard this1 he sent the captains of his armies against the cities of ,israel3 and they took ,ahion1 and ,dan1 and ,abelmaim1 and all the walled cities of ,nephtali4 #af3e4 ,and when ,baasa heard of it1 he left off the building of ,rama1 and interrupted his work4 #af3f4 ,then king ,asa took all ,juda1 and they carried away from ,rama the stones1 and the timber that ,baasa had prepared for the building3 and he built with them ,gabaa1 and ,maspha4 #af3g4 ,at that time ,hanani the prophet came to ,asa king of ,juda1 and said to him3 ,because thou hast had confidence in the king of ,syria1 and not in the ,lord thy ,god1 therefore hath the army of the king of ,syria escaped out of thy hand4 #af3h4 ,were not the ,ethiopians1 and the ,libyans much more numerous in chariots1 and horsemen1 and an exceeding great multitude3 yet because thou trustedst in the ,lord1 he delivered them into thy hand8 #af3i4 ,for the eyes of the ,lord behold all the earth1 and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him4 ,wherefore thou hast done foolishly1 and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee4 #af3aj4 ,and ,asa was angry with the seer1 and commanded him to be put in prison3 for he was greatly enraged because of this thing3 and he put to death many of the people at that time4 #af3aa4 ,but the works of ,asa the first and last are written in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 #af3ab4 ,and ,asa fell sick in the nine and thirtieth year of his reign1 of a most violent pain in his feet1 and yet in his illness he did not seek the ,lord1 but rather trusted in the skill of physicians4 #af3ac4 ,and he slept with his fathers3 and he died in the one and fortieth year of his reign4 #af3ad4 ,and they buried him in his own sepulchre1 which he had made for himself in the city of ,david3 and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments1 which were made by the art of the perfumers1 and they burnt them over him with very great pomp4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ag ,josaphat's reign3 his care for the instruction of his people3 his numerous forces4 #ag3a4 ,and ,josaphat his son reigned in his stead1 and grew strong against ,israel4 #ag3b4 ,and he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of ,juda4 ,and he put garrisons in the land of ,juda1 and in the cities of ,ephraim1 which ,asa his father had taken4 #ag3c4 ,and the ,lord was with ,josaphat1 because he walked in the first ways of ,david his father3 and trusted not in ,baalim1 #ag3d4 ,but in the ,god of his father1 and walked in his commandments1 and not according to the sins of ,israel4 #ag3e4 ,and the ,lord established the kingdom in his hand1 and all ,juda brought presents to ,josaphat3 and he acquired immense riches1 and much glory4 #ag3f4 ,and when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the ,lord1 he took away also the high places and the groves out of ,juda4 #ag3g4 ,and in the third year of his reign1 he sent of his princes ,benhail1 and ,abdias1 and ,zacharias1 and ,nathanael1 and ,micheas1 to teach in the cites of ,juda3 #ag3h4 ,and with them the ,levites1 ,semeias1 and ,nathanias1 and ,zabadias1 and ,asael1 and ,semiramoth1 and ,jonathan1 and ,adonias1 and ,tobias1 and ,thobadonias ,levites1 and with them ,elisama1 and ,joram priests4 #ag3i4 ,and they taught the people in ,juda1 having with them the book of the law of the ,lord3 and they went about all the cities of ,juda1 and instructed the people4 #ag3aj4 ,and the fear of the ,lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about ,juda1 and they durst not make war against ,josaphat4 #ag3aa4 ,the ,philistines also brought presents to ,josaphat1 and tribute in silver1 and the ,arabians brought him cattle1 seven thousand seven hundred rams1 and as many he goats4 #ag3ab4 ,and ,josaphat grew1 and became exceeding great3 and he built in ,juda houses like towers1 and walled cities4 #ag3ac4 ,and he prepared many works in the cities of ,juda3 and he had warriors1 and valiant men in ,jerusalem4 #ag3ad4 ,of whom this is the number of the houses and families of every one3 in ,juda captains of the army1 ,ednas the chief1 and with him three hundred thousand most valiant men4 #ag3ae4 ,after him ,johanan the captain1 and with him two hundred and eighty thousand4 #ag3af4 ,and after him was ,amasias the son of ,zechri1 consecrated to the ,lord1 and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men4 #ag3ag4 ,after him was ,eliada valiant in battle1 and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield4 #ag3ah4 ,after him also was ,jozabad1 and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war4 #ag3ai4 ,all these were at the hand of the king1 beside others1 whom he had put in the walled cities1 in all ,juda4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ah ,josaphat accompanies ,achab in his expedition against ,ramoth2 where ,achab is slain1 as ,micheas had foretold4 #ah3a4 ,now ,josaphat was rich and very glorious1 and was joined by affinity to ,achab4 #ah3b4 ,and he went down to him after some years to ,samaria3 and ,achab at his coming killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people that came with him3 and he persuaded him to go up to ,ramoth ,galaad4 #ah3c4 ,and ,achab king of ,israel said to ,josaphat king of ,juda3 ,come with me to ,ramoth ,galaad4 ,and he answered him3 ,thou art as ,i am1 and my people as thy people1 and we will be with thee in the war4 #ah3d4 ,and ,josaphat said to the king of ,israel3 ,inquire1 ,i beseech thee1 at present the word of the ,lord4 #ah3e4 ,so the king of ,israel gathered together of the prophets four hundred men1 and he said to them3 ,shall we go to ,ramoth ,galaad to fight1 or shall we forbear8 ,but they said3 ,go up1 and ,god will deliver into the king's hand4 #ah3f4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,is there not here a prophet of the ,lord1 that we may inquire also of him8 #ah3g4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat3 ,there is one man1 of whom we may ask the will of the ,lord3 but ,i hate him1 for he never prophesieth good to me1 but always evil3 and it is ,micheas the son of ,jemla4 ,and ,josaphat said3 ,speak not thus1 ,o king4 #ah3h4 ,and the king of ,israel called one of the eunuchs1 and said to him3 ,call quickly ,micheas the son of ,jemla4 #ah3i4 ,now the king of ,israel1 and ,josaphat king of ,juda1 both sat on their thrones1 clothed in royal robes1 and they sat in the open court by the gate of ,samaria1 and all the prophets prophesied before them4 #ah3aj4 ,and ,sedecias the son of ,chanaana made him horns of iron1 and said3 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,with these shalt thou push ,syria1 till thou destroy it4 #ah3aa4 ,and all the prophets prophesied in like manner1 and said3 ,go up to ,ramoth ,galaad1 and thou shalt prosper1 and the ,lord will deliver them into the king's hand4 #ah3ab4 ,and the messenger that went to call ,micheas1 said to him3 ,behold the words of all the prophets with one mouth declare good to the king3 ,i beseech thee therefore let not thy word disagree with them1 and speak thou also good success4 #ah3ac4 ,and ,micheas answered him3 ,as the ,lord liveth1 whatsoever my ,god shall say to me1 that will ,i speak4 #ah3ad4 ,so he came to the king3 and the king said to him3 ,micheas1 shall we go to ,ramoth ,galaad to fight1 or forbear8 ,and he answered him3 ,go up1 for all shall succeed prosperously1 and the enemies shall be delivered into your hands4 #ah3ae4 ,and the king said3 ,i adjure thee again and again to say nothing but the truth to me1 in the name of the ,lord4 #ah3af4 ,then he said3 ,i saw all ,israel scattered in the mountains1 like sheep without a shepherd3 and the ,lord said3 ,these have no masters3 let every man return to his own house in peace4 #ah3ag4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat3 ,did ,i not tell thee that this man would not prophesy me any good1 but evil8 #ah3ah4 ,then he said3 ,hear ye therefore the word of the ,lord3 ,i saw the ,lord sitting on his throne1 and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left1 #ah3ai4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,who shall deceive ,achab king of ,israel1 that he may go up and fall in ,ramoth ,galaad8 ,and when one spoke in this manner1 and another otherwise3 ,who shall deceive1 etc4 4 4,see the annotations1 #c ,kings #bb4 #ah3bj4 ,there came forth a spirit1 and stood before the ,lord1 and said3 ,i will deceive him4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,by what means wilt thou deceive him8 #ah3ba4 ,and he answered3 ,i will go out1 and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,thou shalt deceive1 and shalt prevail3 go out1 and do so4 #ah3bb4 ,now therefore behold the ,lord hath put a spirit of lying in the mouth of all thy prophets1 and the ,lord hath spoken evil against thee4 #ah3bc4 ,and ,sedecias the son of ,chanaana came1 and struck ,micheas on the cheek and said3 ,which way went the spirit of the ,lord from me1 to speak to thee8 #ah3bd4 ,and ,micheas said3 ,thou thyself shalt see in that day1 when thou shalt go in from chamber to chamber1 to hide thyself4 #ah3be4 ,and the king of ,israel commanded1 saying3 ,take ,micheas1 and carry him to ,amon the governor of the city1 and to ,joas the son of ,amelech1 #ah3bf4 ,and say3 ,thus saith the king3 ,put this fellow in prison1 and give him bread and water in a small quantity till ,i return in peace4 #ah3bg4 ,and ,micheas said3 ,if thou return in peace1 the ,lord hath not spoken by me4 ,and he said3 ,hear1 all ye people4 #ah3bh4 ,so the king of ,israel and ,josaphat king of ,juda went up to ,ramoth ,galaad4 #ah3bi4 ,and the king of ,israel said to ,josaphat3 ,i will change my dress1 and so ,i will go to the battle1 but put thou on thy own garments4 ,and the king of ,israel having changed his dress1 went to the battle4 #ah3cj4 ,now the king of ,syria had commanded the captains of his cavalry1 saying3 ,fight ye not with small1 or great1 but with the king of ,israel only4 #ah3ca4 ,so when the captains of the cavalry saw ,josaphat1 they said3 ,this is the king of ,israel4 ,and they surrounded him to attack him3 but he cried to the ,lord1 and he helped him1 and turned them away from him4 #ah3cb4 ,for when the captains of the cavalry saw1 that he was not the king of ,israel1 they left him4 #ah3cc4 ,and it happened that one of the people shot an arrow at a venture1 and struck the king of ,israel between the neck and the shoulders1 and he said to his chariot man3 ,turn thy hand1 and carry me out of the battle1 for ,i am wounded4 #ah3cd4 ,and the fight was ended that day3 but the king of ,israel stood in his chariot against the ,syrians until the evening1 and died at the sunset4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ai ,josaphat's charge to the judges and to the ,levites4 #ai3a4 ,and ,josaphat king of ,juda returned to his house in peace to ,jerusalem4 #ai3b4 ,and ,jehu the son of ,hanani the seer met him1 and said to him3 ,thou helpest the ungodly1 and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the ,lord1 and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the ,lord3 #ai3c4 ,but good works are found in thee1 because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of ,juda1 and hast prepared thy heart to seek the ,lord the ,god of thy fathers4 #ai3d4 ,and ,josaphat dwelt at ,jerusalem3 and he went out again to the people from ,bersabee to mount ,ephraim1 and brought them back to the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #ai3e4 ,and he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of ,juda1 in every place4 #ai3f4 ,and charging the judges1 he said3 ,take heed what you do3 for you exercise not the judgment of man1 but of the ,lord3 and whatsoever you judge1 it shall redound to you4 #ai3g4 ,let the fear of the ,lord be with you1 and do all things with diligence3 for there is no iniquity with the ,lord our ,god1 nor respect of persons1 nor desire of gifts4 #ai3h4 ,in ,jerusalem also ,josaphat appointed ,levites1 and priests and chiefs of the families of ,israel1 to judge the judgment and the cause of the ,lord for the inhabitants thereof4 #ai3i4 ,and he charged them1 saying1 ,thus shall you do in the fear of the ,lord faithfully1 and with a perfect heart4 #ai3aj4 ,every cause that shall come to you of your brethren1 that dwell in their cities1 between kindred and kindred1 wheresoever there is question concerning the law1 the commandment1 the ceremonies1 the justifications3 shew it them1 that they may not sin against the ,lord1 and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren3 and so doing you shall not sin4 #ai3aa4 ,and ,amarias the priest your high priest shall be chief in the things which regard ,god3 and ,zabadias the son of ,ismahel1 who is ruler in the house of ,juda1 shall be over those matters which belong to the king's office3 and you have before you the ,levites for masters1 take courage and do diligently1 and the ,lord will be with you in good things4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bj ,the ,ammonites1 ,moabites1 and ,syrians combine against ,josaphat3 he seeketh ,god's help by public prayer and fasting4 ,a prophet foretelleth that ,god will fight for his people3 the enemies destroy one another4 ,josaphat with his men gathereth the spoils4 ,he reigneth in peace1 but his navy perisheth1 for his society with wicked ,ochozias4 #bj3a4 ,after this the children of ,moab1 and the children of ,ammon1 and with them of the ,ammonites1 were gathered together to fight against ,josaphat4 #bj3b4 ,and there came messengers1 and told ,josaphat1 saying3 ,there cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea1 and out of ,syria1 and behold they are in ,asasonthamar1 which is ,engaddi4 #bj3c4 ,and ,josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the ,lord1 and he proclaimed a fast for all ,juda4 #bj3d4 ,and ,juda gathered themselves together to pray to the ,lord3 and all came out of their cities to make supplication to him4 #bj3e4 ,and ,josaphat stood in the midst of the assembly of ,juda1 and ,jerusalem1 in the house of the ,lord before the new court1 #bj3f4 ,and said3 ,o ,lord ,god of our fathers1 thou art ,god in heaven1 and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations1 in thy hand is strength and power1 and no one can resist thee4 #bj3g4 ,didst not thou our ,god kill all the inhabitants of this land before thy people ,israel1 and gavest it to the seed of ,abraham thy friend for ever8 #bj3h4 ,and they dwelt in it1 and built in it a sanctuary to thy name1 saying3 #bj3i4 ,if evils fall upon us1 the sword of judgment1 or pestilence1 or famine1 we will stand in thy presence before this house1 in which thy name is called upon3 and we will cry to thee in our afflictions1 and thou wilt hear1 and save us4 #bj3aj4 ,now therefore behold the children of ,ammon1 and of ,moab1 and mount ,seir1 through whose lands thou didst not allow ,israel to pass1 when they came out of ,egypt1 but they turned aside from them1 and slew them not1 #bj3aa4 ,do the contrary1 and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us4 #bj3ab4 ,o our ,god1 wilt thou not then judge them8 as for us we have not strength enough1 to be able to resist this multitude1 which cometh violently upon us4 ,but as we know not what to do1 we can only turn our eyes to thee4 #bj3ac4 ,and all ,juda stood before the ,lord with their little ones1 and their wives1 and their children4 #bj3ad4 ,and ,jahaziel the son of ,zacharias1 the son of ,banaias1 the son of ,jehiel1 the son of ,mathanias1 a ,levite of the sons of ,asaph1 was there1 upon whom the spirit of the ,lord came in the midst of the multitude1 #bj3ae4 ,and he said3 ,attend ye1 all ,juda1 and you that dwell in ,jerusalem1 and thou king ,josaphat3 ,thus saith the ,lord to you3 ,fear ye not1 and be not dismayed at this multitude3 for the battle is not yours1 but ,god's4 #bj3af4 ,to morrow you shall go down against them3 for they will come up by the ascent named ,sis1 and you shall find them at the head of the torrent1 which is over against the wilderness of ,jeruel4 #bj3ag4 ,it shall not be you that shall fight1 but only stand with confidence1 and you shall see the help of the ,lord over you1 ,o ,juda1 and ,jerusalem3 fear ye not1 nor be you dismayed3 to morrow you shall go out against them1 and the ,lord will be with you4 #bj3ah4 ,then ,josaphat1 and ,juda1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem fell flat on the ground before the ,lord1 and adored him4 #bj3ai4 ,and the ,levites of the sons of ,caath1 and of the sons of ,core praised the ,lord the ,god of ,israel with a loud voice1 on high4 #bj3bj4 ,and they rose early in the morning1 and went out through the desert of ,thecua3 and as they were marching1 ,josaphat standing in the midst of them1 said3 ,hear me1 ye men of ,juda1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 believe in the ,lord your ,god1 and you shall be secure3 believe his prophets1 and all things shall succeed well4 #bj3ba4 ,and he gave counsel to the people1 and appointed the singing men of the ,lord1 to praise him by their companies1 and to go before the army1 and with one voice to say3 ,give glory to the ,lord1 for his mercy endureth for ever4 #bj3bb4 ,and when they began to sing praises1 the ,lord turned their ambushments upon themselves1 that is to say1 of the children of ,ammon1 and of ,moab1 and of mount ,seir1 who were come out to fight against ,juda1 and they were slain4 #bj3bc4 ,for the children of ,ammon1 and of ,moab1 rose up against the inhabitants of mount ,seir1 to kill and destroy them3 and when they had made an end of them1 they turned also against one another1 and destroyed one another4 #bj3bd4 ,and when ,juda came to the watch tower1 that looketh toward the desert1 they saw afar off all the country1 for a great space1 full of dead bodies1 and that no one was left that could escape death4 #bj3be4 ,then ,josaphat came1 and all the people with him to take away the spoils of the dead1 and they found among the dead bodies1 stuff of various kinds1 and garments1 and most precious vessels3 and they took them for themselves1 insomuch that they could not carry all1 nor in three days take away the spoils1 the booty was so great4 #bj3bf4 ,and on the fourth day they were assembled in the valley of ,blessing3 for there they blessed the ,lord1 and therefore they called that place the valley of ,blessing until this day4 #bj3bg4 ,and every man of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem returned1 and ,josaphat at their head1 into ,jerusalem with great joy1 because the ,lord had made them rejoice over their enemies4 #bj3bh4 ,and they came into ,jerusalem with psalteries1 and harps1 and trumpets into the house of the ,lord4 #bj3bi4 ,and the fear of the ,lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the ,lord had fought against the enemies of ,israel4 #bj3cj4 ,and the kingdom of ,josaphat was quiet1 and ,god gave him peace round about4 #bj3ca4 ,and ,josaphat reigned over ,juda1 and he was five and thirty years old1 when he began to reign3 and he reigned five and twenty years in ,jerusalem3 and the name of his mother was ,azuba the daughter of ,selahi4 #bj3cb4 ,and he walked in the way of his father ,asa and departed not from it1 doing the things that were pleasing before the ,lord4 #bj3cc4 ,but yet he took not away the high places1 and the people had not yet turned their heart to the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #bj3cd4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,josaphat1 first and last1 are written in the words of ,jehu the son of ,hanani1 which he digested into the books of the kings of ,israel4 #bj3ce4 ,after these things ,josaphat king of ,juda made friendship with ,ochozias king of ,israel1 whose works were very wicked4 #bj3cf4 ,and he was partner with him in making ships1 to go to ,tharsis3 and they made the ships in ,asiongaber4 #bj3cg4 ,and ,eliezer the son of ,dodau of ,maresa prophesied to ,josaphat1 saying3 ,because thou hast made a league with ,ochozias1 the ,lord hath destroyed thy works1 and the ships are broken1 and they could not go to ,tharsis4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ba ,joram's wicked reign3 his punishment and death4 #ba3a4 ,and ,josaphat slept with his fathers1 and was buried with them in the city of ,david3 and ,joram his son reigned in his stead4 #ba3b4 ,and he had brethren the sons of ,josaphat1 ,azarias1 and ,jahiel1 and ,zacharias1 and ,azaria1 and ,michael1 and ,saphatias1 all these were the sons of ,josaphat king of ,juda4 #ba3c4 ,and their father gave them great gifts of silver1 and of gold1 and pensions1 with strong cities in ,juda3 but the kingdom he gave to ,joram1 because he was the eldest4 #ba3d4 ,so ,joram rose up over the kingdom of his father3 and when he had established himself1 he slew all his brethren with the sword1 and some of the princes of ,israel4 #ba3e4 ,joram was two and thirty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned eight years in ,jerusalem4 #ba3f4 ,and he walked in the ways of the kings of ,israel1 as the house of ,achab had done3 for his wife was a daughter of ,achab1 and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord4 #ba3g4 ,but the ,lord would not destroy the house of ,david3 because of the covenant which he had made with him3 and because he had promised to give a lamp to him1 and to his sons for ever4 #ba3h4 ,in those days ,edom revolted1 from being subject to ,juda1 and made themselves a king4 #ba3i4 ,and ,joram went over with his princes1 and all his cavalry with him1 and rose in the night1 and defeated the ,edomites who had surrounded him1 and all the captains of his cavalry4 #ba3aj4 ,however ,edom revolted1 from being under the dominion of ,juda unto this day3 at that time ,lobna also revolted1 from being under his hand4 ,for he had forsaken the ,lord the ,god of his fathers4 #ba3aa4 ,moreover he built also high places in the cities of ,juda1 and he made the inhabitants of ,jerusalem to commit fornication1 and ,juda to transgress4 #ba3ab4 ,and there was a letter brought him from ,eliseus the prophet1 in which it was written3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,david thy father3 ,because thou hast not walked in the ways of ,josaphat thy father nor in the ways of ,asa king of ,juda1 #ba3ac4 ,but hast walked in the ways of the kings of ,israel1 and hast made ,juda and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem to commit fornication1 imitating the fornication of the house of ,achab1 moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren1 the house of thy father1 better men than thyself1 #ba3ad4 ,behold the ,lord will strike thee with a great plague1 with all thy people1 and thy children1 and thy wives1 and all thy substance4 #ba3ae4 ,and thou shalt be sick of a very grievous disease of thy bowels1 till thy vital parts come out by little and little every day4 #ba3af4 ,and the ,lord stirred up against ,joram the spirit of the ,philistines1 and of the ,arabians1 who border on the ,ethiopians4 #ba3ag4 ,and they came up into the land of ,juda1 and wasted it1 and they carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house1 his sons also1 and his wives3 so that there was no son left him but ,joachaz1 who was the youngest4 ,joachaz4 4 4,alias ,ochozias4 #ba3ah4 ,and besides all this the ,lord struck him with an incurable disease in his bowels4 #ba3ai4 ,and as day came after day1 and time rolled on1 two whole years passed3 then after being wasted with a long consumption1 so as to void his very bowels1 his disease ended with his life4 ,and he died of a most wretched illness1 and the people did not make a funeral for him according to the manner of burning1 as they had done for his ancestors4 #ba3bj4 ,he was two and thirty years old when he began his reign1 and he reigned eight years in ,jerusalem4 ,and he walked not rightly1 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 but not in the sepulchres of the kings4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bb ,the reign and death of ,ochozias4 ,the tyranny of ,athalia4 #bb3a4 ,and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem made ,ochozias his youngest son king in his place3 for the rovers of the ,arabians1 who had broke in upon the camp1 had killed all that were his elder brothers4 ,so ,ochozias the son of ,joram king of ,juda reigned4 #bb3b4 ,ochozias was forty-two years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned one year in ,jerusalem1 and the name of his mother was ,athalia the daughter of ,amri4 ,forty-two1 etc4 4 4,divers ,greek ,bibles read thirty-two1 agreeably to #d ,kings #h4ag4 #bb3c4 ,he also walked in the ways of the house of ,achab3 for his mother pushed him on to do wickedly4 #bb3d4 ,so he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 as the house of ,achab did3 for they were his counsellors after the death of his father1 to his destruction4 #bb3e4 ,and he walked after their counsels4 ,and he went with ,joram the son of ,achab king of ,israel1 to fight against ,hazael king of ,syria1 at ,ramoth ,galaad3 and the ,syrians wounded ,joram4 #bb3f4 ,and he returned to be healed in ,jezrahel3 for he received many wounds in the foresaid battle4 ,and ,ochozias the son of ,joram king of ,juda1 went down to visit ,joram the son of ,achab in ,jezrahel where he lay sick4 #bb3g4 ,for it was the will of ,god against ,ochozias that he should come to ,joram3 and when he was come should go out also against ,jehu the son of ,namsi1 whom the ,lord had anointed to destroy the house of ,achab4 #bb3h4 ,so when ,jehu was rooting out the house of ,achab1 he found the princes of ,juda1 and the sons of the brethren of ,ochozias1 who served him1 and he slew them4 #bb3i4 ,and he sought for ,ochozias himself1 and took him lying hid in ,samaria3 and when he was brought to him1 he killed him1 and they buried him3 because he was the son of ,josaphat1 who had sought the ,lord with all his heart4 ,and there was no more hope that any one should reign of the race of ,ochozias4 #bb3aj4 ,for ,athalia his mother1 seeing that her son was dead1 rose up1 and killed all the royal family of the house of ,joram4 #bb3aa4 ,but ,josabeth the king's daughter took ,joas the son of ,ochozias1 and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain4 ,and she hid him with his nurse in a bedchamber3 now ,josabeth that hid him1 was daughter of king ,joram1 wife of ,joiada the high priest1 and sister of ,ochozias1 and therefore ,athalia did not kill him4 #bb3ab4 ,and he was with them hid in the house of ,god six years1 during which ,athalia reigned over the land4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bc ,joiada the high priest causeth ,joas to be made king3 ,athalia to be slain1 and idolatry to be destroyed4 #bc3a4 ,and in the seventh year ,joiada being encouraged1 took the captains of hundreds1 to wit1 ,azarias the son of ,jeroham1 and ,ismahel the son of ,johanan1 and ,azarias the son of ,obed1 and ,maasias the son of ,adaias1 and ,elisaphat the son of ,zechri3 and made a covenant with them4 #bc3b4 ,and they went about ,juda1 and gathered together the ,levites out of all the cities of ,juda1 and the chiefs of the families of ,israel1 and they came to ,jerusalem4 #bc3c4 ,and all the multitude made a covenant with the king in the house of ,god3 and ,joiada said to them3 ,behold the king's son shall reign1 as the ,lord hath said of the sons of ,david4 #bc3d4 ,and this is the thing that you shall do3 #bc3e4 ,a third part of you that come to the sabbath1 of the priests1 and of the ,levites1 and of the porters shall be at the gates3 and a third part at the king's house3 and a third at the gate that is called the ,foundation3 but let all the rest of the people be in the courts of the house of the ,lord4 ,to the sabbath4 4 4,that is1 to perform in your weeks the functions of your office1 or the weekly watches4 #bc3f4 ,and let no one come into the house of the ,lord1 but the priests1 and they that minister of the ,levites3 let them only come in1 because they are sanctified3 and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the ,lord4 #bc3g4 ,and let the ,levites be round about the king1 every man with his arms2 and if any other come into the temple1 let him be slain2 and let them be with the king1 both coming in1 and going out4 #bc3h4 ,so the ,levites1 and all ,juda did according to all that ,joiada the high priest had commanded3 and they took every one his men that were under him1 and that came in by the course of the sabbath1 with those who had fulfilled the sabbath1 and were to go out4 ,for ,joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart1 which were accustomed to succeed one another every week4 #bc3i4 ,and ,joiada the priest gave to the captains the spears1 and the shields1 and targets of king ,david1 which he had dedicated in the house of the ,lord4 #bc3aj4 ,and he set all the people with swords in their hands from the right side of the temple1 to the left side of the temple1 before the altar1 and the temple1 round about the king4 #bc3aa4 ,and they brought out the king's son1 and put the crown upon him1 and the testimony1 and gave him the law to hold in his hand1 and they made him king3 and ,joiada the high priest and his sons anointed him3 and they prayed for him1 and said3 ,god save the king4 #bc3ab4 ,now when ,athalia heard the noise of the people running and praising the king1 she came in to the people1 into the temple of the ,lord4 #bc3ac4 ,and when she saw the king standing upon the step in the entrance1 and the princes1 and the companies about him1 and all the people of the land rejoicing1 and sounding with trumpets1 and playing on instruments of divers kinds1 and the voice of those that praised1 she rent her garments1 and said3 ,treason1 treason4 #bc3ad4 ,and ,joiada the high priest going out to the captains1 and the chiefs of the army1 said to them3 ,take her forth without the precinct of the temple1 and when she is without let her be killed with the sword4 ,for the priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of the ,lord4 #bc3ae4 ,and they laid hold on her by the neck3 and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace1 they killed her there4 #bc3af4 ,and ,joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people1 and the king1 that they should be the people of the lord4 #bc3ag4 ,and all the people went into the house of ,baal1 and destroyed it3 and they broke down his altars and his idols3 and they slew ,mathan the priest of ,baal before the altars4 #bc3ah4 ,and ,joiada appointed overseers in the house of the ,lord1 under the hands of the priests1 and the ,levites1 whom ,david had distributed in the house of the ,lord3 to offer holocausts to the ,lord1 as it is written in the law of ,moses1 with joy and singing1 according to the disposition of ,david4 #bc3ai4 ,he appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the ,lord1 that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in4 #bc3bj4 ,and he took the captains of hundreds1 and the most valiant men1 and the chiefs of the people1 and all the people of the land1 and they brought down the king from the house of the ,lord1 and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house1 and set him on the royal throne4 #bc3ba4 ,and all the people of the land rejoiced1 and the city was quiet3 but ,athalia was slain with the sword4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bd ,joas reigneth well all the days of ,joiada3 afterwards falleth into idolatry and causeth ,zacharias to be slain4 ,he is slain himself by his servants4 #bd3a4 ,joas was seven years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned forty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,sebia of ,bersabee4 #bd3b4 ,and he did that which is good before the ,lord all the days of ,joiada the priest4 #bd3c4 ,and ,joiada took for him two wives1 by whom he had sons and daughters4 #bd3d4 ,after this ,joas had a mind to repair the house of the ,lord4 #bd3e4 ,and he assembled the priests1 and the ,levites1 and said to them3 ,go out to the cities of ,juda1 and gather of all ,israel money to repair the temple of your ,god1 from year to year3 and do this with speed3 but the ,levites were negligent4 #bd3f4 ,and the king called ,joiada the chief1 and said to him3 ,why hast thou not taken care to oblige the ,levites to bring in out of ,juda and ,jerusalem the money that was appointed by ,moses the servant of the ,lord for all the multitude of ,israel to bring into the tabernacle of the testimony8 #bd3g4 ,for that wicked woman ,athalia1 and her children have destroyed the house of ,god1 and adorned the temple of ,baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the ,lord4 #bd3h4 ,and the king commanded1 and they made a chest3 and set it by the gate of the house of the ,lord on the outside4 #bd3i4 ,and they made a proclamation in ,juda and ,jerusalem1 that every man should bring to the ,lord the money which ,moses the servant of ,god appointed for all ,israel1 in the desert4 #bd3aj4 ,and all the princes1 and all the people rejoiced3 and going in they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the ,lord1 that it was filled4 #bd3aa4 ,and when it was time to bring the chest before the king by the hands of the ,levites1 7for they saw there was much money17 the king's scribe1 and he whom the high priest had appointed went in3 and they poured out the money that was in the chest3 and they carried back the chest to its place3 and thus they did from day to day1 and there was gathered an immense sum of money4 #bd3ab4 ,and the king and ,joiada gave it to those who were over the works of the house of the ,lord3 but they hired with it stonecutters1 and artificers of every kind of work to repair the house of the ,lord3 and such as wrought in iron and brass1 to uphold what began to be falling4 #bd3ac4 ,and the workmen were diligent1 and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands1 and they set up the house of the ,lord in its former state1 and made it stand firm4 #bd3ad4 ,and when they had finished all the works1 they brought the rest of the money before the king and ,joiada3 and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry1 and for holocausts and bowls1 and other vessels of gold and silver3 and holocausts were offered in the house of the ,lord continually all the days of ,joiada4 #bd3ae4 ,but ,joiada grew old and was full of days1 and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old4 #bd3af4 ,and they buried him in the city of ,david among the kings1 because he had done good to ,israel1 and to his house4 #bd3ag4 ,and after the death of ,joiada1 the princes of ,juda went in1 and worshipped the king3 and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them4 #bd3ah4 ,and they forsook the temple of the ,lord the ,god of their fathers1 and served groves and idols1 and wrath came upon ,juda and ,jerusalem for this sin4 #bd3ai4 ,and he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the ,lord1 and they would not give ear when they testified against them4 #bd3bj4 ,the spirit of ,god then came upon ,zacharias the son of ,joiada the priest1 and he stood in the sight of the people1 and said to them3 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god3 ,why transgress you the commandment of the ,lord which will not be for your good1 and have forsaken the ,lord1 to make him forsake you8 #bd3ba4 ,and they gathered themselves together against him1 and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the ,lord4 #bd3bb4 ,and king ,joas did not remember the kindness that ,joiada his father had done to him1 but killed his son4 ,and when he died1 he said3 ,the ,lord see1 and require it4 #bd3bc4 ,and when a year was come about1 the army of ,syria came up against him3 and they came to ,juda and ,jerusalem1 and killed all the princes of the people1 and they sent all the spoils to the king of ,damascus4 #bd3bd4 ,and whereas there came a very small number of the ,syrians1 the ,lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude1 because they had forsaken the ,lord the ,god of their fathers3 and on ,joas they executed shameful judgments4 #bd3be4 ,and departing they left him in great diseases3 and his servants rose up against him1 for revenge of the blood of the son of ,joiada the priest1 and they slew him in his bed1 and he died3 and they buried him in the city of ,david1 but not in the sepulchres of the kings4 #bd3bf4 ,now the men that conspired against him were ,zabad the son of ,semmaath an ,ammonitess1 and ,jozabad the son of ,semarith a ,moabitess4 #bd3bg4 ,and concerning his sons1 and the sum of money which was gathered under him1 and the repairing the house of ,god1 they are written more diligently in the book of kings3 and ,amasias his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #be ,amasias' reign3 he beginneth well1 but endeth ill3 he is overthrown by ,joas1 and slain by his people4 #be3a4 ,amasias was five and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned nine and twenty years in ,jerusalem1 the name of his mother was ,joadan of ,jerusalem4 #be3b4 ,and he did what was good in the sight of the ,lord3 but yet not with a perfect heart4 #be3c4 ,and when he saw himself strengthened in his kingdom1 he put to death the servants that had slain the king his father4 #be3d4 ,but he slew not their children1 as it is written in the book of the law of ,moses1 where the ,lord commanded1 saying3 ,the fathers shall not be slain for the children1 nor the children for their fathers1 but every man shall die for his own sin4 #be3e4 ,amasias therefore gathered ,juda together1 and appointed them by families1 and captains of thousands and of hundreds in all ,juda1 and ,benjamin3 and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards1 and found three hundred thousand young men that could go out to battle1 and could hold the spear and shield4 #be3f4 ,he hired also of ,israel a hundred thousand valiant men1 for a hundred talents of silver4 #be3g4 ,but a man of ,god came to him1 and said3 ,o king1 let not the army of ,israel go out with thee1 for the ,lord is not with ,israel1 and all the children of ,ephraim3 #be3h4 ,and if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army1 ,god will make thee to be overcome by the enemies3 for it belongeth to ,god both to help1 and to put to flight4 #be3i4 ,and ,amasias said to the man of ,god3 ,what will then become of the hundred talents which ,i have given to the soldiers of ,israel8 and the man of ,god answered him3 ,the ,lord is rich enough to be able to give thee much more than this4 #be3aj4 ,then ,amasias separated the army1 that came to him out of ,ephraim1 to go home again3 but they being much enraged against ,juda1 returned to their own country4 #be3aa4 ,and ,amasias taking courage led forth his people1 and went to the vale of saltpits1 and slew of the children of ,seir ten thousand4 #be3ab4 ,and other ten thousand men the sons of ,juda took1 and brought to the steep of a certain rock1 and cast them down headlong from the top1 and they all were broken to pieces4 #be3ac4 ,but that army which ,amasias had sent back1 that they should not go with him to battle1 spread themselves among the cities of ,juda1 from ,samaria to ,beth-horon1 and having killed three thousand took away much spoil4 #be3ad4 ,but ,amasias after he had slain the ,edomites1 set up the gods of the children of ,seir1 which he had brought thence1 to be his gods1 and adored them1 and burnt incense to them4 #be3ae4 ,wherefore the ,lord being angry against ,amasias1 sent a prophet to him1 to say to him3 ,why hast thou adored gods that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand8 #be3af4 ,and when he spoke these things1 he answered him3 ,art thou the king's counsellor8 be quiet1 lest ,i kill thee4 ,and the prophet departing1 said3 ,i know that ,god is minded to kill thee1 because thou hast done this evil1 and moreover hast not hearkened to my counsel4 #be3ag4 ,then ,amasias king of ,juda taking very bad counsel1 sent to ,joas the son of ,joachaz the son of ,jehu1 king of ,israel1 saying3 ,come1 let us see one another4 #be3ah4 ,but he sent back the messengers1 saying3 ,the thistle that is in ,libanus1 sent to the cedar in ,libanus1 saying3 ,give thy daughter to my son to wife3 and behold the beasts that were in the wood of ,libanus passed by and trod down the thistle4 #be3ai4 ,thou hast said3 ,i have overthrown ,edom1 and therefore thy heart is lifted up with pride3 stay at home1 why dost thou provoke evil against thee1 that both thou shouldst fall and ,juda with thee4 #be3bj4 ,amasias would not hearken to him1 because it was the ,lord's will that he should be delivered into the hands of enemies1 because of the gods of ,edom4 #be3ba4 ,so ,joas king of ,israel went up1 and they presented themselves to be seen by one another3 and ,amasias king of ,juda was in ,bethsames of ,juda3 #be3bb4 ,and ,juda fell before ,israel1 and they fled to their dwellings4 #be3bc4 ,and ,joas king of ,israel took ,amasias king of ,juda1 the son of ,joas1 the son of ,joachaz1 in ,bethsames1 and brought him to ,jerusalem3 and broke down the walls thereof from the gate of ,ephraim1 to the gate of the corner1 four hundred cubits4 #be3bd4 ,and he took all the gold1 and silver1 and all the vessels1 that he found in the house of ,god1 and with ,obededom1 and in the treasures of the king's house1 moreover also the sons of the hostages1 he brought back to ,samaria4 #be3be4 ,and ,amasias the son of ,joas king of ,juda lived1 after the death of ,joas the son of ,joachaz king of ,israel1 fifteen years4 #be3bf4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,amasias1 the first and last1 are written in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 #be3bg4 ,and after he revolted from the ,lord1 they made a conspiracy against him in ,jerusalem4 ,and he fled into ,lachis1 and they sent1 and killed him there4 #be3bh4 ,and they brought him back upon horses1 and buried him with his fathers in the city of ,david4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bf ,ozias reigneth prosperously1 till he invadeth the priests' office1 upon which he is struck with a leprosy4 #bf3a4 ,and all the people of ,juda took his son ,ozias1 who was sixteen years old1 and made him king in the room of ,amasias his father4 #bf3b4 ,he built ,ailath1 and restored it to the dominion of ,juda1 after that the king slept with his fathers4 #bf3c4 ,ozias was sixteen years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned two and fifty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,jechelia of ,jerusalem4 #bf3d4 ,and he did that which was right in the eyes of the ,lord1 according to all that ,amasias his father had done4 #bf3e4 ,and he sought the ,lord in the days of ,zacharias that understood and saw ,god3 and as long as he sought the ,lord1 he directed him in all things4 #bf3f4 ,moreover he went forth and fought against the ,philistines1 and broke down the wall of ,geth1 and the wall of ,jabnia1 and the wall of ,azotus3 and he built towns in ,azotus1 and among the ,philistines4 #bf3g4 ,and ,god helped him against the ,philistines1 and against the ,arabians1 that dwelt in ,gurbaal1 and against the ,ammonites4 #bf3h4 ,and the ,ammonites gave gifts to ,ozias3 and his name was spread abroad even to the entrance of ,egypt for his frequent victories4 #bf3i4 ,and ,ozias built towers in ,jerusalem over the gate of the corner1 and over the gate of the valley1 and the rest1 in the same side of the wall1 and fortified them4 #bf3aj4 ,and he built towers in the wilderness1 and dug many cisterns1 for he had much cattle both in the plains1 and in the waste of the desert3 he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains1 and in ,carmel3 for he was a man that loved husbandry4 #bf3aa4 ,and the army of his fighting men1 that went out to war1 was under the hand of ,jehiel the scribe1 and ,maasias the doctor1 and under the hand of ,henanias1 who was one of the king's captains4 #bf3ab4 ,and the whole number of the chiefs by the families of valiant men were two thousand six hundred4 #bf3ac4 ,and the whole army under them three hundred and seven thousand five hundred3 who were fit for war1 and fought for the king against the enemy4 #bf3ad4 ,and ,ozias prepared for them1 that is1 for the whole army1 shields1 and spears1 and helmets1 and coats of mail1 and bows1 and slings to cast stones4 #bf3ae4 ,and he made in ,jerusalem engines of diverse kinds1 which he placed in the towers1 and in the corners of the walls1 to shoot arrows1 and great stones3 and his name went forth far abroad1 for the ,lord helped him1 and had strengthened him4 #bf3af4 ,but when he was made strong1 his heart was lifted up to his destruction1 and he neglected the ,lord his ,god3 and going into the temple of the ,lord1 he had a mind to burn incense upon the altar of incense4 #bf3ag4 ,and immediately ,azarias the priest going in after him1 and with him fourscore priests of the ,lord1 most valiant men1 #bf3ah4 ,withstood the king and said3 ,it doth not belong to thee1 ,ozias1 to burn incense to the ,lord1 but to the priests1 that is1 to the sons of ,aaron1 who are consecrated for this ministry3 go out of the sanctuary1 do not despise3 for this thing shall not be accounted to thy glory by the ,lord ,god4 #bf3ai4 ,and ,ozias was angry1 and holding in his hand the censer to burn incense1 threatened the priests4 ,and presently there rose a leprosy in his forehead before the priests1 in the house of the ,lord at the altar of incense4 #bf3bj4 ,and ,azarias the high priest1 and all the rest of the priests looked upon him1 and saw the leprosy in his forehead1 and they made haste to thrust him out4 ,yea himself also being frightened1 hasted to go out1 because he had quickly felt the stroke of the ,lord4 #bf3ba4 ,and ,ozias the king was a leper unto the day of his death1 and he dwelt in a house apart being full of the leprosy1 for which he had been cast out of the house of the ,lord4 ,and ,joatham his son governed the king's house1 and judged the people of the land4 #bf3bb4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,ozias first and last were written by ,isaias the son of ,amos1 the prophet4 #bf3bc4 ,and ,ozias slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchres1 because he was a leper3 and ,joatham his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bg ,joatham's good reign4 #bg3a4 ,joatham was five and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,jerusa the daughter of ,sadoc4 #bg3b4 ,and he did that which was right before the ,lord1 according to all that ,ozias his father had done1 only that he entered not into the temple of the ,lord1 and the people still transgressed4 #bg3c4 ,he built the high gate of the house of the ,lord1 and on the wall of ,ophel he built much4 #bg3d4 ,moreover he built cities in the mountains of ,juda1 and castles and towers in the forests4 #bg3e4 ,he fought against the king of the children of ,ammon1 and overcame them1 and the children of ,ammon gave him at that time a hundred talents of silver1 and ten thousand measures of wheat1 and as many measures of barley3 so much did the children of ,ammon give him in the second and third year4 #bg3f4 ,and ,joatham was strengthened1 because he had his way directed before the ,lord his ,god4 #bg3g4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,joatham1 and all his wars1 and his works1 are written in the book of the kings of ,israel and ,juda4 #bg3h4 ,he was five and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem4 #bg3i4 ,and ,joatham slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in the city of ,david3 and ,achaz his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bh ,the wicked and unhappy reign of ,achaz4 #bh3a4 ,achaz was twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned sixteen years in ,jerusalem3 he did not that which was right in the sight of the ,lord as ,david his father had done1 #bh3b4 ,but walked in the ways of the kings of ,israel2 moreover also he cast statues for ,baalim4 #bh3c4 ,it was he that burnt incense in the valley of ,benennom1 and consecrated his sons in the fire according to the manner of the nations1 which the ,lord slew at the coming of the children of ,israel4 #bh3d4 ,he sacrificed also1 and burnt incense in the high places1 and on the hills1 and under every green tree4 #bh3e4 ,and the ,lord his ,god delivered him into the hands of the king of ,syria1 who defeated him1 and took a great booty out of his kingdom1 and carried it to ,damascus3 he was also delivered into the hands of the king of ,israel1 who overthrew him with a great slaughter4 #bh3f4 ,for ,phacee the son of ,romelia slew of ,juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day1 all valiant men1 because they had forsaken the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #bh3g4 ,at the same time ,zechri a powerful man of ,ephraim1 slew ,maasias the king's son1 and ,ezricam the governor of his house1 and ,elcana who was next to the king4 #bh3h4 ,and the children of ,israel carried away of their brethren two hundred thousand women1 boys1 and girls1 and an immense booty3 and they brought it to ,samaria4 #bh3i4 ,at that time there was a prophet of the ,lord there1 whose name was ,oded3 and he went out to meet the army that came to ,samaria1 and said to them3 ,behold the ,lord the ,god of your fathers being angry with ,juda1 hath delivered them into your hands1 and you have butchered them cruelly1 so that your cruelty hath reached up to heaven4 #bh3aj4 ,moreover you have a mind to keep under the children of ,juda and ,jerusalem for your bondmen and bondwomen1 which ought not to be done3 for you have sinned in this against the ,lord your ,god4 #bh3aa4 ,but hear ye my counsel1 and release the captives that you have brought of your brethren1 because a great indignation of the ,lord hangeth over you4 #bh3ab4 ,then some of the chief men of the sons of ,ephraim1 ,azarias the son of ,johanan1 ,barachias the son of ,mosollamoth1 ,ezechias the son of ,sellum1 and ,amasa the son of ,adali1 stood up against them that came from the war4 #bh3ac4 ,and they said to them3 ,you shall not bring in the captives hither1 lest we sin against the ,lord4 ,why will you add to our sins1 and heap up upon our former offences8 for the sin is great1 and the fierce anger of the ,lord hangeth over ,israel4 #bh3ad4 ,so the soldiers left the spoils1 and all that they had taken1 before the princes and all the multitude4 #bh3ae4 ,and the men1 whom we mentioned above1 rose up and took the captives1 and with the spoils clothed all them that were naked3 and when they had clothed and shod them1 and refreshed them with meat and drink1 and anointed them because of their labour1 and had taken care of them1 they set such of them as could not walk1 and were feeble1 upon beasts1 and brought them to ,jericho the city of palm trees to their brethren1 and they returned to ,samaria4 #bh3af4 ,at that time king ,achaz sent to the king of the ,assyrians asking help4 #bh3ag4 ,and the ,edomites came and slew many of ,juda1 and took a great booty4 #bh3ah4 ,the ,philistines also spread themselves among the cities of the plains1 and to the south of ,juda3 and they took ,bethsames1 and ,aialon1 and ,gaderoth1 and ,socho1 and ,thamnan1 and ,gamzo1 with their villages1 and they dwelt in them4 #bh3ai4 ,for the ,lord had humbled ,juda because of ,achaz the king of ,juda1 for he had stripped it of help1 and had contemned the ,lord4 ,for he had stripped it of help4 4 4,that is1 ,achaz stripped the kingdom of ,juda of the divine assistance by his wickedness1 and by his introducing idolatry4 #bh3bj4 ,and he brought against him ,thelgathphalnasar king of the ,assyrians1 who also afflicted him1 and plundered him without any resistance4 #bh3ba4 ,and ,achaz stripped the house of the ,lord1 and the house of the kings1 and of the princes1 and gave gifts to the king of the ,assyrians1 and yet it availed him nothing4 #bh3bb4 ,moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the ,lord3 king ,achaz himself by himself1 #bh3bc4 ,sacrificed victims to the gods of ,damascus that struck him1 and he said3 ,the gods of the kings of ,syria help them1 and ,i will appease them with victims1 and they will help me2 whereas on the contrary they were the ruin of him1 and of all ,israel4 #bh3bd4 ,then ,achaz having taken away all the vessels of the house of ,god1 and broken them1 shut up the doors of the temple of ,god1 and made himself altars in all the corners of ,jerusalem4 #bh3be4 ,and in all the cities of ,juda he built altars to burn frankincense1 and he provoked the ,lord the ,god of his fathers to wrath4 #bh3bf4 ,but the rest of his acts1 and all his works first and last are written in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 #bh3bg4 ,and ,achaz slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in the city of ,jerusalem3 for they received him not into the sepulchres of the kings of ,israel4 ,and ,ezechias his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #bi ,ezechias purifieth the temple1 and restoreth religion4 #bi3a4 ,now ,ezechias began to reign1 when he was five and twenty years old1 and he reigned nine and twenty years in ,jerusalem3 the name of his mother was ,abia1 the daughter of ,zacharias4 #bi3b4 ,and he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the ,lord1 according to all that ,david his father had done4 #bi3c4 ,in the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the ,lord1 and repaired them4 #bi3d4 ,and he brought the priests and the ,levites1 and assembled them in the east street4 #bi3e4 ,and he said to them3 ,hear me1 ye ,levites1 and be sanctified1 purify the house of the ,lord the ,god of your fathers1 and take away all filth out of the sanctuary4 #bi3f4 ,our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of the ,lord ,god1 forsaking him3 they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the ,lord1 and turned their backs4 #bi3g4 ,they have shut up the doors that were in the porch1 and put out the lamps1 and have not burnt incense1 nor offered holocausts in the sanctuary of the ,god of ,israel4 #bi3h4 ,therefore the wrath of the ,lord hath been stirred up against ,juda and ,jerusalem1 and he hath delivered them to trouble1 and to destruction1 and to be hissed at1 as you see with your eyes4 #bi3i4 ,behold1 our fathers are fallen by the sword1 our sons1 and our daughters1 and wives are led away captives for this wickedness4 #bi3aj4 ,now therefore ,i have a mind that we make a covenant with the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from us4 #bi3aa4 ,my sons1 be not negligent3 the ,lord hath chosen you to stand before him1 and to minister to him1 and to worship him1 and to burn incense to him4 #bi3ab4 ,then the ,levites arose1 ,mahath the son of ,amasai1 and ,joel the son of ,azarias1 of the sons of ,caath3 and of the sons of ,merari1 ,cis the son of ,abdi1 and ,azarias the son of ,jalaleel4 ,and of the sons of ,gerson1 ,joah the son of ,zemma1 and ,eden the son of ,joah4 #bi3ac4 ,and of the sons of ,elisaphan1 ,samri1 and ,jahiel4 ,also of the sons of ,asaph1 ,zacharias1 and ,mathanias4 #bi3ad4 ,and of the sons of ,heman1 ,jahiel1 and ,semei3 and of the sons of ,idithun1 ,semeias1 and ,oziel4 #bi3ae4 ,and they gathered together their brethren1 and sanctified themselves1 and went in according to the commandment of the king1 and the precept of the ,lord1 to purify the house of ,god4 #bi3af4 ,and the priests went into the temple of the ,lord to sanctify it1 and brought out all the uncleanness that they found within to the entrance of the house of the ,lord1 and the ,levites took it away1 and carried it out abroad to the torrent ,cedron4 #bi3ag4 ,and they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month1 and on the eighth day of the same month they came into the porch of the temple of the ,lord1 and they purified the temple in eight days1 and on the sixteenth day of the same month they finished what they had begun4 #bi3ah4 ,and they went in to king ,ezechias1 and said to him3 ,we have sanctified all the house of the ,lord1 and the altar of holocaust1 and the vessels thereof1 and the table of proposition with all its vessels1 #bi3ai4 ,and all the furniture of the temple1 which king ,achaz in his reign had defiled1 after his transgression2 and behold they are all set forth before the altar of the ,lord4 #bi3bj4 ,and king ,ezechias rising early1 assembled all the rulers of the city1 and went up into the house of the ,lord3 #bi3ba4 ,and they offered together seven bullocks1 and seven rams1 and seven lambs1 and seven he goats for sin1 for the kingdom1 for the sanctuary1 for ,juda3 and he spoke to the priests the sons of ,aaron1 to offer them upon the altar of the ,lord4 #bi3bb4 ,therefore they killed the bullocks1 and the priests took the blood1 and poured it upon the altar2 they killed also the rams1 and their blood they poured also upon the altar1 and they killed the lambs1 and poured the blood upon the altar4 #bi3bc4 ,and they brought the he goats for sin before the king1 and the whole multitude1 and they laid their hand upon them3 #bi3bd4 ,and the priests immolated them1 and sprinkled their blood before the altar for an expiation of all ,israel3 for the king had commanded that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made for all ,israel4 #bi3be4 ,and he set the ,levites in the house of the ,lord with cymbals1 and psalteries1 and harps according to the regulation of ,david the king1 and of ,gad the seer1 and of ,nathan the prophet3 for it was the commandment of the ,lord by the hand of his prophets4 #bi3bf4 ,and the ,levites stood1 with the instruments of ,david1 and the priests with trumpets4 #bi3bg4 ,and ,ezechias commanded that they should offer holocausts upon the altar3 and when the holocausts were offered1 they began to sing praises to the ,lord1 and to sound with trumpets1 and divers instruments which ,david the king of ,israel had prepared4 #bi3bh4 ,and all the multitude adored1 and the singers1 and the trumpeters1 were in their office till the holocaust was finished4 #bi3bi4 ,and when the oblation was ended1 the king1 and all that were with him bowed down and adored4 #bi3cj4 ,and ,ezechias and the princes commanded the ,levites to praise the ,lord with the words of ,david1 and ,asaph the seer3 and they praised him with great joy1 and bowing the knee adored4 #bi3ca4 ,and ,ezechias added1 and said3 ,you have filled your hands to the ,lord1 come and offer victims1 and praises in the house of the ,lord4 ,and all the multitude offered victims1 and praises1 and holocausts with a devout mind4 #bi3cb4 ,and the number of the holocausts which the multitude offered1 was seventy bullocks1 a hundred rams1 and two hundred lambs4 #bi3cc4 ,and they consecrated to the ,lord six hundred oxen1 and three thousand sheep4 #bi3cd4 ,but the priests were few1 and were not enough to flay the holocausts3 wherefore the ,levites their brethren helped them1 till the work was ended1 and priests were sanctified1 for the ,levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests4 #bi3ce4 ,so there were many holocausts1 and the fat of peace offerings1 and the libations of holocausts3 and the service of the house of the ,lord was completed4 #bi3cf4 ,and ,ezechias1 and all the people rejoiced because the ministry of the ,lord was accomplished4 ,for the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #cj ,ezechias inviteth all ,israel to celebrate the pasch2 the solemnity is kept fourteen days4 #cj3a4 ,and ,ezechias sent to all ,israel and ,juda3 and he wrote letters to ,ephraim and ,manasses1 that they should come to the house of the ,lord in ,jerusalem1 and keep the phase to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 #cj3b4 ,for the king1 taking counsel1 and the princes1 and all the assembly of ,jerusalem1 decreed to keep the phase the second month4 #cj3c4 ,for they could not keep it in its time2 because there were not priests enough sanctified1 and the people was not as yet gathered together to ,jerusalem4 ,the host of heaven4 4 4,the sun1 moon1 and stars4 #cj3d4 ,and the thing pleased the king1 and all the people4 #cj3e4 ,and they decreed to send messengers to all ,israel from ,bersabee even to ,dan1 that they should come1 and keep the phase to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel in ,jerusalem3 for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law4 #cj3f4 ,and the posts went with letters by commandment of the king1 and his princes1 to all ,israel and ,juda1 proclaiming according to the king's orders3 ,ye children of ,israel1 turn again to the ,lord the ,god of ,abraham1 and of ,isaac1 and of ,israel3 and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the ,assyrians4 #cj3g4 ,be not like your fathers1 and brethren1 who departed from the ,lord the ,god of their fathers1 and he hath given them up to destruction1 as you see4 #cj3h4 ,harden not your necks1 as your fathers did3 yield yourselves to the ,lord1 and come to his sanctuary1 which he hath sanctified forever3 serve the ,lord the ,god of your fathers1 and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you4 #cj3i4 ,for if you turn again to the ,lord1 your brethren1 and children shall find mercy before their masters1 that have led them away captive1 and they shall return into this land3 for the ,lord your ,god is merciful1 and will not turn away his face from you1 if you return to him4 #cj3aj4 ,so the posts went speedily from city to city1 through the land of ,ephraim1 and of ,manasses1 even to ,zabulon1 whilst they laughed at them and mocked them4 #cj3aa4 ,nevertheless some men of ,aser1 and of ,manasses1 and of ,zabulon1 yielding to the counsel1 came to ,jerusalem4 #cj3ab4 ,but the hand of ,god was in ,juda1 to give them one heart to do the word of the ,lord1 according to the commandment of the king1 and of the princes4 #cj3ac4 ,and much people were assembled to ,jerusalem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleavened bread in the second month3 #cj3ad4 ,and they arose and destroyed the altars that were in ,jerusalem1 and took away all things in which incense was burnt to idols and cast them into the torrent ,cedron4 #cj3ae4 ,and they immolated the phase on the fourteenth day of the second month4 ,and the priests and the ,levites being at length sanctified offered holocausts in the house of the ,lord4 #cj3af4 ,and they stood in their order according to the disposition and law of ,moses the man of ,god3 but the priests received the blood which was to be poured out1 from the hands of the ,levites1 #cj3ag4 ,because a great number was not sanctified3 and therefore the ,levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the ,lord4 #cj3ah4 ,for a great part of the people from ,ephraim1 and ,manasses1 and ,issachar1 and ,zabulon1 that had not been sanctified1 ate the phase otherwise than it is written3 and ,ezechias prayed for them1 saying3 ,the ,lord who is good will shew mercy1 #cj3ai4 ,to all them1 who with their whole heart1 seek the ,lord the ,god of their fathers3 and will not impute it to them that they are not sanctified4 #cj3bj4 ,and the ,lord heard him1 and was merciful to the people4 #cj3ba4 ,and the children of ,israel1 that were found at ,jerusalem1 kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy1 praising the ,lord every day4 the ,levites also1 and the priests1 with instruments that agreed to their office4 #cj3bb4 ,and ,ezechias spoke to the heart of all the ,levites1 that had good understanding concerning the ,lord3 and they ate during the seven days of the solemnity1 immolating victims of peace offerings1 and praising the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #cj3bc4 ,and it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days3 which they did with great joy4 #cj3bd4 ,for ,ezechias the king of ,juda had given to the multitude a thousand bullocks1 and seven thousand sheep3 and the princes had given the people a thousand bullocks1 and ten thousand sheep3 and a great number of priests was sanctified4 #cj3be4 ,and all the multitude of ,juda with the priests and ,levites1 and all the assembly1 that came out of ,israel2 and the proselytes of the land of ,israel1 and that dwelt in ,juda were full of joy4 #cj3bf4 ,and there was a great solemnity in ,jerusalem1 such as had not been in that city since the time of ,solomon the son of ,david king of ,israel4 #cj3bg4 ,and the priests and the ,levites rose up and blessed the people3 and their voice was heard3 and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ca ,idolatry is abolished2 and provisions made for the ministers4 #ca3a4 ,and when these things had been duly celebrated1 all ,israel that were found in the cities of ,juda1 went out1 and they broke the idols1 and cut down the groves1 demolished the high places1 and destroyed the altars1 not only out of all ,juda and ,benjamin1 but out of ,ephraim also and ,manasses1 till they had utterly destroyed them3 then all the children of ,israel returned to their possessions and cities4 #ca3b4 ,and ,ezechias appointed companies of the priests1 and the ,levites1 by their courses1 every man in his own office1 to wit1 both of the priests1 and of the ,levites1 for holocausts1 and for peace offerings1 to minister1 and to praise1 and to sing in the gates of the camp of the ,lord4 #ca3c4 ,and the king's part was1 that of his proper substance the holocaust should be offered always morning and evening1 and on the sabbaths1 and the new moons and the other solemnities1 as it is written in the law of ,moses4 #ca3d4 ,he commanded also the people that dwelt in ,jerusalem1 to give to the priests1 and the ,levites their portion1 that they might attend to the law of the ,lord4 #ca3e4 ,which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the people1 the children of ,israel offered in abundance the firstfruits of corn1 wine1 and oil1 and honey3 and brought the tithe of all things which the ground bringeth forth4 #ca3f4 ,moreover the children of ,israel and ,juda1 that dwelt in the cities of ,juda1 brought in the tithes of oxen1 and sheep1 and the tithes of holy things1 which they had vowed to the ,lord their ,god3 and carrying them all1 made many heaps4 #ca3g4 ,in the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps1 and in the seventh month1 they finished them4 #ca3h4 ,and when ,ezechias and his princes came in1 they saw the heaps1 and they blessed the ,lord and the people of ,israel4 #ca3i4 ,and ,ezechias asked the priests and the ,levites1 why the heaps lay so4 #ca3aj4 ,azarias the chief priest of the race of ,sadoc answered him1 saying3 ,since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of the ,lord1 we have eaten1 and have been filled1 and abundance is left1 because the ,lord hath blessed his people3 and of that which is left is this great store which thou seest4 #ca3aa4 ,then ,ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the ,lord4 ,and when they had done so1 #ca3ab4 ,they brought in faithfully both the firstfruits1 and the tithes1 and all they had vowed4 ,and the overseer of them was ,chonenias the ,levite1 and ,semei his brother was the second1 #ca3ac4 ,and after him ,jehiel1 and ,azarias1 and ,nahath1 and ,asael1 and ,jerimoth1 and ,jozabad1 and ,eliel1 and ,jesmachias1 and ,mahath1 and ,banaias1 overseers under the hand of ,chonenias1 and ,semei his brother1 by the commandment of ,ezechias the king1 and ,azarias the high priest of the house of ,god1 to whom all things appertained4 #ca3ad4 ,but ,core the son of ,jemna the ,levite1 the porter of the east gate1 was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the ,lord1 and of the firstfruits and the things dedicated for the holy of holies4 #ca3ae4 ,and under his charge were ,eden1 and ,benjamin1 ,jesue1 and ,semeias1 and ,amarias1 and ,sechenias1 in the cities of the priests1 to distribute faithfully portions to their brethren1 both little and great3 #ca3af4 ,besides the males from three years old and upward1 to all that went into the temple of the ,lord1 and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry1 and their offices according to their courses1 day by day4 #ca3ag4 ,to the priests by their families1 and to the ,levites from the twentieth year and upward1 by their classes and companies4 #ca3ah4 ,and to all the multitude1 both to their wives1 and to their children of both sexes1 victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanctified4 #ca3ai4 ,also of the sons of ,aaron who were in the fields and in the suburbs of each city1 there were men appointed1 to distribute portions to all the males1 among the priests and the ,levites4 #ca3bj4 ,so ,ezechias did all things which we have said in all ,juda1 and wrought that which was good1 and right1 and truth1 before the ,lord his ,god1 #ca3ba4 ,in all the service of the house of the ,lord according to the law and the ceremonies1 desiring to seek his ,god with all his heart1 and he did it and prospered4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #cb ,sennacherib invadeth ,juda3 his army is destroyed by an angel4 ,ezechias recovereth from his sickness3 his other acts4 #cb3a4 ,after these things1 and this truth1 ,sennacherib king of the ,assyrians came and entered into ,juda1 and besieged the fenced cities1 desiring to take them4 #cb3b4 ,and when ,ezechias saw that ,sennacherib was come1 and that the whole force of the war was turning against ,jerusalem1 #cb3c4 ,he took counsel with the princes1 and the most valiant men1 to stop up the heads of the springs1 that were without the city3 and as they were all of this mind1 #cb3d4 ,he gathered together a very great multitude1 and they stopped up all the springs1 and the brook1 that ran through the midst of the land1 saying3 ,lest the kings of the ,assyrians should come1 and find abundance of water4 #cb3e4 ,he built up also with great diligence all the wall that had been broken down1 and built towers upon it1 and another wall without3 and he repaired ,mello in the city of ,david1 and made all sorts of arms and shields3 #cb3f4 ,and he appointed captains of the soldiers of the army3 and he called them all together in the street of the gate of the city1 and spoke to their heart1 saying3 #cb3g4 ,behave like men1 and take courage3 be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of the ,assyrians1 nor for all the multitude that is with him3 for there are many more with us than with him4 #cb3h4 ,for with him is an arm of flesh3 with us the ,lord our ,god1 who is our helper1 and fighteth for us4 ,and the people were encouraged with these words of ,ezechias king of ,juda4 #cb3i4 ,after this1 ,sennacherib king of the ,assyrians sent his servants to ,jerusalem1 7for he with all his army was besieging ,lachis17 to ,ezechias king of ,juda1 and to all the people that were in the city1 saying3 #cb3aj4 ,thus saith ,sennacherib king of the ,assyrians3 ,in whom do you trust1 that you sit still besieged in ,jerusalem8 #cb3aa4 ,doth not ,ezechias deceive you1 to give you up to die by hunger and thirst1 affirming that the ,lord your ,god shall deliver you from the hand of the king of the ,assyrians8 #cb3ab4 ,is it not this same ,ezechias1 that hath destroyed his high places1 and his altars1 and commanded ,juda and ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,you shall worship before one altar1 and upon it you shall burn incense8 #cb3ac4 ,know you not what ,i and my fathers have done to all the people of the lands8 have the gods of any nations and lands been able to deliver their country out of my hand8 #cb3ad4 ,who is there among all the gods of the nations1 which my fathers have destroyed1 that could deliver his people out of my hand1 that your ,god should be able to deliver you out of this hand8 #cb3ae4 ,therefore let not ,ezechias deceive you1 nor delude you with a vain persuasion1 and do not believe him4 ,for if no god of all the nations and kingdoms1 could deliver his people out of my hand1 and out of the hand of my fathers1 consequently neither shall your ,god be able to deliver you out of my hand4 #cb3af4 ,and many other things did his servants speak against the ,lord ,god1 and against ,ezechias his servant4 #cb3ag4 ,he wrote also letters full of blasphemy against the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 and he spoke against him3 ,as the gods of other nations could not deliver their people out of my hand1 so neither can the ,god of ,ezechias deliver his people out of this hand4 #cb3ah4 ,moreover he cried out with a loud voice1 in the ,jews' tongue1 to the people that sat on the walls of ,jerusalem1 that he might frighten them1 and take the city4 #cb3ai4 ,and he spoke against the ,god of ,jerusalem1 as against the gods of the people of the earth1 the works of the hands of men4 #cb3bj4 ,and ,ezechias the king1 and ,isaias the prophet the son of ,amos1 prayed against this blasphemy1 and cried out to heaven4 #cb3ba4 ,and the ,lord sent an angel1 who cut off all the stout men and the warriors1 and the captains of the army of the king of the ,assyrians3 and he returned with disgrace into his own country4 ,and when he was come into the house of his god1 his sons that came out of his bowels1 slew him with the sword4 #cb3bb4 ,and the ,lord saved ,ezechias and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 out of the hand of ,sennacherib king of the ,assyrians1 and out of the hand of all1 and gave them treasures on every side4 #cb3bc4 ,many also brought victims1 and sacrifices to the ,lord to ,jerusalem1 and presents to ,ezechias king of ,juda3 and he was magnified thenceforth in the sight of all nations4 #cb3bd4 ,in those days ,ezechias was sick even to death1 and he prayed to the ,lord3 and he heard him1 and gave him a sign4 #cb3be4 ,but he did not render again according to the benefits which he had received1 for his heart was lifted up3 and wrath was enkindled against him1 and against ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #cb3bf4 ,and he humbled himself afterwards1 because his heart had been lifted up1 both he and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem3 and therefore the wrath of the ,lord came not upon them in the days of ,ezechias4 #cb3bg4 ,and ,ezechias was rich1 and very glorious1 and he gathered himself great treasures of silver and of gold1 and of precious stones1 of spices1 and of arms1 of all kinds1 and of vessels of great price4 #cb3bh4 ,storehouses also of corn1 of wine1 and of oil1 and stalls for all beasts1 and folds for cattle4 #cb3bi4 ,and he built himself cities3 for he had flocks of sheep1 and herds without number1 for the ,lord had given him very much substance4 #cb3cj4 ,this same ,ezechias was1 he that stopped the upper source of the waters of ,gihon1 and turned them away underneath toward the west of the city of ,david3 in all his works he did prosperously what he would4 #cb3ca4 ,but yet in the embassy of the princes of ,babylon1 that were sent to him1 to inquire of the wonder that had happened upon the earth1 ,god left him that he might be tempted1 and all things might be made known that were in his heart4 #cb3cb4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,ezechias1 and of his mercies are written in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 #cb3cc4 ,and ,ezechias slept with his fathers1 and they buried him above the sepulchres of the sons of ,david3 and all ,juda1 and all the inhabitants of ,jerusalem celebrated his funeral3 and ,manasses his son reigned in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #cc ,manasses for his manifold wickedness is led captive to ,babylon3 he repenteth1 and is restored to his kingdom1 and destroyeth idolatry3 his successor ,amon is slain by his servants4 #cc3a4 ,manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned fifty-five years in ,jerusalem4 #cc3b4 ,and he did evil before the ,lord1 according to all the abominations of the nations1 which the ,lord cast out before the children of ,israel3 #cc3c4 ,and he turned1 and built again the high places which ,ezechias his father had destroyed3 and he built altars to ,baalim1 and made groves1 and he adored all the host of heaven1 and worshipped them4 ,the host of heaven4 4 4,the sun1 moon1 and stars4 #cc3d4 ,he built also altars in the house of the ,lord1 whereof the ,lord had said3 ,in ,jerusalem shall my name be for ever4 #cc3e4 ,and he built them for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the ,lord4 #cc3f4 ,and he made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of ,benennom3 he observed dreams1 followed divinations1 gave himself up to magic arts1 had with him magicians1 and enchanters3 and he wrought many evils before the ,lord1 to provoke him to anger4 #cc3g4 ,he set also a graven1 and a molten statue in the house of ,god1 of which ,god had said to ,david1 and to ,solomon his son3 ,in this house1 and in ,jerusalem1 which ,i have chosen out of all the tribes of ,israel1 will ,i put my name for ever4 #cc3h4 ,and ,i will not make the foot of ,israel to be removed out of the land which ,i have delivered to their fathers3 yet so if they will take heed to do what ,i have commanded them1 and all the law1 and the ceremonies1 and judgments by the hand of ,moses4 #cc3i4 ,so ,manasses seduced ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 to do evil beyond all the nations1 which the ,lord had destroyed before the face of the children of ,israel4 #cc3aj4 ,and the ,lord spoke to his people1 and they would not hearken4 #cc3aa4 ,therefore he brought upon them the captains of he army of the king of the ,assyrians3 and they took ,manasses1 and carried him bound with chains and fetters to ,babylon4 #cc3ab4 ,and after that he was in distress he prayed to the ,lord his ,god3 and did penance exceedingly before the ,god of his fathers4 #cc3ac4 ,and he entreated him1 and besought him earnestly3 and he heard his prayer1 and brought him again to ,jerusalem into his kingdom1 and ,manasses knew that the ,lord was ,god4 #cc3ad4 ,after this he built a wall without the city of ,david1 on the west side of ,gihon in the valley1 from the entering in of the gate round about to ,ophel1 and raised it up to a great height3 and he appointed captains of the army in all the fenced cities of ,juda3 #cc3ae4 ,and he took away the strange gods1 and the idol out of the house of the ,lord3 the altars also which he had made in the mount of the house of the ,lord1 and in ,jerusalem1 and he cast them all out of the city4 #cc3af4 ,and he repaired the altar of the ,lord1 and sacrificed upon it victims1 and peace offerings1 and praise3 and he commanded ,juda to serve the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #cc3ag4 ,nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places to the ,lord their ,god4 #cc3ah4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,manasses1 and his prayer to his ,god1 and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 are contained in the words of the kings of ,israel4 #cc3ai4 ,his prayer also1 and his being heard and all his sins1 and contempt1 and places wherein he built high places1 and set up groves1 and statues before he did penance1 are written in the words of ,hozai4 #cc3bj4 ,and ,manasses slept with his fathers1 and they buried him in his house3 and his son ,amon reigned in his stead4 #cc3ba4 ,amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned two years in ,jerusalem4 #cc3bb4 ,and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord1 as ,manasses his father had done3 he sacrificed to all the idols which ,manasses his father had made1 and served them4 #cc3bc4 ,and he did not humble himself before the lord1 as ,manasses his father had humbled himself1 but committed far greater sin4 #cc3bd4 ,and his servants conspired against him1 and slew him in his own house4 #cc3be4 ,but the rest of the multitude of the people slew them that had killed ,amon1 and made ,josias his son king in his stead4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #cd ,josias destroyeth idolatry1 repaireth the temple1 and reneweth the covenant between ,god and the people4 #cd3a4 ,josias was eight years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned one and thirty years in ,jerusalem4 #cd3b4 ,and he did that which was right in the sight of the ,lord1 and walked in the ways of ,david his father3 he declined not1 neither to the right hand1 nor to the left4 #cd3c4 ,and in the eighth year of his reign1 when he was yet a boy1 he began to seek the ,god of his father ,david3 and in the twelfth year after he began to reign1 he cleansed ,juda and ,jerusalem from the high places1 and the groves1 and the idols1 and the graven things4 #cd3d4 ,and they broke down before him the altars of ,baalim1 and demolished the idols that had been set upon them3 and he cut down the groves and the graven things1 and broke them in pieces3 and strewed the fragments upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them4 #cd3e4 ,and he burnt the bones of the priests on the altars of the idols1 and he cleansed ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #cd3f4 ,and in the cities of ,manasses1 and of ,ephraim1 and of ,simeon1 even to ,nephtali he demolished all4 #cd3g4 ,and when he had destroyed the altars1 and the groves1 and had broken the idols in pieces1 and had demolished all profane temples throughout all the land of ,israel1 he returned to ,jerusalem4 #cd3h4 ,now in the eighteenth year of his reign1 when he had cleansed the land1 and the temple of the ,lord1 he sent ,saphan the son of ,elselias1 and ,maasias the governor of the city1 ,joha the son of ,joachaz the recorder1 to repair the house of the ,lord his ,god4 #cd3i4 ,and they came to ,helcias the high priest3 and received of him the money which had been brought into the house of the ,lord1 and which the ,levites and porters had gathered together from ,manasses1 and ,ephraim1 and all the remnant of ,israel1 and from all ,juda1 and ,benjamin1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 #cd3aj4 ,which they delivered into the hands of them that were over the workmen in the house of the ,lord1 to repair the temple1 and mend all that was weak4 #cd3aa4 ,but they gave it to the artificers1 and to the masons1 to buy stones out of the quarries1 and timber for the couplings of the building1 and to rafter the houses1 which the kings of ,juda had destroyed4 #cd3ab4 ,and they did all faithfully4 ,now the overseers of the workmen were ,jahath and ,abdias of the sons of ,merari1 ,zacharias and ,mosollam of the sons of ,caath1 who hastened the work3 all ,levites skilful to play on instruments4 #cd3ac4 ,but over them that carried burdens for divers uses1 were scribes1 and masters of the number of the ,levites1 and porters4 #cd3ad4 ,now when they carried out the money that had been brought into the temple of the ,lord1 ,helcias the priest found the book of the law of the ,lord1 by the hand of ,moses4 #cd3ae4 ,and he said to ,saphan the scribe3 ,i have found the book of the law in the house of the ,lord3 and he delivered it to him4 #cd3af4 ,but he carried the book to the king1 and told him1 saying3 ,lo1 all that thou hast committed to thy servants1 is accomplished4 #cd3ag4 ,they have gathered together the silver that was found in the house of the ,lord3 and it is given to the overseers of the artificers1 and of the workmen1 for divers works4 #cd3ah4 ,moreover ,helcias the priest gave me this book4 ,and he read it before the king4 #cd3ai4 ,and when he had heard the words of the law1 he rent his garments3 #cd3bj4 ,and he commanded ,helcias1 and ,ahicam the son of ,saphan1 and ,abdon the son of ,micha1 and ,saphan the scribe1 and ,asaa the king's servant1 saying3 #cd3ba4 ,go1 and pray to the ,lord for me1 and for the remnant of ,israel1 and ,juda1 concerning all the words of this book1 which is found3 for the great wrath of the ,lord hath fallen upon us1 because our fathers have not kept the words of the ,lord1 to do all things that are written in this book4 #cd3bb4 ,and ,helcias and they that were sent with him by the king1 went to ,olda the prophetess1 the wife of ,sellum the son of ,thecuath1 the son of ,hasra keeper of the wardrobe3 who dwelt in ,jerusalem in the ,second part3 and they spoke to her the words above mentioned4 #cd3bc4 ,and she answered them3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,tell the man that sent you to me3 #cd3bd4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 ,behold ,i will bring evils upon this place1 and upon the inhabitants thereof1 and all the curses that are written in this book which they read before the king of ,juda4 #cd3be4 ,because they have forsaken me1 and have sacrificed to strange gods1 to provoke me to wrath with all the works of their hands1 therefore my wrath shall fail upon this place1 and shall not be quenched4 #cd3bf4 ,but as to the king of ,juda that sent you to beseech the ,lord1 thus shall you say to him3 ,thus saith the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 ,because thou hast heard the words of this book1 #cd3bg4 ,and thy heart was softened1 and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of ,god for the things that are spoken against this place1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and reverencing my face1 hast rent thy garments1 and wept before me3 ,i also have heard thee1 saith the ,lord4 #cd3bh4 ,for now ,i will gather thee to thy fathers1 and thou shalt be brought to thy tomb in peace3 and thy eyes shall not see all the evil that ,i will bring upon this place1 and the inhabitants thereof4 ,they therefore reported to the king all that she had said4 #cd3bi4 ,and he called together all the ancients of ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #cd3cj4 ,and went up to the house of the ,lord1 and all the men of ,juda1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 the priests and the ,levites1 and all the people from the least to the greatest4 ,and the king read in their hearing1 in the house of the ,lord1 all the words of the book4 #cd3ca4 ,and standing up in his tribunal1 he made a covenant before the ,lord to walk after him1 and keep his commandments1 and testimonies1 and justifications with all his heart1 and with all his soul1 and to do the things that were written in that book which he had read4 #cd3cb4 ,and he adjured all that were found in ,jerusalem and ,benjamin to do the same3 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem did according to the covenant of the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #cd3cc4 ,and ,josias took away all the abominations out of all the countries of the children of ,israel and made all that were left in ,israel1 to serve the ,lord their ,god4 ,as long as he lived they departed not from the ,lord the ,god of their fathers4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #ce ,josias celebrateth a most solemn pasch4 ,he is slain by the king of ,egypt4 #ce3a4 ,and ,josias kept a phase to the ,lord in ,jerusalem1 and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth day of the first month4 #ce3b4 ,and he set the priests in their offices1 and exhorted them to minister in the house of the ,lord4 #ce3c4 ,and he spoke to the ,levites1 by whose instruction all ,israel was sanctified to the ,lord1 saying3 ,put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple1 which ,solomon the son of ,david king of ,israel built3 for you shall carry it no more3 but minister now to the ,lord your ,god1 and to his people ,israel4 #ce3d4 ,and prepare yourselves by your houses1 and families according to your courses1 as ,david king of ,israel commanded1 and ,solomon his son hath written4 #ce3e4 ,and serve ye in the sanctuary by the families and companies of ,levi4 #ce3f4 ,and being sanctified kill the phase1 and prepare your brethren1 that they may do according to the words which the ,lord spoke by the hand of ,moses4 #ce3g4 ,and ,josias gave to all the people that were found there in the solemnity of the phase1 of lambs and of kids of the flocks1 and of other small cattle thirty thousand1 and of oxen three thousand1 all these were of the king's substance4 #ce3h4 ,and his princes willingly offered what they had vowed1 both to the people and to the priests and the ,levites4 ,moreover ,helcias1 and ,zacharias1 and ,jahiel rulers of the house of the ,lord1 gave to the priests to keep the phase two thousand six hundred small cattle1 and three hundred oxen4 #ce3i4 ,and ,chonenias1 and ,semeias and ,nathanael1 his brethren1 and ,hasabias1 and ,jehiel1 and ,jozabad princes of the ,levites1 gave to the rest of the ,levites to celebrate the phase five thousand small cattle1 and five hundred oxen4 #ce3aj4 ,and the ministry was prepared1 and the priests stood in their office3 the ,levites also in their companies1 according to the king's commandment4 #ce3aa4 ,and the phase was immolated3 and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hand1 and the ,levites flayed the holocausts3 #ce3ab4 ,and they separated them1 to give them by the houses and families of every one1 and to be offered to the ,lord1 as it is written in the book of ,moses1 and with the oxen they did in like manner4 #ce3ac4 ,and they roasted the phase with fire1 according to that which is written in the law3 but the victims of peace offerings they boiled in caldrons1 and kettles1 and pots1 and they distributed them speedily among all the people4 #ce3ad4 ,and afterwards they made ready for themselves1 and for the priests3 for the priests were busied in offering of holocausts and the fat until night1 wherefore the ,levites prepared for themselves1 and for the priests the sons of ,aaron last4 #ce3ae4 ,and the singers the sons of ,asaph stood in their order1 according to the commandment of ,david1 and ,asaph1 and ,heman1 and ,idithun1 the prophets of the king3 and the porters kept guard at every gate1 so as not to depart one moment from their service1 and therefore their brethren the ,levites prepared meats for them4 #ce3af4 ,so all the service of the ,lord was duly accomplished that day1 both in keeping the phase and offering holocausts upon the altar of the ,lord1 according to the commandment of king ,josias4 #ce3ag4 ,and the children of ,israel that were found there1 kept the phase at that time1 and the feast of unleavened seven days4 #ce3ah4 ,there was no phase like to this in ,israel1 from the days of ,samuel the prophet3 neither did any of all the kings of ,israel keep such a phase as ,josias kept1 with the priests1 and the ,levites1 and all ,juda1 and ,israel that were found1 and the inhabitants of ,jerusalem4 #ce3ai4 ,in the eighteenth year of the reign of ,josias was this phase celebrated4 #ce3bj4 ,after that ,josias had repaired the temple1 ,nechao king of ,egypt came up to fight in ,charcamis by the ,euphrates3 and ,josias went out to meet him4 #ce3ba4 ,but he sent messengers to him1 saying3 ,what have ,i to do with thee1 ,o king of ,juda8 ,i come not against thee this day1 but ,i fight against another house1 to which ,god hath commanded me to go in haste3 forbear to do against ,god1 who is with me1 lest he kill thee4 #ce3bb4 ,josias would not return1 but prepared to fight against him1 and hearkened not to the words of ,nechao from the mouth of ,god1 but went to fight in the field of ,mageddo4 #ce3bc4 ,and there he was wounded by the archers1 and he said to his servants3 ,carry me out of the battle1 for ,i am grievously wounded4 #ce3bd4 ,and they removed him from the chariot into another1 that followed him after the manner of kings1 and they carried him away to ,jerusalem1 and he died1 and was buried in the monument of his fathers1 and all ,juda and ,jerusalem mourned for him1 #ce3be4 ,particularly ,jeremias3 whose lamentations for ,josias all the singing men and singing women repeat unto this day1 and it became like a law in ,israel3 ,behold it is found written in the ,lamentations4 #ce3bf4 ,now the rest of the acts of ,josias and of his mercies1 according to what was commanded by the law of the ,lord3 #ce3bg4 ,and his works first and last1 are written in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 #b ,paralipomenon ,chapter #cf ,the reigns of ,joachaz1 ,joakim1 ,joachin1 and ,sedecias3 the captivity of ,babylon released at length by ,cyrus4 #cf3a4 ,then the people of the land took ,joachaz the son of ,josias1 and made him king instead of his father in ,jerusalem4 #cf3b4 ,joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned three months in ,jerusalem4 #cf3c4 ,and the king of ,egypt came to ,jerusalem1 and deposed him1 and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver1 and a talent of gold4 #cf3d4 ,and he made ,eliakim his brother king in his stead1 over ,juda and ,jerusalem3 and he turned his name to ,joakim3 but he took ,joachaz with him and carried him away into ,egypt4 #cf3e4 ,joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem3 and he did evil before the ,lord his ,god4 #cf3f4 ,against him came up ,nabuchodonosor king of the ,chaldeans1 and led him bound in chains into ,babylon4 #cf3g4 ,and he carried also thither the vessels of the ,lord1 and put them in his temple4 #cf3h4 ,but the rest of the acts of ,joakim1 and his abominations1 which he wrought1 and the things that were found in him1 are contained in the book of the kings of ,juda and ,israel4 ,and ,joachin his son reigned in his stead4 #cf3i4 ,joachin was eight years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned three months and ten days in ,jerusalem1 and he did evil in the sight of the ,lord4 ,eight years old4 4 4,he was associated by his father to the kingdom1 when he was but eight years old2 but after his father's death1 when he reigned alone1 he was eighteen years old4 #d ,kings #bd4h4 #cf3aj4 ,and at the return of the year1 king ,nabuchodonosor sent1 and brought him to ,babylon1 carrying away at the same time the most precious vessels of the house of the ,lord3 and he made ,sedecias his uncle king over ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #cf3aa4 ,sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign3 and he reigned eleven years in ,jerusalem4 #cf3ab4 ,and he did evil in the eyes of the ,lord his ,god1 and did not reverence the face of ,jeremias the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of the ,lord4 #cf3ac4 ,he also revolted from king ,nabuchodonosor1 who had made him swear by ,god3 and he hardened his neck and his heart1 from returning to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #cf3ad4 ,moreover all the chief of the priests1 and the people wickedly transgressed according to all the abominations of the ,gentiles3 and they defiled the house of the ,lord1 which he had sanctified to himself in ,jerusalem4 #cf3ae4 ,and the ,lord the ,god of their fathers sent to them1 by the hand of his messengers1 rising early1 and daily admonishing them3 because he spared his people and his dwelling place4 #cf3af4 ,but they mocked the messengers of ,god1 and despised his words1 and misused the prophets1 until the wrath of the ,lord arose against his people1 and there was no remedy4 #cf3ag4 ,for he brought upon them the king of the ,chaldeans1 and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary1 he had no compassion on young man1 or maiden1 old man or even him that stooped for age1 but he delivered them all into his hands4 #cf3ah4 ,and all the vessels of the house of ,lord1 great and small1 and the treasures of the temple and of the king1 and of the princes he carried away to ,babylon4 #cf3ai4 ,and the enemies set fire to the house of ,god1 and broke down the wall of ,jerusalem1 burnt all the towers1 and what soever was precious they destroyed4 #cf3bj4 ,whosoever escaped the sword1 was led into ,babylon1 and there served the king and his sons1 till the reign of the king of ,persia1 #cf3ba4 ,that the word of the ,lord by the mouth of ,jeremias might be fulfilled1 and the land might keep her sabbaths3 for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath1 till the seventy years were expired4 #cf3bb4 ,but in the first year of ,cyrus king of the ,persians1 to fulfil the word of the ,lord1 which he had spoken by the mouth of ,jeremias1 the ,lord stirred up the heart of ,cyrus1 king of the ,persians3 who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom1 and by writing also1 saying3 #cf3bc4 ,thus saith ,cyrus king of the ,persians3 ,all the kingdoms of the earth hath the ,lord the ,god of heaven given to me1 and he hath charged me to build him a house in ,jerusalem1 which is in ,judea3 who is there among you of all his people8 ,the ,lord his ,god be with him1 and let him go up4 ,,the ,,first ,,book ,,of ,,esdras ,this ,book taketh its name from the writer3 who was a holy priest1 and doctor of the law4 ,he is called by the ,hebrews1 ,ezra4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #a ,cyrus king of ,persia releaseth ,god's people from their captivity1 with license to return and build the temple in ,jerusalem3 and restoreth the holy vessels which ,nabuchodonosor had taken from thence4 #a3a4 ,in the first year of ,cyrus king of the ,persians1 that the word of the ,lord by the mouth of ,jeremias might be fulfilled1 the ,lord stirred up the spirit of ,cyrus king of the ,persians3 and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom1 and in writing also1 saying3 #a3b4 ,thus saith ,cyrus king of the ,persians3 ,the ,lord the ,god of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth1 and he hath charged me to build him a house in ,jerusalem1 which is in ,judea4 #a3c4 ,who is there among you of all his people8 ,his ,god be with him4 ,let him go up to ,jerusalem1 which is in ,judea1 and build the house of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel3 he is the ,god that is in ,jerusalem4 #a3d4 ,and let all the rest in all places wheresoever they dwell1 help him every man from his place1 with silver and gold1 and goods1 and cattle1 besides that which they offer freely to the temple of ,god1 which is in ,jerusalem4 #a3e4 ,then rose up the chief of the fathers of ,juda and ,benjamin1 and the priests1 and ,levites1 and every one whose spirit ,god had raised up1 to go up to build the temple of the ,lord1 which was in ,jerusalem4 #a3f4 ,and all they that were round about1 helped their hands with vessels of silver1 and gold1 with goods1 and with beasts1 and with furniture1 besides what they had offered on their own accord4 #a3g4 ,and king ,cyrus brought forth vessels of the temple of the ,lord1 which ,nabuchodonosor had taken from ,jerusalem1 and had put them in the temple of his god4 #a3h4 ,now ,cyrus king of ,persia brought them forth by the hand of ,mithridates the son of ,gazabar1 and numbered them to ,sassabasar the prince of ,juda4 #a3i4 ,and this is the number of them3 thirty bowls of gold1 a thousand bowls of silver1 nine and twenty knives1 thirty cups of gold1 #a3aj4 ,silver cups of a second sort1 four hundred and ten3 other vessels a thousand4 #a3aa4 ,all the vessels of gold and silver1 five thousand four hundred3 all these ,sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of ,babylon to ,jerusalem4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #b ,the number of them that returned to ,judea3 their oblations4 #b3a4 ,now these are the children of the province1 that went out of the captivity1 which ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon had carried away to ,babylon1 and who returned to ,jerusalem and ,juda1 every man to his city4 #b3b4 ,who came with ,zorobabel1 ,josue1 ,nehemia1 ,saraia1 ,rahelaia1 ,mardochai1 ,belsan1 ,mesphar1 ,beguai1 ,rehum1 ,baana4 ,the number of the men of the people of ,israel3 #b3c4 ,the children of ,pharos two thousand one hundred seventy-two4 #b3d4 ,the children of ,sephatia1 three hundred seventy-two4 #b3e4 ,the children of ,area1 seven hundred seventy-five4 #b3f4 ,the children of ,phahath ,moab1 of the children of ,josue3 ,joab1 ,two thousand eight hundred twelve4 #b3g4 ,the children of ,elam1 a thousand two hundred fifty-four4 #b3h4 ,the children of ,zethua1 nine hundred forty-five4 #b3i4 ,the children of ,zachai1 seven hundred sixty4 #b3aj4 ,the children of ,bani1 six hundred forty-two4 #b3aa4 ,the children of ,bebai1 six hundred twenty-three4 #b3ab4 ,the children of ,azgad1 a thousand two hundred twenty-two4 #b3ac4 ,the children of ,adonicam1 six hundred sixty-six4 #b3ad4 ,the children of ,beguai1 two thousand fifty-six4 #b3ae4 ,the children of ,adin1 four hundred fifty-four4 #b3af4 ,the children of ,ather1 who were of ,ezechias1 ninety-eight4 #b3ag4 ,the children of ,besai1 three hundred and twenty-three4 #b3ah4 ,the children of ,jora1 a hundred and twelve4 #b3ai4 ,the children of ,hasum1 two hundred twenty-three4 #b3bj4 ,the children of ,gebbar1 ninety-five4 #b3ba4 ,the children of ,bethlehem1 a hundred twenty-three4 #b3bb4 ,the men of ,netupha1 fifty-six4 #b3bc4 ,the men of ,anathoth1 a hundred twenty-eight4 #b3bd4 ,the children of ,azmaveth1 forty-two4 #b3be4 ,the children of ,cariathiarim1 ,cephira1 and ,beroth1 seven hundred forty-three4 #b3bf4 ,the children of ,rama and ,gabaa1 six hundred twenty-one4 #b3bg4 ,the men of ,machmas1 a hundred twenty-two4 #b3bh4 ,the men of ,bethel and ,hai1 two hundred twenty-three4 #b3bi4 ,the children of ,nebo1 fifty-two4 #b3cj4 ,the children of ,megbis1 a hundred fifty-six4 #b3ca4 ,the children of the other ,elam1 a thousand two hundred fifty-five4 #b3cb4 ,the children of ,harim1 three hundred and twenty4 #b3cc4 ,the children of ,lod1 ,hadid and ,ono1 seven hundred twenty-five4 #b3cd4 ,the children of ,jericho1 three hundred forty-five4 #b3ce4 ,the children of ,senaa1 three thousand six hundred thirty4 #b3cf4 ,the priests3 the children of ,jadaia of the house of ,josue1 nine hundred seventy-three4 #b3cg4 ,the children of ,emmer1 a thousand fifty-two4 #b3ch4 ,the children of ,pheshur1 a thousand two hundred forty-seven4 #b3ci4 ,the children of ,harim1 a thousand and seventeen4 #b3dj4 ,the ,levites3 the children of ,josue and of ,cedmihel1 the children of ,odovia1 seventy-four4 #b3da4 ,the singing men3 the children of ,asaph1 a hundred twenty-eight4 #b3db4 ,the children of the porters3 the children of ,sellum1 the children of ,ater1 the children of ,telmon1 the children of ,accub1 the children of ,hatita1 the children of ,sobai3 in all a hundred thirty-nine4 #b3dc4 ,the ,nathinites3 the children of ,siha1 the children of ,hasupha1 the children of ,tabbaoth1 #b3dd4 ,the children of ,ceros1 the children of ,sia1 the children of ,phadon1 #b3de4 ,the children of ,lebana1 the children of ,hegaba1 the children of ,accub1 #b3df4 ,the children of ,hagab1 the children of ,semlai1 the children of ,hanan1 #b3dg4 ,the children of ,gaddel1 the children of ,gaher1 the children of ,raaia1 #b3dh4 ,the children of ,rasin1 the children of ,necoda1 the children of ,gazam1 #b3di4 ,the children of ,asa1 the children of ,phasea1 the children of ,besee1 #b3ej4 ,the children of ,asena1 the children of ,munim1 the children of ,nephusim1 #b3ea4 ,the children of ,bacbuc1 the children of ,hacupha1 the children of ,harhur1 #b3eb4 ,the children of ,besluth1 the children of ,mahida1 the children of ,harsa1 #b3ec4 ,the children of ,bercos1 the children of ,sisara1 the children of ,thema1 #b3ed4 ,the children of ,nasia1 the children of ,hatipha1 #b3ee4 ,the children of the servants of ,solomon1 the children of ,sotai1 the children of ,sopheret1 the children of ,pharuda1 #b3ef4 ,the children of ,jala1 the children of ,dercon1 the children of ,geddel1 #b3eg4 ,the children of ,saphatia1 the children of ,hatil1 the children of ,phochereth1 which were of ,asebaim1 the children of ,ami1 #b3eh4 ,all the ,nathinites1 and the children of the servants of ,solomon1 three hundred ninety-two4 #b3ei4 ,and these are they that came up from ,thelmela1 ,thelharsa1 ,cherub1 and ,adon1 and ,emer4 ,and they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seed1 whether they were of ,israel4 #b3fj4 ,the children of ,dalaia1 the children of ,tobia1 the children of ,necoda1 six hundred fifty-two4 #b3fa4 ,and of the children of the priests3 the children of ,hobia1 the children of ,accos1 the children of ,berzellai1 who took a wife of the daughters of ,berzellai1 the ,galaadite1 and was called by their name3 #b3fb4 ,these sought the writing of their genealogy1 and found it not1 and they were cast out of the priesthood4 #b3fc4 ,and ,athersatha said to them1 that they should not eat of the holy of holies1 till there arose a priest learned and perfect4 #b3fd4 ,all the multitudes as one man1 were forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty3 ,forty-two thousand1 etc4 4 4,those who are reckoned up above of the tribes of ,juda1 ,benjamin1 and ,levi1 fall short of this number4 ,the rest1 who must be taken in to make up the whole sum1 were of the other tribes4 #b3fe4 ,besides their menservants1 and womenservants1 of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven3 and among them singing men1 and singing women two hundred4 #b3ff4 ,their horses seven hundred thirty-six1 their mules two hundred forty-five1 #b3fg4 ,their camels four hundred thirty-five1 their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty4 #b3fh4 ,and some of the chief of the fathers1 when they came to the temple of the ,lord1 which is in ,jerusalem1 offered freely to the house of the ,lord to build it in its place4 #b3fi4 ,according to their ability1 they gave towards the expenses of the work1 sixty-one thousand solids of gold1 five thousand pounds of silver1 and a hundred garments for the priests4 #b3gj4 ,so the priests and the ,levites1 and some of the people1 and the singing men1 and the porters1 and the ,nathinites dwelt in their cities1 and all ,israel in their cities4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #c ,an altar is built for sacrifice1 the feast of tabernacles is solemnly celebrated1 and the foundations of the temple are laid4 #c3a4 ,and now the seventh month was come1 and the children of ,israel were in their cities3 and the people gathered themselves together as one man to ,jerusalem4 #c3b4 ,and ,josue the son of ,josedec rose up1 and his brethren the priests1 and ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 and his brethren1 and they built the altar of the ,god of ,israel that they might offer holocausts upon it1 as it is written in the law of ,moses the man of ,god4 ,josue4 4 4or ,jesus 7,jeshua7 the son of ,josedec2 he was the high priest1 at that time4 #c3c4 ,and they set the altar of ,god upon its bases1 while the people of the lands round about put them in fear1 and they offered upon it a holocaust to the ,lord morning and evening4 #c3d4 ,and they kept the feast of tabernacles1 as it is written1 and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment1 the duty of the day in its day4 #c3e4 ,and afterwards the continual holocaust1 both on the new moons1 and on all the solemnities of the ,lord1 that were consecrated1 and on all in which a freewill offering was made to the ,lord4 #c3f4 ,from the first day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the ,lord3 but the temple of ,god was not yet founded4 #c3g4 ,and they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons3 and meat and drink1 and oil to the ,sidonians and ,tyrians1 to bring cedar trees from ,libanus to the sea of ,joppe1 according to the orders which ,cyrus king of the ,persians had given them4 #c3h4 ,and in the second year of their coming to the temple of ,god in ,jerusalem1 the second month1 ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 and ,josue the son of ,josedec1 and the rest of their brethren the priests1 and the ,levites1 and all that were come from the captivity to ,jerusalem began1 and they appointed ,levites from twenty years old and upward1 to hasten forward the work of the ,lord4 #c3i4 ,then ,josue and his sons and his brethren1 ,cedmihel1 and his sons1 and the children of ,juda1 as one man1 stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of ,god3 the sons of ,henadad1 and their sons1 and their brethren the ,levites4 #c3aj4 ,and when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the ,lord1 the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets3 and the ,levites the sons of ,asaph with cymbals1 to praise ,god by the hands of ,david king of ,israel4 #c3aa4 ,and they sung together hymns1 and praise to the ,lord3 because he is good1 for his mercy endureth for ever towards ,israel4 ,and all the people shouted with a great shout1 praising the ,lord1 because the foundations of the temple of the ,lord were laid4 #c3ab4 ,but many of the priests and the ,levites1 and the chief of the fathers and the ancients that had seen the former temple2 when they had the foundation of this temple before their eyes1 wept with a loud voice3 and many shouting for joy1 lifted up their voice4 #c3ac4 ,so that one could not distinguish the voice of the shout of joy1 from the noise of the weeping of the people3 for one with another the people shouted with a loud shout1 and the voice was heard afar off4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #d ,the ,samaritans by their letter to the king hinder the building4 #d3a4 ,now the enemies of ,juda and ,benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #d3b4 ,and they came to ,zorobabel1 and the chief of the fathers1 and said to them3 ,let us build with you1 for we seek your ,god as ye do3 behold we have sacrificed to him1 since the days of ,asor ,haddan king of ,assyria1 who brought us hither4 #d3c4 ,but ,zorobabel1 and ,josue1 and the rest of the chief of the fathers of ,israel said to them3 ,you have nothing to do with us to build a house to our ,god1 but we ourselves alone will build to the ,lord our ,god1 as ,cyrus king of the ,persians hath commanded us4 #d3d4 ,then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of ,juda1 and troubled them in building4 #d3e4 ,and they hired counsellors against them1 to frustrate their design all the days of ,cyrus king of ,persia1 even until the reign of ,darius king of the ,persians4 #d3f4 ,and in the reign of ,assuerus1 in the beginning of his reign1 they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of ,juda and ,jerusalem4 ,assuerus4 4 4,otherwise called ,cambyses the son and successor of ,cyrus4 ,he is also in the following verse named ,artaxerxes1 a name common to almost all the kings of ,persia4 #d3g4 ,and in the days of ,artaxerxes1 ,beselam1 ,mithridates1 and ,thabeel1 and the rest that were in the council wrote to ,artaxerxes king of the ,persians3 and the letter of accusation was written in ,syrian1 and was read in the ,syrian tongue4 #d3h4 ,reum ,beelteem1 and ,samsai the scribe wrote a letter from ,jerusalem to king ,artaxerxes1 in this manner3 #d3i4 ,reum ,beelteem1 and ,samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors1 the ,dinites1 and the ,apharsathacites1 the ,therphalites1 the ,apharsites1 the ,erchuites1 the ,babylonians1 the ,susanechites1 the ,dievites1 and the ,elamites1 #d3aj4 ,and the rest of the nations1 whom the great and glorious ,asenaphar brought over3 and made to dwell in the cities of ,samaria and in the rest of the countries of this side of the river in peace4 #d3aa4 7,this is the copy of the letter1 which they sent to him37 ,to ,artaxerxes the king1 thy servants1 the men that are on this side of the river1 send greeting4 #d3ab4 ,be it known to the king1 that the ,jews1 who came up from thee to us1 are come to ,jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city1 which they are building1 setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls4 #d3ac4 ,and now be it known to the king1 that if this city be built up1 and the walls thereof repaired1 they will not pay tribute nor toll1 nor yearly revenues1 and this loss will fall upon the kings4 #d3ad4 ,but we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace1 and because we count it a crime to see the king wronged1 have therefore sent and certified the king1 #d3ae4 ,that search may be made in the books of the histories of thy fathers1 and thou shalt find written in the records3 and shalt know that this city is a rebellious city1 and hurtful to the kings and provinces1 and that wars were raised therein of old time3 for which cause also the city was destroyed4 #d3af4 ,we certify the king1 that if this city be built1 and the walls thereof repaired1 thou shalt have no possession on this side of the river4 #d3ag4 ,the king sent word to ,reum ,beelteem and ,samsai the scribe1 and to the rest that were in their council1 inhabitants of ,samaria1 and to the rest beyond the river1 sending greeting and peace4 #d3ah4 ,the accusation1 which you have sent to us1 hath been plainly read before me1 #d3ai4 ,and ,i commanded3 and search hath been made1 and it is found1 that this city of old time hath rebelled against kings1 and seditions and wars have been raised therein4 #d3bj4 ,for there have been powerful kings in ,jerusalem1 who have had dominion over all the country that is beyond the river3 and have received tribute1 and toll and revenues4 #d3ba4 ,now therefore hear the sentence3 ,hinder those men1 that this city be not built1 till further orders be given by me4 #d3bb4 ,see that you be not negligent in executing this1 lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings4 #d3bc4 ,now the copy of the edict of king ,artaxerxes was read before ,reum ,beelteem1 and ,samsai the scribe1 and their counsellors3 and they went up in haste to ,jerusalem to the ,jews1 and hindered them with arm and power4 #d3bd4 ,then the work of the house of the ,lord in ,jerusalem was interrupted1 and ceased till the second year of the reign of ,darius king of the ,persians4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #e ,by the exhortation of ,aggeus1 and ,zacharias1 the people proceed in building the temple4 ,which their enemies strive in vain to hinder4 #e3a4 ,now ,aggeus the prophet1 and ,zacharias the son of ,addo1 prophesied to the ,jews that were in ,judea and ,jerusalem1 in the name of the ,god of ,israel4 #e3b4 ,then rose up ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 and ,josue the son of ,josedec1 and began to build the temple of ,god in ,jerusalem1 and with them were the prophets of ,god helping them4 #e3c4 ,and at the same time came to them ,thathanai1 who was governor beyond the river1 and ,stharbuzanai1 and their counsellors3 and said thus to them3 ,who hath given you counsel to build this house1 and to repair the walls thereof8 #e3d4 ,in answer to which we gave them the names of the men who were the promoters of that building4 #e3e4 ,but the eye of their ,god was upon the ancients of the ,jews1 and they could not hinder them4 ,and it was agreed that the matter should be referred to ,darius1 and then they should give satisfaction concerning that accusation4 #e3f4 ,the copy of the letter that ,thathanai governor of the country beyond the river1 and ,stharbuzanai1 and his counsellors the ,arphasachites1 who dwelt beyond the river1 sent to ,darius the king4 #e3g4 ,the letter which they sent him1 was written thus3 ,to ,darius the king all peace4 #e3h4 ,be it known to the king1 that we went to the province of ,judea1 to the house of the great ,god1 which they are building with unpolished stones1 and timber is laid in the walls3 and this work is carried on diligently and advanceth in their hands4 #e3i4 ,and we asked those ancients1 and said to them thus3 ,who hath given you authority to build this house1 and to repair these walls8 #e3aj4 ,we asked also of them their names1 that we might give thee notice3 and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them4 #e3aa4 ,and they answered us in these words1 saying3 ,we are the servants of the ,god of heaven and earth1 and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago1 and which a great king of ,israel built and set up4 #e3ab4 ,but after that our fathers had provoked the ,god of heaven to wrath1 he delivered them into the hands of ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon the ,chaldean3 and he destroyed this house1 and carried away the people to ,babylon4 #e3ac4 ,but in the first year of ,cyrus the king of ,babylon1 king ,cyrus set forth a decree1 that this house of ,god should be built4 #e3ad4 ,and the vessels also of gold and silver of the temple of ,god1 which ,nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple1 that was in ,jerusalem1 and had brought them to the temple of ,babylon1 king ,cyrus brought out of the temple of ,babylon1 and they were delivered to one ,sassabasar1 whom also he appointed governor1 #e3ae4 ,and said to him3 ,take these vessels1 and go1 and put them in the temple that is in ,jerusalem1 and let the house of ,god be built in its place4 #e3af4 ,then came this same ,sassabasar1 and laid the foundations of the temple of ,god in ,jerusalem1 and from that time until now it is in building1 and is not yet finished4 #e3ag4 ,now therefore if it seem good to the king1 let him search in the king's library1 which is in ,babylon1 whether it hath been decreed by ,cyrus the king1 that the house of ,god in ,jerusalem should be built1 and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #f ,king ,darius favoureth the building and contributeth to it4 #f3a4 ,then king ,darius gave orders1 and they searched in the library of the books that were laid up in ,babylon1 #f3b4 ,and there was found in ,ecbatana1 which is a castle in the province of ,media1 a book in which this record was written4 #f3c4 ,in the first year of ,cyrus the king3 ,cyrus the king decreed1 that the house of ,god should be built1 which is in ,jerusalem1 in the place where they may offer sacrifices1 and that they lay the foundations that may support the height of threescore cubits1 and the breadth of threescore cubits1 #f3d4 ,three rows of unpolished stones1 and so rows of new timber3 and the charges shall be given out of the king's house4 #f3e4 ,and also let the golden and silver vessels of the temple of ,god1 which ,nabuchodonosor took out of the temple of ,jerusalem1 and brought to ,babylon1 be restored1 and carried back to the temple of ,jerusalem to their place1 which also were placed in the temple of ,god4 #f3f4 ,now therefore ,thathanai1 governor of the country beyond the river1 ,stharbuzanai1 and your counsellors the ,apharsachites1 who are beyond the river1 depart far from them1 #f3g4 ,and let that temple of ,god be built by the governor of the ,jews1 and by their ancients1 that they may build that house of ,god in its place4 #f3h4 ,i also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the ,jews1 that the house of ,god may be built1 to wit1 that of the king's chest1 that is1 of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river1 the charges be diligently given to those men1 lest the work be hindered4 #f3i4 ,and if it shall be necessary1 let calves also1 and lambs1 and kids1 for holocausts to the ,god of heaven1 wheat1 salt1 wine1 and oil1 according to the custom of the priests that are in ,jerusalem1 be given them day by day1 that there be no complaint in any thing4 #f3aj4 ,and let them offer oblations to the ,god of heaven1 and pray for the life of the king1 and of his children4 #f3aa4 ,and ,i have made a decree3 ,that if any whosoever1 shall alter this commandment1 a beam be taken from his house1 and set up1 and he be nailed upon it1 and his house be confiscated4 #f3ab4 ,and may the ,god1 that hath caused his name to dwell there1 destroy all kingdoms1 and the people that shall put out their hand to resist1 and to destroy the house of ,god1 that is in ,jerusalem4 ,i ,darius have made the decree1 which ,i will have diligently complied with4 #f3ac4 ,so then ,thathanai1 governor of the country beyond the river1 and ,stharbuzanai1 and his counsellors diligently executed what ,darius the king had commanded4 #f3ad4 ,and the ancients of the ,jews built1 and prospered according to the prophecy of ,aggeus the prophet1 and of ,zacharias the son of ,addo3 and they built and finished1 by the commandment of the ,god of ,israel1 and by the commandment of ,cyrus1 and ,darius1 and ,artaxerxes kings of the ,persians4 #f3ae4 ,and they were finishing this house of ,god1 until the third day of the month of ,adar1 which was in the sixth year of the reign of king ,darius4 #f3af4 ,and the children of ,israel1 the priests and the ,levites1 and the rest of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of the house of ,god with joy4 #f3ag4 ,and they offered at the dedication of the house of ,god1 a hundred calves1 two hundred rams1 four hundred lambs1 and for a sin offering for all ,israel twelve he goats1 according to the number of the tribes of ,israel4 #f3ah4 ,and they set the priests in their divisions1 and the ,levites in their courses over the works of ,god in ,jerusalem1 as it is written in the book of ,moses4 #f3ai4 ,and the children of ,israel of the captivity kept the phase1 on the fourteenth day of the first month4 #f3bj4 ,for all the priests and the ,levites were purified as one man3 all were clean to kill the phase for all the children of the captivity1 and for their brethren the priests1 and themselves4 #f3ba4 ,and the children of ,israel that were returned from captivity1 and all that had separated themselves from the filthiness of the nations of the earth to them1 to seek the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 did eat4 #f3bb4 ,and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy1 for the ,lord had made them joyful1 and had turned the heart of the king of ,assyria to them1 that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the ,lord the ,god of ,israel4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #g ,esdras goeth up to ,jerusalem to teach1 and assist the people1 with a gracious decree of ,artaxerxes4 #g3a4 ,now after these things in the reign of ,artaxerxes king of the ,persians1 ,esdras the son of ,saraias1 the son of ,azarias1 the son of ,helcias1 #g3b4 ,the son of ,sellum1 the son of ,sadoc1 the son of ,achitob1 #g3c4 ,the son of ,amarias1 the son of ,azarias1 the son of ,maraioth1 #g3d4 ,the son of ,zarahias1 the son of ,ozi1 the son of ,bocci1 #g3e4 ,the son of ,abisue1 the son of ,phinees1 the son of ,eleazar1 the son of ,aaron1 the priest from the beginning4 #g3f4 ,this ,esdras went up from ,babylon1 and he was a ready scribe in the law of ,moses1 which the ,lord ,god had given to ,israel3 and the king granted him all his request1 according to the hand of the ,lord his ,god upon him4 #g3g4 ,and there went up some of the children of ,israel1 and of the children of the priests1 and of the children of the ,levites1 and of the singing men1 and of the porters1 and of the ,nathinites to ,jerusalem in the seventh year of ,artaxerxes the king4 #g3h4 ,and they came to ,jerusalem in the fifth month1 in the seventh year of the king4 #g3i4 ,for upon the first day of the first month he began to go up from ,babylon1 and on the first day of the fifth month he came to ,jerusalem according to the good hand of his ,god upon him4 #g3aj4 ,for ,esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the ,lord1 and to do and to teach in ,israel the commandments and judgment4 #g3aa4 ,and this is the copy of the letter of the edict1 which king ,artaxerxes gave to ,esdras the priest1 the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the ,lord1 and his ceremonies in ,israel4 #g3ab4 ,artaxerxes king of kings to ,esdras the priest1 the most learned scribe of the law of the ,god of heaven1 greeting4 #g3ac4 ,it is decreed by me1 that all they of the people of ,israel1 and of the priests and of the ,levites in my realm1 that are minded to go into ,jerusalem1 should go with thee4 #g3ad4 ,for thou art sent from before the king1 and his seven counsellors1 to visit ,judea and ,jerusalem according to the law of thy ,god1 which is in thy hand4 #g3ae4 ,and to carry the silver and gold1 which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the ,god of ,israel1 whose tabernacle is in ,jerusalem4 #g3af4 ,and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of ,babylon1 and that the people is willing to offer1 and that the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their ,god1 which is in ,jerusalem1 #g3ag4 ,take freely1 and buy diligently with this money1 calves1 rams1 lambs1 with the sacrifices and libations of them1 and offer them upon the altar of the temple of your ,god1 that is in ,jerusalem4 #g3ah4 ,and if it seem good to thee1 and to thy brethren to do any thing with the rest of the silver and gold1 do it according to the will of your ,god4 #g3ai4 ,the vessels also1 that are given thee for the sacrifice of the house of thy ,god1 deliver thou in the sight of ,god in ,jerusalem4 #g3bj4 ,and whatsoever more there shall be need of for the house of thy ,god1 how much soever thou shalt have occasion to spend1 it shall be given out of the treasury1 and the king's exchequer1 and by me4 #g3ba4 ,i ,artaxerxes the king have ordered and decreed to all the keepers of the public chest1 that are beyond the river1 that whatsoever ,esdras the priest1 the scribe of the law of the ,god of heaven1 shall require of you1 you give it without delay1 #g3bb4 ,unto a hundred talents of silver1 and unto a hundred cores of wheat1 and unto a hundred bates of wine1 and unto a hundred bates of oil1 and salt without measure4 #g3bc4 ,all that belongeth to the rites of the ,god of heaven1 let it be given diligently in the house of the ,god of heaven3 lest his wrath should be enkindled against the realm of the king1 and of his sons4 #g3bd4 ,we give you also to understand concerning all the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the singers1 and the porters1 and the ,nathinites1 and ministers of the house of this ,god1 that you have no authority to impose toll or tribute1 or custom upon them4 #g3be4 ,and thou ,esdras according to the wisdom of thy ,god1 which is in thy hand1 appoint judges and magistrates1 that may judge all the people1 that is beyond the river1 that is1 for them who know the law of thy ,god1 yea and the ignorant teach ye freely4 #g3bf4 ,and whosoever will not do the law of thy ,god1 and the law of the king diligently1 judgment shall be executed upon him1 either unto death1 or unto banishment1 or to the confiscation of goods1 or at least to prison4 #g3bg4 ,blessed be the ,lord the ,god of our fathers1 who hath put this in the king's heart1 to glorify the house of the ,lord1 which is in ,jerusalem1 #g3bh4 ,and hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his counsellors1 and all the mighty princes of the king3 and ,i being strengthened by the hand of the ,lord my ,god1 which was upon me1 gathered together out of ,israel chief men to go up with me4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #h ,the companions of ,esdras4 ,the fast which he appointed4 ,they bring the holy vessels into the temple4 #h3a4 ,now these are the chief of families1 and the genealogy of them1 who came up with me from ,babylon in the reign of ,artaxerxes the king4 #h3b4 ,of the sons of ,phinees1 ,gersom4 ,of the sons of ,ithamar1 ,daniel4 ,of the sons of ,david1 ,hattus4 #h3c4 ,of the sons of ,sechenias1 the son of ,pharos1 ,zacharias1 and with him were numbered a hundred and fifty men4 #h3d4 ,of the sons of ,phahath ,moab1 ,eleoenai the son of ,zareha1 and with him two hundred men4 #h3e4 ,of the sons of ,sechenias1 the son of ,ezechiel1 and with him three hundred men4 #h3f4 ,of the sons of ,adan1 ,abed the son of ,jonathan1 and with him fifty men4 #h3g4 ,of the sons of ,alam1 ,isaias the son of ,athalias1 and with him seventy men4 #h3h4 ,of the sons of ,saphatia3 ,zebodia the son of ,michael1 and with him eighty men4 #h3i4 ,of the sons of ,joab1 ,obedia the son of ,jahiel1 and with him two hundred and eighteen men4 #h3aj4 ,of the sons of ,selomith1 the son of ,josphia1 and with him a hundred and sixty men4 #h3aa4 ,of the sons of ,bebai1 ,zacharias the son of ,bebai3 and with him eight and twenty men4 #h3ab4 ,of the sons of ,azgad1 ,joanan the son of ,eccetan1 and with him a hundred and ten men4 #h3ac4 ,of the sons of ,adonicam1 who were the last3 and these are their names3 ,eliphelet1 and ,jehiel1 and ,samaias1 and with them sixty men4 #h3ad4 ,of the sons of ,begui1 ,uthai and ,zachur1 and with them seventy men4 #h3ae4 ,and ,i gathered them together to the river1 which runneth down to ,ahava1 and we stayed there three days3 and ,i sought among the people and among the priests for the sons of ,levi1 and found none there4 #h3af4 ,so ,i sent ,eliezer1 and ,ariel1 and ,semeias1 and ,elnathan1 and ,jarib1 and another ,elnathan1 and ,nathan1 and ,zacharias1 and ,mosollam1 chief men3 and ,joiarib1 and ,elnathan1 wise men4 #h3ag4 ,and ,i sent them to ,eddo1 who is chief in the place of ,chasphia1 and ,i put in their mouth the words that they should speak to ,eddo1 and his brethren the ,nathinites in the place of ,chasphia1 that they should bring us ministers of the house of our ,god4 #h3ah4 ,and by the good hand of our ,god upon us1 they brought us a most learned man of the sons of ,moholi the son of ,levi the son of ,israel1 and ,sarabias and his sons1 and his brethren eighteen1 #h3ai4 ,and ,hasabias1 and with him ,isaias of the sons of ,merari1 and his brethren1 and his sons twenty4 #h3bj4 ,and of the ,nathinites1 whom ,david1 and the princes gave for the service of the ,levites1 ,nathinites two hundred and twenty3 all these were called by their names4 #h3ba4 ,and ,i proclaimed there a fast by the river ,ahava1 that we might afflict ourselves before the ,lord our ,god1 and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children1 and for all our substance4 ,and ,i proclaimed a fast4 4 4,it is not enough to part from ,babylon1 that is1 figuratively from sin1 but we must also do works of penance2 and therefore ,esdras here proclaimed an extraordinary fast to those that were come from captivity4 ,this shews that fasting was commanded and practised from the earliest times4 #h3bb4 ,for ,i was ashamed to ask the king for aid and for horsemen1 to defend us from the enemy in the way3 because we had said to the king3 ,the hand of our ,god is upon all them that seek him in goodness3 and his power and strength1 and wrath upon all them that forsake him4 #h3bc4 ,and we fasted1 and besought our ,god for this3 and it fell out prosperously unto us4 #h3bd4 ,and ,i separated twelve of the chief of the priests1 ,sarabias1 and ,hasabias1 and with them ten of their brethren1 #h3be4 ,and ,i weighed unto them the silver and gold1 and the vessels consecrated for the house of our ,god1 which the king and his counsellors1 and his princes1 and all ,israel1 that were found had offered4 #h3bf4 ,and ,i weighed to their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver1 and a hundred vessels of silver1 and a hundred talents of gold1 #h3bg4 ,and twenty cups of gold1 of a thousand solids1 and two vessels of the best shining brass1 beautiful as gold4 #h3bh4 ,and ,i said to them3 ,you are the holy ones of the ,lord1 and the vessels are holy1 and the silver and gold1 that is freely offered to the ,lord the ,god of our fathers4 #h3bi4 ,watch ye and keep them1 till you deliver them by weight before the chief of the priests1 and of the ,levites1 and the heads of the families of ,israel in ,jerusalem1 into the treasure of the house of the ,lord4 #h3cj4 ,and the priests and the ,levites received the weight of the silver and gold1 and the vessels1 to carry them to ,jerusalem to the house of our ,god4 #h3ca4 ,then we set forward from the river ,ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to ,jerusalem3 and the hand of our ,god was upon us1 and delivered us from the hand of the enemy1 and of such as lay in wait by the way4 #h3cb4 ,and we came to ,jerusalem1 and we stayed there three days4 #h3cc4 ,and on the fourth day the silver and the gold1 and the vessels were weighed in the house of our ,god by the hand of ,meremoth the son of ,urias the priest1 and with him was ,eleazar the son of ,phinees1 and with them ,jozabad the son of ,josue1 and ,noadaia the son of ,benoi1 ,levites4 #h3cd4 ,according to the number and weight of everything3 and all the weight was written at that time4 #h3ce4 ,moreover the children of them that had been carried away that were come out of the captivity1 offered holocausts to the ,god of ,israel1 twelve calves for all the people of ,israel1 ninety-six rams1 seventy-seven lambs1 and twelve he goats for sin3 all for a holocaust to the ,lord4 #h3cf4 ,and they gave the king's edicts to the lords that were from the king's court1 and the governors beyond the river1 and they furthered the people and the house of ,god4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #i ,esdras mourneth for the transgression of the people3 his confession and prayer4 #i3a4 ,and after these things were accomplished1 the princes came to me1 saying3 ,the people of ,israel1 and the priests and ,levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands1 and from their abominations1 namely1 of the ,chanaanites1 and the ,hethites1 and the ,pherezites1 and the ,jebusites1 and the ,ammonites1 and the ,moabites1 and the ,egyptians1 and the ,amorrhites4 ,this shows how sinful it is to intermarry with those that the ,church forbids us1 on account of the danger of perversion and falling off from the true faith4 #i3b4 ,for they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons1 and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands4 ,and the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression4 #i3c4 ,and when ,i had heard this word1 ,i rent my mantle and my coat1 and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard1 and ,i sat down mourning4 #i3d4 ,and there were assembled to me all that feared the ,god of ,israel1 because of the transgression of those that were come from the captivity1 and ,i sat sorrowful1 until the evening sacrifice4 #i3e4 ,and at the evening sacrifice ,i rose up from my affliction1 and having rent my mantle and my garment1 ,i fell upon my knees1 and spread out my hands to the ,lord my ,god1 #i3f4 ,and said3 ,my ,god ,i am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee3 for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads1 and our sins are grown up even unto heaven1 #i3g4 ,from the days of our fathers3 and we ourselves also have sinned grievously unto this day1 and for our iniquities we and our kings1 and our priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the lands1 and to the sword1 and to captivity1 and to spoil1 and to confusion of face1 as it is at this day4 #i3h4 ,and now as a little1 and for a moment has our prayer been made before the ,lord our ,god1 to leave us a remnant1 and give us a pin in his holy place1 and that our ,god would enlighten our eyes1 and would give us a little life in our bondage4 ,a pin4 4 4or nail1 here signifies a small settlement or holding2 which ,esdras begs for1 to preserve even a part of the people1 who1 by their great iniquity had incurred the anger of ,god4 #i3i4 ,for we are bondmen1 and in our bondage our ,god hath not forsaken us1 but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the ,persians1 to give us life1 and to set up the house of our ,god1 and to rebuild the desolations thereof1 and to give us a fence in ,juda and ,jerusalem4 #i3aj4 ,and now1 ,o our ,god1 what shall we say after this8 for we have forsaken thy commandments1 #i3aa4 ,which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets1 saying3 ,the land which you go to possess1 is an unclean land1 according to the uncleanness of the people1 and of other lands1 with their abominations1 who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth4 #i3ab4 ,now therefore give not your daughters to their sons1 and take not their daughters for your sons1 and seek not their peace1 nor their prosperity for ever3 that you may be strengthened1 and may eat the good things of the land1 and may have your children your heirs for ever4 #i3ac4 ,and after all that is come upon us1 for our most wicked deeds1 and our great sin1 seeing that thou our ,god hast saved us from our iniquity1 and hast given us a deliverance as at this day1 #i3ad4 ,that we should not turn away1 nor break thy commandments1 nor join in marriage with the people of these abominations4 ,art thou angry with us unto utter destruction1 not to leave us a remnant to be saved8 #i3ae4 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 thou art just3 for we remain yet to be saved as at this day4 ,behold we are before thee in our sin1 for there can be no standing before thee in this matter4 #a ,esdras ,chapter #aj ,order is given for discharging strange women3 the names of the guilty4 #aj3a4 ,now when ,esdras was thus praying1 and beseeching1 and weeping1 and lying before the temple of ,god1 there was gathered to him of ,israel an exceeding great assembly of men and women and children1 and the people wept with much lamentation4 #aj3b4 ,and ,sechenias the son of ,jehiel of the sons of ,elam answered1 and said to ,esdras3 ,we have sinned against our ,god1 and have taken strange wives of the people of the land3 and now if there be repentance in ,israel concerning this1 #aj3c4 ,let us make a covenant with the ,lord our ,god1 to put away all the wives1 and such as are born of them1 according to the will of the ,lord1 and of them that fear the commandment of the ,lord our ,god3 let it be done according to the law4 #aj3d4 ,arise1 it is thy part to give orders1 and we will be with thee3 take courage1 and do it4 #aj3e4 ,so ,esdras arose1 and made the chiefs of the priests and of the ,levites1 and all ,israel1 to swear that they would do according to this word1 and they swore4 #aj3f4 ,and ,esdras rose up from before the house of ,god1 and went to the chamber of ,johanan the son of ,eliasib1 and entered in thither3 he ate no bread1 and drank no water3 for he mourned for the transgression of them that were come out of the captivity4 #aj3g4 ,and proclamation was made in ,juda and ,jerusalem to all the children of the captivity1 that they should assemble together into ,jerusalem4 #aj3h4 ,and that whosoever would not come within three days1 according to the counsel of the princes and the ancients1 all his substance should be taken away1 and he should be cast out of the company of them that were returned from captivity4 #aj3i4 ,then all the men of ,juda1 and ,benjamin gathered themselves together to ,jerusalem within three days1 in the ninth month1 the twentieth day of the month3 and all the people sat in the street of the house of ,god1 trembling because of the sin1 and the rain4 #aj3aj4 ,and ,esdras the priest stood up1 and said to them3 ,you have transgressed1 and taken strange wives1 to add to the sins of ,israel4 #aj3aa4 ,and now make confession to the ,lord the ,god of your fathers1 and do his pleasure1 and separate yourselves from the people of the land1 and from your strange wives4 #aj3ab4 ,and all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice3 ,according to thy word unto us1 so be it done4 #aj3ac4 ,but as the people are many1 and it is time of rain1 and we are not able to stand without1 and it is not a work of one day or two1 7for we have exceedingly sinned in this matter17 #aj3ad4 ,let rulers be appointed in all the multitude3 and in all our cities1 let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed1 and with them the ancients and the judges of every city1 until the wrath of our ,god be turned away from us for this sin4 #aj3ae4 ,then ,jonathan the son of ,azahel1 and ,jaasia the son of ,thecua were appointed over this1 and ,mesollam and ,sebethai1 ,levites1 helped them3 #aj3af4 ,and the children of the captivity did so4 ,and ,esdras the priest1 and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers1 and all by their names1 went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter4 #aj3ag4 ,and they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month4 #aj3ah4 ,and there were found among the sons of the priests that had taken strange wives3 ,of the sons of ,josue the son of ,josedec1 and his brethren1 ,maasia1 and ,eliezer1 and ,jarib1 and ,godolia4 #aj3ai4 ,and they gave their hands to put away their wives1 and to offer for their offence a ram of the flock4 #aj3bj4 ,and of the sons of ,emmer1 ,hanani1 and ,zebedia4 #aj3ba4 ,and of the sons of ,harim1 ,maasia1 and ,elia1 and ,semeia1 and ,jehiel1 and ,ozias4 #aj3bb4 ,and of the sons of ,pheshur1 ,elioenai1 ,maasia1 ,ismael1 ,nathanael1 ,jozabed1 and ,elasa4 #aj3bc4 ,and of the sons of the ,levites1 ,jozabed1 and ,semei1 and ,celaia1 the same is ,calita1 ,phataia1 ,juda1 and ,eliezer4 #aj3bd4 ,and of the singing men1 ,elisiab3 and of the porters1 ,sellum1 and ,telem1 and ,uri4 #aj3be4 ,and of ,israel1 of the sons of ,pharos1 ,remeia1 and ,jezia1 and ,melchia1 and ,miamin1 and ,eliezer1 and ,melchia1 and ,banea4 #aj3bf4 ,and of the sons of ,elam1 ,mathania1 ,zacharias1 and ,jehiel1 and ,abdi1 and ,jerimoth1 and ,elia4 #aj3bg4 ,and of the sons of ,zethua1 ,elioenai1 ,eliasib1 ,mathania1 ,jerimuth1 and ,zabad1 and ,aziaza4 #aj3bh4 ,and of the sons of ,babai1 ,johanan1 ,hanania1 ,zabbai1 ,athalai3 #aj3bi4 ,and of the sons of ,bani1 ,mosollam1 and ,melluch1 and ,adaia1 ,jasub1 and ,saal1 and ,ramoth4 #aj3cj4 ,and of the sons of ,phahath1 ,moab1 ,edna1 and ,chalal1 ,banaias1 and ,maasias1 ,mathanias1 ,beseleel1 ,bennui1 and ,manasse4 #aj3ca4 ,and of the sons of ,herem1 ,eliezer1 ,josue1 ,melchias1 ,semeias1 ,simeon1 #aj3cb4 ,benjamin1 ,maloch1 ,samarias4 #aj3cc4 ,and of the sons of ,hasom1 ,mathanai1 ,mathatha1 ,zabad1 ,eliphelet1 ,jermai1 ,manasse1 ,semei4 #aj3cd4 ,of the sons of ,bani1 ,maaddi1 ,amram1 and ,uel1 #aj3ce4 ,baneas1 and ,badaias1 ,cheliau1 #aj3cf4 ,vania1 ,marimuth1 and ,eliasib1 #aj3cg4 ,mathanias1 ,mathania1 and ,jasi1 #aj3ch4 ,and ,bani1 and ,bennui1 ,semei1 #aj3ci4 ,and ,salmias1 and ,nathan1 and ,adaias1 #aj3dj4 ,and ,mechnedebai1 ,sisai1 ,sarai1 #aj3da4 ,ezrel1 and ,selemiau1 ,semeria1 #aj3db4 ,sellum1 ,amaria1 ,joseph4 #aj3dc4 ,of the sons of ,nebo1 ,jehiel1 ,mathathias1 ,zabad1 ,zabina1 ,jeddu1 and ,joel1 and ,banaia4 #aj3dd4 ,all these had taken strange wives1 and there were among them women that had borne children4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,nehemias1 ,,which ,,is ,,called ,,the ,,second ,,of ,,esdras ,this ,book takes its name from the writer1 who was cupbearer to ,artaxerxes 7surnamed ,longimanus7 king of ,persia1 and was sent by him with a commission to rebuild the walls of ,jerusalem4 ,it is also called the second book of ,esdras2 because it is a continuation of the history1 begun by ,esdras1 of the state of the people of ,god after their return from captivity4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #a ,nehemias hearing the miserable state of his countrymen in ,judea1 lamenteth1 fasteth1 and prayeth to ,god for their relief4 #a3a4 ,the words of ,nehemias the son of ,helchias4 ,and it came to pass in the month of ,casleu1 in the twentieth year1 as ,i was in the castle of ,susa1 #a3b4 ,that ,hanani one of my brethren came1 he and some men of ,juda2 and ,i asked them concerning the ,jews1 that remained and were left of the captivity1 and concerning ,jerusalem4 #a3c4 ,and they said to me3 ,they that have remained1 and are left of the captivity there in the province1 are in great affliction1 and reproach3 and the wall of ,jerusalem is broken down1 and the gates thereof are burnt with fire4 #a3d4 ,and when ,i had heard these words1 ,i sat down1 and wept1 and mourned for many days3 and ,i fasted1 and prayed before the face of the ,god of heaven4 #a3e4 ,and ,i said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord ,god of heaven1 strong1 great1 and terrible1 who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee1 and keep thy commandments3 #a3f4 ,let thy ears be attentive1 and thy eyes open1 to hear the prayer of thy servant1 which ,i pray before thee now1 night and day1 for the children of ,israel thy servants3 and ,i confess the sins of the children of ,israel1 by which they have sinned against thee3 ,i and my father's house have sinned4 #a3g4 ,we have been seduced by vanity1 and have not kept thy commandments1 and ceremonies and judgments1 which thou hast commanded thy servant ,moses4 #a3h4 ,remember the word that thou commandedst to ,moses thy servant1 saying3 ,if you shall transgress1 ,i will scatter you abroad among the nations3 #a3i4 ,but if you return to me1 and keep my commandments1 and do them1 though you should be led away to the uttermost parts of the world1 ,i will gather you from thence1 and bring you back to the place which ,i have chosen for my name to dwell there4 #a3aj4 ,and these are thy servants1 and thy people3 whom thou hast redeemed by thy great strength1 and by thy mighty hand4 #a3aa4 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant1 and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy name3 and direct thy servant this day1 and give him mercy before this man4 ,for ,i was the king's cupbearer4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #b ,nehemias with commission from king ,artaxerxes cometh to ,jerusalem3 and exhorteth the ,jews to rebuild the walls4 #b3a4 ,and it came to pass in the month of ,nisan1 in the twentieth year of ,artaxerxes the king3 that wine was before him1 and ,i took up the wine1 and gave it to the king3 and ,i was as one languishing away before his face4 #b3b4 ,and the king said to me3 ,why is thy countenance sad1 seeing thou dost not appear to be sick8 this is not without cause1 but some evil1 ,i know not what1 is in thy heart4 ,and ,i was seized with an exceeding great fear3 #b3c4 ,and ,i said to the king3 ,o king1 live for ever3 why should not my countenance be sorrowful1 seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate1 and the gates thereof are burnt with fire8 #b3d4 ,then the king said to me3 ,for what dost thou make request8 ,and ,i prayed to the ,god of heaven1 #b3e4 ,and ,i said to the king3 ,if it seem good to the king1 and if thy servant hath found favour in thy sight1 that thou wouldst send me into ,judea to the city of the sepulchre of my father1 and ,i will build it4 #b3f4 ,and the king said to me1 and the queen that sat by him3 ,for how long shall thy journey be1 and when wilt thou return8 ,and it pleased the king1 and he sent me3 and ,i fixed him a time4 #b3g4 ,and ,i said to the king3 ,if it seem good to the king1 let him give me letters to the governors of the country beyond the river1 that they convey me over1 till ,i come into ,judea3 #b3h4 ,and a letter to ,asaph the keeper of the king's forest1 to give me timber that ,i may cover the gates of the tower of the house1 and the walls of the city1 and the house that ,i shall enter into4 ,and the king gave me according to the good hand of my ,god with me4 #b3i4 ,and ,i came to the governors of the country beyond the river1 and gave them the king's letters4 ,and the king had sent with me captains of soldiers1 and horsemen4 #b3aj4 ,and ,sanaballat the ,horonite1 and ,tobias the servant1 the ,ammonite1 heard it1 and it grieved them exceedingly1 that a man was come1 who sought the prosperity of the children of ,israel4 #b3aa4 ,and ,i came to ,jerusalem1 and was there three days4 #b3ab4 ,and ,i arose in the night1 ,i and some few men with me1 and ,i told not any man what ,god had put in my heart to do in ,jerusalem1 and there was no beast with me1 but the beast that ,i rode upon4 #b3ac4 ,and ,i went out by night by the gate of the valley1 and before the dragon fountain1 and to the dung gate1 and ,i viewed the wall of ,jerusalem which was broken down1 and the gates thereof which were consumed with fire4 #b3ad4 ,and ,i passed to the gate of the fountain1 and to the king's aqueduct1 and there was no place for the beast on which ,i rode to pass4 #b3ae4 ,and ,i went up in the night by the torrent1 and viewed the wall1 and going back ,i came to the gate of the valley1 and returned4 #b3af4 ,but the magistrates knew not whither ,i went1 or what ,i did3 neither had ,i as yet told any thing to the ,jews1 or to the priests1 or to the nobles1 or to the magistrates1 or to the rest that did the work4 #b3ag4 ,then ,i said to them3 ,you know the affliction wherein we are1 because ,jerusalem is desolate1 and the gates thereof are consumed with fire3 come1 and let us build up the walls of ,jerusalem1 and let us be no longer a reproach4 #b3ah4 ,and ,i shewed them how the hand of my ,god was good with me1 and the king's words1 which he had spoken to me1 and ,i said3 ,let us rise up1 and build4 ,and their hands were strengthened in good4 #b3ai4 ,but ,sanaballat the ,horonite1 and ,tobias the servant1 the ,ammonite1 and ,gossem the ,arabian heard of it1 and they scoffed at us1 and despised us1 and said3 ,what is this thing that you do8 are you going to rebel against the king8 #b3bj4 ,and ,i answered them1 and said to them3 ,the ,god of heaven he helpeth us1 and we are his servants3 let us rise up and build3 but you have no part1 nor justice1 nor remembrance in ,jerusalem4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #c ,they begin to build the walls3 the names and order of the builders4 #c3a4 ,then ,eliasib the high priest arose1 and his brethren the priests1 and they built the flock gate3 they sanctified it1 and set up the doors thereof1 even unto the tower of a hundred cubits they sanctified it unto the tower of ,hananeel4 #c3b4 ,and next to him the men of ,jericho built3 and next to them built ,zachur the son of ,amri4 #c3c4 ,but the fish gate the sons of ,asnaa built3 they covered it1 and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks1 and the bars4 ,and next to them built ,marimuth the son of ,urias the son of ,accus4 #d4 ,and next to him built ,mosollam the son of ,barachias1 the son of ,merezebel1 and next to them built ,sadoc the son of ,baana4 #e4 ,and next to them the ,thecuites built3 but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their ,lord4 #c3f4 ,and ,joiada the son of ,phasea1 and ,mosollam the son of ,besodia built the old gate3 they covered it and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks1 and the bars4 #c3g4 ,and next to them built ,meltias the ,gabaonite1 and ,jadon the ,meronathite1 the men of ,gabaon and ,maspha1 for the governor that was in the country beyond the river4 #c3h4 ,and next to him built ,eziel the son of ,araia the goldsmith3 and next to him built ,ananias the son of the perfumer3 and they left ,jerusalem unto the wall of the broad street4 #c3i4 ,and next to him built ,raphaia the son of ,hur1 lord of the street of ,jerusalem4 #c3aj4 ,and next to him ,jedaia the son of ,haromaph over against his own house3 and next to him built ,hattus the son of ,hasebonia4 #c3aa4 ,melchias the son of ,herem1 and ,hasub the son of ,phahath ,moab1 built half the street1 and the tower of the furnaces4 #c3ab4 ,and next to him built ,sellum the son of ,alohes1 lord of half the street of ,jerusalem1 he and his daughters4 #c3ac4 ,and the gate of the valley ,hanun built1 and the inhabitants of ,zanoe3 they built it1 and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks1 and the bars1 and a thousand cubits in the wall unto the gate of the dunghill4 #c3ad4 ,and the gate of the dunghill ,melchias the son of ,rechab built1 lord of the street of ,bethacharam3 he built it1 and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks1 and the bars4 #c3ae4 ,and the gate of the fountain1 ,sellum1 the son of ,cholhoza1 built1 lord of the street of ,maspha3 he built it1 and covered it1 and set up the doors thereof1 and the locks1 and the bars1 and the walls of the pool of ,siloe unto the king's guard1 and unto the steps that go down from the city of ,david4 #c3af4 ,after him built ,nehemias the son of ,azboc1 lord of half the street of ,bethsur1 as far as over against the sepulchre of ,david1 and to the pool1 that was built with great labour1 and to the house of the mighty4 #c3ag4 ,after him built the ,levites1 ,rehum the son of ,benni4 ,after him built ,hasebias1 lord of half the street of ,ceila in his own street4 #c3ah4 ,after him built their brethren ,bavai the son of ,enadad1 lord of half ,ceila4 #c3ai4 ,and next to him ,aser the son of ,josue1 lord of ,maspha1 built another measure1 over against the going up of the strong corner4 #c3bj4 ,after him in the mount ,baruch the son of ,zachai built another measure1 from the corner to the door of the house of ,eliasib the high priest4 #c3ba4 ,after him ,merimuth the son of ,urias the son of ,haccus1 built another measure1 from the door of the house of ,eliasib1 to the end of the house of ,eliasib4 #c3bb4 ,and after him built the priests1 the men of the plains of the ,jordan4 #c3bc4 ,after him built ,benjamin and ,hasub1 over against their own house3 and after him built ,azarias the son of ,maasias the son of ,ananias over against his house4 #c3bd4 ,after him built ,bennui the son of ,hanadad another measure1 from the house of ,azarias unto the bending1 and unto the corner4 #c3be4 ,phalel1 the son of ,ozi1 over against the bending and the tower1 which lieth out from the king's high house1 that is1 in the court of the prison3 after him ,phadaia the son of ,pharos4 #c3bf4 ,and the ,nathinites dwelt in ,ophel1 as far as over against the water gate toward the east1 and the tower that stood out4 #c3bg4 ,after him the ,thecuites built another measure over against1 from the great tower that standeth out unto the wall of the temple4 #c3bh4 ,and upward from the horse gate the priests built1 every man over against his house4 #c3bi4 ,after them built ,sadoc the son of ,emmer over against his house4 ,and after him built ,semaia the son of ,sechenias1 keeper of the east gate4 #c3cj4 ,after him built ,hanania the son of ,selemia1 and ,hanun the sixth son of ,seleph1 another measure3 after him built ,mosollam the son of ,barachias over against his treasury4 ,after him ,melcias the goldsmith's son built unto the house of the ,nathinites1 and of the sellers of small wares1 over against the judgment gate1 and unto the chamber of the corner4 #c3ca4 ,and within the chamber of the corner of the flock gate1 the goldsmiths and the merchants built4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #d ,the building is carried on notwithstanding the opposition of their enemies4 #d3a4 ,and it came to pass1 that when ,sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry3 and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the ,jews4 #d3b4 ,and said before his brethren1 and the multitude of the ,samaritans3 ,what are the silly ,jews doing8 ,will the ,gentiles let them alone8 will they sacrifice and make an end in a day8 are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish1 which are burnt8 #d3c4 ,tobias also the ,ammonite who was by him said3 ,let them build3 if a fox go up1 he will leap over their stone wall4 #d3d4 ,hear thou our ,god1 for we are despised3 turn their reproach upon their own head1 and give them to be despised in a land of captivity4 #d3e4 ,cover not their iniquity1 and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face1 because they have mocked thy builders4 #d3f4 ,so we built the wall1 and joined it all together unto the half thereof3 and the heart of the people was excited to work4 #d3g4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,sanaballat1 and ,tobias1 and the ,arabians1 and the ,ammonites1 and the ,azotians heard that the walls of ,jerusalem were made up1 and the breaches began to be closed1 that they were exceedingly angry4 #d3h4 ,and they all assembled themselves together1 to come1 and to fight against ,jerusalem1 and to prepare ambushes4 #d3i4 ,and we prayed to our ,god1 and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them4 #d3aj4 ,and ,juda said3 ,the strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed1 and the rubbish is very much1 and we shall not be able to build the wall4 #d3aa4 ,and our enemies said3 ,let them not know1 nor understand1 till we come in the midst of them1 and kill them1 and cause the work to cease4 #d3ab4 ,and it came to pass1 that when the ,jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times1 out of all the places from whence they came to us1 #d3ac4 ,i set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order1 with their swords1 and spears1 and bows4 #d3ad4 ,and ,i looked and rose up3 and ,i said to the chief men and the magistrates1 and to the rest of the common people3 be not afraid of them4 ,remember the ,lord who is great and terrible1 and fight for your brethren1 your sons1 and your daughters1 and your wives1 and your houses4 #d3ae4 ,and it came to pass1 when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us1 that ,god defeated their counsel4 ,and we returned all of us to the walls1 every man to his work4 #d3af4 ,and it came to pass from that day forward1 that half of their young men did the work1 and half were ready for to fight1 with spears1 and shields1 and bows1 and coats of mail1 and the rulers were behind them in all the house of ,juda4 #d3ag4 ,of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens1 and that laded3 with one of his hands he did the work1 and with the other he held a sword4 #d3ah4 ,for every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins4 ,and they built1 and sounded with a trumpet by me4 #d3ai4 ,and ,i said to the nobles1 and to the magistrates1 and to the rest of the common people3 ,the work is great and wide1 and we are separated on the wall one far from another3 #d3bj4 ,in what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet1 run all thither unto us3 our ,god will fight for us4 #d3ba4 ,and let us do the work3 and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning1 till the stars appear4 #d3bb4 ,at that time also ,i said to the people3 ,let every one with his servant stay in the midst of ,jerusalem1 and let us take our turns in the night1 and by day1 to work4 #d3bc4 ,now ,i and my brethren1 and my servants1 and the watchmen that followed me1 did not put off our clothes3 only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #e ,nehemias blameth the rich1 for their oppressing the poor4 ,his exhortation1 and bounty to his countrymen4 #e3a4 ,now there was a great cry of the people1 and of their wives against their brethren the ,jews4 #e3b4 ,and there were some that said3 ,our sons and our daughters are very many3 let us take up corn for the price of them1 and let us eat and live4 #e3c4 ,and there were some that said3 ,let us mortgage our lands1 and our vineyards1 and our houses1 and let us take corn because of the famine4 #e3d4 ,and others said3 ,let us borrow money for the king's tribute1 and let us give up our fields and vineyards3 #e3e4 ,and now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren3 and our children as their children4 ,behold we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters1 and some of our daughters are bondwomen already1 neither have we wherewith to redeem them1 and our fields and our vineyards other men possess4 #e3f4 ,and ,i was exceedingly angry when ,i heard their cry according to these words4 #e3g4 ,and my heart thought with myself3 and ,i rebuked the nobles and magistrates1 and said to them3 ,do you every one exact usury of your brethren8 ,and ,i gathered together a great assembly against them1 #e3h4 ,and ,i said to them3 ,we1 as you know1 have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the ,jews1 that were sold to the ,gentiles3 and will you then sell your brethren1 for us to redeem them8 ,and they held their peace1 and found not what to answer4 #e3i4 ,and ,i said to them3 ,the thing you do is not good3 why walk you not in the fear of our ,god1 that we be not exposed to the reproaches of the ,gentiles our enemies8 #e3aj4 ,both ,i and my brethren1 and my servants1 have lent money and corn to many3 let us all agree not to call for it again2 let us forgive the debt that is owing to us4 #e3aa4 ,restore ye to them this day their fields1 and their vineyards1 and their oliveyards1 and their houses3 and the hundredth part of the money1 and of the corn1 the wine1 and the oil1 which you were wont to exact of them1 give it rather for them4 #e3ab4 ,and they said3 ,we will restore1 and we will require nothing of them3 and we will do as thou sayest4 ,and ,i called the priests and took an oath of them1 to do according to what ,i had said4 #e3ac4 ,moreover ,i shook my lap1 and said3 ,so may ,god shake every man that shall not accomplish this word1 out of his house1 and out of his labours1 thus may he be shaken out1 and become empty4 ,and all the multitude said3 ,amen4 ,and they praised ,god4 ,and the people did according to what was said4 #e3ad4 ,and from the day1 in which the king commanded me to be governor in the land of ,juda1 from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of ,artaxerxes the king1 for twelve years1 ,i and my brethren did not eat the yearly allowance that was due to the governors4 #e3ae4 ,but the former governors that had been before me1 were chargeable to the people1 and took of them in bread1 and wine1 and in money every day forty sicles3 and their officers also oppressed the people4 ,but ,i did not so for the fear of ,god4 #e3af4 ,moreover ,i built in the work of the wall1 and ,i bought no land1 and all my servants were gathered together to the work4 #e3ag4 ,the ,jews also and the magistrates to the number of one hundred and fifty men1 were at my table1 besides them that came to us from among the nations that were round about us4 #e3ah4 ,and there was prepared for me day be day one ox1 and six choice rams1 besides fowls1 and once in ten days ,i gave store of divers wines1 and many other things3 yet ,i did not require my yearly allowance as governor3 for the people were very much impoverished4 #e3ai4 ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 for good according to all that ,i have done for this people4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #f ,the enemies seek to terrify ,nehemias4 ,he proceedeth and finisheth the wall4 #f3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,sanaballat1 and ,tobias1 and ,gossem the ,arabian1 and the rest of our enemies1 heard that ,i had built the wall1 and that there was no breach left in it1 7though at that time ,i had not set up the doors in the gates17 #f3b4 ,sanaballat and ,gossem sent to me1 saying3 ,come1 and let us make a league together in the villages1 in the plain of ,ono4 ,but they thought to do me mischief4 #f3c4 ,and ,i sent messengers to them1 saying3 ,i am doing a great work1 and ,i cannot come down1 lest it be neglected whilst ,i come1 and go down to you4 #f3d4 ,and they sent to me according to this word1 four times3 and ,i answered them after the same manner4 #f3e4 ,and ,sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time according to the former word1 and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner3 #f3f4 ,it is reported amongst the ,gentiles1 and ,gossem hath said it1 that thou and the ,jews think to rebel1 and therefore thou buildest the wall1 and hast a mind to set thyself king over them3 for which end #f3g4 ,thou hast also set up prophets1 to preach of thee at ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,there is a king in ,judea4 ,the king will hear of these things3 therefore come now1 that we may take counsel together4 #f3h4 ,and ,i sent to them1 saying3 ,there is no such thing done as thou sayest3 but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart4 #f3i4 ,for all these men thought to frighten us1 thinking that our hands would cease from the work1 and that we would leave off4 ,wherefore ,i strengthened my hands the more3 #f3aj4 ,and ,i went into the house of ,samaia the son of ,delaia1 the son of ,metabeel privately4 ,and he said3 ,let us consult together in the house of ,god in the midst of the temple3 and let us shut the doors of the temple1 for they will come to kill thee1 and in the night they will come to slay thee4 #f3aa4 ,and ,i said3 ,should such a man as ,i flee8 and who is there that being as ,i am1 would go into the temple1 to save his life8 ,i will not go in4 #f3ab4 ,and ,i understood that ,god had not sent him1 but that he had spoken to me as if he had been prophesying1 and ,tobias1 and ,sanaballat had hired him4 #f3ac4 ,for he had taken money1 that ,i being afraid should do this thing1 and sin1 and they might have some evil to upbraid me withal4 #f3ad4 ,remember me1 ,o ,lord1 for ,tobias and ,sanaballat1 according to their works of this kind3 and ,noadias the prophet1 and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear4 #f3ae4 ,but the wall was finished the five and twentieth day of the month of ,elul1 in two and fifty days4 #f3af4 ,and it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it1 that all nations which were round about us1 were afraid1 and were cast down within themselves1 for they perceived that this work was the work of ,god4 #f3ag4 ,moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the ,jews to ,tobias1 and from ,tobias there came letters to them4 #f3ah4 ,for there were many in ,judea sworn to him1 because he was the son in law of ,sechenias the son of ,area1 and ,johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of ,mosollam the son of ,barachias4 #f3ai4 ,and they praised him also before me1 and they related my words to him3 ,and ,tobias sent letters to put me in fear4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #g ,nehemias appointeth watchmen in ,jerusalem4 ,the list of those who came first from ,babylon4 #g3a4 ,now after the wall was built1 and ,i had set up the doors1 and numbered the porters and singing men1 and ,levites3 #g3b4 ,i commanded ,hanani my brother1 and ,hananias ruler of the house of ,jerusalem1 7for he seemed as a sincere man1 and one that feared ,god above the rest17 #g3c4 ,and ,i said to them3 ,let not the gates of ,jerusalem be opened till the sun be hot4 ,and while they were yet standing by the gates were shut1 and barred3 and ,i set watchmen of the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 every one by their courses1 and every man over against his house4 #g3d4 ,and the city was very wide and great1 and the people few in the midst thereof1 and the houses were not built4 #g3e4 ,but ,god had put in my heart1 and ,i assembled the princes and magistrates1 and common people1 to number them3 and ,i found a book of the number of them who came up at first and therein it was found written3 #g3f4 ,these are the children of the province1 who came up from the captivity of them that had been carried away1 whom ,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon had carried away1 and who returned into ,judea1 every one into his own city4 #g3g4 ,who came with ,zorobabel1 ,josue1 ,nehemias1 ,azarias1 ,raamias1 ,nahamani1 ,mardochai1 ,belsam1 ,mespharath1 ,begoia1 ,nahum1 ,baana4 ,the number of the men of the people of ,israel3 #g3h4 ,the children of ,pharos1 two thousand one hundred seventy-two4 #g3i4 ,the children of ,sephatia1 three hundred seventy-two4 #g3aj4 ,the children of ,area1 six hundred fifty-two4 #g3aa4 ,the children of ,phahath ,moab of the children of ,josue and ,joab1 two thousand eight hundred eighteen4 #g3ab4 ,the children of ,elam1 one thousand two hundred fifty-four4 #g3ac4 ,the children of ,zethua1 eight hundred forty-five4 #g3ad4 ,the children of ,zachai1 seven hundred sixty4 #g3ae4 ,the children of ,bannui1 six hundred forty-eight4 #g3af4 ,the children of ,bebai1 six hundred twenty-eight4 #g3ag4 ,the children of ,azgad1 two thousand three hundred twenty-two4 #g3ah4 ,the children of ,adonicam1 six hundred sixty-seven4 #g3ai4 ,the children of ,beguai1 two thousand sixty-seven4 #g3bj4 ,the children of ,adin1 six hundred fifty-five4 #g3ba4 ,the children of ,ater1 children of ,hezechias1 ninety-eight4 #g3bb4 ,the children of ,hasem1 three hundred twenty-eight4 #g3bc4 ,the children of ,besai1 three hundred twenty-four4 #g3bd4 ,the children of ,hareph1 a hundred and twelve4 #g3be4 ,the children of ,gabaon1 ninety-five4 #g3bf4 ,the children of ,bethlehem1 and ,netupha1 a hundred eighty-eight4 #g3bg4 ,the men of ,anathoth1 a hundred twenty-eight4 #g3bh4 ,the men of ,bethazmoth1 forty-two4 #g3bi4 ,the men of ,cariathiarim1 ,cephira1 and ,beroth1 seven hundred forty-three4 #g3cj4 ,the men of ,rama and ,geba1 six hundred twenty-one4 #g3ca4 ,the men of ,machmas1 a hundred twenty-two4 #g3cb4 ,the men of ,bethel and ,hai1 a hundred twenty-three4 #g3cc4 ,the men of the other ,nebo1 fifty-two4 #g3cd4 ,the men of the other ,elam1 one thousand two hundred fifty-four4 #g3ce4 ,the children of ,harem1 three hundred and twenty4 #g3cf4 ,the children of ,jericho1 three hundred forty-five4 #g3cg4 ,the children of ,lod1 of ,hadid and ,ono1 seven hundred twenty-one4 #g3ch4 ,the children of ,senaa1 three thousand nine hundred thirty4 #g3ci4 ,the priests3 the children of ,idaia in the house of ,josue1 nine hundred and seventy-three4 #g3dj4 ,the children of ,emmer1 one thousand fifty-two4 #g3da4 ,the children of ,phashur1 one thousand two hundred forty-seven4 #g3db4 ,the children of ,arem1 one thousand and seventeen4 ,the ,levites3 #g3dc4 ,the children of ,josue and ,cedmihel1 the sons #g3dd4 ,of ,oduia1 seventy-four4 ,the singing men3 #g3de4 ,the children of ,asaph1 a hundred forty-eight4 #g3df4 ,the porters3 the children of ,sellum1 the children of ,ater1 the children of ,telmon1 the children of ,accub1 the children of ,hatita1 the children of ,sobai3 a hundred thirty-eight4 #g3dg4 ,the ,nathinites3 the children of ,soha1 the children of ,hasupha1 the children of ,tebbaoth1 #g3dh4 ,the children of ,ceros1 the children os ,siaa1 the children of ,phadon1 the children of ,lebana1 the children of ,hagaba1 the children of ,selmai1 #g3di4 ,the children of ,hanan1 the children of ,geddel1 the children of ,gaher1 #g3ej4 ,the children of ,raaia1 the children of ,rasin1 the children of ,necoda1 #g3ea4 ,the children of ,gezem1 the children of ,asa1 the children of ,phasea1 #g3eb4 ,the children of ,besai1 the children of ,munim1 the children of ,nephussim1 #g3ec4 ,the children of ,bacbuc1 the children of ,hacupha1 the children of ,harhur1 #g3ed4 ,the children of ,besloth1 the children of ,mahida1 the children of ,harsa1 #g3ee4 ,the children of ,bercos1 the children of ,sisara1 the children of ,thema1 #g3ef4 ,the children of ,nasia1 the children of ,hatipha1 #g3eg4 ,the children of the servants of ,solomon1 the children of ,sothai1 the children of ,sophereth1 the children of ,pharida1 #g3eh4 ,the children of ,jahala1 the children of ,darcon1 the children of ,jeddel1 #g3ei4 ,the children of ,saphatia1 the children of ,hatil1 the children of ,phochereth1 who was born of ,sabaim1 the son of ,amon4 #g3fj4 ,all the ,nathinites1 and the children of the servants of ,solomon1 three hundred ninety-two4 #g3fa4 ,and these are they that came up from ,telmela1 ,thelharsa1 ,cherub1 ,addon1 and ,emmer3 and could not shew the house of their fathers1 nor their seed1 whether they were of ,israel4 #g3fb4 ,the children of ,dalaia1 the children of ,tobia1 the children of ,necoda1 six hundred forty-two4 #g3fc4 ,and of the priests1 the children of ,habia1 the children of ,accos1 the children of ,berzellai1 who took a wife of the daughters of ,berzellai the ,galaadite1 and he was called by their name4 #g3fd4 ,these sought their writing in the record1 and found it not3 and they were cast out of the priesthood4 #g3fe4 ,and ,athersatha said to them1 that they should not eat of the holies of holies1 until there stood up a priest learned and skilful4 #g3ff4 ,all the multitude as it were one man1 forty-two thousand three hundred sixty1 #g3fg4 ,beside their menservants and womenservants1 who were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven3 and among them singing men1 and singing women1 two hundred forty-five4 #g3fh4 ,their horses1 seven hundred thirty-six3 their mules two hundred forty-five4 #g3fi4 ,their camels1 four hundred thirty-five1 their asses1 six thousand seven hundred and twenty4 7,hitherto is related what was written in the record4 ,from this place forward goeth on the history of ,nehemias47 #g3gj4 ,and some of the heads of the families gave unto the work4 ,athersatha gave into the treasure a thousand drams of gold1 fifty bowls1 and five hundred and thirty garments for priests4 ,athersatha4 4 4,that is1 ,nehemias2 as appears from chap4 #ab4 ,either that he was so called at the court of the king of ,persia1 where he was cupbearer3 or that1 as some think1 this name signifies governor2 and he was at that time governor of ,judea4 #g3ga4 ,and some of the heads of families gave to the treasure of the work1 twenty thousand drams of gold1 and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver4 #g3gb4 ,and that which the rest of the people gave1 was twenty thousand drams of gold1 and two thousand pounds of silver1 and sixty-seven garments for priests4 #g3gc4 ,and the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the porters1 and the singing men1 and the rest of the common people1 and the ,nathinites1 and all ,israel dwelt in their cities4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #h ,esdras readeth the law before the people4 ,nehemias comforteth them4 ,they celebrate the feast of tabernacles4 #h3a4 ,and the seventh month came3 and the children of ,israel were in their cities4 ,and all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate1 and they spoke to ,esdras the scribe1 to bring the book of the law of ,moses1 which the ,lord had commanded to ,israel4 #h3b4 ,then ,esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women1 and all those that could understand1 in the first day of the seventh month4 #h3c4 ,and he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate1 from the morning until midday1 before the men1 and the women1 and all those that could understand3 and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book4 #h3d4 ,and ,esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood1 which he had made to speak upon1 and there stood by him ,mathathias1 and ,semeia1 and ,ania1 and ,uria1 and ,helcia1 and ,maasia1 on his right hand3 and on the left1 ,phadaia1 ,misael1 and ,melchia1 and ,hasum1 and ,hasbadana1 ,zacharia and ,mosollam4 #h3e4 ,and ,esdras opened the book before all the people3 for he was above all the people3 and when he had opened it1 all the people stood4 #h3f4 ,and ,esdras blessed the ,lord the great ,god3 and all the people answered1 ,amen1 amen3 lifting up their hands3 and they bowed down1 and adored ,god with their faces to the ground4 #h3g4 ,now ,josue1 and ,bani1 and ,serebia1 ,jamin1 ,accub1 ,sephtai1 ,odia1 ,maasia1 ,celtia1 ,azarias1 ,jozabed1 ,hanan1 ,phalaia1 the ,levites1 made silence among the people to hear the law3 and the people stood in their place4 #h3h4 ,and they read in the book of the law of ,god distinctly and plainly to be understood3 and they understood when it was read4 #h3i4 ,and ,nehemias 7he is ,athersatha7 and ,esdras the priest and scribe1 and the ,levites who interpreted to all the people1 said3 ,this is a holy day to the ,lord our ,god3 do not mourn1 nor weep3 for all the people wept1 when they heard the words of the law4 #h3aj4 ,and he said to them3 ,go1 eat fat meats1 and drink sweet wine1 and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves3 because it is the holy day of the ,lord1 and be not sad3 for the joy of the ,lord is our strength4 #h3aa4 ,and the ,levites stilled all the people1 saying3 ,hold your peace1 for the day is holy1 and be not sorrowful4 #h3ab4 ,so all the people went to eat and drink1 and to send portions1 and to make great mirth3 because they understood the words that he had taught them4 #h3ac4 ,and on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people1 the priests1 and the ,levites were gathered together to ,esdras the scribe1 that he should interpret to them the words of the law4 #h3ad4 ,and they found written in the law1 that the ,lord had commanded by the hand of ,moses1 that the children of ,israel should dwell in tabernacles1 on the feast1 in the seventh month3 #h3ae4 ,and that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities1 and in ,jerusalem1 saying3 ,go forth to the mount1 and fetch branches of olive1 and branches of beautiful wood1 branches of myrtle1 and branches of palm1 and branches of thick trees1 to make tabernacles1 as it is written4 #h3af4 ,and the people went forth1 and brought4 ,and they made themselves tabernacles every man on the top of his house1 and in their courts1 and in the courts of the house of ,god1 and in the street of the water gate1 and in the street of the gate of ,ephraim4 #h3ag4 ,and all the assembly of them that were returned from the captivity1 made tabernacles1 and dwelt in tabernacles3 for since the days of ,josue the son of ,nun the children of ,israel had not done so1 until that day3 and there was exceeding great joy4 #h3ah4 ,and he read in the book of the law of ,god day by day1 from the first day till the last1 and they kept the solemnity seven days1 and in the eighth day a solemn assembly according to the manner4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #i ,the people repent with fasting and sackcloth4 ,the ,levites confess ,god's benefits1 and the people's ingratitude3 they pray for them1 and make a covenant with ,god4 #i3a4 ,and in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of ,israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth1 and earth upon them4 #i3b4 ,and the seed of the children of ,israel separated themselves from every stranger3 and they stood1 and confessed their sins1 and the iniquities of their fathers4 #i3c4 ,and they rose up to stand3 and they read in the book of the law of the ,lord their ,god1 four times in the day1 and four times they confessed1 and adored the ,lord their ,god4 #i3d4 ,and there stood up upon the step of the ,levites1 ,josue1 and ,bani1 and ,cedmihel1 ,sabania1 ,bonni1 ,sarebias1 ,bani1 and ,chanani3 and they cried with a loud voice to the ,lord their ,god4 #i3e4 ,and the ,levites ,josue and ,cedmihel1 ,bonni1 ,hasebnia1 ,serebia1 ,oduia1 ,sebnia1 and ,phathahia1 said3 ,arise1 bless the ,lord your ,god from eternity to eternity3 and blessed be the high name of thy glory with all blessing and praise4 #i3f4 ,thou thyself1 ,o ,lord alone1 thou hast made heaven1 and the heaven of heavens1 and all the host thereof3 the earth and all things that are in it3 the seas and all that are therein3 and thou givest life to all these things1 and the host of heaven adoreth thee4 #i3g4 ,thou ,o ,lord ,god1 art he who chosest ,abram1 and broughtest him forth out of the fire of the ,chaldeans1 and gavest him the name of ,abraham4 ,the fire of the ,chaldeans4 4 4,the city of ,ur in ,chaldea1 the name of which signifies fire4 ,or out of the fire of the tribulations and temptations1 to which he was there exposed4--,the ancient ,rabbins understood this literally1 affirming that ,abram was cast into the fire by the idolaters1 and brought out by a miracle without any hurt4 #i3h4 ,and thou didst find his heart faithful before thee3 and thou madest a covenant with him1 to give him the land of the ,chanaanite1 of the ,hethite1 and of the ,amorrhite1 and of the ,pherezite1 and of the ,jebusite1 and of the ,gergezite1 to give it to his seed3 and thou hast fulfilled thy words1 because thou art just4 #i3i4 ,and thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in ,egypt3 and thou didst hear their cry by the ,red ,sea4 #i3aj4 ,and thou shewedst signs and wonders upon ,pharao1 and upon all his servants1 and upon the people of his land3 for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them3 and thou madest thyself a name1 as it is at this day4 #i3aa4 ,and thou didst divide the sea before them1 and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land3 but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth1 as a stone into mighty waters4 #i3ab4 ,and in a pillar of a cloud thou wast their leader by day1 and in a pillar of fire by night1 that they might see the way by which they went4 #i3ac4 ,thou camest down also to mount ,sinai1 and didst speak with them from heaven1 and thou gavest them right judgments1 and the law of truth1 ceremonies1 and good precepts4 #i3ad4 ,thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath1 and didst prescribe to them commandments1 and ceremonies1 and the law by the hand of ,moses thy servant4 #i3ae4 ,and thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger1 and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst1 and thou saidst to them that they should go in1 and possess the land1 upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them4 #i3af4 ,but they and our fathers dealt proudly1 and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments4 #i3ag4 ,and they would not hear1 and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them4 ,and they hardened their necks1 and gave the head to return to their bondage1 as it were by contention4 ,but thou1 a forgiving ,god1 gracious1 and merciful1 longsuffering1 and full of compassion1 didst not forsake them4 ,and gave the head4 4 4,that is1 they set their head1 or were bent to return to ,egypt4 #i3ah4 ,yea when they had made also to themselves a molten calf1 and had said3 ,this is thy ,god1 that brought thee out of ,egypt3 and had committed great blasphemies3 #i3ai4 ,yet thou1 in thy many mercies1 didst not leave them in the desert3 the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way1 and the pillar of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should go4 #i3bj4 ,and thou gavest them thy good ,spirit to teach them1 and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth1 and thou gavest them water for their thirst4 #i3ba4 ,forty years didst thou feed them in the desert1 and nothing was wanting to them3 their garments did not grow old1 and their feet were not worn4 #i3bb4 ,and thou gavest them kingdoms1 and nations1 and didst divide lots for them3 and they possessed the land of ,sehon1 and the land of the king of ,hesebon1 and the land of ,og king of ,basan4 #i3bc4 ,and thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven1 and broughtest them to the land concerning which thou hadst said to their fathers1 that they should go in and possess it4 #i3bd4 ,and the children came and possessed the land1 and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land1 the ,chanaanites1 and gavest them into their hands1 with their kings1 and the people of the land1 that they might do with them as it pleased them4 #i3be4 ,and they took strong cities and a fat land1 and possessed houses full of all goods3 cisterns made by others1 vineyards1 and oliveyards1 and fruit trees in abundance3 and they ate1 and were filled1 and became fat1 and abounded with delight in thy great goodness4 #i3bf4 ,but they provoked thee to wrath1 and departed from thee1 and threw thy law behind their backs3 and they killed thy prophets1 who admonished them earnestly to return to thee3 and they were guilty of great blasphemies4 #i3bg4 ,and thou gavest them into the hands of their enemies1 and they afflicted them4 ,and in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee1 and thou heardest from heaven1 and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies thou gavest them saviours1 to save them from the hands of their enemies4 #i3bh4 ,but after they had rest1 they returned to do evil in thy sight3 and thou leftest them in the hand of their enemies1 and they had dominion over them4 ,then they returned1 and cried to thee3 and thou heardest from heaven1 and deliveredst them many times in thy mercies4 #i3bi4 ,and thou didst admonish them to return to thy law4 ,but they dealt proudly1 and hearkened not to thy commandments1 but sinned against thy judgments1 which if a man do1 he shall live in them3 and they withdrew the shoulder1 and hardened their neck1 and would not hear4 #i3cj4 ,and thou didst forbear with them for many years1 and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets3 and they heard not1 and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands4 #i3ca4 ,yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them1 nor forsake them3 because thou art a merciful and gracious ,god4 #i3cb4 ,now therefore our ,god1 great1 strong1 and terrible1 who keepest covenant and mercy1 turn not away from thy face all the labour which hath come upon us1 upon our kings1 and our princes1 and our priests1 and our prophets1 and our fathers1 and all the people from the days of the king of ,assur1 until this day4 #i3cc4 ,and thou art just in all things that have come upon us3 because thou hast done truth1 but we have done wickedly4 #i3cd4 ,our kings1 our princes1 our priests1 and our fathers have not kept thy law1 and have not minded thy commandments1 and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them4 #i3ce4 ,and they have not served thee in their kingdoms1 and in thy manifold goodness1 which thou gavest them1 and in the large and fat land1 which thou deliveredst before them1 nor did they return from their most wicked devices4 #i3cf4 ,behold we ourselves this day are bondmen3 and the land1 which thou gavest our fathers1 to eat the bread thereof1 and the good things thereof1 and we ourselves are servants in it4 #i3cg4 ,and the fruits thereof grow up for the kings1 whom thou hast set over us for our sins1 and they have dominion over our bodies1 and over our beasts1 according to their will1 and we are in great tribulation4 #i3ch4 ,and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant1 and write it1 and our princes1 our ,levites1 and our priests sign it4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #aj ,the names of the subscribers to the covenant1 and the contents of it4 #aj3a4 ,and the subscribers were ,nehemias1 ,athersatha the son of ,hachelai1 and ,sedecias1 #aj3b4 ,saraias1 ,azarias1 ,jeremias1 #aj3c4 ,pheshur1 ,amarias1 ,melchias1 #aj3d4 ,hattus1 ,sebenia1 ,melluch1 #aj3e4 ,harem1 ,merimuth1 ,obdias1 #aj3f4 ,daniel1 ,genthon1 ,baruch1 #aj3g4 ,mosollam1 ,abia1 ,miamin1 #aj3h4 ,maazia1 ,belgia1 ,semeia3 these were priests4 #aj3i4 ,and the ,levites1 ,josue the son of ,azanias1 ,bennui of the sons of ,henadad1 ,cedmihel1 #aj3aj4 ,and their brethren1 ,sebenia1 ,oduia1 ,celita1 ,phalaia1 ,hanan1 #aj3aa4 ,micha1 ,rohob1 ,hasebia1 #aj3ab4 ,zachur1 ,serebia1 ,sabania1 #aj3ac4 ,odaia1 ,bani1 ,baninu4 #aj3ad4 ,the heads of the people1 ,pharos1 ,phahath ,moab1 ,elam1 ,zethu1 ,bani1 #aj3ae4 ,bonni1 ,azgad1 ,bebai1 #aj3af4 ,adonia1 ,begoai1 ,adin1 #aj3ag4 ,ater1 ,hezecia1 ,azur1 #aj3ah4 ,odaia1 ,hasum1 ,besai1 #aj3ai4 ,hareph1 ,anathoth1 ,nebai1 #aj3bj4 ,megphias1 ,mosollam1 ,hazir1 #aj3ba4 ,mesizabel1 ,sadoc1 ,jeddua1 #aj3bb4 ,pheltia1 ,hanan1 ,anaia1 #aj3bc4 ,osee1 ,hanania1 ,hasub1 #aj3bd4 ,alohes1 ,phalea1 ,sobec1 #aj3be4 ,rehum1 ,hasebna1 ,maasia1 #aj3bf4 ,echaia1 ,hanan1 ,anan1 #aj3bg4 ,melluch1 ,haran1 ,baana3 #aj3bh4 ,and the rest of the people1 priests1 ,levites1 porters1 and singing men1 ,nathinites1 and all that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of ,god1 their wives1 their sons1 and their daughters4 #aj3bi4 ,all that could understand1 promising for their brethren1 with their chief men1 and they came to promise1 and swear that they would walk in the law of ,god1 which he gave in the hand of ,moses the servant of ,god1 that they would do and keep all the commandments of the ,lord our ,god1 and his judgments and his ceremonies4 #aj3cj4 ,and that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land1 nor take their daughters for our sons4 #aj3ca4 ,and if the people of the land bring in things to sell1 or any things for use1 to sell them on the sabbath day1 that we would not buy them on the sabbath1 or on the holy day4 ,and that we would leave the seventh year1 and the exaction of every hand4 #aj3cb4 ,and we made ordinances for ourselves1 to give the third part of a sicle every year for the work of the house of our ,god1 #aj3cc4 ,for the loaves of proposition1 and for the continual sacrifice1 and for a continual holocaust on the sabbaths1 on the new moons1 on the set feasts1 and for the holy things1 and for the sin offering3 that atonement might be made for ,israel1 and for every use of the house of our ,god4 #aj3cd4 ,and we cast lots among the priests1 and the ,levites1 and the people for the offering of wood1 that it might be brought into the house of our ,god by the houses of our fathers at set times1 from year to year3 to burn upon the altar of the ,lord our ,god1 as it is written in the law of ,moses3 #aj3ce4 ,and that we would bring the firstfruits of our land1 and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree1 from year to year1 in the house of our ,lord4 #aj3cf4 ,and the firstborn of our sons1 and of our cattle1 as it is written in the law1 and the firstlings of our oxen1 and of our sheep1 to be offered in the house of our ,god1 to the priests who minister in the house of our ,god4 #aj3cg4 ,and that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats1 and of our libations1 and the fruit of every tree1 of the vintage also and of oil to the priests1 to the storehouse of our ,god1 and the tithes of our ground to the ,levites4 ,the ,levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities4 #aj3ch4 ,and the priest the son of ,aaron shall be with the ,levites in the tithes of the ,levites1 and the ,levites shall offer the tithe of their tithes in the house of our ,god1 to the storeroom into the treasure house4 #aj3ci4 ,for the children of ,israel and the children of ,levi shall carry to the treasury the firstfruits of corn1 of wine1 and of oil3 and the sanctified vessels shall be there1 and the priests1 and the singing men1 and the porters1 and ministers1 and we will not forsake the house of our ,god4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #aa ,who were the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and the other cities4 #aa3a4 ,and the princes of the people dwelt at ,jerusalem3 but the rest of the people cast lots1 to take one part in ten to dwell in ,jerusalem the holy city1 and nine parts in the other cities4 #aa3b4 ,and the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in ,jerusalem4 #aa3c4 ,these therefore are the chief men of the province1 who dwelt in ,jerusalem1 and in the cities of ,juda4 ,and every one dwelt in his possession1 in their cities3 ,israel1 the priests1 the ,levites1 the ,nathinites1 and the children of the servants of ,solomon4 #aa3d4 ,and in ,jerusalem there dwelt some of the children of ,juda1 and some of the children of ,benjamin3 of the children of ,juda1 ,athaias the son of ,aziam1 the son of ,zacharias1 the son of ,amarias1 the son of ,saphatias1 the son of ,malaleel3 of the sons of ,phares1 #aa3e4 ,maasia the son of ,baruch1 the son of ,cholhoza1 the son of ,hazia1 the son of ,adaia1 the son of ,joiarib1 the son of ,zacharias1 the son of the ,silonite3 #aa3f4 ,all these the sons of ,phares1 who dwelt in ,jerusalem1 were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men4 #aa3g4 ,and these are the children of ,benjamin3 ,sellum the son of ,mosollam1 the son of ,joed1 the son of ,phadaia1 the son of ,colaia1 the son of ,masia1 the son of ,etheel1 the son of ,isaia4 #aa3h4 ,and after him ,gebbai1 ,sellai1 nine hundred twenty-eight4 #aa3i4 ,and ,joel the son of ,zechri their ruler1 and ,judas the son of ,senua was second over the city4 #aa3aj4 ,and of the priests ,idaia the son of ,joarib1 ,jachin1 #aa3aa4 ,saraia the son of ,helcias1 the son of ,mosollam1 the son of ,sadoc1 the son of ,meraioth1 the son of ,achitob the prince of the house of ,god1 #aa3ab4 ,and their brethren that do the works of the temple3 eight hundred twenty-two4 ,and ,adaia the son of ,jeroham1 the son of ,phelelia1 the son of ,amsi1 the son of ,zacharias1 the son of ,pheshur1 the son of ,melchias1 #aa3ac4 ,and his brethren the chiefs of the fathers3 two hundred forty-two4 ,and ,amassai the son of ,azreel1 the son of ,ahazi1 the son of ,mosollamoth1 the son of ,emmer1 #aa3ad4 ,and their brethren who were very mighty1 a hundred twenty-eight3 and their ruler ,zabdiel son of the mighty4 #aa3ae4 ,and of the ,levites ,semeia the son of ,hasub1 the son of ,azaricam1 the son of ,hasabia1 the son of ,boni1 #aa3af4 ,and ,sabathai and ,jozabed1 who were over all the outward business of the house of ,god1 of the princes of the ,levites1 #aa3ag4 ,and ,mathania the son of ,micha1 the son of ,zebedei1 the son of ,asaph1 was the principal man to praise1 and to give glory in prayer1 and ,becbecia1 the second1 one of his brethren1 and ,abda the son of ,samua1 the son of ,galal1 the son of ,idithun4 #aa3ah4 ,all the ,levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four4 #aa3ai4 ,and the porters1 ,accub1 ,telmon1 and their brethren1 who kept the doors3 a hundred seventy-two4 #aa3bj4 ,and the rest of ,israel1 the priests and the ,levites were in all the cities of ,juda1 every man in his possession4 #aa3ba4 ,and the ,nathinites1 that dwelt in ,ophel1 and ,siaha1 and ,gaspha of the ,nathinites4 #aa3bb4 ,and the overseer of the ,levites in ,jerusalem1 was ,azzi the son of ,bani1 the son of ,hasabia1 the son of ,mathania1 the son of ,micha4 ,of the sons of ,asaph1 were the singing men in the ministry of the house of ,god4 #aa3bc4 ,for the king's commandment was concerning them1 and an order among the singing men day by day4 #aa3bd4 ,and ,phathahia the son of ,mesezebel of the children of ,zara the son of ,juda was at the hand of the king1 in all matters concerning the people1 #aa3be4 ,and in the houses through all their countries4 ,of the children of ,juda some dwelt at ,cariath-,arbe1 and in the villages thereof3 and at ,dibon1 and in the villages thereof3 and at ,cabseel1 and in the villages thereof4 #aa3bf4 ,and at ,jesue1 and at ,molada1 and at ,bethphaleth1 #aa3bg4 ,and at ,hasersuel1 and at ,bersabee1 and in the villages thereof1 #aa3bh4 ,and at ,siceleg1 and at ,mochona1 and in the villages thereof1 #aa3bi4 ,and at ,remmon1 and at ,saraa1 and at ,jerimuth1 #aa3cj4 ,zanoa1 ,odollam1 and in their villages1 at ,lachis and its dependencies1 and at ,azeca and the villages thereof4 ,and they dwelt from ,bersabee unto the valley of ,ennom4 #aa3ca4 ,and the children of ,benjamin1 from ,geba1 at ,mechmas1 and at ,hai1 and at ,bethel1 and in the villages thereof1 #aa3cb4 ,at ,anathoth1 ,nob1 ,anania1 #aa3cc4 ,asor1 ,rama1 ,gethaim1 #aa3cd4 ,hadid1 ,seboim1 and ,neballat1 ,lod1 #aa3ce4 ,and ,ono the valley of craftsmen4 #aa3cf4 ,and of the ,levites were portions of ,juda and ,benjamin4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #ab ,the priests1 and ,levites that came up with ,zorobabel4 ,the succession of high priests3 the solemnity of the dedication of the wall4 #ab3a4 ,now these are the priests and the ,levites1 that went up with ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 and ,josue3 ,saraia1 ,jeremias1 ,esdras1 #ab3b4 ,amaria1 ,melluch1 ,hattus1 #ab3c4 ,sebenias1 ,rheum1 ,merimuth1 #ab3d4 ,addo1 ,genthon1 ,abia1 #ab3e4 ,miamin1 ,madia1 ,belga1 #ab3f4 ,semeia1 and ,joiarib1 ,idaia1 ,sellum ,amoc1 ,helcias1 #ab3g4 ,idaia4 ,these were the chief of the priests1 and of their brethren in the days of ,josue4 #ab3h4 ,and the ,levites1 ,jesua1 ,bennui1 ,cedmihel1 ,sarebia1 ,juda1 ,mathanias1 they and their brethren were over the hymns3 #ab3i4 ,and ,becbecia1 and ,hanni1 and their brethren every one in his office4 #ab3aj4 ,and ,josue begot ,joacim1 and ,joacim begot ,eliasib1 and ,eliasib begot ,joiada1 #ab3aa4 ,and ,joiada begot ,jonathan and ,jonathan begot ,jeddoa4 #ab3ab4 ,and in the days of ,joacim the priests and heads of the families were3 ,of ,saraia1 ,maraia3 of ,jeremias1 ,hanania3 #ab3ac4 ,of ,esdras1 ,mosollam3 and of ,amaria1 ,johanan3 #ab3ad4 ,of ,milicho1 ,jonathan3 of ,sebenia1 ,joseph3 #ab3ae4 ,of ,haram1 ,edna3 of ,maraioth1 ,helci3 #ab3af4 ,of ,adaia1 ,zacharia3 of ,genthon1 ,mosollam3 #ab3ag4 ,of ,abia1 ,zechri3 of ,miamin and ,moadia1 ,phelti3 #ab3ah4 ,of ,belga1 ,sammua of ,semaia1 ,jonathan3 #ab3ai4 ,of ,joiarib1 ,mathanai3 of ,jodaia1 ,azzi3 #ab3bj4 ,of ,sellai1 ,celai3 of ,amoc1 ,heber3 #ab3ba4 ,of ,helcias1 ,hasebia3 of ,idaia1 ,nathanael4 #ab3bb4 ,the ,levites the chiefs of the families in the days of ,eliasib1 and ,joiada1 and ,johanan1 and ,jeddoa1 were recorded1 and the priests in the reign of ,darius the ,persian4 #ab3bc4 ,the sons of ,levi1 heads of the families were written in the book of ,chronicles1 even unto the days of ,jonathan the son of ,eliasib4 #ab3bd4 ,now the chief of the ,levites were ,hasebia1 ,serebia1 and ,josue the son of ,cedmihel3 and their brethren by their courses1 to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of ,david the man of ,god1 and to wait equally in order4 #ab3be4 ,mathania1 and ,becbecia1 ,obedia1 and ,mosollam1 ,telmon1 ,accub1 were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates4 #ab3bf4 ,these were in the days of ,joacim the son of ,josue1 the son of ,josedec1 and in the days of ,nehemias the governor1 and of ,esdras the priest and scribe4 #ab3bg4 ,and at the dedication of the wall of ,jerusalem they sought the ,levites out of all their places1 to bring them to ,jerusalem1 and to keep the dedication1 and to rejoice with thanksgiving1 and with singing1 and with cymbals1 and psalteries and harps4 #ab3bh4 ,and the sons of the singing men were gathered together out of the plain country about ,jerusalem1 and out of the villages of ,nethuphati1 #ab3bi4 ,and from the house of ,galgal1 and from the countries of ,geba and ,azmaveth3 for the singing men had built themselves villages round about ,jerusalem4 #ab3cj4 ,and the priests and the ,levites were purified1 and they purified the people1 and the gates1 and the wall4 #ab3ca4 ,and ,i made the princes of ,juda go up upon the wall1 and ,i appointed two great choirs to give praise4 ,and they went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate4 #ab3cb4 ,and after them went ,osaias1 and half of the princes of ,juda1 #ab3cc4 ,and ,azarias1 ,esdras1 and ,mosollam1 ,judas1 and ,benjamin1 and ,semeia1 and ,jeremias4 #ab3cd4 ,and of the sons of the priests with trumpets1 ,zacharias the son of ,jonathan1 the son of ,semeia1 the son of ,mathania1 the son of ,michaia1 the son of ,zechur1 the son of ,asaph1 #ab3ce4 ,and his brethren ,semeia1 and ,azareel1 ,malalai1 ,galalai1 ,maai1 ,nathanael1 and ,judas1 and ,hanani1 with the musical instruments of ,david the man of ,god3 and ,esdras the scribe before them at the fountain gate4 #ab3cf4 ,and they went up over against them by the stairs of the city of ,david1 at the going up of the wall of the house of ,david1 and to the water gate eastward3 #ab3cg4 ,and the second choir of them that gave thanks went on the opposite side1 and ,i after them1 and the half of the people upon the wall1 and upon the tower of the furnaces1 even to the broad wall1 #ab3ch4 ,and above the gate of ,ephraim1 and above the old gate1 and above the fish gate and the tower of ,hananeel1 and the tower of ,emath1 and even to the flock gate3 and they stood still in the watch gate4 #ab3ci4 ,and the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of ,god1 and ,i and the half of the magistrates with me4 #ab3dj4 ,and the priests1 ,eliachim1 ,maasia1 ,miamin1 ,michea1 ,elioenai1 ,zacharia1 ,hanania with trumpets1 #ab3da4 ,and ,maasia1 and ,semeia1 and ,eleazar1 and ,azzi1 and ,johanan1 and ,melchia1 and ,elam1 and ,ezer4 ,and the singers sung loud1 and ,jezraia was their overseer3 #ab3db4 ,and they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices1 and they rejoiced3 for ,god had made them joyful with great joy3 their wives also and their children rejoiced1 and the joy of ,jerusalem was heard afar off4 #ab3dc4 ,they appointed also in that day men over the storehouses of the treasure1 for the libations1 and for the firstfruits1 and for the tithes1 that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in honour of thanksgiving1 for the priests and ,levites3 for ,juda was joyful in the priests and ,levites that assisted4 #ab3dd4 ,and they kept the watch of their ,god1 and the observance of expiation1 and the singing men1 and the porters1 according to the commandment of ,david1 and of ,solomon his son4 #ab3de4 ,for in the days of ,david and ,asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed1 to praise with canticles1 and give thanks to ,god4 #ab3df4 ,and all ,israel1 in the days of ,zorobabel1 and in the days of ,nehemias gave portions to the singing men1 and to the porters1 day by day1 and they sanctified the ,levites1 and the ,levites sanctified the sons of ,aaron4 ,sanctified4 4 4,that is1 they gave them that which by the law was set aside1 and sanctified for their use4 #b ,esdras ,chapter #ac ,divers abuses are reformed4 #ac3a4 ,and on that day they read in the book of ,moses in the hearing of the people3 and therein was found written1 that the ,ammonites and the ,moabites should not come in to the church of ,god for ever3 #ac3b4 ,because they met not the children of ,israel with bread and water3 and they hired against them ,balaam1 to curse them1 and our ,god turned the curse into blessing4 #ac3c4 ,and it came to pass1 when they had heard the law1 that they separated every stranger from ,israel4 #ac3d4 ,and over this thing was ,eliasib the priest1 who was set over the treasury of the house of our ,god1 and was near akin to ,tobias4 ,over this thing1 etc4 4 4,or1 he was faulty in this thing1 or in this kind4 #ac3e4 ,and he made him a great storeroom1 where before him they laid up gifts1 and frankincense1 and vessels1 and the tithes of the corn1 of the wine1 and of the oil1 the portions of the ,levites1 and of the singing men1 and of the porters1 and the firstfruits of the priests4 #ac3f4 ,but in all this time ,i was not in ,jerusalem1 because in the two and thirtieth year of ,artaxerxes king of ,babylon1 ,i went to the king1 and after certain days ,i asked the king3 #ac3g4 ,and ,i came to ,jerusalem1 and ,i understood the evil that ,eliasib had done for ,tobias1 to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of ,god4 #ac3h4 ,and it seemed to me exceeding evil4 ,and ,i cast forth the vessels of the house of ,tobias out of the storehouse4 #ac3i4 ,and ,i commanded and they cleansed again the vessels of the house of ,god1 the sacrifice1 and the frankincense4 #ac3aj4 ,and ,i perceived that the portions of the ,levites had not been given them3 and that the ,levites1 and the singing men1 and they that ministered were fled away every man to his own country3 #ac3aa4 ,and ,i pleaded the matter against the magistrates1 and said3 ,why have we forsaken the house of ,god8 ,and ,i gathered them together1 and ,i made them to stand in their places4 #ac3ab4 ,and all ,juda brought the tithe of the corn1 and the wine1 and the oil into the storehouses4 #ac3ac4 ,and we set over the storehouses ,selemias the priest1 and ,sadoc the scribe1 and of the ,levites ,phadaia1 and next to them ,hanan the son of ,zachur1 the son of ,mathania3 for they were approved as faithful1 and to them were committed the portions of their brethren4 #ac3ad4 ,remember me1 ,o my ,god1 for this thing1 and wipe not out my kindnesses1 which ,i have done relating to the house of my ,god and his ceremonies4 #ac3ae4 ,in those days ,i saw in ,juda some treading the presses on the sabbath1 and carrying sheaves1 and lading asses with wine1 and grapes1 and figs1 and all manner of burthens1 and bringing them into ,jerusalem on the sabbath day4 ,and ,i charged them that they should sell on a day on which it was lawful to sell4 #ac3af4 ,some ,tyrians also dwelt there1 who brought fish1 and all manner of wares3 and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of ,juda in ,jerusalem4 #ac3ag4 ,and ,i rebuked the chief men of ,juda1 and said to them3 ,what is this evil thing that you are doing1 profaning the sabbath day3 #ac3ah4 ,did not our fathers do these things1 and our ,god brought all this evil upon us1 and upon this city8 ,and you bring more wrath upon ,israel by violating the sabbath4 #ac3ai4 ,and it came to pass1 that when the gates of ,jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day1 ,i spoke3 and they shut the gates1 and ,i commanded that they should not open them till after the sabbath3 and ,i set some of my servants at the gates1 that none should bring in burthens on the sabbath day4 #ac3bj4 ,so the merchants1 and they that sold all kinds of wares1 stayed without ,jerusalem1 once or twice4 #ac3ba4 ,and ,i charged them1 and ,i said to them3 ,why stay you before the wall8 if you do so another time1 ,i will lay hands on you4 ,and from that time they came no more on the sabbath4 #ac3bb4 ,i spoke also to the ,levites that they should be purified1 and should come to keep the gates1 and to sanctify the sabbath day3 for this also remember me1 ,o my ,god1 and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies4 #ac3bc4 ,in those days also ,i saw ,jews that married wives1 women of ,azotus1 and of ,ammon1 and of ,moab4 #ac3bd4 ,and their children spoke half in the speech of ,azotus1 and could not speak the ,jews' language1 but they spoke according to the language of this and that people4 #ac3be4 ,and ,i chid them1 and laid my curse upon them4 ,and ,i beat some of them1 and shaved off their hair1 and made them swear by ,god that they would not give their daughters to their sons1 nor take their daughters for their sons1 nor for themselves1 saying3 #ac3bf4 ,did not ,solomon king of ,israel sin in this kind of thing3 and surely among many nations1 there was not a king like him1 and he was beloved of his ,god1 and ,god made him king over all ,israel3 and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin4 #ac3bg4 ,and shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our ,god1 and marry strange women3 #ac3bh4 ,and one of the sons of ,joiada the son of ,eliasib the high priest1 was son in law to ,sanaballat the ,horonite1 and ,i drove him from me4 #ac3bi4 ,remember them1 ,o ,lord my ,god1 that defile the priesthood1 and the law of priests and ,levites4 #ac3cj4 ,so ,i separated from them all strangers1 and ,i appointed the courses of the priests and the ,levites1 every man in his ministry3 #ac3ca4 ,and for the offering of wood at times appointed1 and for the firstfruits3 remember me1 ,o my ,god1 unto good4 ,amen4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,tobias ,this ,book takes its name from the holy man ,tobias1 whose wonderful virtues are herein recorded4 ,it contains most excellent documents of great piety1 extraordinary patience1 and of a perfect resignation to the will of ,god4 ,his humble prayer was heard1 and the angel ,raphael was sent to relieve him3 he is thankful and praises the ,lord1 calling on the children of ,israel to do the same4 ,having lived to the age of one hundred and two years1 he exhorts his son and grandsons to piety1 foretells the destruction of ,ninive and the rebuilding of ,jerusalem3 he dies happily4 ,tobias ,chapter #a ,tobias's early piety3 his works of mercy1 particularly in burying the dead4 #a3a4 ,tobias of the tribe and city of ,nephtali1 7which is in the upper parts of ,galilee above ,naasson1 beyond the way that leadeth to the west1 having on the right hand the city of ,sephet17 #a3b4 ,when he was made captive in the days of ,salmanasar king of the ,assyrians1 even in his captivity1 forsook not the way of truth1 #a3c4 ,but every day gave all he could get to his brethren his fellow captives1 that were of his kindred4 #a3d4 ,and when he was younger than any of the tribe of ,nephtali1 yet did he no childish thing in his work4 #a3e4 ,moreover when all went to the golden calves which ,jeroboam king of ,israel had made1 he alone fled the company of all1 #a3f4 ,and went to ,jerusalem to the temple of the ,lord1 and there adored the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 offering faithfully all his firstfruits1 and his tithes1 #a3g4 ,so that in the third year he gave all his tithes to the proselytes1 and strangers4 #a3h4 ,these and such like things did he observe when but a boy according to the law of ,god4 #a3i4 ,but when he was a man1 he took to wife ,anna of his own tribe1 and had a son by her1 whom he called after his own name1 #a3aj4 ,and from his infancy he taught him to fear ,god1 and to abstain from all sin4 #a3aa4 ,and when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of ,ninive1 #a3ab4 7,when all ate of the meats of the ,gentiles7 he kept his soul and never was defiled with their meats4 #a3ac4 ,and because he was mindful of the ,lord with all his heart1 ,god gave him favour in the sight of ,salmanasar the king4 #a3ad4 ,and he gave him leave to go whithersoever he would1 with liberty to do whatever he had a mind4 #a3ae4 ,he therefore went to all that were in captivity1 and gave them wholesome admonitions4 #a3af4 ,and when he was come to ,rages a city of the ,medes1 and had ten talents of silver of that with which he had been honoured by the king3 #a3ag4 ,and when amongst a great multitude of his kindred1 he saw ,gabelus in want1 who was one of his tribe1 taking a note of his hand he gave him the aforesaid sum of money4 #a3ah4 ,but after a long time1 ,salmanasar the king being dead1 when ,sennacherib his son1 who reigned in his place1 had a hatred for the children of ,israel3 #a3ai4 ,tobias daily went among all his kindred and comforted them1 and distributed to every one as he was able1 out of his goods3 #a3bj4 ,he fed the hungry1 and gave clothes to the naked1 and was careful to bury the dead1 and they that were slain4 #a3ba4 ,and when king ,sennacherib was come back1 fleeing from ,judea by reason of the slaughter that ,god had made about him for his blasphemy1 and being angry slew many of the children of ,israel1 ,tobias buried their bodies4 #a3bb4 ,but when it was told the king1 he commanded him to be slain1 and took away all his substance4 #a3bc4 ,but ,tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife1 lay concealed1 for many loved him4 #a3bd4 ,but after forty-five days1 the king was killed by his own sons4 #a3be4 ,and ,tobias returned to his house1 and all his substance was restored to him4 ,tobias ,chapter #b ,tobias leaveth his dinner to bury the dead3 he loseth his sight by ,god's permission1 for manifestation of his patience4 #b3a4 ,but after this1 when there was a festival of the ,lord1 and a good dinner was prepared in ,tobias's house1 #b3b4 ,he said to his son3 ,go1 and bring some of our tribe that fear ,god1 to feast with us4 #b3c4 ,and when he had gone1 returning he told him1 that one of the children of ,israel lay slain in the street4 ,and he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table1 and left his dinner1 and came fasting to the body4 #b3d4 ,and taking it up carried it privately to his house1 that after the sun was down1 he might bury him cautiously4 #b3e4 ,and when he had hid the body1 he ate bread with mourning and fear1 #b3f4 ,remembering the word which the ,lord spoke by ,amos the prophet3 ,your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning4 #b3g4 ,so when the sun was down1 he went and buried him4 #b3h4 ,now all his neighbours blamed him1 saying3 once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter1 and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death1 and dost thou again bury the dead8 #b3i4 ,but ,tobias fearing ,god more than the king1 carried off the bodies of them that were slain1 and hid them in his house1 and at midnight buried them4 #b3aj4 ,now it happened one day that being wearied with burying1 he came to his house1 and cast himself down by the wall and slept1 #b3aa4 ,and as he was sleeping1 hot dung out of a swallow's nest fell upon his eyes1 and he was made blind4 #b3ab4 ,now this trial the ,lord therefore permitted to happen to him1 that an example might be given to posterity of his patience1 as also of holy ,job4 #b3ac4 ,for whereas he had always feared ,god from his infancy1 and kept his commandments1 he repined not against ,god because the evil of blindness had befallen him1 #b3ad4 ,but continued immoveable in the fear of ,god1 giving thanks to ,god all the days of his life4 #b3ae4 ,for as the kings insulted over holy ,job3 so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life1 saying3 ,kings4 4 4,so ,job's three friends are here called1 because they were princes in their respective territories4 #b3af4 ,where is thy hope1 for which thou gavest alms1 and buriedst the dead8 #b3ag4 ,but ,tobias rebuked them1 saying3 ,speak not so3 #b3ah4 ,for we are the children of saints1 and look for that life which ,god will give to those that never change their faith from him4 #b3ai4 ,now ,anna his wife went daily to weaving work1 and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands4 #b3bj4 ,whereby it came to pass1 that she received a young kid1 and brought it home3 #b3ba4 ,and when her husband heard it bleating1 he said3 ,take heed1 lest perhaps it be stolen3 restore ye it to its owners1 for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft4 #b3bb4 ,at these words his wife being angry answered3 ,it is evident the hope is come to nothing1 and thy alms now appear4 #b3bc4 ,and with these and other1 such like words she upbraided him4 ,tobias ,chapter #c ,the prayer of ,tobias1 and of ,sara1 in their several afflictions1 are heard by ,god1 and the angel ,raphael is sent to relieve them4 #c3a4 ,then ,tobias sighed1 and began to pray with tears1 #c3b4 ,saying1 ,thou art just1 ,o ,lord1 and all thy judgments are just1 and all thy ways mercy1 and truth1 and judgment3 #c3c4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 think of me1 and take not revenge of my sins1 neither remember my offences1 nor those of my parents4 #c3d4 ,for we have not obeyed thy commandments1 therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity1 and death1 and are made a fable1 and a reproach to all nations1 amongst which thou hast scattered us4 #c3e4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 great are thy judgments1 because we have not done according to thy precepts1 and have not walked sincerely before thee4 #c3f4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 do with me according to thy will1 and command my spirit to be received in peace3 for it is better for me to die1 than to live4 #c3g4 ,now it happened on the same day1 that ,sara daughter of ,raguel1 in ,rages a city of the ,medes1 received a reproach from one of her father's servant maids1 ,rages4 4 4,in the ,greek it is ,ecbatana1 which was also called ,rages4 ,for there were two cities in ,media of the name of ,rages4 ,raguel dwelt in one of them1 and ,gabelus in the other4 #c3h4 ,because she had been given to seven husbands and a devil named ,asmodeus had killed them1 at their first going in unto her4 #c3i4 ,so when she reproved the maid for her fault1 she answered her1 saying3 ,may we never see son1 or daughter of thee upon the earth1 thou murderer of thy husbands4 #c3aj4 ,wilt thou kill me also1 as thou hast already killed seven husbands8 ,at these words1 she went into an upper chamber of her house3 and for three days and three nights did neither eat nor drink3 #c3aa4 ,but continuing in prayer with tears besought ,god1 that he would deliver her from this reproach4 #c3ab4 ,and it came to pass on the third day when she was making an end of her prayer1 blessing the ,lord1 #c3ac4 ,she said3 ,blessed is thy name1 ,o ,god of our fathers1 who when thou hast been angry1 wilt shew mercy1 and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee4 #c3ad4 ,to thee1 ,o ,lord1 ,i turn my face1 to thee ,i direct my eyes4 #c3ae4 ,i beg1 ,o ,lord1 that thou loose me from the bond of this reproach1 or else take me away from the earth4 #c3af4 ,thou knowest1 ,o ,lord1 that ,i never coveted a husband1 and have kept my soul clean from all lust4 #c3ag4 ,never have ,i joined myself with them that play3 neither have ,i made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness4 #c3ah4 ,but a husband ,i consented to take1 with thy fear1 not with my lust4 #c3ai4 ,and either ,i was unworthy of them1 or they perhaps were not worthy of me3 because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man1 #c3bj4 ,for thy counsel is not in man's power4 #c3ba4 ,but this every one is sure of that worshippeth thee1 that his life1 if it be under trial1 shall be crowned and if it be under tribulation1 it shall be delivered3 and if it be under correction1 it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy4 #c3bb4 ,for thou art not delighted in our being lost1 because after a storm thou makest a calm1 and after tears and weeping thou pourest in joyfulness4 #c3bc4 ,be thy name1 ,o ,god of ,israel1 blessed for ever1 #c3bd4 ,at that time the prayers of them both were heard in the sight of the glory of the most high ,god3 #c3be4 ,and the holy angel of the ,lord1 ,raphael was sent to heal them both1 whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the ,lord4 ,tobias ,chapter #d ,tobias thinking he shall die1 giveth his son godly admonitions3 and telleth him of money he had lent to a friend4 #d3a4 ,therefore when ,tobias thought that his prayer was heard that he might die1 he called to him ,tobias his son1 #d3b4 ,and said to him3 ,hear1 my son1 the words of my mouth1 and lay them as a foundation in thy heart4 #d3c4 ,when ,god shall take my soul1 thou shalt bury my body3 and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life3 #d3d4 ,for thou must be mindful what and how great perils she suffered for thee in her womb4 #d3e4 ,and when she also shall have ended the time of her life1 bury her by me4 #d3f4 ,and all the days of thy life have ,god in thy mind3 and take heed thou never consent to sin1 nor transgress the commandments of the ,lord our ,god4 #d3g4 ,give alms out of thy substance1 and turn not away thy face from any poor person3 for so it shall come to pass that the face of the ,lord shall not be turned from thee4 #d3h4 ,according to thy ability be merciful4 #d3i4 ,if thou have much give abundantly3 if thou have little1 take care even so to bestow willingly a little4 #d3aj4 ,for thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity4 #d3aa4 ,for alms deliver from all sin1 and from death1 and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness4 #d3ab4 ,alms shall be a great confidence before the most high ,god1 to all them that give it4 #d3ac4 ,take heed to keep thyself1 my son1 from all fornication1 and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime4 #d3ad4 ,never suffer pride to reign in thy mind1 or in thy words3 for from it all perdition took its beginning4 #d3ae4 ,if any man hath done any work for thee1 immediately pay him his hire1 and let not the wages of thy hired servant stay with thee at all4 #d3af4 ,see thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate to have done to thee by another4 #d3ag4 ,eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy1 and with thy garments cover the naked1 #d3ah4 ,lay out thy bread1 and thy wine upon the burial of a just man1 and do not eat and drink thereof with the wicked4 #d3ai4 ,seek counsel always of a wise man4 #d3bj4 ,bless ,god at all times3 and desire of him to direct thy ways1 and that all thy counsels may abide in him4 #d3ba4 ,i tell thee also1 my son1 that ,i lent ten talents of silver1 while thou wast yet a child1 to ,gabelus1 in ,rages a city of the ,medes1 and ,i have a note of his hand with me3 #d3bb4 ,now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to him1 and receive of him the foresaid sum of money1 and restore to him the note of his hand4 #d3bc4 ,fear not1 my son3 we lead indeed a poor life1 but we shall have many good things if we fear ,god1 and depart from all sin1 and do that which is good4 ,tobias ,chapter #e ,young ,tobias seeking a guide for his journey1 the angel ,raphael1 in shape of a man1 undertaketh this office4 #e3a4 ,then ,tobias answered his father1 and said3 ,i will do all things1 father1 which thou hast commanded me4 #e3b4 ,but how ,i shall get this money1 ,i cannot tell2 he knoweth not me1 and ,i know not him3 what token shall ,i give him8 nor did ,i ever know the way which leadeth thither4 #e3c4 ,then his father answered him1 and said3 ,i have a note of his hand with me1 which when thou shalt shew him1 he will presently pay it4 #e3d4 ,but go now1 and seek thee out some faithful man1 to go with thee for his hire3 that thou mayst receive it1 while ,i yet live4 #e3e4 ,then ,tobias going forth1 found a beautiful young man1 standing girded1 and as it were ready to walk4 #e3f4 ,and not knowing that he was an angel of ,god1 he saluted him1 and said3 ,from whence art thou1 good young man8 #e3g4 ,but he answered3 ,of the children of ,israel4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,knowest thou the way that leadeth to the country of the ,medes8 #e3h4 ,and he answered3 ,i know it3 and ,i have often walked through all the ways thereof1 and ,i have abode with ,gabelus our brother1 who dwelleth at ,rages a city of the ,medes1 which is situate in the mount of ,ecbatana4 #e3i4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,stay for me1 ,i beseech thee1 till ,i tell these same things to my father4 #e3aj4 ,then ,tobias going in told all these things to his father4 ,upon which his father being in admiration1 desired that he would come in unto him4 #e3aa4 ,so going in he saluted him1 and said3 ,joy be to thee always4 #e3ab4 ,and ,tobias said3 ,what manner of joy shall be to me1 who sit in darkness and see not the light of heaven8 #e3ac4 ,and the young man said to him3 ,be of good courage1 thy cure from ,god is at hand4 #e3ad4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,canst thou conduct my son to ,gabelus at ,rages1 a city of the ,medes8 and when thou shalt return1 ,i will pay thee thy hire4 #e3ae4 ,and the angel said to him3 ,i will conduct him thither1 and bring him back to thee4 #e3af4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,i pray thee1 tell me1 of what family1 or what tribe art thou8 #e3ag4 ,and ,raphael the angel answered3 ,dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest1 or the hired servant himself to go with thy son8 #e3ah4 ,but lest ,i should make thee uneasy1 ,i am ,azarias the son of the great ,ananias4 ,azarias4 4 4,the angel took the form of ,azarias3 and therefore might call himself by the name of the man whom he personated4 ,azarias1 in ,hebrew1 signifies the help of ,god1 and ,ananias the grace of ,god4 #e3ai4 ,and ,tobias answered3 ,thou art of a great family4 ,but ,i pray thee be not angry that ,i desired to know thy family4 #e3bj4 ,and the angel said to him3 ,i will lead thy son safe1 and bring him to thee again safe4 #e3ba4 ,and ,tobias answering1 said3 ,may you have a good journey1 and ,god be with you in your way1 and his angel accompany you4 #e3bb4 ,then all things being ready1 that were to be carried in their journey1 ,tobias bade his father and his mother farewell1 and they set out both together4 #e3bc4 ,and when they were departed1 his mother began to weep1 and to say3 ,thou hast taken the staff of our old age1 and sent him away from us4 #e3bd4 ,i wish the money for which thou hast sent him1 had never been4 #e3be4 ,for our poverty was sufficient for us1 that we might account it as riches1 that we saw our son4 #e3bf4 ,and ,tobias said to her3 ,weep not1 our son will arrive thither safe1 and will return safe to us1 and thy eyes shall see him4 #e3bg4 ,for ,i believe that the good angel of ,god doth accompany him1 and doth order all things well that are done about him1 so that he shall return to us with joy4 #e3bh4 ,at these words his mother ceased weeping1 and held her peace4 ,tobias ,chapter #f ,by the angel's advice young ,tobias taketh hold on a fish that assaulteth him4 ,reserveth the heart1 the gall1 and the liver for medicines4 ,they lodge at the house of ,raguel1 whose daughter ,sara1 ,tobias is to marry2 she had before been married to seven husbands1 who were all slain by a devil4 #f3a4 ,and ,tobias went forward1 and the dog followed him1 and he lodged the first night by the river of ,tigris4 #f3b4 ,and he went out to wash his feet1 and behold a monstrous fish came up to devour him4 #f3c4 ,and ,tobias being afraid of him1 cried out with a loud voice1 saying3 ,sir1 he cometh upon me4 #f3d4 ,and the angel said to him3 ,take him by the gill1 and draw him to thee4 ,and when he had done so1 he drew him out upon the land1 and he began to pant before his feet4 #f3e4 ,then the angel said to him3 ,take out the entrails of this fish1 and lay up his heart1 and his gall1 and his liver for thee3 for these are necessary for useful medicines4 #f3f4 ,and when he had done so1 he roasted the flesh thereof1 and they took it with them in the way3 the rest they salted as much as might serve them1 till they came to ,rages the city of the ,medes4 #f3g4 ,then ,tobias asked the angel1 and said to him3 ,i beseech thee1 brother ,azarias1 tell me what remedies are these things good for1 which thou hast bid me keep of the fish8 #f3h4 ,and the angel1 answering1 said to him3 ,if thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals1 the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils1 either from man or from woman1 so that they come no more to them4 ,its heart1 etc4 ,the liver 7ver4 #ai74 4 4,god was pleased to give these things a virtue against those proud spirits1 to make them1 who affected to be like the ,most ,high1 subject to such mean corporeal creatures as instruments of his power4 #f3i4 ,and the gall is good for anointing the eyes1 in which there is a white speck1 and they shall be cured4 #f3aj4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,where wilt thou that we lodge8 #f3aa4 ,and the angel answering1 said3 ,here is one whose name is ,raguel1 a near kinsman of thy tribe1 and he hath a daughter named ,sara1 but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her4 #f3ab4 ,all his substance is due to thee1 and thou must take her to wife4 #f3ac4 ,ask her therefore of her father1 and he will give her thee to wife4 #f3ad4 ,then ,tobias answered1 and said3 ,i hear that she hath been given to seven husbands1 and they all died3 moreover ,i have heard1 that a devil killed them4 #f3ae4 ,now ,i am afraid1 lest the same thing should happen to me also3 and whereas ,i am the only child of my parents1 ,i should bring down their old age with sorrow to hell4 ,hell4 4 4,that is1 to the place where the souls of the good were kept before the coming of ,christ4 #f3af4 ,then the angel ,raphael said to him3 ,hear me1 and ,i will shew thee who they are1 over whom the devil can prevail4 #f3ag4 ,for they who in such manner receive matrimony1 as to shut out ,god from themselves1 and from their mind1 and to give themselves to their lust1 as the horse and mule1 which have not understanding1 over them the devil hath power4 #f3ah4 ,but thou when thou shalt take her1 go into the chamber1 and for three days keep thyself continent from her1 and give thyself to nothing else but to prayers with her4 #f3ai4 ,and on that night lay the liver of the fish on the fire1 and the devil shall be driven away4 #f3bj4 ,but the second night thou shalt be admitted into the society of the holy ,patriarchs4 #f3ba4 ,and the third night thou shalt obtain a blessing that sound children may be born of you4 #f3bb4 ,and when the third night is past1 thou shalt take the virgin with the fear of the ,lord1 moved rather for love of children than for lust1 that in the seed of ,abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing in children4 ,tobias ,chapter #g ,they are kindly entertained by ,raguel4 ,tobias demandeth ,sara to wife4 #g3a4 ,and they went in to ,raguel1 and ,raguel received them with joy4 #g3b4 ,and ,raguel looking upon ,tobias1 said to ,anna his wife3 ,how like is this young man to my cousin8 #g3c4 ,and when he had spoken these words1 he said3 ,whence are ye young men our brethren8 #g3d4 ,but they said3 ,we are of the tribe of ,nephtali1 of the captivity of ,ninive4 #g3e4 ,and ,raguel said to them3 ,do you know ,tobias my brother8 ,and they said3 ,we know him4 #g3f4 ,and when he was speaking many good things of him1 the angel said to ,raguel3 ,tobias concerning whom thou inquirest is this young man's father4 #g3g4 ,and ,raguel went to him1 and kissed him with tears and weeping upon his neck1 said3 ,a blessing be upon thee1 my son1 because thou art the son of a good and most virtuous man4 #g3h4 ,and ,anna his wife1 and ,sara their daughter wept4 #g3i4 ,and after they had spoken1 ,raguel commanded a sheep to be killed1 and a feast to be prepared4 ,and when he desired them to sit down to dinner1 #g3aj4 ,tobias said3 ,i will not eat nor drink here this day1 unless thou first grant me my petition1 and promise to give me ,sara thy daughter4 #g3aa4 ,now when ,raguel heard this he was afraid1 knowing what had happened to those seven husbands1 that went in unto her3 and he began to fear lest it might happen to him also in like manner3 and as he was in suspense1 and gave no answer to his petition1 #g3ab4 ,the angel said to him3 ,be not afraid to give her to this man1 for to him who feareth ,god is thy daughter due to be his wife3 therefore another could not have her4 #g3ac4 ,then ,raguel said3 ,i doubt not but ,god hath regarded my prayers and tears in his sight4 #g3ad4 ,and ,i believe he hath therefore made you come to me1 that this maid might be married to one of her own kindred1 according to the law of ,moses3 and now doubt not but ,i will give her to thee4 #g3ae4 ,and taking the right hand of his daughter1 he gave it into the right hand of ,tobias1 saying3 ,the ,god of ,abraham1 and the ,god of ,isaac1 and the ,god of ,jacob be with you1 and may he join you together1 and fulfil his blessing in you4 #g3af4 ,and taking paper they made a writing of the marriage4 #g3ag4 ,and afterwards they made merry1 blessing ,god4 #g3ah4 ,and ,raguel called to him ,anna his wife1 and bade her to prepare another chamber4 #g3ai4 ,and she brought ,sara her daughter in thither1 and she wept4 #g3bj4 ,and she said to her3 ,be of good cheer1 my daughter3 the ,lord of heaven give thee joy for the trouble thou hast undergone4 ,tobias ,chapter #h ,tobias burneth part of the fish's liver1 and ,raphael bindeth the devil4 ,tobias and ,sara pray4 #h3a4 ,and after they had supped1 they brought in the young man to her4 #h3b4 ,and ,tobias remembering the angel's word1 took out of his bag part of the liver1 and laid it upon burning coals4 #h3c4 ,then the angel ,raphael took the devil1 and bound him in the desert of upper ,egypt4 #h3d4 ,then ,tobias exhorted the virgin1 and said to her3 ,sara1 arise1 and let us pray to ,god to day1 and to morrow1 and the next day3 because for these three nights we are joined to ,god3 and when the third night is over1 we will be in our own wedlock4 #h3e4 ,for we are the children of saints1 and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not ,god4 #h3f4 ,so they both arose1 and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them1 #h3g4 ,and ,tobias said3 ,lord ,god of our fathers1 may the heavens and the earth1 and the sea1 and the fountains1 and the rivers1 and all thy creatures that are in them1 bless thee4 #h3h4 ,thou madest ,adam of the slime of the earth1 and gavest him ,eve for a helper4 #h3i4 ,and now1 ,lord1 thou knowest1 that not for fleshly lust do ,i take my sister to wife1 but only for the love of posterity1 in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever4 #h3aj4 ,sara also said3 ,have mercy on us1 ,o ,lord1 have mercy on us1 and let us grow old both together in health4 #h3aa4 ,and it came to pass about the cockcrowing1 ,raguel ordered his servants to be called for1 and they went with him together to dig a grave4 #h3ab4 ,for he said3 ,lest perhaps it may have happened to him1 in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands1 that went in unto her4 #h3ac4 ,and when they had prepared the pit1 ,raguel went back to his wife1 and said to her3 #h3ad4 ,send one of thy maids1 and let her see if he be dead1 that ,i may bury him before it be day4 #h3ae4 ,so she sent one of her maidservants1 who went into the chamber1 and found them safe and sound1 sleeping both together4 #h3af4 ,and returning she brought the good news3 and ,raguel and ,anna his wife blessed the ,lord1 #h3ag4 ,and said3 ,we bless thee1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 because it hath not happened as we suspected4 #h3ah4 ,for thou hast shewn thy mercy to us1 and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us4 #h3ai4 ,and thou hast taken pity upon two only children4 ,make them1 ,o ,lord1 bless thee more fully3 and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise1 and of their health1 that all nations may know1 that thou alone art ,god in all the earth4 #h3bj4 ,and immediately ,raguel commanded his servants1 to fill up the pit they had made1 before it was day4 #h3ba4 ,and he spoke to his wife to make ready a feast1 and prepare all kind of provisions that are necessary for such as go a journey4 #h3bb4 ,he caused also two fat kine1 and four wethers to be killed1 and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighbours1 and all his friends1 #h3bc4 ,and ,raguel adjured ,tobias1 to abide with him two weeks4 #h3bd4 ,and of all things which ,raguel possessed1 he gave one half to ,tobias1 and made a writing1 that the half that remained should after their decease come also to ,tobias4 ,tobias ,chapter #i ,the angel ,raphael goeth to ,gabelus1 receiveth the money1 and bringeth him to the marriage4 #i3a4 ,then ,tobias called the angel to him1 whom he took to be a man1 and said to him3 ,brother ,azarias1 ,i pray thee hearken to my words3 #i3b4 ,if ,i should give myself to be thy servant ,i should not make a worthy return for thy care4 #i3c4 ,however1 ,i beseech thee1 to take with thee beasts and servants1 and to go to ,gabelus to ,rages the city of the ,medes3 and to restore to him his note of hand1 and receive of him the money1 and desire him to come to my wedding4 #i3d4 ,for thou knowest that my father numbereth the days3 and if ,i stay one day more1 his soul will be afflicted4 #i3e4 ,and indeed thou seest how ,raguel hath adjured me1 whose adjuring ,i cannot despise4 #i3f4 ,then ,raphael took four of ,raguel's servants1 and two camels1 and went to ,rages the city of the ,medes3 and finding ,gabelus1 gave him his note of hand1 and received of him all the money4 #i3g4 ,and he told him concerning ,tobias the son of ,tobias1 all that had been done3 and made him come with him to the wedding4 #i3h4 ,and when he was come into ,raguel's house he found ,tobias sitting at the table3 and he leaped up1 and they kissed each other3 and ,gabelus wept1 and blessed ,god1 #i3i4 ,and said3 ,the ,god of ,israel bless thee1 because thou art the son of a very good and just man1 and that feareth ,god1 and doth almsdeeds3 #i3aj4 ,and may a blessing come upon thy wife and upon your parents4 #i3aa4 ,and may you see your children1 and your children's children1 unto the third and fourth generation3 and may your seed be blessed by the ,god of ,israel1 who reigneth for ever and ever4 #i3ab4 ,and when all had said1 ,amen1 they went to the feast3 but the marriage feast they celebrated also with the fear of the ,lord4 ,tobias ,chapter #aj ,the parents lament the long absence of their son ,tobias4 ,he sets out to return4 #aj3a4 ,but as ,tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage1 ,tobias his father was solicitous1 saying3 ,why thinkest thou doth my son tarry1 or why is he detained there8 #aj3b4 ,is ,gabelus dead1 thinkest thou1 and no man will pay him the money8 #aj3c4 ,and he began to be exceeding sad1 both he and ,anna his wife with him3 and they began both to weep together1 because their son did not return to them on the day appointed4 #aj3d4 ,but his mother wept and was quite disconsolate1 and said3 ,woe1 woe is me1 my son2 why did we send thee to go to a strange country1 the light of our eyes1 the staff of our old age1 the comfort of our life1 the hope of our posterity8 #aj3e4 ,we having all things together in thee alone1 ought not to have let thee go from us4 #aj3f4 ,and ,tobias said to her3 ,hold thy peace1 and be not troubled1 our son is safe3 that man with whom we sent him is very trusty4 #aj3g4 ,but she could by no means be comforted1 but daily running out looked round about1 and went into all the ways by which there seemed any hope he might return1 that she might if possible see him coming afar off4 #aj3h4 ,but ,raguel said to his son in law3 ,stay here1 and ,i will send a messenger to ,tobias thy father1 that thou art in health4 #aj3i4 ,and ,tobias said to him3 ,i know that my father and mother now count the days1 and their spirit is grievously afflicted within them4 #aj3aj4 ,and when ,raguel had pressed ,tobias with many words1 and he by no means would hearken to him1 he delivered ,sara unto him1 and half of all his substance in menservants1 and womenservants1 in cattle1 in camels1 and in kine1 and in much money1 and sent him away safe and joyful from him1 #aj3aa4 ,saying3 ,the holy angel of the ,lord be with you in your journey1 and bring you through safe1 and that you may find all things well about your parents1 and my eyes may see your children before ,i die4 #aj3ab4 ,and the parents taking their daughter kissed her1 and let her go3 #aj3ac4 ,admonishing her to honour her father and mother in law1 to love her husband1 to take care of the family1 to govern the house1 and to behave herself irreprehensibly4 ,tobias ,chapter #aa ,tobias anointeth his father's eyes with the fish's gall1 and he recovereth his sight4 #aa3a4 ,and as they were returning they came to ,charan1 which is in the midway to ,ninive1 the eleventh day4 #aa3b4 ,and the angel said3 ,brother ,tobias1 thou knowest how thou didst leave thy father4 #aa3c4 ,if it please thee therefore1 let us go before1 and let the family follow softly after us1 together with thy wife1 and with the beasts4 #aa3d4 ,and as this their going pleased him1 ,raphael said to ,tobias3 ,take with thee of the gall of the fish1 for it will be necessary4 ,so ,tobias took some of that gall and departed4 #aa3e4 ,but ,anna sat beside the way daily1 on the top of a hill1 from whence she might see afar off4 #aa3f4 ,and while she watched his coming from that place1 she saw him afar off1 and presently perceived it was her son coming3 and returning she told her husband1 saying3 ,behold thy son cometh4 #aa3g4 ,and ,raphael said to ,tobias3 ,as soon as thou shalt come into thy house1 forthwith adore the ,lord thy ,god3 and giving thanks to him1 go to thy father1 and kiss him4 #aa3h4 ,and immediately anoint his eyes with this gall of the fish1 which thou carriest with thee4 ,for be assured that his eyes shall be presently opened1 and thy father shall see the light of heaven1 and shall rejoice in the sight of thee4 #aa3i4 ,then the dog1 which had been with them in the way1 ran before1 and coming as if he had brought the news1 shewed his joy by his fawning and wagging his tail4 ,the dog1 etc4 4 4,this may seem a very minute circumstance to be recorded in sacred history3 but as we learn from our ,saviour1 ,st4 ,matt4 #e4ah1 there are iotas and tittles in the word of ,god3 that is to say1 things that appear minute1 but which have indeed a deep and mysterious meaning in them4 #aa3aj4 ,and his father that was blind1 rising up1 began to run stumbling with his feet3 and giving a servant his hand1 went to meet his son4 #aa3aa4 ,and receiving him kissed him1 as did also his wife1 and they began to weep for joy4 #aa3ab4 ,and when they had adored ,god1 and given him thanks1 they sat down together4 #aa3ac4 ,then ,tobias taking of the gall of the fish1 anointed his father's eyes4 #aa3ad4 ,and he stayed about half an hour3 and a white skin began to come out of his eyes1 like the skin of an egg4 #aa3ae4 ,and ,tobias took hold of it1 and drew it from his eyes1 and recovered his sight4 #aa3af4 ,and they glorified ,god1 both he and his wife and all that knew him4 #aa3ag4 ,and ,tobias said3 ,i bless thee1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 because thou hast chastised me1 and thou hast saved me and behold ,i see ,tobias my son4 #aa3ah4 ,and after seven days ,sara his son's wife and all the family arrived safe1 and the cattle1 and the camels1 and an abundance of money of his wife's3 and that money also which he had received of ,gabelus1 #aa3ai4 ,and he told his parents all the benefits of ,god1 which he had done to him by the man that conducted him4 #aa3bj4 ,and ,achior and ,nabath the kinsmen of ,tobias came1 rejoicing for ,tobias1 and congratulating with him for all the good things that ,god had done for him4 #aa3ba4 ,and for seven days they feasted and rejoiced all with great joy4 ,tobias ,chapter #ab ,raphael maketh himself known4 #ab3a4 ,then ,tobias called to him his son and said to him3 ,what can we give to this holy man1 that is come with thee8 #ab3b4 ,tobias answering1 said to his father3 ,father1 what wages shall we give him8 or what can be worthy of his benefits8 #ab3c4 ,he conducted me and brought me safe again1 he received the money of ,gabelus1 he caused me to have my wife1 and he chased from her the evil spirit1 he gave joy to her parents1 myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish1 thee also he hath made to see the light of heaven1 and we are filled with all good things through him4 ,what can we give him sufficient for these things8 #ab3d4 ,but ,i beseech thee1 my father1 to desire him1 that he would vouchsafe to accept of one half of all things that have been brought4 #ab3e4 ,so the father and the son calling him1 took him aside3 and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought1 #ab3f4 ,then he said to them secretly1 ,bless ye the ,god of heaven1 give glory to him in the sight of all that live1 because he hath shewn his mercy to you4 #ab3g4 ,for it is good to hide the secret of a king3 to reveal and confess the works of ,god4 #ab3h4 ,prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold4 #ab3i4 ,for alms delivereth from death1 and the same is that which purgeth away sins1 and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting4 #ab3aj4 ,but they that commit sin and iniquity1 are enemies to their own soul4 #ab3aa4 ,i discover then the truth unto you1 and ,i will not hide the secret from you4 #ab3ab4 ,when thou didst pray with tears1 and didst bury the dead1 and didst leave thy dinner1 and hide the dead by day in thy house1 and bury them by night1 ,i offered thy prayer to the ,lord4 #ab3ac4 ,and because thou wast acceptable to ,god1 it was necessary that temptation should prove thee4 #ab3ad4 ,and now the ,lord hath sent me to heal thee1 and to deliver ,sara thy son's wife from the devil4 #ab3ae4 ,for ,i am the angel ,raphael1 one of the seven1 who stand before the ,lord4 #ab3af4 ,and when they had heard these things1 they were troubled1 and being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their face4 #ab3ag4 ,and the angel said to them3 ,peace be to you1 fear not4 #ab3ah4 ,for when ,i was with you1 ,i was there by the will of ,god3 bless ye him1 and sing praises to him4 #ab3ai4 ,i seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you but ,i use an invisible meat and drink1 which cannot be seen by men4 #ab3bj4 ,it is time therefore that ,i return to him that sent me3 but bless ye ,god1 and publish all his wonderful works4 #ab3ba4 ,and when he had said these things1 he was taken from their sight1 and they could see him no more4 #ab3bb4 ,then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face1 blessed ,god1 and rising up1 they told all his wonderful works4 ,tobias ,chapter #ac ,tobias the father praiseth ,god1 exhorting all ,israel to do the same4 ,prophesieth the restoration and better state of ,jerusalem4 #ac3a4 ,and ,tobias the elder opening his mouth1 blessed the ,lord1 and said3 ,thou art great ,o ,lord1 for ever1 and thy kingdom is unto all ages4 #ac3b4 ,for thou scourgest1 and thou savest3 thou leadest down to hell1 and bringest up again3 and there is none that can escape thy hand4 #ac3c4 ,give glory to the ,lord1 ye children of ,israel1 and praise him in the sight of the ,gentiles3 #ac3d4 ,because he hath therefore scattered you among the ,gentiles1 who know not him1 that you may declare his wonderful works1 and make them know that there is no other almighty ,god besides him4 #ac3e4 ,he hath chastised us for our iniquities3 and he will save us for his own mercy4 #ac3f4 ,see then what he hath done with us1 and with fear and trembling give ye glory to him3 and extol the eternal ,king of worlds in your works4 #ac3g4 ,as for me1 ,i will praise him in the land of my captivity3 because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation1 #ac3h4 ,be converted therefore1 ye sinners1 and do justice before ,god1 believing that he will shew his mercy to you4 #ac3i4 ,and ,i and my soul will rejoice in him4 #ac3aj4 ,bless ye the ,lord1 all his elect1 keep days of joy1 and give glory to him4 #ac3aa4 ,jerusalem1 city of ,god1 the ,lord hath chastised thee for the works of thy hands4 ,jerusalem4 4 4,what is prophetically delivered here1 and in the following chapter1 with relation to ,jerusalem1 is partly to be understood of the rebuilding of the city after the captivity3 and partly of the spiritual ,jerusalem1 which is the church of ,christ1 and the eternal ,jerusalem in heaven4 #ac3ab4 ,give glory to the ,lord for thy good things1 and bless the ,god eternal that he may rebuild his tabernacle in thee1 and may call back all the captives to thee1 and thou mayst rejoice for ever and ever4 #ac3ac4 ,thou shalt shine with a glorious light3 and all the ends of the earth shall worship thee1 #ac3ad4 ,nations from afar shall come to thee3 and shall bring gifts1 and shall adore the ,lord in thee1 and shall esteem thy land as holy4 #ac3ae4 ,for they shall call upon the great name in thee1 #ac3af4 ,they shall be cursed that shall despise thee3 and they shall be condemned that shall blaspheme thee3 and blessed shall they be that shall build thee up1 #ac3ag4 ,but thou shalt rejoice in thy children1 because they shall all be blessed1 and shall be gathered together to the ,lord4 #ac3ah4 ,blessed are all they that love thee1 and that rejoice in thy peace1 #ac3ai4 ,my soul1 bless thou the ,lord1 because the ,lord our ,god hath delivered ,jerusalem his city from all her troubles4 #ac3bj4 ,happy shall ,i be if there shall remain of my seed1 to see the glory of ,jerusalem4 #ac3ba4 ,the gates of ,jerusalem shall be built of sapphire1 and of emerald1 and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones4 #ac3bb4 ,all its streets shall be paved with white and clean stones3 and ,alleluia shall be sung in its streets1 #ac3bc4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who hath exalted it1 and may he reign over it for ever and ever1 ,amen4 ,tobias ,chapter #ad ,old ,tobias dieth at the age of a hundred and two years1 after exhorting his son and grandsons to piety1 foreshewing that ,ninive shall be destroyed1 and ,jerusalem rebuilt4 ,the younger ,tobias returneth with his family to ,raguel1 and dieth happily as he had lived4 #ad3a4 ,and the words of ,tobias were ended4 ,and after ,tobias was restored to his sight1 he lived two and forty years1 and saw the children of his grandchildren4 #ad3b4 ,and after he had lived a hundred and two years1 he was buried honorably in ,ninive4 #ad3c4 ,for he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes1 and sixty when he recovered it again4 #ad3d4 ,and the rest of his life was in joy1 and with great increase of the fear of ,god he departed in peace4 #ad3e4 ,and at the hour of his death he called unto him his son ,tobias and his children1 seven young men1 his grandsons1 and said to them3 #ad3f4 ,the destruction of ,ninive is at hand3 for the word of the ,lord must be fulfilled3 and our brethren1 that are scattered abroad from the land of ,israel1 shall return to it4 #ad3g4 ,and all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people1 and the house of ,god which is burnt in it1 shall again be rebuilt3 and all that fear ,god shall return thither4 #ad3h4 ,and the ,gentiles shall leave their idols1 and shall come into ,jerusalem1 and shall dwell in it4 #ad3i4 ,and all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it1 adoring the ,king of ,israel4 #ad3aj4 ,hearken therefore1 my children1 to your father3 serve the ,lord in truth1 and seek to do the things that please him3 #ad3aa4 ,and command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds1 and that they be mindful of ,god1 and bless him at all times in truth1 and with all their power4 #ad3ab4 ,and now1 children1 hear me1 and do not stay here3 but as soon as you shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre1 without delay direct your steps to depart hence3 #ad3ac4 ,for ,i see that its iniquity will bring it to destruction4 #ad3ad4 ,and it came to pass that after the death of his mother1 ,tobias departed out of ,ninive with his wife1 and children1 and children's children1 and returned to his father and mother in law4 #ad3ae4 ,and he found them in health in a good old age3 and he took care of them1 and he closed their eyes3 and all the inheritance of ,raguel's house came to him3 and he saw his children's children to the fifth generation4 #ad3af4 ,and after he had lived ninety-nine years in the fear of the ,lord1 with joy they buried him4 #ad3ag4 ,and all his kindred1 and all his generation continued in good life1 and in holy conversation1 so that they were acceptable both to ,god1 and to men1 and to all that dwelt in the land4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,judith ,the sacred writer of this ,book is generally believed to be the high priest ,eliachim 7called also ,joachim74 ,the transactions herein related1 most probably happened in his days1 and in the reign of ,manasses1 after his repentance and return from captivity4 ,it takes its name from that illustrious woman1 by whose virtue and fortitude1 and armed with prayer1 the children of ,israel were preserved from the destruction threatened them by ,holofernes and his great army4 ,it finishes with her canticle of thanksgiving to ,god4 ,judith ,chapter #a ,nabuchodonosor king of the ,assyrians overcometh ,arphaxad king of the ,medes4 #a3a4 ,now ,arphaxad king of the ,medes had brought many nations under his dominions1 and he built a very strong city1 which he called ,ecbatana1 ,arphaxad4 4 4,he was probably the same as is called ,dejoces by ,herodotus2 to whom he attributes the building of ,ecbatana1 the capital city of ,media4 #a3b4 ,of stones squared and hewed3 he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad1 and thirty cubits high1 and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high4 ,but on the square of them1 each side was extended the space of twenty feet4 #a3c4 ,and he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers3 #a3d4 ,and he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots4 #a3e4 ,now in the twelfth year of his reign1 ,nabuchodonosor king of the ,assyrians1 who reigned in ,ninive the great city1 fought against ,arphaxad and overcame him1 ,nabuchodonosor4 4 4,not the king of ,babylon1 who took and destroyed ,jerusalem1 but another of the same name1 who reigned in ,ninive3 and is called by profane historians ,saosduchin4 ,he succeeded ,asarhaddan in the kingdom of the ,assyrians1 and was contemporary with ,manasses king of ,juda4 #a3f4 ,in the great plain which is called ,ragua1 about the ,euphrates1 and the ,tigris1 and the ,jadason1 in the plain of ,erioch the king of the ,elicians4 #a3g4 ,then was the kingdom of ,nabuchodonosor exalted1 and his heart was elevated3 and he sent to all that dwelt in ,cilicia and ,damascus1 and ,libanus1 #a3h4 ,and to the nations that are in ,carmelus1 and ,cedar1 and to the inhabitants of ,galilee in the great plain of ,asdrelon1 #a3i4 ,and to all that were in ,samaria1 and beyond the river ,jordan even to ,jerusalem1 and all the land of ,jesse till you come to the borders of ,ethiopia4 #a3aj4 ,to all these ,nabuchodonosor king of the ,assyrians1 sent messengers3 #a3aa4 ,but they all with one mind refused1 and sent them back empty1 and rejected them without honour4 #a3ab4 ,then king ,nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land1 swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries4 ,judith ,chapter #b ,nabuchodonosor sendeth ,holofernes to waste the countries of the west4 #b3a4 ,in the thirteenth year of the reign of ,nabuchodonosor1 the two and twentieth day of the first month1 the word was given out in the house of ,nabuchodonosor king of the ,assyrians1 that he would revenge himself4 #b3b4 ,and he called all the ancients1 and all the governors1 and his officers of war1 and communicated to them the secret of his counsel3 #b3c4 ,and he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his empire4 #b3d4 ,and when this saying pleased them all1 ,nabuchodonosor1 the king1 called ,holofernes the general of his armies1 #b3e4 ,and said to him3 ,go out against all the kingdoms of the west1 and against them especially that despised my commandment4 #b3f4 ,thy eye shall not spare any kingdom1 and all the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke4 #b3g4 ,then ,holofernes called the captains1 and officers of the power of the ,assyrians3 and he mustered men for the expedition1 and the king commanded him1 a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot1 and twelve thousand archers1 horsemen4 #b3h4 ,and he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a multitude of innumerable camels1 with all provisions sufficient for the armies in abundance1 and herds of oxen1 and flocks of sheep1 without number4 #b3i4 ,he appointed corn to be prepared out of all ,syria in his passage4 #b3aj4 ,but gold and silver he took out of the king's house in great abundance4 #b3aa4 ,and he went forth he and all the army1 with the chariots1 and horsemen1 and archers1 who covered the face of the earth1 like locusts4 #b3ab4 ,and when he had passed through the borders of the ,assyrians1 he came to the great mountains of ,ange1 which are on the left of ,cilicia3 and he went up to all their castles1 and took all the strong places4 #b3ac4 ,and he took by assault the renowned city of ,melothus1 and pillaged all the children of ,tharsis1 and the children of ,ismahel1 who were over against the face of the desert1 and on the south of the land of ,cellon4 #b3ad4 ,and he passed over the ,euphrates and came into ,mesopotamia3 and he forced all the stately cities that were there1 from the torrent of ,mambre1 till one comes to the sea3 #b3ae4 ,and he took the borders thereof1 from ,cilicia to the coasts of ,japheth1 which are towards the south4 #b3af4 ,and he carried away all the children of ,madian1 and stripped them of all their riches1 and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of the sword4 #b3ag4 ,and after these things he went down into the plains of ,damascus in the days of the harvest1 and he set all the corn on fire1 and he caused all the trees and vineyards to be cut down4 #b3ah4 ,and the fear of them fell upon all the inhabitants of the land4 ,judith ,chapter #c ,many submit themselves to ,holofernes4 ,he destroyeth their cities1 and their gods1 that ,nabuchodonosor only might be called ,god4 #c3a4 ,then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces1 of ,syria1 ,mesopotamia1 and ,syria ,sobal1 and ,libya1 and ,cilicia sent their ambassadors1 who coming to ,holofernes1 said3 #c3b4 ,let thy indignation towards us cease1 for it is better for us to live and serve ,nabuchodonosor the great king1 and be subject to thee1 than to die and to perish1 or suffer the miseries of slavery4 #c3c4 ,all our cities and our possessions1 all mountains and hills1 and fields1 and herds of oxen1 and flocks of sheep1 and goats1 and horses1 and camels1 and all our goods1 and families are in thy sight3 #c3d4 ,let all we have be subject to thy law1 #c3e4 ,both we and our children are thy servants4 #c3f4 ,come to us a peaceable lord1 and use our service as it shall please thee1 #c3g4 ,then he came down from the mountains with horsemen1 in great power1 and made himself master of every city1 and all the inhabitants of the land4 #c3h4 ,and from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men1 and chosen for war1 #c3i4 ,and so great a fear lay upon all those provinces1 that the inhabitants of all the cities1 both princes and nobles1 as well as the people1 went out to meet him at his coming4 #c3aj4 ,and received him with garlands1 and lights1 and dances1 and timbrels1 and flutes4 #c3aa4 ,and though they did these things1 they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart3 #c3ab4 ,for he both destroyed their cities1 and cut down their groves4 #c3ac4 ,for ,nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth1 that he only might be called ,god by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of ,holofernes4 #c3ad4 ,and when he had passed through all ,syria ,sobal1 and all ,apamea1 and all ,mesopotamia1 he came to the ,idumeans into the land of ,gabaa1 #c3ae4 ,and he took possession of their cities1 and stayed there for thirty days1 in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united4 ,judith ,chapter #d ,the children of ,israel prepare themselves to resist ,holofernes4 ,they cry to the ,lord for help4 #d3a4 ,then the children of ,israel1 who dwelt in the land of ,juda1 hearing these things1 were exceedingly afraid of him4 #d3b4 ,dread and horror seized upon their minds1 lest he should do the same to ,jerusalem and to the temple of the ,lord1 that he had done to other cities and their temples4 #d3c4 ,and they sent into all ,samaria round about1 as far as ,jericho1 and seized upon all the tops of the mountains3 #d3d4 ,and they compassed their towns with walls and gathered together corn for provision for war4 #d3e4 ,and ,eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against ,esdrelon1 which faceth the great plain near ,dothain1 and to all by whom there might be a passage of way1 that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains1 by which there might be any way to ,jerusalem1 and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains4 #d3f4 ,and the children of ,israel did as the priests of the ,lord ,eliachim had appointed them4 #d3g4 ,and all the people cried to the ,lord with great earnestness1 and they humbled their souls in fastings1 and prayers1 both they and their wives4 #d3h4 ,and the priests put on haircloths1 and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the ,lord1 and the altar of the ,lord they covered with haircloth4 #d3i4 ,and they cried to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel with one accord1 that their children might not be made a prey1 and their wives carried off1 and their cities destroyed1 and their holy things profaned1 and that they might not be made a reproach to the ,gentiles4 #d3aj4 ,then ,eliachim the high priest of the ,lord went about all ,israel and spoke to them1 #d3aa4 ,saying3 ,know ye that the ,lord will hear your prayers1 if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the ,lord4 #d3ab4 ,remember ,moses the servant of the ,lord overcame ,amalec that trusted in his own strength1 and in his power1 and in his army1 and in his shields1 and in his chariots1 and in his horsemen1 not by fighting with the sword1 but by holy prayers3 #d3ac4 ,so all the enemies of ,israel be1 if you persevere in this work which you have begun4 #d3ad4 ,so they being moved by this exhortation of his1 prayed to the ,lord1 and continued in the sight of the ,lord4 #d3ae4 ,so that even they who offered the holocausts to the ,lord1 offered the sacrifices to the ,lord girded with haircloths1 and with ashes upon their head4 #d3af4 ,and they all begged of ,god with all their heart1 that he would visit his people ,israel4 ,judith ,chapter #e ,achior gives ,holofernes an account of the people of ,israel4 #e3a4 ,and it was told ,holofernes the general of the army of the ,assyrians1 that the children of ,israel prepared themselves to resist1 and had shut up the ways of the mountains4 #e3b4 ,and he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation1 and he called all the princes of ,moab and the leaders of ,ammon4 #e3c4 ,and he said to them3 ,tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains3 or what are their cities1 and of what sort1 and how great3 also what is their power1 or what is their multitude3 or who is the king over their warfare3 #e3d4 ,and why they above all that dwell in the east1 have despised us1 and have not come out to meet us1 that they might receive us with peace8 #e3e4 ,then ,achior captain of all the children of ,ammon answering1 said2 ,if thou vouchsafe1 my lord1 to hear1 ,i will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people1 that dwelleth in the mountains1 and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth4 #e3f4 ,this people is of the offspring of the ,chaldeans4 #e3g4 ,they dwelt first in ,mesopotamia1 because they would not follow the gods of their fathers1 who were in the land of the ,chaldeans4 #e3h4 ,wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers1 which consisted in the worship of many gods1 #e3i4 ,they worshipped one ,god of heaven1 who also commanded them to depart from thence1 and to dwell in ,charan4 ,and when there was a famine over all the land1 they went down into ,egypt1 and there for four hundred years were so multiplied1 that the army of them could not be numbered4 #e3aj4 ,and when the king of ,egypt oppressed them1 and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick1 in the building of his cities1 they cried to their ,lord1 and he struck the whole land of ,egypt with divers plagues4 #e3aa4 ,and when the ,egyptians had cast them out from them1 and the plague had ceased from them1 and they had a mind to take them again1 and bring them back to their service1 #e3ab4 ,the ,god of heaven opened the sea to them in their flight1 so that the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side1 and they walked through the bottom of the sea and passed it dry foot4 #e3ac4 ,and when an innumerable army of the ,egyptians pursued after them in that place1 they were so overwhelmed with the waters1 that there was not one left1 to tell what had happened to posterity4 #e3ad4 ,after they came out of the ,red ,sea1 they abode in the deserts of mount ,sina1 in which never man could dwell1 or son of man rested4 #e3ae4 ,there bitter fountains were made sweet for them to drink1 and for forty years they received food from heaven4 #e3af4 ,wheresoever they went in without bow and arrow1 and without shield and sword1 their ,god fought for them and overcame4 #e3ag4 ,and there was no one that triumphed over this people1 but when they departed from the worship of the ,lord their ,god4 #e3ah4 ,but as often as beside their own ,god1 they worshipped any other1 they were given to spoil and to the sword1 and to reproach4 #e3ai4 ,and as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the worship of their ,god1 the ,god of heaven gave them power to resist4 #e3bj4 ,so they overthrew the king of the ,chanaanites1 and of the ,jebusites1 and of the ,pherezites1 and of the ,hethites1 and of the ,hevites1 and of the ,amorrhites1 and all the mighty ones in ,hesebon1 and they possessed their lands1 and their cities3 #e3ba4 ,and as long as they sinned not in the sight of their ,god1 it was well with them3 for their ,god hateth iniquity4 #e3bb4 ,and even some years ago when they had revolted from the way which ,god had given them to walk therein1 they were destroyed in battles by many nations and very many of them were led away captive into a strange land4 #e3bc4 ,but of late returning to the ,lord their ,god1 from the different places wherein they were scattered1 they are come together and are gone up into all these mountains1 and possess ,jerusalem again1 where their holies are4 #e3bd4 ,now therefore1 my lord1 search if there be any iniquity of theirs in the sight of their ,god3 let us go up to them1 because their ,god will surely deliver them to thee1 and they shall be brought under the yoke of thy power3 #e3be4 ,but if there be no offence of this people in the sight of their ,god1 we cannot resist them because their ,god will defend them3 and we shall be a reproach to the whole earth4 #e3bf4 ,and it came to pass1 when ,achior had ceased to speak these words1 all the great men of ,holofernes were angry1 and they had a mind to kill him1 saying to each other3 #e3bg4 ,who is this1 that saith the children of ,israel can resist king ,nabuchodonosor1 and his armies1 men unarmed1 and without force1 and without skill in the art of war8 #e3bh4 ,that ,achior therefore may know that he deceiveth us1 let us go up into the mountains3 and when the bravest of them shall be taken1 then shall he with them be stabbed with the sword1 #e3bi4 ,that every nation may know that ,nabuchodonosor is god of the earth1 and besides him there is no other4 ,judith ,chapter #f ,holofernes in great rage sendeth ,achior to ,bethulia1 there to be slain with the ,israelites4 #f3a4 ,and it came to pass when they had left off speaking1 that ,holofernes being in a violent passion1 said to ,achior3 #f3b4 ,because thou hast prophesied unto us1 saying3 ,that the nation of ,israel is defended by their ,god1 to shew thee that there is no ,god1 but ,nabuchodonosor3 #f3c4 ,when we shall slay them all as one man1 then thou also shalt die with them by the sword of the ,assyrians1 and all ,israel shall perish with thee3 #f3d4 ,and thou shalt find that ,nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth3 and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides1 and thou shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of ,israel1 and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them4 #f3e4 ,but if thou think thy prophecy true1 let not thy countenance sink1 and let the paleness that is in thy face1 depart from thee1 if thou imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished4 #f3f4 ,and that thou mayst know that thou shalt experience these things together with them1 behold from this hour thou shalt be associated to their people1 that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve from my sword1 thou mayst fall under the same vengeance4 #f3g4 ,then ,holofernes commanded his servants to take ,achior1 and to lead him to ,bethulia1 and to deliver him into the hands of the children of ,israel4 #f3h4 ,and the servants of ,holofernes taking him1 went through the plains3 but when they came near the mountains1 the slingers came out against them4 #f3i4 ,then turning out of the way by the side of the mountain1 they tied ,achior to a tree hand and foot1 and so left him bound with ropes1 and returned to their master4 #f3aj4 ,and the children of ,israel coming down from ,bethulia1 came to him1 and loosing him they brought him to ,bethulia1 and setting him in the midst of the people1 asked him what was the matter that the ,assyrians had left him bound4 #f3aa4 ,in those days the rulers there1 were ,ozias the son of ,micha of the tribe of ,simeon1 and ,charmi1 called also ,gothoniel4 #f3ab4 ,and ,achior related in the midst of the ancients1 and in the presence of all the people1 all that he had said being asked by ,holofernes3 and how the people of ,holofernes would have killed him for this word1 #f3ac4 ,and how ,holofernes himself being angry had commanded him to be delivered for this cause to the ,israelites3 that when he should overcome the children of ,israel1 then he might command ,achior also himself to be put to death by diverse torments1 for having said3 ,the ,god of heaven is their defender4 #f3ad4 ,and when ,achior had declared all these things1 all the people fell upon their faces1 adoring the ,lord1 and all of them together mourning and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the ,lord1 #f3ae4 ,saying3 ,o ,lord ,god of heaven and earth1 behold their pride1 and look on our low condition1 and have regard to the face of thy saints1 and shew that thou forsakest not them that trust on thee1 and that thou humblest them that presume of themselves1 and glory in their own strength4 #f3af4 ,so when their weeping was ended1 and the people's prayer1 in which they continued all the day1 was concluded1 they comforted ,achior1 #f3ag4 ,saying3 ,the ,god of our fathers1 whose power thou hast set forth1 will make this return to thee1 that thou rather shalt see their destruction4 #f3ah4 ,and when the ,lord our ,god shall give this liberty to his servants1 let ,god be with thee also in the midst of us3 that as it shall please thee1 so thou with all thine mayst converse with us4 #f3ai4 ,then ,ozias1 after the assembly was broken up1 received him into his house1 and made him a great supper4 #f3bj4 ,and all the ancients were invited1 and they refreshed themselves together after their fast was over4 #f3ba4 ,and afterwards all the people were called together1 and they prayed all the night long within the church1 desiring help of the ,god of ,israel4 ,the church4 4 4,that is1 the synagogue or place where they met for prayer4 ,judith ,chapter #g ,holofernes besiegeth ,bethulia4 ,the distress of the besieged4 #g3a4 ,but ,holofernes on the next day gave orders to his army1 to go up against ,bethulia4 #g3b4 ,now there were in his troops a hundred and twenty thousand footmen1 and two and twenty thousand horsemen1 besides the preparations of those men who had been taken1 and who had been brought away out of the provinces and cities of all the youth4 #g3c4 ,all these prepared themselves together to fight against the children of ,israel1 and they came by the hillside to the top1 which looketh toward ,dothain1 from the place which is called ,belma1 unto ,chelmon1 which is over against ,esdrelon4 #g3d4 ,but the children of ,israel1 when they saw the multitude of them1 prostrated themselves upon the ground1 putting ashes upon their heads1 praying with one accord1 that the ,god of ,israel would shew his mercy upon his people4 #g3e4 ,and taking their arms of war1 they posted themselves at the places1 which by a narrow pathway lead directly between the mountains1 and they guarded them all day and night4 #g3f4 ,now ,holofernes1 in going round about1 found that the fountain which supplied them with water1 ran through an aqueduct without the city on the south side3 and he commanded their aqueduct to be cut off4 #g3g4 ,nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls1 out of which they were seen secretly to draw water1 to refresh themselves a little rather than to drink their fill4 #g3h4 ,but the children of ,ammon and ,moab came to ,holofernes1 saying3 ,the children of ,israel trust not in their spears1 nor in their arrows1 but the mountains are their defence1 and the steep hills and precipices guard them4 #g3i4 ,wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle1 set guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them1 and thou shalt destroy them without sword1 or at least being wearied out they will yield up their city1 which they suppose1 because it is situate in the mountains1 to be impregnable4 #g3aj4 ,and these words pleased ,holofernes1 and his officers1 and he placed all round about a hundred men at every spring4 #g3aa4 ,and when they had kept this watch for full twenty days1 the cisterns1 and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of ,bethulia1 so that there was not within the city1 enough to satisfy them1 no not for one day1 for water was daily given out to the people by measure4 #g3ab4 ,then all the men and women1 young men1 and children1 gathering themselves together to ,ozias1 all together with one voice1 #g3ac4 ,said3 ,god be judge between us and thee1 for thou hast done evil against us1 in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the ,assyrians1 and for this cause ,god hath sold us into their hands4 #g3ad4 ,and therefore there is no one to help us1 while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst1 and sad destruction4 #g3ae4 ,and now assemble ye all that are in the city1 that we may of our own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of ,holofernes4 #g3af4 ,for it is better1 that being captives we should live and bless the ,lord1 than that we should die1 and be a reproach to all flesh1 after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes4 #g3ag4 ,we call to witness this day heaven and earth1 and the ,god of our fathers1 who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins1 conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of ,holofernes1 that our end may be short by the edge of the sword1 which is made longer by the drought of thirst4 #g3ah4 ,and when they had said these things1 there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly1 and for many hours with one voice they cried to ,god1 saying3 #g3ai4 ,we have sinned with our fathers1 we have done unjustly1 we have committed iniquity3 #g3bj4 ,have thou mercy on us1 because thou art good1 or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself1 and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee1 #g3ba4 ,that they may not say among the ,gentiles3 ,where is their ,god8 #g3bb4 ,and when being wearied with these cries1 and tired with these weepings1 they held their peace1 #g3bc4 ,ozias rising up all in tears1 said3 ,be of good courage1 my brethren1 and let us wait these five days for mercy from the ,lord4 #g3bd4 ,for perhaps he will put a stop to his indignation1 and will give glory to his own name4 #g3be4 ,but if after five days be past there come no aid1 we will do the things which you have spoken4 ,judith ,chapter #h ,the character of ,judith3 her discourse to the ancients4 #h3a4 ,now it came to pass1 when ,judith a widow had heard these words1 who was the daughter of ,merari1 the son of ,idox1 the son of ,joseph1 the son of ,ozias1 the son of ,elai1 the son of ,jamnor1 the son of ,gedeon1 the son of ,raphaim1 the son of ,achitob1 the son of ,melchias1 the son of ,enan1 the son of ,nathanias1 the son of ,salathiel1 the son of ,simeon1 the son of ,ruben3 ,simeon the son of ,ruben4 4 4,in the ,greek1 it is the son of ,israel4 ,for ,simeon the patriarch1 from whom ,judith descended1 was not the son1 but the brother of ,ruben4 ,it seems more probable that the ,simeon and the ,ruben here mentioned are not the patriarchs3 but two of the descendants of the patriarch ,simeon3 and that the genealogy of ,judith1 recorded in this place1 is not carried up so high as the patriarchs4 ,no more than that of ,elcana the father of ,samuel1 #a ,kings #a4a1 and that of king ,saul1 #a ,kings #i4a4 #h3b4 ,and her husband was ,manasses1 who died in the time of the barley harvest3 #h3c4 ,for he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field2 and the heat came upon his head1 and he died in ,bethulia his own city1 and was buried there with his fathers4 #h3d4 ,and ,judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months4 #h3e4 ,and she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house1 in which she abode shut up with her maids4 #h3f4 ,and she wore haircloth upon her loins1 and fasted all the days of her life1 except the sabbaths1 and new moons1 and the feasts of the house of ,israel4 #h3g4 ,and she was exceedingly beautiful1 and her husband left her great riches1 and very many servants1 and large possessions of herds of oxen1 and flocks of sheep4 #h3h4 ,and she was greatly renowned among all1 because she feared the ,lord very much1 neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her4 #h3i4 ,when therefore she had heard that ,ozias had promised that he would deliver up the city after the fifth day1 she sent to the ancients ,chabri and ,charmi4 #h3aj4 ,and they came to her1 and she said to them3 ,what is this word1 by which ,ozias hath consented to give up the city to the ,assyrians1 if within five days there come no aid to us8 #h3aa4 ,and who are you that tempt the ,lord8 #h3ab4 ,this is not a word that may draw down mercy1 but rather that may stir up wrath1 and enkindle indignation4 #h3ac4 ,you have set a time for the mercy of the ,lord1 and you have appointed him a day1 according to your pleasure4 #h3ad4 ,but forasmuch as the ,lord is patient1 let us be penitent for this same thing1 and with many tears let us beg his pardon3 #h3ae4 ,for ,god will not threaten like man1 nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man4 #h3af4 ,and therefore let us humble our souls before him1 and continuing in an humble spirit1 in his service3 #h3ag4 ,let us ask the ,lord with tears1 that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us3 that as our heart is troubled by their pride1 so also we may glorify in our humility4 #h3ah4 ,for we have not followed the sins of our fathers1 who forsook their ,god1 and worshipped strange gods4 #h3ai4 ,for which crime they were given up to their enemies1 to the sword1 and to pillage1 and to confusion3 but we know no other ,god but him4 #h3bj4 ,let us humbly wait for his consolation1 and the ,lord our ,god will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies1 and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us1 and bring them to disgrace4 #h3ba4 ,and now1 brethren1 as you are the ancients among the people of ,god1 and their very soul resteth upon you3 comfort their hearts by your speech1 that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved1 whether they worshipped their ,god truly4 #h3bb4 ,they must remember how our father ,abraham was tempted1 and being proved by many tribulations1 was made the friend of ,god4 #h3bc4 ,so ,isaac1 so ,jacob1 so ,moses1 and all that have pleased ,god1 passed through many tribulations1 remaining faithful4 #h3bd4 ,but they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the ,lord1 but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the ,lord1 #h3be4 ,were destroyed by the destroyer1 and perished by serpents4 #h3bf4 ,as for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer4 #h3bg4 ,but esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve1 let us believe that these scourges of the ,lord1 with which like servants we are chastised1 have happened for our amendment1 and not for our destruction4 #h3bh4 ,and ,ozias and the ancients said to her3 ,all things which thou hast spoken are true1 and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words4 #h3bi4 ,now therefore pray for us1 for thou art a holy woman1 and one fearing ,god4 #h3cj4 ,and ,judith said to them3 ,as you know that what ,i have been able to say is of ,god3 #h3ca4 ,so that which ,i intend to do prove ye if it be of ,god1 and pray that ,god may strengthen my design4 #h3cb4 ,you shall stand at the gate this night1 and ,i will go out with my maidservant3 and pray ye1 that as you have said1 in five days the ,lord may look down upon his people ,israel4 #h3cc4 ,but ,i desire that you search not into what ,i am doing1 and till ,i bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the ,lord our ,god4 #h3cd4 ,and ,ozias the prince of ,juda said to her3 ,go in peace1 and the ,lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies4 ,so returning they departed4 ,judith ,chapter #i ,judith's prayer1 to beg of ,god to fortify her in her undertaking4 #i3a4 ,and when they were gone1 ,judith went into her oratory3 and putting on haircloth1 laid ashes on her head3 and falling down prostrate before the ,lord1 she cried to the ,lord1 saying3 #i3b4 ,lord ,god of my father ,simeon1 who gavest him a sword to execute vengeance against strangers1 who had defiled by their uncleanness1 and uncovered the virgin unto confusion3 ,gavest him a sword1 etc4 4 4,the justice of ,god is here praised1 in punishing by the sword of ,simeon the crime of the ,sichemites3 and not the act of ,simeon1 which was justly condemned by his father1 ,gen4 #di4e4 ,though even with regard to this act1 we may distinguish between his zeal against the crime committed by the ravishers of his sister1 which zeal may be considered just3 and the manner of his punishing that crime1 which was irregular and excessive4 #i3c4 ,and who gavest their wives to be made a prey1 and their daughters into captivity3 and all their spoils to be divided to the servants1 who were zealous with thy zeal3 assist1 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord ,god1 me a widow4 #i3d4 ,for thou hast done the things of old1 and hast devised one thing after another3 and what thou hast designed hath been done4 #i3e4 ,for all thy ways are prepared1 and in thy providence thou hast placed thy judgments4 #i3f4 ,look upon the camp of the ,assyrians now1 as thou wast pleased to look upon the camp of the ,egyptians1 when they pursued armed after thy servants1 trusting in their chariots1 and in their horsemen1 and in a multitude of warriors4 #i3g4 ,but thou lookedst over their camp1 and darkness wearied them4 #i3h4 ,the deep held their feet1 and the waters overwhelmed them4 #i3i4 ,so may it be with these also1 ,o ,lord1 who trust in their multitude1 and in their chariots1 and in their pikes1 and in their shields1 and in their arrows1 and glory in their spears1 #i3aj4 ,and know not that thou art our ,god1 who destroyest wars from the beginning1 and the ,lord is thy name4 #i3aa4 ,lift up thy arm as from the beginning1 and crush their power with thy power3 let their power fall in their wrath1 who promise themselves to violate thy sanctuary1 and defile the dwelling place of thy name1 and to beat down with their sword the horn of thy altar4 #i3ab4 ,bring to pass1 ,o ,lord1 that his pride may be cut off with his own sword4 #i3ac4 ,let him be caught in the net of his own eyes in my regard1 and do thou strike him by the graces of the words of my lips4 #i3ad4 ,give me constancy in my mind1 that ,i may despise him3 and fortitude that ,i may overthrow him4 #i3ae4 ,for this will be a glorious monument for thy name1 when he shall fall by the hand of a woman4 #i3af4 ,for thy power1 ,o ,lord1 is not in a multitude1 nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses1 nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee3 but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee4 #i3ag4 ,o ,god of the heavens1 creator of the waters1 and ,lord of the whole creation1 hear me a poor wretch1 making supplication to thee1 and presuming of thy mercy4 #i3ah4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 thy covenant1 and put thou words in my mouth1 and strengthen the resolution in my heart1 that thy house may continue in thy holiness3 #i3ai4 ,and all nations may acknowledge that thou art ,god1 and there is no other besides thee4 ,judith ,chapter #aj ,judith goeth out towards the camp1 and is taken1 and brought to ,holofernes4 #aj3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when she had ceased to cry to the ,lord1 that she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the ,lord4 #aj3b4 ,and she called her maid1 and going down into her house she took off her haircloth1 and put away the garments of her widowhood1 #aj3c4 ,and she washed her body1 and anointed herself with the best ointment1 and plaited the hair of her head1 and put a bonnet upon her head1 and clothed herself with the garments of her gladness1 and put sandals on her feet1 and took her bracelets1 and lilies1 and earlets1 and rings1 and adorned herself with all her ornaments4 #aj3d4 ,and the ,lord also gave her more beauty3 because all this dressing up did not proceed from sensuality1 but from virtue3 and therefore the ,lord increased this her beauty1 so that she appeared to all men's eyes incomparably lovely4 #aj3e4 ,and she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry1 and a vessel of oil1 and parched corn1 and dry figs1 and bread and cheese1 and went out4 #aj3f4 ,and when they came to the gate of the city1 they found ,ozias1 and the ancients of the city waiting4 #aj3g4 ,and when they saw her they were astonished1 and admired her beauty exceedingly4 #aj3h4 ,but they asked her no question1 only they let her pass1 saying3 ,the ,god of our fathers give thee grace1 and may he strengthen all the counsel of thy heart with his power1 that ,jerusalem may glory in thee1 and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just4 #aj3i4 ,and they that were there said1 all with one voice3 ,so be it1 so be it4 #aj3aj4 ,but ,judith praying to the ,lord1 passed through the gates1 she and her maid4 #aj3aa4 ,and it came to pass1 when she went down the hill1 about break of day1 that the watchmen of the ,assyrians met her1 and stopped her1 saying3 ,whence comest thou or whither goest thou8 #aj3ab4 ,and she answered3 ,i am a daughter of the ,hebrews1 and ,i am fled from them1 because ,i knew they would be made a prey to you1 because they despised you1 and would not of their own accord yield themselves1 that they might find mercy in your sight4 ,because ,i knew1 etc4 4 4,in this and the following chapter1 some things are related to have been said by ,judith1 which seem hard to reconcile with truth4 ,but all that is related in scripture of the servants of ,god is not approved by the scripture2 and even the saints in their good enterprises may sometimes slip into venial sins4 #aj3ac4 ,for this reason ,i thought with myself1 saying3 ,i will go to the presence of the prince ,holofernes1 that ,i may tell him their secrets1 and shew him by what way he may take them1 without the loss of one man of his army4 #aj3ad4 ,and when the men had heard her words1 they beheld her face1 and their eyes were amazed1 for they wondered exceedingly at her beauty4 #aj3ae4 ,and they said to her3 ,thou hast saved thy life by taking this resolution1 to come down to our lord4 #aj3af4 ,and be assured of this1 that when thou shalt stand before him1 he will treat thee well1 and thou wilt be most acceptable to his heart4 ,and they brought her to the tent of ,holofernes1 telling him of her4 #aj3ag4 ,and when she was come into his presence1 forthwith ,holofernes was caught by his eyes4 #aj3ah4 ,and his officers said to him3 ,who can despise the people of the ,hebrews1 who have such beautiful women1 that we should not think it worth our while for their sakes to fight against them8 #aj3ai4 ,and ,judith seeing ,holofernes sitting under a canopy1 which was woven of purple and gold1 with emeralds and precious stones3 #aj3bj4 ,after she had looked on his face1 bowed down to him1 prostrating herself to the ground4 ,and the servants of ,holofernes lifted her up1 by the command of their master4 ,judith ,chapter #aa ,judith's speech to ,holofernes4 #aa3a4 ,then ,holofernes said to her3 ,be of good comfort1 and fear not in thy heart3 for ,i have never hurt a man that was willing to serve ,nabuchodonosor the king4 #aa3b4 ,and if thy people had not despised me1 ,i would never have lifted up my spear against them4 #aa3c4 ,but now tell me1 for what cause hast thou left them1 and why it hath pleased thee to come to us8 #aa3d4 ,and ,judith said to him3 ,receive the words of thy handmaid1 for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid1 the ,lord will do with thee a perfect thing4 #aa3e4 ,for as ,nabuchodonosor the king of the earth liveth1 and his power liveth which is in thee for chastising of all straying souls3 not only men serve him through thee1 but also the beasts of the field obey him4 #aa3f4 ,for the industry of thy mind is spoken of among all nations1 and it is told through the whole world1 that thou only art excellent1 and mighty in all his kingdom1 and thy discipline is cried up in all provinces4 #aa3g4 ,it is known also what ,achior said1 nor are we ignorant of what thou hast commanded to be done to him4 #aa3h4 ,for it is certain that our ,god is so offended with sins1 that he hath sent word by his prophets to the people1 that he will deliver them up for their sins4 #aa3i4 ,and because the children of ,israel know they have offended their ,god1 thy dread is upon them4 #aa3aj4 ,moreover also a famine hath come upon them1 and for drought of water they are already to be counted among the dead4 #aa3aa4 ,and they have a design even to kill their cattle1 and to drink the blood of them4 #aa3ab4 ,and the consecrated things of the ,lord their ,god which ,god forbade them to touch1 in corn1 wine1 and oil1 these have they purposed to make use of1 and they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands3 therefore because they do these things1 it is certain they will be given up to destruction4 #aa3ac4 ,and ,i thy handmaid knowing this1 am fled from them1 and the ,lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things4 #aa3ad4 ,for ,i thy handmaid worship ,god even now that ,i am with thee1 and thy handmaid will go out1 and ,i will pray to ,god1 #aa3ae4 ,and he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins1 and ,i will come and tell thee1 so that ,i may bring thee through the midst of ,jerusalem1 and thou shalt have all the people of ,israel1 as sheep that have no shepherd1 and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee3 #aa3af4 ,because these things are told me by the providence of ,god4 #aa3ag4 ,and because ,god is angry with them1 ,i am sent to tell these very things to thee4 #aa3ah4 ,and all these words pleased ,holofernes1 and his servants1 and they admired her wisdom1 and they said one to another3 #aa3ai4 ,there is not such another woman upon earth in look1 in beauty1 and in sense of words4 #aa3bj4 ,and ,holofernes said to her3 ,god hath done well who sent thee before the people1 that thou mightest give them into our hands3 #aa3ba4 ,and because thy promise is good1 if thy ,god shall do this for me1 he shall also be my ,god1 and thou shalt be great in the house of ,nabuchodonosor1 and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth4 ,judith ,chapter #ab ,judith goeth out in the night to pray3 she is invited to a banquet with ,holofernes4 #ab3a4 ,then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were laid up1 and bade her tarry there1 and he appointed what should be given her from his own table4 #ab3b4 ,and ,judith answered him and said3 ,now ,i cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to be given me1 lest sin come upon me3 but ,i will eat of the things which ,i have brought4 #ab3c4 ,and ,holofernes said to her3 ,if these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee1 what shall we do for thee8 #ab3d4 ,and ,judith said3 ,as thy soul liveth1 my lord1 thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till ,god do by my hand that which ,i have purposed4 ,and his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded4 #ab3e4 ,and when she was going in1 she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer1 and to beseech the ,lord4 #ab3f4 ,and he commanded his chamberlains1 that she might go out and in1 to adore her ,god as she pleased1 for three days4 #ab3g4 ,and she went out in the nights into the valley of ,bethulia1 and washed herself in a fountain of water4 #ab3h4 ,and as she came up1 she prayed to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people4 #ab3i4 ,and going in1 she remained pure in the tent1 until she took her own meat in the evening4 #ab3aj4 ,and it came to pass on the fourth day1 that ,holofernes made a supper for his servants1 and said to ,vagao his eunuch3 ,go1 and persuade that ,hebrew woman1 to consent of her own accord to dwell with me4 #ab3aa4 ,for it is looked upon as shameful among the ,assyrians1 if a woman mock a man1 by doing so as to pass free from him4 #ab3ab4 ,then ,vagao went in to ,judith1 and said3 ,let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord1 that she may be honoured before his face1 that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry4 #ab3ac4 ,and ,judith answered him3 ,who am ,i1 that ,i should gainsay my lord8 #ab3ad4 ,all that shall be good and best before his eyes1 ,i will do4 ,and whatsoever shall please him1 that shall be best to me all the days of my life4 #ab3ae4 ,and she arose and dressed herself out with her garments1 and going in she stood before his face4 #ab3af4 ,and the heart of ,holofernes was smitten1 for he was burning with the desire of her4 #ab3ag4 ,and ,holofernes said to her3 ,drink now1 and sit down and be merry2 for thou hast found favour before me4 #ab3ah4 ,and ,judith said3 ,i will drink my lord1 because my life is magnified this day above all my days4 #ab3ai4 ,and she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her4 #ab3bj4 ,and ,holofernes was made merry on her occasion1 and drank exceeding much wine1 so much as he had never drunk in his life4 ,judith ,chapter #ac ,judith cutteth off the head of ,holofernes1 and returneth to ,bethulia4 #ac3a4 ,and when it was grown late1 his servants made haste to their lodgings1 and ,vagao shut the chamber doors1 and went his way4 #ac3b4 ,and they were all overcharged with wine4 #ac3c4 ,and ,judith was alone in the chamber4 #ac3d4 ,but ,holofernes lay on his bed1 fast asleep1 being exceedingly drunk4 #ac3e4 ,and ,judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber1 and to watch3 #ac3f4 ,and ,judith stood before the bed praying with tears1 and the motion of her lips in silence1 #ac3g4 ,saying3 ,strengthen me1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 and in this hour look on the works of my hands1 that as thou hast promised1 thou mayst raise up ,jerusalem thy city3 and that ,i may bring to pass that which ,i have purposed1 having a belief that it might be done by thee4 #ac3h4 ,and when she had said this1 she went to the pillar that was at his bed's head1 and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it4 #ac3i4 ,and when she had drawn it out1 she took him by the hair of his head1 and said3 ,strengthen me1 ,o ,lord ,god1 at this hour4 #ac3aj4 ,and she struck twice upon his neck1 and cut off his head1 and took off his canopy from the pillars1 and rolled away his headless body4 #ac3aa4 ,and after a while she went out1 and delivered the head of ,holofernes to her maid1 and bade her put it into her wallet4 #ac3ab4 ,and they two went out according to their custom1 as it were to prayer1 and they passed the camp1 and having compassed the valley1 they came to the gate of the city4 #ac3ac4 ,and ,judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls3 ,open the gates for ,god is with us1 who hath shewn his power in ,israel4 #ac3ad4 ,and it came to pass1 when the men had heard her voice1 that they called the ancients of the city4 #ac3ae4 ,and all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest3 for they now had no hopes that she would come4 #ac3af4 ,and lighting up lights they all gathered round about her3 and she went up to a higher place1 and commanded silence to be made4 ,and when all had held their peace1 #ac3ag4 ,judith said3 ,praise ye the ,lord our ,god1 who hath not forsaken them that hope in him4 #ac3ah4 ,and by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy1 which he promised to the house of ,israel3 and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night4 #ac3ai4 ,then she brought forth the head of ,holofernes out of the wallet1 and shewed it them1 saying3 ,behold the head of ,holofernes the general of the army of the ,assyrians1 and behold his canopy1 wherein he lay in his drunkenness1 where the ,lord our ,god slew him by the hand of a woman4 #ac3bj4 ,but as the same ,lord liveth1 his angel hath been my keeper both going hence1 and abiding there1 and returning from thence hither3 and the ,lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled1 but hath brought me back to you without pollution of sin1 rejoicing for his victory1 for my escape1 and for your deliverance4 #ac3ba4 ,give all of you glory to him1 because he is good1 because his mercy endureth for ever4 #ac3bb4 ,and they all adored the ,lord1 and said to her3 ,the ,lord hath blessed thee by his power1 because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought4 #ac3bc4 ,and ,ozias the prince of the people of ,israel1 said to her3 ,blessed art thou1 ,o daughter1 by the ,lord the most high ,god1 above all women upon the earth4 #ac3bd4 ,blessed be the ,lord who made heaven and earth1 who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies4 #ac3be4 ,because he hath so magnified thy name this day1 that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the ,lord for ever1 for that thou hast not spared thy life1 by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people1 but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our ,god4 #ac3bf4 ,and all the people said3 ,so be it1 so be it4 #ac3bg4 ,and ,achior being called for came1 and ,judith said to him3 ,the ,god of ,israel1 to whom thou gavest testimony1 that he revengeth himself of his enemies1 he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand4 #ac3bh4 ,and that thou mayst find that it is so1 behold the head of ,holofernes1 who in the contempt of his pride despised the ,god of ,israel3 and threatened them with death1 saying3 ,when the people of ,israel shall be taken1 ,i will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword4 #ac3bi4 ,then ,achior seeing the head of ,holofernes1 being seized with a great fear he fell on his face upon the earth1 and his soul swooned away4 #ac3cj4 ,but after he had recovered his spirits he fell down at her feet1 and reverenced her1 and said3 #ac3ca4 ,blessed art thou by thy ,god in every tabernacle of ,jacob1 for in every nation which shall hear thy name1 the ,god of ,israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee4 ,judith ,chapter #ad ,the ,israelites assault the ,assyrians1 who finding their general slain1 are seized with a panic fear4 #ad3a4 ,and ,judith said to all the people3 ,hear me1 my brethren1 hang ye up this head upon our walls4 #ad3b4 ,and as soon as the sun shall rise1 let every man take his arms1 and rush ye out1 not as going down beneath1 but as making an assault4 #ad3c4 ,then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle4 #ad3d4 ,and when the captains of them shall run to the tent of ,holofernes1 and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood1 fear shall fall upon them4 #ad3e4 ,and when you shall know that they are fleeing1 go after them securely1 for the ,lord will destroy them under your feet4 #ad3f4 ,then ,achior seeing the power that the ,god of ,israel had wrought1 leaving the religion of the ,gentiles1 he believed ,god1 and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin1 and was joined to the people of ,israel1 with all the succession of his kindred until this present day4 #ad3g4 ,and immediately at break of day1 they hung up the head of ,holofernes upon the walls1 and every man took his arms1 and they went out with a great noise and shouting4 #ad3h4 ,and the watchmen seeing this1 ran to the tent of ,holofernes4 #ad3i4 ,and they that were in the tent came1 and made a noise1 before the door of the chamber to awake him1 endeavouring by art to break his rest1 that ,holofernes might awake1 not by their calling him1 but by their noise4 #ad3aj4 ,for no man durst knock1 or open and go into the chamber of the general of the ,assyrians4 #ad3aa4 ,but when his captains and tribunes were come1 and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the ,assyrians1 they said to the chamberlains3 #ad3ab4 ,go in1 and awake him1 for the mice1 coming out of their holes1 have presumed to challenge us to fight4 #ad3ac4 ,then ,vagao going into his chamber1 stood before the curtain1 and made a clapping with his hands3 for he thought that he was sleeping with ,judith4 #ad3ad4 ,but when with hearkening1 he perceived no motion of one lying1 he came near to the curtain1 and lifting it up1 and seeing the body of ,holofernes1 lying upon the ground1 without the head1 weltering in his blood1 he cried out with a loud voice1 with weeping1 and rent his garments4 #ad3ae4 ,and he went into the tent of ,judith1 and not finding her1 he ran out to the people1 #ad3af4 ,and said3 ,one ,hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of king ,nabuchodonosor3 for behold ,holofernes lieth upon the ground1 and his head is not upon him4 #ad3ag4 ,now when the chiefs of the army of the ,assyrians had heard this1 they all rent their garments1 and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them1 and their minds were troubled exceedingly4 #ad3ah4 ,and there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp4 ,judith ,chapter #ae ,the ,assyrians flee3 the ,hebrews pursue after them1 and are enriched by their spoils4 #ae3a4 ,and when all the army heard that ,holofernes was beheaded1 courage and counsel fled from them1 and being seized with trembling and fear they thought only to save themselves by flight4 #ae3b4 ,so that no one spoke to his neighbour1 but hanging down the head1 leaving all things behind1 they made haste to escape from the ,hebrews1 who1 as they heard1 were coming armed upon them1 and fled by the ways of the fields1 and the paths of the hills4 #ae3c4 ,so the children of ,israel seeing them fleeing1 followed after them4 ,and they went down sounding with trumpets and shouting after them4 #ae3d4 ,and because the ,assyrians were not united together1 they went without order in their flight2 but the children of ,israel pursuing in one body1 defeated all that they could find4 #ae3e4 ,and ,ozias sent messengers through all the cities and countries of ,israel4 #ae3f4 ,and every country1 and every city1 sent their chosen young men armed after them1 and they pursued them with the edge of the sword until they came to the extremities of their confines4 #ae3g4 ,and the rest that were in ,bethulia went into the camp of the ,assyrians1 and took away the spoils which the ,assyrians in their flight had left behind them1 and they were laden exceedingly1 #ae3h4 ,but they that returned conquerors to ,bethulia1 brought with them all things that were theirs1 so that there was no numbering of their cattle1 and beasts1 and all their moveables1 insomuch that from the least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils4 #ae3i4 ,and ,joachim the high priest came from ,jerusalem to ,bethulia with all his ancients to see ,judith4 #ae3aj4 ,and when she was come out to him1 they all blessed her with one voice1 saying3 ,thou art the glory of ,jerusalem1 thou art the joy of ,israel1 thou art the honour of our people3 #ae3aa4 ,for thou hast done manfully1 and thy heart has been strengthened1 because thou hast loved chastity1 and after thy husband hast not known any other3 therefore also the hand of the ,lord hath strengthened thee1 and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever4 #ae3ab4 ,and all the people said3 ,so be it1 so be it4 #ae3ac4 ,and thirty days were scarce sufficient for the people of ,israel to gather up the spoils of the ,assyrians4 #ae3ad4 ,but all those things that were proved to be the peculiar goods of ,holofernes1 they gave to ,judith in gold1 and silver1 and garments and precious stones1 and all household stuff1 and they all were delivered to her by the people4 #ae3ae4 ,and all the people rejoiced1 with the women1 and virgins1 and young men1 playing on instruments and harps4 ,judith ,chapter #af ,the canticle of ,judith3 her virtuous life and death4 #af3a4 ,then ,judith sung this canticle to the ,lord1 saying3 #af3b4 ,begin ye to the ,lord with timbrels1 sing ye to the ,lord with cymbals1 tune unto him a new psalm1 extol and call upon his name4 #af3c4 ,the ,lord putteth an end to wars1 the ,lord is his name4 #af3d4 ,he hath set his camp in the midst of his people1 to deliver us from the hand of all our enemies4 #af3e4 ,the ,assyrian came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength3 his multitude stopped up the torrents1 and their horses covered the valleys4 #af3f4 ,he bragged that he would set my borders on fire1 and kill my young men with the sword1 to make my infants a prey1 and my virgins captives4 #af3g4 ,but the almighty ,lord hath struck him1 and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman1 and hath slain him4 #af3h4 ,for their mighty one did not fall by young men1 neither did the sons of ,titan strike him1 nor tall giants oppose themselves to him1 but ,judith the daughter of ,merari weakened him with the beauty of her face4 #af3i4 ,for she put off her the garments of widowhood1 and put on her the garments of joy1 to give joy to the children of ,israel4 #af3aj4 ,she anointed her face with ointment1 and bound up her locks with a crown1 she took a new robe to deceive him4 #af3aa4 ,her sandals ravished his eyes1 her beauty made his soul her captive1 with a sword she cut off his head4 #af3ab4 ,the ,persians quaked at her constancy1 and the ,medes at her boldness4 #af3ac4 ,then the camp of the ,assyrians howled1 when my lowly ones appeared1 parched with thirst4 #af3ad4 ,the sons of the damsels have pierced them through1 and they have killed them like children fleeing away3 they perished in battle before the face of the ,lord my ,god4 #af3ae4 ,let us sing a hymn to the ,lord1 let us sing a new hymn to our ,god4 #af3af4 ,o ,adonai1 ,lord1 great art thou1 and glorious in thy power1 and no one can overcome thee4 #af3ag4 ,let all thy creatures serve thee3 because thou hast spoken1 and they were made3 thou didst send forth thy spirit1 and they were created1 and there is no one that can resist thy voice4 #af3ah4 ,the mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters3 the rocks shall melt as wax before thy face4 #af3ai4 ,but they that fear thee1 shall be great with thee in all things4 #af3bj4 ,woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people3 for the ,lord almighty will take revenge on them1 in the day of judgment he will visit them4 #af3ba4 ,for he will give fire1 and worms into their flesh1 that they may burn1 and may feel for ever4 #af3bb4 ,and it came to pass after these things1 that all the people1 after the victory1 came to ,jerusalem to adore the ,lord3 and as soon as they were purified1 they all offered holocausts1 and vows1 and their promises4 #af3bc4 ,and ,judith offered for an anathema of oblivion all the arms of ,holofernes1 which the people gave her1 and the canopy that she had taken away out of his chamber4 ,an anathema of oblivion4 4 4,that is1 a gift or offering made to ,god1 by way of an everlasting monument1 to prevent the oblivion or forgetting so great a benefit4 #af3bd4 ,and the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary1 and for three months the joy of this victory was celebrated with ,judith4 #af3be4 ,and after those days every man returned to his house1 and ,judith was made great in ,bethulia1 and she was most renowned in all the land of ,israel4 #af3bf4 ,and chastity was joined to her virtue1 so that she knew no man all the days of her life1 after the death of ,manasses her husband4 #af3bg4 ,and on festival days she came forth with great glory4 #af3bh4 ,and she abode in her husband's house a hundred and five years1 and made her handmaid free1 and she died1 and was buried with her husband in ,bethulia4 #af3bi4 ,and all the people mourned for seven days4 #af3cj4 ,and all the time of her life there was none that troubled ,israel1 nor many years after her death4 #af3ca4 ,but the day of the festivity of this victory is received by the ,hebrews in the number of holy days1 and is religiously observed by the ,jews from that time until this day4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,esther ,this ,book takes its name from queen ,esther1 whose history is here recorded4 ,the general opinion of almost all commentators on the ,holy ,scriptures makes ,mardochai the writer of it3 which also may be collected below from chap4 #i ver4 #bj4 ,esther ,chapter #a ,king ,assuerus maketh a great feast4 ,queen ,vasthi being sent for refuseth to come3 for which disobedience she is deposed4 #a3a4 ,in the days of ,assuerus1 who reigned from ,india to ,ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces3 #a3b4 ,when he sat on the throne of his kingdom1 the city ,susan was the capital of his kingdom4 #a3c4 ,now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes1 and for his servants1 for the most mighty of the ,persians1 and the nobles of the ,medes1 and the governors of the provinces in his sight1 #a3d4 ,that he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom1 and the greatness1 and boasting of his power1 for a long time1 to wit1 for a hundred and fourscore days4 #a3e4 ,and when the days of the feast were expired1 he invited all the people that were found in ,susan1 from the greatest to the least3 and commanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of the garden1 and of the wood1 which was planted by the care and the hand of the king4 #a3f4 ,and there were hung up on every side sky coloured1 and green1 and violet hangings1 fastened with cords of silk1 and of purple1 which were put into rings of ivory1 and were held up with marble pillars4 ,the beds also were of gold and silver1 placed in order upon a floor paved with porphyry and white marble3 which was embellished with painting of wonderful variety4 #a3g4 ,and they that were invited1 drank in golden cups1 and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another4 ,wine also in abundance and of the best was presented1 as was worthy of a king's magnificence4 #a3h4 ,neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing1 but as the king had appointed1 who set over every table one of his nobles1 that every man might take what he would4 #a3i4 ,also ,vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace1 where king ,assuerus was used to dwell4 #a3aj4 ,now on the seventh day1 when the king was merry1 and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine1 he commanded ,mauman1 and ,bazatha1 and ,harbona1 and ,bagatha1 and ,abgatha1 and ,zethar1 and ,charcas1 the seven eunuchs that served in his presence1 #a3aa4 ,to bring in queen ,vasthi before the king1 with the crown set upon her head1 to shew her beauty to all the people and the princes3 for she was exceeding beautiful4 #a3ab4 ,but she refused1 and would not come at the king's commandment1 which he had signified to her by the eunuchs4 ,whereupon the king1 being angry1 and inflamed with a very great fury1 #a3ac4 ,asked the wise men1 who according to the custom of the kings1 were always near his person1 and all he did was by their counsel1 who knew the laws1 and judgments of their forefathers3 #a3ad4 7,now the chief and nearest him were1 ,charsena1 and ,sethar1 and ,admatha1 and ,tharsis1 and ,mares1 and ,marsana1 and ,mamuchan1 seven princes of the ,persians and of the ,medes1 who saw the face of the king1 and were used to sit first after him37 #a3ae4 ,what sentence ought to pass upon ,vasthi the queen1 who had refused to obey the commandment of king ,assuerus1 which he had sent to her by the eunuchs8 #a3af4 ,and ,mamuchan answered1 in the hearing of the king and the princes3 ,queen ,vasthi hath not only injured the king1 but also all the people and princes that are in all the provinces of king ,assuerus4 #a3ag4 ,for this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women1 so that they will despise their husbands1 and will say3 ,king ,assuerus commanded that queen ,vasthi should come in to him1 and she would not4 #a3ah4 ,and by this example all the wives of the princes of the ,persians and the ,medes will slight the commandments of their husbands3 wherefore the king's indignation is just4 #a3ai4 ,if it please thee1 let an edict go out from thy presence1 and let it be written according to the law of the ,persians and of the ,medes1 which must not be altered1 that ,vasthi come in no more to the king1 but another1 that is better than her1 be made queen in her place4 #a3bj4 ,and let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire1 7which is very wide17 and let all wives1 as well of the greater as of the lesser1 give honour to their husbands4 #a3ba4 ,his counsel pleased the king1 and the princes3 and the king did according to the counsel of ,mamuchan4 #a3bb4 ,and he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom1 as every nation could hear and read1 in divers languages and characters1 that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses3 and that this should be published to every people4 ,esther ,chapter #b ,esther is advanced to be queen4 ,mardochai detecteth a plot against the king4 #b3a4 ,after this1 when the wrath of king ,assuerus was appeased1 he remembered ,vasthi1 and what she had done and what she had suffered3 #b3b4 ,and the king's servants and his officers said3 ,let young women be sought for the king1 virgins and beautiful1 #b3c4 ,and let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins3 and let them bring them to the city of ,susan1 and put them into the house of the women under the hand of ,egeus the eunuch1 who is the overseer and keeper of the king's women3 and let them receive women's ornaments1 and other things necessary for their use4 #b3d4 ,and whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes1 let her be queen instead of ,vasthi4 ,the word pleased the king3 and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested4 #b3e4 ,there was a man in the city of ,susan1 a ,jew1 named ,mardochai1 the son of ,jair1 the son of ,semei1 the son of ,cis1 of the race of ,jemini1 #b3f4 ,who had been carried away from ,jerusalem at the time that ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon carried away ,jechonias king of ,juda1 #b3g4 ,and he had brought up his brother's daughter ,edissa1 who by another name was called ,esther3 now she had lost both her parents3 and was exceeding fair and beautiful4 ,and her father and mother being dead1 ,mardochai adopted her for his daughter4 #b3h4 ,and when the king's ordinance was noised abroad1 and according to his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to ,susan1 and were delivered to ,egeus the eunuch3 ,esther also among the rest of the maidens was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women4 #b3i4 ,and she pleased him1 and found favour in his sight4 ,and he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments1 and to deliver to her her part1 and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king's house1 and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids4 #b3aj4 ,and she would not tell him her people nor her country4 ,for ,mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that3 #b3aa4 ,and he walked every day before the court of the house1 in which the chosen virgins were kept1 having a care for ,esther's welfare1 and desiring to know what would befall her4 #b3ab4 ,now when every virgin's turn came to go in to the king1 after all had been done for setting them off to advantage1 it was the twelfth month3 so that for six months they were anointed with oil of myrrh1 and for other six months they used certain perfumes and sweet spices4 #b3ac4 ,and when they were going in to the king1 whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received3 and being decked out1 as it pleased them1 they passed from the chamber of the women to the king's chamber4 #b3ad4 ,and she that went in at evening1 came out in the morning1 and from thence she was conducted to the second house1 that was under the hand of ,susagaz the eunuch1 who had the charge over the king's concubines3 neither could she return any more to the king1 unless the king desired it1 and had ordered her by name to come4 #b3ae4 ,and as the time came orderly about1 the day was at hand1 when ,esther1 the daughter of ,abihail the brother of ,mardochai1 whom he had adopted for his daughter1 was to go in to the king4 ,but she sought not women's ornaments1 but whatsoever ,egeus the eunuch the keeper of the virgins had a mind1 he gave her to adorn her4 ,for she was exceeding fair1 and her incredible beauty made her appear agreeable and amiable in the eyes of all4 #b3af4 ,so she was brought to the chamber of king ,assuerus the tenth month1 which is called ,tebeth1 in the seventh year of his reign4 #b3ag4 ,and the king loved her more than all the women1 and she had favour and kindness before him above all the women1 and he set the royal crown on her head1 and made her queen instead of ,vasthi4 #b3ah4 ,and he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the princes1 and for his servants1 for the marriage and wedding of ,esther1 ,and he gave rest to all the provinces1 and bestowed gifts according to princely magnificence4 #b3ai4 ,and when the virgins were sought the second time1 and gathered together1 ,mardochai stayed at the king's gate1 #b3bj4 ,neither had ,esther as yet declared her country and people1 according to his commandment4 ,for whatsoever he commanded1 ,esther observed3 and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one4 #b3ba4 ,at that time1 therefore1 when ,mardochai abode at the king's gate1 ,bagathan and ,thares1 two of the king's eunuchs1 who were porters1 and presided in the first entry of the palace1 were angry3 and they designed to rise up against the king1 and to kill him4 #b3bb4 ,and ,mardochai had notice of it1 and immediately he told it to queen ,esther3 and she to the king in ,mardochai's name1 who had reported the thing unto her4 #b3bc4 ,it was inquired into1 and found out3 and they were both hanged on a gibbet4 ,and it was put in the histories1 and recorded in the chronicles before the king4 ,esther ,chapter #c ,aman1 advanced by the king1 is offended at ,mardochai1 and therefore procureth the king's decree to destroy the whole nation of the ,jews4 #c3a4 ,after these things1 king ,assuerus advanced ,aman1 the son of ,amadathi1 who was of the race of ,agag3 and he set his throne above all the princes that were with him4 #c3b4 ,and all the king's servants1 that were at the doors of the palace1 bent their knees1 and worshipped ,aman3 for so the emperor had commanded them1 only ,mardochai did not bend his knee1 nor worship him4 #c3c4 ,and the king's servants that were chief at the doors of the palace1 said to him3 ,why dost thou alone not observe the king's commandment8 #c3d4 ,and when they were saying this often1 and he would not hearken to them1 they told ,aman1 desirous to know whether he would continue in his resolution3 for he had told them that he was a ,jew4 #c3e4 ,now when ,aman had heard this1 and had proved by experience that ,mardochai did not bend his knee to him1 nor worship him1 he was exceeding angry4 #c3f4 ,and he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon ,mardochai alone3 for he had heard that he was of the nation of the ,jews1 and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the ,jews that were in the kingdom of ,assuerus4 #c3g4 ,in the first month 7which is called ,nisan7 in the twelfth year of the reign of ,assuerus1 the lot was cast into an urn1 which in ,hebrew is called ,phur1 before ,aman1 on what day and what month the nation of the ,jews should be destroyed3 and there came out the twelfth month1 which is called ,adar4 #c3h4 ,and ,aman said to king ,assuerus3 ,there is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom1 and separated one from another1 that use new laws and ceremonies1 and moreover despise the king's ordinances3 and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity4 #c3i4 ,if it please thee1 decree that they may be destroyed1 and ,i will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers4 #c3aj4 ,and the king took the ring that he used1 from his own hand1 and gave it to ,aman1 the son of ,amadathi of the race of ,agag1 the enemy of the ,jews1 #c3aa4 ,and he said to him3 ,as to the money which thou promisest1 keep it for thyself3 and as to the people1 do with them as seemeth good to thee4 #c3ab4 ,and the king's scribes were called in the first month ,nisan1 on the thirteenth day of the same mouth3 and they wrote1 as ,aman had commanded1 to all the king's lieutenants1 and to the judges of the provinces1 and of divers nations1 as every nation could read1 and hear according to their different languages1 in the name of king ,assuerus3 and the letters1 sealed with his ring1 #c3ac4 ,were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces1 to kill and destroy all the ,jews1 both young and old1 little children1 and women1 in one day1 that is1 on the thirteenth of the twelfth month1 which is called ,adar1 and to make a spoil of their goods4 #c3ad4 ,and the contents of the letters were to this effect1 that all provinces might know and be ready against that day4 #c3ae4 ,the couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's commandment4 ,and immediately the edict was hung up in ,susan1 the king and ,aman feasting together1 and all the ,jews that were in the city weeping4 ,esther ,chapter #d ,mardochai desireth ,esther to petition the king for the ,jews4 ,they join in fasting and prayer4 #d3a4 ,now when ,mardochai had heard these things1 he rent his garments1 and put on sackcloth1 strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city1 shewing the anguish of his mind4 #d3b4 ,and he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace3 for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court4 #d3c4 ,and in all provinces1 towns1 and places1 to which the king's cruel edict was come1 there was great mourning among the ,jews1 with fasting1 wailing1 and weeping1 many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed4 #d3d4 ,then ,esther's maids and her eunuchs went in1 and told her4 ,and when she heard it she was in a consternation and she sent a garment1 to clothe him1 and to take away the sackcloth3 but he would not receive it4 #d3e4 ,and she called for ,athach the eunuch1 whom the king had appointed to attend upon her1 and she commanded him to go to ,mardochai1 and learn of him why he did this4 #d3f4 ,and ,athach going out went to ,mardochai1 who was standing in the street of the city1 before the palace gate3 #d3g4 ,and ,mardochai told him all that had happened1 how ,aman had promised to pay money into the king's treasures1 to have the ,jews destroyed4 #d3h4 ,he gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in ,susan1 that he should shew it to the queen1 and admonish her to go in to the king1 and to entreat him for her people4 #d3i4 ,and ,athach went back and told ,esther all that ,mardochai had said4 #d3aj4 ,she answered him1 and bade him say to ,mardochai3 #d3aa4 ,all the king's servants1 and all the provinces that are under his dominion1 know1 that whosoever1 whether man or woman1 cometh into the king's inner court1 who is not called for1 is immediately to be put to death without any delay3 except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him1 in token of clemency1 that so he may live4 ,how then can ,i go in to the king1 who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him8 #d3ab4 ,and when ,mardochai had heard this1 #d3ac4 ,he sent word to ,esther again1 saying3 ,think not that thou mayst save thy life only1 because thou art in the king's house1 more than all the ,jews3 #d3ad4 ,for if thou wilt now hold thy peace1 the ,jews shall be delivered by some other occasion3 and thou1 and thy father's house shall perish4 ,and who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom1 that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this8 #d3ae4 ,and again ,esther sent to ,mardochai in these words3 #d3af4 ,go1 and gather together all the ,jews whom thou shalt find in ,susan1 and pray ye for me4 ,neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights3 and ,i with my handmaids will fast in like manner1 and then ,i will go in to the king1 against the law1 not being called1 and expose myself to death and to danger4 #d3ag4 ,so ,mardochai went1 and did all that ,esther had commanded him4 ,esther ,chapter #e ,esther is graciously received3 she inviteth the king and ,aman to dinner1 ,aman prepareth a gibbet for ,mardochai4 #e3a4 ,and on the third day ,esther put on her royal apparel1 and stood in the inner court of the king's house1 over against the king's hall3 now he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace1 over against the door of the house4 #e3b4 ,and when he saw ,esther the queen standing1 she pleased his eyes1 and he held out toward her the golden sceptre1 which he held in his hand and she drew near1 and kissed the top of his sceptre4 #e3c4 ,and the king said to her3 ,what wilt thou1 queen ,esther8 what is thy request8 if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom1 it shall be given to thee4 #e3d4 ,but she answered3 ,if it please the king1 ,i beseech thee to come to me this day1 and ,aman with thee to the banquet which ,i have prepared4 #e3e4 ,and the king said forthwith3 ,call ye ,aman quickly1 that he may obey ,esther's will4 ,so the king and ,aman came to the banquet which the queen had prepared for them4 #e3f4 ,and the king said to her1 after he had drunk wine plentifully3 ,what dost thou desire should be given thee8 and for what thing askest thou8 although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom1 thou shalt have it4 #e3g4 ,and ,esther answered3 ,my petition and request is this3 #e3h4 ,if ,i have found favour in the king's sight1 and if it please the king to give me what ,i ask1 and to fulfil my petition3 let the king and ,aman come to the banquet which ,i have prepared them1 and to morrow ,i will open my mind to the king4 #e3i4 ,so ,aman went out that day joyful and merry4 ,and when he saw ,mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace1 and that he not only did not rise up to honour him1 but did not so much as move from the place where he sat1 he was exceedingly angry3 #e3aj4 ,but dissembling his anger1 and returning into his house1 he called together to him his friends1 and ,zares his wife3 #e3aa4 ,and he declared to them the greatness of his riches1 and the multitude of his children1 and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants4 #e3ab4 ,and after this he said3 ,queen ,esther also hath invited no other to the banquet with the king1 but me3 and with her ,i am also to dine to morrow with the king3 #e3ac4 ,and whereas ,i have all these things1 ,i think ,i have nothing1 so long as ,i see ,mardochai the ,jew sitting before the king's gate4 #e3ad4 ,then ,zares his wife1 and the rest of his friends answered him3 ,order a great beam to be prepared1 fifty cubits high1 and in the morning speak to the king1 that ,mardochai may be hanged upon it1 and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet4 ,the counsel pleased him1 and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared4 ,esther ,chapter #f ,the king hearing of the good service done him by ,mardochai1 commandeth ,aman to honour him next to the king1 which he performeth4 #f3a4 ,that night the king passed without sleep1 and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him4 ,and when they were reading them before him1 #f3b4 ,they came to that place where it was written1 how ,mardochai had discovered the treason of ,bagathan and ,thares the eunuchs1 who sought to kill king ,assuerus4 #f3c4 ,and when the king heard this1 he said3 ,what honour and reward hath ,mardochai received for this fidelity8 ,his servants and ministers said to him3 ,he hath received no reward at all4 ,no reward at all4 4 4,he received some presents from the king1 chap4 #ab4e2 but these were so inconsiderable in the opinion of the courtiers1 that they esteemed them as nothing at all4 #f3d4 ,and the king said immediately3 ,who is in the court8 for ,aman was coming in to the inner court of the king's house1 to speak to the king1 that he might order ,mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet1 which was prepared for him4 #f3e4 ,the servants answered3 ,aman standeth in the court1 and the king said3 ,let him come in4 #f3f4 ,and when he was come in1 he said to him3 ,what ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour8 ,but ,aman thinking in his heart1 and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself1 #f3g4 ,answered3 ,the man whom the king desireth to honour1 #f3h4 ,ought to be clothed with the king's apparel1 and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon1 and to have the royal crown upon his head1 #f3i4 ,and let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse1 and going through the street of the city1 proclaim before him and say3 ,thus shall he be honoured1 whom the king hath a mind to honour4 #f3aj4 ,and the king said to him3 ,make haste and take the robe and the horse1 and do as thou hast spoken to ,mardochai the ,jew1 who sitteth before the gates of the palace4 ,beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken4 #f3aa4 ,so ,aman took the robe and the horse1 and arraying ,mardochai in the street of the city1 and setting him on the horse1 went before him1 and proclaimed3 ,this honour is he worthy of1 whom the king hath a mind to honour4 #f3ab4 ,but ,mardochai returned to the palace gate3 and ,aman made haste to go to his house1 mourning and having his head covered3 #f3ac4 ,and he told ,zares his wife1 and his friends1 all that had befallen him4 ,and the wise men whom he had in counsel1 and his wife answered him3 ,if ,mardochai be of the seed of the ,jews1 before whom thou hast begun to fall1 thou canst not resist him1 but thou shalt fall in his sight4 #f3ad4 ,as they were yet speaking1 the king's eunuchs came1 and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared4 ,esther ,chapter #g ,esther's petition for herself and her people3 ,aman is hanged upon the gibbet he had prepared for ,mardochai4 #g3a4 ,so the king and ,aman went in1 to drink with the queen4 #g3b4 ,and the king said to her again the second day1 after he was warm with wine3 ,what is thy petition1 ,esther1 that it may be granted thee8 and what wilt thou have done3 although thou ask the half of my kingdom1 thou shalt have it4 #g3c4 ,then she answered3 ,if ,i have found favour in thy sight1 ,o king1 and if it please thee1 give me my life for which ,i ask1 and my people for which ,i request4 #g3d4 ,for we are given up1 ,i and my people1 to be destroyed1 to be slain1 and to perish4 ,and would ,god we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen3 the evil might be borne with1 and ,i would have mourned in silence3 but now we have an enemy1 whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king4 #g3e4 ,and king ,assuerus answered and said3 ,who is this1 and of what power1 that he should do these things8 #g3f4 ,and ,esther said3 ,it is this ,aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy4 ,aman hearing this was forthwith astonished1 not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen4 #g3g4 ,but the king being angry rose up1 and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees4 ,aman also rose up to entreat ,esther the queen for his life1 for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king4 #g3h4 ,and when the king came back out of the garden set with trees1 and entered into the place of the banquet1 he found ,aman was fallen upon the bed on which ,esther lay1 and he said3 ,he will force the queen also in my presence1 in my own house4 ,the word was not yet gone out of the king's mouth1 and immediately they covered his face4 #g3i4 ,and ,harbona1 one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king1 said3 ,behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for ,mardochai1 who spoke for the king1 standeth in ,aman's house1 being fifty cubits high4 ,and the king said to him3 ,hang him upon it4 #g3aj4 ,so ,aman was hanged on the gibbet1 which he had prepared for ,mardochai3 and the king's wrath ceased4 ,esther ,chapter #h ,mardochai is advanced3 ,aman's letters are reversed4 #h3a4 ,on that day king ,assuerus gave the house of ,aman1 the ,jews' enemy1 to queen ,esther1 and ,mardochai came in before the king4 ,for ,esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle4 #h3b4 ,and the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from ,aman1 and gave it to ,mardochai4 ,and ,esther set ,mardochai over her house4 #h3c4 ,and not content with these things1 she fell down at the king's feet and wept1 and speaking to him besought him1 that he would give orders that the malice of ,aman the ,agagite1 and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the ,jews1 should be of no effect4 #h3d4 ,but he1 as the manner was1 held out the golden sceptre with his hand1 which was the sign of clemency3 and she arose up and stood before him1 #h3e4 ,and said3 ,if it please the king1 and if ,i have found favour in his sight1 and my request be not disagreeable to him1 ,i beseech thee1 that the former letters of ,aman the traitor and enemy of the ,jews1 by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces1 may be reversed by new letters4 #h3f4 ,for how can ,i endure the murdering and slaughter of my people8 #h3g4 ,and king ,assuerus answered ,esther the queen1 and ,mardochai the ,jew3 ,i have given ,aman's house to ,esther1 and ,i have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet1 because he durst lay hands on the ,jews4 #h3h4 ,write ye therefore to the ,jews1 as it pleaseth you in the king's name1 and seal the letters with my ring4 ,for this was the custom1 that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name1 and were sealed with his ring4 #h3i4 ,then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for 7now it was the time of the third month which is called ,siban7 the three and twentieth day of the month1 and letters were written1 as ,mardochai had a mind1 to the ,jews1 and to the governors1 and to the deputies1 and to the judges1 who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces1 from ,india even to ,ethiopia3 to province and province1 to people and people1 according to their languages and characters1 and to the ,jews1 according as they could read and hear4 #h3aj4 ,and these letters which were sent in the king's name1 were sealed with his ring1 and sent by posts3 who were to run through all the provinces1 to prevent the former letters with new messages4 #h3aa4 ,and the king gave orders to them1 to speak to the ,jews in every city1 and to command them to gather themselves together1 and to stand for their lives1 and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses1 and to take their spoil4 #h3ab4 ,and one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces1 to wit1 the thirteenth of the twelfth month ,adar4 #h3ac4 ,and this was the content of the letter1 that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king ,assuerus1 that the ,jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies4 #h3ad4 ,so the swift posts went out carrying the messages1 and the king's edict was hung up in ,susan4 #h3ae4 ,and ,mardochai going forth out of the palace1 and from the king's presence1 shone in royal apparel1 to wit1 of violet and sky colour1 wearing a golden crown on his head1 and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple4 ,and all the city rejoiced1 and was glad4 #h3af4 ,but to the ,jews1 a new light seemed to rise1 joy1 honour1 and dancing4 #h3ag4 ,and in all peoples1 cities1 and provinces1 whithersoever the king's commandments came1 there was wonderful rejoicing1 feasts and banquets1 and keeping holy day3 ,insomuch that many of other nations and religion1 joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies4 ,for a great dread of the name of the ,jews had fallen upon all4 ,esther ,chapter #i ,the ,jews kill their enemies that would have killed them4 ,the days of ,phurim are appointed to be kept holy4 #i3a4 ,so on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month1 which as we have said above is called ,adar1 when all the ,jews were designed to be massacred1 and their enemies were greedy after their blood1 the case being altered1 the ,jews began to have the upper hand1 and to revenge themselves of their adversaries4 ,to revenge1 etc4 4 4,the ,jews on this occasion1 by authority from the king1 were made executioners of the public justice1 for punishing by death a crime worthy of death1 viz41 a malicious conspiracy for extirpating their whole nation4 #i3b4 ,and they gathered themselves together in every city1 and town1 and place1 to lay their hands on their enemies1 and their persecutors4 ,and no one durst withstand them1 for the fear of their power had gone through every people4 #i3c4 ,and the judges of the provinces1 and the governors1 and lieutenants1 and every one in dignity1 that presided over every place and work1 extolled the ,jews for fear of ,mardochai3 #i3d4 ,for they knew him to be prince of the palace1 and to have great power3 and the fame of his name increased daily1 and was spread abroad through all men's mouths4 #i3e4 ,so the ,jews made a great slaughter of their enemies1 and killed them1 repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them3 #i3f4 ,insomuch that even in ,susan they killed five hundred men1 besides the ten sons of ,aman the ,agagite1 the enemy of the ,jews3 whose names are these3 #i3g4 ,pharsandatha1 and ,delphon1 and ,esphatha #i3h4 ,and ,phoratha1 and ,adalia1 and ,aridatha1 #i3i4 ,and ,phermesta1 and ,arisai1 and ,aridai1 and ,jezatha4 #i3aj4 ,and when they had slain them1 they would not touch the spoils of their goods4 #i3aa4 ,and presently the number of them that were killed in ,susan was brought to the king4 #i3ab4 ,and he said to the queen3 ,the ,jews have killed five hundred men in the city of ,susan1 besides the ten sons of ,aman3 how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces8 ,what askest thou more1 and what wilt thou have me to command to be done8 #i3ac4 ,and she answered3 ,if it please the king1 let it be granted to the ,jews1 to do to morrow in ,susan as they have done to day1 and that the ten sons of ,aman may be hanged upon gibbets4 #i3ad4 ,and the king commanded that it should be so done4 ,and forthwith the edict was hung up in ,susan1 and the ten sons of ,aman were hanged4 #i3ae4 ,and on the fourteenth day of the month ,adar the ,jews gathered themselves together1 and they killed in ,susan three hundred men3 but they took not their substance4 #i3af4 ,moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the ,jews stood for their lives1 and slew their enemies and persecutors3 insomuch that the number of them that were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand1 and no man took any of their goods4 #i3ag4 ,now the thirteenth day of the month ,adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter1 and on the fourteenth day they left off4 ,which they ordained to be kept holy day1 so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting1 joy1 and banquets4 #i3ah4 ,but they that were killing in the city of ,susan1 were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month3 and on the fifteenth day they rested4 ,and therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness4 #i3ai4 ,but those ,jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages1 appointed the fourteenth day of the month ,adar for banquets and gladness1 so as to rejoice on that day1 and send one another portions of their banquets and meats4 #i3bj4 ,and ,mardochai wrote all these things1 and sent them comprised in letters to the ,jews that abode in all the king's provinces1 both those that lay near and those afar off1 #i3ba4 ,that they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month ,adar for holy days1 and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour3 #i3bb4 ,because on those days the ,jews revenged themselves of their enemies1 and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy1 and that these should be days of feasting and gladness1 in which they should send one to another portions of meats1 and should give gifts to the poor4 #i3bc4 ,and the ,jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time1 which ,mardochai by letters had commanded to be done4 #i3bd4 ,for ,aman1 the son of ,amadathi of the race of ,agag1 the enemy and adversary of the ,jews1 had devised evil against them1 to kill them and destroy them2 and had cast ,phur1 that is1 the lot4 #i3be4 ,and afterwards ,esther went in to the king1 beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king's letters3 and the evil that he had intended against the ,jews1 might return upon his own head4 ,and so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets4 #i3bf4 ,and since that time these days are called ,phurim1 that is1 of lots3 because ,phur1 that is1 the lot1 was cast into the urn4 ,and all things that were done1 are contained in the volume of this epistle1 that is1 of this book3 #i3bg4 ,and the things that they suffered1 and that were afterwards changed1 the ,jews took upon themselves and their seed1 and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion1 so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity3 which the writing testifieth1 and certain times require1 as the years continually succeed one another4 #i3bh4 ,these are the days which shall never be forgot3 and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations3 neither is there any city wherein the days of ,phurim1 that is1 of lots1 must not be observed by the ,jews1 and by their posterity1 which is bound to these ceremonies4 #i3bi4 ,and ,esther the queen1 the daughter of ,abihail1 and ,mardochai the ,jew1 wrote also a second epistle1 that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come4 #i3cj4 ,and they sent to all the ,jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king ,assuerus1 that they should have peace1 and receive truth1 #i3ca4 ,and observe the days of lots1 and celebrate them with joy in their proper time3 as ,mardochai and ,esther had appointed1 and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed1 fasts1 and cries1 and the days of lots1 #i3cb4 ,and all things which are contained in the history of this book1 which is called ,esther4 ,esther ,chapter #aj ,assuerus's greatness4 ,mardochai's dignity4 #aj3a4 ,and king ,assuerus made all the land1 and all the islands of the sea tributary4 #aj3b4 ,and his strength and his empire1 and the dignity and greatness wherewith he exalted ,mardochai1 are written in the books of the ,medes1 and of the ,persians3 #aj3c4 ,and how ,mardochai of the race of the ,jews1 was next after king ,assuerus3 and great among the ,jews1 and acceptable to the people of his brethren1 seeking the good of his people1 and speaking those things which were for the welfare of his seed4 #aj3d4 ,then ,mardochai said3 ,god hath done these things4 ,then ,mardochai1 etc4 4 4,here ,st4 ,jerome advertiseth the reader1 that what follows is not in the ,hebrew1 but is found in the septuagint ,greek edition1 which the seventy-two interpreters translated out of the ,hebrew1 or added by the inspiration of the ,holy ,ghost4 #aj3e4 ,i remember a dream that ,i saw1 which signified these same things3 and nothing thereof hath failed4 ,a dream4 4 4,this dream was prophetical and extraordinary3 otherwise the general rule is not to observe dreams4 #aj3f4 ,the little fountain which grew into a river1 and was turned into a light1 and into the sun1 and abounded into many waters1 is ,esther1 whom the king married1 and made queen4 #aj3g4 ,but the two dragons are ,i and ,aman4 #aj3h4 ,the nations that were assembled are they that endeavoured to destroy the name of the ,jews4 #aj3i4 ,and my nation is ,israel1 who cried to the ,lord1 and the ,lord saved his people3 and he delivered us from all evils1 and hath wrought great signs and wonders among the nations3 #aj3aj4 ,and he commanded that there should be two lots1 one of the people of ,god1 and the other of all the nations4 #aj3aa4 ,and both lots came to the day appointed already from that time before ,god to all nations3 #aj3ab4 ,and the ,lord remembered his people1 and had mercy on his inheritance4 #aj3ac4 ,and these days shall be observed in the month of ,adar on the fourteenth1 and fifteenth day of the same month1 with all diligence1 and joy of the people gathered into one assembly1 throughout all the generations hereafter of the people of ,israel4 ,esther ,chapter #aa ,the dream of ,mardochai1 which in the ancient ,greek and ,latin ,bibles was into the beginning of the book1 but was detached by ,st4 ,jerome1 and put in this place4 #aa3a4 ,in the fourth year of the reign of ,ptolemy and ,cleopatra1 ,dositheus1 who said he was a priest1 and of the ,levitical race1 and ,ptolemy his son brought this epistle of ,phurim1 which they said ,lysimachus the son of ,ptolemy had interpreted in ,jerusalem4 #aa3b4 ,in the second year of the reign of ,artaxerxes the great1 in the first day of the month ,nisan1 ,mardochai the son of ,jair1 the son of ,semei1 the son of ,cis1 of the tribe of ,benjamin3 #aa3c4 ,a ,jew who dwelt in the city of ,susan1 a great man and among the first of the king's court1 had a dream4 #aa3d4 ,now he was of the number of the captives1 whom ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon had carried away from ,jerusalem with ,jechonias king of ,juda3 #aa3e4 ,and this was his dream3 ,behold there were voices1 and tumults1 and thunders1 and earthquakes1 and a disturbance upon the earth4 #aa3f4 ,and behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight one against another4 #aa3g4 ,and at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just4 #aa3h4 ,and that was a day of darkness and danger1 of tribulation and distress1 and great fear upon the earth4 #aa3i4 ,and the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils1 and was prepared for death4 #aa3aj4 ,and they cried to ,god3 and as they were crying1 a little fountain grew into a very great river1 and abounded into many waters4 #aa3aa4 ,the light and the sun rose up1 and the humble were exalted1 and they devoured the glorious4 #aa3ab4 ,and when ,mardochai had seen this1 and arose out of his bed1 he was thinking what ,god would do3 and he kept it fixed in his mind1 desirous to know what the dream should signify4 ,esther ,chapter #ab ,mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two eunuchs4 #ab3a4 ,and he abode at that time in the king's court with ,bagatha and ,thara the king's eunuchs1 who were porters of the palace4 #ab3b4 ,and when he understood their designs1 and had diligently searched into their projects1 he learned that they went about to lay violent hands on king ,artaxerxes1 and he told the king thereof4 #ab3c4 ,then the king had them both examined1 and after they had confessed1 commanded them to be put to death4 #ab3d4 ,but the king made a record of what was done3 and ,mardochai also committed the memory of the thing to writing4 #ab3e4 ,and the king commanded him1 to abide in the court of the palace1 and gave him presents for the information4 #ab3f4 ,but ,aman the son of ,amadathi the ,bugite was in great honour with the king1 and sought to hurt ,mardochai and his people1 because of the two eunuchs of the king who were put to death4 ,esther ,chapter #ac ,a copy of a letter sent by ,aman to destroy the ,jews4 ,mardochai's prayer for the people4 #ac3a4 ,and this was the copy of the letter3 ,artaxerxes the great king who reigneth from ,india to ,ethiopia1 to the princes and governors of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces1 that are subject to his empire1 greeting4 #ac3b4 ,whereas ,i reigned over many nations1 and had brought all the world under my dominion1 ,i was not willing to abuse the greatness of my power1 but to govern my subjects with clemency and that they might live quietly without any terror1 and might enjoy peace1 which is desired by all men1 #ac3c4 ,but when ,i asked my counsellors how this might be accomplished1 one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity1 and was second after the king1 ,aman by name1 #ac3d4 ,told me that there was a people scattered through the whole world1 which used new laws1 and acted against the customs of all nations1 despised the commandments of kings1 and violated by their opposition the concord of all nations4 #ac3e4 ,wherefore having learned this1 and seeing one nation in opposition to all mankind using perverse laws1 and going against our commandments1 and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces subject to us1 #ac3f4 ,we have commanded that all whom ,aman shall mark out1 who is chief over all the provinces1 and second after the king1 and whom we honour as a father1 shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies1 with their wives and children1 and that none shall have pity on them1 on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month ,adar of this present year3 #ac3g4 ,that these wicked men going down to hell in one day1 may restore to our empire the peace which they had disturbed4 #ac3h4 ,but ,mardochai besought the ,lord1 remembering all his works1 #ac3i4 ,and said3 ,o ,lord1 ,lord1 almighty king1 for all things are in thy power1 and there is none that can resist thy will1 if thou determine to save ,israel4 #ac3aj4 ,thou hast made heaven and earth and all things that are under the cope of heaven4 #ac3aa4 ,thou art ,lord of all1 and there is none that can resist thy majesty4 #ac3ab4 ,thou knowest all things1 and thou knowest that it was not out of pride and or any desire of glory1 that ,i refused to worship the proud ,aman1 #ac3ac4 7,for ,i would willingly and readily for the salvation of ,israel have kissed even the steps of his feet17 #ac3ad4 ,but ,i feared lest ,i should transfer the honour of my ,god to a man1 and lest ,i should adore any one except my ,god4 #ac3ae4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 ,o king1 ,o ,god of ,abraham1 have mercy on thy people1 because our enemies resolve to destroy us1 and extinguish thy inheritance4 #ac3af4 ,despise not thy portion1 which thou hast redeemed for thyself out of ,egypt4 #ac3ag4 ,hear my supplication1 and be merciful to thy lot and inheritance1 and turn our mourning into joy1 that we may live and praise thy name1 ,o ,lord1 and shut not the mouths of them that sing to thee4 #ac3ah4 ,and all ,israel with like mind and supplication cried to the ,lord1 because they saw certain death hanging over their heads4 ,esther ,chapter #ad ,the prayer of ,esther for herself and her people4 #ad3a4 ,queen ,esther also1 fearing the danger that was at hand1 had recourse to the ,lord4 #ad3b4 ,and when she had laid away her royal apparel1 she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning3 instead of divers precious ointments1 she covered her head with ashes and dung1 and she humbled her body with fasts3 and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice1 she filled with her torn hair4 #ad3c4 ,and she prayed to the ,lord the ,god of ,israel1 saying3 ,o my ,lord1 who alone art our king1 help me a desolate woman1 and who have no other helper but thee4 #ad3d4 ,my danger is in my hands4 #ad3e4 ,i have heard of my father that thou1 ,o ,lord1 didst take ,israel from among all nations1 and our fathers from all their predecessors1 to possess them as an everlasting inheritance1 and thou hast done to them as thou hast promised4 #ad3f4 ,we have sinned in thy sight1 and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies3 #ad3g4 ,for we have worshipped their gods4 ,thou art just1 ,o ,lord4 #ad3h4 ,and now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage1 but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols4 #ad3i4 ,they design to change thy promises1 and destroy thy inheritance1 and shut the mouths of them that praise thee1 and extinguish the glory of thy temple and altar1 #ad3aj4 ,that they may open the mouths of ,gentiles1 and praise the strength of idols1 and magnify for ever a carnal king4 #ad3aa4 ,give not1 ,o ,lord1 thy sceptre to them that are not1 lest they laugh at our ruin3 but turn their counsel upon themselves1 and destroy him that hath begun to rage against us4 #ad3ab4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 and shew thyself to us in the time of our tribulation1 and give me boldness1 ,o ,lord1 king of gods1 and of all power3 #ad3ac4 ,give me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the lion1 and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy1 that both he himself may perish1 and the rest that consent to him4 #ad3ad4 ,but deliver us by thy hand1 and help me1 who have no other helper1 but thee1 ,o ,lord1 who hast the knowledge of all things4 #ad3ae4 ,and thou knowest that ,i hate the glory of the wicked1 and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised1 and of every stranger4 #ad3af4 ,thou knowest my necessity1 that ,i abominate the sign of my pride and glory1 which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance1 and detest it as a menstruous rag1 and wear it not in the days of my silence1 #ad3ag4 ,and that ,i have not eaten at ,aman's table1 nor hath the king's banquet pleased me1 and that ,i have not drunk the wine of the drink offerings3 #ad3ah4 ,and that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced1 since ,i was brought hither unto this day but in thee1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of ,abraham4 #ad3ai4 ,o ,god1 who art mighty above all1 hear the voice of them1 that have no other hope1 and deliver us from the hand of the wicked1 and deliver me from my fear4 ,esther ,chapter #ae ,esther comes into the king's presence3 she is terrified1 but ,god turns his heart4 #ae3a4 ,and he commanded her 7no doubt but he was ,mardochai7 to go to the king1 and petition for her people1 and for her country4 #ae3b4 ,remember1 7said he17 the days of thy low estate1 how thou wast brought up by my hand1 because ,aman the second after the king hath spoken against us unto death4 #ae3c4 ,and do thou call upon the ,lord1 and speak to the king for us1 and deliver us from death4 #ae3d4 ,and on the third day she laid away the garments she wore1 and put on her glorious apparel4 #ae3e4 ,and glittering in royal robes1 after she had called upon ,god the ruler and ,saviour of all1 she took two maids with her1 #ae3f4 ,and upon one of them she leaned1 as if for delicateness and overmuch tenderness she were not able to bear up her own body4 #ae3g4 ,and the other maid followed her lady1 bearing up her train flowing on the ground4 #ae3h4 ,but she with a rosy colour in her face1 and with gracious and bright eyes hid a mind full of anguish1 and exceeding great fear4 #ae3i4 ,so going in she passed through all doors in order1 and stood before the king1 where he sat upon his royal throne1 clothed with his royal robes1 and glittering with gold1 and precious stones1 and he was terrible to behold4 #ae3aj4 ,and when he had lifted up his countenance1 and with burning eyes had shewn the wrath of his heart1 the queen sunk down1 and her colour turned pale1 and she rested her weary head upon her handmaid4 #ae3aa4 ,and ,god changed the king's spirit into mildness1 and all in haste and in fear he leaped from his throne1 and holding her up in his arms1 till she came to herself1 caressed her with these words3 #ae3ab4 ,what is the matter1 ,esther8 ,i am thy brother1 fear not4 #ae3ac4 ,thou shalt not die3 for this law is not made for thee1 but for all others4 #ae3ad4 ,come near then1 and touch the sceptre4 #ae3ae4 ,and as she held her peace1 he took the golden sceptre1 and laid it upon her neck1 and kissed her1 and said3 ,why dost thou not speak to me8 #ae3af4 ,she answered3 ,i saw thee1 my lord1 as an angel of ,god1 and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty4 #ae3ag4 ,for thou1 my lord1 art very admirable1 and thy face is full of graces4 #ae3ah4 ,and while she was speaking1 she fell down again1 and was almost in a swoon4 #ae3ai4 ,but the king was troubled1 and all his servants comforted her4 ,esther ,chapter #af ,a copy of the king's letter in favour of the ,jews4 #af3a4 ,the great king ,artaxerxes1 from ,india to ,ethiopia1 to the governors and princes of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces1 which obey our command1 sendeth greeting4 ,from ,india to ,ethiopia4 4 4,that is1 who reigneth from ,india to ,ethiopia4 #af3b4 ,many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes1 and the honour that hath been bestowed upon them3 #af3c4 ,and not only endeavour to oppress the king's subjects1 but not bearing the glory that is given them1 take in hand1 to practise also against them that gave it4 #af3d4 ,neither are they content not to return thanks for benefits received1 and to violate in themselves the laws of humanity1 but they think they can also escape the justice of ,god who seeth all things4 #af3e4 ,and they break out into so great madness1 as to endeavour to undermine by lies such as observe diligently the offices committed to them1 and do all things in such manner as to be worthy of all men's praise1 #af3f4 ,while with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well meaning1 and judge of others by their own nature4 #af3g4 ,now this is proved both from ancient histories1 and by the things which are done daily1 how the good designs of kings are depraved by the evil suggestions of certain men4 #af3h4 ,wherefore we must provide for the peace of all provinces4 #af3i4 ,neither must you think1 if we command different things1 that it cometh of the levity of our mind1 but that we give sentence according to the quality and necessity of times1 as the profit of the commonwealth requireth4 #af3aj4 ,now that you may more plainly understand what we say1 ,aman the son of ,amadathi1 a ,macedonian both in mind and country1 and having nothing of the ,persian blood1 but with his cruelty staining our goodness1 was received being a stranger by us3 #af3aa4 ,and found our humanity so great towards him1 that he was called our father1 and was worshipped by all as the next man after the king3 #af3ab4 ,but he was so far puffed up with arrogancy1 as to go about to deprive us of our kingdom and life4 #af3ac4 ,for with certain new and unheard of devices he hath sought the destruction of ,mardochai1 by whose fidelity and good services our life was saved1 and of ,esther the partner of our kingdom with all their nation3 #af3ad4 ,thinking that after they were slain1 he might work treason against us left alone without friends1 and might transfer the kingdom of the ,persians to the ,macedonians4 #af3ae4 ,but we have found that the ,jews1 who were by that most wicked man appointed to be slain1 are in no fault at all1 but contrariwise1 use just laws1 #af3af4 ,and are the children of the highest and the greatest1 and the ever living ,god1 by whose benefit the kingdom was given both to our fathers and to us1 and is kept unto this day4 #af3ag4 ,wherefore know ye that those letters which he sent in our name1 are void and of no effect4 #af3ah4 ,for which crime both he himself that devised it1 and all his kindred hang on gibbets1 before the gates of this city ,susan3 not we1 but ,god repaying him as he deserved4 #af3ai4 ,but this edict1 which we now send1 shall be published in all cities1 that the ,jews may freely follow their own laws4 #af3bj4 ,and you shall aid them that they may kill those who had prepared themselves to kill them1 on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month1 which is called ,adar4 #af3ba4 ,for the almighty ,god hath turned this day of sadness and mourning into joy to them4 #af3bb4 ,wherefore you shall also count this day among other festival days1 and celebrate it with all joy1 that it may be known also in times to come1 #af3bc4 ,that all they who faithfully obey the ,persians1 receive a worthy reward for their fidelity3 but they that are traitors to their kingdom1 are destroyed for their wickedness4 #af3bd4 ,and let every province and city1 that will not be partaker of this solemnity1 perish by the sword and by fire1 and be destroyed in such manner as to be made unpassable1 both to men and beasts1 for an example of contempt1 and disobedience4 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,job ,this ,book takes its name from the holy man of whom it treats3 who1 according to the more probable opinion1 was of the race of ,esau2 and the same as ,jobab1 king of ,edom1 mentioned ,gen4 #cf4cc4 ,it is uncertain who was the writer of it4 ,some attribute it to ,job himself2 others to ,moses1 or some one of the prophets4 ,in the ,hebrew it is written in verse1 from the beginning of the third chapter to the forty-second chapter4 ,job ,chapter #a ,job's virtue and riches4 ,satan by permission from ,god strippeth him of all his substance4 ,his patience4 #a3a4 ,there was a man in the land of ,hus1 whose name was ,job1 and that man was simple and upright1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil4 ,hus4 4 4,the land of ,hus was a part of ,edom2 as appears from ,lam4 #d4ba4--;,ibid4 ,simple4 4 4,that is1 innocent1 sincere1 and without guile4 #a3b4 ,and there were born to him seven sons and three daughters4 #a3c4 ,and his possession was seven thousand sheep1 and three thousand camels1 and five hundred yoke of oxen1 and five hundred she asses1 and a family exceedingly great3 and this man was great among all the people of the east4 #a3d4 ,and his sons went1 and made a feast by houses1 every one in his day4 ,and sending1 they called their three sisters1 to eat and drink with them4 ,and made a feast by houses4 4 4,that is1 each made a feast in his own house and had his day1 inviting the others1 and their sisters4 #a3e4 ,and when the days of their feasting were gone about1 ,job sent to them1 and sanctified them3 and rising up early1 offered holocausts for every one of them4 ,for he said3 ,lest perhaps my sons have sinned1 and have blessed ,god in their hearts4 ,so did ,job all days4 ,blessed4 4 4,for greater horror of the very thought of blasphemy1 the scripture both here and ver4 #aa1 and in the following chapter1 ver4 #e and #i1 uses the word bless to signify its contrary4 #a3f4 ,now on a certain day1 when the sons of ,god came to stand before the ,lord1 ,satan also was present among them4 ,the sons of ,god4 4 4,the angels4--,ibid4 ,satan also1 etc4 ,this passage represents to us in a figure1 accommodated to the ways and understandings of men1 #a4 ,the restless endeavours of ,satan against the servants of ,god2 #b4 ,that he can do nothing without ,god's permission2 #c4 ,that ,god doth not permit him to tempt them above their strength3 but assists them by his divine grace in such manner1 that the vain efforts of the enemy only serve to illustrate their virtue and increase their merit4 #a3g4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,whence comest thou8 ,and he answered and said3 ,i have gone round about the earth1 and walked through it4 #a3h4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,hast thou considered my servant1 ,job1 that there is none like him in the earth1 a simple and upright man1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil8 #a3i4 ,and ,satan answering1 said3 ,doth ,job fear ,god in vain8 #a3aj4 ,hast thou not made a fence for him1 and his house1 and all his substance round about1 blessed the works of his hands1 and his possession hath increased on the earth8 #a3aa4 ,but stretch forth thy hand a little1 and touch all that he hath1 and see if he bless thee not to thy face4 #a3ab4 ,then the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,behold1 all that he hath is in thy hand3 only put not forth thy hand upon his person4 ,and ,satan went forth from the presence of the ,lord4 #a3ac4 ,now upon a certain day1 when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine1 in the house of their eldest brother1 #a3ad4 ,there came a messenger to ,job1 and said3 ,the oxen were ploughing1 and the asses feeding beside them1 #a3ae4 ,and the ,sabeans rushed in1 and took all away1 and slew the servants with the sword2 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3af4 ,and while he was yet speaking1 another came1 and said3 ,the fire of ,god fell from heaven1 and striking the sheep and the servants1 hath consumed them2 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3ag4 ,and while he also was yet speaking1 there came another1 and said3 ,the ,chaldeans made three troops1 and have fallen upon the camels1 and taken them2 moreover1 they have slain the servants with the sword3 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3ah4 ,he was yet speaking1 and behold another came in1 and said3 ,thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother1 #a3ai4 ,a violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert1 and shook the four corners of the house1 and it fell upon thy children1 and they are dead3 and ,i alone have escaped to tell thee4 #a3bj4 ,then ,job rose up1 and rent his garments1 and having shaven his head1 fell down upon the ground1 and worshipped1 #a3ba4 ,and said3 ,naked came ,i out of my mother's womb1 and naked shall ,i return thither3 the ,lord gave1 and the ,lord hath taken away3 as it hath pleased the ,lord1 so is it done3 blessed be the name of the ,lord4 #a3bb4 ,in all these things ,job sinned not by his lips1 nor spoke he any foolish thing against ,god4 ,job ,chapter #b #b3a4 ,and it came to pass1 when on a certain day the sons of ,god came1 and stood before the ,lord1 and ,satan came amongst them1 and stood in his sight1 #b3b4 ,that the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,whence comest thou8 ,and he answered1 and said3 ,i have gone round about the earth1 and walked through it4 #b3c4 ,and the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,hast thou considered my servant1 ,job1 that there is none like him in the earth1 a man simple and upright1 and fearing ,god1 and avoiding evil1 and still keeping his innocence8 ,but thou hast moved me against him1 that ,i should afflict him without cause4 #b3d4 ,and ,satan answered1 and said3 ,skin for skin2 and all that a man hath1 he will give for his life3 #b3e4 ,but put forth thy hand1 and touch his bone and his flesh1 and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face4 #b3f4 ,and the ,lord said to ,satan3 ,behold1 he is in thy hand1 but yet save his life4 #b3g4 ,so ,satan went forth from the presence of the ,lord1 and struck ,job with a very grievous ulcer1 from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head3 #b3h4 ,and he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter1 sitting on a dunghill4 #b3i4 ,and his wife said to him3 ,dost thou still continue in thy simplicity8 bless ,god and die4 #b3aj4 ,and he said to her3 ,thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women3 ,if we have received good things at the hand of ,god1 why should we not receive evil8 ,in all these things ,job did not sin with his lips4 #b3aa4 ,now when ,job's three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him1 they came every one from his own place1 ,eliphaz1 the ,themanite1 and ,baldad1 the ,suhite1 and ,sophar1 the ,naamathite4 ,for they had made an appointment to come together and visit him1 and comfort him4 #b3ab4 ,and when they had lifted up their eyes afar off1 they knew him not1 and crying out1 they wept1 and rending their garments1 they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven4 #b3ac4 ,and they sat with him on the ground seven day and seven nights and no man spoke to him a word3 for they saw that his grief was very great4 ,job ,chapter #c #c3a4 ,after this1 ,job opened his mouth1 and cursed his day1 ,cursed his day4 4 4,job cursed the day of his birth1 not by way of wishing evil to any thing of ,god's creation2 but only to express in a stronger manner his sense of human miseries in general1 and of his own calamities in particular4 #c3b4 ,and he said3 #c3c4 ,let the day perish wherein ,i was born1 and the night in which it was said3 ,a man child is conceived4 #c3d4 ,let that day be turned into darkness1 let not ,god regard it from above1 and let not the light shine upon it4 #c3e4 ,let darkness1 and the shadow of death1 cover it1 let a mist overspread it1 and let it be wrapped up in bitterness4 #c3f4 ,let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night1 let it not be counted in the days of the year1 nor numbered in the months4 #c3g4 ,let that night be solitary1 and not worthy of praise4 #c3h4 ,let them curse it who curse the day1 who are ready to raise up a leviathan3 #c3i4 ,let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof3 let it expect light1 and not see it1 nor the rising of the dawning of the day3 #c3aj4 ,because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me1 nor took away evils from my eyes4 #c3aa4 ,why did ,i not die in the womb8 why did ,i not perish when ,i came out of the belly8 #c3ab4 ,why received upon the knees8 why suckled at the breasts8 #c3ac4 ,for now ,i should have been asleep and still1 and should have rest in my sleep3 #c3ad4 ,with kings and consuls of the earth1 who build themselves solitudes3 #c3ae4 ,or with princes1 that possess gold1 and fill their houses with silver3 #c3af4 ,or as a hidden untimely birth1 ,i should not be2 or as they that1 being conceived1 have not seen the light4 #c3ag4 ,there the wicked cease from tumult1 and there the wearied in strength are at rest4 #c3ah4 ,and they sometime bound together without disquiet1 have not heard the voice of the oppressor4 #c3ai4 ,the small and great are there1 and the servant is free from his master4 #c3bj4 ,why is light given to him that is in misery1 and life to them that are in bitterness of soul8 #c3ba4 ,that look for death1 and it cometh not1 as they that dig for a treasure3 #c3bb4 ,and they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave8 #c3bc4 ,to a man whose way is hidden1 and ,god hath surrounded him with darkness8 #c3bd4 ,before ,i eat ,i sigh3 and as overflowing waters1 so is my roaring3 #c3be4 ,for the fear which ,i feared1 hath come upon me3 and that which ,i was afraid of1 hath befallen me4 #c3bf4 ,have ,i not dissembled8 have ,i not kept silence8 have ,i not been quiet8 and indignation is come upon me4 ,job ,chapter #d #d3a4 ,then ,eliphaz1 the ,themanite1 answered1 and said3 #d3b4 ,if we begin to speak to thee1 perhaps thou wilt take it ill2 but who can withhold the words he hath conceived8 #d3c4 ,behold thou hast taught many1 and thou hast strengthened the weary hands3 #d3d4 ,thy words have confirmed them that were staggering1 and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees3 #d3e4 ,but now the scourge is come upon thee1 and thou faintest3 ,it hath touched thee1 and thou art troubled4 #d3f4 ,where is thy fear1 thy fortitude1 thy patience1 and the perfection of thy ways8 #d3g4 ,remember1 ,i pray thee1 who ever perished being innocent8 or when were the just destroyed8 #d3h4 ,on the contrary1 ,i have seen those who work iniquity1 and sow sorrows1 and reap them1 #d3i4 ,perishing by the blast of ,god1 and consumed by the spirit of his wrath4 #d3aj4 ,the roaring of the lion1 and the voice of the lioness1 and the teeth of the whelps of lions1 are broken3 #d3aa4 ,the tiger hath perished for want of prey1 and the young lions are scattered abroad4 #d3ab4 ,now there was a word spoken to me in private1 and my ears by stealth1 as it were1 received the veins of its whisper4 #d3ac4 ,in the horror of a vision by night1 when deep sleep is wont to hold men1 #d3ad4 ,fear seized upon me1 and trembling1 and all my bones were affrighted3 #d3ae4 ,and when a spirit passed before me1 the hair of my flesh stood up4 #d3af4 ,there stood one whose countenance ,i knew not1 an image before my eyes1 and ,i heard the voice1 as it were1 of a gentle wind4 #d3ag4 ,shall man be justified in comparison of ,god1 or shall a man be more pure than his maker8 ,shall man be justified in comparison of ,god1 etc4 4 4,these are the words which ,eliphaz had heard from an angel1 which1 ver4 #ae1 he calls a spirit4 #d3ah4 ,behold1 they that serve him are not steadfast1 and in his angels he found wickedness3 #d3ai4 ,how much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay1 who have an earthly foundation1 be consumed as with the moth8 #d3bj4 ,from morning till evening they shall be cut down3 and because no one understandeth1 they shall perish for ever4 #d3ba4 ,and they that shall be left1 shall be taken away from them3 they shall die1 and not in wisdom4 ,job ,chapter #e #e3a4 ,call now1 if there be any that will answer thee1 and turn to some of the saints4 #e3b4 ,anger indeed killeth the foolish1 and envy slayeth the little one4 #e3c4 ,i have seen a fool with a strong root1 and ,i cursed his beauty immediately4 #e3d4 ,his children shall be far from safety1 and shall be destroyed in the gate1 and there shall be none to deliver them4 #e3e4 ,whose harvest the hungry shall eat1 and the armed man shall take him by violence1 and the thirsty shall drink up his riches4 #e3f4 ,nothing upon earth is done without a cause1 and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground4 #e3g4 ,man is born to labour1 and the bird to fly4 #e3h4 ,wherefore ,i will pray to the ,lord1 and address my speech to ,god3 #e3i4 ,who doth great things1 and unsearchable and wonderful things without number3 #e3aj4 ,who giveth rain upon the face of the earth1 and watereth all things with waters3 #e3aa4 ,who setteth up the humble on high1 and comforteth with health those that mourn4 #e3ab4 ,who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant1 so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun3 #e3ac4 ,who catcheth the wise in their craftiness1 and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked3 #e3ad4 ,they shall meet with darkness in the day1 and grope at noonday as in the night4 #e3ae4 ,but he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth1 and the poor from the hand of the violent4 #e3af4 ,and to the needy there shall be hope1 but iniquity shall draw in her mouth4 #e3ag4 ,blessed is the man whom ,god correcteth3 refuse not1 therefore1 the chastising of the ,lord4 #e3ah4 ,for he woundeth1 and cureth3 he striketh1 and his hands shall heal4 #e3ai4 ,in six troubles he shall deliver thee1 and in the seventh1 evil shall not touch thee4 #e3bj4 ,in famine he shall deliver thee from death2 and in battle1 from the hand of the sword4 #e3ba4 ,thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue3 and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh4 #e3bb4 ,in destruction and famine thou shalt laugh3 and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth4 #e3bc4 ,but thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands1 and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee4 #e3bd4 ,and thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace1 and visiting thy beauty1 thou shalt not sin4 #e3be4 ,thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied1 and thy offspring like the grass of the earth4 #e3bf4 ,thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance1 as a heap of wheat is brought in its season4 #e3bg4 ,behold1 this is even so1 as we have searched out3 which thou having heard1 consider it thoroughly in thy mind4 ,job ,chapter #f #f3a4 ,but ,job answered1 and said3 #f3b4 ,o that my sins1 whereby ,i have deserved wrath1 and the calamity that ,i suffer1 were weighed in a balance4 ,my sins1 etc4 4 4,he does not mean to compare his sufferings with his real sins3 but with the imaginary crimes which his friends imputed to him3 and especially with his wrath1 or grief1 expressed in the third chapter1 which they so much accused4 ,though1 as he tells them here1 it bore no proportion with the greatness of his calamity4 #f3c4 ,as the sand of the sea1 this would appear heavier3 therefore1 my words are full of sorrow3 #f3d4 ,for the arrows of the ,lord are in me1 the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit1 and the terrors of the ,lord war against me4 #f3e4 ,will the wild ass bray when he hath grass8 or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger8 #f3f4 ,or can an unsavoury thing be eaten1 that is not seasoned with salt8 or can a man taste that which1 when tasted1 bringeth death8 #f3g4 ,the things which before my soul would not touch1 now1 through anguish1 are my meats4 #f3h4 ,who will grant that my request may come3 and that ,god may give me what ,i look for8 #f3i4 ,and that he that hath begun may destroy me1 that he may let loose his hand1 and cut me off8 #f3aj4 ,and that this may be my comfort1 that afflicting me with sorrow1 he spare not1 nor ,i contradict the words of the ,holy one4 #f3aa4 ,for what is my strength1 that ,i can hold out8 or what is my end1 that ,i should keep patience8 #f3ab4 ,my strength is not the strength of stones1 nor is my flesh of brass4 #f3ac4 ,behold there is no help for me in myself1 and my familiar friends also are departed from me4 #f3ad4 ,he that taketh away mercy from his friend1 forsaketh the fear of the ,lord4 #f3ae4 ,my brethren have passed by me1 as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys4 #f3af4 ,they that fear the hoary frost1 the snow shall fall upon them4 #f3ag4 ,at the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish3 and after it groweth hot1 they shall be melted out of their place4 #f3ah4 ,the paths of their steps are entangled3 they shall walk in vain1 and shall perish4 #f3ai4 ,consider the paths of ,thema1 the ways of ,saba1 and wait a little while4 #f3bj4 ,they arc confounded1 because ,i have hoped3 they are come also even unto me1 and are covered with shame4 #f3ba4 ,now you are come3 and now1 seeing my affliction1 you are afraid4 #f3bb4 ,did ,i say3 ,bring to me1 and give me of your substance8 #f3bc4 ,or deliver me from the hand of the enemy1 and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty8 #f3bd4 ,teach me1 and ,i will hold my peace3 and if ,i have been ignorant of any thing1 instruct me4 #f3be4 ,why have you detracted the words of truth1 whereas there is none of you that can reprove me8 #f3bf4 ,you dress up speeches only to rebuke1 and you utter words to the wind4 #f3bg4 ,you rush in upon the fatherless1 and you endeavour to overthrow your friend4 #f3bh4 ,however1 finish what you have begun3 give ear and see whether ,i lie4 #f3bi4 ,answer1 ,i beseech you1 without contention3 and speaking that which is just1 judge ye4 #f3cj4 ,and you shall not find iniquity in my tongue1 neither shall folly sound in my mouth4 ,job ,chapter #g #g3a4 ,the life of man upon earth is a warfare1 and his days are like the days of a hireling4 #g3b4 ,as a servant longeth for the shade1 as the hireling looketh for the end of his work2 #g3c4 ,so ,i also have had empty months1 and have numbered to myself wearisome nights4 #g3d4 ,if ,i lie down to sleep1 ,i shall say3 ,when shall ,i rise8 and again1 ,i shall look for the evening1 and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness4 #g3e4 ,my flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust2 my skin is withered and drawn together4 #g3f4 ,my days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver1 and are consumed without any hope4 #g3g4 ,remember that my life is but wind1 and my eye shall not return to see good things4 #g3h4 ,nor shall the sight of man behold me3 thy eyes are upon me1 and ,i shall be no more4 #g3i4 ,as a cloud is consumed1 and passeth away3 so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up4 #g3aj4 ,nor shall he return any more into his house1 neither shall his place know him any more #g3aa4 ,wherefore1 ,i will not spare my month1 ,i will speak in the affliction of my spirit3 ,i will talk with the bitterness of my soul4 #g3ab4 ,am ,i a sea1 or a whale1 that thou hast inclosed me in a prison8 #g3ac4 ,if ,i say3 ,my bed shall comfort me1 and ,i shall be relieved1 speaking with myself on my couch3 #g3ad4 ,thou wilt frighten me with dreams1 and terrify me with visions4 #g3ae4 ,so that my soul rather chooseth hanging1 and my bones death4 #g3af4 ,i have done with hope1 ,i shall now live no longer3 spare me1 for my days are nothing4 #g3ag4 ,what is a man1 that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him8 #g3ah4 ,thou visitest him early in the morning1 and thou provest him suddenly4 #g3ai4 ,how long wilt thou not spare me1 nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle8 #g3bj4 ,i have sinned3 what shall ,i do to thee1 ,o keeper of men8 why hast thou set me opposite to thee4 and am ,i become burdensome to myself8 #g3ba4 ,why dost thou not remove my sin1 and why dost thou not take away my iniquity8 ,behold now ,i shall sleep in the dust3 and if thou seek me in the morning1 ,i shall not be4 ,job ,chapter #h #h3a4 ,then ,baldad1 the ,suhite1 answered1 and said3 #h3b4 ,how long wilt thou speak these things1 and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind8 #h3c4 ,doth ,god pervert judgment1 or doth the ,almighty overthrow that which is just8 #h3d4 ,although thy children have sinned against him1 and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity3 #h3e4 ,yet if thou wilt arise early to ,god1 and wilt beseech the ,almighty3 #h3f4 ,if thou wilt walk clean and upright1 he will presently awake unto thee1 and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable3 #h3g4 ,in so much1 that if thy former things were small thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly4 #h3h4 ,for inquire of the former generation1 and search diligently into the memory of the fathers3 #h3i4 7,for we are but of yesterday1 and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow #h3aj4 ,and they shall teach thee3 they shall speak to thee1 and utter words out of their hearts4 #h3aa4 ,can the rush be green without moisture8 or sedge bush grow without water8 #h3ab4 ,when it is yet in flower1 and is not plucked u with the hand1 it withereth before all herbs4 #h3ac4 ,even so are the ways of all that forget ,god1 an the hope of the hypocrite shall perish3 #h3ad4 ,his folly shall not please him1 and his trust shall be like the spider's web4 #h3ae4 ,he shall lean upon his house1 and it shall no stand3 he shall prop it up1 and it shall not rise3 #h3af4 ,he seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh2 and at his rising1 his blossom shall shoot forth4 #h3ag4 ,his roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones2 and among the stones he shall abide4 #h3ah4 ,if one swallow him up out of his place1 he shall deny him1 and shall say3 ,i know thee not4 #h3ai4 ,for this is the joy of his way1 that others may spring again out of the earth4 #h3bj4 ,god will not cast away the simple1 nor reach out his hand to the evil doer3 #h3ba4 ,until thy mouth be filled with laughter1 and thy lips with rejoicing4 #h3bb4 ,they that hate thee1 shall be clothed with confusion3 and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand4 ,job ,chapter #i #i3a4 ,and ,job answered1 and said3 #i3b4 ,indeed ,i know it is so1 and that man cannot be justified1 compared with ,god4 #i3c4 ,if he will contend with him1 he cannot answer him one for a thousand4 #i3d4 ,he is wise in heart1 and mighty in strength3 who hath resisted him1 and hath had peace8 #i3e4 ,who hath removed mountains1 and they whom he overthrew in his wrath1 knew it not4 #i3f4 ,who shaketh the earth out of her place1 and the pillars thereof tremble4 #i3g4 ,who commandeth the sun1 and it riseth not3 and shutteth up the stars1 as it were1 under a seal3 #i3h4 ,who alone spreadeth out the heavens1 and walketh upon the waves of the sea #i3i4 ,who maketh ,arcturus1 and ,orion1 and ,hyades1 and the inner parts of the south4 ,arcturus1 etc4 4 4,these are names of stars or constellations4 ,in ,hebrew1 ,ash1 ,cesil1 and ,cimah4 ,see note chap4 #ch1 ver4 #ca4 #i3aj4 ,who doth things great and incomprehensible1 and wonderful1 of which there is no number4 #i3aa4 ,if he come to me1 ,i shall not see him3 if he depart1 ,i shall not understand4 #i3ab4 ,if he examine on a sudden1 who shall answer him8 or who can say3 ,why dost thou so8 #i3ac4 ,god1 whose wrath no man can resist1 and under whom they stoop that bear up the world4 #i3ad4 ,what am ,i then1 that ,i should answer him1 and have words with him8 #i3ae4 ,i1 who although ,i should have any just thing1 would not answer1 but would make supplication to my judge4 #i3af4 ,and if he should hear me when ,i call1 ,i should not believe that he had heard my voice4 #i3ag4 ,for he shall crush me in a whirlwind1 and multiply my wounds even without cause4 ,without cause4 4 4,that is1 without my knowing the cause3 or without any crime of mine4 #i3ah4 ,he alloweth not my spirit to rest1 and he filleth me with bitterness4 #i3ai4 ,if strength be demanded1 he is most strong3 if equity of judgment1 no man dare bear witness for me4 #i3bj4 ,if ,i would justify myself1 my own mouth shall condemn me3 if ,i would shew myself innocent1 he shall prove me wicked4 #i3ba4 ,although ,i should be simple1 even this my soul shall be ignorant of1 and ,i shall be weary of my life4 #i3bb4 ,one thing there is that ,i have spoken1 both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth4 #i3bc4 ,if he scourge1 let him kill at once1 and not laugh at the pains of the innocent4 #i3bd4 ,the earth is given into the hand of the wicked1 he covereth the face of the judges thereof3 and if it be not he1 who is it then8 #i3be4 ,my days have been swifter than a post3 they have fled away and have not seen good4 #i3bf4 ,they have passed by as ships carrying fruits1 as an eagle flying to the prey4 #i3bg4 ,if ,i say3 ,i will not speak so3 ,i change my face1 and am tormented with sorrow4 #i3bh4 ,i feared all my works1 knowing that thou didst not spare the offender4 #i3bi4 ,but if so also ,i am wicked1 why have ,i laboured in vain8 #i3cj4 ,if ,i be washed1 as it were1 with snow waters1 and my hands shall shine ever so clean3 #i3ca4 ,yet thou shalt plunge me in filth1 and my garments shall abhor me4 #i3cb4 ,for ,i shall not answer a man that is like myself3 nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment4 #i3cc4 ,there is none that may be able to reprove both1 and to put his hand between both4 #i3cd4 ,let him take his rod away from me1 and let not his fear terrify me4 #i3ce4 ,i will speak1 and will not fear him3 for ,i cannot answer while ,i am in fear4 ,job ,chapter #aj #aj3a4 ,my soul is weary of my life1 ,i will let go my speech against myself1 ,i will speak in the bitterness of my soul4 #aj3b4 ,i will say to ,god3 ,do not condemn me3 tell me why thou judgest me so8 #aj3c4 ,doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me1 and oppress me1 the work of thy own hands1 and help the counsel of the wicked8 #aj3d4 ,hast thou eyes of flesh3 or1 shalt thou see as man seeth8 #aj3e4 ,are thy days as the days of man1 and are thy years as the times of men3 #aj3f4 ,that thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity1 and search after my sin8 #aj3g4 ,and shouldst know that ,i have done no wicked thing1 whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand8 #aj3h4 ,thy hands have made me1 and fashioned me wholly round about1 and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden8 #aj3i4 ,remember1 ,i beseech thee1 that thou hast made me as the clay1 and thou wilt bring me into dust #aj3aj4 ,hast thou not milked me as milk1 and curdled me like cheese8 #aj3aa4 ,thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh3 thou hast put me together with bones and sinews3 #aj3ab4 ,thou hast granted me life and mercy1 and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit4 #aj3ac4 ,although thou conceal these things in thy heart1 yet ,i know that thou rememberest all things4 #aj3ad4 ,if ,i have sinned1 and thou hast spared me for an hour3 why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity8 #aj3ae4 ,and if ,i be wicked1 woe unto me3 and if just1 ,i shall not lift up my head1 being filled with affliction and misery4 #aj3af4 ,and for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness1 and returning1 thou tormentest me wonderfully4 #aj3ag4 ,thou renewest thy witnesses against me1 and multipliest thy wrath upon me1 and pains war against me4 #aj3ah4 ,why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb8 ,o that ,i had been consumed1 that eye might not see me l #aj3ai4 ,i should have been as if ,i had not been1 carried from the womb to the grave4 #aj3bj4 ,shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly8 ,suffer me1 therefore1 that ,i may lament my sorrow a little3 #aj3ba4 ,before ,i go and return no more1 to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death3 #aj3bb4 ,a land of misery and darkness1 where the shadow of death1 and no order1 but everlasting horror dwelleth4 ,job ,chapter #aa ,sophar reproves ,job1 for justifying himself1 and invites him to repentance4 #aa3a4 ,then ,sophar the ,naamathite answered1 and said3 #aa3b4 ,shall not he that speaketh much1 hear also8 or shall a man full of talk be justified8 #aa3c4 ,shall men hold their peace to thee only8 and when thou hast mocked others1 shall no man confute thee8 #aa3d4 ,for thou hast said3 ,my word is pure1 and ,i am clean in thy sight4 #aa3e4 ,and ,i wish that ,god would speak with thee1 and would open his lips to thee1 #aa3f4 ,that he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom1 and that his law is manifold1 and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee1 than thy iniquity deserveth4 #aa3g4 ,peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of ,god1 and wilt find out the ,almighty perfectly8 #aa3h4 ,he is higher than heaven1 and what wilt thou do8 he is deeper than hell1 and how wilt thou know8 #aa3i4 ,the measure of him is longer than the earth1 and broader than the sea4 #aa3aj4 ,if he shall overturn all things1 or shall press them together1 who shall contradict him8 #aa3aa4 ,for he knoweth the vanity of men1 and when he seeth iniquity1 doth he not consider it8 #aa3ab4 ,a vain man is lifted up into pride1 and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt4 #aa3ac4 ,but thou hast hardened thy heart1 and hast spread thy hands to him4 #aa3ad4 ,if thou wilt put away from thee the iniquity that is in thy hand1 and let not injustice remain in thy tabernacle3 #aa3ae4 ,then mayst thou lift up thy face without spot1 and thou shalt be steadfast1 and shalt not fear4 #aa3af4 ,thou shalt also forget misery1 and remember it only as waters that are passed away4 #aa3ag4 ,and brightness like that of the noonday1 shall arise to thee at evening3 and when thou shalt think thyself consumed1 thou shalt rise as the day star4 #aa3ah4 ,and thou shalt have confidence1 hope being set before thee1 and being buried thou shalt sleep secure4 #aa3ai4 ,thou shalt rest1 and there shall be none to make thee afraid3 and many shall entreat thy face4 #aa3bj4 ,but the eyes of the wicked shall decay1 and the way to escape shall fail them1 and their hope the abomination of the soul4 ,job ,chapter #ab ,job's reply to ,sophar4 ,he extols ,god's power and wisdom4 #ab3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ab3b4 ,are you then men alone1 and shall wisdom die with you8 #ab3c4 ,i also have a heart as well as you3 for who is ignorant of these things1 which you know8 #ab3d4 ,he that is mocked by his friends as ,i1 shall call upon ,god and he will hear him3 for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn4 #ab3e4 ,the lamp despised in the thoughts of the rich1 is ready for the time appointed4 #ab3f4 ,the tabernacles of robbers abound1 and they provoke ,god boldly2 whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands3 #ab3g4 ,but ask now the beasts1 and they shall teach thee3 and the birds of the air1 and they shall tell thee4 #ab3h4 ,speak to the earth1 and it shall answer thee3 and the fishes of the sea shall tell4 #ab3i4 ,who is ignorant that the hand of the ,lord hath made all these things8 #ab3aj4 ,in whose hand is the soul of every living thing1 and the spirit of all flesh of man4 #ab3aa4 ,doth not the ear discern words1 and the palate of him that eateth1 the taste8 #ab3ab4 ,in the ancient is wisdom1 and in length of days prudence4 #ab3ac4 ,with him is wisdom and strength1 he hath counsel and understanding4 #ab3ad4 ,if he pull down1 there is no man that can build up3 if he shut up a man1 there is none that can open4 #ab3ae4 ,if he withhold the waters1 all things shall be dried up3 and if he send them out1 they shall overturn the earth4 #ab3af4 ,with him is strength and wisdom3 he knoweth both the deceivers1 and him that is deceived4 #ab3ag4 ,he bringeth counsellors to a foolish end1 and judges to insensibility4 #ab3ah4 ,he looseth the belt of kings1 and girdeth their loins with a cord4 #ab3ai4 ,he leadeth away priests without glory1 and overthroweth nobles4 #ab3bj4 ,he changeth the speech of the true speakers1 and taketh away the doctrine of the aged4 #ab3ba4 ,he poureth contempt upon princes1 and relieveth them that were oppressed4 #ab3bb4 ,he discovereth deep things out of darkness1 and bringeth up to light the shadow of death4 #ab3bc4 ,he multiplieth nations1 and destroyeth them1 and restoreth them again after they were overthrown4 #ab3bd4 ,he changeth the heart of the princes of the people of the earth1 and deceiveth them that they walk in vain where there is no way4 #ab3be4 ,they shall grope as in the dark1 and not in the light1 and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk4 ,job ,chapter #ac ,job persists in maintaining his innocence3 and reproves his friends4 #ac3a4 ,behold my eye hath seen all these things1 and my ear hath heard them1 and ,i have understood them all4 #ac3b4 ,according to your knowledge ,i also know3 neither am ,i inferior to you4 #ac3c4 ,but yet ,i will speak to the ,almighty1 and ,i desire to reason with ,god4 #ac3d4 ,having first shewn that you are forgers of lies1 and maintainers of perverse opinions4 #ac3e4 ,and ,i wish you would hold your peace1 that you might be thought to be wise men4 #ac3f4 ,hear ye therefore my reproof1 and attend to the judgment of my lips4 #ac3g4 ,hath ,god any need of your lie1 that you should speak deceitfully for him8 #ac3h4 ,do you accept this person1 and do you endeavour to judge for ,god8 #ac3i4 ,or shall it please him1 from whom nothing can be concealed8 or shall he be deceived as a man1 with your deceitful dealings8 #ac3aj4 ,he shall reprove you1 because in secret you accept his person4 #ac3aa4 ,as soon as he shall move himself1 he shall trouble you3 and his dread shall fall upon you4 #ac3ab4 ,your remembrance shall be compared to ashes1 and your necks shall be brought to clay4 #ac3ac4 ,hold your peace a little while1 that ,i may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me4 #ac3ad4 ,why do ,i tear my flesh with my teeth1 and carry my soul in my hands8 #ac3ae4 ,although he should kill me1 ,i will trust in him3 but yet ,i will reprove my ways in his sight4 #ac3af4 ,and he shall be my saviour3 for no hypocrite shall come before his presence4 #ac3ag4 ,hear ye my speech1 and receive with your ears hidden truths4 #ac3ah4 ,if ,i shall be judged1 ,i know that ,i shall be found just4 #ac3ai4 ,who is he that will plead against me8 let him come3 why am ,i consumed holding my peace8 #ac3bj4 ,two things only do not to me1 and then from thy face ,i shall not be hid3 #ac3ba4 ,withdraw thy hand far from me1 and let not thy dread terrify me4 #ac3bb4 ,call me1 and ,i will answer thee3 or else ,i will speak1 and do thou answer me4 #ac3bc4 ,how many are my iniquities and sins8 make me know my crimes and offenses4 #ac3bd4 ,why hidest thou thy face1 and thinkest me thy enemy8 #ac3be4 ,against a leaf1 that is carried away with the wind1 thou shewest thy power1 and thou pursuest a dry straw4 #ac3bf4 ,for thou writest bitter things against me1 and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth4 #ac3bg4 ,thou hast put my feet in the stocks1 and hast observed all my paths1 and hast considered the steps of my feet3 #ac3bh4 ,who am to be consumed as rottenness1 and as a garment that is motheaten4 ,job ,chapter #ad ,job declares the shortness of man's days3 and professes his belief of a resurrection4 #ad3a4 ,man born of a woman1 living for a short time1 is filled with many miseries4 #ad3b4 ,who cometh forth like a flower1 and is destroyed1 and fleeth as a shadow1 and never continueth in the same state4 #ad3c4 ,and dost thou think it meet to open thy eyes upon such an one1 and to bring him into judgment with thee8 #ad3d4 ,who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed8 is it not thou who only art8 #ad3e4 ,the days of man are short1 and the number of his months is with thee3 thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed4 #ad3f4 ,depart a little from him1 that he may rest until his wished for day come1 as that of the hireling4 #ad3g4 ,a tree hath hope3 if it be cut1 it growth green again1 and the boughs thereof sprout4 #ad3h4 ,if its roots be old in the earth1 and its stock be dead in the dust3 #ad3i4 ,at the scent of water1 it shall spring1 and bring forth leaves1 as when it was first planted4 #ad3aj4 ,but man when he shall be dead1 and stripped and consumed1 ,i pray you where is he8 #ad3aa4 ,as if the waters should depart out of the sea1 and an emptied river should be dried up2 #ad3ab4 ,so man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again2 till the heavens be broken1 he shall not awake1 nor rise up out of his sleep4 #ad3ac4 ,who will grant me this1 that thou mayst protect me in hell1 and hide me till thy wrath pass1 and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me8 ,that thou mayst protect me in hell4 4 4,that is1 in the state of the dead2 and in the place where the souls are kept waiting for their ,redeemer4 #ad3ad4 ,shall man that is dead1 thinkest thou1 live again8 all the days in which ,i am now in warfare1 ,i expect until my change come4 #ad3ae4 ,thou shalt call me1 and ,i will answer thee3 to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand4 #ad3af4 ,thou indeed hast numbered my steps1 but spare my sins4 #ad3ag4 ,thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag1 but hast cured my iniquity4 #ad3ah4 ,a mountain falling cometh to nought1 and a rock is removed out of its place4 #ad3ai4 ,waters wear away the stones1 and with inundation the ground by little and little is washed away3 so in like manner thou shalt destroy man4 #ad3bj4 ,thou hast strengthened him for a little while1 that he may pass away for ever3 thou shalt change his face1 and shalt send him away4 #ad3ba4 ,whether his children come to honour or dishonour1 he shall not understand4 #ad3bb4 ,but yet his flesh1 while he shall live1 shall have pain1 and his soul shall mourn over him4 ,job ,chapter #ae ,eliphaz returns to the charge against ,job1 and describes the wretched state of the wicked4 #ae3a4 ,and ,eliphaz the ,themanite1 answered1 and said3 #ae3b4 ,will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind1 and fill his stomach with burning heat8 #ae3c4 ,thou reprovest him by words1 who is not equal to thee1 and thou speakest that which is not good for thee4 #ae3d4 ,as much as is in thee1 thou hast made void fear1 and hast taken away prayers from before ,god4 ,thou hast made void fear4 4 4,that is1 cast off the fear of offending ,god4 #ae3e4 ,for thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth1 and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers4 #ae3f4 ,thy own mouth shall condemn thee1 and not ,i3 and thy own lips shall answer thee4 #ae3g4 ,art thou the first man that was born1 or wast thou made before the hills8 #ae3h4 ,hast thou heard ,god's counsel1 and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee8 #ae3i4 ,what knowest thou that we are ignorant of8 what dost thou understand that we know not8 #ae3aj4 ,there are with us also aged and ancient men1 much elder than thy fathers4 #ae3aa4 ,is it a great matter that ,god should comfort thee8 but thy wicked words hinder this4 #ae3ab4 ,why doth thy heart elevate thee1 and why dost thou stare with thy eyes1 as if they were thinking great things8 #ae3ac4 ,why doth thy spirit swell against ,god1 to utter such words out of thy mouth8 #ae3ad4 ,what is man that he should be without spot1 and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just8 #ae3ae4 ,behold among his saints none is unchangeable1 and the heavens are not pure in his sight4 #ae3af4 ,how much more is man abominable1 and unprofitable1 who drinketh iniquity like water8 #ae3ag4 ,i will shew thee1 hear me3 and ,i will tell thee what ,i have seen4 #ae3ah4 ,wise men confess and hide not their fathers4 ,wise men confess and hide not their fathers4 4 4,that is1 the knowledge and documents they have received from their fathers they are not ashamed to own4 #ae3ai4 ,to whom alone the earth was given1 and no stranger hath passed among them4 #ae3bj4 ,the wicked man is proud all his days1 and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain4 #ae3ba4 ,the sound of dread is always in his ears3 and when there is peace1 he always suspecteth treason4 #ae3bb4 ,he believeth not that he may return from darkness to light1 looking round about for the sword on every side4 #ae3bc4 ,when he moveth himself to seek bread1 he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand4 #ae3bd4 ,tribulation shall terrify him1 and distress shall surround him1 as a king that is prepared for the battle4 #ae3be4 ,for he hath stretched out his hand against ,god1 and hath strengthened himself against the ,almighty4 #ae3bf4 ,he hath run against him with his neck raised up1 and is armed with a fat neck4 #ae3bg4 ,fatness hath covered his face1 and the fat hangeth down on his sides4 #ae3bh4 ,he hath dwelt in desolate cities1 and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps4 #ae3bi4 ,he shall not be enriched1 neither shall his substance continue1 neither shall he push his root in the earth4 #ae3cj4 ,he shall not depart out of darkness3 the flame shall dry up his branches1 and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth4 #ae3ca4 ,he shall not believe1 being vainly deceived by error1 that he may be redeemed with any price4 #ae3cb4 ,before his days be full he shall perish3 and his hands shall wither away4 #ae3cc4 ,he shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower1 and as an olive tree that casteth its flower4 #ae3cd4 ,for the congregation of the hypocrite is barren1 and fire shall devour their tabernacles1 who love to take bribes4 #ae3ce4 ,he hath conceived sorrow1 and hath brought forth iniquity1 and his womb prepareth deceits4 ,job ,chapter #af ,job expostulates with his friends3 and appeals to the judgment of ,god4 #af3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #af3b4 ,i have often heard such things as these3 you are all troublesome comforters4 #af3c4 ,shall windy words have no end8 or is it any trouble to thee to speak8 #af3d4 ,i also could speak like you3 and would ,god your soul were for my soul4 #af3e4 ,i would comfort you also with words1 and would wag my head over you4 #af3f4 ,i would strengthen you with my mouth1 and would move my lips1 as sparing you4 #af3g4 ,but what shall ,i do8 ,if ,i speak1 my pain will not rest3 and if ,i hold my peace1 it will not depart from me4 #af3h4 ,but now my sorrow hath oppressed me1 and all my limbs are brought to nothing4 #af3i4 ,my wrinkles bear witness against me1 and a false speaker riseth up against my face1 contradicting me4 #af3aj4 ,he hath gathered together his fury against me1 and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me3 my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes4 #af3aa4 ,they have opened their mouths upon me1 and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek1 they are filled with my pains4 #af3ab4 ,god hath shut me up with the unjust man1 and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked4 #af3ac4 ,i that was formerly so wealthy1 am all on a sudden broken to pieces3 he hath taken me by my neck1 he hath broken me1 and hath set me up to be his mark4 #af3ad4 ,he hath compassed me round about with his lances1 he hath wounded my loins1 he hath not spared1 and hath poured out my bowels on the earth1 #af3ae4 ,he hath torn me with wound upon wound1 he hath rushed in upon me like a giant4 #af3af4 ,i have sowed sackcloth upon my skin1 and have covered my flesh with ashes4 #af3ag4 ,my face is swollen with weeping1 and my eyelids are dim4 #af3ah4 ,these things have ,i suffered without the iniquity of my hand1 when ,i offered pure prayers to ,god4 #af3ai4 ,o earth1 cover not thou my blood1 neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee4 #af3bj4 ,for behold my witness is in heaven1 and he that knoweth my conscience is on high4 #af3ba4 ,my friends are full of words3 my eye poureth out tears to ,god4 #af3bb4 ,and ,o that a man might so be judged with ,god1 as the son of man is judged with his companion6 #af3bc4 ,for behold short years pass away1 and ,i am walking in a path by which ,i shall not return4 ,job ,chapter #ag ,job's hope in ,god3 he expects rest in death4 #ag3a4 ,my spirit shall be wasted1 my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me4 #ag3b4 ,i have not sinned1 and my eye abideth in bitterness4 ,not sinned4 4 4,that is1 ,i am not guilty of such sins as they charge me with4 #ag3c4 ,deliver me1 ,o ,lord1 and set me beside thee1 and let any man's hand fight against me4 #ag3d4 ,thou hast set their heart far from understanding1 therefore they shall not be exalted4 #ag3e4 ,he promiseth a prey to his companions1 and the eyes of his children shall fail4 #ag3f4 ,he hath made me as it were a byword of the people1 and ,i am an example before them4 #ag3g4 ,my eye is dim through indignation1 and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing4 #ag3h4 ,the just shall be astonished at this1 and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite4 #ag3i4 ,and the just man shall hold on his way1 and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger4 #ag3aj4 ,wherefore be you all converted1 and come1 and ,i shall not find among you any wise man4 #ag3aa4 ,my days have passed away1 my thoughts are dissipated1 tormenting my heart4 #ag3ab4 ,they have turned night into day1 and after darkness ,i hope for light again4 #ag3ac4 ,if ,i wait hell is my house1 and ,i have made my bed in darkness4 ,hell4 4 4,sheol4 ,the region of the dead4 #ag3ad4 ,i have said to rottenness3 ,thou art my father2 to worms1 my mother and my sister4 #ag3ae4 ,where is now then my expectation1 and who considereth my patience8 #ag3af4 ,all that ,i have shall go down into the deepest pit3 thinkest thou that there at least ,i shall have rest8 ,deepest pit4 4 4,literally1 hell4 ,job ,chapter #ah ,baldad again reproves ,job and describes the miseries of the wicked4 #ah3a4 ,then ,baldad the ,suhite answered1 and said3 #ah3b4 ,how long will you throw out words8 understand first1 and so let us speak4 #ah3c4 ,why are we reputed as beasts1 and counted vile before you8 #ah3d4 ,thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury1 shall the earth be forsaken for thee1 and shall rocks be removed out of their place8 #ah3e4 ,shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished1 and the flame of his fire not shine8 #ah3f4 ,the light shall be dark in his tabernacle1 and the lamp that is over him1 shall be put out4 #ah3g4 ,the step of his strength shall be straitened1 and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong4 #ah3h4 ,for he hath thrust his feet into a net1 and walketh in its meshes4 #ah3i4 ,the sole of his foot shall be held in a snare1 and thirst shall burn against him4 #ah3aj4 ,a gin is hidden for him in the earth1 and his trap upon the path4 #ah3aa4 ,fears shall terrify him on every side1 and shall entangle his feet4 #ah3ab4 ,let his strength be wasted with famine1 and let hunger invade his ribs4 #ah3ac4 ,let it devour the beauty of his skin1 let the firstborn death consume his arms4 #ah3ad4 ,let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle1 and let destruction tread upon him like a king4 #ah3ae4 ,let the companions of him that is not1 dwell in his tabernacle1 let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent4 #ah3af4 ,let his roots be dried up beneath1 and his harvest destroyed above4 #ah3ag4 ,let the memory of him perish from the earth1 and let not his name be renowned in the streets4 #ah3ah4 ,he shall drive him out of light into darkness1 and shall remove him out of the world4 #ah3ai4 ,his seed shall not subsist1 nor his offspring among his people1 nor any remnants in his country4 #ah3bj4 ,they that come after him shall be astonished at his day1 and horror shall fall upon them that went before4 #ah3ba4 ,these then are the tabernacles of the wicked1 and this the place of him that knoweth not ,god4 ,job ,chapter #ai ,job complains of the cruelty of his friends2 he describes his own sufferings3 and his belief of a future resurrection4 #ai3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ai3b4 ,how long do you afflict my soul1 and break me in pieces with words8 #ai3c4 ,behold1 these ten times you confound me1 and are not ashamed to oppress me4 #ai3d4 ,for if ,i have been ignorant1 my ignorance shall be with me4 #ai3e4 ,but you set yourselves up against me1 and reprove me with my reproaches4 #ai3f4 ,at least now understand1 that ,god hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment1 and compassed me with his scourges4 ,with an equal judgment4 4 4,st4 ,gregory explains these words thus3 ,job being a just man1 and truly considering his own life1 thought that his affliction was greater than his sins deserved3 and in that respect1 that the punishment was not equal1 yet it was just1 as coming from ,god1 who gives a crown of justice to those who suffer for righteousness' sake1 and proves the just with tribulations1 as gold is tried by fire4 #ai3g4 ,behold ,i shall cry suffering violence1 and no one will hear3 ,i shall cry aloud1 and there is none to judge4 #ai3h4 ,he hath hedged in my path round about1 and ,i cannot pass1 and in my way he hath set darkness4 #ai3i4 ,he hath stripped me of my glory1 and hath taken the crown from my head4 #ai3aj4 ,he hath destroyed me on every side1 and ,i am lost1 and he hath taken away my hope1 as from a tree that is plucked up4 #ai3aa4 ,his wrath is kindled against me1 and he hath counted me as his enemy4 #ai3ab4 ,his troops have come together1 and have made themselves a way by me1 and have besieged my tabernacle round about4 #ai3ac4 ,he hath put my brethren far from me1 and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me4 #ai3ad4 ,my kinsmen have forsaken me1 and they that knew me1 have forgotten me4 #ai3ae4 ,they that dwell in my house1 and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger1 and ,i have been like an alien in their eyes4 #ai3af4 ,i called my servant1 and he gave me no answer1 ,i entreated him with my own mouth4 #ai3ag4 ,my wife hath abhorred my breath1 and ,i entreated the children of my womb4 #ai3ah4 ,even fools despised me1 and when ,i was gone from them1 they spoke against me4 #ai3ai4 ,they that were sometime my counsellors1 have abhorred me3 and he whom ,i loved most is turned against me4 #ai3bj4 ,the flesh being consumed1 my bone hath cleaved to my skin1 and nothing but lips are left about my teeth4 #ai3ba4 ,have pity on me1 have pity on me1 at least you my friends1 because the hand of the ,lord hath touched me4 #ai3bb4 ,why do you persecute me as ,god1 and glut yourselves with my flesh8 #ai3bc4 ,who will grant me that my words may be written8 who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book8 #ai3bd4 ,with an iron pen and in a plate of lead1 or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone8 #ai3be4 ,for ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth1 and in the last day ,i shall rise out of the earth4 ,ver4 #be1 #bf1 and #bg shew ,job's explicit belief in his ,redeemer1 and also of the resurrection of the flesh1 not as one tree riseth in place of another1 but that the selfsame flesh shall rise at the last day1 by the power of ,god1 changed in quality but not in substance1 every one to receive sentence according to his works in this life4 #ai3bf4 ,and ,i shall be clothed again with my skin1 and in my flesh ,i shall see my ,god4 #ai3bg4 ,whom ,i myself shall see1 and my eyes shall behold1 and not another3 this my hope is laid up in my bosom4 #ai3bh4 ,why then do you say now3 ,let us persecute him1 and let us find occasion of word against him8 #ai3bi4 ,flee then from the face of the sword1 for the sword is the revenger of iniquities3 and know ye that there is a judgment4 ,job ,chapter #bj ,sophar declares the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked3 and their sudden downfall4 #bj3a4 ,then ,sophar the ,naamathite answered1 and said3 #bj3b4 ,therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me1 and my mind is hurried away to different things4 #bj3c4 ,the doctrine with which thou reprovest me1 ,i will hear1 and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me4 #bj3d4 ,this ,i know from the beginning1 since man was placed upon the earth1 #bj3e4 ,that the praise of the wicked is short1 and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment4 #bj3f4 ,if his pride mount up even to heaven1 and his head touch the clouds3 #bj3g4 ,in the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill1 and they that had seen him1 shall say3 ,where is he8 #bj3h4 ,as a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found1 he shall pass as a vision of the night3 #bj3i4 ,the eyes that had seen him1 shall see him no more1 neither shall his place any more behold him4 #bj3aj4 ,his children shall be oppressed with want1 and his hands shall render to him his sorrow4 #bj3aa4 ,his bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth1 and they shall sleep with him in the dust4 #bj3ab4 ,for when evil shall be sweet in his mouth1 he will hide it under his tongue4 #bj3ac4 ,he will spare it1 and not leave it1 and will hide it in his throat4 #bj3ad4 ,his bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him1 #bj3ae4 ,the riches which he hath swallowed1 he shall vomit up1 and ,god shall draw them out of his belly4 #bj3af4 ,he shall suck the head of asps1 and the viper's tongue shall kill him4 #bj3ag4 ,let him not see the streams of the river1 the brooks of honey and of butter4 #bj3ah4 ,he shall be punished for all that he did1 and yet shall not be consumed3 according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer4 ,according to the multitude of his devices4 4 4,that is1 his stratagems to gratify his passions and to oppress and destroy the poor4 #bj3ai4 ,because he broke in and stripped the poor3 he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build4 #bj3bj4 ,and yet his belly was not filled3 and when he hath the things he coveted1 he shall not be able to possess them4 #bj3ba4 ,there was nothing left of his meat1 and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods3 #bj3bb4 ,when he shall be filled1 he shall be straitened1 he shall burn1 and every sorrow shall fall upon him4 #bj3bc4 ,may his belly be filled1 that ,god may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him1 and rain down his war upon him4 #bj3bd4 ,he shall flee from weapons of iron1 and shall fall upon a bow of brass4 #bj3be4 ,the sword is drawn out1 and cometh forth from its scabbard1 and glittereth in his bitterness3 the terrible ones shall go and come upon him4 #bj3bf4 ,all darkness is hid in his secret places3 a fire that is not kindled shall devour him1 he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle4 #bj3bg4 ,the heavens shall reveal his iniquity1 and the earth shall rise up against him4 #bj3bh4 ,the offspring of his house shall be exposed1 he shall be pulled down in the day of ,god's wrath4 #bj3bi4 ,this is the portion of a wicked man from ,god1 and the inheritance of his doings from the ,lord4 ,job ,chapter #ba ,job shews that the wicked often prosper in this world1 even to the end of their life3 but that their judgment is in another world4 #ba3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #ba3b4 ,hear1 ,i beseech you1 my words1 and do penance4 #ba3c4 ,suffer me1 and ,i will speak1 and after1 if you please1 laugh at my words4 #ba3d4 ,is my debate against man1 that ,i should not have just reason to be troubled8 #ba3e4 ,hearken to me and be astonished1 and lay your finger on your mouth4 #ba3f4 ,as for me1 when ,i remember1 ,i am afraid1 and trembling taketh hold on my flesh4 #ba3g4 ,why then do the wicked live1 are they advanced1 and strengthened with riches8 #ba3h4 ,their seed continueth before them1 a multitude of kinsmen1 and of children's children in their sight4 #ba3i4 ,their houses are secure and peaceable1 and the rod of ,god is not upon them4 #ba3aj4 ,their cattle have conceived1 and failed not3 their cow has calved1 and is not deprived of her fruit4 #ba3aa4 ,their little ones go out like a flock1 and their children dance and play4 #ba3ab4 ,they take the timbrel1 and the harp1 and rejoice at the sound of the organ4 #ba3ac4 ,they spend their days in wealth1 and in a moment they go down to hell4 #ba3ad4 ,who have said to ,god3 ,depart from us1 we desire not the knowledge of thy ways4 #ba3ae4 ,who is the ,almighty1 that we should serve him8 and what doth it profit us if we pray to him8 #ba3af4 ,yet because their good things are not in their hand1 may the counsel of the wicked be far from me4 #ba3ag4 ,how often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out1 and a deluge come upon them1 and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath8 #ba3ah4 ,they shall be as chaff before the face of the wind1 and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth4 #ba3ai4 ,god shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children3 and when he shall repay1 then shall he know4 #ba3bj4 ,his eyes shall see his own destruction1 and he shall drink of the wrath of the ,almighty4 #ba3ba4 ,for what is it to him what befalleth his house after him3 and if the number of his months be diminished by one half8 #ba3bb4 ,shall any one teach ,god knowledge1 who judgeth those that are high8 #ba3bc4 ,one man dieth strong1 and hale1 rich and happy4 #ba3bd4 ,his bowels are full of fat1 and his bones are moistened with marrow4 #ba3be4 ,but another dieth in bitterness of soul without any riches3 #ba3bf4 ,and yet they shall sleep together in the dust1 and worms shall cover them4 #ba3bg4 ,surely ,i know your thoughts1 and your unjust judgments against me4 #ba3bh4 ,for you say3 ,where is the house of the prince8 and where are the dwelling places of the wicked8 #ba3bi4 ,ask any one of them that go by the way1 and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things4 #ba3cj4 ,because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction1 and he shall be brought to the day of wrath4 #ba3ca4 ,who shall reprove his way to his face8 and who shall repay him what he hath done8 #ba3cb4 ,he shall be brought to the graves1 and shall watch in the heap of the dead4 #ba3cc4 ,he hath been acceptable to the gravel of ,cocytus1 and he shall draw every man after him1 and there are innumerable before him4 ,acceptable to the gravel of ,cocytus4 4 4,the ,hebrew word1 which ,st4 ,jerome has here rendered by the name ,cocytus1 7which the poets represent as a river in hell17 signifies a valley or a torrent3 and in this place1 is taken for the low region of death and hell3 which willingly1 as it were1 receives the wicked at their death3 who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them2 and are followed by multitudes above number4 #ba3cd4 ,how then do ye comfort me in vain1 whereas your answer is shewn to be repugnant to truth8 ,job ,chapter #bb ,eliphaz falsely imputes many crimes to ,job1 but promises him prosperity if he will repent4 #bb3a4 ,then ,eliphaz the ,themanite answered1 and said3 #bb3b4 ,can man be compared with ,god1 even though he were of perfect knowledge8 #bb3c4 ,what doth it profit ,god if thou be just8 or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted8 #bb3d4 ,shall he reprove thee for fear1 and come with thee into judgment3 #bb3e4 ,and not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities8 #bb3f4 ,for thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause1 and stripped the naked of their clothing4 #bb3g4 ,thou hast not given water to the weary1 thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry4 #bb3h4 ,in the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land1 and being the most mighty thou holdest it4 #bb3i4 ,thou hast sent widows away empty1 and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces4 #bb3aj4 ,therefore art thou surrounded with shares1 and sudden fear troubleth thee4 #bb3aa4 ,and didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness1 and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters8 #bb3ab4 ,dost not thou think that ,god is higher than heaven1 and is elevated above the height of the stars8 #bb3ac4 ,and thou sayst3 ,what doth ,god know8 and he judgeth as it were through a mist4 #bb3ad4 ,the clouds are his covert1 and he doth not consider our things1 and he walketh about the poles of heaven4 #bb3ae4 ,dost thou desire to keep the path of ages1 which wicked men have trodden8 #bb3af4 ,who were taken away before their time1 and a flood hath overthrown their foundation4 #bb3ag4 ,who said to ,god3 ,depart from us3 and looked upon the ,almighty as if he could do nothing3 #bb3ah4 ,whereas he had filled their houses with good things3 whose way of thinking be far from me4 #bb3ai4 ,the just shall see1 and shall rejoice1 and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn4 #bb3bj4 ,is not their exaltation cut down1 and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them8 #bb3ba4 ,submit thyself then to him1 and be at peace3 and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits4 #bb3bb4 ,receive the law of his mouth1 and lay up his words in thy heart4 #bb3bc4 ,if thou wilt return to the ,almighty1 thou shalt be built up1 and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle4 #bb3bd4 ,he shall give for earth flint1 and for flint torrents of gold4 #bb3be4 ,and the ,almighty shall be against thy enemies1 and silver shall be heaped together for thee4 #bb3bf4 ,then shalt thou abound in delights in the ,almighty1 and shalt lift up thy face to ,god4 #bb3bg4 ,thou shalt pray to him1 and he will hear thee1 and thou shalt pay vows4 #bb3bh4 ,thou shalt decree a thing1 and it shall come to thee1 and light shall shine in thy ways4 #bb3bi4 ,for he that hath been humbled1 shall be in glory3 and he that shall bow down his eyes1 he shall be saved4 #bb3cj4 ,the innocent shall be saved1 and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands4 ,job ,chapter #bc ,job wishes to be tried at ,god's tribunal4 #bc3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #bc3b4 ,now also my words are in bitterness1 and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning4 #bc3c4 ,who will grant me that ,i might know and find him1 and come even to his throne8 #bc3d4 ,i would set judgment before him1 and would fill my mouth with complaints4 #bc3e4 ,that ,i might know the words that he would answer me1 and understand what he would say to me4 #bc3f4 ,i would not that he should contend with me with much strength1 nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness4 #bc3g4 ,let him propose equity against me1 and let my judgment come to victory4 #bc3h4 ,but if ,i go to the east1 he appeareth not2 if to the west1 ,i shall not understand him4 #bc3i4 ,if to the left hand1 what shall ,i do8 ,i shall not take hold on him3 if ,i turn myself to the right hand1 ,i shall not see him4 #bc3aj4 ,but he knoweth my way1 and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire3 #bc3aa4 ,my foot hath followed his steps1 ,i have kept his way1 and have not declined from it4 #bc3ab4 ,i have not departed from the commandments of his lips1 and the words of his mouth ,i have hid in my bosom4 #bc3ac4 ,for he is alone1 and no man can turn away his thought3 and whatsoever his soul hath desired1 that hath he done4 #bc3ad4 ,and when he shall have fulfilled his will in me1 many other like things are also at hand with him4 #bc3ae4 ,and therefore ,i am troubled at his presence1 and when ,i consider him ,i am made pensive with fear4 #bc3af4 ,god hath softened my heart1 and the ,almighty hath troubled me4 #bc3ag4 ,for ,i have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me1 neither hath the mist covered my face4 ,job ,chapter #bd ,god's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long time in their sins3 but punisheth them in another life4 #bd3a4 ,times are not hid from the ,almighty3 but they that know him1 know not his days4 #bd3b4 ,some have removed landmarks1 have taken away flocks by force1 and fed them4 #bd3c4 ,they have driven away the ass of the fatherless1 and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge4 #bd3d4 ,they have overturned the way of the poor1 and have oppressed together the meek of the earth4 #bd3e4 ,others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work3 by watching for a prey they get bread for their children4 #bd3f4 ,they reap the field that is not their own1 and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed4 #bd3g4 ,they send men away naked1 taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold3 #bd3h4 ,who are wet1 with the showers of the mountains1 and having no covering embrace the stones4 #bd3i4 ,they have violently robbed the fatherless1 and stripped the poor common people4 #bd3aj4 ,from the naked and them that go without clothing1 and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn4 #bd3aa4 ,they have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them1 who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst4 #bd3ab4 ,out of the cities they have made men to groan1 and the soul of the wounded hath cried out1 and ,god doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged4 #bd3ac4 ,they have been rebellious to the light1 they have not known his ways1 neither have they returned by his paths4 #bd3ad4 ,the murderer riseth at the very break of day1 he killeth the needy1 and the poor man3 but in the night he will be as a thief4 #bd3ae4 ,the eye of the adulterer observeth darkness1 saying3 ,no eye shall see me3 and he will cover his face4 #bd3af4 ,he diggeth through houses in the dark1 as in the day they had appointed for themselves1 and they have not known the light4 #bd3ag4 ,if the morning suddenly appear1 it is to them the shadow of death3 and they walk in darkness as if it were in light4 #bd3ah4 ,he is light upon the face of the water3 cursed be his portion on the earth1 let him not walk by the way of the vineyards4 #bd3ai4 ,let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat1 and his sin even to hell4 #bd3bj4 ,let mercy forget him3 may worms be his sweetness3 let him be remembered no more1 but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree4 #bd3ba4 ,for he hath fed the barren that beareth not1 and to the widow he hath done no good4 #bd3bb4 ,he hath pulled down the strong by his might3 and when he standeth up1 he shall not trust to his life4 #bd3bc4 ,god hath given him place for penance1 and he abuseth it unto pride3 but his eyes are upon his ways4 #bd3bd4 ,they are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand1 and shall be brought down as all things1 and shall be taken away1 and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken4 #bd3be4 ,and if it be not so1 who can convince me that ,i have lied1 and set my words before ,god8 ,job ,chapter #be ,god's providence often suffers the wicked to go on a long time in their sins3 but punisheth them in another life4 #be3a4 ,then ,baldad the ,suhite answered1 and ,i said3 #be3b4 ,power and terror are with him1 who maketh peace in his high places4 #be3c4 ,is there any numbering of his soldiers8 and upon whom shall not his light arise8 #be3d4 ,can man be justified compared with ,god1 or he that is born of a woman appear clean8 #be3e4 ,behold even the moon doth not shine1 and the stars are not pure in his sight4 #be3f4 ,how much less man that is rottenness and the son of man who is a worm8 ,job ,chapter #bf ,job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of ,god4 #bf3a4 ,then ,job answered1 and said3 #bf3b4 ,whose helper art thou8 is it of him that is weak8 and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength8 #bf3c4 ,to whom hast thou given counsel8 perhaps to him that hath no wisdom1 and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence4 #bf3d4 ,whom hast thou desired to teach8 was it not him that made life8 #bf3e4 ,behold the giants groan under the waters1 and they that dwell with them4 #bf3f4 ,hell is naked before him1 and there is no covering for destruction4 #bf3g4 ,he stretched out the north over the empty space1 and hangeth the earth upon nothing4 #bf3h4 ,he bindeth up the waters in his clouds1 so that they break not out and fall down together4 #bf3i4 ,he withholdeth the face of his throne1 and spreadeth his cloud over it4 #bf3aj4 ,he hath set bounds about the waters1 till light and darkness come to an end4 #bf3aa4 ,the pillars of heaven tremble1 and dread at his beck4 #bf3ab4 ,by his power the seas are suddenly gathered together1 and his wisdom has struck the proud one4 #bf3ac4 ,his spirit hath adorned the heavens1 and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent4 ,his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent4 4 4,that is1 the omnipotent power of ,god3 which brought forth all things created in time1 but conceived in the ,divine mind from all eternity4 ,the winding serpent1 a constellation of fixed stars winding round the north pole1 called ,draco4 ,this appears from the foregoing part of the same verse1 ,his spirit hath adorned the heavens4 #bf3ad4 ,lo1 these things are said in part of his ways3 and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word1 who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness8 ,job ,chapter #bg ,job persists in asserting his own innocence1 and that hypocrites will be punished in the end4 #bg3a4 ,job also added1 taking up his parable1 and said3 #bg3b4 ,as ,god liveth1 who hath taken away my judgment1 and the ,almighty1 who hath brought my soul to bitterness1 #bg3c4 ,as long as breath remaineth in me1 and the spirit of ,god in my nostrils1 #bg3d4 ,my lips shall not speak iniquity1 neither shall my tongue contrive lying4 #bg3e4 ,god forbid that ,i should judge you to be just3 till ,i die ,i will not depart from my innocence4 #bg3f4 ,my justification1 which ,i have begun to hold1 ,i will not forsake3 for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life4 #bg3g4 ,let my enemy be as the ungodly1 and my adversary as the wicked one4 #bg3h4 ,for what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence1 and ,god deliver not his soul8 #bg3i4 ,will ,god hear his cry1 when distress shall come upon him8 #bg3aj4 ,or can he delight himself in the ,almighty1 and call upon ,god at all times8 #bg3aa4 ,i will teach you by the hand of ,god1 what the ,almighty hath1 and ,i will not conceal it4 #bg3ab4 ,behold you all know it1 and why do you speak vain things without cause8 #bg3ac4 ,this is the portion of a wicked man with ,god1 and the inheritance of the violent1 which they shall receive of the ,almighty4 #bg3ad4 ,if his sons be multiplied1 they shall be for the sword1 and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread4 #bg3ae4 ,they that shall remain of him1 shall be buried in death1 and his widows shall not weep4 #bg3af4 ,if he shall heap together silver as earth1 and prepare raiment as clay1 #bg3ag4 ,he shall prepare indeed1 but the just man shall be clothed with it3 and the innocent shall divide the silver4 #bg3ah4 ,he hath built his house as a moth1 and as a keeper he hath made a booth4 #bg3ai4 ,the rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him3 he shall open his eyes and find nothing4 #bg3bj4 ,poverty like water shall take hold on him1 a tempest shall oppress him in the night3 #bg3ba4 ,a burning wind shall take him up1 and carry him away1 and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place4 #bg3bb4 ,and he shall cast upon him1 and shall not spare3 out of his hand he would willingly flee4 #bg3bc4 ,he shall clasp his hands upon him1 and shall hiss at him1 beholding his place4 ,job ,chapter #bh ,man's industry searcheth out many things3 true wisdom is taught by ,god alone4 #bh3a4 ,silver hath beginnings of its veins1 and gold hath a place wherein it is melted4 #bh3b4 ,iron is taken out of the earth1 and stone melted with heat is turned into brass4 #bh3c4 ,he hath set a time for darkness1 and the end of all things he considereth1 the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death4 #bh3d4 ,the flood divideth from the people that are on their journey1 those whom the food of the needy man hath forgotten1 and who cannot be come at4 #bh3e4 ,the land1 out of which bread grew in its place1 hath been overturned with fire4 #bh3f4 ,the stones of it are the place of sapphires1 and the clods of it are gold4 #bh3g4 ,the bird hath not known the path1 neither hath the eye of the vulture beheld it4 #bh3h4 ,the children of the merchants have not trodden it1 neither hath the lioness passed by it4 #bh3i4 ,he hath stretched forth his hand to the flint1 he hath overturned mountains from the roots4 #bh3aj4 ,in the rocks he hath cut out rivers1 and his eye hath seen every precious thing4 #bh3aa4 ,the depths also of rivers he hath searched1 and hidden things he hath brought forth to light4 #bh3ab4 ,but where is wisdom to be found1 and where is the place of understanding8 #bh3ac4 ,man knoweth not the price thereof1 neither is it found in the land of them that live in delights4 #bh3ad4 ,the depth saith3 ,it is not in me3 and the sea saith3 ,it is not with me4 #bh3ae4 ,the finest gold shall not purchase it1 neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it4 #bh3af4 ,it shall not be compared with the dyed colours of ,india1 or with the most precious stone sardonyx1 or the sapphire4 #bh3ag4 ,gold or crystal cannot equal it1 neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it4 #bh3ah4 ,high and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it3 but wisdom is drawn out of secret places4 #bh3ai4 ,the topaz of ,ethiopia shall not be equal to it1 neither shall it be compared to the cleanest dyeing4 #bh3bj4 ,whence then cometh wisdom8 and where is the place of understanding8 #bh3ba4 ,it is hid from the eyes of all living1 and the fowls of the air know it not4 #bh3bb4 ,destruction and death have said3 ,with our ears we have heard the fame thereof4 #bh3bc4 ,god understandeth the way of it1 and he knoweth the place thereof4 #bh3bd4 ,for he beholdeth the ends of the world3 and looketh on all things that are under heaven4 #bh3be4 ,who made a weight for the winds1 and weighed the waters by measure4 #bh3bf4 ,when he gave a law for the rain1 and a way for the sounding storms4 #bh3bg4 ,then he saw it1 and declared1 and prepared1 and searched it4 #bh3bh4 ,and he said to man3 ,behold the fear of the ,lord1 that is wisdom3 and to depart from evil1 is understanding4 ,job ,chapter #bi ,job relates his former happiness1 and the respect that all men shewed him4 #bi3a4 ,job also added1 taking up his parable1 and said3 #bi3b4 ,who will grant me1 that ,i might be according to the months past1 according to the days in which ,god kept me8 #bi3c4 ,when his lamp shined over my head1 and ,i walked by his light in darkness8 #bi3d4 ,as ,i was in the days of my youth1 when ,god was secretly in my tabernacle8 #bi3e4 ,when the ,almighty was with me3 and my servants round about me8 #bi3f4 ,when ,i washed my feet with butter1 and the rock poured me out rivers of oil8 #bi3g4 ,when ,i went out to the gate of the city1 and in the street they prepared me a chair8 #bi3h4 ,the young men saw me1 and hid themselves3 and the old men rose up and stood4 #bi3i4 ,the princes ceased to speak1 and laid the finger on their mouth4 #bi3aj4 ,the rulers held their peace1 and their tongue cleaved to their throat4 #bi3aa4 ,the ear that heard me blessed me1 and the eye that saw me gave witness to me3 #bi3ab4 ,because ,i had delivered the poor man that cried out2 and the fatherless1 that had no helper4 #bi3ac4 ,the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me1 and ,i comforted the heart of the widow4 #bi3ad4 ,i was clad with justice3 and ,i clothed myself with my judgment1 as with a robe and a diadem4 #bi3ae4 ,i was an eye to the blind1 and a foot to the lame4 #bi3af4 ,i was the father of the poor3 and the cause which ,i knew not1 ,i searched out most diligently4 #bi3ag4 ,i broke the jaws of the wicked man1 and out of his teeth ,i took away the prey4 #bi3ah4 ,and ,i said3 ,i shall die in my nest1 and as a palm tree shall multiply my days4 #bi3ai4 ,my root is opened beside the waters1 and dew shall continue in my harvest4 #bi3bj4 ,my glory shall always be renewed1 and my bow in my hand shall be repaired4 #bi3ba4 ,they that heard me1 waited for my sentence1 and being attentive held their peace at my counsel4 #bi3bb4 ,to my words they durst add nothing1 and my speech dropped upon them4 #bi3bc4 ,they waited for me as for rain1 and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower4 #bi3bd4 ,if at any time ,i laughed on them1 they believed not1 and the light of my countenance fell not on earth4 #bi3be4 ,if ,i had a mind to go to them1 ,i sat first1 and when ,i sat as a king1 with his army standing about him1 yet ,i was a comforter of them that mourned4 ,job ,chapter #cj ,job shews the wonderful change of his temporal estate1 from welfare to great calamity4 #cj3a4 ,but now the younger in time scorn me1 whose fathers ,i would not have set with the dogs of my flock3 ,but now the younger in time4 4 4,that is1 younger than ,i am1 and as it were obscure1 when ,i was conspicuous and in magnificence2 they now look down on me4 #cj3b4 ,the strength of whose hands was to me as nothing1 and they were thought unworthy of life itself4 #cj3c4 ,barren with want and hunger1 who gnawed in the wilderness1 disfigured with calamity and misery4 #cj3d4 ,and they ate grass1 and barks of trees1 and the root of junipers was their food4 #cj3e4 ,who snatched up these things out of the valleys1 and when they had found any of them1 they ran to them with a cry4 #cj3f4 ,they dwelt in the desert places of torrents1 and in caves of earth1 or upon the gravel4 #cj3g4 ,they pleased themselves among these kind of things1 and counted it delightful to be under the briers4 #cj3h4 ,the children of foolish and base men1 and not appearing at all upon the earth4 #cj3i4 ,now ,i am turned into their song1 and am become their byword4 #cj3aj4 ,they abhor me1 and flee far from me1 and are not afraid to spit in my face4 #cj3aa4 ,for he hath opened his quiver1 and hath afflicted me1 and hath put a bridle into my mouth4 #cj3ab4 ,at the right hand of my rising1 my calamities forthwith arose3 they have overthrown my feet1 and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves4 #cj3ac4 ,they have destroyed my ways1 they have lain in wait against me1 and they have prevailed1 and there was none to help4 #cj3ad4 ,they have rushed in upon me1 as when a wall is broken1 and a gate opened1 and have rolled themselves down to my miseries4 #cj3ae4 ,i am brought to nothing3 as a wind thou hast taken away my desire3 and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud4 #cj3af4 ,and now my soul fadeth within myself1 and the days of affliction possess me4 #cj3ag4 ,in the night my bone is pierced with sorrows3 and they that feed upon me1 do not sleep4 #cj3ah4 ,with the multitude of them my garment is consumed1 and they have girded me about1 as with the collar of my coat4 #cj3ai4 ,i am compared to dirt1 and am likened to embers and ashes4 #cj3bj4 ,i cry to thee1 and thou hearest me not3 ,i stand up1 and thou dost not regard me4 #cj3ba4 ,thou art changed to be cruel toward me1 and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me4 #cj3bb4 ,thou hast lifted me up1 and set me as it were upon the wind1 and thou hast mightily dashed me4 #cj3bc4 ,i know that thou wilt deliver me to death1 where a house is appointed for every one that liveth4 #cj3bd4 ,but yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption3 and if they shall fall down thou wilt save4 #cj3be4 ,i wept heretofore for him that was afflicted1 and my soul had compassion on the poor4 #cj3bf4 ,i expected good things1 and evils are come upon me3 ,i waited for light1 and darkness broke out4 #cj3bg4 ,my inner parts have boiled without any rest1 the days of affliction have prevented me4 #cj3bh4 ,i went mourning without indignation2 ,i rose up1 and cried in the crowd4 #cj3bi4 ,i was the brother of dragons1 and companion of ostriches4 ,brother of dragons1 etc4 4 4,imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise4 #cj3cj4 ,my skin is become black upon me1 and my bones are dried up with heat4 #cj3ca4 ,my harp is turned to mourning1 and my organ into the voice of those that weep4 ,job ,chapter #ca ,job1 to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends1 gives a sincere account of his own virtues4 #ca3a4 ,i made a covenant with my eyes1 that ,i would not so much as think upon a virgin4 #ca3b4 ,for what part should ,god from above have in me1 and what inheritance the ,almighty from on high8 #ca3c4 ,is not destruction to the wicked1 and aversion to them that work iniquity8 #ca3d4 ,doth not he consider my ways1 and number all my steps8 #ca3e4 ,if ,i have walked in vanity1 and my foot hath made haste to deceit3 #ca3f4 ,let him weigh me in a just balance1 and let ,god know my simplicity4 #ca3g4 ,if my step hath turned out of the way1 and if my heart hath followed my eyes1 and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands3 #ca3h4 ,then let me sow and let another reap3 and let my offspring be rooted out4 #ca3i4 ,if my heart hath been deceived upon a woman1 and if ,i have laid wait at my friend's door3 #ca3aj4 ,let my wife be the harlot of another1 and let other men lie with her4 #ca3aa4 ,for this is a heinous crime1 and a most grievous iniquity4 #ca3ab4 ,it is a fire that devoureth even to destruction1 and rooteth up all things that spring4 #ca3ac4 ,if ,i have despised to abide judgment with my manservant1 or my maidservant1 when they had any controversy against me3 #ca3ad4 ,for what shall ,i do when ,god shall rise to judge8 and when he shall examine1 what shall ,i answer him8 #ca3ae4 ,did not he that made me in the womb make him also3 and did not one and the same form me in the womb8 #ca3af4 ,if ,i have denied to the poor what they desired1 and have made the eyes of the widow wait3 #ca3ag4 ,if ,i have eaten my morsel alone1 and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof3 #ca3ah4 7,for from my infancy mercy grew up with me3 and it came out with me from my mother's womb37 #ca3ai4 ,if ,i have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing1 and the poor man that had no covering3 #ca3bj4 ,if his sides have not blessed me1 and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep3 #ca3ba4 ,if ,i have lifted up my hand against the fatherless1 even when ,i saw myself superior in the gate3 #ca3bb4 ,let my shoulder fall from its joint1 and let my arm with its bones be broken4 #ca3bc4 ,for ,i have always feared ,god as waves swelling over me1 and his weight ,i was unable to bear4 #ca3bd4 ,if ,i have thought gold my strength1 and have said to fine gold3 ,my confidence3 #ca3be4 ,if ,i have rejoiced over my great riches1 and because my hand had gotten much4 #ca3bf4 ,if ,i beheld the sun when it shined and the moon going in brightness3 ,if ,i beheld the sun1 etc4 4 4,if ,i behold the sun and moon with admiration1 knowing them to be created and governed by the power of ,god1 ,i call on my adversaries to produce any thing against me1 whereby ,i could be charged with worshipping the sun or moon4 #ca3bg4 ,and my heart in secret hath rejoiced1 and ,i have kissed my hand with1 my mouth3 #ca3bh4 ,which is a very great iniquity1 and a denial against the most high ,god4 #ca3bi4 ,if ,i have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me1 and have rejoiced that evil had found him4 #ca3cj4 ,for ,i have not given my mouth to sin1 by wishing a curse to his soul4 #ca3ca4 ,if the men of my tabernacle have not said3 ,who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled8 #ca3cb4 ,the stranger did not stay without1 my door was open to the traveller4 #ca3cc4 ,if as a man ,i have hid my sin1 and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom4 #ca3cd4 ,if ,i have been afraid at a very great multitude1 and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me3 and have not rather held my peace1 and not gone out of the door4 #ca3ce4 ,who would grant me a hearing1 that the ,almighty may hear my desire3 and that he himself that judgeth would write a book1 #ca3cf4 ,that ,i may carry it on my shoulder1 and put it about me as a crown8 #ca3cg4 ,at every step of mine ,i would pronounce it1 and offer it as to a prince4 #ca3ch4 ,if my land cry against me1 and with it the furrows thereof mourn3 #ca3ci4 ,if ,i have eaten the fruits thereof without money1 and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof3 #ca3dj4 ,let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat1 and thorns instead of barley4 ,the words of ,job are ended4 ,job ,chapter #cb ,eliu is angry with ,job and his friends4 ,he boasts of himself4 #cb3a4 ,so these three men ceased to answer ,job1 because he seemed just to himself4 #cb3b4 ,and ,eliu the son of ,barachel the ,buzite of the kindred of ,ram1 was angry and was moved to indignation3 now he was angry against ,job1 because he said he was just before ,god4 #cb3c4 ,and he was angry with his friends1 because they had not found a reasonable answer1 but only had condemned ,job4 #cb3d4 ,so ,eliu waited while ,job was speaking because they were his elders that were speaking4 #cb3e4 ,but when he saw that the three were not able to answer1 he was exceedingly angry4 #cb3f4 ,then ,eliu the son of ,barachel the ,buzite answered1 and said3 ,i am younger in days1 and you are more ancient1 therefore hanging down my head1 ,i was afraid to shew you my opinion4 #cb3g4 ,for ,i hoped that greater age would speak1 and that a multitude of years would teach wisdom4 #cb3h4 ,but1 as ,i see1 there is a spirit in men1 and the inspiration of the ,almighty giveth understanding4 #cb3i4 ,they that are aged are not the wise men1 neither do the ancients understand judgment4 #cb3aj4 ,therefore ,i will speak3 ,hearken to me1 ,i also will shew you my wisdom4 #cb3aa4 ,for ,i have waited for your words1 ,i have given ear to your wisdom1 as long as you were disputing in words4 #cb3ab4 ,and as long as ,i thought you said some thing1 ,i considered3 but1 as ,i see1 there is none of you that can convince ,job1 and answer his words4 #cb3ac4 ,lest you should say3 ,we have found wisdom1 ,god hath cast him down1 not man4 #cb3ad4 ,he hath spoken nothing to me1 and ,i will not answer him according to your words4 #cb3ae4 ,they were afraid1 and answered no more1 and they left off speaking4 #cb3af4 ,therefore because ,i have waited1 and they have not spoken3 they stood1 and answered no more3 #cb3ag4 ,i also will answer my part1 and will shew my knowledge4 #cb3ah4 ,for ,i am full of matter to speak of1 and the spirit of my bowels straiteneth me4 #cb3ai4 ,behold1 my belly is as new wine which wanteth vent1 which bursteth the new vessels4 #cb3bj4 ,i will speak and take breath a little3 ,i will open my lips1 and will answer4 #cb3ba4 ,i will not accept the person of man1 and ,i will not level ,god with man4 ,i will not level ,god with man4 4 4,here ,eliu considers that ,job hath put himself on a level with ,god1 by the manner he assumed to justify his own life in speaking to ,god as if he spoke to an equal3 ,eliu expresses in the following ver4 #bb his fear of punishment hereafter for such an attempt4 #cb3bb4 ,for ,i know not how long ,i shall continue1 and whether after a while my ,maker may take me away4 ,job ,chapter #cc ,eliu blames ,job for asserting his own innocence4 #cc3a4 ,hear therefore1 ,o ,job1 my speeches1 and hearken to all my words4 #cc3b4 ,behold now ,i have opened my mouth1 let my tongue speak within my jaws4 #cc3c4 ,my words are from my upright heart1 and my lips shall speak a pure sentence4 #cc3d4 ,the spirit of ,god made me1 and the breath of the ,almighty gave me life4 #cc3e4 ,if thou canst1 answer me1 and stand up against my face4 #cc3f4 ,behold ,god hath made me as well as thee1 and of the same clay ,i also was formed4 #cc3g4 ,but yet let not my wonder terrify thee1 and let not my eloquence be burdensome to thee4 #cc3h4 ,now thou hast said in my hearing1 and ,i have heard the voice of thy words3 #cc3i4 ,i am clean1 and without sin3 ,i am unspotted1 and there is no iniquity in me4 #cc3aj4 ,because he hath found complaints against me1 therefore he hath counted me for his enemy4 #cc3aa4 ,he hath put my feet in the stocks1 he hath observed all my paths4 #cc3ab4 ,now this is the thing in which thou art not justified3 ,i will answer thee1 that ,god is greater than man4 #cc3ac4 ,dost thou strive against him1 because he hath not answered thee to all words8 #cc3ad4 ,god speaketh once1 and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time4 #cc3ae4 ,by a dream in a vision by night1 when deep sleep falleth upon men1 and they are sleeping in their beds3 #cc3af4 ,then he openeth the ears of men1 and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn4 #cc3ag4 ,that he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing1 and may deliver him from pride4 #cc3ah4 ,rescuing his soul from corruption3 and his life from passing to the sword4 #cc3ai4 ,he rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed1 and he maketh all his bones to wither4 #cc3bj4 ,bread becometh abominable to him in his life1 and to his soul the meat which before he desired4 #cc3ba4 ,his flesh shall be consumed away1 and his bones that were covered shall be made bare4 #cc3bb4 ,his soul hath drawn near to corruption1 and his life to the destroyers4 #cc3bc4 ,if there shall be an angel speaking for him1 one among thousands1 to declare man's uprightness1 #cc3bd4 ,he shall have mercy on him1 and shall say3 ,deliver him1 that he may not go down to corruption3 ,i have found wherein ,i may be merciful to him4 #cc3be4 ,his flesh is consumed with punishments1 let him return to the days of his youth4 #cc3bf4 ,he shall pray to ,god1 and he will be gracious to him3 and he shall see his face with joy1 and he will render to man his justice4 #cc3bg4 ,he shall look upon men1 and shall say3 ,i have sinned1 and indeed ,i have offended1 and ,i have not received what ,i have deserved4 #cc3bh4 ,he hath delivered his soul from going into destruction1 that it may live and see the light4 #cc3bi4 ,behold1 all these things ,god worketh three times within every one4 #cc3cj4 ,that he may withdraw their souls from corruption1 and enlighten them with the light of the living4 #cc3ca4 ,attend1 ,job1 and hearken to me1 and hold thy peace1 whilst ,i speak4 #cc3cb4 ,but if thou hast any thing to say1 answer me1 speak3 for ,i would have thee to appear just4 #cc3cc4 ,and if thou have not1 hear me3 hold thy peace1 and ,i will teach thee wisdom4 ,job ,chapter #cd ,eliu charges ,job with blasphemy3 and sets forth the power and justice of ,god4 #cd3a4 ,and ,eliu continued his discourse1 and said3 #cd3b4 ,hear ye1 wise men1 my words1 and ye learned1 hearken to me3 #cd3c4 ,for the ear trieth words1 and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste4 #cd3d4 ,let us choose to us judgment1 and let us see among ourselves what is the best4 #cd3e4 ,for ,job hath said3 ,i am just1 and ,god hath overthrown my judgment4 #cd3f4 ,for in judging me there is a lie3 my arrow is violent without any sin4 #cd3g4 ,what man is there like ,job1 who drinketh up scorning like water8 #cd3h4 ,who goeth in company with them that work iniquity1 and walketh with wicked men8 #cd3i4 ,for he hath said3 ,man shall not please ,god1 although he run with him4 #cd3aj4 ,therefore1 ye men of understanding1 hear me3 far from ,god be wickedness1 and iniquity from the ,almighty4 #cd3aa4 ,for he will render to a man his work1 and according to the ways of every one he will reward them4 #cd3ab4 ,for in very deed ,god will not condemn without cause1 neither will the ,almighty pervert judgment4 #cd3ac4 ,what other hath he appointed over the earth8 or whom hath he set over the world which he made8 #cd3ad4 ,if he turn his heart to him1 he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself4 #cd3ae4 ,all flesh shall perish together1 and man shall return into ashes4 #cd3af4 ,if then thou hast understanding1 hear what is said1 and hearken to the voice of my words4 #cd3ag4 ,can he be healed that loveth not judgment8 and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just8 #cd3ah4 ,who saith to the king3 ,thou art an apostate3 who calleth rulers ungodly3 #cd3ai4 ,who accepteth not the persons of princes3 nor hath regarded the tyrant1 when he contended against the poor man3 for all are the work of his hands4 #cd3bj4 ,they shall suddenly die1 and the people shall be troubled at midnight1 and they shall pass1 and take away the violent without hand4 #cd3ba4 ,for his eyes are upon the ways of men1 and he considereth all their steps4 #cd3bb4 ,there is no darkness1 and there is no shadow of death1 where they may be hid who work iniquity4 #cd3bc4 ,for it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with ,god4 #cd3bd4 ,he shall break in pieces many and innumerable1 and shall make others to stand in their stead4 #cd3be4 ,for he knoweth their works3 and therefore he shall bring night on them1 and they shall be destroyed4 #cd3bf4 ,he hath struck them1 as being wicked1 in open sight4 #cd3bg4 ,who as it were on purpose have revolted from him1 and would not understand all his ways3 #cd3bh4 ,so that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him1 and he heard the voice of the poor4 #cd3bi4 ,for when he granteth peace1 who is there that can condemn8 ,when he hideth his countenance1 who is there that can behold him1 whether it regard nations1 or all men8 #cd3cj4 ,who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people8 #cd3ca4 ,seeing then ,i have spoken of ,god1 ,i will not hinder thee in thy turn4 #cd3cb4 ,if ,i have erred1 teach thou me3 if ,i have spoken iniquity1 ,i will add no more4 #cd3cc4 ,doth ,god require it of thee1 because it hath displeased thee8 for thou begannest to speak1 and not ,i3 but if thou know any thing better1 speak4 #cd3cd4 ,let men of understanding speak to me1 and let a wise man hearken to me4 #cd3ce4 ,but ,job hath spoken foolishly1 and his words sound not discipline4 #cd3cf4 ,my father1 let ,job be tried even to the end3 cease not from the man of iniquity4 #cd3cg4 ,because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins1 let him be tied fast in the mean time amongst us3 and then let him provoke ,god to judgment with his speeches4 ,job ,chapter #ce ,eliu declares that the good or evil done by man cannot reach ,god4 #ce3a4 ,moreover ,eliu spoke these words3 #ce3b4 ,doth thy thought seem right to thee1 that thou shouldst say3 ,i am more just than ,god8 #ce3c4 ,for thou saidst3 ,that which is right doth not please thee3 or what will it profit thee if ,i sin8 #ce3d4 ,therefore ,i will answer thy words1 and thy friends with thee4 #ce3e4 ,look up to heaven and see1 and behold the sky1 that it is higher than thee4 #ce3f4 ,if thou sin1 what shalt thou hurt him8 and if thy iniquities be multiplied1 what shalt thou do against him8 #ce3g4 ,and if thou do justly1 what shalt thou give him1 or what shall he receive of thy hand8 #ce3h4 ,thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee3 and thy justice may help the son of man4 #ce3i4 ,by reason of the multitude of oppressors they shall cry out3 and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants4 #ce3aj4 ,and he hath not said3 ,where is ,god1 who made me1 who hath given songs in the night8 #ce3aa4 ,who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth1 and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air4 #ce3ab4 ,there shall they cry1 and he will not hear1 because of the pride of evil men4 #ce3ac4 ,god therefore will not hear in vain1 and the ,almighty will look into the causes of every one4 #ce3ad4 ,yea1 when thou shalt say3 ,he considereth not3 be judged before him1 and expect him4 #ce3ae4 ,for he doth not now bring on his fury1 neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly4 #ce3af4 ,therefore ,job openeth his mouth in vain1 and multiplieth words without knowledge4 ,job ,chapter #cf ,eliu proceeds in setting forth the justice and power of ,god4 #cf3a4 ,eliu also proceeded1 and said3 #cf3b4 ,suffer me a little1 and ,i will shew thee3 for ,i have yet somewhat to speak in ,god's behalf4 #cf3c4 ,i will repeat my knowledge from the beginning1 and ,i will prove my ,maker just4 #cf3d4 ,for indeed my words are without a lie1 and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee4 #cf3e4 ,god doth not cast away the mighty1 whereas he himself also is mighty4 #cf3f4 ,but he saveth not the wicked1 and he giveth judgment to the poor4 #cf3g4 ,he will not take away his eyes from the just1 and he placeth kings on the throne for ever1 and they are exalted4 #cf3h4 ,and if they shall be in chains1 and be bound with the cords of poverty3 #cf3i4 ,he shall shew them their works1 and their wicked deeds1 because they have been violent4 #cf3aj4 ,he also shall open their ear1 to correct them3 and shall speak1 that they may return from iniquity4 #cf3aa4 ,if they shall hear and observe1 they shall accomplish their days in good1 and their years in glory4 #cf3ab4 ,but if they hear not1 they shall pass by the sword1 and shall be consumed in folly4 #cf3ac4 ,dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of ,god1 neither shall they cry when they are bound4 #cf3ad4 ,their soul shall die in a storm1 and their life among the effeminate4 #cf3ae4 ,he shall deliver the poor out of his distress1 and shall open his ear in affliction4 #cf3af4 ,therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth1 and which hath no foundation under it3 and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness4 ,out of the narrow mouth4 4 4,that is1 out of hell1 whose entrance is narrow1 and its depth bottomless2 but figuratively meant here1 that is1 from his miseries and calamity to be restored to his former state of happiness4 #cf3ag4 ,thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked1 cause and judgment thou shalt recover4 #cf3ah4 ,therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man3 neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside4 #cf3ai4 ,lay down thy greatness without tribulation1 and all the mighty of strength4 #cf3bj4 ,prolong not the night that people may come up for them4 #cf3ba4 ,beware thou turn not aside to iniquity3 for this thou hast begun to follow after misery4 ,for this thou hast begun to follow after misery4 4 4,eliu charges ,job1 that notwithstanding his misery1 he does not fear ,god as he ought3 but in his judgment1 falls into iniquity4 #cf3bb4 ,behold1 ,god is high in his strength1 and none is like him among the lawgivers4 #cf3bc4 ,who can search out his ways8 or who can say to him3 ,thou hast wrought iniquity8 #cf3bd4 ,remember that thou knowest not his work1 concerning which men have sung4 #cf3be4 ,all men see him1 every one beholdeth afar off4 #cf3bf4 ,behold1 ,god is great1 exceeding our knowledge3 the number of his years is inestimable4 #cf3bg4 ,he lifteth up the drops of rain1 and poureth out showers like floods3 #cf3bh4 ,which flow from the clouds that cover all above4 #cf3bi4 ,if he will spread out clouds as his tent1 #cf3cj4 ,and lighten with his light from above1 he shall cover also the ends of the sea4 #cf3ca4 ,for by these he judgeth people1 and giveth food to many mortals4 #cf3cb4 ,in his hands he hideth the light1 and commandeth it to come again4 #cf3cc4 ,he sheweth his friend concerning it1 that it is his possession1 and that he may come up to it4 ,job ,chapter #cg ,eliu goes on in his discourse1 shewing ,god's wisdom and power1 by his wonderful works4 #cg3a4 ,at this my heart trembleth1 and is moved out of its place4 #cg3b4 ,hear ye attentively the terror of his voice1 and the sound that cometh out of his mouth4 #cg3c4 ,he beholdeth under all the heavens1 and his light is upon the ends of the earth4 #cg3d4 ,after it a noise shall roar1 he shall thunder with the voice of his majesty1 and shall not be found out1 when his voice shall be heard4 #cg3e4 ,god shall thunder wonderfully with his voice1 he that doth great and unsearchable things4 #cg3f4 ,he commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth1 and the winter rain1 and the shower of his strength4 #cg3g4 ,he sealeth up the hand of all men1 that every one may know his works4 ,he sealeth up1 etc4 4 4,when he sends those showers of his strength1 that is1 those storms of rain1 he seals up1 that is1 he shuts up the hands of men from their usual works abroad1 and confines them within doors1 to consider his works2 or to forecast their works1 that is1 what they themselves are to do4 #cg3h4 ,then the beast shall go into his covert1 and shall abide in his den4 #cg3i4 ,out of the inner parts shall a tempest come1 and cold out of the north4 #cg3aj4 ,when ,god bloweth there cometh frost1 and again the waters are poured out abundantly4 #cg3aa4 ,corn desireth clouds1 and the clouds spread their light3 #cg3ab4 ,which go round about1 whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them1 to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth3 #cg3ac4 ,whether in one tribe1 or in his own land1 or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found4 #cg3ad4 ,hearken to these things1 ,job3 ,stand1 and consider the wondrous works of ,god4 #cg3ae4 ,dost thou know when ,god commanded the rains1 to shew his light of his clouds8 #cg3af4 ,knowest thou the great paths of the clouds1 and the perfect knowledges8 #cg3ag4 ,are not thy garments hot1 when the south wind blows upon the earth8 #cg3ah4 ,thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him1 which are most strong1 as if they were of molten brass4 #cg3ai4 ,shew us what we may say to him3 or we are wrapped up in darkness4 #cg3bj4 ,who shall tell him the things ,i speak8 even if a man shall speak1 he shall be swallowed up4 ,he shall be swallowed up4 4 4,all that man can say when he speaks of ,god1 is so little and inconsiderable in comparison with the subject1 that man is lost1 and as it were swallowed up in so immense an ocean4 #cg3ba4 ,but now they see not the light3 the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds1 and the wind shall pass and drive them away4 #cg3bb4 ,cold cometh out of the north1 and to ,god praise with fear4 #cg3bc4 ,we cannot find him worthily3 he is great in strength1 and in judgment1 and in justice1 and he is ineffable4 #cg3bd4 ,therefore men shall fear him1 and all that seem to themselves to be wise1 shall not dare to behold him4 ,job ,chapter #ch ,god interposes and shews from the things he hath made1 that man cannot comprehend his power and wisdom4 #ch3a4 ,then the ,lord answered ,job out of a whirlwind1 and said3 ,the ,lord4 ,that is1 an angel speaking in the name of the ,lord4 #ch3b4 ,who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words8 #ch3c4 ,gird up thy loins like a man3 ,i will ask thee1 and answer thou me4 #ch3d4 ,where wast thou when ,i laid the foundations of the earth8 tell me if thou hast understanding4 #ch3e4 ,who hath laid the measures thereof1 if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it8 #ch3f4 ,upon what are its bases grounded8 or who laid the corner stone thereof1 #ch3g4 ,when the morning stars praised me together1 and all the sons of ,god made a joyful melody8 #ch3h4 ,who shut up the sea with doors1 when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb3 #ch3i4 ,when ,i made a cloud the garment thereof1 and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands8 #ch3aj4 ,i set my bounds around it1 and made it bars and doors3 #ch3aa4 ,and ,i said3 ,hitherto thou shalt come1 and shalt go no further1 and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves4 #ch3ab4 ,didst thou since thy birth command the morning1 and shew the dawning of the day its place8 #ch3ac4 ,and didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them1 and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it8 #ch3ad4 ,the seal shall be restored as clay1 and shall stand as a garment4 #ch3ae4 ,from the wicked their light shall be taken away1 and the high arm shall be broken4 #ch3af4 ,hast thou entered into the depths of the sea1 and walked in the lowest parts of the deep8 #ch3ag4 ,have the gates of death been opened to thee1 and hast thou seen the darksome doors8 #ch3ah4 ,hast thou considered the breadth of the earth8 tell me1 if thou knowest all things8 #ch3ai4 ,where is the way where light dwelleth1 and where is the place of darkness8 #ch3bj4 ,that thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds1 and understand the paths of the house thereof4 #ch3ba4 ,didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born8 and didst thou know the number of thy days8 #ch3bb4 ,hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow1 or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail3 #ch3bc4 ,which ,i have prepared for the time of the enemy1 against the day of battle and war8 #ch3bd4 ,by what way is the light spread1 and heat divided upon the earth8 #ch3be4 ,who gave a course to violent showers1 or a way for noisy thunder3 #ch3bf4 ,that it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness1 where no mortal dwelleth3 #ch3bg4 ,that it should fill the desert and desolate land1 and should bring forth green grass8 #ch3bh4 ,who is the father of rain8 or who begot the drops of dew8 #ch3bi4 ,out of whose womb came the ice8 and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it8 #ch3cj4 ,the waters are hardened like a stone1 and the surface of the deep is congealed4 #ch3ca4 ,shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the ,pleiades1 or canst thou stop the turning about of ,arcturus8 ,pleiades4 4 4,hebrew1 ,cimah4 ,a cluster of seven stars in the constellation ,taurus or the ,bull4 ,arcturus1 a bright star in the constellation ,bootes4 ,the ,hebrew name ,cesil1 is variously interpreted2 by some1 ,orion2 by others1 the ,great ,bear is understood4 #ch3cb4 ,canst thou bring forth the day star in its time1 and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth8 #ch3cc4 ,dost thou know the order of heaven1 and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth8 #ch3cd4 ,canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds1 that an abundance of waters may cover thee8 #ch3ce4 ,canst thou send lightnings1 and will they go1 and will they return and say to thee3 ,here we are8 #ch3cf4 ,who hath put wisdom in the heart of man8 or who gave the cock understanding8 ,understanding4 4 4,that instinct by which he distinguishes the times of crowing in the night4 #ch3cg4 ,who can declare the order of the heavens1 or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep8 #ch3ch4 ,when was the dust poured on the earth1 and the clods fastened together8 #ch3ci4 ,wilt thou take the prey for the lioness1 and satisfy the appetite of her whelps1 #ch3dj4 ,when they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes8 #ch3da4 ,who provideth food for the raven1 when her young ones cry to ,god1 wandering about1 because they have no meat8 ,job ,chapter #ci ,the wonders of the power and providence of ,god in many of his creatures4 #ci3a4 ,knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth among the rocks1 or hast thou observed the hinds when they fawn8 #ci3b4 ,hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving1 or knowest thou the time when they bring forth8 #ci3c4 ,they bow themselves to bring forth young1 and they cast them1 and send forth roarings4 #ci3d4 ,their young are weaned and go to feed3 they go forth1 and return not to them4 #ci3e4 ,who hath sent out the wild ass free1 and who hath loosed his bonds8 #ci3f4 ,to whom ,i have given a house in the wilderness1 and his dwellings in the barren land4 #ci3g4 ,he scorneth the multitude of the city1 he heareth not the cry of the driver4 #ci3h4 ,he looketh round about the mountains of his pasture1 and seeketh for every green thing1 #ci3i4 ,shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee1 or will he stay at thy crib8 #ci3aj4 ,canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough1 or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee8 #ci3aa4 ,wilt thou have confidence in his great strength1 and leave thy labours to him8 #ci3ab4 ,wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed1 and gather it into thy barnfloor8 #ci3ac4 ,the wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron1 and of the hawk4 #ci3ad4 ,when she leaveth her eggs on the earth1 thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust4 #ci3ae4 ,she forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them1 or that the beasts of the field may break them4 #ci3af4 ,she is hardened against her young ones1 as though they were not hers1 she hath laboured in vain1 no fear constraining her4 #ci3ag4 ,for ,god hath deprived her of wisdom1 neither hath he given her understanding4 #ci3ah4 ,when time shall be1 she setteth up her wings on high3 she scorneth the horse and his rider4 #ci3ai4 ,wilt thou give strength to the horse or clothe his neck with neighing8 #ci3bj4 ,wilt thou lift him up like the locusts8 the glory of his nostrils is terror4 #ci3ba4 ,he breaketh up the earth with his hoof1 he pranceth boldly1 he goeth forward to meet armed men4 #ci3bb4 ,he despiseth fear1 he turneth not his back to the sword4 #ci3bc4 ,above him shall the quiver rattle1 the spear and shield shall glitter4 #ci3bd4 ,chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground1 neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth4 #ci3be4 ,when he heareth the trumpet he saith3 ,ha1 ha3 he smelleth the battle afar off1 the encouraging of the captains1 and the shouting of the army4 #ci3bf4 ,doth the hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom1 spreading her wings to the south8 #ci3bg4 ,will the eagle mount up at thy command1 and make her nest in high places8 #ci3bh4 ,she abideth among the rocks1 and dwelleth among cragged flints1 and stony hills1 where there is no access4 #ci3bi4 ,from thence she looketh for the prey1 and her eyes behold afar off4 #ci3cj4 ,her young ones shall suck up blood3 and wheresoever the carcass shall be1 she is immediately there4 #ci3ca4 ,and the ,lord went on1 and said to ,job3 #ci3cb4 ,shall he that contendeth with ,god be so easily silenced8 surely he that reproveth ,god1 ought to answer him4 #ci3cc4 ,then ,job answered the ,lord1 and said3 #ci3cd4 ,what can ,i answer1 who hath spoken inconsiderately8 ,i will lay my hand upon my mouth4 ,spoken inconsiderately4 4 4,if we discuss all ,job's words 7saith ,st4 ,gregory71 we shall find nothing impiously spoken2 as may be gathered from the words of the ,lord himself1 chap4 #db1 ver4 #g1 #h2 but what was reprehensible in him1 was the manner of expressing himself at times1 speaking too much of his own affliction1 and too little of ,god's goodness towards him1 which here he acknowledges as inconsiderate4 #ci3ce4 ,one thing ,i have spoken1 which ,i wish ,i had not said3 and another1 to which ,i will add no more4 ,job ,chapter #dj ,of the power of ,god in the behemoth and the leviathan4 #dj3a4 ,and the ,lord answering ,job out of the whirlwind1 said3 #dj3b4 ,gird up thy loins like a man3 ,i will ask thee1 and do thou tell me4 #dj3c4 ,wilt thou make void my judgment3 and condemn me1 that thou mayst be justified8 #dj3d4 ,and hast thou an arm like ,god1 and canst thou thunder with a voice like him8 #dj3e4 ,clothe thyself with beauty1 and set thyself up on high1 and be glorious1 and put on goodly garments4 #dj3f4 ,scatter the proud in thy indignation1 and behold every arrogant man1 and humble him4 #dj3g4 ,look on all that are proud1 and confound them1 and crush the wicked in their place1 #dj3h4 ,hide them in the dust together1 and plunge their faces into the pit4 #dj3i4 ,then ,i will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee4 #dj3aj4 ,behold behemoth whom ,i made with thee1 he eateth grass like an ox4 ,behemoth4 4 4,in ,hebrew1 behema1 which signifies in general an animal2 but many authors explain1 that here it is put for the elephant4 #dj3aa4 ,his strength is in his loins1 and his force in the navel of his belly4 #dj3ab4 ,he setteth up his tail like a cedar1 the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together4 #dj3ac4 ,his bones are like pipes of brass1 his gristle like plates of iron4 #dj3ad4 ,he is the beginning of the ways of ,god1 who made him1 he will apply his sword4 ,he will apply his sword4 4 4,this text is variously explained3 some explain the sword1 the horn given to the animal for his defence3 others1 the power that ,god hath given to the animal for his defence3 others1 the power that ,god hath given to man to slay him1 notwithstanding his great size and strength4 #dj3ae4 ,to him the mountains bring forth grass3 there all the beasts of the field shall play4 #dj3af4 ,he sleepeth under the shadow1 in the covert of the reed1 and in moist places4 #dj3ag4 ,the shades cover his shadow1 the willows of the brook shall compass him about4 #dj3ah4 ,behold1 he will drink up a river1 and not wonder3 and he trusteth that the ,jordan may run into his mouth4 #dj3ai4 ,in his eyes as with a hook he shall take him1 and bore through his nostrils with stakes4 #dj3bj4 ,canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook1 or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord8 ,leviathan4 4 4,the whale or some sea monster4 #dj3ba4 ,canst thou put a ring in his nose1 or bore through his jaw with a buckle8 #dj3bb4 ,will he make many supplications to thee1 or speak soft words to thee8 #dj3bc4 ,will he make a covenant with thee1 and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever1 #dj3bd4 ,shalt thou play with him as with a bird1 or tie him up for thy handmaids8 #dj3be4 ,shall friends cut him in pieces1 shall merchants divide him8 #dj3bf4 ,wilt thou fill nets with his skin1 and the cabins of fishes with his head8 #dj3bg4 ,lay thy hand upon him3 remember the battle1 and speak no more4 #dj3bh4 ,behold his hope shall fail him1 and in the sight of all he shall be cast down4 ,job ,chapter #da ,a further description of the leviathan4 #da3a4 ,i will not stir him up1 like one that is cruel1 for who can resist my countenance8 #da3b4 ,who hath given me before that ,i should repay him8 ,all things that are under heaven are mine4 #da3c4 ,i will not spare him1 nor his mighty words1 and framed to make supplication4 #da3d4 ,who can discover the face of his garment8 or who can go into the midst of his mouth8 #da3e4 ,who can open the doors of his face8 his teeth are terrible round about4 #da3f4 ,his body is like molten shields1 shut close up with scales pressing upon one another4 #da3g4 ,one is joined to another1 and not so much as any air can come between them3 #da3h4 ,they stick one to another and they hold one another fast1 and shall not be separated4 #da3i4 ,his sneezing is like the shining of fire1 and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning4 #da3aj4 ,out of his mouth go forth lamps1 like torches of lighted fire4 #da3aa4 ,out of his nostrils goeth smoke1 like that of a pot heated and boiling4 #da3ab4 ,his breath kindleth coals1 and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth4 #da3ac4 ,in his neck strength shall dwell1 and want goeth before his face4 #da3ad4 ,the members of his flesh cleave one to another3 he shall send lightnings against him1 and they shall not be carried to another place4 #da3ae4 ,his heart shall be as hard as a stone1 and as firm as a smith's anvil1 #da3af4 ,when he shall raise him up1 the angels shall fear1 and being affrighted shall purify themselves4 ,angels4 4 4,elim1 ,hebrew3 which signifies here1 the mighty1 the most valiant1 shall fear this monstrous fish1 and in their fear shall seek to be purified4 #da3ag4 ,when a sword shall lay at him1 it shall not be able to hold1 nor a spear1 nor a breastplate4 #da3ah4 ,for he shall esteem iron as straw1 and brass as rotten wood4 #da3ai4 ,the archer shall not put him to flight1 the stones of the sling are to him like stubble4 #da3bj4 ,as stubble will he esteem the hammer1 and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear4 #da3ba4 ,the beams of the sun shall be under him1 and he shall strew gold under him like mire4 ,under him4 4 4,he shall not value the beams of the sun2 and gold to him shall be like mire4 #da3bb4 ,he shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot1 and shall make it as when ointments boil4 #da3bc4 ,a path shall shine after him1 he shall esteem the deep as growing old4 ,the deep as growing old4 4 4,growing hoary1 as it were with the froth which he leaves behind him4 #da3bd4 ,there is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one1 #da3be4 ,he beholdeth every high thing1 he is king over all the children of pride4 ,he is king1 etc4 4 4,he is superior in strength to all that are great and strong amongst living creatures3 mystically it is understood of the devil1 who is king over all the proud4 ,job ,chapter #db ,job submits himself4 ,god pronounces in his favour4 ,job offers sacrifice for his friends4 ,he is blessed with riches and children1 and dies happily1 #db3a4 ,then ,job answered the ,lord1 and said3 #db3b4 ,i know that thou canst do all things1 and no thought is hid from thee4 #db3c4 ,who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge8 ,therefore ,i have spoken unwisely1 and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge4 #db3d4 ,hear1 and ,i will speak3 ,i will ask thee1 and do thou tell me4 #db3e4 ,with the hearing of the ear1 ,i have heard thee1 but now my eye seeth thee4 #db3f4 ,therefore ,i reprehend myself1 and do penance in dust and ashes4 #db3g4 ,and after the ,lord had spoken these words to ,job1 he said to ,eliphaz the ,themanite3 ,my wrath is kindled against thee1 and against thy two friends1 because you have not spoken the thing that is right before me1 as my servant ,job hath4 #db3h4 ,take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams1 and go to my servant ,job1 and offer for yourselves a holocaust1 and my servant ,job shall pray for you3 his face ,i will accept1 that folly be not imputed to you3 for you have not spoken right things before me1 as my servant ,job hath4 #db3i4 ,so ,eliphaz the ,themanite1 and ,baldad the ,suhite1 and ,sophar the ,naamathite went1 and did as the ,lord had spoken to them1 and the ,lord accepted the face of ,job4 #db3aj4 ,the ,lord also was turned at the penance of ,job1 when he prayed for his friends4 ,and the ,lord gave ,job twice as much as he had before4 #db3aa4 ,and all his brethren came to him1 and all his sisters1 and all that knew him before1 and they ate bread with him in his house3 and bemoaned him1 and comforted him upon all the evil that ,god had brought upon him4 ,and every man gave him one ewe1 and one earring of gold4 #db3ab4 ,and the ,lord blessed the latter end of ,job more than his beginning4 ,and he had fourteen thousand sheep1 and six thousand camels1 and a thousand yoke of oxen1 and a thousand she asses4 #db3ac4 ,and he had seven sons1 and three daughters4 #db3ad4 ,and he called the name of one ,dies1 and the name of the second ,cassia1 and the name of the third ,cornustibii4 #db3ae4 ,and there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of ,job3 and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren4 #db3af4 ,and ,job lived after these things1 a hundred and forty years1 and he saw his children1 and his children's children1 unto the fourth generation1 and he died an old man1 and full of days4